INTERNATIONAL SURVEY ON TREE OF LIFE My PhD student Jocelyn Cheé-Santiago (Binnizá) is leading an online survey on scientific practices re: biodiversity, biocollections, conservation. If you work in these areas, we'd appreciate your insights. 10-15 mins. Details asu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

When Indigenous peoples build our own #Tribal #data repositories, we self-direct #health #research & create #education resources to train next-gen of #Indigenous science From PhD student, Karina Hernandez-Hernandez (P’urhépecha) it is “hope-giving” news.asu.edu/20250917-sci... @d4itdr.bsky.social

A preview of cool emerging #genomics and #Indigenous #science media… but this is my second interview of the day in this blue blazer! 🎥

Is "consumer genetics privacy" an oxymoron? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org "A databank [23andMe] of this type and magnitude requires heightened protection for privacy and security."

If you are attending the ASHG Annual Meeting in Boston this year, and you would like to hear about advances in Indigenous digital sovereignty and Tribal Nation-led health research, please sign up for our limited seating engagement on Friday, Oct 17th. Lunch provided: tinyurl.com/5aj9544f

In my Bio & Soc class, UGs act as reviewers/editors as a mock peer review. They see -difficulty finding responsive reviewers (& w/o COI) -variable quality reviews -issues matching reviewers to article Goal is to unveil realities of science evaluation (& hopefully train better reviewers). This helps

🌟 Exciting! I’m presenting at the Featured Symposium entitled "Authentic Engagement Beyond the Lab: Engaging Communities in the Future of #Genetic #Medicine" #ASHG25! October 15 in Boston! Plus two of my students are presenting posters! See you then! Register: meetings.ashg.org/event/ASHG25...

“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”

British Sir Francis Galton rocking a Canadian tuxedo for American Eagle. He wants you to know that he, too, has great jeans. (Yes, this was the result of five minutes with an #AI image generator.)

This pretty much sums up a lot of my time on too many committees related to policy, ethics, equity, innovation, research, and healthcare in governmental and academic settings: #Indigenous #academia #policy

#PhD students: pls don't make heavy asks of faculty time/expertise for your dissertation if you cannot include them on your committee. Use your existing committee, drop unhelpful members, or ask someone with service commitment (DGS). Heavy asks can be disproportionate to untenured faculty, esp. WOC.

How does an #Indigenous scientist organize her bookshelf? With these FUN category labels (magnetic)! - Anthropologists We Actually Like - Dismantling Power Paradigms (data #feminist, #science communication, #decolonizing works) - SH*# Non-Natives Say About Native #DNA - On Race, Racism, and Racists

Science Girl Summer from the D4I team!!! #Datasovereignty #Indigenous #IDSov #Data

We are grateful to all who made our IndigiData #Indigenous #data #science workshop on "Indigenous #Health & #Artificial #Intelligence" a reality! This was our largest workshop yet. Held on the lands of the Ak-Chin Maricopa Tribal Nation in central Arizona. @d4itdr.bsky.social @nativebio.bsky.social

Dr. @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social spoke to our IndigiData #Indigenous data and informatics workshop on wastewater epidemiology and the Pathogen Data Network, held at the Ak-Chin Water Reclamation Facility in central AZ. @nativebio.bsky.social @d4itdr.bsky.social

Meet the PI’s! Krystal Tsosie (Diné/Navajo Nation) is a professor at Arizona State University and a co-founder of NativeBio Data Consortium. Her work incorporates community engaged models to produce equitable research that directly benefits Tribal communities.

⏳Only 4 days left to nominate! Do you know someone who has contributed through research, mentoring, advocacy, or leadership to the field? Give them the recognition they deserve! Nominate them for our professional awards before May 9! 🏆👉 www.ashg.org/membership/a... #ASHG

ASHG is concerned about the research cuts in the proposed U.S. FY26 budget, forecasting substantial reductions to the NIH and other agencies. We urge the U.S. Congress to reject this proposal and maintain support for life-saving biomedical research. Read More: www.ashg.org/publications... #ASHG

Happy to give my talk, “Considerations for precision oncology and artificial intelligence for #Indigenous #genomic #data #sovereignty and #health disparities” at the American Association for #Cancer Research #aacr25 in Chicago! #ai

As a scientist, I appreciate the effort in signage/marketing. But I also wish the coffee shop was at Gate 27 instead. (Or even 58 for atomic weight, or 2 or 3 for valence…) At OKC airport.

For those concerned about DNA ownership by corporations like 23andMe BUT do not understand impacts of funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health: Absent NIH funds, researchers will have to seek industry $$ to conduct research. Even more of your genomic data will be co-opted by corporations.

I love my BIO498/598 Biological Data Policy, Ethics, and Governance students!! We just wrapped up some amazing discussions on ‘who should build data ethics frameworks’ and now intellectual property and law! With permission, here is one group’s renderings on ‘who should share in IP’?

Indigidata, the brainchild of @kstsosie.bsky.social & Matt Anderson (UW), launched & helped position us as an independent, Indigenous Institute. It proves that we can function w/out federal aid or Tribal resources to serve people w/ the utmost honesty & transparency www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_hd...

It was so great to speak with ~100 undergraduate students today as their keynote for the Pacific Northwest LSAMP Conference at Oregon State University! These students will go far in STEM! Thanks also for letting me cross off the 49th of 50 states visited. lsamp.oregonstate.edu/conference

I am full of thanks to the Full Circle Symposium and @willowcoyote.bsky.social for creating a scientific space for futuristic and forward-thinking minds. It was a great way to reconnect. Also, thanks to @cheadlelab.bsky.social who snapped this picture:

I am at the Full Circle Symposium organized by @willowcoyote.bsky.social this week and I have so many thoughts. 🧵 #FullCircleSymposium qbi.ucsf.edu/full-circle-...

