Lucia Peixoto
@sciencenlucia.bsky.social
Associate Professor. WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. Neuroscientist, Computational Biologist #sleep #development #autism #transcription #chromatin #LatinX #academicmama #uruguayan
I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇
Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were removed by police during the organization's annual meeting on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
medpagetoday.com
An unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:
The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America
science.org
The Class Gap in Career Progression in US academia: First-generation college graduates are 10% less likely to be tenured at an R1, are tenured at institutions ranked 11% lower, earn 3% less, and report 5% lower job satisfaction, than their former PhD classmates (from the same institution and field)
annastansbury.github.io
Maybe next time I’m dreading attending a meeting I can say god teletransported me to my local coffee shop, although I’m afraid I will probably be asked to join on zoom www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...
FEMA Official Says He Teleported to Waffle House. Experts Are Dubious.
nytimes.com
Want to join our team studying #sleep #development #Genomics and #autism? Value an environment in which all voices are heard and #DEI matters? We are hiring wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...
Research Intern
Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on: April 19, 2026 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 1457-YN_ADMINPRO - R...
wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
Just re-upping this post from NIH/CDC “Director” and right-wing podcast staple Jay Bhattacharya, who seems to think that he is a more “trustworthy source to comment on reforms in public health” than the Lancet. He traded science for politics to gain Twitter fame, and has not altered course since.
The only thing more powerful than hate is love #Latinos #USA
NFL Daily News@insidenflnews.bsky.social · 6mo agoBad Bunny “together we are America”
CBS news jumping on the autism-vaccine misinformation wagon. Anyone that asks for a proper trial is intentionally misleading people because all the studies have in fact been done when debunking Andrew Wakefield's fraud. They are just hoping you do not know or remember about the Wakefield MMR scandal
Caitlin Gilbert@caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 7mo agoHe discussed autism/vaccines with Jay Bhattacharya on his show in June saying “If the data are robust that vaccines don’t cause autism, then run a proper trial” (those studies have been done) and discounted the idea that the rise in autism diagnoses can be explained by changes in testing/criteria.
Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social: Measles Isn't the Only Pathogen We Should Eliminate (Again) open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Measles Isn't the Only Pathogen We Should Eliminate (Again)
If the cost of doing business were getting two doses of the MMR instead of massive preventable disease epidemics, America would be a lot more profitable
open.substack.com
The CDC ACIP is officially a joke. No one wants #polio back. Please follow the American Academy of Pediatrics vaccine recommendations www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
nytimes.com
Send this to leadership if your University cancelled DEI programs over the threat of loosing funding from the department of education. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/21/n...
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges - The Boston Globe
The dispute was over federal guidelines warning schools that practices deemed diversity, equity, and inclusion could result in lost federal funding.
bostonglobe.com
Bossa Nova by the pool. Let’s for a minute pretend the US is not a dumpster fire. Happy 2026 everyone.
I just received an email alert of a whooping cough exposure at my sons middle school. A reminder that middle schoolers need a Tdap booster. So this is likely happening in middle schools across the country
Naomi Mittet@naolimit.bsky.social · 8mo ago"The poll revealed that up to 30% of Americans do not know whooping cough is also called pertussis, and just 43% recognized pertussis or whooping cough as one of the vaccines covered by the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) vaccine." www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/de...
It's Friday. Given how things are shaping up I decided to re-post this thread of #Autism: The #evidence. Because VACCINES DON'T CAUSE AUTISM and the planned overhaul of the schedule of recommended vaccines that the HHS is undertaking has no scientific evidence to back it up. Until Next Friday..
Lucia Peixoto@sciencenlucia.bsky.social · 9mo agoIt's Friday. This means it is time for a new post on #Autism : The Evidence. If you missed last week, I discussed what is TRULY behind the rise in prevalence. Today I am going to talk about what it is not: #VACCINES . They are SAFE and EFFECTIVE, but where did this idea come from?
VACCINES DON’T CAUSE AUTISM
Dorit Reiss@doritreiss.bsky.social · 8mo agoHHS appoints anti-vaccine activists to IACC. Reminder: HHS also cut disability services and rescinded an AAP grant for early identification of autism. It's no friend to autistics and their families. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... via @politico.com @laurengardner.bsky.social
It is Friday. Time for a new edition of #Autism: the #evidence. After spending some time talking about the consensus on what is behind the increase in #prevalence, and what does NOT cause autism, this week I am going to talk about what does, starting with #genetics
Just a friendly reminder that it is women that make breastmilk. And sorry my dude: which authority do you have to tell us how to feed our babies?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo agoRFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
This is not what autism research needs right now @natureportfolio.nature.com pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/28/n...
Nature’s latest AI-generated paper — with medical frymblal and Factor Fexcectorn
Nature’s open-access sideline Nature Scientific Reports is the “we’ve got Nature at home” of scientific publishing. It appears to run any garbage for a mere $2,690 processing charge. A snip, I’m su…
pivot-to-ai.com
It’s Friday. I’m continuing last week’s post on what does NOT cause #autism: #thimerosal, a preservative used in some #vaccines.
Let's make this clear: this is total nonsense. There have been studies
Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · 9mo agoCDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
Today I am starting a weekly post titled "Autism: The Evidence". I hope it helps someone fight the colossal wave of misinformation that is drowning us. Part 1: I heard Autism prevalence has gone up. Is that true? If so why?