Shayne Plourde, PhD
shayneplourde.bsky.social
Shayne Plourde, PhD
@shayneplourde.bsky.social
(He/Him) PhD in biology, focused on mathematics and programming. Working in human genetic variant analysis and software development. Also an amateur photographer on my local hiking trails. Pro science, anti MAGA.
🌟 Exciting news! I’m presenting my poster "Improving diagnostic yield in rare disease cohort through a novel structural variant analysis pipeline" at #ASHG25!

#ASHG #Genetics
#Genomics #HumanGenetics #Research
August 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It's #rarediseaseday and the White House doesn't believe in science.

I'm working everyday to find the genetic causes of disease. Just this week one of our tools uncovered a structural variant that solves a difficult case.

This work isn't possible without indirect funds that come from #NIH grants.
February 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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📣 Protest at the Statehouse Monday 2/17 noon-8pm.

@50501movement.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Trump and Musk continue to dig in and cut…cancer research.

They are looking for money to cut taxes for big donors, but this is not the place. It’s life and death.

Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order
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Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order
The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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We cannot fix everything by fighting back, but we won't fix anything unless we try. Find the organizing that's happening near you to defy Trump's dangerous agenda: indivisibleproject.f...
February 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Amazing turnout for democracy and justice so far💪❤️

Livestream at our Facebook page www.facebook.com/IndivisibleC...
February 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Here's an e-mail that just went out to NASA agency wide. 🔭
January 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Anti-Science timeline continues.

"officials halted midstream a training workshop for junior scientists, called off a workshop on adolescent learning minutes before it was to begin ... Panels that were scheduled to review grant proposals"

#science

www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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You are not alone. These organizations are ready to help.

We’ve got a new resource page that we will keep updated with reliable resources and trusted community leaders.

open.substack.com/pub/ohagains...
You are not alone. These organizations are ready to help.
Several organizations provide resources and guidance for navigating these difficult times. Here are just a few.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Day one orders: Anti-Trans, Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Anti-WHO, Anti-Renewable Energy, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Work From Home, Anti- Constitution.

Musk doing a Nazi salute and the media refusing to call it out.

This is moving more rapidly than I thought.
January 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I feel like my first post should be meaningful, but I can't think about what to say to express how worried I feel about the future. So instead, here's a picture of a duck I took with my canon r10.
November 28, 2024 at 1:52 PM