Anna C. Fagre
@annafagre.bsky.social
🦠 Fagre lab, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine
🦇 veterinary epidemiology, arboviral ecology, diagnostic microbiology, wildlife health🔬
🎨 🎵multi-media analog synthesis ✂️🎹
🏳️🌈 she/they
🦇 veterinary epidemiology, arboviral ecology, diagnostic microbiology, wildlife health🔬
🎨 🎵multi-media analog synthesis ✂️🎹
🏳️🌈 she/they
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🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
EMERGE Alaska | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
www.uaf.edu
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
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Hello mosquito 🦟 and microbiota 🧫 🦠 aficionados, we are looking for a postdoc to join our team (Saleh's lab @salehlabparis.bsky.social at Institut Pasteur @pasteur.fr ) to investigate the interplay between the mosquito, its microbiota, and arboviruses. More information here 👇
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Hello mosquito 🦟 and microbiota 🧫 🦠 aficionados, we are looking for a postdoc to join our team (Saleh's lab @salehlabparis.bsky.social at Institut Pasteur @pasteur.fr ) to investigate the interplay between the mosquito, its microbiota, and arboviruses. More information here 👇
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⁉️ NSF requests that GRFP applicants provide 'official transcripts' with all personal information (except name) redacted?
🪦 editing an official transcript generally flags the document as 'altered'
🪦 often official transcripts are encrypted, which prevents upload entirely
🪦 editing an official transcript generally flags the document as 'altered'
🪦 often official transcripts are encrypted, which prevents upload entirely
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
⁉️ NSF requests that GRFP applicants provide 'official transcripts' with all personal information (except name) redacted?
🪦 editing an official transcript generally flags the document as 'altered'
🪦 often official transcripts are encrypted, which prevents upload entirely
🪦 editing an official transcript generally flags the document as 'altered'
🪦 often official transcripts are encrypted, which prevents upload entirely
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Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
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Here we go!
Over 13,000 H-1B workers have joined 200+ land-grant, sea-grant, and R1 research institutions so far this fiscal year.
I also found that public institutions in large, Republican states are disproportionately affected by Trump's $100,000 H1-B fee.
Find your state or your school:
Over 13,000 H-1B workers have joined 200+ land-grant, sea-grant, and R1 research institutions so far this fiscal year.
I also found that public institutions in large, Republican states are disproportionately affected by Trump's $100,000 H1-B fee.
Find your state or your school:
EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.
The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions
A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…
www.thexylom.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Here we go!
Over 13,000 H-1B workers have joined 200+ land-grant, sea-grant, and R1 research institutions so far this fiscal year.
I also found that public institutions in large, Republican states are disproportionately affected by Trump's $100,000 H1-B fee.
Find your state or your school:
Over 13,000 H-1B workers have joined 200+ land-grant, sea-grant, and R1 research institutions so far this fiscal year.
I also found that public institutions in large, Republican states are disproportionately affected by Trump's $100,000 H1-B fee.
Find your state or your school:
Hey fellow PIs! 👋 What’s the single piece of advice that saved you when you first started your lab?
Drop it below—let’s start a coffee table book! 🧠 🧪
Drop it below—let’s start a coffee table book! 🧠 🧪
September 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hey fellow PIs! 👋 What’s the single piece of advice that saved you when you first started your lab?
Drop it below—let’s start a coffee table book! 🧠 🧪
Drop it below—let’s start a coffee table book! 🧠 🧪
Thrilled to be getting settled at my new scientific home in the ISU College of Vet Med! 🧬 @iowastateu.bsky.social
#iowastate
vetmed.iastate.edu/article/dr-a...
#iowastate
vetmed.iastate.edu/article/dr-a...
Dr. Anna Fagre New Faculty Spotlight – News Articles
vetmed.iastate.edu
September 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thrilled to be getting settled at my new scientific home in the ISU College of Vet Med! 🧬 @iowastateu.bsky.social
#iowastate
vetmed.iastate.edu/article/dr-a...
#iowastate
vetmed.iastate.edu/article/dr-a...
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Today is a great day to register for #BiM2025 #BlackInMicro Week. Get ready to join our online celebration: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro (or see link in bio)
September 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Today is a great day to register for #BiM2025 #BlackInMicro Week. Get ready to join our online celebration: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro (or see link in bio)
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In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists released this week, 83% said federal government policies since January 20, 2025, had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.
Entomologists, Fellow Scientists Report Negative Impacts of Government Actions
In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists, 83% said government policies in 2025 had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.
entomologytoday.org
August 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists released this week, 83% said federal government policies since January 20, 2025, had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.
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“I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponization of public health.” Firings and resignations of top CDC leadership today. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, White House Says
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
“I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponization of public health.” Firings and resignations of top CDC leadership today. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
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The Department of Health and Human Services is terminating a National Institutes of Health grant program that supports students from marginalized backgrounds in the biomedical sciences. www.statnews.com/2025/08/25/n...
