Bahaar
PhD in genetics using C. elegans #teamworm | She/Her/Hers | chromatin, condensin, gene regulation, teaching, advocacy
- So I started watching the extended editions of #lotr to do attempt the “so it begins” at midnight, but I needed to take a break to complain about #RingsofPower
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- Reposted by BahaarPicking new members takes time: NIH staff spend 1-2 years screening candidates, getting approval, doing background/ ethics checks. Some staff are now screening candidates’ social media to see if they've said anything negative about the Trump administration or have been involved with DEI efforts.
- Reposted by BahaarNEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding. NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
- Reposted by BahaarIF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB Scripts here: 5calls.org
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- Apparently the only difference between brassiere and brasserie is where the “i” goes 🙃 Good thing I learned the difference before I walked into this place 🤡
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- Reposted by BahaarBREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.
- Reposted by BahaarLate-breaking workshop news! The NSF will be offering an information session to discuss new and ongoing programs and the merit review process. Registration is free. More information here: www.xcdsystem.com/evolution/pr... #Evol2025
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- Reposted by Bahaar📢BREAKING: Just left the courthouse for our NIH grant termination case Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL” As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’
- Reposted by BahaarIncredible reporting by @propublica.org. We are actively losing so much it's difficult to wrap one's head around it. projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
- Thank you to all the animals that support biological research 💕 here’s a tribute to our Sentinal who ensured the safety of our colony #compassionawareness #cultureofcare #umich #zebrafish
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- And not just any Kleenex, it had to be the lotion ones
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- Reposted by BahaarNEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
- Reposted by BahaarI keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight. 1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms" 2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral 3) How tools are productized is not neutral [rant]
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- This is poetry 🫡
- This was wild 😅
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- Um can someone answer if these #tariffs are going to affect the price of chocolate? For science?😬
- Reposted by BahaarThose trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
- Reposted by BahaarSCOOP: You've heard about the NIH terminating grants. I've learned of another, less visible way it's disrupting science: It’s removing some applications from peer review. Not rejecting them, but putting them on hold without saying why or if they'll ever be reviewed. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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- Reposted by Bahaar"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
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- Reposted by BahaarAs a Missouri resident, I could see everything that’s happening coming a mile away because they already did it to my state. Defunded schools, kicked kids off Medicaid, refused the will of voters, attacked marginalized communities, and sold off farmland to foreign companies. We knew.
- Reposted by BahaarWorking with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵
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- Stanley Tucci‘s dinner party show is really good and relaxing to watch while cooking Also the inclusion of scientists is 🙌🎉🍻 I kinda wanna host a dinner party now 🥺
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- Reposted by BahaarKEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!
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- Reposted by Bahaar🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH
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- Ours was March 17 (last page in my lab notebook bc I dated everyday) I was teaching an animal physiology lab class. It was spring break and we were told that the students aren’t coming back So the prof emailed us and we recorded videos of the mice for the students to do the “endotherm lab”
- Reposted by BahaarWe are getting a LOT of messages asking "why say the Democratic Senators need to be pressured, aren't they doing everything they can?" No, they are not. Not close. Democrats in the Senate are going along with what Republican Senators want, because they want to be buddy-buddy with those R's. 1/2
- Exactly The entire point of #Project2025 is to enrich a select few at the expense of us and whatever generations exist to inherit after us
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