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Amanda Shaver
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Postdoc Johns Hopkins | PhD Univ. Of Georgia | NIH F32 | 2024 Leading Edge Fellow | C. elegans, Genetics, Parasitology, Metabolomics
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“Do you have any advice for aspiring young scientists?”

“Do genetics.” *mic drop*

#worm25
Fantastic Nobel Moment at #worm25 with Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun.
June 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Powerful new Washington Post story up...

wapo.st/426d9fT

(Gift link)

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Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science.
NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump officials say they’re reviewing the agency.
wapo.st
March 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Excited our preprint is out looking at BZ resistance in wild #Celegans, C. briggsae, and C. tropicalis strains! #anthelmintics 🪱🎉
Independent mechanisms of benzimidazole resistance across Caenorhabditis nematodes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.13.643047v1
March 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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openRxiv has arrived!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...

#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
March 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Did you know that for every $1 spent by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), $2.41 is generated from the resulting research?! Science creates jobs & BOOSTS the economy. It's a fantastic investment. #StandUpforScience2025 #ScienceForAll
March 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
@standupforscience.bsky.social in D.C.! Amazing to see so many people fighting for science, including the incredible Bill Nye! Keep fighting everyone! #StandUpForScience
March 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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YOU + ME + (all your favorite people who love, do, and believe in science for all!)

🧪STAND UP FOR SCIENCE🧪
MARCH 7th, 2025
on the National Mall in DC and at your state capital!

Because science is for everyone!
Www.standupforscience2025.org
SHARE WIDELY!

#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
February 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Reposted by Amanda Shaver
The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities.

It's deadly to the US economy.

The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.
2. While NSF and NIH indeed have a mission to fund specific research innovations via grantmaking, they do a lot more than that.

Their principal role is support a scientific ecosystem in the United States, that includes everything from education and training to infrastructure and communication.
February 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state
February 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The Leading Edge Fellows starter pack is now up to 101 Leading Edge Fellows! If you haven't checked it out recently, there are lots of fabulous new postdocs and new PIs to follow!
If you want to follow awesome women and non-binary early career scientists, the starter pack of Leading Edge Fellows is here!

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November 25, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Flying home from a great visit to Johns Hopkins University to give a seminar (thanks Gira and Damian!) and meet with @erikandersen.bsky.social @johngilleard.bsky.social @aoshaver.bsky.social @jbcollins.bsky.social about benzimidazole resistance in hookworms.
a brick wall with the words good morning baltimore written on it
ALT: a brick wall with the words good morning baltimore written on it
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November 13, 2024 at 3:33 PM
It's the final day of the #NPA2024AC and we’re excited about all the work the #NationalPostdoctoralAssociation Postdoc Council is doing! If you’re in Seattle we’d love to talk with you about the issues postdocs are facing at your institution. Find us today! @andreaj.bsky.social @almcc.bsky.social
March 16, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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Headed to the #NPA2024AC National Postdoctoral Association in Seattle starting today! Looking forward to presenting our on the faculty job market with Chris Smith. The work we are presenting is a result of collaboration with Amanda Haage, Ariangela Kozik, Ada Haagn, Lily Cheng, and Amanda Mollet.
March 14, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Day 1 of the #NationalPostdoctoralAssociation conference is off to a great start! Stop by the Postdoc Council poster tonight to learn about the work we’re doing at the NPA! #NPA2024AC @almcc.bsky.social
March 15, 2024 at 5:37 PM