Freya Rowland
@freshwaterfreya.bsky.social
Research Ecologist @ USGS | Thiamine deficiency in fishes | Ecotoxicology | Food webs | Ecosystem responses to stress | HABs | Limnology | All views my own
Sending support to the other US federal scientists out there. It is a tough week.
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Sending support to the other US federal scientists out there. It is a tough week.
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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Couldn't be more pleased for this one to see the light of day. A US-Australia view of how fish assemblage composition has changed over ~40 years relative to climatic and hydrologic shifts in arid rivers. Spoiler alert: arid fishes may be in trouble onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪🐟💧🌎
Long‐Term Regime Shifts in Xeric Ecoregion Freshwater Fish Assemblages due to Anthropogenic and Climate Stressors
We aim to understand the factors contributing to the persistence of freshwater fishes under altered climate and flow regimes and inform the long-term conservation of global fish biodiversity. We anal...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Couldn't be more pleased for this one to see the light of day. A US-Australia view of how fish assemblage composition has changed over ~40 years relative to climatic and hydrologic shifts in arid rivers. Spoiler alert: arid fishes may be in trouble onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪🐟💧🌎
I wore something similar to this shirt to pick up my kid from camp. Another parent, who looked as tired as I feel, said “guys want to have funding too.” Stay strong friends.
August 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I wore something similar to this shirt to pick up my kid from camp. Another parent, who looked as tired as I feel, said “guys want to have funding too.” Stay strong friends.
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The EPA Defenders stood up for their agency's mission and despite retaliation and intimidation, Congress has taken notice.
*BIPARTISAN* Senate approps committee voted 26-2 (!!!) to maintain the EPA Office of Research and Development!
SCIENCE IS THE WEDGE ISSUE.
thehill.com/homenews/541...
*BIPARTISAN* Senate approps committee voted 26-2 (!!!) to maintain the EPA Office of Research and Development!
SCIENCE IS THE WEDGE ISSUE.
thehill.com/homenews/541...
thehill.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The EPA Defenders stood up for their agency's mission and despite retaliation and intimidation, Congress has taken notice.
*BIPARTISAN* Senate approps committee voted 26-2 (!!!) to maintain the EPA Office of Research and Development!
SCIENCE IS THE WEDGE ISSUE.
thehill.com/homenews/541...
*BIPARTISAN* Senate approps committee voted 26-2 (!!!) to maintain the EPA Office of Research and Development!
SCIENCE IS THE WEDGE ISSUE.
thehill.com/homenews/541...
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🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL. FLOOD THE ZONE 🚨
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
July 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL. FLOOD THE ZONE 🚨
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
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A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
March 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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It's been hard for early career biologists looking for postdocs, so I created a Google Sheet where we can all compile fellowships/job boards/postdoc opportunities in one place. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! If you're a PI looking for postdocs, you can add to the 4th tab! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Postdoc Opportunity Megathread
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June 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It's been hard for early career biologists looking for postdocs, so I created a Google Sheet where we can all compile fellowships/job boards/postdoc opportunities in one place. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! If you're a PI looking for postdocs, you can add to the 4th tab! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Computer died with my data from the last HPLC run on it. After two days of sweating, a senior chemist saved me with hard drive magic. Whew!
a man with a name tag that says ' karuk ' on it is standing next to another man
ALT: a man with a name tag that says ' karuk ' on it is standing next to another man
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June 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Computer died with my data from the last HPLC run on it. After two days of sweating, a senior chemist saved me with hard drive magic. Whew!
Things I’m relatively good at but don’t particularly enjoy:
1) organizing and leading meetings
2) bench chemistry
My week has entirely consisted of chemistry and leading meetings.
Do you have anything professionally you’re good at but don’t actually like?
1) organizing and leading meetings
2) bench chemistry
My week has entirely consisted of chemistry and leading meetings.
Do you have anything professionally you’re good at but don’t actually like?
May 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Things I’m relatively good at but don’t particularly enjoy:
1) organizing and leading meetings
2) bench chemistry
My week has entirely consisted of chemistry and leading meetings.
Do you have anything professionally you’re good at but don’t actually like?
1) organizing and leading meetings
2) bench chemistry
My week has entirely consisted of chemistry and leading meetings.
Do you have anything professionally you’re good at but don’t actually like?
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There is a tonne of misinformation and disinformation about mrna vaccines now. The policy implications in US could have grave consequences given the potential for mrna vaccines especially in cancer care. I discuss this here #Immunosky 🧪
mRNA vaccines are not just about COVID and threatened bans risks the future of cancer care!
Demystifying messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines and debunking the myths
open.substack.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
There is a tonne of misinformation and disinformation about mrna vaccines now. The policy implications in US could have grave consequences given the potential for mrna vaccines especially in cancer care. I discuss this here #Immunosky 🧪
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“We are sending this SOS to sound a clear warning: the nation’s scientific enterprise is being decimated.”
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. What are the long-term impacts f...
www.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“We are sending this SOS to sound a clear warning: the nation’s scientific enterprise is being decimated.”
