Alicia
@waterbear312.bsky.social
Master's Student-Molecular/Cellular Biology
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🚨Dept. of Education proposes to exclude public health degrees from the “professional degree” category.
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🚨Dept. of Education proposes to exclude public health degrees from the “professional degree” category.
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
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More US-based academics exit the United States, including world famous astronomer Sara Seager 🔭🧪
www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
New constellation of academic stars headed to U of T
In a “big win for Canada,” the University of Toronto is further strengthening its academic ranks with three top researchers from U.S. universities whose work ranges from the search for new planets to ...
www.utoronto.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
More US-based academics exit the United States, including world famous astronomer Sara Seager 🔭🧪
www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
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State-sponsored terrorism
1-year-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam's Club Saturday morning. The action appears to violate a judge's restrictio...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
State-sponsored terrorism
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CAM #photosynthesis discovered for the first time in a carnivorous plant
Scientists from @SNSB and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social have found out in experiments with Pinguicula (butterworts).
Read more open access in our journal Plant Biology
doi.org/10.1111/plb....
#PlantSci
Scientists from @SNSB and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social have found out in experiments with Pinguicula (butterworts).
Read more open access in our journal Plant Biology
doi.org/10.1111/plb....
#PlantSci
Yes, we CAM! First evidence of CAM photosynthesis in a carnivorous plant
Evidence for weak, facultative CAM is reported for the first time in a carnivorous plant, i.e., in Mexican representatives of Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae).
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
CAM #photosynthesis discovered for the first time in a carnivorous plant
Scientists from @SNSB and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social have found out in experiments with Pinguicula (butterworts).
Read more open access in our journal Plant Biology
doi.org/10.1111/plb....
#PlantSci
Scientists from @SNSB and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social have found out in experiments with Pinguicula (butterworts).
Read more open access in our journal Plant Biology
doi.org/10.1111/plb....
#PlantSci
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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This is a bad deal for Americans.
Voters turned out in record numbers last wk to elect Democrats believing they would fight for working families.
We urge Senate Dems to vote NO on the reported GOP budget package, which fails to address the devastating health care crisis.
Voters turned out in record numbers last wk to elect Democrats believing they would fight for working families.
We urge Senate Dems to vote NO on the reported GOP budget package, which fails to address the devastating health care crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is a bad deal for Americans.
Voters turned out in record numbers last wk to elect Democrats believing they would fight for working families.
We urge Senate Dems to vote NO on the reported GOP budget package, which fails to address the devastating health care crisis.
Voters turned out in record numbers last wk to elect Democrats believing they would fight for working families.
We urge Senate Dems to vote NO on the reported GOP budget package, which fails to address the devastating health care crisis.
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Join us on November 14 at 12 PM (EST) for updates from the Board of Directors and to let us know what you would like to see from BMA in the future. Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/webi...
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Join us on November 14 at 12 PM (EST) for updates from the Board of Directors and to let us know what you would like to see from BMA in the future. Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/webi...
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🙊
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
🙊
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This will be very unpopular and serves only to help Trump's billionaire friends.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
I.R.S. Halts Free Online Offering for Filing Taxes Directly
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This will be very unpopular and serves only to help Trump's billionaire friends.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
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“If they are using tear gas, they better be able to back it up,” U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis said Oct. 28. “And if they can’t, then they will lose that as something they can use.”
Federal immigration agents have deployed gas in Little Village, on 26th between Komensky and Pulaski, per videos shared online after 11 am this morning.
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“If they are using tear gas, they better be able to back it up,” U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis said Oct. 28. “And if they can’t, then they will lose that as something they can use.”
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
Reminder to other 1st yr grad students and senior undergrads, tomorrow is the last day for recommendation letters to be accepted for GRFP!
May the odds be ever in your favor.
May the odds be ever in your favor.
a close up of a woman 's face with pink makeup and the words `` happy hunger games ! ''
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with pink makeup and the words `` happy hunger games ! ''
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Reminder to other 1st yr grad students and senior undergrads, tomorrow is the last day for recommendation letters to be accepted for GRFP!
May the odds be ever in your favor.
May the odds be ever in your favor.
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
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One of the big ones.
The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
One of the big ones.
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Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.
They playin in all our faces.
The Trump administration said it will pay reduced SNAP benefits after two federal judges ordered the food aid program to continue
Trump Administration Says It Will Pay Reduced SNAP Benefits For November
In response to a court order, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it would tap its contingency fund.
www.huffpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
They playin in all our faces.
