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Audrey Drotos, PhD 🧠 🔬 @audreydrotos.bsky.social · 14d

If you're in the Bay Area, @your.neighborhoodscientist.org is having our first in-person event, "Brains, Biology, and Big Pharma", on September 29. See flyer below and register here: luma.com/m51ug5x1 Great opportunity to meet w/ scientists & learn about the scientific process! 🔭🧪👩‍🔬

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · 14d

Join us for a night of curiosity in the Bay Area at our first-ever in-person event! Our panel of scientists and researchers—all of whom live right here in the neighborhood—will be sharing their work in short presentations, followed by a Q&A.

Register for the event here: luma.com/m51ug5x1

A poster advertising an event by Your Neighborhood Scientist.
Neighborhood science night: Brains, Biology, and Big Pharma.
Come learn cool stuff with your neighbors!

Sept 29th at 7pm
Bazaar Cafe
5927 California St
San Francisco, CA 94121

Questions? Email rebecca@neighborhoodscientist.org

Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · 14d

When she’s not pipetting, she’s listening to music, supporting the Birds, or laughing way too loud with friends.

The beautiful cover illustration for this piece is by Holy Diode! Check out more of their work at www.holydiode.com

Holy Diode's Art Circuit

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Lessons from an Undergraduate Researcher on How to Build the Perfect Scientist (Yes, Really!) – Your Neighborhood Scientist

Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · 14d

Charity Robbins is a student in the Class of 2027 at UPenn studying Biochemistry and Hispanic studies, with a soft spot for chemistry, a big love for science communication, and a mission to make research spaces more welcoming.

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · 14d

This week’s neighborhood scientist is Charity Robbins! Check out the link below to read Charity’s rules on how to build the perfect scientist (yes, really!!) neighborhoodscientist.org/posts/2025/l...

Rat Lessons On Human Behavior – Your Neighborhood Scientist

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Aug 22

This week, our neighborhood scientist is Marcel El Kouri—a neuroscientist at the University of Michigan who studies fear and PTSD. Marcel shares what research has taught him about the brain, and also about mentorship and kindness.

Read his article below!
neighborhoodscientist.org/posts/2025/r...

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Kelly Sovacool @kelly.sova.cool · Aug 17

So far most of our articles have been authored by PhD students and post-docs in the health sciences. We welcome submissions from anyone in a science-related field at any career stage, and we take a broad view of what it means to be a scientist.

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Aug 17

You can find our mission, vision, and values here: neighborhoodscientist.org/about/missio...

Happy July 4th! – Your Neighborhood Scientist

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Kelly Sovacool @kelly.sova.cool · Aug 17

We’re always accepting submissions for @your.neighborhoodscientist.org!
We welcome pitches from anyone who has something to say about science or science policy to the general public.
neighborhoodscientist.org/contributing/
#scicomm

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Jul 4

We hope that you’ll share with your own neighbors why funding science is patriotic, and we hope you feel proud, too. Because those scientific breakthroughs? They’re made in the U.S.A. — all thanks to you.

neighborhoodscientist.org/posts/2025/j...

Scientists: why are you proud to perform taxpayer-funded research in the US?
(Click the link to go to the article with full quotes from scientists.)

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Jul 4

Over the next week, we’ll highlight the incredible scientists that do this government-funded research and the citizens who benefit and support it, from high school teachers to those obtaining medical treatment through NIH-funded clinical trials.

NIH-funded research makes America healthy

The image shows a neighborhood with a fireworks display.

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Jul 4

If you’re an American taxpayer, your tax dollars currently go towards the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is the world’s largest funder of biomedical research. As your neighborhood scientists, we’re proud to be entrusted with those dollars to generate the science behind tomorrow’s cures.

I'm proud to be an American Taxpayer because I support federally funded research.

- developing cancer treatments
- understanding alzheimer's disease
- advancements in diabetes care
- and more!

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Jul 4

We asked scientists why they are proud to do taxpayer-funded scientific research in the US. In their answers, we hope that you, too, can feel some American pride in science this July 4th.

neighborhoodscientist.org/posts/2025/j...

We recently asked scientists why they are proud to do taxpayer-funded scientific research in the US. In their answers, we hope that you, too, can feel some American pride in science this July 4th.

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Jul 4

Happy July 4th! Here at Your Neighborhood Scientist, we’re excited to highlight American patriotism in a way you might not always think about: scientific research.

neighborhoodscientist.org/posts/2025/j...

