Jacob Bedke

*Charm City Science #1 is live!* keep your eyes peeled for the print edition, coming later today to a space near you... big thanks to our contributors @JacobBedke @astrobalmer & Martin Yepes Trujillo ! mailchi.mp/e9fa2465ebf1/c…

Please sign-on to this letter requesting that NSF immediately adopt inclusive sexual orientation and gender identity questions, as well as publicly release its pilot results in an open and transparent manner. (8/8) forms.gle/66UNertXiaSyuh…

Our lab is now looking for a Lab Technician. Please apply! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/132156 We use Drosophila to investigate neurological disease and neurodevelopment. linkneurolab.org

Today CDC released data that 1 in 4 LGBTQ youth attempted suicide in the first half of 2021. When we discriminate against #LGBTQ ppl on topics like same-sex marriage, workplace discrimination, trans athletes, K-3 ed: queer teens are listening, internalizing, and suffering.

After years of delays, @NSF piloted LGBTQ questions for the US STEM census. The results? People have no problem with them. Yet @NSF still won't add them. @NSF is Congressionally mandated to address US STEM disparities. LGBTQ disparities are no exception. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Tomorrow! Don’t miss tomorrow’s seminar by Priya Shah & Nichole Link on the use of model organisms to better understand hereditary and viral microcephaly, a condition characterized by reduced head size. bit.ly/3fIqEeZ • @shah_ps @nicholeLlink

I’m excited to share our paper, out today in Current Biology! We present a study of the anatomical projections and physiology of the hundreds of dopaminergic neurons in non-mammalian vertebrates that express the tyrosine hydroxylase-2 (th2) isoform. disq.us/t/3rzqefy (1/9)