Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua
Wife & Mom 🤍 | HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow | Neuro PhD 🧠 UW-Madison | NINDSDiversity F99/K00 #DSPAN Alumna | Retina #Ephys 👁️ #BlackInNeuro | Founder @BlackInBiophys.bsky.social 💪🏾
- I learned so much from the @aicjanelia.bsky.social team at the #InsightFromImaging 2025 workshop this past week. Thank you so much! It was so fun and informative. I enjoyed the discussions between #HannaGrayFellows and the AIC team at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. I’m off to do bioimaging experiments! 🔬
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaSend your abstract for the 2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Meeting in San Francisco ✨TODAY✨ to be eligible to apply for our #BlackInBiophysics Travel Award❗️❗️❗️ #BPS2026
- 🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 We have $500 travel awards to attend the #BPS2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social in San Francisco! 🤩 How to apply: ➡️ Apply for the BPS Travel Award (www.biophysics.org/2026meeting/...) ➡️ Select option to be considered for the BIBPS Travel Award *Grad students and postdocs are eligible
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua¡No olviden solicitar a nuestro premio de viaje para asistir a la conferencia @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social #BPS2026! Vean más detalles de cómo solicitar en el fondo 👇 --- Don't forget to apply to our travel award to attend the #BPS2026 Meeting! See application instructions below 👇
- 🚨🚨🚨ANUNCIO IMPORTANTE 🚨🚨🚨 ¡Tenemos un premio de viaje para asistir a #BPS2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social en San Francisco! Sigue estos pasos: ➡️ Solicita al BPS Travel Award (www.biophysics.org/2026meeting/...) ➡️ Marca la opción para ser considerado para el premio de SoBLa ¡Solicita hoy! ✅
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaSubmit your abstract for the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social 2026 Meeting by the October 1st deadline and apply to the #BlackInBiophysics Travel Award by October 3rd❗️ #BPS2026 #BIBPS @blackinx.bsky.social
- 🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 We have $500 travel awards to attend the #BPS2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social in San Francisco! 🤩 How to apply: ➡️ Apply for the BPS Travel Award (www.biophysics.org/2026meeting/...) ➡️ Select option to be considered for the BIBPS Travel Award *Grad students and postdocs are eligible
- Apply for the #BlackInBiophysics Travel Award to attend the 2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Meeting in San Francisco ❗️❗️❗️ #BPS2026
- 🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 We have $500 travel awards to attend the #BPS2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social in San Francisco! 🤩 How to apply: ➡️ Apply for the BPS Travel Award (www.biophysics.org/2026meeting/...) ➡️ Select option to be considered for the BIBPS Travel Award *Grad students and postdocs are eligible
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaWe can’t believe it’s already the final day of #BlackInBiophysicsWeek 2025! 🥹 We hope you’ve enjoyed our events and engaging with the #BIBPS community. But #BIBPSWeek is not over yet! 🚨 Don’t miss today’s #BIBPSSpotlight with the outstanding @drstarbird.bsky.social 🙌🏾 You can’t miss it!
- Friday, May 30th: #BIBPSSpotlight We will wrap #BlackInBiophysicsWeek 2025 with #BIBPSSpotlight Join us for our Q&A Webinar with Dr. Chrystal Starbird (@drstarbird) and learn about her life, career, and STEM advocacy work at 12pm PST. Register: my.biophysics.org/Events/Calen...
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaToday we have @jonesylab.bsky.social taking over our social media and giving us insights into her #PI life! 🤩 Stay tuned! #BIBPSWeek
- Thursday, May 29th: #BIBPSLife Dr. Alisha ‘Jonesy’ Jones, a James Weldon Johnson Assistant Professor of Chemistry at @nyuniversity in the Department of Chemistry, will take over our @blackinbiophys.bsky.social account and share her #PI life #BIBPSWeek #BIBPS25
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaJonesy's recent side-quests 🗺️ 🪂
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaBTS submission day! 🧪📃 doi.org/10.1101/2024...
