Dr. Jess Hebert
@jesshebert.bsky.social
HEE-bert | Assistant Professor, OHSU | Kidney/Repro/DOHaD scientist | #TeamPlacenta | The PDX Broadsides chanteuse | Mama | 85% Muppet by volume | https://jesshebert.carrd.co/
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Hi, new followers! I'm Dr. Jess, a kidney and pregnancy researcher in Portland, OR. Teacher, mama, musician, emcee. Pro-science, vax, LGBTQ, freedom of existing, kindness, and democracy. Antifascist, anti racist, anti anything that impedes the above. Glad to meet you. ❤️
HUDDY. YOU MUST FIGHT YOUR FATHER.
December 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
HUDDY. YOU MUST FIGHT YOUR FATHER.
Every time someone asks me, "Why did you start your project asking how *both* parents affect pregnancy after kidney dysfunction?": this is why!
Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — in the weeks and months before conception may transfer traits to his children has become impossible to ignore.
Ending a year of Quanta biology with a bang: www.quantamagazine.org/how-dads-fit...
Ending a year of Quanta biology with a bang: www.quantamagazine.org/how-dads-fit...
How Dad’s Fitness May Be Packaged and Passed Down in Sperm RNA | Quanta Magazine
Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has become impossible to ignore.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Every time someone asks me, "Why did you start your project asking how *both* parents affect pregnancy after kidney dysfunction?": this is why!
SANTA WAS HERE GUYS
December 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
SANTA WAS HERE GUYS
Fell asleep waiting for Santa after watching Lego Star Wars Holiday and Lego Frozen. ❤️ Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Fell asleep waiting for Santa after watching Lego Star Wars Holiday and Lego Frozen. ❤️ Merry Christmas.
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heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community
go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community
go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
WHOA. Portland institution Acropolis is up for sale. Steaks and strippers. You could get a filet mignon with a baked potato the size of your head and salad bar for $15 (tips to dancers not included). This might be the sign of the end times. www.koin.com/news/portlan...
www.koin.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
WHOA. Portland institution Acropolis is up for sale. Steaks and strippers. You could get a filet mignon with a baked potato the size of your head and salad bar for $15 (tips to dancers not included). This might be the sign of the end times. www.koin.com/news/portlan...
Just entered final grades for the first time as head instructor of a graduate course. It's a surreal moment. My goal for more than 20 years has been to teach and do research and...I'm doing that thing.
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Just entered final grades for the first time as head instructor of a graduate course. It's a surreal moment. My goal for more than 20 years has been to teach and do research and...I'm doing that thing.
My friend Sarah: "I am in the Winn Dixie on Yulee Island where two elderly women, drunk off their asses were both driving motorized shopping carts, terrorizing customers and speeding into and toppling food displays. They were also belching and high fiving each other.
Magnificent."
#goals
Magnificent."
#goals
December 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My friend Sarah: "I am in the Winn Dixie on Yulee Island where two elderly women, drunk off their asses were both driving motorized shopping carts, terrorizing customers and speeding into and toppling food displays. They were also belching and high fiving each other.
Magnificent."
#goals
Magnificent."
#goals
"Because getting to my summit: girl, good luck. I’m like Everest, littered with corpses who didn’t quite make it to the top."
I’m the High Note in “O Holy Night,” and I’m Ready to Hijack Your Christmas Eve Service [SATIRE] www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
I’m the High Note in “O Holy Night,” and I’m Ready to Hijack Your Christmas Eve Service
It’s that magical time of year again. Candles and poinsettias decorate every surface, small children are dressed as sheep, angels are telling peopl...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"Because getting to my summit: girl, good luck. I’m like Everest, littered with corpses who didn’t quite make it to the top."
Sometimes you have the kind of day where you just send your Pomodoro group/friends every one of the Never Say No to Panda cheese commercial gifts you can find. "PANDA RAGE!" *gif gif gif*
If you haven't seen them...Happy Holidays, here's a thread.
If you haven't seen them...Happy Holidays, here's a thread.
a stuffed panda bear with a black and white mask on its face
Alt: a panda makes havoc in a hospital room, pushing over monitors, pulling IV lines, and being sinister
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Sometimes you have the kind of day where you just send your Pomodoro group/friends every one of the Never Say No to Panda cheese commercial gifts you can find. "PANDA RAGE!" *gif gif gif*
If you haven't seen them...Happy Holidays, here's a thread.
If you haven't seen them...Happy Holidays, here's a thread.
I want to go be wonderfully Broadway holiday camp gay somewhere in Portland and have a sad now thinking about all the places that would be perfect for this that have closed in the last few years.
Maybe Darcelle's would let us bring cookies?
Maybe Darcelle's would let us bring cookies?
If you're at loose ends in NYC tomorrow night, @grammar-girl.bsky.social and @michelet.bsky.social and I have an annual tradition that you're invited to join us for. Like, for real. Like, in person.
December 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I want to go be wonderfully Broadway holiday camp gay somewhere in Portland and have a sad now thinking about all the places that would be perfect for this that have closed in the last few years.
Maybe Darcelle's would let us bring cookies?
Maybe Darcelle's would let us bring cookies?
