Amy O'Connell
@aeo-mdphd.bsky.social
Neonatologist, allergist/immunologist, pediatrician, scientist. Lab director, Neonatal intestinal & immune Center for Exploration (http://NiiCE.org). Supports morality, empathy and humanity. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
New initial publication In @elife.bsky.social: Cataloguing the postnatal small intestinal transcriptome during the first postnatal month doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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Thanks to all of you who showed up today on behalf of those of us who couldn’t be there! #nokings
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. "When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its citation.
Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.
If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown. Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...
Today, I'm signing legislation to safeguard our elections and the voice of every voter. It's now illegal to use contests or payments to get people to register to vote. And in the 2026 election, voters have the chance to repeal our state's ban on the public financing of elections.
I am saddened at the passing of Jane Goodall from her earthly form. First I thought “some goodness has left us today” But nothing ever really goes away. it just changes. So I open myself to taking on some of that goodness, that energy to make the world better.
Mar🐫 said it’s national schnauzer day. In honor, some pictures of my favorite schnauzers…
I can't thank you enough for the massive outpouring of well-wishes on this very special day. 🫶, Mar🐫
I can't thank you enough for the massive outpouring of well-wishes on this very special day. 🫶, Mar🐫
Did you know that fevers in early pregnancy also cause genetic mutations in fetuses and resulting developmental abnormalities? Know how we treat and prevent that? Yeah, Tylenol.
Vaccine-triggered autism, AKA fauxtism
Settling for high fevers to avoid the autism
Did we all take organic chemistry & the MCAT & miss the social part of our early 20’s and work 80 hours a week for 3+ years for the brain worm guy who doesn’t know what a p-value is to destroy our nation’s public health system? No. Time to lean into our expertise and speak up.
Everyone with their head down "focusing on the science": Our grandchildren are going to ask us someday what we did in this moment to protect their rights - what will you say??
First Colbert, now Kimmel. Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval. Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
The Supreme Court just ruled this meme is constitutional.
BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California. Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
Looking forward to FASEB GI epithelium meeting tomorrow! Hope to see some of you there! #intestine #organoids