Chris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social Science journalist covering all fields. Formerly an editor at New Scientist and Nature. 🧪🐸 🍄
New Scientist: https://tinyurl.com/2tvwfa2b
Live Science: https://tinyurl.com/4mbyh7a9
Sci Am: https://tinyurl.com/bdza74ta
Nature: https://tinyurl.com/yc265esp
Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social Nephrologist = kidney doctor
MD, MPH
Professor, University of Ottawa/Ottawa Hospital 🇨🇦
He/Him/His
#NephJC co-creator; @FreelyFiltered.bsky.social pod panelist; KICR EiC: opinions personal
https://www.swapnilhiremath.com
Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net NIA, Ex-PCORI, HSR (UMD), BioStats (UW). AMSTAT 2027 HPSS Chair and 2026 Fellow. Human to @parrishpets.bsky.social. Here as a private citizen. BD Signer. RT Speaker. Reposts &❤️≠endorsements.
Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social Husband, Father, Grandfather, Datahound, Dog lover, Fan of Celtic music, Former NIGMS director, Former EiC of Science, Stand Up for Science advisor, Shananigator, Pittsburgh, PA
NIH Dashboard: https://jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.github.io/index.html
I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social “He’s just this guy, ya know”
Former Neuroscientist who traveled along I-75.
focused on biomed fellowships & trainee development.
Husband, dad x 4,🏊♂️ 🚴 🏃♂️🏋️♂️🍺🥃
Opinions my own, Reposts not endorsments
Mark Histed @markhisted.org Lincoln liberal, 2nd inaugural enthusiast.
Information processing in networks. Brains, models, lasers.
Prev: media policy for democracypolicy.network. All views are my own.
linktr.ee/markhisted
neuro: 🧠 /🧪- N @ninasilver.bsky.social @ninasilver.bsky.social Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Program
Nina Friedman @ngfriedman.bsky.social PhD student with UMD & NIH
Studying how neurons learn
Bethesda Declaration Organizer; UAW 2750
Here in my personal capacity 🇺🇸🏳️⚧️
Cara @picsuresque1.bsky.social Community-Based Intervention and Clinical Trials Expert. Reducing fraud, waste, and inefficiency by shortening the clinical trials pipeline and bringing behavioral healthcare to ALL Americans. Neurodiversity Ally. #SDOHareReal
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social Senior Scientist | Vaccine Research & Development | NIH | NIAID | VRC | 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼🥽 | 🏳️🌈 | @coralchimera.bsky.social 💍 | @phoenixnest.bsky.social & @multicolorbark.com & @likeapalette.com 🧵🪡
Manolis Maragkakis @manolis-maragkakis.bsky.social Stadtman Principal Investigator @NIH / NIA. Computational Genomics, RNA, Aging, Stress Response, Senescence. Posts are my own. maragkakislab.com
Anupama Khare @anukharelab.bsky.social Avid reader. Mom. Scientist @NIH. All opinions are my own.
Kat Mayer-Barber,PhD @mayerbarber.bsky.social Cellular mucosal immunologist- lung- 🫁 innate immunity and inflammtion @IRP/NIAID/NIH - views my own
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/katrin-d-mayer-barber-dr-rer-nat-phd
Katie Sandlin @kmsandlin.bsky.social Manager of Education & Career Development Programs @AAI.org
DOGEd from NIH/NHGRI Education Outreach Specialist
Former Director of Curriculum at @genomicsed.bsky.social
Views != employer
Lauren Atlas @laurenatlas.bsky.social Personal account / opinions are my own.
Senior Investigator, Affective Neuroscience & Pain. (She/her)
Jonny Nixon-Abell @abelljonny.bsky.social Group Leader @TheCIMR. Organelle Interactions and dynamics in neurons. Wellcome CDA Fellow. prev: @NIH, @UCL, @HHMIJanelia. 🧠+🔬 (AbellJonny on X)
https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-jonathon-nixon-abell
Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social Assistant Prof, @uoftnutrisci.bsky.social @uoftmedicine.bsky.social.
Experimental #Metabolism Researcher, #Dietitian.
Associate Editor, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
By way of: UC Berkeley, Baylor CoM, NIH, Cornell
Kcklatt.substack.com
Luke Stoeckel @lstoeckel.bsky.social Here for the chips. I embrace meaning, irrationality, nonlinearity, and complexity as defining features of humanity. I don’t understand speed walking.
