Ya’el Courtney, PhD
@scienceyael.bsky.social
Jane Coffin Childs Fellow & postdoc in immunology @ Stanford Robinson lab | 2024 Harvard neuro PhD @LehtinenLab • @HHMINews Gilliam ‘21 • 119/100📚 in 2025
I’ve been mentoring admissions + fellowship applications for ~6 years (through Científico Latino, Project SHORT, TechDev Academy, and as an NSF mentor via Harvard GSAS), and I finally formalized it into a clear coaching structure with options + pricing.
www.yaelcourtney.com/coaching
www.yaelcourtney.com/coaching
Admissions & Fellowship Coaching | PhD + Graduate, College, Postdoc | Ya’el Courtney — Ya'el Courtney
PhD admissions coaching and fellowship coaching for college through postdoc applicants. Strategy + writing feedback for SOP/personal/research statements, CV/resume, supplements, and interview prep. Su...
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January 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I’ve been mentoring admissions + fellowship applications for ~6 years (through Científico Latino, Project SHORT, TechDev Academy, and as an NSF mentor via Harvard GSAS), and I finally formalized it into a clear coaching structure with options + pricing.
www.yaelcourtney.com/coaching
www.yaelcourtney.com/coaching
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I read 150 books in 2025, here were my favorites 📚 Did you read and love (or hate) any of these? See next post to take a closer look.
Also, always looking for recs! What books moved you this year? What book could you not stop thinking about? Any genre!
Also, always looking for recs! What books moved you this year? What book could you not stop thinking about? Any genre!
December 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I read 150 books in 2025, here were my favorites 📚 Did you read and love (or hate) any of these? See next post to take a closer look.
Also, always looking for recs! What books moved you this year? What book could you not stop thinking about? Any genre!
Also, always looking for recs! What books moved you this year? What book could you not stop thinking about? Any genre!
I read 150 books in 2025, here were my favorites 📚 Did you read and love (or hate) any of these? See next post to take a closer look.
Also, always looking for recs! What books moved you this year? What book could you not stop thinking about? Any genre!
Also, always looking for recs! What books moved you this year? What book could you not stop thinking about? Any genre!
December 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I read 150 books in 2025, here were my favorites 📚 Did you read and love (or hate) any of these? See next post to take a closer look.
Also, always looking for recs! What books moved you this year? What book could you not stop thinking about? Any genre!
Also, always looking for recs! What books moved you this year? What book could you not stop thinking about? Any genre!
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After months of work in DC, @rephaleystevens.bsky.social has, with the support of @standupforscience.bsky.social, introduced articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
But...the press thinks it can't be done. We aren't buying it.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
But...the press thinks it can't be done. We aren't buying it.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
House Democrat Seeks to Impeach Kennedy for Undercutting Public Health
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
After months of work in DC, @rephaleystevens.bsky.social has, with the support of @standupforscience.bsky.social, introduced articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
But...the press thinks it can't be done. We aren't buying it.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
But...the press thinks it can't be done. We aren't buying it.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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Impeach him.
BREAKING: U.S. vaccine advisers recommend ending longstanding advice that all babies get a hepatitis B shot at birth.
US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth
A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Impeach him.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“We now have the single most effective intervention against dementia [shingles vaccine]…if this was a drug this would be a blockbuster…but since it’s a vaccine I think the public isn’t getting the magnitude”
awesome @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social Grand Rounds by @erictopol.bsky.social today.
awesome @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social Grand Rounds by @erictopol.bsky.social today.
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“We now have the single most effective intervention against dementia [shingles vaccine]…if this was a drug this would be a blockbuster…but since it’s a vaccine I think the public isn’t getting the magnitude”
awesome @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social Grand Rounds by @erictopol.bsky.social today.
awesome @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social Grand Rounds by @erictopol.bsky.social today.
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What causes long covid? Check out this week's video to see how one scientist is trying to unravel this mystery:
www.youtube.com/shorts/b3OAG...
www.youtube.com/shorts/b3OAG...
