Elysse
@elyssegs.bsky.social
Postdoc studying pathogenesis and evolution of RNA viruses
STEM outreach nonprofit: STEMOutreachCollective.org
(They/them or none)
STEM outreach nonprofit: STEMOutreachCollective.org
(They/them or none)
Stanford Biosciences PhD applications now open for 2026 admissions.
If you or someone you know is thinking about applying to a program within #Stanford #Biosciences, and want to talk to a recent grad, please reach out. I’m more than happy to chat with anyone about these programs.
#AcademicSky 🧪
If you or someone you know is thinking about applying to a program within #Stanford #Biosciences, and want to talk to a recent grad, please reach out. I’m more than happy to chat with anyone about these programs.
#AcademicSky 🧪
October 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Stanford Biosciences PhD applications now open for 2026 admissions.
If you or someone you know is thinking about applying to a program within #Stanford #Biosciences, and want to talk to a recent grad, please reach out. I’m more than happy to chat with anyone about these programs.
#AcademicSky 🧪
If you or someone you know is thinking about applying to a program within #Stanford #Biosciences, and want to talk to a recent grad, please reach out. I’m more than happy to chat with anyone about these programs.
#AcademicSky 🧪
Reposted by Elysse
Welcome to Day 3 of Black In Micro Week! 🎉 Don't miss today's free events - simply click the linktr.ee/BlackInMicro to 1) Register and 2) Login. Everyone is welcome to join! Show your support by donating at tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (all links in bio). #BlackInMicro #BiM2025
October 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Welcome to Day 3 of Black In Micro Week! 🎉 Don't miss today's free events - simply click the linktr.ee/BlackInMicro to 1) Register and 2) Login. Everyone is welcome to join! Show your support by donating at tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (all links in bio). #BlackInMicro #BiM2025
Since they just announced their annual international scientific meeting will be held in Florida in 2026, here’s hoping the @globalvirusnews.bsky.social incorporates some free outreach programs for the public. Hold some accessible talks at a library or school. Encourage conversations Anything! 🦠🧪
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Since they just announced their annual international scientific meeting will be held in Florida in 2026, here’s hoping the @globalvirusnews.bsky.social incorporates some free outreach programs for the public. Hold some accessible talks at a library or school. Encourage conversations Anything! 🦠🧪
This is absolute perfection. Thank you John Darnielle for finding the words and stringing them together so beautifully.
The voice of Ozzy Osbourne was unlike anything before it. John Darnielle of @themountaingoats.bsky.social reflects on the loss of the singular frontman
Ozzy Osbourne Obituary: For the Back Street Kids
John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats reflects on the loss of the singular frontman.
pitchfork.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is absolute perfection. Thank you John Darnielle for finding the words and stringing them together so beautifully.
Hey bat/virus folks, does anyone know of any papers that report TOTAL RNAseq of SARS-CoV-2 infected bat cells and have their raw RNAseq data in a repository? All I can seem to find is mRNA transcriptome papers. TIA! 🦇 🧪
July 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Hey bat/virus folks, does anyone know of any papers that report TOTAL RNAseq of SARS-CoV-2 infected bat cells and have their raw RNAseq data in a repository? All I can seem to find is mRNA transcriptome papers. TIA! 🦇 🧪
Thinking about the FDA approval of Lenacapavir today, during #pride month. I wonder what pride month, & our society as a whole, would look like today if the millions that have died were still alive today?
🦠🧪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.gilead.com/news/news-de...
🦠🧪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.gilead.com/news/news-de...
Yeztugo Lenacapavir Is Now the First and Only FDA Approved HIV Prevention Option Offering 6 Months of Protection
Yeztugo Lenacapavir Is Now the First and Only FDA Approved HIV Prevention Option Offering 6 Months of Protection
www.gilead.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Thinking about the FDA approval of Lenacapavir today, during #pride month. I wonder what pride month, & our society as a whole, would look like today if the millions that have died were still alive today?
🦠🧪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.gilead.com/news/news-de...
🦠🧪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.gilead.com/news/news-de...
