Jordan Williams (she/her)
Pharmacology 💊 PhD Candidate @UPenn | researcher 👩🏻🔬 + science communicator | 🔬✨calcium enthusiast✨🔬| volunteer writer w/ @unbiasedscipod ✍️ | co-organizer w/ @snapcoalition 🗣️
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)@researchamerica.bsky.social is honoring the McClintock Letters Initiative a "Meeting the Moment" award: www.researchamerica.org/advocacy-awa... We are so grateful to all of the participants of the #McClintockLetters! @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social really crushed it!
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Becca Blyn and I co-wrote a piece for Science Policy in a SNAP (the @snapcoalition.bsky.social awesome blog on Medium). Medium only lets you have 1 “author” which is silly. Becca and I hope you enjoy, reflect on today, and learn something new!
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)January 30th is World #NTD day, the perfect time to bring together my research on #schistosomaisis and interest in #sciencepolicy. Read “The Intersection of Policy and Schistosomiasis on Neglected Tropical Disease Day“ by Emily Selland on Medium: medium.com/science-poli...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)medium.com/science-poli... New #SciencePolicy in a SNAP is out today! Jan 30 is World #NTDDay, read “The Intersection of Policy and #Schistosomiasis on Neglected Tropical Disease Day“ by Becca Blyn and @eselland.bsky.social #SNAPblog #GlobalHealth #TropicalDisease #SciPol
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Come see us at Booth 605 at @aaas.org Conference Feb. 12-14 in #Phoenix, AZ! #EarlyCareerResearchers @disha-patel3.bsky.social @dboufidis.bsky.social @jolybdenum.bsky.social @eselland.bsky.social @rosemalb.bsky.social @sneharao.bsky.social #AAASmtg #AAAS2026
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- Just kidding… I’m staffing the booth on 2/14. Regardless, stop by so I can tell you why I would definitely choose @snapcoalition.bsky.social to be my valentine ❤️ #AAAS2026 #AAASmtg
- Seriously - if you are attending #AAASmtg in Phoenix, you gotta drop by! SNAP is rolling in and ready to talk with you! I’m looking forward to meeting all the lovely SNAPers and new friends as well! Catch me at expo booth 605 on 2/13 to chat! @snapcoalition.bsky.social #AAAS2026 #scicomm #scipol
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)meetings.aaas.org Basic access (free!) and deluxe access registration are still available! Come join @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social members at #AAAS2026.
- ASAPers @emmascales.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @braineelainee.bsky.social are attending @aaas.org conference in Phoenix Feb. 12-14! If you're going, don't miss @snapcoalition.bsky.social events, including the reception (forms.gle/T4Ue52eVXhG2...) #AAAS2026
- Seriously - if you are attending #AAASmtg in Phoenix, you gotta drop by! SNAP is rolling in and ready to talk with you! I’m looking forward to meeting all the lovely SNAPers and new friends as well! Catch me at expo booth 605 on 2/13 to chat! @snapcoalition.bsky.social #AAAS2026 #scicomm #scipol
- Spots remaining at Feb. 13 #AAASmtg SNAP reception, register here to join us with free drinks and good company! forms.gle/39RqqfK5FzF3... Don't forget to drop by Booth 605 to learn more about our #StanceOnScience initiative. #AAAS2026 #scipol #scicomm #EarlyCareerResearchers #EarlyCareerScientists
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Thrilled to be attending my first @aaas.org meeting with fellow members of @snapcoalition.bsky.social! Come say hi at the SNAP booth and be sure to catch the SNAP plenary panel with the incredible Miles Arnett, @isakoditomassi.bsky.social, @jpflores.rbind.io, @erinmorrow.bsky.social, & Alex Rich!! 🤩
- Spots remaining at Feb. 13 #AAASmtg SNAP reception, register here to join us with free drinks and good company! forms.gle/39RqqfK5FzF3... Don't forget to drop by Booth 605 to learn more about our #StanceOnScience initiative. #AAAS2026 #scipol #scicomm #EarlyCareerResearchers #EarlyCareerScientists
- Yeah, that number is like 10,000.