Michael F. Chiang @michaelfchiang.bsky.social Director, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
All opinions are my own
Kaitlyn Hajdarovic, Ph.D @khajdarovic.bsky.social Neuroscientist studying the neural circuits of glucose homeostasis.
Cats, embroidery, labor unions
Views my own.
https://khajdarovic.github.io/
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Nate Brought @usfreepressspain.bsky.social 86-47
Former Director, NIH Exec Sec
Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy Open Science Advocate and Policy Wonk
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0899-6143
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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow at the NIH.
NIH Fellows United/UAW 2750 Steward.
Bethesda Declaration Signer.
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Lax @laxvid.bsky.social All things microbiota for now but a generalist in computation and genomics
2-3 sketches a day keeps it away
Bird photography with my iPhone in the local outdoors
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@anneursell.bsky.social @anneursell.bsky.social Clinical research nurse ret. NIAID/NCI,biologist,foodie,gardener, animal lover,camper,mom to 3, DC native,Friend ☮️ Be Kind!
Not a fan of DMs
Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social Facts & strategy, in an authoritarian takeover.
Rightwing billionaires want to privatize NIH and use it to control universities.
We work to cure diseases like cancer.
Pers views. #science #medicine
Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info Science geek who believes science is for everyone! ALL should be included in the scientific process! All views shared are personal.
NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social We commemorate and mourn the losses resulting from cuts to funding, programs, and people that have been both discriminatory and indiscriminate. We gather every Saturday at 10 am at the Medical Center Metro station at NIH in Bethesda. Opinions are our own.
NIH Fellows United @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social We are the union of 5,000 early-career researchers at the National Institutes of Health, standing up for fair treatment, better working conditions, and a stronger future for science. | Proudly UAW 2750
Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz @brethelhaurwitz.bsky.social Social and affective neuroscientist and civil servant advancing behavioral and social sciences research. Personal account, views are my own.
Alt National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI) 🧬 @alt-thenci.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of the National Cancer Institute at NIH.
A CAR-T for the collective conscience—because unchecked lies metastasize. We carry forward NCI’s mission to tell the truth about cancer research.
Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social Founder & CEO of @standupforscience.net
Standupforscience.net substack.com/@sciencefightclub
PhD in Clinical Psychology
"Colette is brass knuckles...w/ spikes tipped in poison"
“Delusional broad”
"Lady Switchblade"
“Ditsy socialist liberal”
Rachel Bainbridge, PhD @drbrainbridge.bsky.social Biologist. Loudmouth. Weirdo. 
Alt The National Institute on Aging @altthenia.bsky.social We are the official resistance scientists of the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health. Aging doesn't discriminate, and we're coming for all of you! We want to see our siblings, Alt CMS and Alt NINDS, too!
Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social 🧠 Scientist | UW-Madison Asst. Prof 🦡 |
| Former NIH Postdoc |
Organizer & Advocate for Science, Democracy, and Labor 🧪🇺🇸✊
(opinions are my own)
David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social Professional Geek • Immunology • Radiation Biology • Toxicology • Buffalo • Cornell • Kentucky Wildcats • Public Health • PCUSA • Grandfather • Views are my own
Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social Health Equity Scientist, Bethesda Declaration signer, work at NIH, speak in my personal capacity, photo: AP/Jose Luis Magana
Also on:
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https://www.tiktok.com/@jennajmn
https://linktr.ee/declarationsofdissent
Storm @firewitchstorm.bsky.social Poly, pan, agender, switch. they/them
Keeper of the cats
Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social Scientist, mom, creator, nerd.
"held under these smothering waves, by your cold and thick-veined hand. But one of these days, I'm gonna wriggle up on dry land" -John Darnielle
Signer of the Bethesda Declaration.
Views are my own
Mariah Hoye @mariahhoye.bsky.social Scientific Program Manager in the NINDS Office of Research Quality
Loves high-quality research, particularly in neuroscience and RNA biology
Working to change the culture of science
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The Long-Nosed Bandicoot @longnosebandicoot.bsky.social A fed-up involuntarily former Fed. All views expressed here are my own, not my employer's.
Save Health Research @savehealthresearch.bsky.social Friendly fired and off-duty NIH staff fighting for cures. A 27 UNIHTED Partner.
Here to intermittently repost content from our Instagram. If you want consistent updates, follow us there:
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Ed Clayton @edcclayton.bsky.social Executive Director, Princeton Quantum Initiative.
