Kelly Stevens

BME UNITE @bmeunite.bsky.social is launching Year 5 of our Future Faculty Program! BME Faculty candidates from marginalized groups on the job market - apply here by July 11th to present your work and receive mentorship to successfully navigate the academic job market: forms.gle/sVto2GRQauNA...

AIMBE has launched our new Citizen Advocate for Science Letter: takeaction.io/aimbe/scienc...

We ask the broader scientific community to widely share this letter (✍️ <1 minute) with friends, family, and other concerned citizens to urge their elected officials to protect biomedical research funding 👇

Are you interested in synthetic and systems biology approaches to study #spatiotemporal processes in cancer? Join NCI for virtual workshops on May 13, 15, & 20 (next week!) from 12:00–4:30 PM ET:

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As someone directly affected by this, let me be clear:

I'd rather lose my job because Harvard chose to fight than keep my job and see a generation of white supremacists parade its corpse around like a war trophy.

"These are kids who will never pay taxes," Kennedy declared. "They'll never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted. We have to recognize we are doing this to our children."

I honestly can’t stop thinking about this RFK speech. A lot of the outrage around it is focused on pointing out that it’s not true.

But so fucking what if it was? Do people whose bodies don’t work not deserve to exist in society? If all these things were true for a person are they less worthy?

Teamwork makes the dreamwork by amazing co-first authors #ColleenO'Connor, Ph.D. and @fanzzzz.bsky.social and collabs @danielawitten.bsky.social n.bsky.social @lizwaynephd.bsky.social sky.social @coledeforest.bsky.social.bsky.social. Thx @sheilachari.bsky.social for constructive review (4/4).

Finding the Sweet Spot in Bioink Formulation / ISCRM The Stevens Lab has unveiled a game-changing system to simultaneously screen dozens of varying compositions of bioinks for tissue and organ printing

Read more in lay write-up here from @uwiscrm.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social (3/4):
iscrm.uw.edu/new-platform...

Before we tissue engineers used to ask, what biomaterial is best for in vivo grafting? What cells types are needed for tissue function? Now we can do in vivo studies to address such questions rapidly. Expts that before took >2 yrs and 100's of mice now take 1 month and 8 mice (2/4).

Bioprinted platform for parallelized screening of engineered microtissues in vivo Human engineered tissues hold great promise for therapeutic tissue regeneration and repair. Yet, development of these technologies often stalls at the…

Taking a breath w new paper announcement. Bioprinted platform for parallelized screening of engineered tissue formulations in mice (1/4).
See paper in @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social here:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

SFB is always with so much fun! Gave my first talk on my postdoc work at #SFB2025, modulated a session, got 1st place in postdoc recognition award (really grateful for the opportunity and support) and first-time talking in a huge grand ballroom😂, and reunited with my lovely PhD lab!

Bioscience Funding Confusion Threatens U.S. Innovation ‘With the current turmoil, China could surpass the U.S. in the near future,’ Nobel Prize winner David Baker warns.

‘With the current turmoil, China could surpass the U.S. in the near future,’ Nobel Prize winner David Baker warns
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Calling all biomaterial scientists and computational researchers to attend the Biomaterials Network Annual meeting April 8 in Chicago.

If you are attending #SFB, please consider joining our Biomaterials Network Meeting!

A crowd of people demonstrating outside in front of the Lincoln Memorial on a clear, sunny day. Some of the signs read “Science over Stupidity,” “Science Makes America Great,” and “Team Public Health, Not Team Measles.”

Today at the “Stand up for Science” demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial.

It is important at this pivotal moment to @standupforscience.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on why this should be a national priority at tomorrow’s rally in SF:

navy blue background with white text that says "3 days until we stand up for science"

On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.

Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️

“freedom”

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

I'm going to Stand Up for Science 2025 in Seattle. Seattle friends, come join! Fri March 7. Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center. 305 Harrison Street, Seattle. 12-3pm PST.

#FundScience

DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.

If you’re queer, you’re here, but also there in DHS’s surveillance

www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...

Email sent to spouse: Dear Sara, Email me five things you did around the house last week by midnight. It should take only five minutes. Kelly Reply: 1. Found your Advil 2. Found your pants 3. Found your AirPods 4. Found your glasses 5. Found your phone

My wife won this round

I have seen first hand the impact of @brianaguado.bsky.social’s CZI award. We had the freedom to start our in person #LatinXinBME symposia because we know Brian had committed CZI funds for this purpose. Thank you for sharing your story, Brian!

I am crushed that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has decided not to continue with the second round of the Science Diversity Leadership Awards. My heart breaks for all the scientists that submitted their grant applications with the hope that their research and community building ideas would be funded to help make the science world a more equitable place. I see you. Please take the time to mourn the loss of your time and effort and figure out your next move. I feel an intense surge of survivors’ guilt. As part of the first (and now last) CZI SDL cohort, I have enjoyed significant personal and professional opportunities that have emerged after receiving the award – opportunities that have now vanished for future science diversity leaders. The award gave me confidence in my research program, but more importantly, was the catalyst I needed to bring my full self to the laboratory. After receiving the CZI award, I finally felt comfortable fully coming out to the scientific community and embracing my identity as a proud queer Latino scientist. The award was extremely unique and enabling, allowing me to build a vibrant laboratory community, support various professional development activities for trainees, and grow my research program focused on understanding sex differences in biology towards our goal of health equity. I am devastated that future scientists with stories like mine will not have the financial support they need to achieve their vision in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a Science Diversity Leader, I remain fiercely committed to my personal and professional mission to promote diversity through impactful science and community building efforts. I will continue using this platform to uplift diverse voices in the scientific community. To those feeling hopeless, please know that our continued commitment and presence in science is a powerful form of social justice. Let us continue using our creative minds and resources to fight inequities in society - …

My statement regarding the decision to drop the second round of the CZI Science Diversity Leadership Award funding opportunity:

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Let’s go!

We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...

Wondered who they might pick. Did this fun little exercise on ChatGPT 4o. (2/2)

‘My boss was crying.’ NSF confronts potentially massive layoffs and budget cuts Trump could propose slashing agency’s budget by two-thirds

"Hammond believes...that NSF would do better to rely on artificial intelligence to pick the best proposals." (1/2)

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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.

Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.

Say equity, which a just society should pursue.

Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.