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Sofia de Oliveira, Ph.D.

@sdeoliveira

Neurodivergent ScientistπŸ§ͺ Passionate for #neutrophils #zebrafish 🐟 & #microscopy πŸ”¬ Post about life, women, and trainees' advocacy. LOVE so many things... Particularly my #FREEDOM #Neurodiversity #FirstGen #WomenInSTEM

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This administration, the members of Congress who allowed this war to continue without real oversight, and a society that stays silent share responsibility. How many children must die? How many American lives will it take before this country reverses the course we found ourselves in? #TwilightZone

08.03.2026 04:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good news today: @standupforscience.bsky.social is organizing rallies for science. πŸ’ͺ

Bad news:
Funded science is way down.

This is why I said wks ago the budget bill was β€œbad because it doesn’t go far enough.” How the science agencies are governed matters!!! This is killing labs. πŸ§ͺ

07.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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#SUFS πŸ’ͺ🏽

07.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Human hippocampal neurogenesis in adulthood, ageing and Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Mapping of neurogenesis in human hippocampi across ages and different cognitive abilities using multiomic single-cell sequencing reveals distinct signatures between cognitive preservation and decline.

Aged adults with extraordinary memory capacity – known as SuperAgers – exhibit a unique neurogenesis profile with a surprisingly high number of young neurons, according to a study published in Nature. πŸ§ͺ #Neuroscience

28.02.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Carrot & apple cake with salted caramel almonds and torched Swiss meringue, with a touch of orange for hubby’s birthday πŸ’–πŸ«ΆπŸ½

Sometimes you regulate your nervous system with flour, eggs, and fire β€”
then you go write the grant. πŸ’«

#WorkLifeBalance
#BakingTherapy

23.02.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

While the actions of those in power may try to pull women scientists backward…our children are already drawing the future differently.

Kids are now drawing scientists as women πŸ§ͺ✨
The future will be different, because they already see it that way. 😍

#WomenInScience #STEM #GirlsInSTEM

21.02.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Under Administrative Pressure, Faculty Committee Ends Women’s Research Symposium | News | The Harvard Crimson Harvard administrators pushed a faculty committee to cancel a long-running, biannual symposium featuring tenure-track women’s research, citing legal concerns about hosting a single-gender event, accor...

Shame! 😠

#WomenInScience
##WomenInSTEM

21.02.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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People who immigrate to the U.S. come here to find safety and opportunity and contribute to our communities.

We should be welcomed with dignity, not demonized.

17.02.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 2948 πŸ” 773 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 35

It is time to reclaim science, health, and democracy for the people and for the common good.

Join your local rally for the @standupforscience.bsky.social's National Day of Action on March 7.

Spread the word.

Register at the link here:

www.standupforscience.net/march7

17.02.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.

The worst case scenario for an AOC presidential run in 2028 is that she’s setting herself up for 2032 or 2036.

She is going to be president somedayβ€”it’s just a matter of time.

16.02.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 17072 πŸ” 2446 πŸ’¬ 1598 πŸ“Œ 312
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Honored to be invited to speak by @blackinbme.bsky.social and @latinxinbme.bsky.social about being an editor and publishing in nBME!

16.02.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

06.02.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 45628 πŸ” 11795 πŸ’¬ 633 πŸ“Œ 592
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Miss. Diagnosis: A Systematic Review of ADHD in Adult Women The aim of this review was to explore the impact of living with undiagnosed ADHD and adult diagnosis on women. A systematic literature search was completed using three databases. Eight articles were considered relevant based on strict inclusion ...

πŸ“š Research & evidence (for those who like receipts):

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
elifesciences.org/articles/104...

09.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
No Academia Without Neurodivergents–A Guest Post

🧠 No academia without neurodivergent minds
theprofessorisin.com/2024/12/10/n...

🧬 Being neurodivergent in academia (ASBMB)
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...

09.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Being Neurodivergent in Academia Neurodiversity in research, from the perspective of neurodivergent scientists.

elifesciences.org/collections/...

09.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
ADHD, Dysgraphia, and Giftedness The study of dysgraphia, which can be summarized as handwriting impairment, has developed in the last few decades concurrently with a deeper understanding of this neurodevelopmental disorder that affe...

I’m getting to KNOW myself at 43 - it's a bit surreal!
I spent most of my life having no real idea who I was, just adapting, compensating, pushing through. The next half will be far less painful, now that I finally have the language and the knowledge to understand myself.
#neurodivergence #academia

09.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

09.02.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 17965 πŸ” 3585 πŸ’¬ 151 πŸ“Œ 299
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During his historic performance at the Super Bowl LX, Bad Bunny shouts out all the countries in America.

09.02.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 337 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 12

Only Bad Bunny could remind me what it felt like to proud to be a part of America. #SuperBunny

09.02.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 403 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Bad Bunny β€œtogether we are America”

09.02.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 11084 πŸ” 2218 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 158

"The only thing more powerful than hate is love" #BadBunny #SuperBowl

09.02.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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American Idiot playing on Super Bowl Sunday at this precise moment in American history is surreal. Here's to us not letting the point sail over our heads.

#SuperBowlLX

08.02.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 762 πŸ” 162 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 7
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#SuperBowlLX

09.02.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Inject this into my veins!! #superbowllx

09.02.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations, AntΓ³nio JosΓ© Seguro, on your election as President of Portugal.

The Portuguese citizens have spoken and, in the face of devastation caused by the storms, demonstrated remarkable democratic resilience.

Portugal’s voice for our shared European values remains strong.

08.02.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 470 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5
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Socialist defeats far-right candidate in Portugal's presidential runoff, exit polls show Moderate Socialist Antonio Jose Seguro appeared to be headed for a landslide victory in Portugal's presidential runoff on Sunday, with two exit polls putting him in the 67%-73% range, well ahead of hi...

Two presedential candidates - one grounded in shared values, committed to representing everyone, and speaking based on facts, and another who uses hate and racist speech, that spreads misformation and lies.

The choice NEEDS to be overwhelming!
No space for far-right voices.
This is how it's doneπŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή

08.02.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is precisely why Donald Trump and Pamela Jo Bondi are *obsessed* with controlling the voting in the midterms. They are terrified.

08.02.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 2637 πŸ” 762 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 28
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Ready for the halftime show!

08.02.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 459 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ex-secretΓ‘rio-geral socialista vai obter o melhor resultado de uma candidato presidencial na sua primeira eleiΓ§Γ£o, de acordo com todas as sondagens

Saiba mais: expresso.pt/politica/eleico...

08.02.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We need more of this...

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