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stephcaty.bsky.social

Scientist and science communicator Postdoc @ US EPA researching immunotoxicology Views are my own

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Made some signs tonight to get ready to #standupforscience 🧪 @standupforscience.bsky.social

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Cane toads are surprisingly good navigators and can travel home even when moved a kilometer away. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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🫠🫠 “Trump said the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, had said he might reduce headcount at that agency by 65%.” 🧪 www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

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🚨⬇️🧵 What’s Going on With Medicaid? A Breakdown of Congress’s Budget Fight The House just passed a budget resolution that could lead to $880 billion in spending cuts—and Medicaid is on the chopping block. Here’s what you need to know:

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Classroom/Library enrollment was down pretty bad in February. National chaos and uncertainly likely has something to do with it. Can you help me make sure that all the educators on bluesky know Skype a Scientist exists and is ready to connect them with scientists? Every RT helps! #EduSky #STEMEd

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Well it seems like this spending limit has reached the EPA. We just want to be able to buy supplies to do research to figure out whether or not chemicals are toxic, is that too much to ask? 🧪

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🔬 #MicroscopyMonday 🍄 🧪 The underside of this little fungus looks like a mini coral, which apparently means it’s toothed? Found growing on a log in North Carolina. I’m not sure what it is—any mycologists out there recognize it? #Fungi #Mycology #Nature #MicroWorld #microscopemondays

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

DOGE is slashing federal science jobs—harming public lands, research, & safety. See this thread for agency budgets & workforce details, then download state-specific info cards linked below. Call Congress & fight for science! #FundScience #SaveOurAgencies

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.” I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.

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When you definitely should have thrown out the bouquet last week… but the fungi got a head start on decomposition. 🧪 #MicroscopeMondays #MicroscopyMonday

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Want a break from the doom and gloom of the news? Please enjoy this video I wrote for @scishow.bsky.social about octopuses and their powers of persuasion youtu.be/Ou-tbidf5GY?... 🧪

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

Young researchers mobilize to protest Trump administration’s science policies www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r... via @statnews.com @cdelawalla.bsky.social @samschuelstein.bsky.social @emmalovesscience.bsky.social @leslie-bern.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

During my PhD, I created Roots to STEM, a podcast about the many paths that lead to a career in science. Scientists come from all backgrounds, and meandering journeys are just as valid as direct ones. Sharing this as a resource for anyone who feels like they don’t belong in science.

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

📣 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 🔬 I made this short comic to explain what the #NIH cuts mean in practice because behind the abstract label of #overheadcosts are real people, doing important work! #AcademicSky #resist #organize #scicomm

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

Some worm wiggles for your Monday morning 🧪 #microscopemondays #microscopymonday

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Cutting the indirect costs paid by the NIH will put an enormous cost burden on universities, cutting into resources available for doing the actual research. This move is a huge blow to scientific progress by American researchers. 🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/n...

submitted 19 days ago • 9 comments

I’ll be live posting about this on Thursday from the @sconc.bsky.social account, but I recommend checking out the talk in person or virtually if you can make it! 🧪 #scicomm

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

A little ciliate from a stream near my house. If you look closely you can see the cilia beating along its body so that it can swim #microscopemondays #microscopymonday 🧪

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

In a time when America’s scientific institutions are being questioned, I want to highlight some of the important work the EPA does that often flies under the radar. Maybe this is common knowledge, but I had no idea the EPA did this kind of work until I saw my current position advertised. #scicomm 🧪

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

The sphagnum moss from our Venus fly trap has some (very brief) Dune-style worm riding by a little mite #microscopemondays

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

I asked for a microscope for Christmas so why not share some of what I’ve been looking at? 🧪 Suggestions for future things to image are very welcome #microscopemondays

submitted 39 days ago • 6 comments

Hello, little friend. #invertebrates #macrophotography

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

Excited to see my PhD research featured on the cover of Current Biology - and it's an extra bonus to see it paired with a photo I took. These little frogs have been a central part of my life for the past six years, so it’s great to see them get some cover time. 🧪🐸🦠🧫

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Love this write up from @jakebuehler.bsky.social about my dissertation work. www.sciencenews.org/article/bact...

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