Pam Ronald
@pcronald.bsky.social
UC Davis #rice geneticist & co-author of Tomorrow's Table: Organic #Farming Genetics & the Future of #Food. TED talk. My lab studies #genetics for #crop #resilience & #plant-microbe interactions. Volunteer Ranger USFS
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What a smart and happy little creature
This is the "SEA SHEEP" (Costasiella kuroshimae) & it took the old axiom: "you are what you eat" VERY literally.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
a close up of a green and white sponge with purple spots
Alt: A green and white sea sheep grazes on a green lawn of algae on a surface underwater.
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
What a smart and happy little creature
Reposted by Pam Ronald
In the span of four days, we’ve built a coalition of over 80 lawmakers — including several Republicans — to stop the dismantling of NCAR.
I’m grateful to them for their efforts as we work to secure language protecting NCAR in the upcoming CJS appropriations bill.
We will not back down!
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
I’m grateful to them for their efforts as we work to secure language protecting NCAR in the upcoming CJS appropriations bill.
We will not back down!
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Proud to build and lead a bipartisan coalition with Rep. Jeff Hurd and @bennet.senate.gov & @hickenlooper.senate.gov — joined by more than 80 of our colleagues in the House and Senate — to protect NCAR in the FY26 NSF appropriations bill.
We will not stop until NCAR is protected — period.
We will not stop until NCAR is protected — period.
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
In the span of four days, we’ve built a coalition of over 80 lawmakers — including several Republicans — to stop the dismantling of NCAR.
I’m grateful to them for their efforts as we work to secure language protecting NCAR in the upcoming CJS appropriations bill.
We will not back down!
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
I’m grateful to them for their efforts as we work to secure language protecting NCAR in the upcoming CJS appropriations bill.
We will not back down!
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
This rant is worth a read! (Trigger warning: contains descriptions of sexual acts and a bit of profanity) Jen, thanks for fighting for women’s health and rights.
"Has Feminism Failed Women" is not a real question, it's Bari Weiss JAQing off to serve billionaires, the Trump White House, and herself vajenda.substack.com/p/has-femini...
"Has Feminism Failed Women?" is not a real question
CBS News and Bari Weiss Promote Political Propaganda Packaged as a Debate
vajenda.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This rant is worth a read! (Trigger warning: contains descriptions of sexual acts and a bit of profanity) Jen, thanks for fighting for women’s health and rights.
Stat is the best publication for following this administration’s effect on US science. Check out "American Science, Shattered,'' a comprehensive look at how the administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries.
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Stat is the best publication for following this administration’s effect on US science. Check out "American Science, Shattered,'' a comprehensive look at how the administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries.
I had lots of fun talking with the women in genomics team. Thank you Kelly and colleagues!
Missed our live event with @pcronald.bsky.social ?
🎥 The full recording is now available on the Women in Genomics YouTube channel.
youtu.be/mwv3TkEt_aA
🎥 The full recording is now available on the Women in Genomics YouTube channel.
youtu.be/mwv3TkEt_aA
A Conversation with Pamela Ronald
YouTube video by WomenInGenomics Network
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I had lots of fun talking with the women in genomics team. Thank you Kelly and colleagues!
Reposted by Pam Ronald
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
NCAR is one of the nation’s jewels- in terms of research and the setting of the NCAR building. Let’s try to stop this senseless shutdown. Everyone: write more letters to your congress people, please
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
NCAR is one of the nation’s jewels- in terms of research and the setting of the NCAR building. Let’s try to stop this senseless shutdown. Everyone: write more letters to your congress people, please
I miss him already. He was always willing to share his ideas and his tremendous energy. I am grateful to have been his friend and colleague. We won’t forget Bob.
Bob was incredible. I spoke with him a week before he passed and all he wanted to talk about was his plans for teaching in the Spring. He was an amazing scientist and pushed for teaching excellence in the department at every meeting. He will be sorely missed. newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/in-m...
In memoriam: Robert Goldberg, 82, renowned plant biologist and revered UCLA educator
The pioneering genetic scientist, whose research transformed plant molecular biology and whose teaching enriched the lives of generations of UCLA students, died Nov. 21.
newsroom.ucla.edu
December 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I miss him already. He was always willing to share his ideas and his tremendous energy. I am grateful to have been his friend and colleague. We won’t forget Bob.
Quackebush-one of our nations great scientists-whose computational tools have advanced research on autism, cancer & more chose between going to college or a restaurant promotion. He felt called to Caltech & so became the 1st person in his family to graduate college. www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Quackebush-one of our nations great scientists-whose computational tools have advanced research on autism, cancer & more chose between going to college or a restaurant promotion. He felt called to Caltech & so became the 1st person in his family to graduate college. www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
Excellent. Thank you!
I think some folks might be happy to see this. NIGMS MIRA R35 for EI/NI has been published. PAR-26-121 files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...
PAR-26-121: Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)
files.simpler.grants.gov
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Excellent. Thank you!
Congratulations on this massive feat. It sets the stage for medicines tailored to a specific genotype. 👍
1/4 Thrilled to be sharing new work published today in Nature describing the third wave of results from the PGC Cross-Disorder Group. This reflects a massive group effort to examine shared and unique genetic signal across >1 million cases for 14 psychiatric disorders. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders - Nature
Genomic analyses applied to 14 childhood- and adult-onset psychiatric disorders identifies five underlying genomic factors that explain the majority of the genetic variance of the individual disorders...
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Congratulations on this massive feat. It sets the stage for medicines tailored to a specific genotype. 👍
Jobs, jobs, jobs. Looks like ECRs will be selected after the chairs are recruited
It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
The Government of Canada introduces new programs for international researchers - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Jobs, jobs, jobs. Looks like ECRs will be selected after the chairs are recruited
Another amazing new anti-defence strategy that exploits a well-conserved host factor to block CRISPR immunity.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Another amazing new anti-defence strategy that exploits a well-conserved host factor to block CRISPR immunity.
We do remember. Thank you senator Klobuchar
84 years ago today, our nation was attacked at Pearl Harbor.
In the face of that darkness, America united and rose to the challenge. We remember the lives lost and honor the courage of those who stood against fascism.
In the face of that darkness, America united and rose to the challenge. We remember the lives lost and honor the courage of those who stood against fascism.
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We do remember. Thank you senator Klobuchar
MyTaxReceipt shows a breakdown of how your U.S. federal taxes get spent. Enter your Zip and the $ you paid in taxes. It generates a summary showing what portion goes to defense, healthcare etc. It also lets you message Congress about your priorities. my-tax-reciept.vercel.app?utm_source=s...
MyTaxReceipt.org
See exactly where your federal income taxes go — and message Congress about it in one click.
my-tax-reciept.vercel.app
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
MyTaxReceipt shows a breakdown of how your U.S. federal taxes get spent. Enter your Zip and the $ you paid in taxes. It generates a summary showing what portion goes to defense, healthcare etc. It also lets you message Congress about your priorities. my-tax-reciept.vercel.app?utm_source=s...
vinfutureprize.org Vinfuture prizes will soon be announced. Drum roll please…
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
vinfutureprize.org Vinfuture prizes will soon be announced. Drum roll please…
Ready for family… and we can make room for more !
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Ready for family… and we can make room for more !
Reposted by Pam Ronald
Today’s the day I traditionally read @charlescmann.bsky.social’s article
Native Intelligence
The Indians who first feasted with the English colonists were far more sophisticated than you were taught in school. But that wasn't enough to save them
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today’s the day I traditionally read @charlescmann.bsky.social’s article
Happy Thanksgiving 🍁 to all my friends. Thankful for science. Thankful for family. Thankful for all that continue the fight for a free and just world.
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Happy Thanksgiving 🍁 to all my friends. Thankful for science. Thankful for family. Thankful for all that continue the fight for a free and just world.
🤯
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Cas–mediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
🤯
In this article the term civil rights is used. Civil rights is the same thing as DEI, right? And a lot easier for
most people to understand.
most people to understand.
www.aaup.org/news/win-aau...
UC faculty and our unions are fighting back and winning. Now Trump must return the $600M he grabbed illegally by breaking research contracts.
UC faculty and our unions are fighting back and winning. Now Trump must return the $600M he grabbed illegally by breaking research contracts.
Win in AAUP v. Trump: Court Blocks Attacks on University of California System
In a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit led by the AAUP, a judge has issued a preliminary injunction that will stop the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to unlawfully stifle free speech and...
www.aaup.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In this article the term civil rights is used. Civil rights is the same thing as DEI, right? And a lot easier for
most people to understand.
most people to understand.
www.aaup.org/news/win-aau...
UC faculty and our unions are fighting back and winning. Now Trump must return the $600M he grabbed illegally by breaking research contracts.
UC faculty and our unions are fighting back and winning. Now Trump must return the $600M he grabbed illegally by breaking research contracts.
Win in AAUP v. Trump: Court Blocks Attacks on University of California System
In a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit led by the AAUP, a judge has issued a preliminary injunction that will stop the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to unlawfully stifle free speech and...
www.aaup.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
www.aaup.org/news/win-aau...
UC faculty and our unions are fighting back and winning. Now Trump must return the $600M he grabbed illegally by breaking research contracts.
UC faculty and our unions are fighting back and winning. Now Trump must return the $600M he grabbed illegally by breaking research contracts.
Vaccines, costing as little as 60 cents per dose, pushed infections like polio, measles, diphtheria, and whooping cough to the brink of elimination in many parts of the world, even in low- and middle-income nations. The measles vaccine alone has saved nearly 94 million lives over the past 50 years.
The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Vaccines, costing as little as 60 cents per dose, pushed infections like polio, measles, diphtheria, and whooping cough to the brink of elimination in many parts of the world, even in low- and middle-income nations. The measles vaccine alone has saved nearly 94 million lives over the past 50 years.
Yep. No one
Q: So Dr Oz said that--
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yep. No one