Pooja Sridhar (she/her) 🇨🇦🇮🇳🇺🇸
@pooja-sridhar.bsky.social
Postdoc @ DukeU in pharmacology and cancer biology. Interested in GPCRs and cell movement.
All views are my own.
All views are my own.
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URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
April 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
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This is a devastating blow to women’s health and to all the women who gave their time and energy for this study.
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is a devastating blow to women’s health and to all the women who gave their time and energy for this study.
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I came across this timeline on another social media site and thought it was worth sharing here. I didn’t write it myself, but I found it to be a well-organized summary of recent events, and it captures the growing frustration and concern many Canadians are feeling. Warning, super long thread! 1/34
March 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I came across this timeline on another social media site and thought it was worth sharing here. I didn’t write it myself, but I found it to be a well-organized summary of recent events, and it captures the growing frustration and concern many Canadians are feeling. Warning, super long thread! 1/34
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Beware American owned news media masquerading as Canadian
March 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Beware American owned news media masquerading as Canadian
"It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology”
"In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet 'agency priorities'"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
"It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology”
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Why would I buy American syrup? Have you had it? It’s watered down shit!
And don’t get me started on ‘Pancake Topping’!!!
And don’t get me started on ‘Pancake Topping’!!!
If you’re buying maple syrup for pancake day make sure it’s Canadian #TeamCanada
March 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Why would I buy American syrup? Have you had it? It’s watered down shit!
And don’t get me started on ‘Pancake Topping’!!!
And don’t get me started on ‘Pancake Topping’!!!
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Thank you friends for Standing Up for Science.
33 packages of Science Advocate pins are on their way to folks attending Friday @standupforscience.bsky.social rallies. They're heading to MA, DC, PA, NC, TX, NM, MJ, TN, AL, GA, MD, MN, CA, MS, FL, OH, WA, & NY.
The village is showing up!
33 packages of Science Advocate pins are on their way to folks attending Friday @standupforscience.bsky.social rallies. They're heading to MA, DC, PA, NC, TX, NM, MJ, TN, AL, GA, MD, MN, CA, MS, FL, OH, WA, & NY.
The village is showing up!
March 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Thank you friends for Standing Up for Science.
33 packages of Science Advocate pins are on their way to folks attending Friday @standupforscience.bsky.social rallies. They're heading to MA, DC, PA, NC, TX, NM, MJ, TN, AL, GA, MD, MN, CA, MS, FL, OH, WA, & NY.
The village is showing up!
33 packages of Science Advocate pins are on their way to folks attending Friday @standupforscience.bsky.social rallies. They're heading to MA, DC, PA, NC, TX, NM, MJ, TN, AL, GA, MD, MN, CA, MS, FL, OH, WA, & NY.
The village is showing up!
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Another plane incident in DC:
An American Airlines flight from Boston had to abort its landing at DCA airport this morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.
An American Airlines flight from Boston had to abort its landing at DCA airport this morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.
February 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Another plane incident in DC:
An American Airlines flight from Boston had to abort its landing at DCA airport this morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.
An American Airlines flight from Boston had to abort its landing at DCA airport this morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.
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I ready!! Go Canada Go!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
February 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I ready!! Go Canada Go!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Hopefully all recommended vaccines continue to be available in U.S. I cannot stress enough the importance of finding a pediatrician or primary care doc who believes in science & who you trust with your health to provide guidance on vaccines for you & your children.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed
An HHS spokesperson didn’t say when the meeting would be rescheduled.
