SD IRACDA
@sd-iracda.bsky.social
NIH/NIGMS IRACDA Program at UC San Diego. Advancing the academic careers of biomedical scientists through training in research, teaching, mentorship, and other critical academic skills. Learn more at iracda.ucsd.edu.
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LET'S DUCKIN' GO! For only $3, an 'impeach the quack' rubber ducky will be hand-delivered to your House Rep - help send the message that RFK Jr. is dangerous and must be removed!
#31DaysOfAction 🚨
#ImpeachTheQuack 🦆
#StandUpforScience 🧪
#31DaysOfAction 🚨
#ImpeachTheQuack 🦆
#StandUpforScience 🧪
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
August 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
LET'S DUCKIN' GO! For only $3, an 'impeach the quack' rubber ducky will be hand-delivered to your House Rep - help send the message that RFK Jr. is dangerous and must be removed!
#31DaysOfAction 🚨
#ImpeachTheQuack 🦆
#StandUpforScience 🧪
#31DaysOfAction 🚨
#ImpeachTheQuack 🦆
#StandUpforScience 🧪
Our very own, @joann-trejo.bsky.social, on the Nature Careers Podcast! Dr. Trejo is featured in this eight-part Changemakers series and she speaks to the importance of mentorship in science careers! 🧪 🎉 👏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why strong mentorship was essential for my career success in science
JoAnn Trejo has turned mentoring into an evidence-based science, driven by her own exposure to inspiring mentors.
www.nature.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Our very own, @joann-trejo.bsky.social, on the Nature Careers Podcast! Dr. Trejo is featured in this eight-part Changemakers series and she speaks to the importance of mentorship in science careers! 🧪 🎉 👏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Let's get to 10K in one day! Please sign and share the #StandUpForScience petition calling on RFK Jr. to be impeached and removed.
#impeachthequack 🦆
#31DaysofAction ✊
#signandshare ✍️
www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...
#impeachthequack 🦆
#31DaysofAction ✊
#signandshare ✍️
www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...
August 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Let's get to 10K in one day! Please sign and share the #StandUpForScience petition calling on RFK Jr. to be impeached and removed.
#impeachthequack 🦆
#31DaysofAction ✊
#signandshare ✍️
www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...
#impeachthequack 🦆
#31DaysofAction ✊
#signandshare ✍️
www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...
Science is foundational to the San Diego region. Cuts in federal funding will harm STEM training and education and threaten this foundation. Call your congress people and demand NO CUTS to science funding!
Opinion: Cuts in federal funding hammer STEM students and San Diego region
This year’s federal funding cuts are severely impacting STEM research and education, threatening the future of innovation and our nation’s health and technological advancement. These cuts hav…
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Science is foundational to the San Diego region. Cuts in federal funding will harm STEM training and education and threaten this foundation. Call your congress people and demand NO CUTS to science funding!
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Congress is heading home for summer recess, but we will not let up! Join us to unite and demand ZERO CUTS TO SCIENCE in the 2026 budget and NO RESCISSIONS! 🧪✊
#StandUpForScience
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#StandUpForScience
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August 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Congress is heading home for summer recess, but we will not let up! Join us to unite and demand ZERO CUTS TO SCIENCE in the 2026 budget and NO RESCISSIONS! 🧪✊
#StandUpForScience
www.standupforscience.net/31-days-of-a...
#StandUpForScience
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It's beens a tumultuous few months to say the least, but it's important to celebrate good news! Congrats to Alyssa Rodriguez & @yesdoc.bsky.social (Lamar Thomas) on their new positions! We are beyond excited & know they will continue to be excellent researchers, teachers, & mentors! 🎉
July 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It's beens a tumultuous few months to say the least, but it's important to celebrate good news! Congrats to Alyssa Rodriguez & @yesdoc.bsky.social (Lamar Thomas) on their new positions! We are beyond excited & know they will continue to be excellent researchers, teachers, & mentors! 🎉
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon for the first time. This was an incredible feat fueled by the scientific innovation of NASA. On the heels of this anniversary, please support our colleagues and the core mission of NASA by signing the Voyager Declaration! 🧪🚀
🚨BREAKING NEWS! 🚨
🚀 the Voyager Declaration has LAUNCHED.
NASA employees join a growing rebellion against Trump’s anti-science, anti-American agenda.