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Science and R&D has traditionally received strong bipartisan support in the US Congress. But the White House is supposedly pushing cuts of 55% (NSF), 44%(NIH), 27% (NOAA), 50% (NASA), 100% (USGS ecosystems). Meanwhile China INCREASED their R&D spending by 8.3%
April 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Science and R&D has traditionally received strong bipartisan support in the US Congress. But the White House is supposedly pushing cuts of 55% (NSF), 44%(NIH), 27% (NOAA), 50% (NASA), 100% (USGS ecosystems). Meanwhile China INCREASED their R&D spending by 8.3%
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I knew the U.S. higher education system was a massive draw for foreigners, but I did not know the U.S. sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it did natural gas and coal combined. Great piece by @crampell.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I knew the U.S. higher education system was a massive draw for foreigners, but I did not know the U.S. sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it did natural gas and coal combined. Great piece by @crampell.bsky.social
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🧵 Thread on NSF grant terminations 🧪
This Nature article today confirms what DOGE's arrival at NSF can mean: terminating already awarded grants.
"DOGE is...considering more than 200 of them for termination, NSF staff members have told Nature"
What can we expect? And what should NSF grantees do?
This Nature article today confirms what DOGE's arrival at NSF can mean: terminating already awarded grants.
"DOGE is...considering more than 200 of them for termination, NSF staff members have told Nature"
What can we expect? And what should NSF grantees do?
Exclusive: Trump team freezes new NSF awards — and could soon axe hundreds of grants
The National Science Foundation is the latest US agency to be disrupted by Elon Musk’s DOGE.
www.nature.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
🧵 Thread on NSF grant terminations 🧪
This Nature article today confirms what DOGE's arrival at NSF can mean: terminating already awarded grants.
"DOGE is...considering more than 200 of them for termination, NSF staff members have told Nature"
What can we expect? And what should NSF grantees do?
This Nature article today confirms what DOGE's arrival at NSF can mean: terminating already awarded grants.
"DOGE is...considering more than 200 of them for termination, NSF staff members have told Nature"
What can we expect? And what should NSF grantees do?
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On it.
Report your terminated NSF grant here:
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
And spread the word. We'll have a database up once we build out the back end and receive submissions.
All credit to @noamross.net for standing this up so quickly.
Report your terminated NSF grant here:
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
And spread the word. We'll have a database up once we build out the back end and receive submissions.
All credit to @noamross.net for standing this up so quickly.
April 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
On it.
Report your terminated NSF grant here:
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
And spread the word. We'll have a database up once we build out the back end and receive submissions.
All credit to @noamross.net for standing this up so quickly.
Report your terminated NSF grant here:
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
And spread the word. We'll have a database up once we build out the back end and receive submissions.
All credit to @noamross.net for standing this up so quickly.
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“The Trump administration is asking us to reimagine America as a country that not only does not value public service but actually torments its public servants,” writes @elainegodfrey.bsky.social :
The Manufactured Chaos in Government
For federal workers, the problem isn’t just low morale. It’s the dysfunction.
bit.ly
April 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“The Trump administration is asking us to reimagine America as a country that not only does not value public service but actually torments its public servants,” writes @elainegodfrey.bsky.social :
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Pleased to announce my lab will soon be hiring a postdoc! Join an interdisciplinary group working on ecosystem change following the last glacial maximum in southeast Alaska. Substantial modeling skills are a big plus! Applications due April 20th. coreykrabbenhoft.com/join-us-2/
April 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Pleased to announce my lab will soon be hiring a postdoc! Join an interdisciplinary group working on ecosystem change following the last glacial maximum in southeast Alaska. Substantial modeling skills are a big plus! Applications due April 20th. coreykrabbenhoft.com/join-us-2/
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Over the moon to finally share our new study in @science.org led by the amazing @jack-brand.bsky.social!
Pharmaceutical pollution at environmentally realistic levels alters behaviour and migration in Atlantic salmon, directly affecting survival
👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Pharmaceutical pollution at environmentally realistic levels alters behaviour and migration in Atlantic salmon, directly affecting survival
👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...
April 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Over the moon to finally share our new study in @science.org led by the amazing @jack-brand.bsky.social!
Pharmaceutical pollution at environmentally realistic levels alters behaviour and migration in Atlantic salmon, directly affecting survival
👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Pharmaceutical pollution at environmentally realistic levels alters behaviour and migration in Atlantic salmon, directly affecting survival
👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sending love and support to all of the US federal researchers out there. This is hard.
Next Friday my center will have 25% of the staff leave. Experts at their jobs that are irreplaceable. I have no idea what the future holds, but we’ll make it somehow.
Next Friday my center will have 25% of the staff leave. Experts at their jobs that are irreplaceable. I have no idea what the future holds, but we’ll make it somehow.
a group of care bears standing next to each other with the words sending positive energy above them .
ALT: a group of care bears standing next to each other with the words sending positive energy above them .
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April 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sending love and support to all of the US federal researchers out there. This is hard.
Next Friday my center will have 25% of the staff leave. Experts at their jobs that are irreplaceable. I have no idea what the future holds, but we’ll make it somehow.
Next Friday my center will have 25% of the staff leave. Experts at their jobs that are irreplaceable. I have no idea what the future holds, but we’ll make it somehow.
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Your regular reminder that investing in health of our Great Lakes has a regular ROI of $3:1 www.healthylakes.org/glri
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Your regular reminder that investing in health of our Great Lakes has a regular ROI of $3:1 www.healthylakes.org/glri
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The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
March 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.