Liv
@livlaughlasers.bsky.social
Biomedical engineering PhD, metabolism, ✨mitochondria✨, optical imaging
Now learning and researching cell migration!
She/her, Latiné, Postdoctoral Researcher
Now learning and researching cell migration!
She/her, Latiné, Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Jane Goodall inspired me in many ways to pursue a career in science. Rest well, Dr. Goodall. Thank you for everything you put into this world.
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Dr. Jane Goodall inspired me in many ways to pursue a career in science. Rest well, Dr. Goodall. Thank you for everything you put into this world.
Fantastic resource!
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Fantastic resource!
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Want to brush up on your skills about fighting back against repression and political interference in #highered? Join an online session for the April 17 #DayofActionforHigherEd. Register: www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events
April 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Want to brush up on your skills about fighting back against repression and political interference in #highered? Join an online session for the April 17 #DayofActionforHigherEd. Register: www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events
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An important point getting overlooked:
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
April 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
An important point getting overlooked:
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
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From a source at NIH:
“Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed.
The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad.
Everything is stopped”
“Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed.
The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad.
Everything is stopped”
April 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
From a source at NIH:
“Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed.
The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad.
Everything is stopped”
“Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed.
The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad.
Everything is stopped”
Thank you for your speech @booker.senate.gov. I watched/listened since this morning in solidarity as I worked on my dissertation. Love, care, and kindness drives out hate, spite, and malice. May your message sink in for those who haven’t understood.
April 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Thank you for your speech @booker.senate.gov. I watched/listened since this morning in solidarity as I worked on my dissertation. Love, care, and kindness drives out hate, spite, and malice. May your message sink in for those who haven’t understood.
Definitely feels like no one cares. I struggle to find more than a handful of people around me who express the same amount of alarm or seem to understand what is at stake.
Science is being actively destroyed, and it feels like no one cares. www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials will screen NIH funding opportunities
Staff at biomedical agency worry about political interference in setting priorities
www.science.org
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Definitely feels like no one cares. I struggle to find more than a handful of people around me who express the same amount of alarm or seem to understand what is at stake.
One of my students just chatting with her lab partner today: “Do I look like a scientist to you? I’m an engineer! I fix things with tape!” 😂
March 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
One of my students just chatting with her lab partner today: “Do I look like a scientist to you? I’m an engineer! I fix things with tape!” 😂
The game being played: How far can the boundaries of capitalistic ideals be pushed?
- Weaponizes: individualism, ignorance, uncertainty, fear, overwhelm
- Requires: compliance in advance, guise of every day normality
- Weaponizes: individualism, ignorance, uncertainty, fear, overwhelm
- Requires: compliance in advance, guise of every day normality
March 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The game being played: How far can the boundaries of capitalistic ideals be pushed?
- Weaponizes: individualism, ignorance, uncertainty, fear, overwhelm
- Requires: compliance in advance, guise of every day normality
- Weaponizes: individualism, ignorance, uncertainty, fear, overwhelm
- Requires: compliance in advance, guise of every day normality
Public libraries were a staple of my childhood. They fed my voracious appetite for books. I volunteered at my local library as a teen. I credit so much of who I am to the access I had and continue to enjoy. I am supremely disappointed at the attack on funding for our public libraries.
March 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Public libraries were a staple of my childhood. They fed my voracious appetite for books. I volunteered at my local library as a teen. I credit so much of who I am to the access I had and continue to enjoy. I am supremely disappointed at the attack on funding for our public libraries.
So grateful to everyone who joined us in our #standupforscience walkout at the University of Arkansas. @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
So grateful to everyone who joined us in our #standupforscience walkout at the University of Arkansas. @standupforscience.bsky.social
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“As the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) for NIMH, we are a group of scientific experts from leading biomedical research institutions across our nation.
