Yamuna Krishnan

Yamuna Krishnan

@krishnanyamuna.bsky.social

Organelle maniac, DNA devotee, RNA fanatic, Biology addict. 👩🏽‍🔬🧬🦠🧪🔬 ORCID: 0000-0001-5282-8852 https://krishnanlab.uchicago.edu/

4,763 Followers 1,968 Following 748 Posts Joined Oct 2023
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Watch this clip.

Professors will recognize this kid as the student who didn't do the reading but still has very strong opinions about how it's all "bullshit," except this time he's not the callow student who's going to fail your course, he's the reviewer who's going to cancel your grant.

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Today, I signed an executive order establishing the first-ever Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs and appointing the brilliant Taylor Brown as Director.

Queer New Yorkers deserve to be not just protected, but celebrated in this city. Together, we will fight for their right to live a life of dignity, safety, and unabashed pride.
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Predicting the stereochemical outcome of glycosylations is a complex problem.

In his talk at #Lunteren2026, Daan Hoogers from the group of Jeroen Codee of our @led3hub.bsky.social presented his research into the systematic exploration of this question.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#ChemSky #ChemBio

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Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

Palantir CEO promises that his technology will reduce educated women's economic and political power newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

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This is how it’s done

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The stupid, it burns.

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Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year.

Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants.

They are good for society and the economy.

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Dear world: DO NOT COME

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in a world of honor and self-respect this would lead to mass resignations and collapse of the incumbent government

this is what you put in the dictionary alongside the word “shambolic”

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Chuck Borges is a whistleblower who reported the massive theft of our personal data from the Social Security Administration by Elon Musk and DOGE.

I am thinking he should probably have a lot more followers.

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If you're a US-based scientist but have not been to a @standupforscience.bsky.social rally or contacted your lawmakers or otherwise defended science then please read this blog post.

We need to defend science, not for our own self-interest/funding, but because its many gifts belong to society.

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How to register to vote and check your registration status For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

So you’re already registered to vote?

You sure about that?

Eligible voters can be removed from lists if they have moved, changed their name or haven't voted in a while.

You can find the links for checking your status at npr.org/vote

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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.

State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.

www.wired.com/story/gramma...

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Just stumbling around trying to figure out how the world works.

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U.S. Plan to Unblock Strait of Hormuz Collides With Realities of Global Insurance The U.S.-centric insurance idea runs counter to the realities of an international market, according to industry executives.

Yeah you get a Gift Link for this one.

www.wsj.com/finance/u-s-...

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I’m an NIH whistleblower. The scientific community cannot afford to avoid politics “Scientists are often encouraged to avoid politics. But this advice is outdated, if it was ever correct in the first place,” writes Jenna Norton, NIH whistleblower.

A heads down approach will not save science. We need to speak up, live our values, and demand integrity.

www.statnews.com/2026/03/12/n...

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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Archaea How a discovery in the 1970s changed the theory of the origin of complex life on earth.

Archaea hit prime time: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Fincredible resource for everyone interested! 🧪 #danionella

Online viewer: atlas.danionella.org/cerebrum
Atlas data repository: gin.g-node.org/danionella/d...
Code: gin.g-node.org/danionella/K...

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First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

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Some folks treated me like a naive child for believing we had the money to cancel a portion of student loan debt

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This is like watching Trump bankrupt a casino in real time. Except this time we are the casino.

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Welp. They sacked all the adults. Now they’re going to have to grow up and deal with the real world.

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Tweet by Adam Kinzinger responding to a post about the U.S. using low-cost interceptors against Iranian drones, suggesting Ukraine provided the technology. The image shows Donald Trump speaking at a podium during a White House event.

My my, how it’s come full circle.

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This is the largest oil supply shock in history in mb/d
The enemy gets a vote. Iran is now delivering pain to Trump via multiple paths
(1) Gulf Kings
(2) Financial meltdown
(3) AI tech oligarchs
(4) Fuel, fertilizer, food disruptions
Read our Polycrisis Dispatch:
buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...

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3 days ago

We get to choose:

The Roberts Court and its approach to executive power, or the American science superpower.
We can't have both.

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I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

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After revelations that companies like Ring have been selling home security footage to ICE, the most common defense of keeping a camera up seems to be, “But what if I’m stalked?”

And as a violence researcher, I’m just here to state for the record that police do not care about your security footage.

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Just discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social – absolutely beautiful!

here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments

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Ig Nobels to move awards to Europe due to concern over US travel visas Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US

BREAKING: For the first time in 35 years the Ig Nobel ceremony will move to Europe. "There are no immediate plans to return the ceremony to the US."
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Food for thought for conference steering committees.

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How Congress can restore the independence of US science Members must go beyond reinstating US government research spending and re-establish decentralized governance at the National Institutes of Health and other agencies.

The most impt change at #NIH and to US science this year is bigger than grant cancellations— it’s how the agency is governed.

For 75 years NIH has been largely independent of presidential control. That’s changed this year. New piece from me and @nataliebaviles.bsky.social in @nature.com
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