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Linda Nordling

@lindanordling.bsky.social

Journalist specialising in science and research. Based in Cape Town, South Africa. Wannabe potter and mother of horse, cat and hound. She/her.

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Linda Nordling@lindanordling.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm looking for South African scientists to interview about the long-term effects on their research of the US funding cuts/pauses that occurred last year. How did you keep going? DM or email me on linda.nordling@gmail.com.

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Linda Nordling@lindanordling.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Calling all scientists - nature magazine wants to know what you really think about your job. I will be writing about the results later this year and am keen to have lots of responses from Africa and the Global South. You can win an $250 voucher for your trouble! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Share the highs and lows of your career in science: take Nature’s global survey

Science and society are undergoing rapid change. Nature wants to know how this is affecting careers, workplace culture and salaries.

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Linda Nordling@lindanordling.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Are AI tools eroding the very skills a PhD is meant to build? I wrote about this for @newsbynature.bsky.social and the approaches doctoral candidates take to this tech revolution.

Jeffrey Perkel (he/him)@jperkel.bsky.social · 5mo ago

" #AI is a blessing, but it has made students lazy. People don’t go the extra mile to build the skill.” #PhD students increasingly use AI, but they don't trust it. @lindanordling.bsky.social @nature.com reports on the ambivalence students feel towards AI-based tools 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Kendall Powell@kendallsciwrite.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New or starting a #STEM #PhD soon? Soak up the hindsight from those who've gone before. The best pieces of advice from @nature.com 's 2025 global PhD student survey. Expertly curated by @lindanordling.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

27 things we wish we’d known when we started our PhDs

Nature’s survey of PhD candidates reveals hard-won wisdom on choosing supervisors, managing mental health and surviving academic culture.

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Linda Nordling@lindanordling.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Could an African ‘eBay for data’ that allows researchers to advertise their data and specimens to other users cut the continent's dependence on repositories in the Global North? Read about ADBEx, the tool that aims to do just that. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...

African ‘eBay for data’ challenges northern repositories - Research Professional News

New exchange keeps African samples and data local while opening access to global research collaborations

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Linda Nordling@lindanordling.bsky.social · last yr.

"Bioinformatics infrastructure is as essential as a lab. But it’s often invisible or taken for granted," Nicola Mulder told me this week, speaking about Africa's new bioinformatics institute, ABI. Interview here: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...

‘This is about long-term African data ownership’ - Research Professional News

Nicola Mulder explains how the new African Bioinformatics Institute will support African-led science

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Linda Nordling@lindanordling.bsky.social · last yr.

Four entities reporting to South Africa’s science department pay their chief executives above Department of Public Service and Administration guidelines Full story in link below www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...

Four science agencies pay chiefs above government guidelines - Research Professional News

CSIR leads quartet of bodies paying executives in excess of Department of Public Service recommendations

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Linda Nordling@lindanordling.bsky.social · last yr.

Just over a week left to participate in Nature magazine's survey of PhD students in STEM. Active doctoral students anywhere in the world can participate, and a lucky two will win cash money! You gotta be in it to win it. Link straight to the survey: survey.walr.com/R540ZC?sampl...

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Krzysztof Potempa@braincures.bsky.social · last yr.

As in previous years, survey-takers will be asked to rate key aspects of their PhD, such as mentorship, work–life balance, mental-health support and salary levels, as well as their feelings about their career outlook @lindanordling.bsky.social @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Linda Nordling@lindanordling.bsky.social · last yr.

Unbelievable quote from USDHSS. But what's believable has shifted a lot in the last months. “the COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NIH to cut grants for COVID research, documents reveal

Studies on climate change and South Africa are also on the latest list of grants to be terminated, according to updated documents obtained by Nature.

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Linda Nordling@lindanordling.bsky.social · last yr.

'They really should make a darkly satirical TV show about these absurd, degenerate, unpleasant people. Call it The White Potus.' I love you Marina www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s war and peace with Donald and Pete – and the worst group chat the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde

We absolutely won’t tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Linda Nordling@lindanordling.bsky.social · last yr.

Any AI-related recruitment horror stories from scientists on here? Especially interested if you feel your CV/cover letter/application was rejected by an AI "sorting hat". DM me or email linda.nordling@gmail.com

Linda Nordling@lindanordling.bsky.social · last yr.

US aid cuts have stopped research projects in their tracks—here's what some global health funders are doing in response. #USAID #Wellcome #EDCTP3 #aidcuts Global health research funders rally as Trump’s cuts bite www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

Global health research funders rally as Trump’s cuts bite - Research Professional News

Grantmakers are “exploring options” but stress they cannot replace withdrawn support from US government

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · last yr.

Science journalist friends, I am available for interviews, as are the leaders of several of these societies and the UCS leadership team. 🧪 DMs open, or whysharksmatter at gmail.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · last yr.

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

Pierre de Vos@pierredevos.bsky.social · last yr.

USAID has axed funding for HIV/Aids organisations across South Africa — a decision that stands to have devastating consequences for medical research, disease prevention, support for key populations and community-based testing and tracing. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

USAID issues funding termination notices to key SA health programmes

USAID has axed funding for HIV/Aids organisations across South Africa — a decision that stands to have devastating consequences for medical research, disease prevention, support for key populations an...

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