Happy Christmas Adam to all the men's rights activists as you come just before Christmas Eve. May you finally have Your Moment celebrated appropriately: the least impressive day of this whole week and nobody cares. #ChristmasAdam
a woman in a pink dress is sitting on a pink couch and says this is your moment have it
Alt: a woman in a pink dress is sitting on a pink couch and says this is your moment have it
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Happy Christmas Adam to all the men's rights activists as you come just before Christmas Eve. May you finally have Your Moment celebrated appropriately: the least impressive day of this whole week and nobody cares. #ChristmasAdam
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no, it doesn’t really comfort me that the dumbest most evil people alive have a billion times more power than i do.
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
no, it doesn’t really comfort me that the dumbest most evil people alive have a billion times more power than i do.
I took a rough class this term in biomedical informatics. It was a ton of mental work. I toughed it out despite wanting to quit at several points.
Quizzes: 90%
Final term paper: 98%
Final exam: 94%
Class participation should be 100% so...that's an A.
A seminar and a class left for the Masters.
Quizzes: 90%
Final term paper: 98%
Final exam: 94%
Class participation should be 100% so...that's an A.
A seminar and a class left for the Masters.
a person is skating on a blue ice rink in front of a polo sign .
Alt: A man is very tired, drops his tennis racket, and kneels to kiss the ground
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I took a rough class this term in biomedical informatics. It was a ton of mental work. I toughed it out despite wanting to quit at several points.
Quizzes: 90%
Final term paper: 98%
Final exam: 94%
Class participation should be 100% so...that's an A.
A seminar and a class left for the Masters.
Quizzes: 90%
Final term paper: 98%
Final exam: 94%
Class participation should be 100% so...that's an A.
A seminar and a class left for the Masters.
Today I have 2 major deadlines and all I want is to take more medicine for my sinuses and nap under blankets. Motivation welcome.
December 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Today I have 2 major deadlines and all I want is to take more medicine for my sinuses and nap under blankets. Motivation welcome.
Happy Monday! Need a little holiday joy to get you through the week? @pdxbroadsides.bsky.social Have got you. Watch our cozy collective here.
Did you miss our holiday concert last night? We ended up playing a little game, singing a bunch of songs, and being ourselves. Good company for your wrapping or cooking or cozy doings! @pdxbroadsides.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG1N... #music
The PDX Broadsides 2025 Holiday Cozy Concert Stream
YouTube video by Pdx Broadsides
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December 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy Monday! Need a little holiday joy to get you through the week? @pdxbroadsides.bsky.social Have got you. Watch our cozy collective here.
Did you miss our holiday concert last night? We ended up playing a little game, singing a bunch of songs, and being ourselves. Good company for your wrapping or cooking or cozy doings! @pdxbroadsides.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG1N... #music
The PDX Broadsides 2025 Holiday Cozy Concert Stream
YouTube video by Pdx Broadsides
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Did you miss our holiday concert last night? We ended up playing a little game, singing a bunch of songs, and being ourselves. Good company for your wrapping or cooking or cozy doings! @pdxbroadsides.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG1N... #music
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"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
for all people make fun of falun gong, it's wild how much this is basically the same thing as shen yun
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
Reposted by Dr. Jess Hebert
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
Reposted by Dr. Jess Hebert
Reposted by Dr. Jess Hebert
The livestream is now concluded. If you are still hearing us perform, please consult a medical professional. But thank you!
(The show is gonna stay on YT, obvs)
(The show is gonna stay on YT, obvs)
And you can see us right after live at 7 PM on YouTube! www.youtube.com/user/PDXBroa...
December 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The livestream is now concluded. If you are still hearing us perform, please consult a medical professional. But thank you!
(The show is gonna stay on YT, obvs)
(The show is gonna stay on YT, obvs)
Reposted by Dr. Jess Hebert
Here's a look at that Reindeer Union song!
www.instagram.com/reel/DSdJonr...
www.instagram.com/reel/DSdJonr...
The PDX Broadsides on Instagram: "We'll be streaming our Holiday nerdiness tonight at 7pm Pacific Time on our YouTube channel! Ho ho hope to see you there..."
Tonight, join us on our YouTube channel for a holiday show filled with laughter, cheer, and festive traditions. We'll share our favorite holiday recipes and stories, and you can join in on the fun at ...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Here's a look at that Reindeer Union song!
www.instagram.com/reel/DSdJonr...
www.instagram.com/reel/DSdJonr...
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Tonight, friends, will be a night of MAGIC🌟
Look for the PDX Broadsides label when you are singing that song, tune, or ditty.
Look for the PDX Broadsides label when you are singing that song, tune, or ditty.
And you can see us right after live at 7 PM on YouTube! www.youtube.com/user/PDXBroa...
December 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Tonight, friends, will be a night of MAGIC🌟
Look for the PDX Broadsides label when you are singing that song, tune, or ditty.
Look for the PDX Broadsides label when you are singing that song, tune, or ditty.
One thing I have tried to do this year is to not chase people. I started to do it today and realized that if I'm not a priority for them, why on earth am I forcing it? Just that realization is like taking ankle weights off your brain.
December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
One thing I have tried to do this year is to not chase people. I started to do it today and realized that if I'm not a priority for them, why on earth am I forcing it? Just that realization is like taking ankle weights off your brain.
TOMORROW NIGHT. 7 PM PDT, our own holiday Tiny Desk Concert with special bits and nerdy songs and lots of fun. Please join us! @pdxbroadsides.bsky.social www.youtube.com/user/PDXBroa...
December 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
TOMORROW NIGHT. 7 PM PDT, our own holiday Tiny Desk Concert with special bits and nerdy songs and lots of fun. Please join us! @pdxbroadsides.bsky.social www.youtube.com/user/PDXBroa...