Julia Bauman

Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency’s leadership about ultra-processed food addiction.

The Continuing Crisis, Part XI: Feral Children, Breaking Things

More updates on what’s happening to federally funded US science. Roughly the same magic touch Trump has brought to world trade, actually.

Today’s examples are on drug-resistant gonorrhea and vaccine approvals, both of which are going to hell.

Haha, super interesting, that would be a good one to include!

Yes I’ll post here as well!
Great ideas. Would be awesome to do a larger funded effort

I’d love to be able to a video per week, but prob can’t swing it working alone.

I’m planning a video series on the wonders of everyday medicines, from ibuprofen to prostaglandin analogs, to help point out biological innovations taken for granted (subtext: how NIH funding helps everybody)

Looking for help w research and scripting, or just ideas for what to cover & why!

Any scientists want to help with a science communication project? Will reach thousands on TikTok!
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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article) Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security

Even if that were somehow true, it wouldn’t be comforting to know that a journalist can just scheme their way into White House communications🙄

Gee, I wonder what that study on vaccines and autism will show www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"Geier and his father, Mark Geier, have published papers claiming vaccines increase the risk of autism, a theory that has been studied for decades and scientifically debunked."

Maximize your research impact with storytelling - Nature Reviews Cancer Although sometimes overlooked, storytelling is a powerful tool for communicating scientific research. In this World View, Julia Bauman outlines what is needed to convey a strong scientific narrative, ...

Interesting panelist discussion at #KSTumorMetab25 on communicating science effectively to combat misinformation in this era.

Check out this #WorldView that we, @natrevcancer.bsky.social, published from @juliabauman.bsky.social who posts 60-second TikToks explaining recent papers.

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Lemme see if I can edit a version down to <60s!

I haven’t seen any good data, but there are probably a ton of bots. Still plenty of accounts that I know to be real humans too!

I know Twitter sucks but it’s a *great* time to try to spread messages about harms to US science to non-academics

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Glad to see this post getting some traction, because the Federal Register is the WHOLE ballgame, folks. To drive this point home, a recent EO declares that all posts to FR now must be approved by the White House. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

I have had a TON of people asking how they can help...here is what would help us the most right now: SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE!

Tell us why you #standupforscience2025! Send flyers to your colleagues and labs! Change your bluesky banner! Tell your professional orgs and departments!

Graphic from United for Medical Research showing that NIH funding produces $2.46 in economic activity for every $1.00 awarded

Graphic from United for Research showing that NIH funding produced over $92B in economic activity in FY 2023

Graphic from United for Research showing that $914M in NIH grants to Florida institutions supported 14,688 jobs and produced $2.78B in economic activity

Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”

It is indeed my understanding that most research institutions won't survive if this is implemented. I know I will contact my congress and senate members.

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Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor Prion disease is caused by misfolding of the prion protein (PrP) into pathogenic self-propagating conformations, leading to rapid-onset dementia and death. However, elimination of endogenous PrP halts...

Insanely good news if this holds up.

Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Took me 3 minutes to call both of my Senators and my representative. Just do it.

Our paper is out!!

TLDR; Cell Painting as a phenotypic readout in whole-genome CRISPR screens is very informative, cheap per cell, & we find some interesting biology!

Dying for a bookmark function on @bsky.app!

How else am I supposed to add to my massive list of unread papers 😰

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our study published today on #bioRxiv describe the identification of a deaminase that converts 5mC to T, enabling direct sequencing of the human methylome and genome. This achievement was made possible through a collaborative effort across all departments at #NEB.

Thank you, Ardem!

A template for writing your senator: bsky.app/profile/juli...

I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏
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Plant Biology Exploratory Research Microgrant | Experiment For Science!

I am ***absurdly*** excited to announce the launch of a new funding opportunity through Experiment dot com!!! You have one month to pitch something wonderful in the realm of plant biology/biotech research and education. $10,000 max grant. PLEASE RE-POST + SHARE!!! 1/3

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🧪 E11 Bio is excited to share a major step towards brain mapping at 100x lower cost, making whole-brain connectomics at human & mouse scale feasible (🧠→🔬→💻). Critical for curing brain disorders, building human-like AI systems, and even simulating human brains.

Read more: e11.bio/news/roadmap

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Note to Senator Template Dear Senator [name], I am a [title] at [university/company], and I join many of my scientific colleagues in expressing deep concern over RFK Jr.’s nomination for HHS Secretary. I urge you to vote agai...

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