Long COVID Defense Series II, Jan 15, 2026, 5-8pmEST 5:00pm Opening remarks by @drcorthals.bsky.social 5:05pm - 5:35pm Sinead O’Brien 5:45pm - 6:15pm Dr. Akiko Iwasaki 6:40pm - 7:10pm @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social 7:10pm - 7:40pm @mileswgriffis.bsky.social 7:45pm Closing Statement by Dr. Robi Tamargo

Long COVID Defense Series II featuring 4 Virtual Q&A Sessions — Mask Together America

Jan 15, 2026, 5:00pm - 8:00pm EST. COVID-19 and Long COVID can be lethal. Millions of Long COVID Patients of all ages around the world are uncared for, unable to get diagnosed, and struggling to prote...

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🧪Continuity is essential to scientific discovery as shown by the many projects bearing 🥑🥝🍇🍒this year. Here is the 2025 lab recap! Intermittent, unpredictable and likely to be incomplete 1/?

Happy birthday Belgium! Keep being your sassy surrealistic self🍏! And remember that your strength lies in diversity (l’union fait la force, y’all)! ❤️🇧🇪🌈 @belgiumintheusa.bsky.social @belgiumineu.bsky.social @belgiummfa.bsky.social #belgium

Great turnout in Port Jefferson, NY on #NoKings day! (No longer taking pix at protests to respect the privacy of participants - but here’s my day’s kit!) 🇺🇸✊🏻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🦅

Great turnout in NYC for #handsoff #NoKing April 19 protest!

Don’t put away those marching shoes! And mark off April 19th as busy! #handsoff Find your event here: www.fiftyfifty.one @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @womensmarch.bsky.social

Great turnout in Port Jefferson, NY despite the wind and the rain! #handsoff

@indivisible.org @womensmarch.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social and many others are coming together on April 5th! Find your local event!

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last yr.

We are excited to announce our official partnership with @indivisible.org for the National Day of Action on April 5th! Stand Up for Science says: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE! #standupforscience #handsoffourscience Find and register for an event near you: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...

Across the nation, coming up April 5th:

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · last yr.

Did you hear the big news? We’re taking to the streets nationwide on April 5 to fight back against Trump’s illegal power grab: handsoff2025.com

On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/NTQYfnNt

Join me on April 5th

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#StandUpforScience2025 Washington Square NYC @standupforscience.bsky.social @luckytran.com @togetherwemask.bsky.social @myrabatchelder.bsky.social

This is tomorrow, people! I personally am going to be at the Washington Square NYC march! ✊🏻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧫🧬🔬🥼🧪🇺🇸

Angelique Corthals@drcorthals.bsky.social · last yr.

REMEMBER TO MARCH! for science … and for all you cherish in 🇺🇸 on MARCH 7th (NEXT FRIDAY)! Find you local events at @marchforsciencemn.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @500queerscientists.bsky.social @500womensci.bsky.social

@standupforscience.bsky.social Looks like you don’t have many women or POC speaking at your rally in DC. You should do better.

REMEMBER TO MARCH! for science … and for all you cherish in 🇺🇸 on MARCH 7th (NEXT FRIDAY)! Find you local events at @marchforsciencemn.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @500queerscientists.bsky.social @500womensci.bsky.social

And the new 🦇🦇🦇 assemblies keep coming, this time from #HuabinZaho lab, out last week in @natureecoevo.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Comparative genomics provides insights into chromosomal evolution and immunological adaptation in horseshoe bats - Nature Ecology & Evolution

A comparative analysis of bat genomes, including five newly assembled chromosome-scale genomes, provides insights into the diversification of horseshoe bats and reveals molecular adaptations with a po...

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@standupforscience.bsky.social Pass it on and be there (or help organize! Or keep calling Congress. No effort is too small) More info here: www.standupforscience2025.org #Standupforscience2025 #Science #WomeninSTEM #AcademicChatter #YallStillMasking #SaltingTheVibe #LGBTQIAinSTEM #STEM

🌍 Honored to share our Fulbright Amazonia team’s work at @USIPeace in DC! 📸 Check out some highlights from our presentations and discussions here: ➡️ www.instagram.com/stories/emba...

Fulbright Amazonia Virtual Symposium Thursday, December 12, 2024 | 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET Livestreamed Event Register here: www.fulbrightprogram.org/amazonia/#:~....

Fulbright Amazonia Week in Washington, D.C.

Fulbright Amazonia scholars are convening in Washington, D.C. from December 9-12 to share their research and policy recommendations. The public is invited to attend their policy symposium via livestre...

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This month is the 13th anniversary of the publication i am most proud of where I proposed a new framework for Multiple Sclerosis and neurodegeneration as metabolic diseases. Since then, evidence have accumulated and new partnerships were made. Thank you @qrb.bsky.social #neurodegeneration #science

Exciting news! Our research with @labdavalos.bsky.social on shrews' ability to shrink and regrow their brains is featured in The Scientist! www.the-scientist.com/gene-express... eLife Link: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre... 🧠🌟 Feel free to share and spread the wonder of science! #Science #neurology

Gene Expression Shifts as Shrews Shrink and Regrow Their Brains

Transcriptomic studies of the shrew’s remarkably plastic brain could provide new insights into neurodegenerative diseases.

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#COVID is and will continue to be a driver of excess mortality (until a better vaccine comes along that stops transmission).

Covid-19 may lead to longest period of peacetime excess mortality, says new Swiss Re report | Swiss Re

Covid-19 may lead to longest period of peacetime excess mortality, says new Swiss Re report

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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,486,737!

🚨🧪🔬🎓WE ARE HIRING! Consider sharing this with anyone you think may be interested. We are looking for a super STEM educator! #STEMeducation

🚨WE ARE HIRING‼️

THE JOB: FULL TIME DOCTORAL LECTURER (This is a tenure-bearing position through what is called a “certificate of continuous employment” (CCE) after the fourth annual reappointment) Positing closes on ...

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🚨 Job opportunity to be part of the wonderful @cunyedu @johnjaycollege in the dept of Sciences! We are looking for an engaging educator to be a Doctoral Lecturer. Come join our diverse and vibrant community! @academicchatter #stemeducation #edchat #stem #stemlearning cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Stop putting our masking vulnerable population in political crossfires. We need politics to stay out of public health: #H5N1 #COVID #Mpox and #MaskBans do not mix well and will end in disaster. www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...

Mpox And Mask Bans - A Recipe For Disaster

Masks could provide good protection against Covid-19, avian flu, influenza, and mpox. Yet nationally, there is a move to ban masks, as Nassau county just did.

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We find a captivity effect on shrew  🧠  gene expression, highlighting the importance of research on wild individuals when studying physiological processes of interest 👉🏽 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Some shrews shrink their 🧠 in winter❄️. Even more extraordinary, they regrow them in spring 🌸💪. How we asked🤷? Evidence indicates key changes in glucose and lipid metabolism 🍭🥓 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...