coldasskatie.bsky.social
@coldasskatie.bsky.social
Professor of Neuroscience at Regis University

Views are my own

Seeking free/gently used lab equipment
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab
May 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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I feel guilty about cancelling office hours and these motherfuckers are out there informing on their students to Trump's gestapo
This story reports that, according to one pro-Israel activist, members of Colombia's board had reported Khalil to federal officials.
How did Mahmoud Khalil become the first student targeted for deportation by the Trump administration?

He showed up at a protest last week without a mask.

"The guy was making it too easy for us," a pro-Israel activist who has been compiling a protester database told me.

forward.com/news/703018/...
March 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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A visualization I created to share with family and friends about how the NIH indirect rate costs will hurt science AND our economy.
February 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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For lent I'm just giving up
March 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.

Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
February 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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BREAKING: StatNews reports that more than 5,000 HHS employees across NIH, CDC and other public health and research agencies will be fired this afternoon. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies
The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years.
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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🧬🦠🧠🥼🧪📈🟦
@ebi.embl.org:

Many scientists are worried that vital biomedical data housed in U.S. government databases is at risk.

Which aspects of NCBI are mirrored on EMBL-EBI?
Do you plan to back up more U.S. data?

@altcdc.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientists globally are racing to save vital health databases taken down amid Trump chaos
The mass-archiving effort is in response to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removing some of its web pages.
www.nature.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Heck of a year to be starting as new faculty 😐💀 #newPI
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned the library of The Institute for Sexual Science.

The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people.

The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.
February 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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The Holocaust was legal. We had a law prof teach a whole course on this. Ppl who conflate what is lawful with what is right are easy to manipulate and control.
January 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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And the funding announcement for diversity supplements now has been updated to expire today. Supplements are so important to the careers of junior scientists. This is crushing for post docs and early career faculty

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
January 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able.

#academicsky @drugmonkey.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Well, I was wrong. The paper was retracted.

But NOT because of the Generative AI use. They're very clear about that.

It was retracted because the authors didn't have informed consent from their patients!
January 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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I did work today and I’m not happy about it
January 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM