Dr Kate Keller
@katekeller.bsky.social
From Scotland to Portland in the beautiful Pacific Northwest 🏕️, Glaucoma researcher 👩🔬, microscopy lover 🔬. Views are my own. she/her
It has to be seen to be believed.
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It has to be seen to be believed.
generative AI and cognitive offloading of the kind offered by generative ai is a deeply authoritarian project to strip humans of their true humanity and imagination in an effort to rationalize behavior in the neo reactionary“world system”they believe is the future. It’s phase 2 cognitive colonialism
Reading about this brought to mind a piece I wrote two years ago, inspired by one of my favourite authors.
Ursula K. Le Guin emphasized that there’s a big difference “between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art.” OpenAI’s AI-generated movie offers us nothing.
Ursula K. Le Guin emphasized that there’s a big difference “between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art.” OpenAI’s AI-generated movie offers us nothing.
September 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Man, I just read a quote from Carrie Fisher that's going to be burned into my brain forever.
"Things are getting worse faster than we can lower our standards."
"Things are getting worse faster than we can lower our standards."
August 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Man, I just read a quote from Carrie Fisher that's going to be burned into my brain forever.
"Things are getting worse faster than we can lower our standards."
"Things are getting worse faster than we can lower our standards."
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These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
Would you like to know more about how to stand up for vision research / NIH funding? This is a fantastic resource to help you broaden your knowledge and get involved. www.seewhatmatters.org
See What Matters | Stand Up for Live-Saving Science
The National Eye Institute (NEI) is at risk of being consolidated into a larger Brain and Neuroscience Institute under proposed NIH reforms. This would dilute its vision research focused mission and j...
www.seewhatmatters.org
July 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Would you like to know more about how to stand up for vision research / NIH funding? This is a fantastic resource to help you broaden your knowledge and get involved. www.seewhatmatters.org
Happy to share our collaborative work showing a switch in integrin signaling in young versus old primary human trabecular meshwork cells. a5 integrin expression is lost in old cells, while avb5 becomes activated. iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
Age-Related Dysregulation of α5β1 and αvβ3 Integrin Activity Alters Contractile Properties of Trabecular Meshwork Cells | IOVS | ARVO Journals
iovs.arvojournals.org
June 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Happy to share our collaborative work showing a switch in integrin signaling in young versus old primary human trabecular meshwork cells. a5 integrin expression is lost in old cells, while avb5 becomes activated. iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
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Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
June 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything (Gift Article) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...
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9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything (Gift Article)
The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is a great idea. There are going to be many brilliant brains let go.
If people of means are interested in establishing a 2025 “Institute for Advanced Study” for displaced/defunded biomedical scientists, I know many people who will help, including myself.
@mcuban.bsky.social
@arcadiascience.com
@arcinstitute.org
@mcuban.bsky.social
@arcadiascience.com
@arcinstitute.org
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
May 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is a great idea. There are going to be many brilliant brains let go.
Reposted by Dr Kate Keller
This is just a partial glimpse of the destruction of American science by Trump and the GOP.
May 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is just a partial glimpse of the destruction of American science by Trump and the GOP.
Reposted by Dr Kate Keller
Invest in the next generation of vision scientists by donating to the ARVO Foundation Matching Gift Campaign during #ARVO2025. Your tax-deductible gift will be generously matched by past @arvoinfo.bsky.social president Patricia D’Amore, PhD, MBA, FARVO. Support today: bit.ly/3GwIJMW
May 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Invest in the next generation of vision scientists by donating to the ARVO Foundation Matching Gift Campaign during #ARVO2025. Your tax-deductible gift will be generously matched by past @arvoinfo.bsky.social president Patricia D’Amore, PhD, MBA, FARVO. Support today: bit.ly/3GwIJMW
I came home today and sat out in the yard listening to the birds sing, while the woodpecker was hammering away. A great destressor!
Feeling stressed and overwhelmed? Try this: listen to birdsong.
Research shows that it can soothe your nervous system—it signals safety. Our ancestors evolved to relax to birdsong birds. So next time you’re anxious, open a window or find birdsong online. Let nature remind your body it’s okay.
Research shows that it can soothe your nervous system—it signals safety. Our ancestors evolved to relax to birdsong birds. So next time you’re anxious, open a window or find birdsong online. Let nature remind your body it’s okay.
May 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I came home today and sat out in the yard listening to the birds sing, while the woodpecker was hammering away. A great destressor!
Reposted by Dr Kate Keller
ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
the word alert is in a purple circle
ALT: the word alert is in a purple circle
media.tenor.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
These are my thoughts entirely
Well written and sobering take-down of the blue origin flight. Worth a read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism | Moira Donegan
The trip leaned on a vision of women’s empowerment that is light on substance and heavy on a childlike, girlish silliness
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
These are my thoughts entirely
The vultures are circling (I feel very fortunate that this is the view from my office window).
April 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The vultures are circling (I feel very fortunate that this is the view from my office window).
Reposted by Dr Kate Keller
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
April 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
I heard about bloom scrolling, so here you go 🌱🌼
April 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I heard about bloom scrolling, so here you go 🌱🌼
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Tis the day for opinion pieces! This one in eLife by my favorite person who is not on bluesky, Nick Gilpin at LSU. Here he lays out why NIH is a great investment for taxpayers. elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Science Under Threat in the United States: The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health is essential for improving the health of Americans and developing new drugs and treatments for a wide range of diseases.
elifesciences.org
March 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Tis the day for opinion pieces! This one in eLife by my favorite person who is not on bluesky, Nick Gilpin at LSU. Here he lays out why NIH is a great investment for taxpayers. elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Happy to share our latest study investigating fibrosis gene expression in glaucoma cells. Several fibrotic biomarkers are elevated, but you should check out the size of their focal adhesions. Mightily impressive!!
Kate Keller et al. @katekeller.bsky.social
investigate Fibrosis-Related Gene and Protein Expression in Normal and Glaucomatous Trabecular Meshwork Cells, iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx....
investigate Fibrosis-Related Gene and Protein Expression in Normal and Glaucomatous Trabecular Meshwork Cells, iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx....
March 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Happy to share our latest study investigating fibrosis gene expression in glaucoma cells. Several fibrotic biomarkers are elevated, but you should check out the size of their focal adhesions. Mightily impressive!!
Reposted by Dr Kate Keller
There’s an HHS official database for all the grants they are canceling..they wouldn’t want you to miss all their “efficiency” and “savings” 🫠 taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov
March 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There’s an HHS official database for all the grants they are canceling..they wouldn’t want you to miss all their “efficiency” and “savings” 🫠 taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
NASA capsule was lowered using 4 giant Tunnocks tea cake wrappers!
March 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NASA capsule was lowered using 4 giant Tunnocks tea cake wrappers!
Currently watching the live NASA feed of the space capsule undocking from the ISS🛰️. After an unexpected 9 months there, I'm sure Suni and Butch are looking forward to being back on Earth. 🌍
March 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Currently watching the live NASA feed of the space capsule undocking from the ISS🛰️. After an unexpected 9 months there, I'm sure Suni and Butch are looking forward to being back on Earth. 🌍
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Almost 100k papers have been published in the last year with NIH funding. These are the top 200 most frequent title words from 10k of them. Disrupting NIH will cause incalculable harm to US citizens 🧪
March 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Almost 100k papers have been published in the last year with NIH funding. These are the top 200 most frequent title words from 10k of them. Disrupting NIH will cause incalculable harm to US citizens 🧪