Genetic Literacy Project @GeneticLiteracy

The Genetic Literacy Project fosters dialogue about the scientific, social and ethical implications of human and agricultural genetics. geneticliteracyproject.org Joined January 2012

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Genetic Literacy Project @GeneticLiteracy

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New DNA analysis shatters myths around Emperor Wu's appearance. Researchers reconstruct the face of this ruler, revealing features typical of today's Northern and Eastern Asians, not the 'exotic' traits some historians speculated. Current Biology buff.ly/4b9Olqd

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21 hours ago

Greenpeace's victory in the Philippines isn't a win for everyone. Their efforts have now halted the use of Golden Rice, a breakthrough that could prevent the deaths and blindness of thousands of children in poor countries. Spectator buff.ly/3xQZDl9

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22 hours ago

Despite overwhelming evidence confirming the safety of conventionally grown produce, 60% of consumers still avoid fruits and veggies due to unfounded pesticide fears. Misinformation is taking nutritious food off our tables. Alliance for Food and Farming buff.ly/44j7vI5

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23 hours ago

Sri Lanka's sudden fertilizer ban highlights the dangers of rushed environmental policies. With a staggering 40% drop in rice production and a deepening economic crisis, it's clear: good intentions aren't enough. Our World in Data buff.ly/3Ue0Ni8

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24 hours ago

Over 40% of UK fertility clinics fail to disclose the real odds of success. While eggs may thaw, the journey to motherhood is far from certain. Are clinics selling hope at high costs without clear outcomes? @BBC buff.ly/3UcA19P

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Shifts in political landscapes are turning once-clear ideologies on their head. Who would've thought the left would champion an unregulated, profit-driven medical approach to experimental treatments for kids? @TheWeeklyDish buff.ly/44e2DEf

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DNA Unravels History: Emperor Wu's ancient remains tell a tale of genetic heritage, debunking myths of his 'exotic' looks. Modern science reveals he shared traits with today's Northern and Eastern Asians. Current Biology buff.ly/44fhm1G

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Think freezing your eggs is a guarantee for future motherhood? Think again. Over 40% of UK fertility clinics obscure the real odds of success post-thaw. Don't let glossy success rates mislead you. @BBC buff.ly/44e2H6X

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Shifts in political stances on Ukraine are startling, but the Democrats' unexpected backing of an unregulated, for-profit medical industry for experimental child treatments is shocking. The Cass Report exposes the risks of puberty blockers. @TheWeeklyDish buff.ly/44e2DEf

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Greenpeace's recent victory in the Philippines isn't just a legal win; it's a major setback for public health. By blocking the use of vitamin A-enhanced Golden Rice, they might be contributing to the preventable deaths of thousands of children. Spectator buff.ly/3xQZDl9

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Did you know nearly 60% of people avoid certain fruits and veggies due to unfounded fears of pesticide residues? Misinformation is driving a nutritional crisis. Alliance for Food and Farming buff.ly/4aSmPhd

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Sri Lanka's sudden fertilizer ban highlights a harsh truth: Good intentions in environmental policy can lead to disastrous outcomes without careful planning. The nation faced a sharp drop in crop yields, spiraling into an economic crisis. Our World in Data buff.ly/3Uj8bsi

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Organic or not, 46% of Canadian organic produce tested positive for chemical residues, challenging the clean image of organic foods. Despite strict regulations, the reality of 'pesticide-free' organics may not be what you think. Claire Williams buff.ly/3JxbgQL

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2 days ago

Germany's strict Embryo Protection Act faces intense scrutiny as scientists push for reform. They argue the law's contradictions hinder vital research in genome editing and germline therapies, potentially stifling breakthroughs in reproductive tech. C_G_S buff.ly/3Ud5Hf6

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Trading privacy for convenience has become alarmingly normalized. Facial recognition for travel, health data for insurance—every detail of our lives is now up for sale. It's time to decide if we want to be consumers or products. Yes Magazine buff.ly/3UfY9YV

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Manipulating our microbiome's DNA through CRISPR could revolutionize medicine—targeting everything from cancer to depression. But are we opening a Pandora's box by altering nature’s blueprint? Scientist buff.ly/3JCeUZD

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From flame retardants to construction bricks and now revolutionizing agriculture—Loam Bio's fungal seed coatings are transforming soil health, boosting crop yields, and tackling climate change by storing more carbon. Cool Down buff.ly/3UgUfPy

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From biometric consent to e-proctoring, our personal data is the new currency in a surveillance economy. It's time to question the true cost of convenience. Yes Magazine buff.ly/3UfY9YV

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Germany's Embryo Protection Act faces intense scrutiny as scientists push for reforms. They argue that restrictions hinder crucial advancements in genome editing and reproductive technologies. C_G_S buff.ly/3Wximwr

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Could CRISPR be the key to saving our morning coffee? With coffee plants under threat from climate change and disease, scientists are exploring gene editing to breed tougher beans. Courthouse News Service buff.ly/3We88Rm

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A global communications initiative working to improve understanding of science-based agricultural innovations and challenge misinformation. Based @BTIScience.

