Abby Dernburg
@adernburg.bsky.social
Chromosomophile, Cal alumna and faculty member, mom, AirBnBeekeeper, #Meiosis4Eva
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The utterly fucked thing about this is that if any of that happens it's because of basic life science research investments (currently being gutted), not because of large language models.
Dario Amodei can eat shit and then do whatever it is that Bluesky would ban me for saying
Dario Amodei can eat shit and then do whatever it is that Bluesky would ban me for saying
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The utterly fucked thing about this is that if any of that happens it's because of basic life science research investments (currently being gutted), not because of large language models.
Dario Amodei can eat shit and then do whatever it is that Bluesky would ban me for saying
Dario Amodei can eat shit and then do whatever it is that Bluesky would ban me for saying
One of the wilder Texas Hold’ em hands I’ve played. (I did not win.)
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
One of the wilder Texas Hold’ em hands I’ve played. (I did not win.)
FFS🙄
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
FFS🙄
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The UNC Department of Biology is seeking a Director of Biology Teaching Labs, a key leadership role overseeing our undergraduate laboratory program. 1/n
Learn more and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
Learn more and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
Director of Biology Teaching Labs
The Director of Biology Teaching Labs provides leadership and direction in the management of the Biology Department's undergraduate laboratories and will be responsible for the undergraduate laborator...
unc.peopleadmin.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The UNC Department of Biology is seeking a Director of Biology Teaching Labs, a key leadership role overseeing our undergraduate laboratory program. 1/n
Learn more and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
Learn more and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
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It actually causes more deaths; a study showed that hurriances given female names are more deadly because people take the threat less seriously.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
October 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It actually causes more deaths; a study showed that hurriances given female names are more deadly because people take the threat less seriously.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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If you are pissed at the recently publicized demand letter from the Trump admin to UCLA, I warmly invite you to join us tomorrow at noon. We need everyone to fight this with everything we have. There is a plan, and you won’t hear it from administrators.
October 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you are pissed at the recently publicized demand letter from the Trump admin to UCLA, I warmly invite you to join us tomorrow at noon. We need everyone to fight this with everything we have. There is a plan, and you won’t hear it from administrators.
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BREAKING: USC HAS JOIN THE RESISTANCE!
That’s four (MIT, Brown, Penn, USC) of the nine schools Trump targeted.
Stay tuned! 🍿
#DefendHigherEd
#StandUpFightBack
That’s four (MIT, Brown, Penn, USC) of the nine schools Trump targeted.
Stay tuned! 🍿
#DefendHigherEd
#StandUpFightBack
USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right
USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.
www.latimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
BREAKING: USC HAS JOIN THE RESISTANCE!
That’s four (MIT, Brown, Penn, USC) of the nine schools Trump targeted.
Stay tuned! 🍿
#DefendHigherEd
#StandUpFightBack
That’s four (MIT, Brown, Penn, USC) of the nine schools Trump targeted.
Stay tuned! 🍿
#DefendHigherEd
#StandUpFightBack
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Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!
October 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!
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Got plans on Saturday the 18th for #NoKings, 9 AM ET? Come hear @allstrike.bsky.social at @nihvigils.bsky.social ! Food bank donations accepted. Come to the #NIH Metro off the red line.
No Kings NIH Vigil and Food Drive
Come join us and bring your spare non-perishables. We'd love to have you join us for our event!
actionnetwork.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Got plans on Saturday the 18th for #NoKings, 9 AM ET? Come hear @allstrike.bsky.social at @nihvigils.bsky.social ! Food bank donations accepted. Come to the #NIH Metro off the red line.
A timely reminder that investment in R&D fuels economic growth.
October 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A timely reminder that investment in R&D fuels economic growth.
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October 18 is NO KINGS Day!
Come in your favorite costume and scare the Big Bad Baby Kingy.
Meet north end of Embarcadero Plaza at 1:30 PM.
Come in your favorite costume and scare the Big Bad Baby Kingy.
Meet north end of Embarcadero Plaza at 1:30 PM.
October 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
October 18 is NO KINGS Day!
Come in your favorite costume and scare the Big Bad Baby Kingy.
Meet north end of Embarcadero Plaza at 1:30 PM.
Come in your favorite costume and scare the Big Bad Baby Kingy.
Meet north end of Embarcadero Plaza at 1:30 PM.
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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A Palestinian, son of Palestinians displaced from Gaza (Al-Masmiyya) to Jordan, wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry... Professor Omar Munis Yaghi from the University of Berkeley!!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
October 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A Palestinian, son of Palestinians displaced from Gaza (Al-Masmiyya) to Jordan, wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry... Professor Omar Munis Yaghi from the University of Berkeley!!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
3 new Physics Nobel Laureates from the University of California! 🥂🤙 (and one less parking space for the rest of us at Berkeley 🙃)
October 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
3 new Physics Nobel Laureates from the University of California! 🥂🤙 (and one less parking space for the rest of us at Berkeley 🙃)
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UC’s Academic Council calls on the Office of the President & the UC Board of Regents to unequivocally reject governmental demands that compromise institutional autonomy and #academicfreedom.
