Chrystal Starbird

Saturday!

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

Thank You MIT. Now who's next?

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.

Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social

Definitely worth a read!

www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

We are all Dr. Brunkow 😴
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

All the life goals, right here

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

I have had such a wonderful and helpful experience as a Keystone Fellow. Interested early career scientists should definitely apply!

Right! I really don’t want to and I’m trying to help you, but I will be if you make it hard to avoid.

You know; with everything going on, I just don’t understand why administrators are working to make our jobs harder and not easier 😤

The title says it all ⬇️

Congratulations! 🎉

Big news at @npp-journal.bsky.social HQ 👇

We are thrilled to welcome @briannaegeorge.bsky.social as our new NPP Editorial Intern 🎉

We are looking forward to working with Dr. George and are excited to have such a fantastic addition to our team 🤩

Why is it so hard for people to understand that I am usually, and prefer to be, understanding and kind, but not when you mess with my kids!?! You will get the other version of me then.

Despite These Times...my department is hiring! I really like my department, we have a good mix of disciplines and organisms and we're really low-drama. We also get pizza at faculty meeting. So if you're a computational and structural biologist, join us! 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...

It was a great discussion with amazing peer scientists! Thank you for hosting! 🙌🏾

In our #BIBPSWeek 2025 #BIBPSSpotlight Q&A Webinar with Dr. Chrystal Starbird, we learned about her life, career, and STEM advocacy work. We also discussed the barriers that fellow #BlackInBiophysics scholars @jjalston.bsky.social & @stevenssostre.bsky.social faced when pursuing careers in science.👇🏾

That it has! Lots to discuss 😬😁

Nothing has disappointed me more than watching institutions cave to ending programs they KNOW have an impact and bring in talented and qualified scientists from different backgrounds. Someday we will have to face what was done here and what we lost.

I would not be here without the programs (like PREP) and the mentors that cheered for me and helped me to understand the climate. Yes, I was smart, but when you come from places with almost no exposure to STEM careers, that’s just not enough.

YouTube video by Black In Biophys BIBPSSpotlight - 2025 Black In Biophysics Week

We are in this odd climate where people are pretending no barriers exist to careers in science for some groups, but this conversation with 2 outstanding emerging scientists highlights that is just not true.
youtube.com/watch?v=u850...

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Good luck with your submission! Also, I wouldn’t miss it. Which means finding a Philly food spot to catch up is a must 😁

Effective and empathetic scientific communication is so critical right now. We had an interactive workshop at the #2025ICDB led by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social and Dr. Kevin Alicea-Torres and facilitated by @spiraldoc.bsky.social and myself- and we practiced this. Please check out our perspective!

Thanks! It was a dash to get it in before a potential shutdown, but it’s done! 🎉

Thank you!

Gender equity: toward redefining values - Nature Cell Biology Women and gender minorities make defining contributions to science. Despite increased representation of women across the scientific career ladder, institutions routinely fail to support their career advancement or value their input. For an equitable and intersectional future faculty, definitions of excellence must evolve to better value women’s contributions.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
First up - a Comment by @marymunson4.bsky.social @drstarbird.bsky.social @weinberz.witchlab.org on gender equity in science.

“because we need all types of women and people of all gender identities in science.”

Link to read for free: rdcu.be/eIKxU

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Grant submitted!

Awesome choice!

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Just sent most of the grant to my grants office for submission 🙏🏾

Thanks! I drove it recently as a car rental and really liked it. Excited to own one!