- How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year? My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive. www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)I'll be speaking on this panel with @mjarnett.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @erinmorrow.bsky.social and Alex Rich at #AAAS2026! Come hear from @snapcoalition.bsky.social members giving early career researcher perspectives on the future of #SciPol, #SciComm, and developing the #SciWorkForce.
- Who's ready for #AAAS2026? Come see SNAPpers at a plenary panel session on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.!
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Do what you can. ❤️🩹Take care of yourself. 🫂Take care of each other. ☎️Call 5calls.org 🧑💻Write democracy.io#!/thanks 🚫Boycott ICE: www.boycottcitizens.org/ice ✊Support MN: www.standwithminnesota.com
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)We started a blog for @snapcoalition.bsky.social and I was excited to write our introductory post! Check it out on #Medium medium.com/@snapscipolo... More long- and short-winded thoughts in the #science-policy space coming soon
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Who's ready for #AAAS2026? Come see SNAPpers at a plenary panel session on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.!
- Y’all aren’t ready for all the cool topics we have coming up! If you don’t follow @snapcoalition.bsky.social already, go do it now! Great job, Emily (@eselland.bsky.social) for the summary of what SNAP has been and is up to!
- Hello, everyone! SNAP is proud to announce that we've started a blog! Check out our first post on Medium (medium.com/@snapscipolo...) or our website (snapcoalition.org/2026/01/19/s...), and stay tuned for more! @eselland.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @jolybdenum.bsky.social and Cael Dant
- Looking to ramp my engagement on this platform back up in the new year, but for now - the Lee & Carey labs had a great time @ascbiology.bsky.social #CellBio25 sharing our love of bitter taste receptors👅, ✨calcium✨, and airway physiology 🫁 with so many others
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)ASCB President Mary Munson awards Francis Collins the ASCB Public Service award, noting this is the first time it’s been awarded for defense of science #cellbio2025
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)SCOPE’s summer course “Engaging with Science Policy Through Traditional and New Media” is in full swing! Meet our cohort at scopepolicy.org/2025-new-med..., and stay tuned for the opportunity to vote on content created by the participants #scopepolicy #newmedia #scicomm
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)#NOKings vs. Nobody @indivisible.org
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Incredible turnout so far in Philly for #NoKings Day! Find your nearest rally at NoKings.org
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Trump wanted a coronation. Philly gave him a massive f*cking protest. 100k strong. 100k loud. 100k unbought. 100k unbowed.
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Philly today.
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Massive turnout in Philly
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- Day #1: ✅ So excited to work with this incredible cohort and with @scopepolicy.bsky.social in this training! #scopenewmedia #scicomm #scipolicy
- Introducing the ✨Inaugural New Media Training Course 2025 Cohort✨ Follow along to see how these individuals develop content for engaging science communication. For future course iterations and other training opportunities, check out our homepage. #scopenewmedia #scicomm #scipolicy
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Here is my #oped in the @inquirer.com online today, publishing in the paper on Sunday. "I will not stand idly by while the Trump administration destroys the scientific foundation that keeps this country and its citizens healthy and safe." www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Today was a good day to stand shoulder to shoulder with coworkers in six unions across the university and the health system speaking out for the rights of all members of our community
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Proud of @aaup-penn.bsky.social and allies organizing this!! www.cbsnews.com/amp/philadel...
- Gods I love a long petition 💋
- So excited to have heard from @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social as part of the Authors@Wharton talks - as a future #scicomm person I would LOVE to chat about the need for public investment in science. Everything in your talk about tuberculosis today was SPOT ON!
- But also, “Everything is Tuberculosis” is a fantastic read - please go check it out!
- My 1st op-ed with Devin Burris & Mark Bray (@mark531.bsky.social)! We look at how Trump’s funding cuts/changes to scientific resesrch threaten American biomedical research for small institutions & young scientists. Feedback/comments welcome! #scicomm markbraywrites.medium.com/the-goal-of-...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)NIH is the best investment there is. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)We have a website now for #silencedsciencestories! Share your story. Silencedsciencestories.com
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)We call for the immediate release of former Columbia University grad student Mahmoud Kahlil, a legal permanent resident of the US. His abduction is an assault not only on basic immigration law but on our 1st Amendment protections of freedom of speech & assembly. www.aaup.org/news/aaup-co...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Paywall free news! But please do subscribe to some of these pubs if you find yourself reading and rereading their stuff. @wired.com @rollingstone.com @statnews.com @sciam.bsky.social many others are good to support.
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Our work is far from done—science is still under attack. We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together? Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/7EEQMZUveXN9...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying why some people are hesitant to receive vaccines or evaluating strategies that could encourage vaccine uptake. scim.ag/4how23i
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- Sad to NOT see @upenn.edu on this list. Do not comply preemptively!!
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)What do we do when science is under attack? Stand up, fight back! Philly understood the assignment: two thousand people showed up at the March for Science today! whyy.org/articles/phi...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Some pics from Philly’s #standupforscience event yesterday.
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Video from Stand Up for Science rally yesterday in Philly. Call your officials, tell them that the NIH must remain fully funded and funds must be awarded to a wide-range of research to keep us on the forefront of innovation, medical advancement, and economic success in science-related industries.
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Stand Up for Science: Philly Edition open.substack.com/pub/mccormic...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Everyone posting #StandUpForScience and #StandUpForScience2025, please remember to be inclusive and use alt text so everyone can enjoy access to your awesome protest signs
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)As #DisabledInSTEM, I benefitted from the NSF GRFP as I entered graduate school knowing I would have funding. As someone with a disability, it can be difficult to find a lab and a PI who is willing to spend so much money on you. With my own funding, came independence. #StandUpForScience2025
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)The journalists at the DP once again had great coverage of the Stand Up For Science rally in Philly yesterday www.thedp.com/article/2025...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)300 folks showed up for @standupforscience.bsky.social in Missoula on Friday, not bad! #StandupforScience
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)It takes a lot to rile up scientists. Opposition to this administration's actions is growing by the day. Snow didn't stop Madison's #MarchForScience
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)But our work is far from done—science is still under attack. We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together? Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/QAxH4wD4Y3sg...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)First and foremost, an incredible THANK YOU to everyone who has supported Stand Up for Science—whether you attended our events, donated, shared, or volunteered. We are so humbled by how many people showed up to support us & all of the passion that people brought with them.
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Yes. Journalists should note this: Every science or tech student, age 5-35 today, is looking at the destruction of their career prospects due to Trump and Musk. We should be interviewing those students and talking about the impact to their lives.
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)A really thoughtfully written guest column in the DP at Penn from one of our speakers at yesterday’s rally and their colleague. www.thedp.com/article/2025...?
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)My full speech from the Philly @standupforscience.bsky.social rally is linked below. "Just two days ago my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer —and as scary as those words are to hear, we are optimistic - and do you want to know why we are optimistic…because of science." youtu.be/ctCx6HWWeQg?...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)One of the most powerful moments of the day came from Emily Whitehead who told the story of how she was the first pediatric patient to receive CAR T-cell therapy for her leukemia at age 5: “I stand up for science because science saved my life. And that’s a fact.” @standupforscience.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)@maddow.msnbc.com about the Philly #StandUpForScience rally: “Look at this, I mean this is impressive!…Look at that, that’s a really big protest.” 🙌 @amandastherrien.bsky.social @dramandar.bsky.social @brookedl.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)Given the platform, I wanted to make sure I used it well & clearly articulated my message: "Thru anti-DEI & anti-trans executive orders & laws, the administration seeks to restore hierarchies centered around race & gender, resegregating America. A textbook example of fascism." tinyurl.com/3bvrf6nn
- Reposted by Jordan Williams (she/her)@carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social speaks at San Francisco’s “Stand Up for Science” rally!
