Katie Sandlin
@kmsandlin.bsky.social
Manager of Education & Career Development Programs @AAI.org
DOGEd from NIH/NHGRI Education Outreach Specialist
Former Director of Curriculum at @genomicsed.bsky.social
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DOGEd from NIH/NHGRI Education Outreach Specialist
Former Director of Curriculum at @genomicsed.bsky.social
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Katie Sandlin
@kmsandlin.bsky.social
· Feb 14
Today, along with 2,000 other NIH employees, I had to clear out my office 😭
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
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Some friendly advice to folks new to the conference submission game: everybody gets some submissions rejected. I did today. It’s normal and expected. Keep doing the best work you can, don’t get too high or too low, learn from every decision, and push on. #AERA2026
dory and clown fish from the movie finding nemo
ALT: dory and clown fish from the movie finding nemo
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November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Some friendly advice to folks new to the conference submission game: everybody gets some submissions rejected. I did today. It’s normal and expected. Keep doing the best work you can, don’t get too high or too low, learn from every decision, and push on. #AERA2026
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Teaching is an experiment — share what you’ve learned!
ASBMB Today invites essays on evolving teaching practices:
• Redesigning grading systems
• Bringing cultural context into your curriculum
• Shifting from traditional lectures to flipped or active-learning models
🗓 Jan. 15 | 📧 mlocke@asbmb.org
ASBMB Today invites essays on evolving teaching practices:
• Redesigning grading systems
• Bringing cultural context into your curriculum
• Shifting from traditional lectures to flipped or active-learning models
🗓 Jan. 15 | 📧 mlocke@asbmb.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Teaching is an experiment — share what you’ve learned!
ASBMB Today invites essays on evolving teaching practices:
• Redesigning grading systems
• Bringing cultural context into your curriculum
• Shifting from traditional lectures to flipped or active-learning models
🗓 Jan. 15 | 📧 mlocke@asbmb.org
ASBMB Today invites essays on evolving teaching practices:
• Redesigning grading systems
• Bringing cultural context into your curriculum
• Shifting from traditional lectures to flipped or active-learning models
🗓 Jan. 15 | 📧 mlocke@asbmb.org
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Very excited to share that Department of Biomedical Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social is hiring for open rank tenure-track faculty in #Biomedical #DataScience!
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/177042
Apps starting to be reviewed Dec 5 and ongoing after!
🧪🧬🖥️🧠 #StatsSky #WomenInSTEM
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/177042
Apps starting to be reviewed Dec 5 and ongoing after!
🧪🧬🖥️🧠 #StatsSky #WomenInSTEM
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November 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Very excited to share that Department of Biomedical Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social is hiring for open rank tenure-track faculty in #Biomedical #DataScience!
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/177042
Apps starting to be reviewed Dec 5 and ongoing after!
🧪🧬🖥️🧠 #StatsSky #WomenInSTEM
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/177042
Apps starting to be reviewed Dec 5 and ongoing after!
🧪🧬🖥️🧠 #StatsSky #WomenInSTEM
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And we have another open position, this time with a focus on Genome Biology! Join a great community in Vienna to bring your research to the next level!
📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Genome Biology. We are particularly interested in researchers investigating the molecular and biophysical mechanisms underlying genome function and regulation. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3t7vvdct
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
And we have another open position, this time with a focus on Genome Biology! Join a great community in Vienna to bring your research to the next level!
Glad the government finally admitted it lied in my termination email.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Glad the government finally admitted it lied in my termination email.
Dr. McNutt offered a sobering yet inspiring perspective on the current landscape of science in America. While she did not shy away from the challenges we face, she also provided several thoughtful and actionable steps we can take to strengthen our nation’s scientific enterprise and global standing.
AAI presents a free webinar: "State of Science in the US: 2025," with Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences, tomorrow, October 8, from 1-2 PM EST. Secure your spot now: https://ow.ly/wIML50WZv7C.
#STEM #ScienceEducation #Biotechnology
#STEM #ScienceEducation #Biotechnology
October 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Dr. McNutt offered a sobering yet inspiring perspective on the current landscape of science in America. While she did not shy away from the challenges we face, she also provided several thoughtful and actionable steps we can take to strengthen our nation’s scientific enterprise and global standing.
