Assistant Professor at UIC Ophthalmology @uicovs. Studying information processing in the retina. She/her
Joined April 2016
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24 Feb 2025
Hey #Chicago! It's time to take a stand for #science. Rally on March 7 at noon at the Federal Plaza. Start making your signs!
Info standupforscience2025.org/ch…
RSVP (optional) eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... #standupforscience #scienceforall
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10 Mar 2025
What is the National Eye Institute?
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7 Mar 2025
Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/3FlSKvz
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Anna Vlasits retweeted
7 Mar 2025
Snowy day in Chicago but still got out to protest against cuts to science funding! #StandUpForScience
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7 Mar 2025
I am out of X but this time we need to use each available communication spot to Stand UP for Science. Despite the weather the Chicago scientific community (including prospective young PhD students) gathered today to show that science is for everyone.
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Anna Vlasits retweeted
7 Mar 2025
I’m Standing Up for Science today in Chicago against the shameful, destructive, and illegal funding cuts by President Trump and Elon Musk. Researchers at National Institutes of Health find breakthrough treatments and cures. They deserve support—not attacks.
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7 Mar 2025
To everyone in the U.S. standing up for science today, calling for policies that support science, not suppress it: we’re with you! Cutting science doesn’t just harm scientists – it harms society as a whole. #StandUpForScience
ALT Flyer for the DC and nationwide rally on March 7, 2025. "Stand up for Science", "Science is for everyone".
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25 Feb 2025
I'm hosting a speaker this week - Phil Parker!!
Join us Thursday, 2/27 for a #LINSeminar featuring Dr. Phil Parker (Rutgers University)! lin.uic.edu/events/lin-semin…
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Join us Thursday, 2/27 for a #LINSeminar featuring Dr. Phil Parker (Rutgers University)! lin.uic.edu/events/lin-semin…
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Anna Vlasits retweeted
19 Feb 2025
The first paper out of the Snell lab is live! This review was led by my postdoc Dr. Nichelle Jackson. We dove into the cerebellar contribution to dystonia, specifically focusing on Purkinje cell and cerebellar nuclei dysfunction and calcium handling.
frontierspartnerships.org/jo…
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Anna Vlasits retweeted
19 Feb 2025
This is illegal. The courts put a restraining older on halting NIH funding and the federal register is making an end-run around that, killing new grants or renewals.
Unchallenged, it’ll lead to layoffs of scientists & support staff. Will disrupt nondilutive biotech funding too.
18 Feb 2025
A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.
By @avaskham
thetransmitter.org/funding/f…
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18 Feb 2025
A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.
By @avaskham
thetransmitter.org/funding/f…
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Anna Vlasits retweeted
19 Feb 2025
Finally, someone is reporting on how funding of new NIH grants is effectively frozen due to an administrative block 👇
Grants already submitted cannot be reviewed, and grants already reviewed with excellent scores cannot be funded. This is the opposite of "efficiency".
18 Feb 2025
A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.
By @avaskham
thetransmitter.org/funding/f…
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Anna Vlasits retweeted
17 Feb 2025
Please keep sharing these stories. These people's voices need to be heard.
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Anna Vlasits retweeted
16 Feb 2025
Thousands of workers were fired from CDC, NIH, & other agencies, even if they had excellent performance reviews. These are people with critical jobs like monitoring disease outbreaks or developing cancer drugs. Their salaries are a miniscule % of the budget. This makes no sense.
16 Feb 2025
Anyone supporting mass layoffs should read this thread from fired federal workers. These are real people.
"I make $50k a year & work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer."
reddit.com/r/fednews/comment…
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Anna Vlasits retweeted
16 Feb 2025
Anyone supporting mass layoffs should read this thread from fired federal workers. These are real people.
"I make $50k a year & work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer."
reddit.com/r/fednews/comment…
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Anna Vlasits retweeted
17 Feb 2025
Phil, does that justify firing probationary workers like this? What that says is that policy changes are needed, training, perhaps more people to manage the issue. But that’s not what they are doing. They are looking for the word “probationary” and sending terminations. If your plan is to “well…on the other hand…” this like there are both sides it’s already wrong.
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Anna Vlasits retweeted
11 Feb 2025
The NIH’s new imposed standard indirect cost rate threatens life-saving brain and behavior research that benefits millions of Americans. SfN, with other scientific organizations, urge reversal of this policy and implore Congress to protect critical research infrastructure.
Read the full statement: bit.ly/4jVJnCL
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12 Feb 2025
I'm back on here to share that I'm helping to organize a nationwide protest in support of science. Mark your calendars and start preparing your signs!
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