Mark your calendars: Tonight at 5pm PT, the first episode in our pregnancy series premieres on YouTube! Erin and I will be logged in on YouTube as it debuts so we can chat with you all in real time! @tpwky.bsky.social Check out the link here: youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ

My proudest accomplishment to date. The work continues! @jpvelotta.bsky.social @erinwelsh.bsky.social @aweiss.bsky.social @calvarezaranyos.bsky.social @bradleyallf.bsky.social @neuronickole.bsky.social, CO Senator Lisa Cutter, Meteorologist Mike Nelson, Scientist/Comedian Jessie Hanson

Stand up for science. Stand up for public health. Stand up for vaccines.

It was so much fun to finally get to nerd out about this adorable parasite and the importance of parasite conservation in this episode! I've been thinking about this isopod for YEARS 🐟

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

So excited to announce my new hosting role on the Advances in Care podcast! Tune in for fascinating conversations with the physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital who are on the cutting edge of medical research. Check out the first episode in the newest season: go.pddr.app/aic-smith-erin

A peer-reviewed guide to infectious disease podcasts?! And @tpwky.bsky.social made the list?! Yes please!! academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

Turns out the Velveteen Rabbit still packs an emotional wallop even after all this time. Tune in to hear me unsuccessfully fighting back tears in our latest ep #scarletfever #tpwky #podcast

New nonfiction science book releases for November, 2024! What books did I miss? Which of these books are on your tbr? I am hoping to read THE SERVICEBERRY this month. I have heard it is a more distilled version of Wall Kimmerer's masterpiece BRAIDING SWEETGRASS.

Does anyone know why you wouldn't be able to make rope while the sun was shining in 18th century England? This is not the setup to a punchline, I'm truly curious 😅 #history #britishhistory From London Life In The Eighteenth Century by M. Dorothy George

Shoutout to 'sensitive plant' (Mimosa pudica) for setting us on the path to understand circadian rhythms

I had such a great time chatting with @emonosson.bsky.social about her fascinating book Blight! It was a great reminder that I don't appreciate fungi as much as I should 🍄

1) I'm definitely judging this book by its cover and 2) it's making me want to read it Found on Public Domain Review

Who's part of the club? Gotta love those old WPA posters

Health officials in California have confirmed the first case of mpox clade I in the US. Patient is a returning traveller's who traveled to eastern Africa. This is not unexpected because the world is interconnected and there are ongoing outbreaks of clade I mpox in Africa. apnews.com/article/mpox...

"Typhus, with its brothers and sisters - plague, cholera, typhoid, dysentery - has decided more campaigns than Caesar, Hannibal, Napoleon, and all the inspector generals of history. The epidemics get the blame for defeat, the generals get the credit for victory. It ought to be the other way around."

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction Graphic from Edward Tufte More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪

We've been hinting at it and now it's finally time... we are prepping a FOUR PART SERIES on pregnancy. And we need your help!

#Vaccines save lives Pic: Wellcome Collection

Check out coverage of our work on the mechanisms of adaptation to high altitude. stories.du.edu/magazine/dep...

Medical historian here to remind you of the benefits of #vaccines! This is the final stage of tetanus when nerves fire continuously & body contorts into agonizing posture known as opisthotonus. The mastication muscles clamp down to form the hallmark lockjaw. A vaccine didn't appear until 1924. .

A podcast for your science ethics class, esp on why we have IRBs. There are many you can use from This @tpwky.bsky.social episode puts human experiments in perspective. TW: describes experiments on incarcerated Black people to test various skin creams. #WomenInSTEM 🧪 megaphone.link/ERM5606501901

We just released a two-parter on #retinoids on @tpwky.bsky.social, which gives me a chance to shout out the excellent book Acres of Skin by Allen Hornblum, which exposes the unethical experiments conducted at Holmesburg Prison. Any similar books you'd recommend?

Don't forget my #starterpack on STEM writers and medical/science historians! It's not quite full, so if you'd like to be added to this one, give me a shout. Let's find our people over here on #BlueSky! go.bsky.app/3DuVT6Z

Our signoff "wash your hands, ya filthy animals" has never been more appropriate 🦠

Making room for this on my bookshelf

Hello #Bluesky! Let's talk diseases, medicine, history, biology, and whatever else is on your mind/bookshelf.

More good news for #Bluesky! @tpwky.bsky.social (THIS PODCAST WILL KILL YOU) & host @erinwelsh.bsky.social have joined us! This is one of my favorite science podcasts about epidemics and weird medical mysteries. Follow swiftly - you won't regret it. And let's continue building our geeky community!