Alliance for Science @ScienceAlly

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I hold the Agri-Food Innovation & Sustainability Enhancement Chair at USask. Interested in sustainability, agriculture, innovation, food & benefits of biotech.

Stuart Smyth @stuartsmyth66

10K Followers 6K Following I hold the Agri-Food Innovation & Sustainability Enhancement Chair at USask. Interested in sustainability, agriculture, innovation, food & benefits of biotech.

Microbiologist with interests in food and energy security, synthetic biology, science communication, and of course, GMOs! I make biopharmaceuticals in plants.

Kathleen Hefferon, Ph.. @KHefferon

7K Followers 5K Following Microbiologist with interests in food and energy security, synthetic biology, science communication, and of course, GMOs! I make biopharmaceuticals in plants.

David Zaruk, as The Risk-Monger, challenges confirmation bias.
Fighting activist zealots.
Fighting for farmers.
Fighting cardiovascular disease and arthritis.

The Risk-Monger @zaruk

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Industry Affairs & Sustainability | @Bayer4CropsCA | Science Fellow | Chair @GenomeCanada SIAC | @usask_are | #agriculture #science | funny (at times)

Cami Ryan, PhD @CamiDRyan

ITIF life sci guru, professional skeptic, biotech expert, policy wonk, beekeeper, lover of wilderness. will travel miles for dark night skies. opinions my own.

Val Giddings @prometheusgreen

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ER MD, Medical multitasker, mythbuster and storyteller, former @StLouisBlues MD, One Health @Bayer4Crops, Medical Tox, Boy Mommy. Tweets are my own.

Liza Dunn @DrLizaMD

8K Followers 4K Following ER MD, Medical multitasker, mythbuster and storyteller, former @StLouisBlues MD, One Health @Bayer4Crops, Medical Tox, Boy Mommy. Tweets are my own.

Drawn into biology since my first encounter with a microscope. Research in molecular biology, now science writer: fiction, non-fiction, commentaries.

Ludger Wess @LudgerWess

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International keynote speaker, author, content creator, host of “HERD it here” podcast. My mission is to give science a bigger voice in the food & farm space

Farm Babe @thefarmbabe

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John Innes Centre @JohnInnesCentre

33K Followers 2K Following We are an independent, international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology

Environmental writer. New book 'Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency'. Advisor to @MohamedNasheed, @ScienceAlly fellow, @weplanetint strategist.

Mark Lynas @mark_lynas

31K Followers 2K Following Environmental writer. New book 'Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency'. Advisor to @MohamedNasheed, @ScienceAlly fellow, @weplanetint strategist.

Helping explain the science of GE crops and derived foods. Cannot get enough golf. Baseball is the greatest game on earth. Beer is good.

Robert Wager #donotdo.. @RobertWager1

4K Followers 440 Following Helping explain the science of GE crops and derived foods. Cannot get enough golf. Baseball is the greatest game on earth. Beer is good.

Promoting SciComm, teaching, equity & inclusion in plant biol
PI NSF RCN: ROOT&SHOOT. Features Editor @ThePlantCell @PlantPhys. @PlantTeaching@genomic.social

mary williams @PlantTeaching

23K Followers 12K Following Promoting SciComm, teaching, equity & inclusion in plant biol PI NSF RCN: ROOT&SHOOT. Features Editor @ThePlantCell @PlantPhys. @[email protected]

GMOAnswers @GMOAnswers

13K Followers 1K Following You have questions, we have answers. Find out more about GMOs at https://t.co/O1HtmxURbs

Global Coordinator, @isaaa_org; ED of MABIC and Editor-in-Chief for The Petri Dish. Calling scientists to communicate science and critics to listen to science

Mahaletchumy @maha_arujanan

1K Followers 488 Following Global Coordinator, @isaaa_org; ED of MABIC and Editor-in-Chief for The Petri Dish. Calling scientists to communicate science and critics to listen to science

Small Time Farmer by night, Science/Ag Educator by day, Crappy Agvocate. $hillin for BigAg, BigPharma, & BigPapa. #NoShitShow #makeupanARAargument

The OG Devil's Agvoca.. @MGigger

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Ralf Reski 🇩🇪�.. @ReskiLab

9K Followers 1K Following Professor Plant Biotechnology. A founder of 3 Excellence Clusters & 1 Company. #Takakia #Physcomitrella #Sphagnum Profile: https://t.co/jkqt38wU5h

Ph.D. candidate at Vanderbilt University interested in population genetics, functional genomics, lung cancer, and deep learning.

Michael Betti @mjbetti

65 Followers 328 Following Ph.D. candidate at Vanderbilt University interested in population genetics, functional genomics, lung cancer, and deep learning.