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaHi everyone! It's Daniel and Eesha taking over for Jonesy lab at NYU! Meet our wonderful PI, Jonesy, an RNA structure enthusiast 🧬 Be sure to check out our lab website :) wp.nyu.edu/labjonesy/
- TODAY!!!
- It’s #BIBPSWeek Day 3! 🙌🏾 Today is #BIBPSResearch at 12pm PST!!! Join us for an engaging discussion with McKenze Moss at @notredame.bsky.social and Dr. Trevor GrandPre (@myphysicsjourney.bsky.social) 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Don't forget to register! 🚨🚨🚨 Just follow this link: my.biophysics.org/Events/Calen...
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaIt’s #BIBPSWeek Day 2! 🙌🏾 Today is #BIBPSTutorial at 12pm PST with Bryan Nicholson-Dews❗️❗️❗️ Don’t forget to register! 🚨 Just follow this link: my.biophysics.org/Events/Calen...
- Tuesday, May 27th: #BIBPSTutorial Join us for "Biophysics 101: Visualizing proteins with ChimeraX" webinar by Bryan Nicholson-Dews, Research Assistant at @MeharryMedical in the lab of Dr. Jamaine Davis (@jscdavis) Register: my.biophysics.org/Events/Calen...
- Hi #BIBPSRollCall! I’m the Founding President of #BlackInBiophysics. As a neuroscientist/biophysicist, I study the roles of voltage-gated ion channels in the mammalian retinal circuit using transgenic mice, electrophysiology and high-res imaging 👁️ I love family time and anime 🫶🏾
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua👀 Alright SUFS fam...it's time for an Ask Me Anything "Host a Teach In" Edition! ❓Drop your questions in the comments and we will get them answered❓ And don't forget to check out our event guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- Excited for this year’s #BIBPSWeek! 🤩 Starting next week! Register below 👇🏾
- We are excited to share our EVENTS for #BlackInBiophysicsWeek 2025!!! We will be host #BIBPSWeek from Monday, 5/26 to Friday 5/30. RT and help us spread the word! A thread of Events below #BIBPS25 #BlackInBiophysics @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social @blackinx.bsky.social
- Really excited for the Advanced Techniques in Neuroimaging Workshop this week! I love that an image of the retina is highlighted 🤩
- Stand up for science rally in the Wisconsin Capitol ✊🏾
- Decimate the scientific enterprise in the United States = flag on Mars 🇺🇸
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaMyself and 7 other neuroscientists, including @annaintegrated.bsky.social and @stevenssostre.bsky.social got to speak with @thetransmitter.bsky.social about why we think Standing Up for Science is important and imperative. Check out or thoughts here: www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
- As #BlackHistoryMonth comes to a close, we reflect upon the remarkable achievements of Black biophysicists. We congratulate outstanding the “Black In Biophysics” seminar co-chairs and speakers at #BPS2025. We are committed to promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in #STEM fields ✊🏾 🧵 1/2
- We all need to #StandUpForScience ✊🏾 standupforscience2025.org/local-events/ If your city isn’t listed as a site of an official #SUFS rally, you can still make your voice heard by joining the nationwide campus and workplace walkout at 12:00 PM local time on March 7th❗️❗️❗️ @uwmadison.bsky.social
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaWelcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaCall to Action: STAND UP FOR SCIENCE rally and protest. Washington DC and nationwide, March 7. If you are a scientist or value science, create your own events in addition to this. Form a science coalition. #3E #EndAutogenocide #standupforscience2025 #Mar7
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaThank you for coming to our second Meet and Greet with #BlackInBiophysics! We enjoyed meeting and connecting with you all 🫶🏾 #BPS2025 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaThe #BlackInBiophysics Symposium at #BPS2025 highlighted #BlackExcellence in broad areas of biophysics research. We congratulate Drs. Alaji Bah, Breann Brown, Oleta Johnson, and Wade Zeno for their outstanding work. You inspire us! #RepresentationMatters @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaAttending #BPS2025? Want to know more about tangible steps you can take to challenge the attacks on science in the U.S.? Please attend an Emergency Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday at 1:30! @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social @blackinbiophys.bsky.social Please spread the word!
