Ginger Hunter
@flysci.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Biology at Howard University, fly pusher, runner, and lapsed musician. 🇰🇷🇺🇲🪰 she/her
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Ginger Hunter
@flysci.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Summary of Program Deadlines & Requirements
gs.howard.edu
🧪 Please share!: My lab is currently recruiting graduate students (RAs and TAs) this cycle to start Fall 2026.
Howard University Graduate School early application deadline is 11/15/25 (to be considered for certain fellowships). We have additional deadlines in the spring (Feb/April) 1/n
Howard University Graduate School early application deadline is 11/15/25 (to be considered for certain fellowships). We have additional deadlines in the spring (Feb/April) 1/n
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Maybe, if you're not actually in university classrooms, teaching students in the age of gAI, perhaps you might want to stop and listen when people actually in those classrooms raise concerns about what they are seeing; and not just dismiss us as luddites, or boomers, or cruel profs playing cops
December 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Maybe, if you're not actually in university classrooms, teaching students in the age of gAI, perhaps you might want to stop and listen when people actually in those classrooms raise concerns about what they are seeing; and not just dismiss us as luddites, or boomers, or cruel profs playing cops
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OSTP has issued a request for information, please share with them your ideas for how to improve government functions related to science funding and policy
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Notice of Request for Information; Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input from all interested parties on Federal policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking...
www.federalregister.gov
December 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
OSTP has issued a request for information, please share with them your ideas for how to improve government functions related to science funding and policy
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
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In my case, this painstaking labor in the process through which the science gets done. Science isn't measuring stuff in a lab. It's thinking deeply, extracting the heart of idea from the soup of thoughts running through my mind, molding it, and finding a way to communicate that idea to others.
December 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In my case, this painstaking labor in the process through which the science gets done. Science isn't measuring stuff in a lab. It's thinking deeply, extracting the heart of idea from the soup of thoughts running through my mind, molding it, and finding a way to communicate that idea to others.
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The #NIH IRP Summer (paid!) Internship Program for 2026 has opened its application portal. This opportunity is open to US Citizens who are college students (including rising first-years), postbaccalaureate, and graduate students, including medical and dental. The deadline is 2026/02/18!
Become a Summer Intern in DCEG
DCEG offers a summer research internship in cancer epidemiology, biostatistics, or genetics fo college, postbaccalaureate masters-level students, and graduate students, including medical and dental st...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The #NIH IRP Summer (paid!) Internship Program for 2026 has opened its application portal. This opportunity is open to US Citizens who are college students (including rising first-years), postbaccalaureate, and graduate students, including medical and dental. The deadline is 2026/02/18!
All my grades are IN! Expense reports DONE! p-card jail AVOIDED!
all that stands before me and vacation is a couple of meetings, a paper revision deadline, and a kindergarten winter concert.
LETS GO
all that stands before me and vacation is a couple of meetings, a paper revision deadline, and a kindergarten winter concert.
LETS GO
a man wearing a santa hat with the words we 're gonna have the hap-hap-happiest christmas
Alt: Clark Griswold from Christmas Vacation movie wearing a santa hat with the words we 're gonna have the hap-hap-happiest christmas
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December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
All my grades are IN! Expense reports DONE! p-card jail AVOIDED!
all that stands before me and vacation is a couple of meetings, a paper revision deadline, and a kindergarten winter concert.
LETS GO
all that stands before me and vacation is a couple of meetings, a paper revision deadline, and a kindergarten winter concert.
LETS GO
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#StemCell and #DevBio communities, mark your calendars for Sept. 23-25!
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
#StemCell and #DevBio communities, mark your calendars for Sept. 23-25!
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
It's a key part of my grant writing process: "I hate this proposal, it is trash"
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It's a key part of my grant writing process: "I hate this proposal, it is trash"
#cellbio2025 come visit our poster this afternoon (B#026) if you want to discuss how cells have long range conversations with each other via cytonemes and help me figure out a good name for the structures they collectively make.
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#cellbio2025 come visit our poster this afternoon (B#026) if you want to discuss how cells have long range conversations with each other via cytonemes and help me figure out a good name for the structures they collectively make.
#cellbio2025: I'm so tired! and we still have 2 days to go! So many good talks and posters. and I've been thinking about what chemotaxis by self-generated gradients means for cells migrating in vivo ALL DAY.
December 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
#cellbio2025: I'm so tired! and we still have 2 days to go! So many good talks and posters. and I've been thinking about what chemotaxis by self-generated gradients means for cells migrating in vivo ALL DAY.
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A question for old-ish fly folk:
Any idea if the webpage for the old DrosDel site that could design deletions still lives somewhere?
The DrosDel url is defunct, and the link I found to DrosDel at Cambridge doesn’t work.
I’d make a new Df or two, if I knew the best way to do it.
