Kayleigh O'Keeffe
@kokeeffe12.bsky.social
Teaching Assistant Professor | Passionate about #STEMed, disease ecology, #scicomm & my cat, Bagel | she/her
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💔 the Senate just passed that awful cruel budget bill, but it’s not over yet. Now it goes back to the House to vote.
If you have a Republican member of Congress: Call, email, comment on all their social posts, @ them. Tell them to vote NO. Get your friends to do it too. ☎️: (202) 224-3121
If you have a Republican member of Congress: Call, email, comment on all their social posts, @ them. Tell them to vote NO. Get your friends to do it too. ☎️: (202) 224-3121
July 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
💔 the Senate just passed that awful cruel budget bill, but it’s not over yet. Now it goes back to the House to vote.
If you have a Republican member of Congress: Call, email, comment on all their social posts, @ them. Tell them to vote NO. Get your friends to do it too. ☎️: (202) 224-3121
If you have a Republican member of Congress: Call, email, comment on all their social posts, @ them. Tell them to vote NO. Get your friends to do it too. ☎️: (202) 224-3121
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Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
June 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
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🚨HISTORIC MOMENT ALERT🚨
The W is leveling UP — three new teams, three new cities, one unstoppable future. ⭐
Say hello to our newest expansion teams:
🟣 Cleveland- coming 2028
🔵 Detroit - coming 2029
🔴 Philadelphia - coming 2030
New energy. New legacies. New era. #WelcometotheW
The W is leveling UP — three new teams, three new cities, one unstoppable future. ⭐
Say hello to our newest expansion teams:
🟣 Cleveland- coming 2028
🔵 Detroit - coming 2029
🔴 Philadelphia - coming 2030
New energy. New legacies. New era. #WelcometotheW
June 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🚨HISTORIC MOMENT ALERT🚨
The W is leveling UP — three new teams, three new cities, one unstoppable future. ⭐
Say hello to our newest expansion teams:
🟣 Cleveland- coming 2028
🔵 Detroit - coming 2029
🔴 Philadelphia - coming 2030
New energy. New legacies. New era. #WelcometotheW
The W is leveling UP — three new teams, three new cities, one unstoppable future. ⭐
Say hello to our newest expansion teams:
🟣 Cleveland- coming 2028
🔵 Detroit - coming 2029
🔴 Philadelphia - coming 2030
New energy. New legacies. New era. #WelcometotheW
I will be teaching a summer course starting tomorrow, and while I have taught the course several times, it is my first time teaching it aynchronously. Would love any hot tips!
June 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I will be teaching a summer course starting tomorrow, and while I have taught the course several times, it is my first time teaching it aynchronously. Would love any hot tips!
Spent Friday at an event to celebrate PennPORT, Penn's IRACDA program that, along with all of the other IRACDA programs, had their funding terminated. IRACDA programs bring together early career folks passionate about teaching & research, providing community, education, & experience. What a loss.
June 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Spent Friday at an event to celebrate PennPORT, Penn's IRACDA program that, along with all of the other IRACDA programs, had their funding terminated. IRACDA programs bring together early career folks passionate about teaching & research, providing community, education, & experience. What a loss.
Love seeing Lehigh go deep in the women's tournament in the governor's bracket. Hoping for a repeat upset of a #2 seeded Duke team by a #15 seeded Lehigh! Let's go #LehighWBB!
March 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Love seeing Lehigh go deep in the women's tournament in the governor's bracket. Hoping for a repeat upset of a #2 seeded Duke team by a #15 seeded Lehigh! Let's go #LehighWBB!
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#EduSky join @scifri.bsky.social today from 2-4 pm ET for great science stories. 🧪 Excited to hear the interview with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social about his book, "Everything is Tuberculosis." 🦠 I'm a total fan! Of John, not TB. Just to be clear. Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/episodes/mar...
March 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#EduSky join @scifri.bsky.social today from 2-4 pm ET for great science stories. 🧪 Excited to hear the interview with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social about his book, "Everything is Tuberculosis." 🦠 I'm a total fan! Of John, not TB. Just to be clear. Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/episodes/mar...
Just got pretty jazzed reading my students’ proposals for their #scicomm projects on a topic within disease ecology and evolution. Podcasts, videos, children’s books, and even an escape room! Should be fun!
March 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Just got pretty jazzed reading my students’ proposals for their #scicomm projects on a topic within disease ecology and evolution. Podcasts, videos, children’s books, and even an escape room! Should be fun!
