Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD

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Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins by Shoumita Dasgupta - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Such a great thread! For folks interested in exploring more about the histories & futures of eugenics, the underlying 🧪 (and gaps), the biases that emerge, & the ways in which these ideologies are increasingly relevant now, please consider picking up a copy of my 📕 Where Biology Ends & Bias Begins.

Such a fun way to kickstart December! Thank you, @emorygenetics.bsky.social for having me! Next stop: U of Utah. See you there!

She Was Born Without an Immune System. Gene Therapy Saved Her Life.

Thankful for the funding that supports life changing medical research like this: She Was Born Without an Immune System. Gene Therapy Saved Her Life. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...

$100 million prize goes to dynamic duo aiming to stop next pandemic before it starts Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.

Congrats, @pardissabeti.bsky.social ! So glad this global need is being taken up by you and your team. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

🧪💉Just a friendly reminder that vaccines work and are one of the greatest inventions of modern medicine. Wishing this piece was not feeling so relevant again. www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/a...

Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes

Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes. "Professors have fired back that conservative politicians are seeking to stifle open debates and intellectual inquiry." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

STARTING NOW: Join our webinar exploring the intersection of science communications & education. Learn to:
🔹Foster dialogue around genetics
🔹Address pressing ethical concerns
🔹Design inclusive science engagement

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Tomorrow! 🧪🧬
Meeting the Moment: Impactful Science Communication and Education on Genetics with Marnie Gelbart of @pged.bsky.social and @jchowning.bsky.social
FYI, to facilitate authentic participation, we are not recording this session.
11/12 @ 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
Registration link in Quote-Skeet.

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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers - obituary written by incredible writer Sharon Begley before her own passing.
“When you think of yourself as a master of the universe, you think you can, or should, get away with things.”
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Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins by Shoumita Dasgupta - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

👋🏾 Author of Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA here. www.ucpress.edu/books/where-... Would love to be added to the starter pack!

Iowa needs more OB-GYNs. Is their abortion ban part of the problem? “Recent data on residency apps show that state abortion bans may be influencing the next generation of 🩺. ⬇️ med students are applying to OB-GYN residency programs in states that restrict or ban abortion.” data analysis from AAMC

Item #26 Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from our DNA Book Description: A geneticist and internationally recognized anti-racism educator provides a powerful, science-based rebuttal to common fallacies about human difference. Well-meaning physicians, parents, ...

Have you been meaning to get or gift a copy of Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA? Here's a chance to get a signed copy & support Genetic Support Foundation with your purchase - bid here before Saturday at 10 pm! #GeneChat #NSGC25 airauctioneer.com/gcs-got-tale...

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Thrilled to be discussing Meeting the Moment: Impactful Science Communication and Education on Genetics with Marnie Gelbart of @pged.bsky.social and @jchowning.bsky.social

November 12
12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
Register here and tell your friends!
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"If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate." @joann-trejo.bsky.social @marymunson4.bsky.social @needhibhalla.bsky.social 🙌🏾

Thank you for writing this!!

The race to make the perfect baby is creating an ethical mess A new field of science claims to be able to predict aesthetic traits, intelligence, and even moral character in embryos. Is this the next step in human evolution or something more dangerous?

On Eugenics vs. "Genetic Optimization": "These reckless, overpromised, and oftentimes just straight-up manipulative embryo selection applications are a risk for the credibility and the utility of these clinical tools." @sashagusevposts.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/16/1...

Looking forward to bringing Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA to Providence!
Saturday, November 1 @ 4 pm
Symposium Books
240 Westminster St
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Sitting in the airport right now - good thing I booked early between the closed runway and reduced air traffic control staff, hopefully I get out tonight! Looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday.

Building community! Finishing undergrad (or just finished) and interested in gaining research experience before applying to PhD programs and also want to be part of a group that cares about you? Join our next matchmaking event!! Jan 30th 9am - 1pm PT propelscholars.org/matchmaking-...

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@jeymcreight.bsky.social Thought you’d want to know while you’re in town!

The Logical End Point of Trump’s Higher-Education Agenda A “compact” offered by the administration could devastate racial diversity at elite universities.

"The Trump administration appears 2 have already made its conclusions abt higher ed, & is now seeking 2 backfill the data that will justify them. Trump’s precise vision 4 elite academia remains ill-defined, but it does not seem 2 make much room 4 nonwhite faces." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD | author, speaker, and professor | genetics, equity, and inclusion Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD | author, speaker, and educator, introduces readers and learners to Professor Dasgupta's published works on genetics, equity, and justice as well as opportunities to invite her...

🧪🧬 So true! This is one goal in my book, Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA. Onward! #ASHG25 www.shoumitadasgupta.com

How can we ensure new technologies don’t reproduce old harms? #ASHG25

🧪🧬 Today! Hope to see you here at #ASHG25 - "Lessons from the Field: A Dialogue on Promoting Opportunity and Engagement in Human Genetics and Genomics"
11:45 am - 1:15 pm in room 104AB

So excited that you’re part of this historic group!

“Let us be people of action and great science. That will bring hope to a hurting world.” -Francis Collins #ASHG25 🌎 🧬