Any idea if the webpage for the old DrosDel site that could design deletions still lives somewhere?
The DrosDel url is defunct, and the link I found to DrosDel at Cambridge doesn’t work.
I’d make a new Df or two, if I knew the best way to do it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A question for old-ish fly folk:
Any idea if the webpage for the old DrosDel site that could design deletions still lives somewhere?
The DrosDel url is defunct, and the link I found to DrosDel at Cambridge doesn’t work.
I’d make a new Df or two, if I knew the best way to do it.
Any idea if the webpage for the old DrosDel site that could design deletions still lives somewhere?
The DrosDel url is defunct, and the link I found to DrosDel at Cambridge doesn’t work.
I’d make a new Df or two, if I knew the best way to do it.
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📢 PhD opportunity: fully-funded BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience project available @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary project on keratins in cell division combines cell biology, biophysics and in vivo Zebrafish imaging.
👇Apply by 7th Jan
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interdisciplinary project on keratins in cell division combines cell biology, biophysics and in vivo Zebrafish imaging.
👇Apply by 7th Jan
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: The role of keratin networks in cell division in tissues under tension at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: The role of keratin networks in cell division in tissues under tension at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
📢 PhD opportunity: fully-funded BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience project available @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary project on keratins in cell division combines cell biology, biophysics and in vivo Zebrafish imaging.
👇Apply by 7th Jan
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interdisciplinary project on keratins in cell division combines cell biology, biophysics and in vivo Zebrafish imaging.
👇Apply by 7th Jan
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
just catching the end of the developmental biology minisymposium, after a great public policy committee meeting.
I think people are still eager to get involved in the public policy work, and yes we're all tired too. I am resolved in 2026 to invite my new congress rep to the lab! #cellbio2025
I think people are still eager to get involved in the public policy work, and yes we're all tired too. I am resolved in 2026 to invite my new congress rep to the lab! #cellbio2025
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
just catching the end of the developmental biology minisymposium, after a great public policy committee meeting.
I think people are still eager to get involved in the public policy work, and yes we're all tired too. I am resolved in 2026 to invite my new congress rep to the lab! #cellbio2025
I think people are still eager to get involved in the public policy work, and yes we're all tired too. I am resolved in 2026 to invite my new congress rep to the lab! #cellbio2025
#CellBio2025 here we go! I think this might be my 10th meeting, and I always love when it's in Philly...
December 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
#CellBio2025 here we go! I think this might be my 10th meeting, and I always love when it's in Philly...
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Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
Good morning #ABRCMS2025!
My graduate student, Sushmita, is presenting a poster about how cytonemes interact with each other during tissue patterning.
She is planning to wrap up her PhD in 2026 and is on the job market.
She's a great lab member and independent researcher.
My graduate student, Sushmita, is presenting a poster about how cytonemes interact with each other during tissue patterning.
She is planning to wrap up her PhD in 2026 and is on the job market.
She's a great lab member and independent researcher.
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Good morning #ABRCMS2025!
My graduate student, Sushmita, is presenting a poster about how cytonemes interact with each other during tissue patterning.
She is planning to wrap up her PhD in 2026 and is on the job market.
She's a great lab member and independent researcher.
My graduate student, Sushmita, is presenting a poster about how cytonemes interact with each other during tissue patterning.
She is planning to wrap up her PhD in 2026 and is on the job market.
She's a great lab member and independent researcher.
me, digging out some macros and other code I wrote in my postdoc for a current student's project
a woman in a pink dress is dancing on a stage and saying `` i still got it '' .
Alt: a woman in a pink dress is dancing on a stage and saying `` i still got it '' .
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November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
me, digging out some macros and other code I wrote in my postdoc for a current student's project
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Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Jim Ryan letter
www.documentcloud.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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The issue also features a Perspective on bridging the gap between single-cell phenotypes and the emergent functions of tissues and organs www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Bridging single cells to organs: Mesoscale modules as fundamental units of tissue function
This perspective discusses how small groups of cells work together in their environment
as building blocks called mesoscale modules to form tissues and organs and how understanding
these modules will ...
www.cell.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The issue also features a Perspective on bridging the gap between single-cell phenotypes and the emergent functions of tissues and organs www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
Every dollar donated provides 2 meals:
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Food Bank for the Washington, DC, Region | Capital Area Food Bank
The Capital Area Food serves the entire Washington, DC, metropolitan region, providing meals to thousands of people a day while also addressing the root causes of hunger.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Every dollar donated provides 2 meals:
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Sic semper tyrannis, bitches
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Sic semper tyrannis, bitches
Hell yeah Virginia ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Hell yeah Virginia ❤️
We voted early! Polls open from 6am - 7pm ❤️
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November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We voted early! Polls open from 6am - 7pm ❤️
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