Prof Jess
@pr0fjess.bsky.social
Cell Biologist | Professor | Mentor | Drosophila Enthusiast | Horse Lover | Art Dabbler | Thoughts my own | 🏳️🌈
Hard to see amongst the trees and clouds, but I got a peek at the #NorthernLights last night!
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hard to see amongst the trees and clouds, but I got a peek at the #NorthernLights last night!
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Here's what happened this week in North Carolina politics.
Big election week, with some big implications for 2026. 🧭
Big election week, with some big implications for 2026. 🧭
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Here's what happened this week in North Carolina politics.
Big election week, with some big implications for 2026. 🧭
Big election week, with some big implications for 2026. 🧭
Applications for our Amgen Scholars Program at Duke University are now OPEN! If you are interested in a summer undergraduate research opportunity please apply! Please share widely. #UndergraduateResearch #SummerResearch
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Applications for our Amgen Scholars Program at Duke University are now OPEN! If you are interested in a summer undergraduate research opportunity please apply! Please share widely. #UndergraduateResearch #SummerResearch
Happy Halloween 👻🎃 from our little gremlin. #Halloween #dogs
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Happy Halloween 👻🎃 from our little gremlin. #Halloween #dogs
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This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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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 🧵)
September 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Governor Stein Announces Standing Orders to Increase Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in NC
"...adults over age 65 or with increased risk for severe COVID-19 can get the COVID-19 vaccine at a local pharmacy without having to visit a health care provider first."
governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...
"...adults over age 65 or with increased risk for severe COVID-19 can get the COVID-19 vaccine at a local pharmacy without having to visit a health care provider first."
governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...
Governor Stein Announces Standing Orders to Increase Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
(RALEIGH) To increase access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines for th
governor.nc.gov
September 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Governor Stein Announces Standing Orders to Increase Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in NC
"...adults over age 65 or with increased risk for severe COVID-19 can get the COVID-19 vaccine at a local pharmacy without having to visit a health care provider first."
governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...
"...adults over age 65 or with increased risk for severe COVID-19 can get the COVID-19 vaccine at a local pharmacy without having to visit a health care provider first."
governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...
💯 agree
Nobody who voted to confirm RFK is fit to hold public office
September 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
💯 agree
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All three are here: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
All three are here: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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"What I would simply say is cancer can't wait." --Richard Schlueter, a 56-year-old metastatic cancer patient whose therapy was delayed due to terminations at NIH.
August 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"What I would simply say is cancer can't wait." --Richard Schlueter, a 56-year-old metastatic cancer patient whose therapy was delayed due to terminations at NIH.
Look, there I am 😅
August 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Look, there I am 😅
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Please join us for the Duke Summer Research Showcase! Our amazing Duke Amgen Scholars will be presenting their research. #duke #science #UndergraduateResearch #amgen
July 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Please join us for the Duke Summer Research Showcase! Our amazing Duke Amgen Scholars will be presenting their research. #duke #science #UndergraduateResearch #amgen
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NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%.
#NASADidThat
#NASADidThat
July 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%.
#NASADidThat
#NASADidThat
Keeping me company for an afternoon/evening of work.
July 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Keeping me company for an afternoon/evening of work.
This is a great idea! Not only for this moment, but every year. Engaging politicians and the public with science is more important than ever. Tax payers should see the amazing science that their dollars fund!
Researchers came from around the United States to showcase projects, ranging from modeling coastal hazards to teaching quantum information science, that were killed prematurely this spring by one of a half-dozen federal agencies. scim.ag/3Tv5iVC
Democrats stage a science fair of canceled grants to show what’s been lost
Partisan fight over Trump cuts heats up as Congress works on 2026 spending bills.
scim.ag
July 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is a great idea! Not only for this moment, but every year. Engaging politicians and the public with science is more important than ever. Tax payers should see the amazing science that their dollars fund!
Great team to work with!
📣 We are looking for a full-time research technician. This is a great opportunity for recent grads seeking additional hands-on experience before grad or med school. Join our team in exploring GPCR signaling and pharmacology at @dukemedschool.bsky.social Description: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-R...
July 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Great team to work with!
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The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
June 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
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We need more stories like this showing the immediate human costs of Trump's deliberate destruction of the NIH wapo.st/44ntbo4
His custom cancer therapy is in an NIH freezer. He may not get it in time.
The purge of probationary federal workers included skilled lab personnel who would have finalized a customized cell immunotherapy for cancer patients.
wapo.st
June 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We need more stories like this showing the immediate human costs of Trump's deliberate destruction of the NIH wapo.st/44ntbo4
Signed! Please help us support our NIH colleagues #StandUpForScience
Join the 22,339 people who have joined to support our NIH colleagues. Let's get this to 50,000 RT
The new leadership of NIH is dismantling long standing biomedical science programs & putting in their place scientifically questionable ideas. A courageous group of current NIH employees pushed back, publishing “The Bethesda Declaration” 1/2
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
June 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Signed! Please help us support our NIH colleagues #StandUpForScience
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Seth gets it
June 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Seth gets it