@bishopcecily.bsky.social
Associate Professor Animal and Rangeland Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences Oregon State University. Research interests female fertility and infertility
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The Hour recently highlighted EndoRISE, an effort in Connecticut advancing research, innovation, support, and education in endometriosis, powered by teams at UConn Health and JAX.
Read it: https://go.jax.org/3bqs3u
🧪 #ObGynSky #MedSky #ReproSky
Read it: https://go.jax.org/3bqs3u
🧪 #ObGynSky #MedSky #ReproSky
From patient to researcher: How a CT woman is helping close gaps in endometriosis care
Despite its prevalence and complexity, the exact cause and biology of endometriosis is still not well understood.
www.thehour.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The Hour recently highlighted EndoRISE, an effort in Connecticut advancing research, innovation, support, and education in endometriosis, powered by teams at UConn Health and JAX.
Read it: https://go.jax.org/3bqs3u
🧪 #ObGynSky #MedSky #ReproSky
Read it: https://go.jax.org/3bqs3u
🧪 #ObGynSky #MedSky #ReproSky
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Sweeping science cuts in 2025 halted clinical trials, erased public health data and forced researchers into impossible choices.
“This year nearly broke me as a scientist,” one writes.
Six researchers share their stories: buff.ly/u2MHIQo 🧪
“This year nearly broke me as a scientist,” one writes.
Six researchers share their stories: buff.ly/u2MHIQo 🧪
‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives
US science lost a great deal in 2025, including tens of billions of dollars of federal funding, entire research agencies and programs, and a generation of researchers.
buff.ly
December 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sweeping science cuts in 2025 halted clinical trials, erased public health data and forced researchers into impossible choices.
“This year nearly broke me as a scientist,” one writes.
Six researchers share their stories: buff.ly/u2MHIQo 🧪
“This year nearly broke me as a scientist,” one writes.
Six researchers share their stories: buff.ly/u2MHIQo 🧪
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A fun comic by Amber Dance and @makinaro.com --about the physiology of the long journey of the sperm to the egg, with plenty of hat tips to #LOTR --we at @knowablemag.bsky.social are glad to publish it! 🧪Please share around! knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Journey to the egg: How sperm navigate the path to fertilization
COMIC: Male cells must survive twisty passages, strong currents and immune attacks; millions enter, but only one can finish
knowablemagazine.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A fun comic by Amber Dance and @makinaro.com --about the physiology of the long journey of the sperm to the egg, with plenty of hat tips to #LOTR --we at @knowablemag.bsky.social are glad to publish it! 🧪Please share around! knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
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Mice pups conceived with #IVF in the lab have slightly increased rates of DNA mutations, compared to pups conceived naturally, a new study suggests. 🧬🧪
The results do not directly apply to humans, but highlight the importance of understanding how fertility treatments affect an offspring’s DNA.
The results do not directly apply to humans, but highlight the importance of understanding how fertility treatments affect an offspring’s DNA.
In mice, fertility treatments linked to higher mutations than natural conception
While the results do not directly apply to humans, they highlight the importance of understanding how fertility treatments affect an offspring’s DNA.
www.jax.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Mice pups conceived with #IVF in the lab have slightly increased rates of DNA mutations, compared to pups conceived naturally, a new study suggests. 🧬🧪
The results do not directly apply to humans, but highlight the importance of understanding how fertility treatments affect an offspring’s DNA.
The results do not directly apply to humans, but highlight the importance of understanding how fertility treatments affect an offspring’s DNA.
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Vaccination is essential to protect individuals and communities from preventable diseases, making it a fundamental element of public health. AMA statement on CDC changes to website on autism and vaccines: spr.ly/633207iCja
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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August 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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A wonderful article. Not through it yet but I already love it for its discussion of how the author thinks of generating good ideas. This is especially true: "Sometimes it's a good idea but not a good idea for you."
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently...
journals.biologists.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Hi, are you an academic biology lab in the Boston area? I am a lab manager at a local biotech and I will be getting rid of a lot consumables in the near future (as will many of my colleagues, unfortunately). If you would be interested in free consumables, please reach out to me!
August 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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🧪BREAKING: NIH has laid out 5 options for funding publications costs on grants (yes, FIVE!). This is hugely impactful.
Make your opinions known by September 15, fellow scientists.
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grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Make your opinions known by September 15, fellow scientists.
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grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-138: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs NOT-OD-25-138. NIH
grants.nih.gov
July 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧪BREAKING: NIH has laid out 5 options for funding publications costs on grants (yes, FIVE!). This is hugely impactful.
Make your opinions known by September 15, fellow scientists.
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grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Make your opinions known by September 15, fellow scientists.
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grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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🧪 Medical miracles don’t happen overnight.
We published a science opinion piece in the Detroit News.
Academic scientists are the major drivers of scholarship & innovation.