- Emergency town hall at #BPS2025 Impact of U.S. policies on biophysics research and what you can do about it. Tuesday, February 18 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Room 411
- Excited to be in LA for the #BPS2025 meeting! 🤩 I’m loving the @blackinbiophys.bsky.social t-shirts and stickers 😍 Come get yours at the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social booth 🙌🏾
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua5200 people. They just received notices apparently.
- 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
- Hosting the 4th annual JUST-B poster session at #BPS2025 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social ✊🏾
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaAnd now back to our regularly scheduled $hitshow The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaATTENTION If you are someone who had an F31-Diversity (or similar) application submitted this cycle, please DM me here, contact me on signal (jeremymberg.78), or email me at jeremymberg@gmail.com. I will keep all information confidential. 2/n
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaHi all, I am in contact with a reporter at Science magazine who would like to talk with a trainee or mentor who successfully applied for an equity/DEI-related NIH training grant or a training supplement but have not received the Notice of Award and probably won't get the grant.
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua🚨PIs of Training Grants and Programs, ESPECIALLY training grants that support students from historically excluded groups (T32s and T34s, IMSD, MARC, PREP, MOSAIC, etc.)🚨 We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.
- The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) K99/R00 Award updated its end date to today, according to grants.gov (search for “MOSAIC” in the keywords) Have any K99/R00 Fellows heard anything??? Is this just until Monday?
- Where is the lie? 😭
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaCome and network at #BPS2025 with @blackinbiophys.bsky.social This is immediately preceding the Black in Biophysics Symposium. Great way to network, learn, and form community before we hear some great talks!
- Join us at the #BIBPS Meet and Greet at #BPS2025! 🚨 This networking event will feature a panel with Sharonda Leblanc, @cobarnes27.bsky.social and @doctheagrif.bsky.social! 🤩 Scan the QR code below to submit questions to our panelists 👇🏾 🧵 1/3
- I am excited to connect with the Black in Biophysics community at #BPS2025! 🤩🤩🤩 We will continue to support one another 🫶🏾
- Join us at the #BIBPS Meet and Greet at #BPS2025! 🚨 This networking event will feature a panel with Sharonda Leblanc, @cobarnes27.bsky.social and @doctheagrif.bsky.social! 🤩 Scan the QR code below to submit questions to our panelists 👇🏾 🧵 1/3
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaOh hey, I was on the news ☺️ I got to share my love for #BlackInNeuro and this beautiful community that we’ve built 🥰 youtu.be/KIzN7IarlZI?...
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricualast minute edit to this weekend's poster
- The official website for the #DSPAN F99/K00 transition award is down, together with the official #NINDSDiversity social media account and webpage. This is beyond terrifying. neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/archived/tra...
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaMark your calendars for the #BlackInBiophysics Meet and Greet and the Black In Biophysics Symposium at #BPS2025! Both events will be on February 18th, 2025 🗓️ If you haven’t already, please fill out the #BIBPS membership form below 👇🏾 forms.gle/oDStzvxzMKCRSV… @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaCongratulations to #BlackInBiophysics Founder @stevenssostre.bsky.social and #BIBPS Board Member @jjalston.bsky.social on this extraordinary accomplishment!!! 🥳🥳🥳 We are PROUD of you and wish you the best in your careers! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
- Today we're thrilled to announce our 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Please join us in welcoming and celebrating these outstanding early career scientists!
- Gotta love the retina! 👁️ Thank you so much! 🥰
- Two retina scientists! Congratulations @stevenssostre.bsky.social and Jared Tangeman!