@sjh65.bsky.social @sjh65.bsky.social Neuroscientist & long-time academic | Once an NIH Program Officer (until I wasn’t) | Standing up for science, justice & truth
Ronna Popkin @ronnapopkin.bsky.social Medical Sociologist and Sexpert Bureaucrat. Reproductive, Sexual, Adolescent, and LGBTQI+ Health. Comments, likes, and posts are mine, not my employer’s.
ImmigrantsAreUS @immigrantsareus.bsky.social Human. Scientist, husband, (father)^2. Immigrant and polyglot. Futebol is my religion. Bethesda Declaration co-signer. Proudly anti-fascist. All posts are my own. "Let their rule hold not through me!" Solzhenitsyn
Laura Machlin @lmachlin.bsky.social Clinical psychologist & Program Officer PCORI | Previously NICHD | Postdoc Harvard | PhD UNC Chapel Hill
Tara Fischer @tarafisch.bsky.social Molecular Cell Biologist. Organelles + immunity + neurodegeneration 🔬🧫🦠 Science + Labor 🤝 Thoughts are my own and up for debate.
27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social A grassroots organization led by off-duty and former NIH staff. We work to uphold the integrity of publicly funded health research in the United States.
Reach us at www.27unihted.org
Hannah E @hannahev07.bsky.social Bethesda Declaration signer. Resister. Science believer. Peer Wellness Lead for 27uNIHted
Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social An organization of scientists and allies, incl @ NIH NSF affected by the Great Science Collapse of 2025.
We work to chart a new course for vibrant US science and academia, backed by democracy and supported by the public.
www.scienceandfreedomalliance.org
Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.bsky.social Open Science Advocate and Policy Wonk
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MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social 🩷 Love will win.
🔬🧬All things to support students, trainees & ECRs.
🩷 Doing what I can to keep research integrity & decency in STEM alive!
MY VIEWS, NOT MY EMPLOYER
@chousylvia.bsky.social @chousylvia.bsky.social Health communication and misinformation researcher, Bethesda Declaration signer, views are my own.
Matthias Nau @matthiasnau.bsky.social Cognitive Neuroscientist | Assistant Prof at VU Amsterdam | Active vision, memory, imagery | Multi-task studies, fMRI, eye tracking | https://matthiasnau.com
Elizabeth Sypek @elizabethis.bsky.social Views are my own. Living in a dumpster fire.
David M Morens @davidmmorens.bsky.social Epidemiologist, Virologist, Medical Historian
Senior Associate, Dept Epidemiology publichealth.jhu.edu
Retired, Senior Advisor to the Director, NIAID, NIH
Former: Virology Branch Chief, CDC; President Am Epidemiol Soc;
Chairman ACAV
ALLSTRIKE @allstrike.bsky.social An Anti-authoritarian all originals Punk Rock Band in the DMV.
Fight Fascists
Punch Nazis
For more:
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Joanna Dabrowska @dabrowska-lab.bsky.social Scientist by nature, Mom by science. In love and hate relationship with neuropeptides.
Center for Neurobiology of Stress Resilience and Psychiatric Disorders @RFU @rfubrainsci.bsky.social
https://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/academics/faculty/joanna-dabrowska
Mark Garner @markgarner.bsky.social U.S. born, Canadian by ancestry and by choice. A scientist, a self-defrocked academic in the biotech industry. Silicon Valley and NIH veteran. Classical music aficionado, Opera-phile, Bibliophile. Man kann Deutsch sprechen, et on peux parler Français.
I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social Bethesda Declaration signer. Science advocate.
"... government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln
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@hellabores92.bsky.social @hellabores92.bsky.social Scientist, Mother, Gardener. Views expressed are my own.
shademar @shademar.bsky.social Scientist watching the world burn from Tahoe. PhD in neuro stuff from Cal. NIH alum. Retired I guess. Have MS and at war with my brain in general. Weather obsessed. A goblin.
Creators show me your creations! Alt text if possible plz
#WxSky #FireWx- S @silvernina.bsky.social @silvernina.bsky.social
Evan Serge @evanserge.bsky.social Current Angeleno, former East Coaster. Current public health person, recovering advertising person. Good at doing laundry and maybe walking, not good at everything else.
Paul L. Maurizio @mauriz-io.bsky.social Bioinformatics Scientist, NIH/NIAID, Vaccine Research Center
Susan Czajkowski @suscz.bsky.social Behavioral Scientist, Retired NIH Branch Chief & Program Director, Mom, Grandma, & proud Bethesda Declaration supporter!