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🚀 the Voyager Declaration has LAUNCHED.
NASA employees join a growing rebellion against Trump’s anti-science, anti-American agenda.
🧵(1/4)
July 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon for the first time. This was an incredible feat fueled by the scientific innovation of NASA. On the heels of this anniversary, please support our colleagues and the core mission of NASA by signing the Voyager Declaration! 🧪🚀
One of our fellows, @fleabrained.bsky.social, is up for a Best Postdoc Mentor Award! (We're not surprised). Please cast your vote and help him get $1K in research funds!
I'm a finalist! Help me get 1k of research funds by voting for me 😄https://www.ptglab.com/news/company-news/best-postdoc-mentor-award/?utm_source=content&utm_medium=email
Best Postdoc Mentor Award
Postdoc fellows often go above and beyond in their duties as mentors and Proteintech wants to recognize their hard work and commitment with the annual $1,000 grant and Award.
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July 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
One of our fellows, @fleabrained.bsky.social, is up for a Best Postdoc Mentor Award! (We're not surprised). Please cast your vote and help him get $1K in research funds!
URGENT (& EASY) ACTION: Please call & express your support for NSF & demand no cuts to the 2026 budget. (Note: you do not have to be in Rogers' district - anyone can call as he is the Chairman of the House CJS Subcommittee responsible for marking up the budget). 🧪 #StandUpForScience #NSF
🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL. FLOOD THE ZONE 🚨
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
July 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
URGENT (& EASY) ACTION: Please call & express your support for NSF & demand no cuts to the 2026 budget. (Note: you do not have to be in Rogers' district - anyone can call as he is the Chairman of the House CJS Subcommittee responsible for marking up the budget). 🧪 #StandUpForScience #NSF
Our EPA colleagues are #StandingUpForScience & need our help! Please read the EPA Declaration of Dissent & sign the public letter of support! Scientific consensus should not be ignored! Progress protecting vulnerable communities should not be reversed!
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
Support EPA Staff Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Your solidarity with the EPA heroes increases the pressure on their Administrator Lee Zeldin.
www.standupforscience.net
June 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Our EPA colleagues are #StandingUpForScience & need our help! Please read the EPA Declaration of Dissent & sign the public letter of support! Scientific consensus should not be ignored! Progress protecting vulnerable communities should not be reversed!
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
SD IRACDA Education Coordinator & Program Manager @morgan-mouchka.bsky.social explains how illegal termination of funding has impacted SD IRACDA & trainees more broadly. It's important to share our stories more broadly so that people outside of the scientific community understand what's at stake.
"These cuts to grants like ours and many others, as well as the broader attacks on science, will cost us the next generation of talented scientists.”
June 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
SD IRACDA Education Coordinator & Program Manager @morgan-mouchka.bsky.social explains how illegal termination of funding has impacted SD IRACDA & trainees more broadly. It's important to share our stories more broadly so that people outside of the scientific community understand what's at stake.
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Extension of K99/R00 submission dates. PDs check-in with your POs and discuss. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-121: Temporary Extension of Eligibility for the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Temporary Extension of Eligibility for the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) NOT-OD-25-121. OD
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June 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Extension of K99/R00 submission dates. PDs check-in with your POs and discuss. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NIH employees are Standing Up for Science! Please read the 'Bethesda Declaration' and sign the public letter of support. Current NIH employees are courageously speaking out, now it's our turn. #BethesdaDeclaration #StandUpForScience #ScienceUnderSiege
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
www.standupforscience.net
June 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
NIH employees are Standing Up for Science! Please read the 'Bethesda Declaration' and sign the public letter of support. Current NIH employees are courageously speaking out, now it's our turn. #BethesdaDeclaration #StandUpForScience #ScienceUnderSiege
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
It's almost time! Join us June 6th as we #StandUpForScience and demand that our leaders commit to investing in training of the STEM workforce and the future of our nation!
Classes are ending, but SCIENCE is still under ATTACK! Join us and #StandUpForScience to let our representatives and leaders know that we will not let the pipeline for STEM education and discovery be dismantled! All members of the community are welcome! #SummerFightForScience
June 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It's almost time! Join us June 6th as we #StandUpForScience and demand that our leaders commit to investing in training of the STEM workforce and the future of our nation!
