Look at all these moisturized Black women ✊🏾🖤💁🏽‍♀️

I wish my mother could have seen Georgia last night.

When she called on women to become the soul of the nation, she was asking us to help shape what this country stands for and how it treats its people. She spent her life putting those words into action.

I thought of her as came the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state. I thought, too, of the Black women who went door to door, registered voters and organized for years. Many did not live to see what they helped make possible.

Congratulations, Governor-elect Bottoms. Congratulations also to Penny Brown Reynolds, Georgia’s next secretary of state, and Tanya Miller, our next attorney general.

I’m thinking of the Black girls who will grow up seeing women who look like them lead Georgia. I pray they see what my mother saw in leadership: the power to make life better for others and the responsibility to use it.

#CorettaScottKing #KeishaLanceBottoms #PennyBrownReynolds #TanyaMiller #GeorgiaHistory

Tonight, I make a solemn promise to every single Texan. Whether you voted for me or Governor Abbott, or felt so betrayed by a broken politics that you did not vote at all.

Hear what Texas said today, loud and clear: Your government belongs to you. And as your governor, I will will be no special set of rules for the wealthy and powerful. No looking the other way when someone in my own party does wrong.

The trust you have placed in me tonight is not a blank check. It is a sacred responsibility. And I intend to earn it every single day.

Here is a comprehensive list of scientists and medical doctors confirmed so far to have been elected or reelected last night, across both parties and at the federal and state levels:

U.S. SENATE

Dr. Annie Andrews | South Carolina
@AnnieAndrewsMD | Pediatrician

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed | Michigan
@AbdulElSayed | Physician and epidemiologist

GOVERNORS

Dr. Amy Acton | Ohio
@AmyActonOH | Physician and former state health director

Dr. Josh Green | Hawaii
@GovJoshGreenMD | Physician

U.S. HOUSE: MEDICAL DOCTORS

Dr. Ami Bera | California
@RepBera

Dr. Richard Pan | California
@DrPanMD

Dr. Raul Ruiz | California
@RepRaulRuizMD

Dr. John Cowan | Georgia
@DrJohnCowan

Dr. Rich McCormick | Georgia
@RepMcCormick

Dr. Kelly Morrison | Minnesota
@kellymorrisonmn

Dr. Bob Onder | Missouri
@BobOnderMO

Dr. Herb Conaway | New Jersey
@RepHerbConaway

Dr. Adam Hamawy | New Jersey
@HamawyForNJ

Dr. Maxine Dexter | Oregon
@RepDexterOR

Dr. John Joyce | Pennsylvania
@RepJohnJoyce

U.S. HOUSE: SCIENTISTS AND MATHEMATICIANS

Dr. Jasmine Clark | Georgia
@jasmineforga | Microbiologist

Daniel Biss | Illinois
@DanielBiss | Mathematician

Sean Casten | Illinois
@RepCasten | Biochemical engineer and scientist

Dr. Bill Foster | Illinois
@RepBillFoster | Physicist

STATE LEGISLATURES

Dr. Jarod Fox | Florida House
Infectious disease physician

Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger | Minnesota Senate
@Amanda_MNHouse | Former forensic scientist

It took 250 years. Two hundred fifty!!

South Carolina's measles outbreak:

997 cases. 932 of them unvaccinated.

Voters noticed

They noticed this was wrong

They just elected paediatrician @AnnieAndrewsMD to the Senate.

Lynn Margulis proposed a theory of symbiogenesis--life evolves through organisms merging together to become inseparable-cooperation not just competition drives great leaps. In 1967, her theory was written off as not compelling. It is common knowledge today.yahoo.com/news/science/a…

Avian flu death is a reminder of how important the seasonal work of @CDCFlu is to monitor virus and prepare for any emerging threats. Condolences to friends and family. In my era this would be something CDC leadership would be communicating about. Let’s see how it goes in this era. yakimacounty.us/2417/Media-Rel…

In molecular diagnostics, computer hardware is part of the test system under CLIA. Validated pipeline versions have to be tied to the assay that was run; the laboratory director approves code changes before implementation. Some accreditors require FASTQ, BAM, and VCF files for a minimum of 2 years. HIPAA requires audit trails for 6 years. Cloud and instrument vendors that store or transmit genetic information need a written business associate agreement even if they cannot unencrypt the data.

Schmidt, @PathByteChic, and colleagues (J Mol Diagn. 2025) map the hardware, software, networks, and interoperability requirements for bioinformatics inside a CLIA laboratory. The article is not legal advice.

jmdjournal.org/article/S1525-…

Study of 86K AI responses for marketing mgrs, IT mgrs & mgmt consultants finds AI recommended higher salary targets for male applicants (Claude: $16K more;GPT $2.7K more). Women told to negotiate for remote work, flex hrs & parental leave. Men: more money
forbes.com/sites/kimelses…

It's finally here. The @CLSI_LabNews AUTO14 standard on 2D Bar Coding for Anatomic and Clinical Laboratories has been published today! 🎉🎉 It's a one stop shop for universal identification of specimens and more. clsi.org/shop/standards…

It's finally here. The @CLSI_LabNews AUTO14 standard on 2D Bar Coding for Anatomic and Clinical Laboratories has been published today! 🎉🎉 It's a one stop shop for universal identification of specimens and more. clsi.org/shop/standards…

We will be hosting a series of broadcasts about essential bioinformatics roles, responsibilities and competencies for professionals in clinical molecular diagnostic laboratories, based on a 2025 collection of papers published in @JMDiagn.

Learn more: amp.org/events/amp-eve…

How can 🩸 + 🤖 = 😬 ? Find out in this episode!
@HSLuu_Pathology

New episode in the @Pathologists CIPI Connections podcast!

buzzsprout.com/2572756/episod…

Trouble with blood product orders? Physicians ordering transfusions and transfusion medicine services should read this paper:
Standardization of Blood Product Orders Improves Patient Safety in Pediatric Transfusion Medicine: A Collaborative Project meridian.allenpress.com/aplm/article/d…

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 wks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. forbes.com/sites/kimelses…

Happy to announce part 3 in the series on what genomic bioinformaticists working in clinical settings need to know.

jmdjournal.org/article/S1525-…

We convened an expert working group to update the guideline for 🧬classification, annotation, interpretation and reporting of somatic sequence variants🧬 (originally published in 2017).

The working group is seeking comments on its draft recommendations: amp.org/clinical-pract….

Dr. Doc de Baca giving the opening address to the preparation for AI long course going on now in Bandol ⁦@Pathologists⁩ #CAP2024 #CAP24