This is part of the #MClintockLetters campaign to educate the public about the benefits of federal funded research.
We published a science opinion piece in the Detroit News.
Academic scientists are the major drivers of scholarship & innovation.
This is part of the #MClintockLetters campaign to educate the public about the benefits of federal funded research.
July 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
🧪 Medical miracles don’t happen overnight.
We published a science opinion piece in the Detroit News.
Academic scientists are the major drivers of scholarship & innovation.
This is part of the #MClintockLetters campaign to educate the public about the benefits of federal funded research.
We published a science opinion piece in the Detroit News.
Academic scientists are the major drivers of scholarship & innovation.
This is part of the #MClintockLetters campaign to educate the public about the benefits of federal funded research.
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Lonni Besançon, a data-visualization researcher, spoke with Nature Careers about his work as a research-integrity sleuth that started during the COVID-19 pandemic and facing online abuse, threats and legal challenges because of it. #Academicsky 🧪
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed this scientist into a research-integrity sleuth
Nature Careers
go.nature.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Lonni Besançon, a data-visualization researcher, spoke with Nature Careers about his work as a research-integrity sleuth that started during the COVID-19 pandemic and facing online abuse, threats and legal challenges because of it. #Academicsky 🧪
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By me: A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Science Foundation (NSF), with unprecedented political interference jeopardizing the future of US enterprise.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🚨NEW BLOG ALERT🚨
From @cdelawalla.bsky.social:
"We’ve had a brutal week. People are feeling burnt out, powerless, overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, isolated. The first inclination is to do something to preserve your resources..."
#standupforscience
www.standupforscience.net/blog/the-avo...
From @cdelawalla.bsky.social:
"We’ve had a brutal week. People are feeling burnt out, powerless, overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, isolated. The first inclination is to do something to preserve your resources..."
#standupforscience
www.standupforscience.net/blog/the-avo...
The Avoidance Cycle — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
It’s been a brutal week in the fight to save science. I won’t rehash the gory details here because I’m sure you—like me—have experienced the onslaught of headlines. In these moments, there tends to be...
www.standupforscience.net
May 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
🚨NEW BLOG ALERT🚨
From @cdelawalla.bsky.social:
"We’ve had a brutal week. People are feeling burnt out, powerless, overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, isolated. The first inclination is to do something to preserve your resources..."
#standupforscience
www.standupforscience.net/blog/the-avo...
From @cdelawalla.bsky.social:
"We’ve had a brutal week. People are feeling burnt out, powerless, overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, isolated. The first inclination is to do something to preserve your resources..."
#standupforscience
www.standupforscience.net/blog/the-avo...
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Sobering news. I am not sure if the general public is aware of what is going on. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sobering news. I am not sure if the general public is aware of what is going on. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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We’re sounding the alarm for science. America has led the world in groundbreaking discoveries because we funded public science for the public good. That is now all at risk of being lost, far faster than anyone imagined. You need science. Science needs you. SaveScienceNow.org
You Need Science. Science Needs You.
Supporters of science across America are uniting with one voice to send this very simple message to our elected officials: You need science. Science needs you. #ScienceMatters
SaveScienceNow.org
April 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We’re sounding the alarm for science. America has led the world in groundbreaking discoveries because we funded public science for the public good. That is now all at risk of being lost, far faster than anyone imagined. You need science. Science needs you. SaveScienceNow.org
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🧪Adam Kucharski has done a great job at fact checking/breaking down the propaganda stated in Covid.gov. This thread is a must read.
bsky.app/profile/adam...
bsky.app/profile/adam...
The White House has turned COVID.gov from a public health resource into a politically charged platform promoting the lab-leak theory and attacking specific scientists and the pandemic response in general. Let’s fact check its 5 headline claims… 🧵
April 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
🧪Adam Kucharski has done a great job at fact checking/breaking down the propaganda stated in Covid.gov. This thread is a must read.
bsky.app/profile/adam...
bsky.app/profile/adam...
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🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
April 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
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📣 GET IN, DORKS!
We are going protesting...AGAIN! 📣
This time we are standing up for our core value of academic freedom and asking university leadership to STAND UP WITH US against Trump's attack on higher ed ✊
#StandUpWithUS
Register/find an event: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
We are going protesting...AGAIN! 📣
This time we are standing up for our core value of academic freedom and asking university leadership to STAND UP WITH US against Trump's attack on higher ed ✊
#StandUpWithUS
Register/find an event: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
April 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
📣 GET IN, DORKS!
We are going protesting...AGAIN! 📣
This time we are standing up for our core value of academic freedom and asking university leadership to STAND UP WITH US against Trump's attack on higher ed ✊
#StandUpWithUS
Register/find an event: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
We are going protesting...AGAIN! 📣
This time we are standing up for our core value of academic freedom and asking university leadership to STAND UP WITH US against Trump's attack on higher ed ✊
#StandUpWithUS
Register/find an event: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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HEY DORKS, GET YOUR SIGNS READY!