Another great SD IRACDA Retreat with an amazing keynote speaker! Thank you @elsanchez09.bsky.social for visiting and sharing your journey & perspective. We also celebrated the accomplishments of this talented group of scientists & educators! We will not give up & we will continue to celebrate!
May 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Another great SD IRACDA Retreat with an amazing keynote speaker! Thank you @elsanchez09.bsky.social for visiting and sharing your journey & perspective. We also celebrated the accomplishments of this talented group of scientists & educators! We will not give up & we will continue to celebrate!
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Had a lovely day @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social hosted by the amazing @joann-trejo.bsky.social and the @sd-iracda.bsky.social team and fellows! Honored to share our lab’s research at the pharmacology seminar and meet IRACDA postdocs— so many inspiring rising research stars!
May 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Had a lovely day @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social hosted by the amazing @joann-trejo.bsky.social and the @sd-iracda.bsky.social team and fellows! Honored to share our lab’s research at the pharmacology seminar and meet IRACDA postdocs— so many inspiring rising research stars!
Scientists & friends of scientists! Please sign this open letter to #StandUpForScience & condemn Trump’s EO that calls for political appointees to decide what research should be conducted (and how and by whom) under the guise of ‘rigor and transparency.’ www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...
Open Letter in Support of Science — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
www.standupforscience.net
May 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Scientists & friends of scientists! Please sign this open letter to #StandUpForScience & condemn Trump’s EO that calls for political appointees to decide what research should be conducted (and how and by whom) under the guise of ‘rigor and transparency.’ www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...
Classes are ending, but SCIENCE is still under ATTACK! Join us and #StandUpForScience to let our representatives and leaders know that we will not let the pipeline for STEM education and discovery be dismantled! All members of the community are welcome! #SummerFightForScience
May 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Classes are ending, but SCIENCE is still under ATTACK! Join us and #StandUpForScience to let our representatives and leaders know that we will not let the pipeline for STEM education and discovery be dismantled! All members of the community are welcome! #SummerFightForScience
On Wednesday we learned our grant (and those of countless other amazing programs) was terminated. 🧵 1/n
April 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
On Wednesday we learned our grant (and those of countless other amazing programs) was terminated. 🧵 1/n
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This open letter will be published tomorrow on the AAUP blog. Signatures will be accepted after that, but a high # of signatures in advance will help the organizers gain media attention that could benefit the effort. Share in ways you believe will get results!
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March 20, 2025
Dear Presidents, Chancellors, and Boards of Trustees of the 60 Universities that received a March 10th warning letter from the U.S. Department of Education:
You are on the frontlines ...
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March 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This open letter will be published tomorrow on the AAUP blog. Signatures will be accepted after that, but a high # of signatures in advance will help the organizers gain media attention that could benefit the effort. Share in ways you believe will get results!
sites.google.com/view/we-must...
sites.google.com/view/we-must...
Join research, healthcare, and education workers across the country on Tuesday, April 8th to demand NO cuts to education and research! UCSD rally at noon at Geisel. Not is San Diego? Find a rally near you at killthecuts.org! ✊
March 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Join research, healthcare, and education workers across the country on Tuesday, April 8th to demand NO cuts to education and research! UCSD rally at noon at Geisel. Not is San Diego? Find a rally near you at killthecuts.org! ✊
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The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
National Park Service Rally and Teach-in on March 22nd at noon at Cabrillo National Monument! Come support the NPS to demonstrate that Americans want their public lands to be preserved and protected for future generations! Not in San Diego? Find your local rally here: tinyurl.com/2s4yh22n.
March 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
National Park Service Rally and Teach-in on March 22nd at noon at Cabrillo National Monument! Come support the NPS to demonstrate that Americans want their public lands to be preserved and protected for future generations! Not in San Diego? Find your local rally here: tinyurl.com/2s4yh22n.
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Behind every breakthrough at UC San Diego is a team of researchers driven to make a difference. But without federal support, progress stalls. Learn why protecting research funding matters—and explore our new Behind Every Breakthrough initiative. ➡️ bit.ly/3Fti0jE
March 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Behind every breakthrough at UC San Diego is a team of researchers driven to make a difference. But without federal support, progress stalls. Learn why protecting research funding matters—and explore our new Behind Every Breakthrough initiative. ➡️ bit.ly/3Fti0jE