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Congratulations to new Nobel Laureate and AAI Distinguished Fellow Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi for being awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell! Honored for his foundational discovery of regulatory T cells (Tregs). www.nobelprize.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Congratulations to new Nobel Laureate and AAI Distinguished Fellow Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi for being awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell! Honored for his foundational discovery of regulatory T cells (Tregs). www.nobelprize.org
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"Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, who earned scientific stature and global celebrity by chronicling the distinctive behavior of wild chimpanzees in East Africa...died on Wednesday in Los Angeles." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, who earned scientific stature and global celebrity by chronicling the distinctive behavior of wild chimpanzees in East Africa...died on Wednesday in Los Angeles." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
🧬 Do you know how your immune system works every day?
Immunology Explained, a new initiative from the @aai.org, makes it simple to understand how it impacts everyday health with clear, science-backed info.
Check it out: immunologyexplained.aai.org
#ImmunologyExplained #ImmuneSystem #Science
Immunology Explained, a new initiative from the @aai.org, makes it simple to understand how it impacts everyday health with clear, science-backed info.
Check it out: immunologyexplained.aai.org
#ImmunologyExplained #ImmuneSystem #Science
October 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🧬 Do you know how your immune system works every day?
Immunology Explained, a new initiative from the @aai.org, makes it simple to understand how it impacts everyday health with clear, science-backed info.
Check it out: immunologyexplained.aai.org
#ImmunologyExplained #ImmuneSystem #Science
Immunology Explained, a new initiative from the @aai.org, makes it simple to understand how it impacts everyday health with clear, science-backed info.
Check it out: immunologyexplained.aai.org
#ImmunologyExplained #ImmuneSystem #Science
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On the jump forward of CRISPR genome editing beta islet cells, preempting the need for immunosuppression, for a one-shot treatment of autoimmune (Type 1) diabetes
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
September 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On the jump forward of CRISPR genome editing beta islet cells, preempting the need for immunosuppression, for a one-shot treatment of autoimmune (Type 1) diabetes
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I am proud to be an AAI employee!
We have joined @idsainfo.bsky.social, @asm.org, and 19 other medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, in calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to ensure the health of the American people.
Read the statement in full: news.aai.org/2025/09/04/j...
Read the statement in full: news.aai.org/2025/09/04/j...
September 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I am proud to be an AAI employee!
Nominate a wonderful colleague or mentor!!
Recognize outstanding achievements in #immunology! AAI is seeking nominations for our 2026 Career Awards. Know a great mentor or a brilliant researcher? Nominate them by September 10! Learn more and submit a nomination: www.aai.org/Awards/Career.
#AAICareerAwards
#AAICareerAwards
Pamela Rosato, Ph.D., on receiving a 2025 ASPIRE Award
YouTube video by The American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
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September 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Nominate a wonderful colleague or mentor!!
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🗓️ #IMMUNOLOGY2026™ abstract submissions open on September 3! Get ready to share your latest research with the global immunology community. ow.ly/XQ6O50WBK9r
#immunology #scicomm
#immunology #scicomm
August 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🗓️ #IMMUNOLOGY2026™ abstract submissions open on September 3! Get ready to share your latest research with the global immunology community. ow.ly/XQ6O50WBK9r
#immunology #scicomm
#immunology #scicomm
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This is really reporting 'inside' the response to the devastating Mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone.
Critical reading, as we are facing a future in which we will increasingly be confronted with emerging diseases, even preventable ones.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Critical reading, as we are facing a future in which we will increasingly be confronted with emerging diseases, even preventable ones.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
August 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is really reporting 'inside' the response to the devastating Mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone.
Critical reading, as we are facing a future in which we will increasingly be confronted with emerging diseases, even preventable ones.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Critical reading, as we are facing a future in which we will increasingly be confronted with emerging diseases, even preventable ones.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
August 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
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Just to give the TL;DR on this one:
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
This is literally some of the craziest shit I have ever read.
And that's saying a lot.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
And that's saying a lot.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Just to give the TL;DR on this one:
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
Reposted by Katie Sandlin
Looking for trusted info on vaccines? AAI has you covered this #NationalImmunizationAwarenessMonth. Download our handout to learn about vaccines and the immune system: ow.ly/7w9e50WBGuR.