HHS terminates NIH program aimed at diversifying biomedical workforce
HHS is terminating a National Institutes of Health grant program that supports students from marginalized backgrounds in the biomedical sciences.
www.statnews.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Department of Health and Human Services is terminating a National Institutes of Health grant program that supports students from marginalized backgrounds in the biomedical sciences. www.statnews.com/2025/08/25/n...
Obligatory new faculty selfie outside the campanile. Thrilled to be starting this chapter at Iowa State University! 🔔❤️
#NewFaculty #IowaState #NewPI #ISUVetMed #VetMed
#NewFaculty #IowaState #NewPI #ISUVetMed #VetMed
August 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Obligatory new faculty selfie outside the campanile. Thrilled to be starting this chapter at Iowa State University! 🔔❤️
#NewFaculty #IowaState #NewPI #ISUVetMed #VetMed
#NewFaculty #IowaState #NewPI #ISUVetMed #VetMed
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Amidst all the daily bad news, here is some good news to lift up your week!
Botswana eliminates paediatric HIV
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Botswana eliminates paediatric HIV
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
How Botswana eliminated paediatric HIV
Political will, free maternity care and digital health tools helped Botswana achieve high standards for ending mother-to-child transmission.
www.nature.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Amidst all the daily bad news, here is some good news to lift up your week!
Botswana eliminates paediatric HIV
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Botswana eliminates paediatric HIV
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
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We knew in our guts while hiding that the shooter was targeting us. This violence is driven by anti-vaccine propaganda. And the rot start at the top.
Just this week RFK Jr canceled all mRNA vaccine research while lying about the technologies safety and effectiveness.
Just this week RFK Jr canceled all mRNA vaccine research while lying about the technologies safety and effectiveness.
“The shooter was either sick or believed he was sick, and blamed his illness on COVID vaccine — which is why he was targeting the CDC.”
August 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We knew in our guts while hiding that the shooter was targeting us. This violence is driven by anti-vaccine propaganda. And the rot start at the top.
Just this week RFK Jr canceled all mRNA vaccine research while lying about the technologies safety and effectiveness.
Just this week RFK Jr canceled all mRNA vaccine research while lying about the technologies safety and effectiveness.
New EO mandates *codification* of a process allowing termination of AWARDED grants at any time “for convenience, including when the award no longer advances agency priorities or the national interest.”
I can’t fathom the number of ways this will hurt trainees, ECRs, and TT faculty.💔
I can’t fathom the number of ways this will hurt trainees, ECRs, and TT faculty.💔
A sweeping new executive order seeks to transform how the federal government awards billions of dollars in research grants. Story via @mmolteni.bsky.social, @aniloza.bsky.social, @angusrohan.bsky.social and me for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t...
Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees
A sweeping new executive order seeks to transform how the federal government awards billions of dollars in research grants
www.statnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
New EO mandates *codification* of a process allowing termination of AWARDED grants at any time “for convenience, including when the award no longer advances agency priorities or the national interest.”
I can’t fathom the number of ways this will hurt trainees, ECRs, and TT faculty.💔
I can’t fathom the number of ways this will hurt trainees, ECRs, and TT faculty.💔
Reposted by Anna C. Fagre
New EO puts political appointees like Russell Vought in charge of grant funding.
“This turns science into an instrument for partisan gain. Now we have Republican science and Democrat science. The EO formalizes a system that burrows government censors into the roots of the scientific enterprise.”
“This turns science into an instrument for partisan gain. Now we have Republican science and Democrat science. The EO formalizes a system that burrows government censors into the roots of the scientific enterprise.”
A sweeping new executive order seeks to transform how the federal government awards billions of dollars in research grants. Story via @mmolteni.bsky.social, @aniloza.bsky.social, @angusrohan.bsky.social and me for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t...
Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees
A sweeping new executive order seeks to transform how the federal government awards billions of dollars in research grants
www.statnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New EO puts political appointees like Russell Vought in charge of grant funding.
“This turns science into an instrument for partisan gain. Now we have Republican science and Democrat science. The EO formalizes a system that burrows government censors into the roots of the scientific enterprise.”
“This turns science into an instrument for partisan gain. Now we have Republican science and Democrat science. The EO formalizes a system that burrows government censors into the roots of the scientific enterprise.”
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UPDATE: The Smithsonian's American History Museum has restored information about Trump's two impeachments to its display on U.S. presidential impeachments.
August 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
UPDATE: The Smithsonian's American History Museum has restored information about Trump's two impeachments to its display on U.S. presidential impeachments.
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A quick update re NIH and NSF terminated grant tracking:
Grant Watch has a new name!
We're now called **Grant Witness**
You can find us at grant-witness.us
Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏
(And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦♂️🤷♂️)
Grant Watch has a new name!
We're now called **Grant Witness**
You can find us at grant-witness.us
Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏
(And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦♂️🤷♂️)
July 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A quick update re NIH and NSF terminated grant tracking:
Grant Watch has a new name!
We're now called **Grant Witness**
You can find us at grant-witness.us
Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏
(And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦♂️🤷♂️)
Grant Watch has a new name!
