AMAZING place to work/live.

And, on Sunday, my colleagues spoke about our work on preclinical models of gender-affirming care, the current struggles with funding, and how to work with the community to best serve their needs. @sarahmeerts.bsky.social Fay Guarraci, Tony Auger, and @endoeartha.bsky.social

Please see our new statement on research that has been politically targeted for defunding: What Are Transgender Animal Experiments and Why Should We Do Them? sbn.org/news/news/wh...

Those of you submitting NIH grants, are you removing references to the percentage of BIPOC students at your institution from your facilities document or any other document? My ethics make me want to include it but my pragmatism makes me think it should come out...

@sbn-bsky.bsky.social has released a statement on current events. SBN DEI comm, of which I'm chair, wrote this statement to be people-first focused on the human impacts. I want to thank Peg McCarthy & the Exec Comm in quickly approving the document w/ few edits. This is why SBN is my "home" society.

If you have an undergrad that will graduate this year but who needs a little more research experience before their next step, encourage them to apply to the UConn RAMP program. genome-postbac.biology.clas.uconn.edu. The application deadline for the 2025 cohort is February 21st. 🧪 1/2

FINALLY someone explaining EOs are 👏🏻 not 👏🏻 laws!!! As someone who has worked on EOs, this groveling to THINGS THAT ARE NOT THE LAW is bizarre. “While it’s true the order says that, that does not actually change the legal status of prescribing these treatments.” newrepublic.com/article/1910...

This app makes it so easy to call your senators and representatives