Anirban Banerjee @banirbn.bsky.social PI of lab in the areas of protein lipidation and transition metal transport and homeostasis. Interested in how nature does chemistry. Opinion my own and does not represent anyone else.
Misty Heggeness @mlheggeness.bsky.social Author of SWIFTYNOMICS: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy 📚 Order here: https://a.co/d/dDydwxe. Currently: co-director Kansas Pop Center & associate professor, KU. Formerly: Census|NIH|USDOL.
Podcast Jay (parody) @podcastjay.bsky.social Unlicensed clinician-scientist podcasting from Building 1 and beyond (mostly beyond).
Views do not represent the NIH staff (they told me so).
Parody.
NIH Bear @nihbear.bsky.social Am bear of science. Will bear for grant funding.
The only official information outlet for the National Institutes of Health.
Do not taunt happy fun bear.
Anna C @aculbert.bsky.social Illegally Fired Federal Scientist from the NIH
Co-Founder and Director of 27 UNIHTED
@elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social Former NIH Program Official for 22 years. Speaking in my personal capacity. Opinions expressed are my own.
@kj-wilkins.bsky.social @kj-wilkins.bsky.social 
Greg Farber @gfarberdc.bsky.social Traveler, reader, Provincetown art collector and historian, retired NIH administrator, anti-fascist, crystallographer, do-gooder, husband 🏳️🌈. #DMV, #Provincetown, #Ptown
Carlos Guardia @charlyguardia.bsky.social NewPI@NIEHS | Stadtman TTI | NIH DSP #2021 | Cell Biology - Autophagy - Intracellular Traffic - Placenta | My opinions are my own | 🇦🇷🏳️🌈🇺🇸
NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory @pctcollaboratory.bsky.social Supported by NIH, the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory is advancing the design, conduct, and dissemination of pragmatic clinical trials. Learn more at rethinkingclinicaltrials.org.
Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social Independent global health news written by experienced journalists. Non-profit media company with HQ in Geneva, Switzerland.
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
Lacy Baugher Milas @lacymb.bsky.social ✨ You ain’t ever gonna burn my heart out. ✨ | Freelance writer & editor for hire |Former Paste Magazine TV and Books editor | Ninth Doctor evangelist | Cat lady 🐈⬛ | #wahoowa | Subscribe to @theshippinglane.bsky.social
Luis Joel Méndez González @mjoel17.bsky.social Environmental Award-Winning Investigative Reporter, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo. SEJ + Uproot Project Member. Northeastern University + University of Puerto Rico Alum. 🏝️
Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social USCAnnenberg Digital Profe, #JOVRNALISM creator, NAHJ Hall of Famer/Program Manager, CalMatters & InquireFirst board member. Chicas Poderosas #wjchat #HorizontalLoyalty he/him 🇸🇻 // I live sweat but I dream light years.
Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social Highly melanated | YNWA | CNN Weather senior editor | Big Picture Science contributor | PhD pathobiologist
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
JAWS (Journalism & Women Symposium) @womenjournos.bsky.social Since 1985, JAWS has worked to advance the professional empowerment and personal growth of women in journalism and advocate for more inclusive coverage of the diverse experiences and cultures that comprise our society. jaws.org
Russ @russ41.bsky.social "And then there's THIS asshole..."
Brandon Streussnig 📽️ @brndnstrssng.bsky.social Bylines: Vulture, The Ringer, GQ, Inverse, Men's & Women's Health, Letterboxd Journal, The Playlist, Polygon, Fangoria, Paste, The Film Stage, AwardsWatch
Booklet essays: Vinegar Syndrome, Radiance, Arrow
Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social editor, migrantinsider.com
PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social Luiz Pessoa, University of Maryland, College Park
Neuroscientist interested in cognitive-emotional brain
Author of The Entangled Brain, MIT Press, 2022
Author of The Cogitive-Emotional Brain, MIT Press, 2013
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon (YouTube)
Jessica Hilo @jessicahilo.bsky.social Jessica Hilo is a digital journalist and audience specialist. Kānaka Maoli. Former: NBC News, MSNBC, USA TODAY, CBS
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Bedatri Datta Choudhury @bedatri.bsky.social Arts and Entertainment Editor at @Inquirer.com | Film programmer at DOC NYC, SFFILM | NYC/PHL via CCU/DEL | bchoudhury@inquirer.com
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