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meprillaman.bsky.social
neuroscientist turned reporter at @ScienceNews.bsky.social • words also in Nature, SciAm, The Cancer Letter, etc • UCSC SciCom, NIH, UVA alum • she/her website: meprillaman.com signal: meprillaman.01
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More of us are here now so it's time for a starter pack of Science News & Science News Explores journalists 🧪 Covering what's new, what's important and what's amazing about science (since 1921!), for adults and kids go.bsky.app/2toDaa8

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

Protestors at the #standupforscience2025 rally in D.C. turned out to support science - and express deep concern about funding. @alexviveros.bsky.social and I got to speak with many of them. Here’s what they had to say: www.sciencenews.org/article/stan...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

@meghanrosen.bsky.social and I reported from the Stand Up for Science rally today in Washington, D.C. Check out our story, including my photos, here: www.sciencenews.org/article/stan...

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“What is it about the process of science, modern medicine, caring for our neighbors or Women’s History Month that you all find so scary?” Bill Nye asks lawmakers during #StandUpForScience in DC. @standupforscience.bsky.social

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🚨 🧪 Thousands of scientists across the world protested today against Trump administration's attacks on science. We’ve been talking all day with attendees at the #StandUpForScience2025 rally in DC, Seattle, Boston and New Jersey. Here’s our story for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Short snippet of my speech today at the #StandUpForScience rally in DC, with the Lincoln Memorial behind me (courtesy of @ianlivingston.bsky.social)

submitted 4 days ago • 26 comments

I wrote about the "woolly mouse" defector.com/do-not-be-ba...

submitted 6 days ago • 13 comments

NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics. At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 6 days ago • 35 comments

🧪#migraine is an underfunded field that heavily impacts women and BIPOC folk. What will the next few years look like under an administration signaling that it's looking to cut science funding and discourage DEI initatives? Find out in my latest for MSC: migrainecollaborative.org/new-us-gover...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Six fired federal employees told me and @alexviveros.bsky.social about their science-related jobs — and what the public could lose without them. We talked to people from NIH, FDA, FAA, NPS, the Forest Service, and Fish & Wildlife for @sciencenews.bsky.social. www.sciencenews.org/article/fire...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

@bananalaska.bsky.social Hi, I'm a reporter at @sciencenews.bsky.social covering the federal layoffs. If you're interested in chatting about your former job and what the general public could lose from you being laid off, please DM me or email me at mprillaman [at] sciencenews [dot] org

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These people's jobs are "indirect costs" on NIH grants. Here's what science and medicine could lose without them. @alexviveros.bsky.social and I talked to a pre-award administrator, systems engineer and flow cytometry specialist for @sciencenews.bsky.social. www.sciencenews.org/article/indi...

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

I'd like to talk to federal workers with Long COVID and related chronic diseases/disabilities about how they're being impacted by the Trump administration's actions, for a story @thesicktimes.bsky.social. Sources can absolutely be anonymous. Message me on Signal at betsyladyzhets.25.

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Is your job mostly funded by indirect costs on NIH grants? I'd love to speak with you for a @sciencenews.bsky.social story! DM or email me at mprillaman [at] sciencenews [dot] org. Please share with your network #JournoRequest

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Lake ice in Maine. The world is beautiful. Picture by @meprillaman.bsky.social

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As a huge fire rages at the Moss Landing battery storage plant, here's a prescient piece on the risks/challenges of running this facility from two @ucscscicomm.bsky.social students, @graycen.bsky.social @meprillaman.bsky.social, from a couple of years back www.montereyherald.com/2022/06/12/e...

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Really informative piece from @meprillaman.bsky.social @scinews.bsky.social talking to me, @lakdawalalab.bsky.social, & @jbloomlab.bsky.social about the H5N1 outlook for 2025. We don't know if this will become a pandemic, but the risk is too high to ignore. www.sciencenews.org/article/bird...

submitted 55 days ago • 6 comments

I'm thrilled to be back at @sciencenews.bsky.social! For the next five months, I'll be reporting on all the weird and wonderful aspects of this little thing we call life 🦠🦋🌱🐒 Send me tips for life sciences coverage at mprillaman [at] sciencenews [dot] org.

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications! The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪 www.sciencewrite.co.uk

submitted 112 days ago • 10 comments