*Two* upcoming opportunities to Stand Up for Science, together.
🚨TOMORROW APRIL 5TH🚨
In partnership with @indivisible.org we say: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE
Find an event near you and register here: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...
#standupforscience
#handsoff
*Two* upcoming opportunities to Stand Up for Science, together.
🚨TOMORROW APRIL 5TH🚨
In partnership with @indivisible.org we say: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE
Find an event near you and register here: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...
#standupforscience
#handsoff
April 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
HEY DORKS, GET YOUR SIGNS READY!
*Two* upcoming opportunities to Stand Up for Science, together.
🚨TOMORROW APRIL 5TH🚨
In partnership with @indivisible.org we say: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE
Find an event near you and register here: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...
#standupforscience
#handsoff
*Two* upcoming opportunities to Stand Up for Science, together.
🚨TOMORROW APRIL 5TH🚨
In partnership with @indivisible.org we say: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE
Find an event near you and register here: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...
#standupforscience
#handsoff
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“Shitshow is an understatement for what just happened at the CDC"
“The FDA as we’ve known it is finished"
"These [NIH] people are world experts. If you take [even] one or two of them out, it breaks everything.”
@lorenaoneil.com @swin24.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com...
“The FDA as we’ve known it is finished"
"These [NIH] people are world experts. If you take [even] one or two of them out, it breaks everything.”
@lorenaoneil.com @swin24.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com...
Inside Trump and RFK Jr.’s Health Agency ‘Bloodbath’
Current and former staffers say that after thousands of people were laid off, the future of agencies like the CDC and FDA are uncertain.
www.rollingstone.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Shitshow is an understatement for what just happened at the CDC"
“The FDA as we’ve known it is finished"
"These [NIH] people are world experts. If you take [even] one or two of them out, it breaks everything.”
@lorenaoneil.com @swin24.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com...
“The FDA as we’ve known it is finished"
"These [NIH] people are world experts. If you take [even] one or two of them out, it breaks everything.”
@lorenaoneil.com @swin24.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com...
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Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars?
DOGE argues killing grants saves money, but a Science analysis suggests more than $1.4 billion in sunk research costs may produce few results
www.science.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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Attend the #WomensHealthResearch #APS2025 precon 4/24 to hear Heddwen Brooks (@ajprenaleic.bsky.social) from @tulanemedicine.bsky.social, Irene Aninye from Society for Women’s Health Research, Victor Dzau from @nam.edu discuss the future of women’s health research. More: ow.ly/vJYW50Voi96 🧪
April 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Attend the #WomensHealthResearch #APS2025 precon 4/24 to hear Heddwen Brooks (@ajprenaleic.bsky.social) from @tulanemedicine.bsky.social, Irene Aninye from Society for Women’s Health Research, Victor Dzau from @nam.edu discuss the future of women’s health research. More: ow.ly/vJYW50Voi96 🧪
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In the continuing spirit of #StandUpForScience @standupforscience.bsky.social, there was a statement released by members of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine that people on #SciSky and #AcademicSky 🧪 should read!
>1900 members of the National Academies of Science, Engineering & Medicine issued a statement supporting science for the benefit of all citizens, and ... 1/2
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Public Statement on Supporting Science for the Benefit of All Citizens
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE We all rely on science. Science gave us the smartphones in our pockets, the navigation systems in our cars, and life-saving medical care. We count on engineers when we drive acr...
docs.google.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In the continuing spirit of #StandUpForScience @standupforscience.bsky.social, there was a statement released by members of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine that people on #SciSky and #AcademicSky 🧪 should read!
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Dear scientists,
We've heard from many of you: "What can I do to act, to help stop the authoritarian takeover? I feel helpless."
One thing you can do is to get every scientist you know onto bluesky.
Get them off Twitter.
Talk to yr colleagues. Make it a point.
Send this:
bsky.app/starter-pac...
We've heard from many of you: "What can I do to act, to help stop the authoritarian takeover? I feel helpless."
One thing you can do is to get every scientist you know onto bluesky.
Get them off Twitter.
Talk to yr colleagues. Make it a point.
Send this:
bsky.app/starter-pac...
AltNIH4Science - Science Crisis News
Join the conversation
bsky.app
March 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Dear scientists,
We've heard from many of you: "What can I do to act, to help stop the authoritarian takeover? I feel helpless."
One thing you can do is to get every scientist you know onto bluesky.
Get them off Twitter.
Talk to yr colleagues. Make it a point.
Send this:
bsky.app/starter-pac...
We've heard from many of you: "What can I do to act, to help stop the authoritarian takeover? I feel helpless."
One thing you can do is to get every scientist you know onto bluesky.
Get them off Twitter.
Talk to yr colleagues. Make it a point.
Send this:
bsky.app/starter-pac...