Tom Ulrich (he/him)
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Science writer, #hamradio op, #motorcycle lover, dad. Assoc. dir. for scicomm at @broadinstitute.org. TwiX refugee (https://x.com/scribbler_tom). Opinions, informed or otherwise, are mine.
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Genomic sequencing has gotten so fast, so inexpensive, and so rich in information, what if it could be part of our everyday medical care? Come hear what Niall Lennon thinks at the next Broad Discovery Series talk! #clinicalgenomics #precisionmedicine broadinstitute.swoogo.com/Discovery25
Broad Discovery Series
The Broad Discovery Series brings researchers to the stage to discuss and answer questions about some of the most pressing topics in science and medicine today.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Genomic sequencing has gotten so fast, so inexpensive, and so rich in information, what if it could be part of our everyday medical care? Come hear what Niall Lennon thinks at the next Broad Discovery Series talk! #clinicalgenomics #precisionmedicine broadinstitute.swoogo.com/Discovery25
@99pi.org For all you beautiful vexillology nerds out there: universalhub.com/2025/new-sta... @universalhub.com
The new state flags are here!
The state has released copies of the hundreds of replacement flags, seals and state mottoes that people submitted - with the finalists scheduled for a review by an august body of experts starting at 2...
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August 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@99pi.org For all you beautiful vexillology nerds out there: universalhub.com/2025/new-sta... @universalhub.com
Are you curious about how studying arthritis can teach us about gene regulation? I certainly am, which is why I'm excited for @soumya-boston.bsky.social's talk on **Thursday**! Join us in-person or online! #autoimmunity #rheumatoidarthritis #Genetics
Next week! Join us on Thursday, August 14 at 6PM ET in Cambridge, MA (or online) for a Broad Discovery Series talk with @soumya-boston.bsky.social, “Arthritis, autoimmunity, and how the genome works.” Register: broadinstitute.swoogo.com/DiscoverySeries25
August 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Are you curious about how studying arthritis can teach us about gene regulation? I certainly am, which is why I'm excited for @soumya-boston.bsky.social's talk on **Thursday**! Join us in-person or online! #autoimmunity #rheumatoidarthritis #Genetics
WE'RE HIRING!! Come be part of our awesome communications team at @broadinstitute.org! broadinstitute.avature.net/en_US/career... #scicommjobs #sciencewriting #scicomm #sciencecommunications
Science Writer, Office of Communications
Science Writer, Office of CommunicationsThe Science Writer will be a critical member of the Broad Institute’s Communications team and will pitch, report and write news and feature stories about...
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August 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
WE'RE HIRING!! Come be part of our awesome communications team at @broadinstitute.org! broadinstitute.avature.net/en_US/career... #scicommjobs #sciencewriting #scicomm #sciencecommunications
It's #NationalInternDay! Here's to the great interns I've worked with over the last few years, like @norabradford.bsky.social, @alexviveros.bsky.social & @andreatamayo.bsky.social. Y'all rock.
July 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's #NationalInternDay! Here's to the great interns I've worked with over the last few years, like @norabradford.bsky.social, @alexviveros.bsky.social & @andreatamayo.bsky.social. Y'all rock.
I've always found @soumya-boston.bsky.social's research to be absolutely fascinating, and I'm excited to bring him on-stage for the next talk in the @broadinstitute.org's Broad Discovery Series. Join us in-person or online on 8/14!
Join us on Thursday, August 14 at 6 PM ET in Cambridge, MA – or online – for a Broad Discovery Series talk with @soumya-boston.bsky.social : “Arthritis, autoimmunity, and how the genome works.” Register: broadinstitute.swoogo.com/DiscoverySer...
July 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I've always found @soumya-boston.bsky.social's research to be absolutely fascinating, and I'm excited to bring him on-stage for the next talk in the @broadinstitute.org's Broad Discovery Series. Join us in-person or online on 8/14!