Long covid
YouTube video by Everyday Scientists
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November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What causes long covid? Check out this week's video to see how one scientist is trying to unravel this mystery:
www.youtube.com/shorts/b3OAG...
www.youtube.com/shorts/b3OAG...
Some engagement posts taken with self timer by my talented partner @kylemurphyphoto.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Some engagement posts taken with self timer by my talented partner @kylemurphyphoto.bsky.social
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This is what the audience for a Long COVID conference looked like today. Notice anything? 😷
August 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is what the audience for a Long COVID conference looked like today. Notice anything? 😷
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every time sama posts about “you could have phd level intelligence i. your pocket” i simply remember that i can text actual phd @scienceyael.bsky.social whenever i want and not burn down a meadow to do it
August 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
every time sama posts about “you could have phd level intelligence i. your pocket” i simply remember that i can text actual phd @scienceyael.bsky.social whenever i want and not burn down a meadow to do it
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Excited to see a new cohort of @hhmi.org Gilliam Fellows. I have seen the impact this program has had and am glad its continuing. Special congrats to UNC's Celeste Robles and her advisor Helen Lazear, continuing a long tradition of amazing Gilliam Fellows here
August 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Excited to see a new cohort of @hhmi.org Gilliam Fellows. I have seen the impact this program has had and am glad its continuing. Special congrats to UNC's Celeste Robles and her advisor Helen Lazear, continuing a long tradition of amazing Gilliam Fellows here
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No one should ever have the power to autonomously cancel hundreds of millions of dollars for scientific research based on some lies they saw on YouTube.
August 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
No one should ever have the power to autonomously cancel hundreds of millions of dollars for scientific research based on some lies they saw on YouTube.
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mRNA vaccines are one of the most important tools we have for preventing future catastrophic pandemics because we can update them more quickly than any other vaccine technology in response to new emerging viruses & variants.
RFK Jr cancelling millions in mRNA research makes the world far less safe.
RFK Jr cancelling millions in mRNA research makes the world far less safe.
August 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
mRNA vaccines are one of the most important tools we have for preventing future catastrophic pandemics because we can update them more quickly than any other vaccine technology in response to new emerging viruses & variants.
RFK Jr cancelling millions in mRNA research makes the world far less safe.
RFK Jr cancelling millions in mRNA research makes the world far less safe.
P.S. this review was originally 5x longer and soooo much more fun/historical/engaging/narrative.... DM me if you want the director's cut LOL the reviewers did not care for the style.
July 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
P.S. this review was originally 5x longer and soooo much more fun/historical/engaging/narrative.... DM me if you want the director's cut LOL the reviewers did not care for the style.
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Call Congress 202-224-3121 or use @5calls.org
Pressure is necessary. #StandWithScience
For @resist.bot write your
Own letters or simply click the one below to sign and share, or text sign PQFDDW to 50409
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Pressure is necessary. #StandWithScience
For @resist.bot write your
Own letters or simply click the one below to sign and share, or text sign PQFDDW to 50409
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Support NIH Scientists Bethesda Declaration Letter of Dissent - Hold Hearings
Text SIGN PQFDDW to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
July 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Call Congress 202-224-3121 or use @5calls.org
Pressure is necessary. #StandWithScience
For @resist.bot write your
Own letters or simply click the one below to sign and share, or text sign PQFDDW to 50409
resist.bot/petitions/PQ...
Pressure is necessary. #StandWithScience
For @resist.bot write your
Own letters or simply click the one below to sign and share, or text sign PQFDDW to 50409
resist.bot/petitions/PQ...
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David Corey is one of the most brilliant scientists I’ve had the pleasure of working with. Cutting funding to scientists like him is going to hurt our country in so many ways including its standing in the world as well as economically. Not to mention the health of our citizens. All for what?
July 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
David Corey is one of the most brilliant scientists I’ve had the pleasure of working with. Cutting funding to scientists like him is going to hurt our country in so many ways including its standing in the world as well as economically. Not to mention the health of our citizens. All for what?
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Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
zurl.co
July 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
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🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL. FLOOD THE ZONE 🚨
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
July 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL. FLOOD THE ZONE 🚨
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND