Krystal Tsosie
Indigenous (Diné/Navajo) geneticist and bioethicist | Indigenous-led research and data innovation
- Reposted by Krystal Tsosie📬 Read the latest issue of EBP Life and meet the people making it happen. 🌍 Read it here 👉https://gqr.sh/kx7m @mblaxter.bsky.social | @crawfordaj.bsky.social | @kstsosie.bsky.social | @scaioc.bsky.social | @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social | @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social |
- As U.S. official #public #health policy continues its regression toward anti- #science, I’m once again wondering whether a plague doctor mask counts as business casual for the start of the semester, right as the undergrad viral onslaught begins. I’m sure someone will have feelings about the mask.
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- Some members of the Tsosie Lab for #Indigenous #Genomic #Data Equity & #Justice are so happy to present @sacnas.bsky.social in Columbus, OH #NDiSTEM2025! Here's for an amazing Friday lineup across #IDSov. Hope to see you soon! @d4itdr.bsky.social @caterpillar-coevo.bsky.social #SACNAS #STEM
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- Out today via @natgenet.nature.com, the first federally funded #Tribal #data repository, a revolutionary approach to data management and applied/operationalization of IDSov @d4itdr.bsky.social. Also, if you are at #ASHG25, come see us this morning in 205ABC www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Krystal TsosieWelcome to #ASHG25! As our President Sarah Tishkoff just noted, next year for the first time the ASHG exec cmte will be all women. Glad to have anyone and everyone participating in this society now and in the future.
- For those interested in #Indigenous #Genomics and #ASHG25 in Boston, here are some interested posters/talks/events coming out of the Tsosie Lab, @nativebio.bsky.social, and @d4itdr.bsky.social. For those looking for Friday plans, attend our Ancillary Event, debuting a #Tribal #data repository!
- INTERNATIONAL SURVEY ON TREE OF LIFE My PhD student Jocelyn Cheé-Santiago (Binnizá) is leading an online survey on scientific practices re: biodiversity, biocollections, conservation. If you work in these areas, we'd appreciate your insights. 10-15 mins. Details asu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- When Indigenous peoples build our own #Tribal #data repositories, we self-direct #health #research & create #education resources to train next-gen of #Indigenous science From PhD student, Karina Hernandez-Hernandez (P’urhépecha) it is “hope-giving” news.asu.edu/20250917-sci... @d4itdr.bsky.social
- A preview of cool emerging #genomics and #Indigenous #science media… but this is my second interview of the day in this blue blazer! 🎥
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- In my Bio & Soc class, UGs act as reviewers/editors as a mock peer review. They see -difficulty finding responsive reviewers (& w/o COI) -variable quality reviews -issues matching reviewers to article Goal is to unveil realities of science evaluation (& hopefully train better reviewers). This helps
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- 🌟 Exciting! I’m presenting at the Featured Symposium entitled "Authentic Engagement Beyond the Lab: Engaging Communities in the Future of #Genetic #Medicine" #ASHG25! October 15 in Boston! Plus two of my students are presenting posters! See you then! Register: meetings.ashg.org/event/ASHG25...
- Reposted by Krystal Tsosie“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
- British Sir Francis Galton rocking a Canadian tuxedo for American Eagle. He wants you to know that he, too, has great jeans. (Yes, this was the result of five minutes with an #AI image generator.)
- This pretty much sums up a lot of my time on too many committees related to policy, ethics, equity, innovation, research, and healthcare in governmental and academic settings: #Indigenous #academia #policy
- #PhD students: pls don't make heavy asks of faculty time/expertise for your dissertation if you cannot include them on your committee. Use your existing committee, drop unhelpful members, or ask someone with service commitment (DGS). Heavy asks can be disproportionate to untenured faculty, esp. WOC.
- How does an #Indigenous scientist organize her bookshelf? With these FUN category labels (magnetic)! - Anthropologists We Actually Like - Dismantling Power Paradigms (data #feminist, #science communication, #decolonizing works) - SH*# Non-Natives Say About Native #DNA - On Race, Racism, and Racists
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- We are grateful to all who made our IndigiData #Indigenous #data #science workshop on "Indigenous #Health & #Artificial #Intelligence" a reality! This was our largest workshop yet. Held on the lands of the Ak-Chin Maricopa Tribal Nation in central Arizona. @d4itdr.bsky.social @nativebio.bsky.social
- Dr. @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social spoke to our IndigiData #Indigenous data and informatics workshop on wastewater epidemiology and the Pathogen Data Network, held at the Ak-Chin Water Reclamation Facility in central AZ. @nativebio.bsky.social @d4itdr.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Krystal TsosieASHG is concerned about the research cuts in the proposed U.S. FY26 budget, forecasting substantial reductions to the NIH and other agencies. We urge the U.S. Congress to reject this proposal and maintain support for life-saving biomedical research. Read More: www.ashg.org/publications... #ASHG
- Happy to give my talk, “Considerations for precision oncology and artificial intelligence for #Indigenous #genomic #data #sovereignty and #health disparities” at the American Association for #Cancer Research #aacr25 in Chicago! #ai
- As a scientist, I appreciate the effort in signage/marketing. But I also wish the coffee shop was at Gate 27 instead. (Or even 58 for atomic weight, or 2 or 3 for valence…) At OKC airport.
- For those concerned about DNA ownership by corporations like 23andMe BUT do not understand impacts of funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health: Absent NIH funds, researchers will have to seek industry $$ to conduct research. Even more of your genomic data will be co-opted by corporations.
- I love my BIO498/598 Biological Data Policy, Ethics, and Governance students!! We just wrapped up some amazing discussions on ‘who should build data ethics frameworks’ and now intellectual property and law! With permission, here is one group’s renderings on ‘who should share in IP’?
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- It was so great to speak with ~100 undergraduate students today as their keynote for the Pacific Northwest LSAMP Conference at Oregon State University! These students will go far in STEM! Thanks also for letting me cross off the 49th of 50 states visited. lsamp.oregonstate.edu/conference
- I am full of thanks to the Full Circle Symposium and @willowcoyote.bsky.social for creating a scientific space for futuristic and forward-thinking minds. It was a great way to reconnect. Also, thanks to @cheadlelab.bsky.social who snapped this picture:
- Reposted by Krystal TsosieI am at the Full Circle Symposium organized by @willowcoyote.bsky.social this week and I have so many thoughts. 🧵 #FullCircleSymposium qbi.ucsf.edu/full-circle-...
- I am quoted in 3 articles by Abigail Dubiniecki @baelay.bsky.social why you should be concerned abt ownership of your #DNA & #data, even after deleting your 23andMe info: @forbes.com @huffpost.com www.forbes.com/sites/abigai... www.huffpost.com/entry/23andm... www.forbes.com/sites/abigai...
- By age 24, I patented a cancer device, interned at top medical centers, was accepted to a university known for Nobel Laureates. Yet, being Navajo, I felt the disconnect of being a scientist vs an object of study. I am not a product of DEI. I persevered despite science ictnews.org/news/databac...
- Indigenous Nations should have control over their own DNA. @ict-news.bsky.social on AI, health, and persevering as an Indigenous woman in science. ‘DataBack’: The fight for genomic data sovereignty ictnews.org/news/databac...
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- As I prepare for my invited plenary talk for the AGBT Meeting tomorrow with this uninterrupted view, I am filled with proud for my students, my colleagues & our collective work in Indigenous genomics, health & digital technologies. #AGBTGM #AGBT25 Tsosie Lab (tsosielab.org)!
- Last push for final application to our one-week workshop on #Indigenous #Health and Artificial Intelligence! IndigiData is held this summer on the Tribal lands of the Ak-Chin Indian Community in Central AZ, June 2-6, 2025: indigidata.org Apply: 01/31 (Not reliant on federal funds)
- Featuring a one-week workshop on #Indigenous #Health and Artificial Intelligence! IndigiData is an Indigenous data science education experience, held this summer on the Tribal lands of the Ak-Chin Indian Community in Central AZ, June 2-6: indigidata.org Apply: 01/31 #AI
- I am tired of settler-scientists only recognizing Indigenous science when they have something to gain (e.g. grant funding, access to Indigenous communities’ data, clout). This is not equity nor benefit sharing. This is straight up extraction, exploitation, and scientific colonialism.
- Featuring a one-week workshop on #Indigenous #Health and Artificial Intelligence! IndigiData is an Indigenous data science education experience, held this summer on the Tribal lands of the Ak-Chin Indian Community in Central AZ, June 2-6: indigidata.org Apply: 01/31 #AI
- Exciting things debuting in Spring 2025 to the Tsosie Lab! Our lab renovations are underway! #Indigenous #science
- NOW HIRING a Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor. The anticipated start date for this position is July 1, 2025. Please see the link for more details. Application deadline: Jan 3rd: apply.interfolio.com/159166
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- TOMORROW: An international panel of Indigenous geneticists to discuss the ethical, cultural, legal, and clinical utility of #Indigenous reference #genomes. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health Tribal Health Research Office: @kstsosie.bsky.social @blackochreomics.bsky.social Phil Wilcox
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- PLEASE AMPLIFY: We will host our Summer 2025 workshop on #Indigenous #Health & Artificial Intelligence to take place on the lands of the Ak-Chin Maricopa Indian Community in AZ week of June 2-6: indigidata.org Travel & Lodging 100% Covered Deadline to apply: January 31st #AI
- Eleven of 12 members of the Tsosie Lab for Indigenous #Genomic #Data Equity & Justice (tsosielab.org). 75% Indigenous mentees across all levels: PI, postdocs, PhD students, undergrads.... just representing #Indigenous #science at an R1 institution, Arizona State Univ! @caterpillar-coevo.bsky.social
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- This was a historic moment. The largest convening of #Indigenous geneticists, data scientists, physicians to include national leaders at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's #science think tank, the Banbury Institute @cshlbanbury.bsky.social, to discuss Indigenous reference #genomes and implications:
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- Some of y’all live under the impression that slide decks are available well in advance (as opposed to hours before), and that’s the type of energy I wish I still had. 😆
- To close out #ASHG24, we convened several Indigenous movement makers for genomics education for Tribal Colleges and American Indian/Alaska Native serving institutions! Part of the ASHG-NHGRI partnership.
- For the 2nd time this month, Tsosie Lab is featured nationally. This article beautifully highlights the biodiversity and genomics work of postdoc fellow Dr. Leke Hutchins (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi). So many great Indigenous scholar voices in this article! www.science.org/content/arti...
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- Reposted by Krystal TsosieVery pleased to announce that I will be joining the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University as a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow next year! I will be working on various projects related to the evolutionary genetics of plants and insects in the Sonoran Desert with Prof. Krystal Tsosie
- If you approach me at a conference, and your ONLY question after hearing me talk about Indigenous genomic data equity is still "how can I recruit Indigenous peoples into my study?", I am going to call you creepy and run away before you steal my DNA.
- Scientists: your supposed wokeness is performative if you do not realize your positionality. Just saw two non-Native researchers self-congratulate at length about the "success" of their outreach to Tribal peoples. Yet, Indigenous researchers familiar to the space are side-eyeing each other. Sigh.
