BME UNITE @bmeunite.bsky.social is launching Year 5 of our Future Faculty Program! BME Faculty candidates from marginalized groups on the job market - apply here by July 11th to present your work and receive mentorship to successfully navigate the academic job market: forms.gle/sVto2GRQauNA...

AIMBE has launched our new Citizen Advocate for Science Letter: takeaction.io/aimbe/scienc... We ask the broader scientific community to widely share this letter (✍️ <1 minute) with friends, family, and other concerned citizens to urge their elected officials to protect biomedical research funding 👇

Are you interested in synthetic and systems biology approaches to study #spatiotemporal processes in cancer? Join NCI for virtual workshops on May 13, 15, & 20 (next week!) from 12:00–4:30 PM ET: registration: events.cancer.gov/nci/syntheti... #SynSysBio4SpatialCancerResearch

As someone directly affected by this, let me be clear: I'd rather lose my job because Harvard chose to fight than keep my job and see a generation of white supremacists parade its corpse around like a war trophy.

I honestly can’t stop thinking about this RFK speech. A lot of the outrage around it is focused on pointing out that it’s not true. But so fucking what if it was? Do people whose bodies don’t work not deserve to exist in society? If all these things were true for a person are they less worthy?

Taking a breath w new paper announcement. Bioprinted platform for parallelized screening of engineered tissue formulations in mice (1/4). See paper in @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

SFB is always with so much fun! Gave my first talk on my postdoc work at #SFB2025, modulated a session, got 1st place in postdoc recognition award (really grateful for the opportunity and support) and first-time talking in a huge grand ballroom😂, and reunited with my lovely PhD lab!

‘With the current turmoil, China could surpass the U.S. in the near future,’ Nobel Prize winner David Baker warns www.wsj.com/articles/bio...

If you are attending #SFB, please consider joining our Biomaterials Network Meeting!

Today at the “Stand up for Science” demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial.

It is important at this pivotal moment to @standupforscience.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on why this should be a national priority at tomorrow’s rally in SF:

On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone. Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️

“freedom”

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

I'm going to Stand Up for Science 2025 in Seattle. Seattle friends, come join! Fri March 7. Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center. 305 Harrison Street, Seattle. 12-3pm PST.

If you’re queer, you’re here, but also there in DHS’s surveillance www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...

My wife won this round

I have seen first hand the impact of @brianaguado.bsky.social’s CZI award. We had the freedom to start our in person #LatinXinBME symposia because we know Brian had committed CZI funds for this purpose. Thank you for sharing your story, Brian!

My statement regarding the decision to drop the second round of the CZI Science Diversity Leadership Award funding opportunity:

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Let’s go!

We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...

"Hammond believes...that NSF would do better to rely on artificial intelligence to pick the best proposals." (1/2) www.science.org/content/arti...

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

It's time to educate our neighbors about the importance of science funding. Local news papers still exist and are read by folks. Here is the op-ed I wrote for this week's "News of Orange", a local paper in Orange Co NC. Full text is on the alt-text 🧪

What’s happening to trans people right now is an administrative and medical genocide. GENOCIDE. Name it. And to the trans folks reading this: stay with us. Please. Your life is precious. And I will fight with and for you. Stay with us. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

$100k in pilot funds! Come and get it. Join us for the *free* HUB annual meeting, April 8 day before SFB. See more below.

AIMBE has posted a public statement on the impact of federal policy changes on biomedical research: aimbe.org/advocate/wri... Above, we have also developed an advocacy letter for members of the medical & biological engineering community to send to their congressional representatives on this matter.

“Diversity in microbial communities broadens the range of functions in an ecosystem.” would get flagged. I kind of feel the challenge of using as many of these terms.

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

🚨PIs of Training Grants and Programs, ESPECIALLY training grants that support students from historically excluded groups (T32s and T34s, IMSD, MARC, PREP, MOSAIC, etc.)🚨 We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.

AIMBE's Annual Event on March 29-31, 2025 is especially important. With a new Congress and presidential administration, it's a timely opportunity to engage in science policy post-election. Fellows, register now and we will arrange your congressional visits for you: annualevent.aimbe.org #AIMBE2025

Let your timeline shine with these outstanding #WomenInScience! 🧪 #zebrafish go.bsky.app/4BegEjv

I’ll say it again. Vaccines are LIFESAVING MIRACLES.

This made me cackle. Happy Thanksgiving!

Now more than ever the world should learn about the life and impact of @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social neuroscientist Ben Barres, the movie is underway! @atqmovie.bsky.social

This is an essential and immensely clarifying piece. You should read anything and everything Dara writes, but this in particular.

Please see this short form to apply for travel funds! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... The HUB will have a call for $100,000 pilot grants! Coming to the HUB meeting is not a pre-requisite to win a pilot grant, but it could allow you to make new connections for collaborative teams toward the grants.

The first HUB annual meeting will be the day before the SFB meeting, April 7-8 2025 in Chicago, IL. The educational and community outreach team is led by myself, @brianaguado.bsky.social and Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, and we have funds available to support PI-trainee pairs to attend HUB and SFB.

Travel Award Announcement! @lolaumich.bsky.social and @kellystevens.bsky.social have won an NIH center grant, Humanity Unlocking Biomaterials (the HUB): www.humanityunlockingbiomaterials.org

Not going to lie, it's quite the experience to be using the bathroom in the Capitol and get a notification on my phone that people like me will be banned from using the bathroom in the Capitol.

Congrats to the brave and tenacious faculty at CU Boulder who fought a good fight www.cpr.org/2024/11/15/4...

Starter pack for those working/interested in the drug delivery space. I fought the app for several hours trying to put together the list of people. I likely missed many of you! Please share and let me know if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/L11HkZ3

The 2024-2025 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 116 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/HPzAKkS1x44t... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

Scientists after health secretary announcement

Introducing the Humanity Unlocking Biomaterials (HUB) national coordinating center. Opportunity to become involved with an incredible community, $100k research grants, core resources, and much more. Come join us! See more at our new website, here: www.humanityunlockingbiomaterials.org

So….to increase govt efficiency we added a new layer of bureaucracy via a new Dept…

AND we're highlighting sessions in our Social Transformation track, which emphasizes the role of biomedical engineers in developing innovative and equitable solutions. join the session on advocacy, public trust and regulation, with an amazing set of presenters and panelists: Friday, Oct 13 @ 4pm