- Thank you!!! Forever proud to be #DSPAN 🫶🏾
- Congratulations to the 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Excited to see @watsonzink.bsky.social, @sashalfulton.bsky.social & @stevenssostre.bsky.social on the list! 🎉🎉🎉
- Thank you so much!!!
- Congratulations to #BlackInBiophysics Founder @stevenssostre.bsky.social and #BIBPS Board Member @jjalston.bsky.social on this extraordinary accomplishment!!! 🥳🥳🥳 We are PROUD of you and wish you the best in your careers! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
- I am thrilled to share that I am an HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow! 🥳🎉 I'm excited to join the outstanding @hhmi.bsky.social community. 🙌🏾 I am grateful to all the mentors who have inspired me and to all the friends and family who have supported me throughout my academic career. THANK YOU! 1/2
- Today we're thrilled to announce our 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Please join us in welcoming and celebrating these outstanding early career scientists!
- Special thanks to @HHMINEWS #HannaGrayFellow @jjalston.bsky.social, who encouraged me to apply to this award when I didn't believe I could or should. I'm happy I listened to him and not my #impostorsyndrome. It's friends and colleagues like Jhullian who make the world a better place 🫶🏾 2/2
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaSo many women chemists on Bluesky we needed *2* starter packs?? Awesome!! 🦋🦋 go.bsky.app/9H4Ldqxat://did:plc:zppnp4qdjzj3onasxqtoghso/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbk3v7dsmk2e
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaStoked to be apart of @vox.com 2024 #FuturePerfect50 & even more stoked to talk about defining concepts for yourself, the myth of objectivity, a Sza tweet I live by and how annoying I find resiliency Big thanks to Celia Ford for one of my fav interviews ever 🖤
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaThe #SciComm starter pack is almost full. Make sure to revisit it as l’ve added lots of folk this week. Do share it and flag up if you’d like added. go.bsky.app/VJQzaceat://did:plc:iraifcy2o3kyi5luw55pyl6z/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l6vl5guxtp2d
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricuago.bsky.app/LJj3CUD let's grow this oneat://did:plc:wbdq56or5vjnfxyuawrwy6e4/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3latsgf56fj2j
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua#BlackInNeuro Starter Pack v1! Let us know if we missed you. #BlackInSTEM #Neuroscience 🧪 go.bsky.app/F8PpdPeat://did:plc:vcxh6n4wf255576clqdp6bf6/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lawzscv2lk2g
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaBLACK WOMEN IN #STEM i made a starter pack for black women in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and would really love to keep adding to it so please hmu if you fit the criteria or know someone who does! 🧪 go.bsky.app/9jYkUK1at://did:plc:nyrxbup4f36xnxqvksycdzr6/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb7lvxiejg27
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaWe will be hosting 3rd Full Circle Symposium for Native Biologists hosted at UCSF in April 2025! We aim to build community and provide meaningful opportunities for Native scientists. If you are a Native biologist who is interested plz fill this out to stay up to date: forms.gle/AN7nfkhdB3Fv...
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaAre you attending the 2025 Biophysical Society Meeting? 👀 Let us know! Please fill out the form below: forms.gle/oDStzvxzMKCR... We're excited to celebrate #BlackExcellence in #biophysics at the #BPS2025 #BlackInBiophysics Symposium 🫶🏾 tinyurl.com/mvbpp6hd
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaFinally made a #Blackademics starter pack! Let continue to build community here. This is part of #Blacksky so please show your appreciation to the architect, @rudyfraser.comat://did:plc:hqp33n2fqericzhtg6zprsog/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lazi54cevd26
- Reposted by Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD BoricuaWelcome, newskies! A big thank you to @rudyfraser.com for the tireless effort building up and maintaining #BlackSky. If you aren’t already following the feed, here is the link: bsky.app/profile/rudy... Ping Rudy to be added to the #Blackademics list: bsky.app/profile/did:... #BlackInSTEM
