Teresa Monkkonen
@drtmonkkonen.bsky.social
Early stage investigator #ESI at San Diego State University @SDSU. Tweets and opinions are my own. I lead a lab studying the breast tumor microenvironment. https://teresamonkkonen.weebly.com/
I am a mom and an outdoors enthusiast.
I am a mom and an outdoors enthusiast.
Preprint Alert! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Title: Endothelial Cell Autophagy Suppresses Metastasis In Mouse Mammary and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Models
Title: Endothelial Cell Autophagy Suppresses Metastasis In Mouse Mammary and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Models
www.biorxiv.org
February 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Preprint Alert! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Title: Endothelial Cell Autophagy Suppresses Metastasis In Mouse Mammary and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Models
Title: Endothelial Cell Autophagy Suppresses Metastasis In Mouse Mammary and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Models
I did this too while making some walks across campus!
I called my senators today. Their DC voicemails were not full. It took less than 5 minutes to tell them my thoughts. I encourage everyone else to do so as well.
January 27, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I did this too while making some walks across campus!
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
Thanks @drsalinaslab.bsky.social for a great talk at SDSU yesterday!! I definitely learned a lot.
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thanks @drsalinaslab.bsky.social for a great talk at SDSU yesterday!! I definitely learned a lot.
Mom academic life today:
Me: Hey, let's draft my paper discussion
Daycare: calls pretty much immediately for pickup of my daughter.
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Me: Hey, let's draft my paper discussion
Daycare: calls pretty much immediately for pickup of my daughter.
🫠
October 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Mom academic life today:
Me: Hey, let's draft my paper discussion
Daycare: calls pretty much immediately for pickup of my daughter.
🫠
Me: Hey, let's draft my paper discussion
Daycare: calls pretty much immediately for pickup of my daughter.
🫠
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I hope this is an incredible boost to family wellness and their economy and I hope other states take note!
Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I hope this is an incredible boost to family wellness and their economy and I hope other states take note!
IACUC protocol year 3 review due in 5 days OMG.
September 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
IACUC protocol year 3 review due in 5 days OMG.
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This is 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, killed in the horrific violence at the Annunciation Catholic Church. We must honor their memories and hold their families close as we come together to heal.
August 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, killed in the horrific violence at the Annunciation Catholic Church. We must honor their memories and hold their families close as we come together to heal.
1/56 Californians is COVID positive right now! Part of the reason I feel compelled to share this is because a lot of the infrastructure on communicating this to the public has been disrupted. :( www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
1/56 Californians is COVID positive right now! Part of the reason I feel compelled to share this is because a lot of the infrastructure on communicating this to the public has been disrupted. :( www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...
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Important- if you had an illegally terminated grant that was reinstated, you might not be safe. Staff are being told that grants *may* be canceled after October 1st, 2025 if not "in line with agency priorities". POs are being muzzled and can't tell grantees directly.
#NIH #NIH_funding
#NIH #NIH_funding
August 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important- if you had an illegally terminated grant that was reinstated, you might not be safe. Staff are being told that grants *may* be canceled after October 1st, 2025 if not "in line with agency priorities". POs are being muzzled and can't tell grantees directly.
#NIH #NIH_funding
#NIH #NIH_funding
RIP Jim Lovell. While I wake up and think about biology every day, I think space is amazing and Apollo 13 is an incredible story and mission.
August 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
RIP Jim Lovell. While I wake up and think about biology every day, I think space is amazing and Apollo 13 is an incredible story and mission.
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This is a key point--terminations have hit every corner of the country.
See, e.g., the map below from our homepage at grant-witness.us
Awful lotta orange and yellow in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio. Even Missouri. UAB alone has lost over $18M in funds it was previously awarded.
See, e.g., the map below from our homepage at grant-witness.us
Awful lotta orange and yellow in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio. Even Missouri. UAB alone has lost over $18M in funds it was previously awarded.
August 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is a key point--terminations have hit every corner of the country.
See, e.g., the map below from our homepage at grant-witness.us
Awful lotta orange and yellow in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio. Even Missouri. UAB alone has lost over $18M in funds it was previously awarded.
See, e.g., the map below from our homepage at grant-witness.us
Awful lotta orange and yellow in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio. Even Missouri. UAB alone has lost over $18M in funds it was previously awarded.
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Join us at a Teach In for Science event in San Diego next week, to talk about why funding cuts to biomedical research affect every person living in America. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/this-affec... 🧪
June 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Join us at a Teach In for Science event in San Diego next week, to talk about why funding cuts to biomedical research affect every person living in America. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/this-affec... 🧪
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Universities hold patents on 50% of FDA approved drugs, and research done at universities contributed to 90% of current medications. Think about what we stand to lose if federal funding is cut by 50% 🧪
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...
We set out to quantify U.S. academic contributions to medicines. The results stunned even us
From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.
www.statnews.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Universities hold patents on 50% of FDA approved drugs, and research done at universities contributed to 90% of current medications. Think about what we stand to lose if federal funding is cut by 50% 🧪
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...
I submitted a grant today. That's it, that's my small win for today.
May 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I submitted a grant today. That's it, that's my small win for today.
Happy Earth Day!
April 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy Earth Day!
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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
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DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
April 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
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So we had an earthquake today, and something amazing happened…
April 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
So we had an earthquake today, and something amazing happened…
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We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz
If we stay on this administration’s course, future life-saving medicines may never be invented
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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TOMORROW: The House is expected to vote on the GOP's voter suppression bill. To protect fair elections in 2026, we must stop H.R. 22 (we're calling it the "Silencing Americans Act"). Contact your representative ASAP and urge them to vote NO: act.indivisible.org/...
April 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
TOMORROW: The House is expected to vote on the GOP's voter suppression bill. To protect fair elections in 2026, we must stop H.R. 22 (we're calling it the "Silencing Americans Act"). Contact your representative ASAP and urge them to vote NO: act.indivisible.org/...
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"Trump’s tariffs against the penguins will revitalize the American economy."
President Trump’s Tariffs Will Help America Win the War Against Birds
President Trump has announced a sweeping plan of tariffs against dozens of nations, including the Antarctic Heard and McDonald Islands, which are u...
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April 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Trump’s tariffs against the penguins will revitalize the American economy."