We're now called **Grant Witness**
You can find us at grant-witness.us
Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏
(And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦♂️🤷♂️)
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🚨Preprint alert! Kind of a late notice, but here is our latest work on bat Dicer and viral infection. Work led by @leagaucherand.bsky.social and Hugo Marie in the lab. @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @unistra.fr @frm-officiel.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dicer accumulates in cytoplasmic foci upon alphavirus infection and plays a proviral role in Myotis myotis bat cells
Bats are reservoirs for many viruses that frequently cause epidemics in humans and animals. It is thus critical to better understand their immune system and mechanisms of antiviral immunity. Despite a...
www.biorxiv.org
July 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨Preprint alert! Kind of a late notice, but here is our latest work on bat Dicer and viral infection. Work led by @leagaucherand.bsky.social and Hugo Marie in the lab. @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @unistra.fr @frm-officiel.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👀global mapping of veterinary care 'coldspots'
🐮access to veterinary care = zoonotic surveillance capacity
👉(i.e., many spillover events linked to domestic/farmed animals as intermediary hosts (e.g., Nipah virus 🐷))
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🐮access to veterinary care = zoonotic surveillance capacity
👉(i.e., many spillover events linked to domestic/farmed animals as intermediary hosts (e.g., Nipah virus 🐷))
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
A global map of travel time to access veterinarians - Nature Communications
Veterinary care is unevenly distributed globally, limiting access to care. Our maps show that 93.8% of isolated animals (>1h travel time) are in low- and middle-income countries. A 5% targeted incr...
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
👀global mapping of veterinary care 'coldspots'
🐮access to veterinary care = zoonotic surveillance capacity
👉(i.e., many spillover events linked to domestic/farmed animals as intermediary hosts (e.g., Nipah virus 🐷))
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🐮access to veterinary care = zoonotic surveillance capacity
👉(i.e., many spillover events linked to domestic/farmed animals as intermediary hosts (e.g., Nipah virus 🐷))
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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As Jay said, many of the #BethesdaDeclaration signers will meet with him on Monday. And oh boy are we prepared!
While not every signer was invited, we worked together and with our colleagues across #NIH to bring our concerns—and evidence to back them up.
Buckle up, this will be a long thread. 🧵
While not every signer was invited, we worked together and with our colleagues across #NIH to bring our concerns—and evidence to back them up.
Buckle up, this will be a long thread. 🧵
bit.ly/4kJeCQz
Dr Bhattacharya opines on on why #BethesdaDeclaration signers "don't understand", on Colins and Fauci, on NIH-Bangladeshi third-gender research and so on
Wow
@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
Dr Bhattacharya opines on on why #BethesdaDeclaration signers "don't understand", on Colins and Fauci, on NIH-Bangladeshi third-gender research and so on
Wow
@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
As Jay said, many of the #BethesdaDeclaration signers will meet with him on Monday. And oh boy are we prepared!
While not every signer was invited, we worked together and with our colleagues across #NIH to bring our concerns—and evidence to back them up.
Buckle up, this will be a long thread. 🧵
While not every signer was invited, we worked together and with our colleagues across #NIH to bring our concerns—and evidence to back them up.
Buckle up, this will be a long thread. 🧵
Reposted by Anna C. Fagre
It is no longer about the science.
Hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists will be laid off.
🧪🎁🔗
apnews.com/article/epa-...
Hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists will be laid off.
🧪🎁🔗
apnews.com/article/epa-...
EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.
apnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It is no longer about the science.
Hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists will be laid off.
🧪🎁🔗
apnews.com/article/epa-...
Hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists will be laid off.
🧪🎁🔗
apnews.com/article/epa-...
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Sad realities of early career scientists in the United States these days
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My academic job offer was rescinded. I’ll keep going—but U.S. researchers are running out of road
Despite an uncertain future, this postdoc will “keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench”
share.google
July 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sad realities of early career scientists in the United States these days
share.google/aI1yj1j045xV...
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Guardian article about damage to public health infrastructure under RFK, Jr. It mentions the #BethesdaDeclaration but doesn't note that the Declaration involves much more than budget cuts.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Health experts raise alarm over RFK Jr’s ‘war on science’ amid mass firings and budget cuts
Experts warn that the dangerous ideologically driven cuts at HHS will have long-term consequences for healthcare
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Guardian article about damage to public health infrastructure under RFK, Jr. It mentions the #BethesdaDeclaration but doesn't note that the Declaration involves much more than budget cuts.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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What if transmission isn’t a single event, but an evolving ecological process? on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...
A sci-comm summary of our recent opinion in @plos.org Pathogens #Anopheles #MicroSky #EvoSky
A sci-comm summary of our recent opinion in @plos.org Pathogens #Anopheles #MicroSky #EvoSky
What if transmission isn’t a single event, but an evolving ecological process?
In our PLOS Pathogens opinion article, we propose a framework that reimagines parasite transmission as a three-stage sequence, each shaped by distinct ecological pressures and evolutionary trade-offs:...
www.growkudos.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
What if transmission isn’t a single event, but an evolving ecological process? on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...
A sci-comm summary of our recent opinion in @plos.org Pathogens #Anopheles #MicroSky #EvoSky
A sci-comm summary of our recent opinion in @plos.org Pathogens #Anopheles #MicroSky #EvoSky