Happy birthday to Canadian geneticist Irene Ayako Uchida (1917-2013)! In my #linocut Uchida is shown surrounded by chromosones, with anomalies (shown with pink arrows) due to radiation exposure, based on one of her research papers. A strand of DNA is hidden in the image (as her watchband).⁠
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Uchida didn’t set out to be a scientist. She was studying English literature at UBC, before she was interned 1/n
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#printmaking #sciart #genetics #cytology #DNA #histstm #WomenInSTEM #chromosomes

Linocut portrait of geneticist Irene Ayako Uchida (handsome, middle age woman of Japanese heritage with curly hair with a white streak on her right temple, with an open, thoughtful face) leaning on folded arms in a white button down shirt with a small watch with double-helix watchband on her wrist, in dark teal-grey ink. She is surrounded by chromosomes in gold, from one of her papers. The anomalous ones are pointed out with small pink arrows.

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**Lisa Kalayji** @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · 31 mars

31 mars

Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange

"[creator of open source genetic database OpenSNP] Greshake Tzovaras says that he is particularly concerned about the rise of DNA phenotyping, which is a dubious process in which DNA “portraits” of potential suspects are generated based on a DNA sample; he called the practice “unreliable nonsense,” and said that a startup had once approached OpenSNP to help them create a DNA phenotyping product to sell to law enforcement. "That's something we don't want to see in the world," he said.

“Across the globe there is a rise in far-right and other authoritarian governments. While they are cracking down on free and open societies, they are also dedicated to replacing scientific thought and reasoning with pseudoscience across disciplines,” Greshake Tzovaras wrote. “The risk/benefit calculus of providing free & open access to individual genetic data in 2025 is very different compared to 14 years ago. And so, sunsetting openSNP – along with deleting the data stored within it – feels like it is the most responsible act of stewardship for these data today.”

https://www.404media.co/open-source-genetic-database-opensnp-shuts-down-to-protect-users-from-authoritarian-governments/

404 Media · 31 marsOpen Source Genetic Database Shuts Down to Protect Users From 'Authoritarian Governments'"The risk/benefit calculus of providing free & open access to individual genetic data in 2025 is very different compared to 14 years ago."

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**Bill Taroli** @btaroli@federate.social · 29 mars

29 mars

Bill Taroli @btaroli@federate.social

@vaurora It still stuns me how many people knowingly sent these people this kind of information and PAID them for the privilege! #privacy #DNA #23AndMe

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