#NIAM #VaccinesWork #Immunology #AAIResources
#NIAM #VaccinesWork #Immunology #AAIResources
August 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Looking for trusted info on vaccines? AAI has you covered this #NationalImmunizationAwarenessMonth. Download our handout to learn about vaccines and the immune system: ow.ly/7w9e50WBGuR.
#NIAM #VaccinesWork #Immunology #AAIResources
#NIAM #VaccinesWork #Immunology #AAIResources
Claiming to have “listened to the experts” rings hollow when the leading voices behind mRNA research were dismissed, discredited, or outright ignored. That’s not science-based leadership — that’s selective hearing.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
August 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Claiming to have “listened to the experts” rings hollow when the leading voices behind mRNA research were dismissed, discredited, or outright ignored. That’s not science-based leadership — that’s selective hearing.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
Who wants to help me around this paywall!?
Engineering B cells to treat and study human disease
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natbiotech.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natbiotech.nature.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Who wants to help me around this paywall!?
Nominations are open for AAI Career Awards through September 10.
AAI members: Nominate exceptional colleagues for career honors. The AAI career awards recognize excellence in immunology research, service, and mentorship at all career levels. Submit your nominations by September 10: ow.ly/aqQI50WyNIu. #AAICareerAwards #Immunology #Immunologists
August 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nominations are open for AAI Career Awards through September 10.
Increasing funding for NIH is a major step in the right direction!!!!!
AAI is delighted that Senate Appropriations Committee has recognized the critical importance of biomedical research by increasing funding for the NIH in fiscal year FY 2026. Read our full statement: ow.ly/qBEC50WyLzS.
August 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Increasing funding for NIH is a major step in the right direction!!!!!
Apply for up to $100K grant from @aai.org by August 28!
AAI’s RESTORE Grants Program provides funding to conduct immunology focused research projects that were unexpectedly frozen/terminated by NIH or other federal government agencies due to non-scientific reasons.
www.aai.org/Awards/resto...
AAI’s RESTORE Grants Program provides funding to conduct immunology focused research projects that were unexpectedly frozen/terminated by NIH or other federal government agencies due to non-scientific reasons.
www.aai.org/Awards/resto...
$8M RESTORE Grants Program Launched for Researchers Hit by Federal Funding Terminations - AAI News
AAI has launched an $8 million emergency funding initiative called the RESTORE Grants Program to support scientists whose immunology-focused federal research grants were abruptly terminated or frozen in 2025 for reasons unrelated to their scientific merit.
news.aai.org
July 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Apply for up to $100K grant from @aai.org by August 28!
AAI’s RESTORE Grants Program provides funding to conduct immunology focused research projects that were unexpectedly frozen/terminated by NIH or other federal government agencies due to non-scientific reasons.
www.aai.org/Awards/resto...
AAI’s RESTORE Grants Program provides funding to conduct immunology focused research projects that were unexpectedly frozen/terminated by NIH or other federal government agencies due to non-scientific reasons.
www.aai.org/Awards/resto...
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Apply today to participate in the AAI Peer-Review Mentorship Program! This program is designed to provide mentorship from seasoned professionals to develop your skills as a peer reviewer of manuscripts submitted to AAI journals. Learn more: ow.ly/qLyn50WuPxA.
July 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Apply today to participate in the AAI Peer-Review Mentorship Program! This program is designed to provide mentorship from seasoned professionals to develop your skills as a peer reviewer of manuscripts submitted to AAI journals. Learn more: ow.ly/qLyn50WuPxA.
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We have joined 39 other organizations representing thousands of biological research stakeholders signing a letter sent to NIH expressing concerns with the implementation of “Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research” Executive Order 14292: ow.ly/Y56x50WxmYl. #AAIadvocacy
ASM Leads Letter on Federal Biosecurity & Biosafety Policy | ASM.org
The American Society for Microbiology leads a stakeholder letter expressing concerns on the implementation of EO 14292.
ow.ly
July 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We have joined 39 other organizations representing thousands of biological research stakeholders signing a letter sent to NIH expressing concerns with the implementation of “Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research” Executive Order 14292: ow.ly/Y56x50WxmYl. #AAIadvocacy