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Scientist Network for Advancing Policy
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We are early-career scientists mobilizing for large-scale initiatives + building capacity to bridge gaps between science and society.

Join listserv here: https://forms.gle/mHCwPd1rWgap2U1t7

https://snapcoalition.org/ #McClintockLetters #scipol #scicomm
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Scientist Network for Advancing Policy @snapcoalition.bsky.social · Jun 18
It's not too late to participate in #McClintockLetters!

Check out all the resources we have available and get writing: tinyurl.com/McClintockLettersInitiative

Please don't hesistate to reach out with any questions!
Drawing of Barbara McClintock with stars and double helix image.
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With the population aging, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation is creating programs to ensure every older person lives with purpose, fulfilment, and dignity. Discover CABHI’s AgeTech Insights—your hub for market intelligence to inform science, policy and innovation in Canada: bit.ly/4fvFS45
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Read about what the Scientist Network for Advancing Policy has been up to and how we support early-career scientists in policy advocacy and community engagement efforts!
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Guest piece for #Inform&Influence detailing how SNAP has succeeded as a #grassroots org coordinating multiple nationwide initiatives.

#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters

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Inform & Influence 51 Guest Writer: Oh, SNAP! Getting Early-Career Scientists to Engage with Policy and Community. | Deborah D. Stine
Hello Newsletter Readers, Exciting news! While I am off on my trip to Southern Africa, I asked several organizations to talk about their activities in science and technology policy through my newslet...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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From MBoC: Carla Oliveira, University of São Paulo, charts nuclear import and nucleolar targeting of yeast RNA exosome subunits—Srp1/Kap95 import Exo9, subunits enrich in the nucleolus (granular component), and Ski7 aids cytoplasmic retention. ➡️ www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Ne manquez pas la 17e Conférence sur les politiques scientifiques canadiennes #CPSC2025 !

Rejoignez des leaders de l’industrie, du gouvernement, du milieu universitaire et du secteur sans but lucratif du 19-21 novembre à Ottawa : WWW.CSPC2025.CA

#CdnSci #CdnInnovation
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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We are thrilled to announce we have kicked off todays event:

Public engagement in research: tools and reflections on reaching new audiences with @adriangallagher.bsky.social, Michaelina Jakala and Elly Harrowell 🌟

A fascinating event a huge thank you to everyone who took part! 🎉
Adrian Gallagher talking about his slide - What I did/am doing? The words: - Oct 1 2024 - Launched A-Z in International Politics 1. IG had strict rules on Political posts which hit me hard. Youtube/dead algo. 2. 500 followers after 4 posts: Anarchy, BoP, Cooperation Democracy. Boost.
October 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Don't miss the 17th Canadian Science Policy Conference #CSPC2025!

Connect with leaders from government, industry, academia, and the nonprofit sector this November 19-21 in Ottawa: WWW.CSPC2025.CA

#CdnSci #CdnInnovation
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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BTI’s Post Graduate Society (PGS) recently held their annual symposium, a full day celebrating science with poster sessions, talks, and great opportunities to connect.
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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The Power of Public Comment - happening tomorrow evening!

@uwsmea.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social @ucs.org @snapcoalition.bsky.social @sciforgood.bsky.social
omfishient.bsky.social Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · Oct 7
🧪Excited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly

We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!

RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
October 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Please repost and share this flyer with any STEM undergrads in mentorship programs that you know! This work important to better understanding the role of mentorship in professional development.

Undergrads sign up here: go.ufl.edu/mentorshipma...

@kassstem.bsky.social #STEMeducation #mentorship
October 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Erin Morrow (@erinmorrow.bsky.social)
PhD student in cognitive neuroscience @UCLA. 🧠 Studying how & why we remember (emotional) events. 🏛️ Science policy, comms, & ethics. https://erinmorrow.squarespace.com/
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October 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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What happens when science funding disappears?
At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
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Effects of Research Funding Cuts Ripple Through San Francisco Labs, Clinics and Lives - San Francisco Public Press
Federal funding cuts to medical research and new rules for grants are dismantling projects at the University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical…
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October 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Thanks @mildobserver.bsky.social for taking the time to chat with me, superstar @erinmorrow.bsky.social & others. Our convo was inspired by the McClintock Letters, run by @cornellasap.bsky.social & @snapcoalition.bsky.social, w/ the mission of reconnecting scientists with their hometown communities.
sfpublicpress.bsky.social San Francisco Public Press @sfpublicpress.bsky.social · Oct 9
What happens when science funding disappears?
At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
🎧
Effects of Research Funding Cuts Ripple Through San Francisco Labs, Clinics and Lives - San Francisco Public Press
Federal funding cuts to medical research and new rules for grants are dismantling projects at the University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical…
www.sfpublicpress.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Today's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is for the discovery and stabilization of metal-organic frameworks, stable networks of metal ions and carbon (organic) molecules

Applications of these porous compounds include catalysis and pollution remediation
Example of metal-organic framework formed by reacting chromium ion clusters with organic compound and hydrofluoric acid Electron microscope image of a periodic array of super tetrahedra of the previous image
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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The prize is shared by Susumu Kitigawa of Kyoto University, Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Omar Yaghi of UC Berkeley
Susumu Kitigawa Richard Robson Omar Yaghi
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Six of nine Nobel Laureates so far this year have been American based, half of whom immigrated to the US. Four have ties to University of California.

Prof Yaghi was born in Jordan to Palestinian refugee parents who could barely read and write. He immigrated to the US as a 15 year old.
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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🧪Excited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly

We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!

RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
October 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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🧪 Please boost to your science networks!

@sufsseattle.bsky.social
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October 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Bill Nye "The Science Guy," a valued ally of NCSE's, receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Congrats, Bill! https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/09/24/bill-nye-science-guy-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star/86327970007/
Bill Nye the Science Guy gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Bill Nye the Science Guy got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and (of course) wore a bow tie to the ceremony.
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October 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Want to engage and « do something » about microplastics in your own environment.

Consider joining the foldscope community that has been mapping novel sources of microplastics around the world.

microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/zCoLNt3...
October 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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@cornellasap.bsky.social presents 314 Action- How does a scientist run for public office?

Shaughnessy Naughton is a trained scientist who ran for the U.S. House in 2014. She'll share how scientists can influence public policy.

In-person and online: cglink.me/2ee/r2290923
314 Action - How does a scientist run for public office? - Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club
Curious about what it takes to run for public office as a scientist? Shaughnessy Naughton is a trained scientist who ran for the U.S. House in 2014. Since then, she has been on a mission to bring t...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Please sign and keep sharing, this is important!

#NSFGRFP
omfishient.bsky.social Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · Oct 1
📣 🧪 Update: #GRFP petition went to #NSF and OSTP (w/ the growing* comments list) yesterday.

We are now working to get these impacts in front of Congress, so PLEASE keep signing/sharing the petition!

*nearly 900!

@danielbolnick.bsky.social @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
omfishient.bsky.social Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · Sep 29
🧪 Were you one of the many thousands of STEM students (and mentors) impacted by the sudden change in #NSF #GRFP eligibility last week?

We created a petition to NSF leadership and Congress to reverse the changes - please sign and share your stories here!!

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
October 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Please boost, on behalf of STEM grad students!

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October 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM