Krystal Tsosie

@nativebio.bsky.social

📣 SING USA 2026 applications are open!

The Summer Internship for Indigenous Peoples in Genomics (SING) workshop will be July 19–24, 2026 at UW–Madison.

⏰ Apply by March 13 (midnight Hawaiʻi time)

Learn more & apply: sing.nativebio.net

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#Indigenous #Genomics

At AAAS, professor Krystal Tsosie argues the future of science must be Indigenous-led Krystal Tsosie, an expert in Indigenous genomics, bioethics, and data governance, will deliver a talk titled The Future of Science Is Indigenous at the American Association for the Advancement of Scie...

Great insights here from #ASU professor @kstsosie.bsky.social on the importance of context, ethics, and humanity in the pursuit and application of #science and #technology .
#Genetics #Genomics #Bioethics #GeneticEngineering
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“We fund sequencing instead of remediation.” Powerful speech by @kstsosie.bsky.social @aaas.org on how science needs to focus not on speed but on perseverance and accountability. We can learn so much from Indigenous scientists like Dr. Tsosie. We need more of them.

Indigenous woman Dr. Krystal Tsosie in front of an event poster

Forgot my ID at check-in — thankfully this event sign vouched for me 🙂

If you’re at the @aaas.org meeting tomorrow (Fri 2/13, 4–5 PM) at Phoenix Convention Center, see why “The Future of #Science is #Indigenous”

Genomics, #AI, #health — what we build matters. How we build it matters more. #AAASmtg

The badge game at the @aaas.org American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting is next level! These are among the most creative I’ve seen at a scientific meeting. 🧬 #AAASmtg

📬 Read the latest issue of EBP Life and meet the people making it happen. 🌍
Read it here 👉https://gqr.sh/kx7m

@mblaxter.bsky.social | @crawfordaj.bsky.social | @kstsosie.bsky.social | @scaioc.bsky.social | @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social | @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social |

A+ response, AJ @ajhooks.bsky.social ! This could be the start of 2026 new wardrobe goals

As U.S. official #public #health policy continues its regression toward anti- #science, I’m once again wondering whether a plague doctor mask counts as business casual for the start of the semester, right as the undergrad viral onslaught begins.

I’m sure someone will have feelings about the mask.

On Indigenous Data Sovereignty: an interview with Dr. Krystal Tsosie In this month's issue, we sit down with Indigenous geneticist and bioethicist Krystal Tsosie to discuss representation and ownership in the age of data. Edited by William Dwyer.

Important perspectives here from @kstsosie.bsky.social
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Presentations at SACNAS #NDiSTEM2025

Some members of the Tsosie Lab for #Indigenous #Genomic #Data Equity & #Justice are so happy to present @sacnas.bsky.social in Columbus, OH #NDiSTEM2025! Here's for an amazing Friday lineup across #IDSov. Hope to see you soon! @d4itdr.bsky.social @caterpillar-coevo.bsky.social #SACNAS #STEM

This was one of my favorite parts of #ASHG25. Should have been a plenary!

"Data for us, by us"

So many underrepresented minorities could learn from this model. I dream of eventually turning @beyondxandy.bsky.social into something similar for trans people

d4itdr.org

Check out our D4I session tomorrow at ASHG!

#DataSovereignty #Indigenous #IDSov #Tribal #Data #Conference #ASHG #ASHG25 #ASHG2025

"Consequently, the Indigenous data sovereignty movement formed to protect collective interests in data governance and ensure that benefits derived from data are directed back to Indigenous peoples"

Heck yeah! @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social @kstsosie.bsky.social

Thanks! A Tohono O'odham artist by the name of Alfonso Chavez designed it for us. It's a stylized thunderbird (a Diné motif) with a version of fire colors for the nucleotides. Correct handedness for the DNA helix!

@joseph-yracheta.bsky.social @annmccartney.bsky.social @nativebio.bsky.social

I am asking around. But I am also happy to send a PDF via email me (krystal.tsosie AT asu DOT edu)!!

Out today via @natgenet.nature.com, the first federally funded #Tribal #data repository, a revolutionary approach to data management and applied/operationalization of IDSov @d4itdr.bsky.social. Also, if you are at #ASHG25, come see us this morning in 205ABC
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Welcome to #ASHG25! As our President Sarah Tishkoff just noted, next year for the first time the ASHG exec cmte will be all women. Glad to have anyone and everyone participating in this society now and in the future.

For those interested in #Indigenous #Genomics and #ASHG25 in Boston, here are some interested posters/talks/events coming out of the Tsosie Lab, @nativebio.bsky.social, and @d4itdr.bsky.social. For those looking for Friday plans, attend our Ancillary Event, debuting a #Tribal #data repository!

INTERNATIONAL SURVEY ON TREE OF LIFE
My PhD student Jocelyn Cheé-Santiago (Binnizá) is leading an online survey on scientific practices re: biodiversity, biocollections, conservation. If you work in these areas, we'd appreciate your insights. 10-15 mins. Details
asu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Professor creates 'a safe harbor' for Indigenous data | ASU News Among Indigenous populations in the U.S., there is a history of personal data being used without consent. Now, a new digital repository hopes to change both who benefits from biomedical data and who g...

When Indigenous peoples build our own #Tribal #data repositories, we self-direct #health #research & create #education resources to train next-gen of #Indigenous science

From PhD student, Karina Hernandez-Hernandez (P’urhépecha) it is “hope-giving” news.asu.edu/20250917-sci...
@d4itdr.bsky.social

A preview of cool emerging #genomics and #Indigenous #science media… but this is my second interview of the day in this blue blazer! 🎥

The precarious future of consumer genetic privacy Congress and other lawmakers must act to robustly protect direct-to-consumer genetic data and biospecimens into the future

Is "consumer genetics privacy" an oxymoron?
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@science.org
"A databank [23andMe] of this type and magnitude requires heightened protection for privacy and security."

If you are attending the ASHG Annual Meeting in Boston this year, and you would like to hear about advances in Indigenous digital sovereignty and Tribal Nation-led health research, please sign up for our limited seating engagement on Friday, Oct 17th. Lunch provided: tinyurl.com/5aj9544f

In my Bio & Soc class, UGs act as reviewers/editors as a mock peer review. They see
-difficulty finding responsive reviewers (& w/o COI)
-variable quality reviews
-issues matching reviewers to article

Goal is to unveil realities of science evaluation (& hopefully train better reviewers). This helps

Agree to all. Funneling between reviewers accepting papers that cite them often starts with editors’ invite to review. As a guest editor, I also see compounding that, due to time, many reviewers recommend accepting w/o seemingly in-depth review. Many factors contribute to the observed outcome

Just a conference banner image that says "I'm speaking!"

🌟 Exciting! I’m presenting at the Featured Symposium entitled "Authentic Engagement Beyond the Lab: Engaging Communities in the Future of #Genetic #Medicine" #ASHG25! October 15 in Boston! Plus two of my students are presenting posters! See you then! Register: meetings.ashg.org/event/ASHG25...

AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.

“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”