Meta/viromics.
RNA viruses, Dead Sea, Archaeal viruses, Linux and FOSS.
Formerly from Gophna lab @ TAU
Mastodon, @Neri@genomic.social

Uri Neri @UriNeri2

618 Followers 799 Following Meta/viromics. RNA viruses, Dead Sea, Archaeal viruses, Linux and FOSS. Formerly from Gophna lab @ TAU Mastodon, @[email protected]

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84 Followers 502 Following

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30 Followers 529 Following

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4 Followers 101 Following

麗零 @reirei_fcpo

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Kathon @kaldhany_

103 Followers 835 Following

Interested in Ideas, Science, Video games, Storytelling, Human Biodiversity, Philosophy.

Free Speech 📣, Vegan, non-Blank slater.

E.l.L.i.O.t @Elliot77969989

212 Followers 1K Following Interested in Ideas, Science, Video games, Storytelling, Human Biodiversity, Philosophy. Free Speech 📣, Vegan, non-Blank slater.

cody @thomas_73_

389 Followers 4K Following basic user • browns • guardians • blue jackets • cavs • cleveland • ohio • individual rights • classical liberal

All about Intersection of Science & Art || An Outreach Project by Alex Kirillov & Research Team @ Univ.Lisbon-IST || #SciArt & #SciComm for #Science #Education

ScienceArtHub @ScienceArtHub

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Laura @poraruno

3 Followers 115 Following

World citizen and public servant focused on facts and values, not conventional narratives. Multilateralism/ governance/ technology/ trade/ environment/ health

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12K Followers 5K Following World citizen and public servant focused on facts and values, not conventional narratives. Multilateralism/ governance/ technology/ trade/ environment/ health

Géologue/ex Cadre dirigeant / Curiosité sens critique lucidité mise en perspective /adhérent Nouvelle Energie 44 /Soutien F.X. Bellamy

Leonard_Eyquem @EyquemLeonard

262 Followers 613 Following Géologue/ex Cadre dirigeant / Curiosité sens critique lucidité mise en perspective /adhérent Nouvelle Energie 44 /Soutien F.X. Bellamy

Habiba Upa @Upaaa2002

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Everything that can be reduced to a system ends up in the hands of fools. He who adopts a system stops perceiving the truths that are within his reach --Dávila

Janice Matchett @janmatch

336 Followers 1K Following Everything that can be reduced to a system ends up in the hands of fools. He who adopts a system stops perceiving the truths that are within his reach --Dávila

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689 Followers 3K Following This is a Daily Online Radio program that is based on the teaching of Jesus Christ. Facebook :https://t.co/fDMJG5LPQx… Dr Felicia M Numan

Genetics Graduate. UCC. Love this line:
'Not in vain, do we watch the Rising and Setting of the Stars'- Virgil.
'Respublica Tweeteria' advocate. 👍🐳

Valentine Keane @ValentineKean9

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HedieH Pahlevani Rad @H_PahlevaniRad

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Loves horses,dogs and fram life!Kindness matters most of https://t.co/OLGWsMbh1S DM’s unless it’s about your account. #Resist #Equality #BLM #LGBTQ+ Me Too😍

Donna Elena Gliana @Donnagliana888

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Send It @ItsUphill2

83 Followers 2K Following Proverbs 1:7 KJV The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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Brian Chadee @brian_sc18

260 Followers 253 Following I love fried chicken

CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies | #ClusterofExcellence @UniFreiburg | #DFG funded under #ExcellenceStrategy EXC-2189 390939984

CIBSS @CIBSS_UniFR

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3 Followers 76 Following

Tania Novak @ndfarmchick

784 Followers 3K Following 𝙵𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢’𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛. ♥ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ & ᴀɴɪᴍᴀʟs ♥ sᴜɴsᴇᴛs & ᴀɢʀɪᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇ ♥ ᴄᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ & ɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴɪɴɢ

Campaigner | Publicist | PhD Language & Education | Director Comité Schone Lucht | #Forests #AnimalRights | Political advisor | Stop #Biomass🐇 🐬

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0 Followers 137 Following

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208 Followers 2K Following When you can't change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails...,,happy mother 👩‍👦

Serenity @Chaotic_Lyrsei

23 Followers 363 Following

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109 Followers 647 Following Female 58, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, ADHD, AUTISM.

الملك لله الواحد الأحد الفرد الصمد الذي لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفوا احد.اللهم صلي وسلم وبارك على محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين.وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله

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BaumBCI @BCIbaum

17 Followers 73 Following

محمد احسن ⚡.. @ahsan2233445

142 Followers 2K Following Zionism = Terrorism

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@wayne@mastodon.nz -
New Zealand Christian male living in Auckland married to a wonderful gal with 3 children. b.322ppm. I am getting worse at chess.

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ottendo @ottendo2609

3 Followers 31 Following

FeralKats~Vote Blue, .. @1feralkat

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Incisive @IncisiveType

264 Followers 3K Following

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Channa Prakash @AgBioWorld

35K Followers 3K Following Professor, biotech guru. I am curious about science, farming, food security, innovation, plants, history. @AAAS Fellow.

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Alliance for Science @ScienceAlly

14K Followers 952 Following A global communications initiative working to improve understanding of science-based agricultural innovations and challenge misinformation. Based @BTIScience.