Jenna Ekwealor
@bryophyter.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University
www.meep-lab.com
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So: In 2017, Congress made this happen:
NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase
NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase
NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase
Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still:
💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets.
📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.
NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase
NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase
NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase
Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still:
💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets.
📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.
April 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So: In 2017, Congress made this happen:
NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase
NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase
NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase
Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still:
💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets.
📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.
NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase
NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase
NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase
Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still:
💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets.
📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.
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And the hits keep coming. NSF just cancelled the Louise Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation grant at the CSU. Since its inception in 1993, CSU-LSAMP has served ~30,000 @calstate.bsky.social students (2000/yr), working to increase graduation rates & broaden participation in STEM careers. 🧪
May 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
And the hits keep coming. NSF just cancelled the Louise Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation grant at the CSU. Since its inception in 1993, CSU-LSAMP has served ~30,000 @calstate.bsky.social students (2000/yr), working to increase graduation rates & broaden participation in STEM careers. 🧪
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NEW: DeSantis directed the University of Florida to cancel a nearly-complete search for its next dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences — because the governor believed the finalists were not in alignment with the state's opposition to DEI
U. of Florida Calls Off Dean Search After DeSantis Intervenes
A spokesperson said the governor’s office stepped in after a right-wing group posted videos of the finalists on social media and claimed they were “radical progressives with disdain for Florida’s DEI ...
www.chronicle.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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This was an incredible, international, tree-of-life spanning collaborative effort led by @roseamarks.bsky.social. I had fun and it was great model for how we can start to reach across disciplinary barriers and silos. @naturecomms.bsky.social #interdisciplinary
Life without water? A few organisms manage it.
A new paper by Assistant Professor Jenna Ekwealor and co-authors in Nature Communications explores desiccation tolerance. Read more here!
🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#biology #desiccation #biotech #conservation
A new paper by Assistant Professor Jenna Ekwealor and co-authors in Nature Communications explores desiccation tolerance. Read more here!
🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#biology #desiccation #biotech #conservation
April 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This was an incredible, international, tree-of-life spanning collaborative effort led by @roseamarks.bsky.social. I had fun and it was great model for how we can start to reach across disciplinary barriers and silos. @naturecomms.bsky.social #interdisciplinary
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our perspective on desiccation tolerance research is out in
@naturecomms.bsky.social. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturecomms.bsky.social. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Life on the dry side: a roadmap to understanding desiccation tolerance and accelerating translational applications - Nature Communications
Desiccation tolerance is an extreme adaptation to water limitation. Here the authors envisage a roadmap to advance desiccation tolerance research, highlight key knowledge gaps, call for standardizatio...
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
our perspective on desiccation tolerance research is out in
@naturecomms.bsky.social. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturecomms.bsky.social. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Congratulations to future @sfstatebio.bsky.social students attending #ExploreSFState today! Welcome to #SFSU!! Happy to highlight our microbiology labs, organismal bio labs, neuroscience labs, seawater core facility, human anatomy lab, and greenhouse!!
April 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Congratulations to future @sfstatebio.bsky.social students attending #ExploreSFState today! Welcome to #SFSU!! Happy to highlight our microbiology labs, organismal bio labs, neuroscience labs, seawater core facility, human anatomy lab, and greenhouse!!
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1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
March 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
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Here is a short video about the work that is still being done at SFSU but that will soon grind to a halt. In this video are my amazing colleagues in the chem and bio departments and two impressive students (one of them was in my lab).
@sfsu.bsky.social @sfstatebio.bsky.social
vimeo.com/996323996
@sfsu.bsky.social @sfstatebio.bsky.social
vimeo.com/996323996
April 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Here is a short video about the work that is still being done at SFSU but that will soon grind to a halt. In this video are my amazing colleagues in the chem and bio departments and two impressive students (one of them was in my lab).
@sfsu.bsky.social @sfstatebio.bsky.social
vimeo.com/996323996
@sfsu.bsky.social @sfstatebio.bsky.social
vimeo.com/996323996
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The latest NIH grant chaos:
NIH apparently sent stop-work orders to all *97* MARC and U-RISE programs in the country.
These programs support underrepresented undergrads interested in health research careers.
MARC dates to 1977. Over 48 years, the programs have supported thousands of students.
NIH apparently sent stop-work orders to all *97* MARC and U-RISE programs in the country.
These programs support underrepresented undergrads interested in health research careers.
MARC dates to 1977. Over 48 years, the programs have supported thousands of students.
New this evening (3/28): Major update in NIH grant termination numbers.
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
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March 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The latest NIH grant chaos:
NIH apparently sent stop-work orders to all *97* MARC and U-RISE programs in the country.
These programs support underrepresented undergrads interested in health research careers.
MARC dates to 1977. Over 48 years, the programs have supported thousands of students.
NIH apparently sent stop-work orders to all *97* MARC and U-RISE programs in the country.
These programs support underrepresented undergrads interested in health research careers.
MARC dates to 1977. Over 48 years, the programs have supported thousands of students.
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Thanks to the amazing generosity of our donors, we’ve surpassed our initial goal! We’d love to keep the momentum going, and every extra dollar we can raise goes directly to support more students, more research and more ways to transform lives. Please consider a gift to reach our next goal of $4000!
April 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Thanks to the amazing generosity of our donors, we’ve surpassed our initial goal! We’d love to keep the momentum going, and every extra dollar we can raise goes directly to support more students, more research and more ways to transform lives. Please consider a gift to reach our next goal of $4000!
There’s still time to donate to #GatorsGiveDay!
www.givecampus.com/0ng63u
Your support will allow students to do class experiments like this one we did in the greenhouse with the Three Sisters (corn 🌽, beans 🫛, and squash 🎃).
@sfstatebio.bsky.social
www.givecampus.com/0ng63u
Your support will allow students to do class experiments like this one we did in the greenhouse with the Three Sisters (corn 🌽, beans 🫛, and squash 🎃).
@sfstatebio.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
There’s still time to donate to #GatorsGiveDay!
www.givecampus.com/0ng63u
Your support will allow students to do class experiments like this one we did in the greenhouse with the Three Sisters (corn 🌽, beans 🫛, and squash 🎃).
@sfstatebio.bsky.social
www.givecampus.com/0ng63u
Your support will allow students to do class experiments like this one we did in the greenhouse with the Three Sisters (corn 🌽, beans 🫛, and squash 🎃).
@sfstatebio.bsky.social
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@lizneeley.bsky.social is publishing a weekly newsletter to track the ongoing attacks in science and higher ed. If you want to keep abreast without drowning in the news, I recommend it: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
February 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@lizneeley.bsky.social is publishing a weekly newsletter to track the ongoing attacks in science and higher ed. If you want to keep abreast without drowning in the news, I recommend it: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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