www.nbcnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hopefully all recommended vaccines continue to be available in U.S. I cannot stress enough the importance of finding a pediatrician or primary care doc who believes in science & who you trust with your health to provide guidance on vaccines for you & your children.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Hey Ontario! Check this out. We can’t af-FORD another 4 years of doug’s corruption
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February 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Hey Ontario! Check this out. We can’t af-FORD another 4 years of doug’s corruption
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Depressing for a lot of reasons, but I'm finding some amusement in trying to backwards-engineer their search terms based on what's included that is hilariously not "Woke DEI." So far:
- chemistry grants presumably tagged because of cis/trans isomers
- microbiome grants that include the word colonize
- chemistry grants presumably tagged because of cis/trans isomers
- microbiome grants that include the word colonize
Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database
www.commerce.senate.gov
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Depressing for a lot of reasons, but I'm finding some amusement in trying to backwards-engineer their search terms based on what's included that is hilariously not "Woke DEI." So far:
- chemistry grants presumably tagged because of cis/trans isomers
- microbiome grants that include the word colonize
- chemistry grants presumably tagged because of cis/trans isomers
- microbiome grants that include the word colonize
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Across the country on Feb 19, workers impacted by cuts to federal funding are coming together to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! Join us in one of more than a dozen cities (& if there's not an action near you yet, sign up to be the first to know when there is): labor4highered.org
February 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Across the country on Feb 19, workers impacted by cuts to federal funding are coming together to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! Join us in one of more than a dozen cities (& if there's not an action near you yet, sign up to be the first to know when there is): labor4highered.org
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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
February 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
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Read, share, and gift banned books. pen.org/banned-books...
Banned Books List 2025 - PEN America
What books are banned in 2025? These are the 11 most banned books of the 2023-2024 school year. The banned books list for 2025 includes "Nineteen Minutes," by Jodi Picoult.
pen.org
February 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Read, share, and gift banned books. pen.org/banned-books...
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For those who don’t know Canadian politics- we have strict limits on how much we can contribute therefore removing big money from buying politicians:
February 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
For those who don’t know Canadian politics- we have strict limits on how much we can contribute therefore removing big money from buying politicians:
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let me strongly recommend the flu shot to whoever hasn't gotten one for this season. i just had a *terrible* bout with the flu that almost certainly would have been WAY worse had i not been vaccinated
February 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
let me strongly recommend the flu shot to whoever hasn't gotten one for this season. i just had a *terrible* bout with the flu that almost certainly would have been WAY worse had i not been vaccinated
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To be very clear: we are NOT booing the athletes. We are booing the administration of the United States of America.
That is all.
That is all.
February 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
To be very clear: we are NOT booing the athletes. We are booing the administration of the United States of America.
That is all.
That is all.
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CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
February 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
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How Capping NIH Indirect Costs at 15% Hurts Science, Jobs, and Public Health
1/ The new cap to indirect costs at 15% on NIH grants may sound like a way to cut wasteful spending. In reality, it would devastate biomedical research, slow medical breakthroughs, and cost jobs.
Y'all know I love a good 🧵
1/ The new cap to indirect costs at 15% on NIH grants may sound like a way to cut wasteful spending. In reality, it would devastate biomedical research, slow medical breakthroughs, and cost jobs.
Y'all know I love a good 🧵
February 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
How Capping NIH Indirect Costs at 15% Hurts Science, Jobs, and Public Health
1/ The new cap to indirect costs at 15% on NIH grants may sound like a way to cut wasteful spending. In reality, it would devastate biomedical research, slow medical breakthroughs, and cost jobs.
Y'all know I love a good 🧵
1/ The new cap to indirect costs at 15% on NIH grants may sound like a way to cut wasteful spending. In reality, it would devastate biomedical research, slow medical breakthroughs, and cost jobs.
Y'all know I love a good 🧵
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“There was no central, clear message. It felt a little bit like that was part of the plan.”
“I think a lot of people are worrying, what is my backup plan?”
An NIH researcher describes the chaos of the Trump administration’s first 10 days: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“I think a lot of people are worrying, what is my backup plan?”
An NIH researcher describes the chaos of the Trump administration’s first 10 days: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I work at NIH. The fear among staff is palpable.
"It felt like all functions of our job had just been completely stripped away, like the system had been completely crippled."
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“There was no central, clear message. It felt a little bit like that was part of the plan.”
“I think a lot of people are worrying, what is my backup plan?”
An NIH researcher describes the chaos of the Trump administration’s first 10 days: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“I think a lot of people are worrying, what is my backup plan?”
An NIH researcher describes the chaos of the Trump administration’s first 10 days: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.