Claire's research mitigates the toxin-producing algal blooms, which directly affects coastal communities in WA. She believes Postdocs deserve to have a sustainable career, no matter their background. If you're a postdoc, join her as a union member & fill out the bargaining survey today! Link in bio.
03.03.2026 01:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That's why it is crucial to maintain and strengthen the job security and international scholar protections in our union contract. If you are a Postdoc at UW, join as a union member today and fill out the bargaining survey (link in bio). (2/2)
27.02.2026 22:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As a postdoc climate scientist, Haruki uses climate models to study the potential impact of cooling the climate by brightening clouds. Like many other international postdocs, he is worried about escalating attacks on non-citizens in this country and how it affects his ability to do research. (1/2)
27.02.2026 22:34 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0As a Postdoc, Jake uses neural data to develop life-changing neurological therapies. An equitable UW means being a Postdoc is financially viable for all as Seattle gets increasingly unaffordable. Postdocs - make sure you're a union member & fill out the bargaining survey (link in bio) today!
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Urgent: Sign in Pro on SB 6321. Tell our state legislators: fund science research! Take 2 seconds to sign in pro before 10:30AM Monday. QR Code: bit.ly4s3FqPK
📢 ACTION NEEDED 📢
Conservatives have launched a massive campaign to encourage folks to sign in AGAINST our bill to support research funding. Let your state legislators know that you support science and research by taking 2 seconds to sign in PRO for SB 6321: bit.ly/4s3FqPK
Ryan is 1 of 800 Postdocs @ UW doing research benefiting common good. He should be able to afford to live while he studies how genes turn on & off as the body develops. If you're a PD at UW, make sure you're a union member today & fill out the bargaining survey (link in bio). Every voice matters!
20.02.2026 21:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Research Staff: meet your bargaining team members Evan, Gracy, and Tess; helping fight for fair compensation, enforceable reimbursement timelines, and improved workplace protections.
Sign in to the initial bargaining demands here: form.jotform.com/260154423245...
Cassandra pays too much on rent while researching how coastal communities can respond to flood risks as a UW Postdoc. That's why she is calling for a fair wage when we bargain for a new contract this summer. Make sure you're a union member and fill out the bargaining survey today! (links in bio)
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Research Staff: meet your bargaining team members Jessamy, Gabriel, and Shane.
Don't forget to sign our initial bargaining demands outlining some of the important goals we have for our next contract!
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Research Staff: meet your bargaining team members Iván, Lucas, and KeliAnne.
We will start bargaining in less than a month, so be sure to sign our initial bargaining demands outlining some of the important goals we have for our next contract!
form.jotform.com/260154423245...
Research staff Initial bargaining demands: support successful career paths for research staff
Research staff Initial bargaining demands: maintain pay structures that keep pace with inflation and the rising cost of living
Research staff Initial bargaining demands: invest in a more inclusive, accessible, equitable and diverse research community
Research staff Initial bargaining demands: foster a safe, fair, and productive work environment
Research Staff! Have you signed the initial bargaining demands (IBDs) yet?
Signing on means you support the goals outlined in the demands and want to work together to achieve those goals during bargaining.
Read the IBDs and sign on here: form.jotform.com/260154423245...
What do you want to protect in your contract? What do you want to see improved? Fill out the bargaining survey today to collectively determine contract priorities with other union memebrs!
tinyurl.com/RSBargaining2026
Healthy pregnancies depend on how our immune systems function. Nolawit’s research explores how semen and immune factors shape pregnancy outcomes, helping families around the world. ❤️🤰
What research are you working on? Share with us to be featured! ➕
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Meredith works on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a new telescope in Chile that just released its first images. 🔭✨ Soon, Rubin will begin its ten year survey of the southern sky, unlocking new discoveries.
What are you working on? DM us to be featured! 📣📣📣
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In a world debating screen time, we need research on how kids use tech, and how to make it better for all. Emmi designs technology to support children’s play, learning, and growth. 🧸📱
What’s your research story? Comment a pic and short quote to be featured 💓
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Luciano develops new ways to measure radioactive decay with extreme precision 🌌☢️ This work helps us answer major questions about the universe, but it is only made possible with federal funding.
What’s your research about? DM us a pic & quote to be featured! 🌟🌠
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Meg’s research looks at “science in crisis” -- how federal budget cuts are reshaping research communities, and how we can build resilience for the future. 🙌🌏
What impact have you seen from cuts? Share your story by DM-ing us a short quote & pic.
#UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters
Forest’s team was building preventative care for syphilis, a disease currently on the rise in the US. That work came to a halt when federal cuts shut the work down for its "DEI themes." 💔
What’s your story? Comment/DM us a pic + short quote to be featured.
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Vickie's work tackles zoonotic diseases, protects farmworkers, and even helps unhoused people with pets get care 🐓💙 Yet funding for this vital work hangs by a thread.