Greetings from the Unites States of America, the world's largest funder of biomedical research!

The background lists government agencies that fund biomedical research including NIH, NSF, USAID, DOE, DOD, NASA, EPA

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Jun 30

There's still time to take our quick survey! Let us know why you're proud of science in the US! forms.gle/j8gWMSggKVvJ...

Does your patriotism involve pipettes?

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Audrey Drotos, PhD 🧠 🔬 @audreydrotos.bsky.social · Jun 27

Share why doing and supporting science is patriotic at the poll below! 🇺🇸

Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Jun 27

This 4th of July, we're looking for scientists to share why they're proud to do science in the US. Or maybe you're not a scientist -- but you're proud of the work that US scientists do or you've benefited from US science research. Let us know in the survey below! forms.gle/j8gWMSggKVvJ...

This 4th of July, Your Neighborhood Scientist is asking American scientists and non-scientists why they are proud of scientific research in the US. Scientists: why are you proud to perform taxpayer-f...

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Jun 27

This 4th of July, we're looking for scientists to share why they're proud to do science in the US. Or maybe you're not a scientist -- but you're proud of the work that US scientists do or you've benefited from US science research. Let us know in the survey below! forms.gle/j8gWMSggKVvJ...

Does your patriotism involve pipettes?

This 4th of July, Your Neighborhood Scientist is asking American scientists and non-scientists why they are proud of scientific research in the US. Scientists: why are you proud to perform taxpayer-f...

forms.gle

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Jun 26

We all breathe the same air, right? ☁️ Not always! In this article, asthma researcher Dr. Lizbeth F. Gómez talks about how the air around us can affect the health of our neighbors and communities. Check out her article below! neighborhoodscientist.org/posts/2025/t...

When the air we breathe is unfriendly – Your Neighborhood Scientist

and how science can help us understand asthma

Researchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: Talking to people

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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · Jun 12

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Science Homecoming: @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social

Stand Up for Science!: @standupforscience.bsky.social

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · Jun 12

Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.

Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Jun 25

Why do you sleep when you do? 😴 Does sleep affect your immune system? What’s a circadian rhythm? Do plants have a biological clock like humans do? 🌱 Learn the answers to these questions and more in last month's article by Ronan Lordan, PhD, MA! neighborhoodscientist.org/posts/2025/t...

Timing is everything: how circadian clocks shape our health – Your Neighborhood Scientist

…and why funding basic science research can’t wait!

Vax to the future: building a healthier tomorrow with vaccines – Your Neighborhood Scientist

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Apr 25

Scientists work together with others across all sectors of our communities, including public health. This week, we’re bringing you an article from Alyssa Maturen, who leads a vaccine coalition & discusses how vaccines build strong, healthy communities for everyone. You can read & subscribe below:

Why I love the science I do: the magic of unlocking the secrets of our bodies – Your Neighborhood Scientist

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Apr 4

This week’s Neighborhood Scientist is Dr. Francesca Costabile, who discusses her journey through science, starting with an unconventional birthday celebration in her childhood. In addition, thank you to local artist Holy Diode for illustrating Francesca's immunological symphony! 🧪 👩‍🔬 Read below:

Worms and Flies and Fungi, Oh My – Your Neighborhood Scientist

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Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Mar 14

This week’s Neighborhood Scientist is Dr. Mikel Haggadone @mikelhaggadone.bsky.social . Dr. Haggadone advocates for basic science research because curiosity-driven experiments are often where some of the largest leaps in our understanding of human diseases and their treatments are made.

How Basic Science Research Has Transformed Our Understanding of Human Health and Disease

NIH Intramural Research: from my first job to saving my mom’s life – Your Neighborhood Scientist

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Brooke Wolford, PhD @bnwolford.bsky.social · Feb 28

Celebrating #RareDiseaseDay by sharing a deeply personal story about how the NIH has impacted my family. 🦓

Your Neighborhood Scientist is a new initiative to cultivate community-based conversations about science, science policy, and scientists. Please share with your communities and subscribe!

Your Neighborhood Scientist @your.neighborhoodscientist.org · Feb 28

Today is Rare Disease Day! This week, our Neighborhood Scientist is Dr. Brooke Wolford, who is grateful for NIH funding not only for her own research, but for a much more personal reason: it saved her mom’s life. You can read Dr. Wolford’s essay & subscribe on our website.