I am quoted in 3 articles by Abigail Dubiniecki @baelay.bsky.social why you should be concerned abt ownership of your #DNA & #data, even after deleting your 23andMe info: @forbes.com @huffpost.com www.forbes.com/sites/abigai... www.huffpost.com/entry/23andm... www.forbes.com/sites/abigai...

By age 24, I patented a cancer device, interned at top medical centers, was accepted to a university known for Nobel Laureates. Yet, being Navajo, I felt the disconnect of being a scientist vs an object of study. I am not a product of DEI. I persevered despite science ictnews.org/news/databac...

Indigenous Nations should have control over their own DNA. @ict-news.bsky.social on AI, health, and persevering as an Indigenous woman in science. ‘DataBack’: The fight for genomic data sovereignty ictnews.org/news/databac...

excellent timing for a new publication to come out in #AJBA! 🧪 proud to be a co-author on this! @awutich.bsky.social @zacharydubois.bsky.social @robingnelson.bsky.social @cvansickle.bsky.social @awrgenes.bsky.social @ethnoprimate.bsky.social @jradovicfanta.bsky.social @kstsosie.bsky.social et al.!

Great slide from @kstsosie.bsky.social - don’t just say you’re engaging with a community to get your funding, sincerely engage with it #AGBTGM #AGBT25

@kstsosie.bsky.social summarizing the challenges of indigenous genomics and solutions thereto #AGBTGM

As I prepare for my invited plenary talk for the AGBT Meeting tomorrow with this uninterrupted view, I am filled with proud for my students, my colleagues & our collective work in Indigenous genomics, health & digital technologies. #AGBTGM #AGBT25 Tsosie Lab (tsosielab.org)!

Last push for final application to our one-week workshop on #Indigenous #Health and Artificial Intelligence! IndigiData is held this summer on the Tribal lands of the Ak-Chin Indian Community in Central AZ, June 2-6, 2025: indigidata.org Apply: 01/31 (Not reliant on federal funds)

I am tired of settler-scientists only recognizing Indigenous science when they have something to gain (e.g. grant funding, access to Indigenous communities’ data, clout). This is not equity nor benefit sharing. This is straight up extraction, exploitation, and scientific colonialism.

Featuring a one-week workshop on #Indigenous #Health and Artificial Intelligence! IndigiData is an Indigenous data science education experience, held this summer on the Tribal lands of the Ak-Chin Indian Community in Central AZ, June 2-6: indigidata.org Apply: 01/31 #AI

Exciting things debuting in Spring 2025 to the Tsosie Lab! Our lab renovations are underway! #Indigenous #science

NOW HIRING a Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor. The anticipated start date for this position is July 1, 2025. Please see the link for more details. Application deadline: Jan 3rd: apply.interfolio.com/159166

NativeBio with @kstsosie.bsky.social came up with a great program for scientific research and training called #Indigidata. It can be applied to non-native populations as well. We are the past. We are the future. Please share this with your staff and colleagues www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_hd...

These are great! For the scientifically inclined, I might suggest donating to the Native BioData Consortium, leading the way on Indigenous data sovereignty! nativebio.org

follow them here @nativebio.bsky.social @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social @kstsosie.bsky.social

TOMORROW: An international panel of Indigenous geneticists to discuss the ethical, cultural, legal, and clinical utility of #Indigenous reference #genomes. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health Tribal Health Research Office: @kstsosie.bsky.social @blackochreomics.bsky.social Phil Wilcox

It's impossible to overstate how excited I am to be joining ASU and become a part of the incredible community of Indigenous scientists there! @kstsosie.bsky.social news.asu.edu/20241122-sun...

PLEASE AMPLIFY: We will host our Summer 2025 workshop on #Indigenous #Health & Artificial Intelligence to take place on the lands of the Ak-Chin Maricopa Indian Community in AZ week of June 2-6: indigidata.org Travel & Lodging 100% Covered Deadline to apply: January 31st #AI

Eleven of 12 members of the Tsosie Lab for Indigenous #Genomic #Data Equity & Justice (tsosielab.org). 75% Indigenous mentees across all levels: PI, postdocs, PhD students, undergrads.... just representing #Indigenous #science at an R1 institution, Arizona State Univ! @caterpillar-coevo.bsky.social

I guess it's time to reintroduce myself: I'm Jay. I study the ecology and evolution of plant-insect interactions using a combination of omics approaches and field experimentation. I'm especially interested in how toxic plants in the nightshade family have co-evolved with specialist herbivores.

We have extraordinary speakers lined up with @napaaqtuk.bsky.social , @kstsosie.bsky.social, and those not on bsky Rebecca Pollet, Casey Dorr, and W Yowelunh McLester-Davis. We look forward to selecting undergrad, PhD student, and postdoc talks going forward!

Excellent discussion by Dr Krystal Tsosie on Indigenous genomic data, indigenous data sovereignty, & bioethics. Especially I love the nuances she discusses & the advocating for meaningful representation & inclusion of indigenous peoples to ensure their interests are protected. @kstsosie.bsky.social

Myself and @nativebio.bsky.social were honored to be part of this historic and monumentally groundbreaking event. Led by the Amazing @kstsosie.bsky.social www.cshl.edu/wp-content/u...