This is the way.
#DefendHigherEd
This is the way.
#DefendHigherEd
October 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
UC’s Academic Council calls on the Office of the President & the UC Board of Regents to unequivocally reject governmental demands that compromise institutional autonomy and #academicfreedom.
This is the way.
#DefendHigherEd
This is the way.
#DefendHigherEd
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AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” https://bit.ly/3VOEJvx
October 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” https://bit.ly/3VOEJvx
Please consider making a small donation to reimburse the SUfS-SF organizing team:
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Donate to Reimburse Volunteer Scientists for Standing Up for Science!, organized by Abigail Kennedy
The Stand Up for Science local San Francisco team of 11 volun… Abigail Kennedy needs your support for Reimburse Volunteer Scientists for Standing Up for Science!
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October 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Please consider making a small donation to reimburse the SUfS-SF organizing team:
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THIS IS THE WAY.
Everyone gets their knickers in a twist when I say we can’t sci-comm our way out of this mess…but maybe you’ll listen to the more eloquent and measured @edyong209.bsky.social!
This isn’t happening because people don’t appreciate the brilliance of the double helix structure.
Everyone gets their knickers in a twist when I say we can’t sci-comm our way out of this mess…but maybe you’ll listen to the more eloquent and measured @edyong209.bsky.social!
This isn’t happening because people don’t appreciate the brilliance of the double helix structure.
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
October 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
THIS IS THE WAY.
Everyone gets their knickers in a twist when I say we can’t sci-comm our way out of this mess…but maybe you’ll listen to the more eloquent and measured @edyong209.bsky.social!
This isn’t happening because people don’t appreciate the brilliance of the double helix structure.
Everyone gets their knickers in a twist when I say we can’t sci-comm our way out of this mess…but maybe you’ll listen to the more eloquent and measured @edyong209.bsky.social!
This isn’t happening because people don’t appreciate the brilliance of the double helix structure.
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Are you a healthcare worker or scientist (or know someone who is)? #RFKJr is bragging that he has your support. Time to let Congress know HCWs and scientists do NOT support this man. Take a few minutes to send in a postcard. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...
Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health
When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...
www.defendpublichealth.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Are you a healthcare worker or scientist (or know someone who is)? #RFKJr is bragging that he has your support. Time to let Congress know HCWs and scientists do NOT support this man. Take a few minutes to send in a postcard. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...
This is an embarrassing way to cover a paper that is basically negative results (spoiler alert: this did not go as the investigators might have hoped).
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
Human skin DNA fertilised to make embryo for first time
US scientists testing the technique say it could help people overcome infertility and potentially allow same-sex couples to have a genetically related child.
bbc.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is an embarrassing way to cover a paper that is basically negative results (spoiler alert: this did not go as the investigators might have hoped).
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
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NSF GRFP solicitation is finally up. Life Sci deadline extended to Nov 10 but 2nd year grad students no longer eligible www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NSF GRFP solicitation is finally up. Life Sci deadline extended to Nov 10 but 2nd year grad students no longer eligible www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
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At this exact time and date — 14:19 Eastern US time on September 22, 2025 — the center of the Sun is directly over Earth's equator (in technical terms, it has a declination of 0°), marking the moment of the September equinox.
Happy equinox!
Happy equinox!
September 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
At this exact time and date — 14:19 Eastern US time on September 22, 2025 — the center of the Sun is directly over Earth's equator (in technical terms, it has a declination of 0°), marking the moment of the September equinox.
Happy equinox!
Happy equinox!
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Although this bill passed both legislative chambers, nine legislators—champions of CFA—sided with California teachers and abstained from voting.
We urge you to tell Governor Gavin Newsom to veto AB715 by adding your signature here. 📩
win.newmode.net/caircaliforn... #VETOAB715
We urge you to tell Governor Gavin Newsom to veto AB715 by adding your signature here. 📩
win.newmode.net/caircaliforn... #VETOAB715
September 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Although this bill passed both legislative chambers, nine legislators—champions of CFA—sided with California teachers and abstained from voting.
We urge you to tell Governor Gavin Newsom to veto AB715 by adding your signature here. 📩
win.newmode.net/caircaliforn... #VETOAB715
We urge you to tell Governor Gavin Newsom to veto AB715 by adding your signature here. 📩
win.newmode.net/caircaliforn... #VETOAB715