23 years ago, I dropped out of high school after sophomore year because I was bullied for being queer, & was suicidal. Yesterday, I served as the 2025 PhD speaker for the Stanford School of Medicine graduation. This was not my dream, because I had no dreams. Now I’m almost 40 & full of hope. 🎓 🦠🧪🔬🧬
June 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
23 years ago, I dropped out of high school after sophomore year because I was bullied for being queer, & was suicidal. Yesterday, I served as the 2025 PhD speaker for the Stanford School of Medicine graduation. This was not my dream, because I had no dreams. Now I’m almost 40 & full of hope. 🎓 🦠🧪🔬🧬
This is exactly why I made a campy horror inspired movie trailer/preview short film about my thesis and sent it out to my entire department before my defense last week. It’s so stupid and fun. More silliness in #science and #academia, please!
One other thing I want to say is:
Don’t feel guilty for putting out your joy in the world, especially now.
Acknowledge the pain & what’s happening if you can, but don’t stop creating.
Don’t stop silly things
Don’t stop your arts
Don’t stop your viral dances
Don’t stop making
Just…Don’t stop
Don’t feel guilty for putting out your joy in the world, especially now.
Acknowledge the pain & what’s happening if you can, but don’t stop creating.
Don’t stop silly things
Don’t stop your arts
Don’t stop your viral dances
Don’t stop making
Just…Don’t stop
Hey, just checking in.
How y’all doing this morning?
The world is….what it is.
But I’m glad you’re here.
If you’re out there fighting, be safe, & thank you.
If you’re safe at home, take rest, & thank you.
The world burns, but it burns less cause you’re here.
How y’all doing this morning?
The world is….what it is.
But I’m glad you’re here.
If you’re out there fighting, be safe, & thank you.
If you’re safe at home, take rest, & thank you.
The world burns, but it burns less cause you’re here.
June 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It’s thesis defense day!!!
June 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It’s thesis defense day!!!
Another thing: take pronoun usage in reference letters from mentors with a grain of salt. Always default to what the applicant says. If a mentor misgenders them in a letter, it could be a mistake, or it could show that the trainee was in an unsafe environment where they felt they couldn’t be out.
Happy pride month, #AcademiaSky!
If you are interviewing a trans or nonbinary person for a position in your lab or group, don’t stop at pronouns.
I had an interview recently where I was addressed correctly, but shown to the wrong bathroom. I was uncomfortable for the rest of the day.
1/n
If you are interviewing a trans or nonbinary person for a position in your lab or group, don’t stop at pronouns.
I had an interview recently where I was addressed correctly, but shown to the wrong bathroom. I was uncomfortable for the rest of the day.
1/n
June 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Another thing: take pronoun usage in reference letters from mentors with a grain of salt. Always default to what the applicant says. If a mentor misgenders them in a letter, it could be a mistake, or it could show that the trainee was in an unsafe environment where they felt they couldn’t be out.
Happy pride month, #AcademiaSky!
If you are interviewing a trans or nonbinary person for a position in your lab or group, don’t stop at pronouns.
I had an interview recently where I was addressed correctly, but shown to the wrong bathroom. I was uncomfortable for the rest of the day.
1/n
If you are interviewing a trans or nonbinary person for a position in your lab or group, don’t stop at pronouns.
I had an interview recently where I was addressed correctly, but shown to the wrong bathroom. I was uncomfortable for the rest of the day.
1/n
June 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Happy pride month, #AcademiaSky!
If you are interviewing a trans or nonbinary person for a position in your lab or group, don’t stop at pronouns.
I had an interview recently where I was addressed correctly, but shown to the wrong bathroom. I was uncomfortable for the rest of the day.
1/n
If you are interviewing a trans or nonbinary person for a position in your lab or group, don’t stop at pronouns.
I had an interview recently where I was addressed correctly, but shown to the wrong bathroom. I was uncomfortable for the rest of the day.
1/n
Important thesis defense prep:
May 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Important thesis defense prep:
You know it’s going to be a good day when the only two things on your To Do list are 1) finalize your dissertation draft to send to your committee (because defense is 2 weeks away), and 2) watch @harmitmalik.bsky.social give seminar. Happy Friday indeed!
May 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
You know it’s going to be a good day when the only two things on your To Do list are 1) finalize your dissertation draft to send to your committee (because defense is 2 weeks away), and 2) watch @harmitmalik.bsky.social give seminar. Happy Friday indeed!
I watched this and cried the entire time.
Kermit the Frog tells UMD grads to hold each other tight and take leaps of faith
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buff.ly/uQ1ovkN
May 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I watched this and cried the entire time.
For someone who has dedicated their career to health equity, I’m shocked to see another shortsighted thread from @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social. TX has also been absolutely vile to & unsafe for LGBTQ+, immigrants, abortion access, etc.
So again, who is this for?
Also, where is the alt text?
So again, who is this for?
Also, where is the alt text?
May 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
For someone who has dedicated their career to health equity, I’m shocked to see another shortsighted thread from @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social. TX has also been absolutely vile to & unsafe for LGBTQ+, immigrants, abortion access, etc.
So again, who is this for?
Also, where is the alt text?
So again, who is this for?
Also, where is the alt text?
Is there anything more heartwarming than receiving email updates from past students? Got this today from a student who took my Intro to Biology class at a local community college while looking for a new career.
The power of accessible education is truly incredible.
#academicsky #academiasky
The power of accessible education is truly incredible.
#academicsky #academiasky
May 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Is there anything more heartwarming than receiving email updates from past students? Got this today from a student who took my Intro to Biology class at a local community college while looking for a new career.
The power of accessible education is truly incredible.
#academicsky #academiasky
The power of accessible education is truly incredible.
#academicsky #academiasky
Ugh.
A massive health dataset has spawned a wealth of cookie-cutter "research Mad Libs" papers that don't tell us anything useful, but flood the literature with noise. Possibly AI-generated, possibly paper mill origin.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Low-quality papers are surging by exploiting public data sets and AI
Paper mills are also likely contributing to “false discoveries”
www.science.org
May 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ugh.
I’ve just been informed that I’ve been chosen to be the grad student speaker at this year’s Stanford School of Medicine graduation. 🎓
I’ve never attended a school that had graduation speakers, so I have no reference. This will be interesting.
I’ve never attended a school that had graduation speakers, so I have no reference. This will be interesting.
May 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I’ve just been informed that I’ve been chosen to be the grad student speaker at this year’s Stanford School of Medicine graduation. 🎓
I’ve never attended a school that had graduation speakers, so I have no reference. This will be interesting.
I’ve never attended a school that had graduation speakers, so I have no reference. This will be interesting.
It’s FISH Friday over here… 🧪🧫🧬🦠
May 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It’s FISH Friday over here… 🧪🧫🧬🦠
One month out from my defense and today is the first day I’ve felt good in a long time.
May 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
One month out from my defense and today is the first day I’ve felt good in a long time.
Reposted by Elysse
The alternative to naloxone (Narcan) for a fentanyl overdose outside a healthcare facility - where almost all of them in this country occur - is death. Dead people don’t recover. Fentanyl overdose is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-44. Every single fentanyl overdose death is preventable.
There are few things as cost effective as Narcan, especially in a country where (entirely preventable) opioid overdoses have been a leading cause of death for years. For every 6 kits distributed 1 OD is prevented. The $56M in this grant trained >66K people and distributed >282,500 kits in 2024 alone
RFK Jr. to End 'Godsend' Narcan Program That Helped Reduce Overdose Deaths Despite His Past Heroin Addiction
Despite overcoming heroin addiction himself, RFK Jr. is backing plans to cut a critical Narcan program that helped reduce overdose deaths.
www.latintimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The alternative to naloxone (Narcan) for a fentanyl overdose outside a healthcare facility - where almost all of them in this country occur - is death. Dead people don’t recover. Fentanyl overdose is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-44. Every single fentanyl overdose death is preventable.
Hearing @kairyssdal.bsky.social on Marketplace talk about people in their 20s & 30s taking “mini-retirements” while I’m facing 40 & about to graduate with a PhD and will likely have to immediately file for unemployment is making me want to claw my eyes out. I love you Kai, but you’re killing me.
April 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Hearing @kairyssdal.bsky.social on Marketplace talk about people in their 20s & 30s taking “mini-retirements” while I’m facing 40 & about to graduate with a PhD and will likely have to immediately file for unemployment is making me want to claw my eyes out. I love you Kai, but you’re killing me.
Hey fellow scientists: do you feel like you have community in your field/science in general? Like, when we reference “the scientific community”, do you feel genuinely a part of that, or are we just talking about a population of scientists?
Genuinely wondering! 🧪
Genuinely wondering! 🧪
April 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hey fellow scientists: do you feel like you have community in your field/science in general? Like, when we reference “the scientific community”, do you feel genuinely a part of that, or are we just talking about a population of scientists?
Genuinely wondering! 🧪
Genuinely wondering! 🧪