Observation: I haven't seen too many Amazon/FedEx/UPS trucks out this Juneteenth, but of the ones I have seen, the drivers have all been Black. In the meantime, middle-aged White guy here has a day off from his desk job. Something seems off there.... 🤔
June 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Observation: I haven't seen too many Amazon/FedEx/UPS trucks out this Juneteenth, but of the ones I have seen, the drivers have all been Black. In the meantime, middle-aged White guy here has a day off from his desk job. Something seems off there.... 🤔
TONIGHT!!! Join us in Kendall Square or tune into the livestream at 6pm!
Join us next Tuesday, May 13, at 6PM ET in Cambridge, MA (or online) for a Broad Discovery Series × BroadIgnite talk with Ralda Nehme and @shiweiw.bsky.social, “How Brain Cells Talk to One Another.” Register: broadinstitute.swoogo.com/DiscoveryxIg...
May 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
TONIGHT!!! Join us in Kendall Square or tune into the livestream at 6pm!
One week from tonight!!!
I'm psyched to team up with @broadinstitute.org institute scientist @drannecarpenter.bsky.social to help introduce a special Broad Discovery Series x BroadIgnite talk! Join us on 5/13 to hear Ralda Nehme and @shiweiw.bsky.social talk about ways that brain cells talk to each other.
Join us on May 13 at 6PM ET in Cambridge, MA (or online) for a Broad Discovery Series × BroadIgnite talk with Ralda Nehme and Shiwei Wang, “How Brain Cells Talk to One Another.” Register: broadinstitute.swoogo.com/DiscoveryxIg...
May 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
One week from tonight!!!
I'm psyched to team up with @broadinstitute.org institute scientist @drannecarpenter.bsky.social to help introduce a special Broad Discovery Series x BroadIgnite talk! Join us on 5/13 to hear Ralda Nehme and @shiweiw.bsky.social talk about ways that brain cells talk to each other.
Join us on May 13 at 6PM ET in Cambridge, MA (or online) for a Broad Discovery Series × BroadIgnite talk with Ralda Nehme and Shiwei Wang, “How Brain Cells Talk to One Another.” Register: broadinstitute.swoogo.com/DiscoveryxIg...
April 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'm psyched to team up with @broadinstitute.org institute scientist @drannecarpenter.bsky.social to help introduce a special Broad Discovery Series x BroadIgnite talk! Join us on 5/13 to hear Ralda Nehme and @shiweiw.bsky.social talk about ways that brain cells talk to each other.
I must be an expert now, because a couple of weeks I'll be participating in the NYAS "Chat with Experts" series. Come hear about my career path and how I ended up doing what I do!
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Chat with Experts featuring Tom Ulrich, ScM - NYAS
April 10, 2025 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET Are you interested in building a career in STEM? Join The New York Academy of Sciences for an exciting monthly online event series designed to explore the vast oppor...
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March 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I must be an expert now, because a couple of weeks I'll be participating in the NYAS "Chat with Experts" series. Come hear about my career path and how I ended up doing what I do!
www.nyas.org/shaping-scie...
www.nyas.org/shaping-scie...
We're still taking applications for the @broadinstitute.org #scicomm internship! The deadline is *THIS FRIDAY* (2/28) at 11:59pm ET. Don't delay!
Are you looking for a #scicomm internship? Just so happens I *have* a scicomm internship! Apply by 2/28 to be a paid summer #intern with the @broadinstitute.org communications team! 👉 broad.io/scicommintern
#sciencecommunications #paidinternship #internship
#sciencecommunications #paidinternship #internship
Science writing and communications internship
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard offers paid winter and summer internship in science writing and communications.
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February 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We're still taking applications for the @broadinstitute.org #scicomm internship! The deadline is *THIS FRIDAY* (2/28) at 11:59pm ET. Don't delay!