What's your research story? Comment or DM us to be featured 🪧🤳
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Trauma victims deserve better treatments than saltwater. 🙏❤️ Ethan's creating synthetic blood to save lives, but funding scarcities limit this research.
What's one solution you're currently researching? 🥼 Comment or DM us a quote + photo to be featured.
#UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters
Kelsey studies how sugars on blood cancer cells can help them grow and resist treatment 🧪🩸 Her work could lead to brand new cancer therapies, but funding cuts put this work on the line.
What research are you working towards? Comment or DM us to be featured ✏️
#UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters
Tracy studies DNA:RNA hybrid systems that could transform programmable medicine 🧬🔨 Cuts to training funding are limiting this work!
What breakthroughs are you working on? DM or comment a pic and short quote to be highlighted!
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Whether it's during wildfires or pandemics, false information puts our communities at risk. Sydney’s research tracks how rumors spread so we can respond faster and save lives. ⚠️🕸️
What’s your research story? 👩💻💡Share in comments or DM our account to be featured!
#UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters
By studying data from earlier HIV trials, Elena is improving treatments with insights into how the virus evolves ⚡🦠⚡ This work depends on reliable research funding!!
What's your research story? Share in the comments or DM us to be featured.
#UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters
Bridget’s research in epidemiology helps prevent reproductive health complications by improving STI screening 🩺 🖥️ Cuts to public research funding put this work at risk. What’s your research story?
Comment or DM us a photo + quote to be featured! 💫✍️
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Flood maps. Gene therapies. The origins of stars. 🌊🧬💫
Cassandra, Dev, and Tobin are pushing the boundaries of science with their research, but federal funding cuts put this work at risk.
What's your story? Reply or DM with a photo + quote to be featured! 🖼️✍️
#UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters
Join Kyndra, Mickey, Allison, Brooke, and Joe TODAY (Aug 11) at 5PM for the Kill the Cuts Town Hall with Rep. Pramila Jayapal. Now is the moment to demand our representatives to defend and invest in both science and our futures!!!
🔗 RSVP here: form.jotform.com/251766883613...
Masking encouraged!
Kendra Buglione, Academic Student Employee, UW Atmospheric Sciences. “Clouds are one of the biggest sources of uncertainty in climate models. My research examines the microphysical properties of clouds over the remote Southern Ocean, where high concentrations of low clouds play a key role in reflecting sunlight to help cool the Earth. Without research funding, we lose the observations needed to understand how our climate is changing, and discourage the next generation from pursuing climate related research.”
Mickey Cassar, Research Scientist, UW Earth & Space Sciences. “I work in the lab that monitors earthquakes and volcanoes across Washington and Oregon. Our operations were foundational in responding to the earthquake swarm at Mt Rainier in July 2025, and the infrastructure, software, and data we maintain are the backbone of earthquake early warning in our region. Without the federal grants that make our work possible, the reliability of this monitoring in the western U.S. declines, with serious consequences for emergency managers and the public who depend on timely, accurate information.”
Allison Moon, Academic Student Employee, UW Atmospheric Sciences. “Atmospheric chemistry research is at risk for federal funding cuts. From pristine to polluted environments and from the surface to the stratosphere, atmospheric chemistry research helps us understand air quality and climate issues. This is crucial for protecting human health, food security (e.g. from atmosphere- plant interactions), and energy resilience (e.g. from impacts on solar radiation). Without federal funding, our modeling capabilities, data-collection, lab and field experiments, and satellite systems will all be severely compromised.”
Brooke Carruthers, Academic Student Employee, UW Oceanography. “Sea ice algae are the unsung heroes of the polar oceans, forming the base of the Artic and Antarctic food chains. Our lab investigates how these hardy microbes thrive in extreme cold, how changing sea ice conditions will affect them, and what that means for the planet. The poles are one of the most rapidly changing environments on the planet, yet we understand little of their complex interations with the rest of the globe. Consistent funding for field and lab work, along with international collaboration, is vital to unravelling the mysteries of the poles.”
From the north to south pole, from the air we breathe to the ground below: UW researchers are working to protect people and our planet. When funding for this research is disrupted, we put at risk public safety, national security, and a livable future. 🌎🌊🗻
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NOW is the time to keep up the pressure on our representatives to continue to prioritize funding our research work!
🔗 RSVP to the Kill the Cuts Town Hall here or using the link in bio: form.jotform.com/251766883613...
Masks strongly encouraged!
🗓️ Join Lucas, Tess, Sharon, and Vaughan THIS MONDAY (Aug 11) at the Kill the Cuts Town Hall with Rep. Pramila Jayapal. The US Senate Appropriations Committee has just approved a $400 million INCREASE to the NIH for 2026! This is a huge win—but it now has to be approved by the Senate and the House.
06.08.2025 21:47 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
