I completely forgot that I had a bluesky account. 😅 I was just on my phone killing time waiting to catch an early flight and saw the app icon.

What y'all been up to?

A historic milestone for the Cancer Center at Illinois: We are now an NCI-designated Basic Cancer Center — the first new designation of its kind in nearly 40 years and one of only eight in the country.

🔗 go.illinois.edu/NCI-Designat...

Huge congratulations to everyone who made this possible!

Cancer Engineering & Science Communication YouTube video by Mad Bioengineer

New Youtube video dropping tomorrow about my recent experience at the National Academy of Sciences - Cancer Engineering Workshop

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHOF...

#cancerresearch #Cancer #Science #Sciencecommunication

Research around the world is figuring out how to regrow teeth. The team in Japan specifically hopes within the next 5 years, we'll be able to regrow teeth by reactivating the ability. #sciencenews #science #dental #bioengineering #scienceinthenews #regenerativemedicine #teeth

continue to harm the Black community. But at the same time, their absence will create a vacuum where misinformation and other harms will proliferate. I think focusing on helping other people in the Black community navigate this is where I can do the most good right now.

and the impacts this admin will potentially have on our livelihoods. In a sense it feels like a double consciousness that W.E.B Du Bois conceptualized, but applied to a different situation. Often times I don't feel beholden to defend these institutions given the myriad of way they have and -

unqualified these people are if they weren't doing what they are right now in these positions. On the one hand I have the thought of "This is what the people here voted for, but This isn't my lesson to learn." While also recognizing the harm that this admins actions will have on the Black community-

How do other Black scientists, engineers, and medical professionals feel about seeing in the news regularly what feels like this administration dismantling regulations, legitimizing misinformation, promoting quackery, etc, and doing long lasting harm to research? Like it would be laughable at how -

Doing a STEM demo in a couple week and wanted to test out a protocol. These are carbon quantum dots made with citric acid and urea. #quantumdot #nanoparticles #science #stem #chemistry #bioengineering

More diverse investigators could help diversify clinical trials | Cornell Chronicle Black Americans are more willing to participate in medical studies led by Black doctors and researchers, perceiving them as more trustworthy, finds new research co-authored by a Cornell economist.

"Black Americans are more willing to participate in medical studies led by Black doctors and researchers, perceiving them as more trustworthy, finds a new study co-authored by a Cornell economist."

news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

I knew the Department of Education was in the news today cause a tiktok I made about it back in November started blowing up again.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Vkw5mU/

Tardigrade proteins are being researched to help with cancer. #cancer #cancerresearch #tardigrade YouTube video by Mad Bioengineer

Check out my new video explaining how tardigrade proteins may help reduce damage to surrounding tissue during radiation treatments for cancer.

#cancer #cancerresearch #tardigrade #radiation #science #scicomm #stem #madbioengineer

National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on Certain Topics Without Special Approval...

www.propublica.org/article/nati...

A sneak peek of some of what I've been up to lately. I was interviewed for a magazine article that will go live soon.
#whativebeenupto #scicomm #journalism #madbioengineer #cancerresearch

A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.

There's also an interview with the study author here! : www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...

Researchers have developed an mRNA-based vaccine for treating pancreatic cancer.🧪

#pancreaticcancer #cancerresearch #sciencenews #cancer #mRNA

Link to research article
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I don’t EVER want to hear ppl saying science and science education aren’t political ever again.

That mess is how you end up with the US’s new Secretary of HHS

The first Black person to earn a PhD in Chemistry. #science #chemistry #history #blackhistory YouTube video by Mad Bioengineer

Did you know St. Elmo Brady, the first Black person to earn a PhD in Chemistry, did so at my Alma mater #UIUC? Check out the video I made about this notable Black Scientist. #Blackinstem #Blackscientist #sciencehistory #Blackhistory #chemistry #Black #history

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A reminder, I posted my latest mini lecture on bioengineering in EveryDay Life on YouTube. Go check it out. Thanks!

#scicomm #scienceexplained #bioengineering #sciencecommunication #madbioengineer #STEM

Yogurt is Made of Math YouTube video by Mad Bioengineer

New mini-lecture posted on youtube on the mathematics of yogurt and other fermented foods.

youtu.be/-aXPS31R-pw?...

#bioengineering #science #scicomm #stem #math #fermentation #hillmantok

kak·i·sto·cra·cy
-a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.

This equation makes fermented foods possible. Understanding it is essential to producing and keeping safe many of the things we eat daily. #bme #bioengineering #madbioengineer #scienceexplained #STEM #hillmantok

Thank you. I watched the Fox broadcast on YouTubeTV last night, and it was ass. I could hear everything else clearly, but kendricks mic. I almost seemed purposeful.

The symbolism during #kendricklamar halftime performance was powerful. I need to go rewatch it cause
1)The broadcast I watched had terrible audio mixing.
2)To pick up on any of the symbolism I missed.
3)To see Serena crip walk again.

#superbowl #superbowlLIX #blacksky #halftimeshow #medialiteracy

Science is neither red nor blue Long before the 5 November US presidential election, I had become ever more concerned that science has fallen victim to the same political divisiveness tearing at the seams of American society. This i...

Yes, I'm talking about things like the recent editorial published in science and professional societies taking down pages and content to preemptively comply with anti-diversity, anti-equity and anti-inclusion executive orders.

Mood when you're a black scientist and you're watching scientific societies and organizations say things like science isn't political and watching them preemptively bend the knee to this current admins efforts to destroy science. #blackscientist #blackengineer #blackinstem #science #stem #engineer

*This is a study from Sweden so idk if this trend holds everywhere. I'd be willing to bet that there is a similar trend in the US though.

This graph is something I think about often. When I tell people about grad school, I try to be as honest as possible because it is one of the most difficult things you can put yourself through mentally.

#Science #STEM #gradschool #PhDstudent #Gradstudent #mentalhealth #gradstudentmentalhealth

Thanks for letting me know about this!