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Excited to share our data paper on fungal diseases in tall fescue! Fun and useful experience having our data peer reviewed for usability and clarity. @fletcher-h.bsky.social @kokeeffe12.bsky.social @esajournals.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Disease epidemics and species interactions: A manipulation of seasonal establishment of fungal diseases in an old field
Many disease epidemics recur seasonally, and such seasonal epidemics can be shaped by species interactions among parasites, pathogens, or other microbes. Field experiments are a classic approach for ...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Excited to share our data paper on fungal diseases in tall fescue! Fun and useful experience having our data peer reviewed for usability and clarity. @fletcher-h.bsky.social @kokeeffe12.bsky.social @esajournals.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Amazing speech by @sarahmackattack.bsky.social inspiring us to be "bad" for the greater good - Embrace chaos and break the right rules. #StandUpForScience2025 #Philadelphia
March 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Amazing speech by @sarahmackattack.bsky.social inspiring us to be "bad" for the greater good - Embrace chaos and break the right rules. #StandUpForScience2025 #Philadelphia
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At #StandUpForScience, let’s also stand up for the next generation of STEM leaders by pushing for *increased* NSF EDU funding.
Here’s a crazy idea: What if we urged Congress to fund at a level that…Congress itself previously said the nation needed?
Green line is the bipartisan CHIPS & Science Act:
Here’s a crazy idea: What if we urged Congress to fund at a level that…Congress itself previously said the nation needed?
Green line is the bipartisan CHIPS & Science Act:
March 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
At #StandUpForScience, let’s also stand up for the next generation of STEM leaders by pushing for *increased* NSF EDU funding.
Here’s a crazy idea: What if we urged Congress to fund at a level that…Congress itself previously said the nation needed?
Green line is the bipartisan CHIPS & Science Act:
Here’s a crazy idea: What if we urged Congress to fund at a level that…Congress itself previously said the nation needed?
Green line is the bipartisan CHIPS & Science Act:
I usually listen to news/political podcasts on my commute, but I think to not start my day in an acute state of dread, I need to change it up. Any non-political podcast recommendations??
February 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I usually listen to news/political podcasts on my commute, but I think to not start my day in an acute state of dread, I need to change it up. Any non-political podcast recommendations??
Hey PA folks, if you have been calling your reps about all the things, looks like it would be good to not just urge them to vote a certain way but you know, actually show up and vote at all. 🤦♀️
Philly Today: Fetterman Skewered Over Missing Senate Votes
Plus, a favorite Philly Jeopardy contestant returns to the show.
www.phillymag.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hey PA folks, if you have been calling your reps about all the things, looks like it would be good to not just urge them to vote a certain way but you know, actually show up and vote at all. 🤦♀️
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Hi! We're Skype a Scientist! We're a free program that matches scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & other groups for Q&As all about science.
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Get matched with a scientist for a virtual conversation! We have 30+ types of scientist & match weekly.
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
February 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hi! We're Skype a Scientist! We're a free program that matches scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & other groups for Q&As all about science.
Get matched with a scientist for a virtual conversation! We have 30+ types of scientist & match weekly.
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Get matched with a scientist for a virtual conversation! We have 30+ types of scientist & match weekly.
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
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Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.
Hi greater Philly area folks, here's the link to the local site for this action. It will be 3/7 at 11am at City Hall. An important opportunity to make it clear that science in the US as we know it is in danger! Science is for everyone and benefits everyone. standupforscience2025.org/philadelphia...
February 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Hi greater Philly area folks, here's the link to the local site for this action. It will be 3/7 at 11am at City Hall. An important opportunity to make it clear that science in the US as we know it is in danger! Science is for everyone and benefits everyone. standupforscience2025.org/philadelphia...
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The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government.
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
February 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government.
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
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not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
February 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
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Besides being cruel, anticipatory obedience doesn’t work www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion
www.chemistryworld.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Besides being cruel, anticipatory obedience doesn’t work www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
I'm connected with mostly academic here, but here's a helpful tool to use for calling reps/chatting about impacts of slashing indirects w/ your community.
The dollars from NIH grants support life-saving research AND support even more dollars of economic activity. This hurts our communities.
The dollars from NIH grants support life-saving research AND support even more dollars of economic activity. This hurts our communities.
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
February 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm connected with mostly academic here, but here's a helpful tool to use for calling reps/chatting about impacts of slashing indirects w/ your community.
The dollars from NIH grants support life-saving research AND support even more dollars of economic activity. This hurts our communities.
The dollars from NIH grants support life-saving research AND support even more dollars of economic activity. This hurts our communities.
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In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state
February 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state
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It is ALL so devastating. For science, for inclusion, for medicine, for security, for higher education, for all of us.
February 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It is ALL so devastating. For science, for inclusion, for medicine, for security, for higher education, for all of us.