The annual naming of the city snow plow contest is a Chicago tradition. Many great name suggestions as usual, but "Abolish ICE" seems a perfect one to land on. Love this city!

Also, recall that I examined grant title changes for evidence of “remediation” and found 777 grants with titles changed from 2024 to 2025. Here is a word cloud of the removed words.

The Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge invites expressions of interest from early career researchers who wish to be sponsored for external fellowships to establish an independent research group. ➡️For further details see the link below www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/group-l...

This symposium at JHU today looks fantastic! Great line up of speakers, and I love the idea of brainstorming solutions during a 'pitch a problem' session.

People have have asked me what is going on in Chicago right now. The ICE situation is worse than you imagine. People are being violently detained, bystanders gassed, protesters assaulted. On the flip side, concerned citizens are mobilizing. Read this summary to learn more: aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

One of the highlights of #ASHG25 was reading the "I Advocate for Science Because..." wall

An astonishingly large crowd! Chicago

Wow! Chicago definitely turned out.

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

@sarahtishkoff.bsky.social: "This community is stronger when we stand together." Amen! Love that ASHG opened with a talk about the importance of diversity. Way to set the tone of the conference 👏 #ASHG25

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals. In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed. Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph... 1/4

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

Absolutely thrilled to see @audreyhendricks.com receive the ASHG Education award! We in @cubiomedinfo.bsky.social at @cuanschutz.bsky.social are lucky to have her as a colleague, mentor, and advocate for genetics and genomics education for all. Congratulations Audrey!

The Max Planck Society @maxplanck.de today launched its Transatlantic Program, aimed at strengthening scientific collaboration with US partners, while at same time creating new opportunities for talented researchers at multiple career stages, from PhD through to group-heads & directors. More info 👇🧪

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

URGENT: Please share widely with your networks!! Very tight turnaround (12 pm today 6/27) 🧪

Are you an early-career researcher working on the computational analysis of population-level human genetics data? We want to hear from you about if, how, and why you use population descriptors in your research! Fill out our short survey: forms.gle/SCiNUq71wgi5... 🧬💻🧪

Excited for @liisagalea.bsky.social keynote at Annual meeting of @ossdcomm.bsky.social

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hold a full committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget on May 14, 2025, at 1:30 pm ET. ☎️ CALL YOUR SENATORS and tell them how vital #NIH research is to America’s health 👩🏽‍⚕️🏥🧠

In an interview with Women’s Health Magazine I discuss my opinion of how Women’s Health Care will be affected by the changes in funding to research on women or examining sex differences @smidtheart.bsky.social @womensheart.bsky.social 📎 www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a6461...

🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

“How might the narrative about senior women be challenged or changed in order to respect these women who have achieved enough success to earn promotion? How do we stop this generational cycle so that women's wings aren't clipped as soon as they approach the power to soar.”

A postdoctoral position is available at University of California San Diego to study the genome-wide contribution of tandem repeat and structural variants to tobacco use disorder and related traits. Candidates should have statistical genetics ad GWAS experience. Details: gymreklab.com/postdoc-trdr...

Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is sponsoring the Rising Stars in Genetics and Genomics symposium! - We are seeking nominations bu June 1. - September 18-19, 2025 - Please share with the star postdocs that you know. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Here’s the show. Please watch! It’s all about HHS and the first segment is about NIH. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34...

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

I wrote a thing. I am eternally grateful for my editor, who took the original draft and helped me narrow down my key points into a more effective piece with a broader reach. Also, thanks to the editorial & legal teams, who maintained the message while protecting us in this fraught moment.

Let’s dream up to ways to shit on women. Oh hey, let’s cancel the largest clinical trial ever for women www.science.org/content/arti...

Hello Bluesky 👋🏾 I’m going to be defending my thesis on Wednesday, so I thought this was as good a time as any to introduce myself and my work. I’m Arun Das, I’m a PhD student in Schatz Lab @ JHU, and my work broadly focuses on algorithms to improve accessibility and representation in genomics.