What a great event last night! A recording of our event with Lloyd Bod should be available soon. (HT to sneaky front row photographer @namratasengupta.bsky.social)
February 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What a great event last night! A recording of our event with Lloyd Bod should be available soon. (HT to sneaky front row photographer @namratasengupta.bsky.social)
It's less than an hour to tonight's @broadinstitute.org Broad Discovery Series! Stream it live at broad.io/DiscoveryLive
February 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It's less than an hour to tonight's @broadinstitute.org Broad Discovery Series! Stream it live at broad.io/DiscoveryLive
Reposted by Tom Ulrich (he/him)
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Thank you, @floragraham.bsky.social, for absolutely making my day. 🤣
February 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Thank you, @floragraham.bsky.social, for absolutely making my day. 🤣
Are you looking for a #scicomm internship? Just so happens I *have* a scicomm internship! Apply by 2/28 to be a paid summer #intern with the @broadinstitute.org communications team! 👉 broad.io/scicommintern
#sciencecommunications #paidinternship #internship
#sciencecommunications #paidinternship #internship
Science writing and communications internship
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard offers paid winter and summer internship in science writing and communications.
broad.io
February 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Are you looking for a #scicomm internship? Just so happens I *have* a scicomm internship! Apply by 2/28 to be a paid summer #intern with the @broadinstitute.org communications team! 👉 broad.io/scicommintern
#sciencecommunications #paidinternship #internship
#sciencecommunications #paidinternship #internship
After a brief hiatus, the Broad Discovery Series returns on Feb. 11! Cancer immunologist Lloyd Bod will take us on a tour of the immune system and discuss new insights that may help scientists and doctors leverage its cancer-fighting capabilities more effectively. #cancer #immunology #immunotherapy
Join us for a hybrid Broad Discovery Series talk, "Introducing the immune system, and expanding its cancer-fighting potential," with Lloyd Bod on February 11 at 6 pm ET.
Register: broadinstitute.swoogo.com/lloydbod
#Science
Register: broadinstitute.swoogo.com/lloydbod
#Science
January 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
After a brief hiatus, the Broad Discovery Series returns on Feb. 11! Cancer immunologist Lloyd Bod will take us on a tour of the immune system and discuss new insights that may help scientists and doctors leverage its cancer-fighting capabilities more effectively. #cancer #immunology #immunotherapy
Reposted by Tom Ulrich (he/him)
Treat yourself by watching this loop for a while.
A close-up of the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, seen by the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS camera in 2016 and processed by @landru79.bsky.social.
The "snow" is actually dust particles... in front of a moving ocean of stars.
A close-up of the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, seen by the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS camera in 2016 and processed by @landru79.bsky.social.
The "snow" is actually dust particles... in front of a moving ocean of stars.
December 15, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Treat yourself by watching this loop for a while.
A close-up of the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, seen by the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS camera in 2016 and processed by @landru79.bsky.social.
The "snow" is actually dust particles... in front of a moving ocean of stars.
A close-up of the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, seen by the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS camera in 2016 and processed by @landru79.bsky.social.
The "snow" is actually dust particles... in front of a moving ocean of stars.
With the end of 2024 rapidly approaching, I realized last night that 2 collaborative projects that I'd been part of for *months* both finally launched this week. I figured I'd share....
December 13, 2024 at 3:44 PM
With the end of 2024 rapidly approaching, I realized last night that 2 collaborative projects that I'd been part of for *months* both finally launched this week. I figured I'd share....
December 3, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Let's everyone welcome @broadinstitute.bsky.social to Bluesky!
November 15, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Let's everyone welcome @broadinstitute.bsky.social to Bluesky!
Reposted by Tom Ulrich (he/him)
I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)
November 14, 2024 at 7:23 PM
I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)
I must've done something right to get on @shiplives.bsky.social's #scicomm starter pack list.
Alright, folks. Here is a starter pack of science writers and communicators that I enjoy following. I hope it's useful!
#SciComm 🧪
(I know I must have forgotten/missed a lot of folks when compiling this. Please forgive me!)
go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b
#SciComm 🧪
(I know I must have forgotten/missed a lot of folks when compiling this. Please forgive me!)
go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b
September 25, 2024 at 2:33 PM
I must've done something right to get on @shiplives.bsky.social's #scicomm starter pack list.
Who wants to help us get more science-y with our social media at the Broad Institute? Apply by 4/5 for our summer social media video #internship! #scicomm #sciencecommunications #paidinternship intranet.broadinstitute.org/communicatio...
March 25, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Who wants to help us get more science-y with our social media at the Broad Institute? Apply by 4/5 for our summer social media video #internship! #scicomm #sciencecommunications #paidinternship intranet.broadinstitute.org/communicatio...