Sarah Bay
@sarahbay.bsky.social
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Sarah Bay
@sarahbay.bsky.social
· Jul 1
SARAH BAY, PHD
www.sarahbay.me
✨Open to Work✨
Need an exceptional writer or editor? Need genetics expertise? What about experience with peer review, scholarly publishing, or associations/nonprofits?
I'm your gal! I'm open to freelance, contract, and full-time work, and I appreciate any leads you have.
www.sarahbay.me
Need an exceptional writer or editor? Need genetics expertise? What about experience with peer review, scholarly publishing, or associations/nonprofits?
I'm your gal! I'm open to freelance, contract, and full-time work, and I appreciate any leads you have.
www.sarahbay.me
If you’ve ever done the deep dive on the discovery of the structure of DNA (🙋🏻♀️), you’re probably as sick as I am of the popular narratives around Franklin as I am. Let Cobb and Comfort set you straight, please!!
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you’ve ever done the deep dive on the discovery of the structure of DNA (🙋🏻♀️), you’re probably as sick as I am of the popular narratives around Franklin as I am. Let Cobb and Comfort set you straight, please!!
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July 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I've been doing all my hustling over on LinkedIn, but I figure I should do some here, too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
✨Open to Work✨
Need an exceptional writer or editor? Need genetics expertise? What about experience with peer review, scholarly publishing, or associations/nonprofits?
I'm your gal! I'm open to freelance, contract, and full-time work, and I appreciate any leads you have.
www.sarahbay.me
Need an exceptional writer or editor? Need genetics expertise? What about experience with peer review, scholarly publishing, or associations/nonprofits?
I'm your gal! I'm open to freelance, contract, and full-time work, and I appreciate any leads you have.
www.sarahbay.me
SARAH BAY, PHD
www.sarahbay.me
July 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I've been doing all my hustling over on LinkedIn, but I figure I should do some here, too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
✨Open to Work✨
Need an exceptional writer or editor? Need genetics expertise? What about experience with peer review, scholarly publishing, or associations/nonprofits?
I'm your gal! I'm open to freelance, contract, and full-time work, and I appreciate any leads you have.
www.sarahbay.me
Need an exceptional writer or editor? Need genetics expertise? What about experience with peer review, scholarly publishing, or associations/nonprofits?
I'm your gal! I'm open to freelance, contract, and full-time work, and I appreciate any leads you have.
www.sarahbay.me
SARAH BAY, PHD
www.sarahbay.me
July 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
✨Open to Work✨
Need an exceptional writer or editor? Need genetics expertise? What about experience with peer review, scholarly publishing, or associations/nonprofits?
I'm your gal! I'm open to freelance, contract, and full-time work, and I appreciate any leads you have.
www.sarahbay.me
Need an exceptional writer or editor? Need genetics expertise? What about experience with peer review, scholarly publishing, or associations/nonprofits?
I'm your gal! I'm open to freelance, contract, and full-time work, and I appreciate any leads you have.
www.sarahbay.me
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🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees:
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
April 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees:
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and…
1. Download your NSF award letters.
2. Print PDF your annual reports.
3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports.
NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
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ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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April 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
1/n
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
go.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
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if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
It Happened To Me: I Finally Decided to Learn R
March 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It Happened To Me: I Finally Decided to Learn R
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Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.
February 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.
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It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this:
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
NEW: In a further sign of turmoil at the NIH, Mike Lauer, who oversees the agency's $39 billion extramural budget that goes to research outside the NIH, has resigned effective tomorrow.
This comes after top NIH official Larry Tabak abruptly retired yesterday.
This comes after top NIH official Larry Tabak abruptly retired yesterday.
February 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this:
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
@kmsandlin.bsky.social Just followed you—send me a DM to talk about a potential lead.
February 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
@kmsandlin.bsky.social Just followed you—send me a DM to talk about a potential lead.
There will undoubtedly be so much more to say in the coming weeks, but today was my last day of work at GSA—close to 10 years after starting my internship—and now I’m done, and it’s a wild feeling.
February 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
There will undoubtedly be so much more to say in the coming weeks, but today was my last day of work at GSA—close to 10 years after starting my internship—and now I’m done, and it’s a wild feeling.
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Are you a scientist whose work is being affected by changes in the Trump administration? Get in touch with @nature.com reporters @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social Jeff Tollefson & yours truly.
Let us know what's on your mind & what we should be writing about.
Let us know what's on your mind & what we should be writing about.
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.
www.nature.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Are you a scientist whose work is being affected by changes in the Trump administration? Get in touch with @nature.com reporters @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social Jeff Tollefson & yours truly.
Let us know what's on your mind & what we should be writing about.
Let us know what's on your mind & what we should be writing about.
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In response to headline “Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database” I want to re-emphasize that all these grants were public record and written in response to public solicitations supporting DEI content. No “uncovering” or “releasing” was done here
February 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In response to headline “Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database” I want to re-emphasize that all these grants were public record and written in response to public solicitations supporting DEI content. No “uncovering” or “releasing” was done here
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DEIA and Doing the Right Thing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...
DEIA and Doing the Right Thing - The Scholarly Kitchen
Now is a time when we must continue to stand against censorship and to support the scholarly community in both our words and our actions, according to our ethics and beliefs.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
DEIA and Doing the Right Thing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...
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I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday
February 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday
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A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates
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February 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates
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“Since 1980, Congress has mandated that the agency seek to broaden participation of underrepresented groups […] The NSF spokesperson did not respond to a query about concerns that Trump’s executive orders are at odds with the agency’s responsibilities, as codified in law.”
NSF has unfrozen funds but is continuing to scour research grants for violations of Trump’s orders
Nature spoke to six NSF staff members, who shared documents detailing plans to search 10,000 flagged grants for DEI language.
For @nature.com w/ @dangaristo.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nature spoke to six NSF staff members, who shared documents detailing plans to search 10,000 flagged grants for DEI language.
For @nature.com w/ @dangaristo.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders
The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“Since 1980, Congress has mandated that the agency seek to broaden participation of underrepresented groups […] The NSF spokesperson did not respond to a query about concerns that Trump’s executive orders are at odds with the agency’s responsibilities, as codified in law.”
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🚨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.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨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.
Reposted by Sarah Bay
NEW: We obtained the directions NSF program officers are following to review all grants for compliance with the Trump EOs and the turmoil it has created in an agency mandated to broaden STEM participation. Our story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders
The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.
www.nature.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
NEW: We obtained the directions NSF program officers are following to review all grants for compliance with the Trump EOs and the turmoil it has created in an agency mandated to broaden STEM participation. Our story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Different sort of news to share over here. I'm moving on from my role at GSA and will be seeking new opportunities. Not sure what's next for me, other than a bit of a break to start—need to take care of myself and my family to make sure I'm ready to fight for the next 4 years and beyond.
February 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Different sort of news to share over here. I'm moving on from my role at GSA and will be seeking new opportunities. Not sure what's next for me, other than a bit of a break to start—need to take care of myself and my family to make sure I'm ready to fight for the next 4 years and beyond.
Rough end to a rough week of a rough month. 💔
Sadly, our colleague and friend Scott Hawley passed away this morning. He was an irreplaceable presence and force for good in the meiosis an Drosophila communities and will be sorely missed.
January 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Rough end to a rough week of a rough month. 💔