Good Morning, friends! We’re fired up for today’s nationwide protests 🔥✊ Let’s show these power-hungry clowns who this country really belongs to. 🔗 Find an action near you: www.fiftyfifty.one 💬 In the streets, online, or from home — it all matters. Tell us what you’re showing up for 💪💚

I'm the new VP of WVU's Graduate Women Advocating Science and I'm on a mission! We want to host a speaker who can tell us about activism in STEM for underrepresented voices. Know anyone? My following is on the micro scale so any reposts are deeply appreciated ❤️ #womeninSTEM #diversityinSTEM #SciComm

Interested in postdoc opportunities in Seattle, WA? Join us May 6th for Seattle DROP, a virtual event about biomedical research in Seattle. Hear from recruiting faculty, finding the right mentor and enjoy lunch on us via a delivery voucher within the US! Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25

I can't believe I'm saying it, but I'll say it: way to go, Harvard! CHECK OUT THEIR NEW WEBSITE: www.harvard.edu. Stand up, science! Show our value! Links directly to the fantastic letter written by the president of Harvard. Good discussion of their tactics in this screenshot

Concrete example of how inclusion of diverse research participants in biomedical research studies drives impactful discoveries: Genetic analysis identified PCSK9 as a drug target to lower LDL-C and led to successful development of novel drug. But did you know that diversity fueled this discovery?

I am hiring PhD students and Postdocs to join me in beautiful Copenhagen. Together, we will develop data science methods to improve epidemic preparedness. Copenhagen is amazing, salary is good, we have plenty of funding, and a great community. Read more..: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

@ucsusa.bsky.social is running a "science advocacy training webinar on writing letters to the editor to inform and influence different audiences about the impacts of federal cuts to science and science workers" next Thursday April 17 🧪 It will be recorded for those who register but cannot attend

npj Women's Health has an open call for papers on Inflammatory disorders and women’s reproductive health #AcademicSky #MedSky #EpiSky #WomensHealth www.nature.com/collections/...

Celebrating 5 years of HGG Advances! Hear from Associate Editor @audreyhendricks.com: hubs.li/Q03ctDJn0

My lab at hiring! - we have TWO postdoc positions (one computational, one wet lab focussed) at Yale @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social, working closely with our group members at University of Cambridge, UK @cambridgeuni.bsky.social Please help to spread the word! Adverts with full details below ⬇️

My OpEd in @elife.bsky.social “It feels as if we are trying to fight a series of attacks on science with one arm tied behind our back and our lips half sewn shut.” “Yet we are not beaten, and some of us are downright energized.” elifesciences.org/articles/106...

Yesterday I gave the keynote "Advancing Women's Health Research with Data-Intensive Science: Leveraging the Power of Big Data, Genomics, and AI" @cuanschutz.bsky.social Women's Health Research day. So much opportunity and commitment. And today I wait to see if my funding will be terminated. Sigh.😟

Job alert: Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine is hiring a Senior/Principal Bioinformatics Analyst. Develop & implement biobank-scale genetics/genomics analysis pipelines, programming, & data viz. Support delivery of genetic data into patients’ clinical records. cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

Job: Deputy Director, Ludeman Center for Women’s Health Research. Univ of CO Anschutz Medical Campus. Transform women’s health through: research, development of scientific careers, and partnerships with women, families, providers, and community. opportunities.aspenleadershipgroup.com/opportunities/

❤️So true. And reminds me of Nancy Cox's @geneticssociety.bsky.social Presidential Lecture: Checking, Balancing, and Celebrating Diversity: Celebrating Some of the Women Who Paved the Way

My speech for the Philly #StandUpForScience Protest. Everything I do is for my community 💜✨

Clear statement on DEIA from @ropensci.org Open Science and Open Source only with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility ropensci.org/blog/2025/02...

Scientists, we need your stories! Post a 2-minute video on whatever social media apps you use. Show us your empty labs, tell us about the grant you are waiting for, and talk about why you do what you do. Tag @c4lifesciences.bsky.social and #Cuts2Science Tag your Members of Congress!