Each of us has taken an oath as a Special Gov’t Employee to uphold the Constitution and fulfill our congressionally mandated responsibility…”
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Each of us has taken an oath as a Special Gov’t Employee to uphold the Constitution and fulfill our congressionally mandated responsibility…”
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Compelling pushback from @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social and the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) regarding termination of tenure-track investigators driven by DOGE.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“As the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) for NIMH, we are a group of scientific experts from leading biomedical research institutions across our nation.
Each of us has taken an oath as a Special Gov’t Employee to uphold the Constitution and fulfill our congressionally mandated responsibility…”
👀
Each of us has taken an oath as a Special Gov’t Employee to uphold the Constitution and fulfill our congressionally mandated responsibility…”
👀
I am participating in the economic blackout today. I am only supporting small local businesses and paying in cash with them. Also spending some time at my local public library!
February 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am participating in the economic blackout today. I am only supporting small local businesses and paying in cash with them. Also spending some time at my local public library!
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Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage
https://go.nature.com/42SyoUu
https://go.nature.com/42SyoUu
Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature
Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.
go.nature.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage
https://go.nature.com/42SyoUu
https://go.nature.com/42SyoUu
I had a conversation with my PhD advisor today about the implications of the cuts. Halting all submissions was not something we expected
Just got the dreaded email. University of Iowa is halting all NIH grant submissions.
Losing a generation of scientists here will send the state backwards. What a travesty.
Losing a generation of scientists here will send the state backwards. What a travesty.
February 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I had a conversation with my PhD advisor today about the implications of the cuts. Halting all submissions was not something we expected
This was the best Super Bowl performance by far. The concept, the music, the timing. Amazing ✊🏽
February 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This was the best Super Bowl performance by far. The concept, the music, the timing. Amazing ✊🏽
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8. Finally, Trump and Republicans are going to do everything they can to divide us. Divide science and the humanities, divide red state and blue state universities, divide NIH extramural and intramural, divide us on race and gender and class.
The way we rebuild science is to stick together. /end
The way we rebuild science is to stick together. /end
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
8. Finally, Trump and Republicans are going to do everything they can to divide us. Divide science and the humanities, divide red state and blue state universities, divide NIH extramural and intramural, divide us on race and gender and class.
The way we rebuild science is to stick together. /end
The way we rebuild science is to stick together. /end
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A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:
February 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:
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Wow. So not only were several bird flu studies left out of today’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, some data on bird flu briefly appeared in the online report and then was quickly removed.
February 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Wow. So not only were several bird flu studies left out of today’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, some data on bird flu briefly appeared in the online report and then was quickly removed.
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This graph is something I think about often. When I tell people about grad school, I try to be as honest as possible because it is one of the most difficult things you can put yourself through mentally.
#Science #STEM #gradschool #PhDstudent #Gradstudent #mentalhealth #gradstudentmentalhealth
#Science #STEM #gradschool #PhDstudent #Gradstudent #mentalhealth #gradstudentmentalhealth
February 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This graph is something I think about often. When I tell people about grad school, I try to be as honest as possible because it is one of the most difficult things you can put yourself through mentally.
#Science #STEM #gradschool #PhDstudent #Gradstudent #mentalhealth #gradstudentmentalhealth
#Science #STEM #gradschool #PhDstudent #Gradstudent #mentalhealth #gradstudentmentalhealth
The Senate is currently discussing the confirmation of Russel Vought as OMB director. He is the author of Project 2025. You can watch the floor proceedings live
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
U.S. Senate: Floor Proceedings
Floor Activity
www.senate.gov
February 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Senate is currently discussing the confirmation of Russel Vought as OMB director. He is the author of Project 2025. You can watch the floor proceedings live
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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After an unprecedented pause of three weeks, the CDC has resumed publishing its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
However, three studies about bird flu that were supposed to appear in this edition, remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads.
However, three studies about bird flu that were supposed to appear in this edition, remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads.
February 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
After an unprecedented pause of three weeks, the CDC has resumed publishing its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
However, three studies about bird flu that were supposed to appear in this edition, remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads.
However, three studies about bird flu that were supposed to appear in this edition, remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads.