Gabi Serrato Marks
@gserratomarks.bsky.social
Co-Founder at Stellate Communications. Growing inclusive science communities. she/her. 🌈 ♿️🇲🇽
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
This #Pride month, queer people don't need you to turn your logo into a rainbow. We need you to:
1️⃣ Speak up for trans rights.
2️⃣ Learn from LGBTQ+ scholars and activists.
3️⃣ Work to create a safer, more welcoming world.
Quiet & "neutral" support isn't going to cut it.
1️⃣ Speak up for trans rights.
2️⃣ Learn from LGBTQ+ scholars and activists.
3️⃣ Work to create a safer, more welcoming world.
Quiet & "neutral" support isn't going to cut it.
June 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This #Pride month, queer people don't need you to turn your logo into a rainbow. We need you to:
1️⃣ Speak up for trans rights.
2️⃣ Learn from LGBTQ+ scholars and activists.
3️⃣ Work to create a safer, more welcoming world.
Quiet & "neutral" support isn't going to cut it.
1️⃣ Speak up for trans rights.
2️⃣ Learn from LGBTQ+ scholars and activists.
3️⃣ Work to create a safer, more welcoming world.
Quiet & "neutral" support isn't going to cut it.
NIH moved up the expiration date for some funding opportunities, effectively *canceling* the next application date without removing it from the standard table. I can't even imagine how many people are still prepping these grants.
👀 List of impacted opportunities:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
👀 List of impacted opportunities:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
May 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
NIH moved up the expiration date for some funding opportunities, effectively *canceling* the next application date without removing it from the standard table. I can't even imagine how many people are still prepping these grants.
👀 List of impacted opportunities:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
👀 List of impacted opportunities:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Urging researchers who are scrambling for funding and thinking that private money is The Answer to read widely and think deeply about what exactly “science-first philanthropy” is doing.
‘Devastating:’ Chan Zuckerberg charity slashes funding for more Bay Area nonprofits
‘Devastating:’ Chan Zuckerberg charity slashes funding for more Bay Area nonprofits
“They are making sure to cut anything that would sound or even be construed as DEI-esque,” one former employee said.
sfstandard.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Urging researchers who are scrambling for funding and thinking that private money is The Answer to read widely and think deeply about what exactly “science-first philanthropy” is doing.
Reposted by Gabi Serrato Marks
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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Is your foundation’s website pulling its weight?
Our free Web Strategy Checklist helps science-focused funders evaluate what’s working — and what might be holding you back.
Find out how well you are showcasing your impact online:
📥 stellatecomms.kit.com/foundations-...
Our free Web Strategy Checklist helps science-focused funders evaluate what’s working — and what might be holding you back.
Find out how well you are showcasing your impact online:
📥 stellatecomms.kit.com/foundations-...
May 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Is your foundation’s website pulling its weight?
Our free Web Strategy Checklist helps science-focused funders evaluate what’s working — and what might be holding you back.
Find out how well you are showcasing your impact online:
📥 stellatecomms.kit.com/foundations-...
Our free Web Strategy Checklist helps science-focused funders evaluate what’s working — and what might be holding you back.
Find out how well you are showcasing your impact online:
📥 stellatecomms.kit.com/foundations-...
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Want to learn more about all of the amazing work that has been part of #DisabledInSTEM?
Check out this recent @natureecoevo.bsky.social interview with Alyssa Paparella to see the insights of starting this platform while being a graduate student!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out this recent @natureecoevo.bsky.social interview with Alyssa Paparella to see the insights of starting this platform while being a graduate student!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Advocacy for disability in STEM - Nature Ecology & Evolution
DisabledInSTEM is a platform that offers support, mentorship opportunities and shared resources for persons who are navigating science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields with disab...
www.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Want to learn more about all of the amazing work that has been part of #DisabledInSTEM?
Check out this recent @natureecoevo.bsky.social interview with Alyssa Paparella to see the insights of starting this platform while being a graduate student!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out this recent @natureecoevo.bsky.social interview with Alyssa Paparella to see the insights of starting this platform while being a graduate student!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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SOOTHING BIRD FACT 🐦
The only birds with truly green feathers are the turacos, which produce a unique coppery pigment called turacoverdin. All other "green" birds create the color through light's interaction with their feathers' molecular structure.
📷 René Cortin, via Wikimedia Commons
The only birds with truly green feathers are the turacos, which produce a unique coppery pigment called turacoverdin. All other "green" birds create the color through light's interaction with their feathers' molecular structure.
📷 René Cortin, via Wikimedia Commons
April 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
SOOTHING BIRD FACT 🐦
The only birds with truly green feathers are the turacos, which produce a unique coppery pigment called turacoverdin. All other "green" birds create the color through light's interaction with their feathers' molecular structure.
📷 René Cortin, via Wikimedia Commons
The only birds with truly green feathers are the turacos, which produce a unique coppery pigment called turacoverdin. All other "green" birds create the color through light's interaction with their feathers' molecular structure.
📷 René Cortin, via Wikimedia Commons
Reposted by Gabi Serrato Marks
We’re thrilled to announce that Lily Campbell is now an equity-holding partner at Stellate!
Please join us in celebrating Lily’s well-deserved next chapter as a member of our leadership team. The future is bright! ✨
Please join us in celebrating Lily’s well-deserved next chapter as a member of our leadership team. The future is bright! ✨
March 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that Lily Campbell is now an equity-holding partner at Stellate!
Please join us in celebrating Lily’s well-deserved next chapter as a member of our leadership team. The future is bright! ✨
Please join us in celebrating Lily’s well-deserved next chapter as a member of our leadership team. The future is bright! ✨
Reposted by Gabi Serrato Marks
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
March 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
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I wish there was a way to quantify the collective amount of work lost due to stress and despair over the last few weeks, independent of barriers to funding.
February 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I wish there was a way to quantify the collective amount of work lost due to stress and despair over the last few weeks, independent of barriers to funding.
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Hi all, I'm a WIRED journalist on the science desk. If you're a government scientist or federally funded researcher with info to share about the Trump transition, please feel free to contact me securely on Signal: emullin.06
February 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Hi all, I'm a WIRED journalist on the science desk. If you're a government scientist or federally funded researcher with info to share about the Trump transition, please feel free to contact me securely on Signal: emullin.06
Hi Bluesky, excited to reintroduce myself 💙
I'm a co-founder at @stellatecomms.bsky.social and a fierce advocate for equity & accessibility in STEM. I was trained as a geochemist but now spend my time deep in comms & operations.
I love birdwatching, Boston, and drinks with a straw!
I'm a co-founder at @stellatecomms.bsky.social and a fierce advocate for equity & accessibility in STEM. I was trained as a geochemist but now spend my time deep in comms & operations.
I love birdwatching, Boston, and drinks with a straw!
December 6, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Hi Bluesky, excited to reintroduce myself 💙
I'm a co-founder at @stellatecomms.bsky.social and a fierce advocate for equity & accessibility in STEM. I was trained as a geochemist but now spend my time deep in comms & operations.
I love birdwatching, Boston, and drinks with a straw!
I'm a co-founder at @stellatecomms.bsky.social and a fierce advocate for equity & accessibility in STEM. I was trained as a geochemist but now spend my time deep in comms & operations.
I love birdwatching, Boston, and drinks with a straw!
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Congratulations to all of you out there who:
- submitted grad apps! 🎉
- submitted fellowship apps! 🎉
- submitted letters of rec! 🎉
- submitted your grants! 🎉
- submitted your paper! 🎉
Just making it through the process is a triumph. I complain about failures- but we must celebrate the wins too. ❤️
- submitted grad apps! 🎉
- submitted fellowship apps! 🎉
- submitted letters of rec! 🎉
- submitted your grants! 🎉
- submitted your paper! 🎉
Just making it through the process is a triumph. I complain about failures- but we must celebrate the wins too. ❤️
a drawing of pink balloons with the words celebrate every tiny victory above them
Alt: a drawing of pink balloons with the words celebrate every tiny victory above them
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Congratulations to all of you out there who:
- submitted grad apps! 🎉
- submitted fellowship apps! 🎉
- submitted letters of rec! 🎉
- submitted your grants! 🎉
- submitted your paper! 🎉
Just making it through the process is a triumph. I complain about failures- but we must celebrate the wins too. ❤️
- submitted grad apps! 🎉
- submitted fellowship apps! 🎉
- submitted letters of rec! 🎉
- submitted your grants! 🎉
- submitted your paper! 🎉
Just making it through the process is a triumph. I complain about failures- but we must celebrate the wins too. ❤️
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my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social:
I interviewed trans teens across the U.S.—including L.W., the 16-year-old at the heart of U.S. v. Skrmetti—on their fears and anxieties about the threat of gender-affirming care bans and a looming Trump admin.
"Trans healthcare is suicide prevention, at its core."
I interviewed trans teens across the U.S.—including L.W., the 16-year-old at the heart of U.S. v. Skrmetti—on their fears and anxieties about the threat of gender-affirming care bans and a looming Trump admin.
"Trans healthcare is suicide prevention, at its core."
U.S. v. Skrmetti: Teen At Heart of the Supreme Court's Trans Healthcare Case Calls It "Body Horror"
What trans teens fear about U.S. v. Skrmetti, reported from the steps of the Supreme Court.
www.teenvogue.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:00 PM
my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social:
I interviewed trans teens across the U.S.—including L.W., the 16-year-old at the heart of U.S. v. Skrmetti—on their fears and anxieties about the threat of gender-affirming care bans and a looming Trump admin.
"Trans healthcare is suicide prevention, at its core."
I interviewed trans teens across the U.S.—including L.W., the 16-year-old at the heart of U.S. v. Skrmetti—on their fears and anxieties about the threat of gender-affirming care bans and a looming Trump admin.
"Trans healthcare is suicide prevention, at its core."
Post a picture of yourself from a different era --
December 4, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Post a picture of yourself from a different era --
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The ultimate guide to #SciComm on Bluesky
🧪 #AcademicSky
Use the feed to talk *about* SciComm, not to *do* SciComm. If you have an astronomy or ocean fact to share: neat! But the ppl who want to engage w you are not on the feed. Feed ppl are talking shop
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bsky.app/profile/did:...
🧪 #AcademicSky
Use the feed to talk *about* SciComm, not to *do* SciComm. If you have an astronomy or ocean fact to share: neat! But the ppl who want to engage w you are not on the feed. Feed ppl are talking shop
1/🧵
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 22, 2024 at 4:52 PM
The ultimate guide to #SciComm on Bluesky
🧪 #AcademicSky
Use the feed to talk *about* SciComm, not to *do* SciComm. If you have an astronomy or ocean fact to share: neat! But the ppl who want to engage w you are not on the feed. Feed ppl are talking shop
1/🧵
bsky.app/profile/did:...
🧪 #AcademicSky
Use the feed to talk *about* SciComm, not to *do* SciComm. If you have an astronomy or ocean fact to share: neat! But the ppl who want to engage w you are not on the feed. Feed ppl are talking shop
1/🧵
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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You won’t want to miss this amazing workshop for first-time reviewers on How to Write Inclusive and Equitable Reviews, with @reviewerzero.bsky.social on December 4th!
Register here: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5883989
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #Blackademics 🧪
Register here: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5883989
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #Blackademics 🧪
November 21, 2024 at 4:04 PM
You won’t want to miss this amazing workshop for first-time reviewers on How to Write Inclusive and Equitable Reviews, with @reviewerzero.bsky.social on December 4th!
Register here: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5883989
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #Blackademics 🧪
Register here: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5883989
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #Blackademics 🧪
This really does feel like the old science twitter 💙 🦋
November 22, 2024 at 3:55 AM
This really does feel like the old science twitter 💙 🦋
Reposted by Gabi Serrato Marks
Re-sharing a thread before I delete it from x because I think it’s a useful one:
In a work email, we had a fantastic thread about the use of "stakeholder" — many collaborators have stated they do not want this term used, and scholarship has supported this.
In a work email, we had a fantastic thread about the use of "stakeholder" — many collaborators have stated they do not want this term used, and scholarship has supported this.
November 17, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Re-sharing a thread before I delete it from x because I think it’s a useful one:
In a work email, we had a fantastic thread about the use of "stakeholder" — many collaborators have stated they do not want this term used, and scholarship has supported this.
In a work email, we had a fantastic thread about the use of "stakeholder" — many collaborators have stated they do not want this term used, and scholarship has supported this.
Reposted by Gabi Serrato Marks
Bus stops in Houston, Texas, can reach temperatures that put people at risk.
The hottest shelters all had Plexiglas-like material on three sides, while those with an open design and canopy tree cover recorded cooler temperatures. 🧪
#ClimateWeek2023
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/hou...
The hottest shelters all had Plexiglas-like material on three sides, while those with an open design and canopy tree cover recorded cooler temperatures. 🧪
#ClimateWeek2023
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/hou...
September 21, 2023 at 9:01 PM
Bus stops in Houston, Texas, can reach temperatures that put people at risk.
The hottest shelters all had Plexiglas-like material on three sides, while those with an open design and canopy tree cover recorded cooler temperatures. 🧪
#ClimateWeek2023
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/hou...
The hottest shelters all had Plexiglas-like material on three sides, while those with an open design and canopy tree cover recorded cooler temperatures. 🧪
#ClimateWeek2023
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/hou...