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This paper has been a must! Great collaboration with @mkrupovic.bsky.social and @yifanzhou.bsky.social, a N&V by a legend of halophilic archaea tinyurl.com/yc3dcv72, and one picture of one of our expeditions to Dallol making the cover of the November issue of @natmicrobiol.nature.com
rdcu.be/eLtCH
rdcu.be/eLtCH
November 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This paper has been a must! Great collaboration with @mkrupovic.bsky.social and @yifanzhou.bsky.social, a N&V by a legend of halophilic archaea tinyurl.com/yc3dcv72, and one picture of one of our expeditions to Dallol making the cover of the November issue of @natmicrobiol.nature.com
rdcu.be/eLtCH
rdcu.be/eLtCH
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Illinois is essentially ending the power RFK Jr. has over state vaccine policy.
They’ve passed a bill through the state legislature to give their state vaccine advisory committee more power, and to require insurance to cover vaccines that the state committee recommends, not ACIP.
They’ve passed a bill through the state legislature to give their state vaccine advisory committee more power, and to require insurance to cover vaccines that the state committee recommends, not ACIP.
Koehler highlights bill to boost vaccine transparency
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Dave Koehler today advanced House Bill 767, legislation designed to put clear, expert vaccine guidance at the center of Illinois’ public health response.“Families deserve s...
www.senatordavekoehler.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Illinois is essentially ending the power RFK Jr. has over state vaccine policy.
They’ve passed a bill through the state legislature to give their state vaccine advisory committee more power, and to require insurance to cover vaccines that the state committee recommends, not ACIP.
They’ve passed a bill through the state legislature to give their state vaccine advisory committee more power, and to require insurance to cover vaccines that the state committee recommends, not ACIP.
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The official site to donate to Jamaica's hurricane relief efforts. I plan to donate to my diaspora brethen soon. #blacksky #donate
Support Jamaica – Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Portal
Join hands with the Government of Jamaica. Support national disaster relief, locate shelters,
and stay informed on Hurricane Melissa updates.
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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And zombie fungus?!
Cordyceps fungi (yep, the one from The Last of Us) infect ant brains and turns them 🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟
Like zombies, they seem normal at first so the plague spreads.
Parasitic fungus taking over. Hmmm.... sounds like our current admninistration...
Cordyceps fungi (yep, the one from The Last of Us) infect ant brains and turns them 🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟
Like zombies, they seem normal at first so the plague spreads.
Parasitic fungus taking over. Hmmm.... sounds like our current admninistration...
How a parasitic fungus turns ants into 'zombies'
The deadly Ophiocordyceps unilateralis spreads by sending toxic spores blooming from the dead ant’s head.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
And zombie fungus?!
Cordyceps fungi (yep, the one from The Last of Us) infect ant brains and turns them 🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟
Like zombies, they seem normal at first so the plague spreads.
Parasitic fungus taking over. Hmmm.... sounds like our current admninistration...
Cordyceps fungi (yep, the one from The Last of Us) infect ant brains and turns them 🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟
Like zombies, they seem normal at first so the plague spreads.
Parasitic fungus taking over. Hmmm.... sounds like our current admninistration...
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🚨 Fully funded PhD studentships 🚨
We have three fully funded PhD studentships available for Oct 26 start. Funded by the MRC DiMeN programme & the BBSRC Yorkshire Biosciences DTP. Details below as they are advertised. Contact me here or via email for more details or to discuss an application
We have three fully funded PhD studentships available for Oct 26 start. Funded by the MRC DiMeN programme & the BBSRC Yorkshire Biosciences DTP. Details below as they are advertised. Contact me here or via email for more details or to discuss an application
Clostridial Cell Biology Group
We are the Clostridial Cell Biology Group at the University of Sheffield. We study all aspects of cell biology, including the architecture and biogenesis of surface structures on both vegetative cells...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚨 Fully funded PhD studentships 🚨
We have three fully funded PhD studentships available for Oct 26 start. Funded by the MRC DiMeN programme & the BBSRC Yorkshire Biosciences DTP. Details below as they are advertised. Contact me here or via email for more details or to discuss an application
We have three fully funded PhD studentships available for Oct 26 start. Funded by the MRC DiMeN programme & the BBSRC Yorkshire Biosciences DTP. Details below as they are advertised. Contact me here or via email for more details or to discuss an application
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I’ve posted here a bit about my trip to New Zealand. One reason it was awesome is that I did not get sick on my 12-hour flights.
This was due to a combination of timing my COVID19 vaccine, wearing a mask the entire trip, using azelastine nasal spray, and some luck. 1/5
This was due to a combination of timing my COVID19 vaccine, wearing a mask the entire trip, using azelastine nasal spray, and some luck. 1/5
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I’ve posted here a bit about my trip to New Zealand. One reason it was awesome is that I did not get sick on my 12-hour flights.
This was due to a combination of timing my COVID19 vaccine, wearing a mask the entire trip, using azelastine nasal spray, and some luck. 1/5
This was due to a combination of timing my COVID19 vaccine, wearing a mask the entire trip, using azelastine nasal spray, and some luck. 1/5