Ellen Kuwana, MS (#SciComm)

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Freelance science & medical writer/editor. Plain language & inclusive language expert. Public speaker & mentor/coach. Past-Pres NW Science Writers Association. Interested in DEI, AI & chocolate. Fed >175,000 frontline workers as WeGotThisSeattle.org

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Thrilled to be selected by @sciencewriters.org for an Idea Grant; this #mentoring project is near & dear to my 💜, as my #Chemistry professor dad was #FirstGen, born to Japanese immigrants in rural Idaho who couldn't own land by law & had died by time my dad was 12. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor...

Excited to partner with Shaun Kirby, one of the most thoughtful people I've met in #SciComm. Together, we'll be organizing a #mentoring project for #FirstGen college juniors & seniors who're interested in journalism, specifically science writing! The students will be paired w early-career faculty.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: The National Association of Science Writers awards $11,400 in 2024 Peggy Girshman Idea Grants. The #SciWriGrants grantees include a project supporting lead contamination investigations, and another supporting first-generation student mentoring: www.nasw.org/article...#SciWriGrants grantees include a project supporting lead contamination investigations, and another supporting first-generation student mentoring: www.nasw.org/article... 💚🧪📝

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I do love a good genetics story. 🧬

"The plant’s genetic material, or genome, would reach about 100 metres when unravelled." 🤯 How does she pack it all in??? Ferns are the best 🌱🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tiny fern smashes world record for biggest DNAwww.bbc.co.uk A rare plant has the largest genome of any organism on earth - holding 50 times more DNA than humans.

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Elephants call each other by name, and they respond to their own names. It's a type of communication previously undocumented in nonhuman animals 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/elep...

Elephants Call Their Relatives by Name across the Savannawww.scientificamerican.com Female elephants address one another with individualized rumbles

But where is #Novavax vaccine?! That's what I want.

New Covid vaccines may be available as soon as this weekend! This is good news. Covid is circulating widely right now. I would be super excited to add this to my to-dos for next week! www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Updated COVID vaccines are coming soonwww.npr.org The Food and Drug Administration is expected to give the green light to new COVID-19 vaccines this week to protect against recent variants of the coronavirus.

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H5N1 bird flu has now been found in pet cats—including INDOOR-ONLY pet cats. www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird... by @meghanbartels.bsky.social

Bird Flu Is Infecting Pet Cats. Here’s What You Need to Knowwww.scientificamerican.com As bird flu spreads in cats, cows and other animals, it has more opportunity to adapt to easily infect humans

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Kevin Gross and I have a new paper out in PLOS Biology about how the ubiquitous incentive structures that motivate hard work also discourage scientists from taking on high-risk, high-return research projects. #metascience #philosophyofscience

Rationalizing risk aversion in science: Why incentives to work hard clash with incentives to take risksjournals.plos.org Scientific research requires taking risks, so why does much funded scientific research play it safe? This study uses an economic contracting model to argue that this can be explained in part by the no...

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And for the US folks who just perked up and said "mask sampler?" it's this one (currently on sale even!): www.armbrustusa.com/products/arm...

Armbrust Mask Sampler Kitwww.armbrustusa.com There's no such thing as a universally perfect mask. All the masks we sell have greater than 95% filtration, but that filtration is only as good as how well the mask fits your face and how comfortable...

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The purges have begun. Please email everyone you know and ask them to email everyone they know to ask them to check their registration. And so on. www.vote.org/am-i-registe...

TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR DEMOCRACY THIS WEEKEND Help win abortion rights in Arizona from the bottom of the ballot www.grapevine.org/giving-circl... Email your loved ones to tell them to check their voter registration www.vote.org/am-i-registe...

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Hi everybody. I have some very good news: The Onion is bringing back its monthly print newspaper, starting today. We'll ship it to your door for $5 a month. It is made of the stuff of madness. We couldn’t be any more excited about it, and it only happened because of Bluesky.

No Joke: The Onion Thinks Print Is the Future of Mediawww.nytimes.com The satirical site is hoping a newspaper with fake stories and fake ads will lead to real money.

Excited to talk to a large healthcare research organization today about #GrantWriting. What are you best tips? Questions? I give talks/workshops to #postdocs and researchers about science writing, #PlainLanguage, writing research summaries, common errors I see, AI tools & more.

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Bluesky! You can now follow @aceseditors — and #ACESChat — in Threads, because now you're both in the fediverse. Learn more in our Threads tips: aceseditors.org/news/2024/ne... Our next ACESChat is Aug. 7, 4-5 pm ET. Join us! We miss you. 🎆 🎉 🎇

This Thursday! (How is it August this week!?) New to #SciComm as a freelancer? Stuck at a specific pay rate? Wanting to diversity how you charge for your work: maybe a project rate, unit rate, or monthly retainer instead of hourly? Come hear what to consider when deciding what to charge! 10amPacific

Hey #SciComm peeps who are @sciencewriters.org members (it's a great time to join if you're not a member!), come join me Aug 1 to hear author Erin Brenner share wisdom on what to consider when setting your prices. Note we will not be talking specific rates. #freelance www.nasw.org/events/nasw-...

Virtual Business Chat: What to Consider When Setting Your Rateswww.nasw.org This latest NASW Virtual Business Chat is brought to you by the NASW Freelance Committee.

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Btw Project 2025 proposes slashing educational aid to families that have children with disabilities

Holy F***ing S*** www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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This account splits Project 2025 text into bite-size points that you can forward to other people. bsky.app/profile/proj...

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Hope to see you there! #SciComm

Thinking about our #SciWri24 national conference this November in Raleigh? Need another reason? Apply for this travel-and-training offer from by our friends at @sciencewriting.bsky.social and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Then stay tuned for more conference news in August! sciencewriters2024.org 🧪💚

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ICYMI: I have an opening to fact-check a book this fall. Authors, would love to hear from you! 📚📚📚📚📚www.jenmonnier.com/book-fact-checking

NF authors: I have an opening to fact-check one book this fall! Reach out if you are looking for someone to obsessively comb through every last sentence to make sure your book is watertight by publication day. www.jenmonnier.com/book-fact-ch...

Book fact-checkingwww.jenmonnier.com I fact-check nonfiction books about science and society. As a journalist, I know the vulnerability and fear of releasing something you've written into the world and hoping you've gotten everything...

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Great write-up about rising cancer rates in young people, the big shifts in the types of cancers most common, and possible explanations: www.scientificamerican.com/article/gen-...

Gen X Faces Higher Cancer Rates Than Any Previous Generationwww.scientificamerican.com Researchers are investigating changes in cancer risks among young people as new data predict that rising rates of leading cancers, such as colon cancer, will overtake improvements

SRO at #Climate event with @nswa.bsky.social

Are you coming?? This event is just three days away. It's a rare opportunity to chat with Gina McCarthy in person, a prospect especially enticing now that she no longer works for the government and is free to say what she thinks. AND you get a FREE DRINK! lu.ma/cr2o0vgn

Media Reception feat. Gina McCarthy and Amy Harder · Lumalu.ma Northwest Science Writers Association is hosting a media reception featuring Gina McCarthy, the first White House National Climate Advisor and former U.S. EPA…

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#OnThisDay, 11 July 1871, Margaret E Knight wins a patent lawsuit and is awarded the patent for flat-bottomed paper bag making machines. No reliable image so here's a bag in use. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #WomenInSTEM

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Apply for a Radcliffe Fellowship! Deadline for humanities, social sciences, & creative arts is Sept 12 2024 & for science, engineering, & math is Oct 3, 2024. They welcome all areas, but are particularly interested in projects on climate change. #philsci #histsci 🧪⚒️ #BlackInSTEM #IndigenousInSTEM 👩🏻‍🔬🗃

Become a Radcliffe Fellow | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard Universitywww.radcliffe.harvard.edu Radcliffe fellows are exceptional scientists, writers, scholars, public intellectuals, and artists whose work is making a difference in their professional fields and in the larger world.

Talking #AI (generative) and AI-assisted tools (for literature searches, reverse outlining, editing of text (not writing, yet!) in #STEM is one of my favorite topics! I give talks nationally on AI, plain language, writing research summaries, careers in #SciComm, writing/editing. #PostDoc #PhD #Univ

Is “delve” on the verge of being skunked? pshapira.net/2024/03/31/d...

Delving into “delve”pshapira.net If scientific authors use ChatGPT in writing their papers, it is likely that common ChatGPT words will appear.

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“the reason behind why” —> “the reason” Not #AmEditing but #WishIcouldHaveEdited

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I'd hope so since I'm an editor. 😁 Try for yourself here (gift link): wapo.st/3wT4F0i

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Just a reminder: If you are (or someone you know is) an early- or mid-career editor looking to boost your skills, the ACES Holden Diversity Fellowships help support professional development. Applications are due July 15. Info on the ACES website: aceseditors.org/awards/richa...

Apply to the Holden Diversity Fellowshipaceseditors.org

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Journalism Instructors: Tell your students about our NASW #SciWriRoundtable industry webinars! Free to attend—RSVP today. 🧪 July 17 Writer-Owned Publications sciencewriters-org.z... July 25 Journalism in Crisis sciencewriters-org.z... Aug. 14 Business of Change: sciencewriters-org.z...#SciWriRoundtable industry webinars! Free to attend—RSVP today. 🧪 July 17 Writer-Owned Publications sciencewriters-org.z... July 25 Journalism in Crisis sciencewriters-org.z... Aug. 14 Business of Change: sciencewriters-org.z...

Themes from today's chat w/other #SciComm #Freelancers: how to find clients/work, how to break into medical editing and fact-checking, how to handle variable work load (feast or famine!), professional insurance, subcontracting, general happiness about this community and how to further it. #writing

More gratitude to the community of #Freelance #SciComm writers and editors @sciencewriters.org--just hosted my 70th freelancer chat! Gratitude to co-organizer Dr. Jennifer Huber. Thx also to @diyadwrites.bsky.social, Kim Hicock, Christina Deptula for their help behind the scenes! #AmEditing #Writing

#Thursday #SciComm social summer fun! Let's catch up, @sciencewriters.org members!

Come be social with me Thurs, July 11th! Open to @sciencewriters.org members! Hope to see new-to-me faces and familiar faces... #SciComm #AmWriting #AmEditing #Freelance