Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde
@aolmedov.bsky.social
🇪🇨🧬 Biotechnologist (ESPE), 🦠Plant Virologist (UH Manoa), Postdoc (Cornell). Assistant Professor of Host-Microbe Interactions (Iowa State)
Grateful with @genewiz.bsky.social, I received the first grant ever of my lab!
We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of our Summer Camp Grants! 🧬🏕
This grant program recognizes breakthroughs in genomics research with funding designed to support omics exploration. Congratulations to our grant winners on this prestigious achievement!
#ResearchFunding #Multiomics #Genomics
This grant program recognizes breakthroughs in genomics research with funding designed to support omics exploration. Congratulations to our grant winners on this prestigious achievement!
#ResearchFunding #Multiomics #Genomics
July 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Grateful with @genewiz.bsky.social, I received the first grant ever of my lab!
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Pro tip: always delete the ChatGPT prompt before sending your motivation letter for a position in my group.
May 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pro tip: always delete the ChatGPT prompt before sending your motivation letter for a position in my group.
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Regular ask to send me successful job applications, grants, and fellowships to share with others! Thanks to @isabelott.bsky.social for sharing her GRFP (and congrats!). github.com/RILAB/statem...
GitHub - RILAB/statements: Successful Job Applications and Grants
Successful Job Applications and Grants. Contribute to RILAB/statements development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Regular ask to send me successful job applications, grants, and fellowships to share with others! Thanks to @isabelott.bsky.social for sharing her GRFP (and congrats!). github.com/RILAB/statem...
So excited that the first visiting scholar arrived safely to ISU @collazoonias.bsky.social. Hoping this is the first of many more in the future …
April 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
So excited that the first visiting scholar arrived safely to ISU @collazoonias.bsky.social. Hoping this is the first of many more in the future …
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1/ Transposable elements are often called "jumping genes" because they mobilize within genomes. 🧬
But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯
Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread 🧵👇
But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯
Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread 🧵👇
March 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
1/ Transposable elements are often called "jumping genes" because they mobilize within genomes. 🧬
But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯
Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread 🧵👇
But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯
Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread 🧵👇
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Fund SCIENCE not billionaires!
March 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Fund SCIENCE not billionaires!
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Standing up for science in Philly!
March 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Standing up for science in Philly!
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Full page in today’s Anchorage Daily News:
March 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Full page in today’s Anchorage Daily News:
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If you haven’t this week, reach out to your pre-tenured faculty. Especially the ones pre-3 year review. It’s a …. It’s been a lot 🥲
February 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If you haven’t this week, reach out to your pre-tenured faculty. Especially the ones pre-3 year review. It’s a …. It’s been a lot 🥲
The broader effects of the anti-science measures of these times, for the whole society, are coming sooner rather than later unfortunately
The FDA just cancelled a meeting to select flu strains for next season's flu shots.
"It's unclear what the canceled meeting will mean for Americans who want to get a flu vaccine next season."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
"It's unclear what the canceled meeting will mean for Americans who want to get a flu vaccine next season."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The broader effects of the anti-science measures of these times, for the whole society, are coming sooner rather than later unfortunately
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The FDA just cancelled a meeting to select flu strains for next season's flu shots.
"It's unclear what the canceled meeting will mean for Americans who want to get a flu vaccine next season."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
"It's unclear what the canceled meeting will mean for Americans who want to get a flu vaccine next season."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The FDA just cancelled a meeting to select flu strains for next season's flu shots.
"It's unclear what the canceled meeting will mean for Americans who want to get a flu vaccine next season."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
"It's unclear what the canceled meeting will mean for Americans who want to get a flu vaccine next season."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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After trade dispute, Mexico officially bans the planting of GM corn www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
After trade dispute, Mexico officially bans the planting of GM corn
Mexico's lower house of Congress on Tuesday approved a constitutional reform to ban the planting of genetically modified (GM) corn, a move that could lead to more tension with the United States after the resolution of a trade dispute, analysts said.
www.reuters.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
After trade dispute, Mexico officially bans the planting of GM corn www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
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Anyone in the UK have my chromoprotein plasmid set that are willing to share with Charlotte? Vendor registration is a nightmare. TYIA
Any UK microbiologists using plasmids that make bright pigments (non-UV) in their student practical classes? @microbiologysociety.org #MicrobiologySky #MicroSky
February 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Anyone in the UK have my chromoprotein plasmid set that are willing to share with Charlotte? Vendor registration is a nightmare. TYIA
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🌿 Registration is now OPEN for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference! Join us Sept 12-14, 2025, in Lansing, MI for cutting-edge #plantscience research, networking, and professional development opportunities. #GLPSC2025
Learn more and register: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
Learn more and register: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
February 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🌿 Registration is now OPEN for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference! Join us Sept 12-14, 2025, in Lansing, MI for cutting-edge #plantscience research, networking, and professional development opportunities. #GLPSC2025
Learn more and register: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
Learn more and register: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
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Measles is more serious than a rash and fever: it also causes immune amnesia, leaving patients vulnerable to secondary infection. Vaccination prevents the spread of measles & reduces immune amnesia's impact. Read the article: asm.org/Articles/201...
Measles and Immune Amnesia | ASM.org
Measles is much more serious than a rash and fever: it also causes immune amnesia and leaves patients especially vulnerable to secondary infection.
asm.org
February 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Measles is more serious than a rash and fever: it also causes immune amnesia, leaving patients vulnerable to secondary infection. Vaccination prevents the spread of measles & reduces immune amnesia's impact. Read the article: asm.org/Articles/201...
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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Demand your GOP congressman cut their budget and lay off some staff.
Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.
Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.
February 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Demand your GOP congressman cut their budget and lay off some staff.
Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.
Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.
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Dr. Justine Beaulieu is an excellent Agricultural Scientist who was serving our country evaluating risk for importing plant material into the US.
She was illegally fired in Musk's purge just days before giving birth.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...
She was illegally fired in Musk's purge just days before giving birth.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...
Video Former USDA employee terminated days before her due date
Justine Beaulieu was impacted by the Trump layoffs days before she was due to give birth, losing her maternity leave and her health insurance in limbo.
abcnews.go.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Dr. Justine Beaulieu is an excellent Agricultural Scientist who was serving our country evaluating risk for importing plant material into the US.
She was illegally fired in Musk's purge just days before giving birth.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...
She was illegally fired in Musk's purge just days before giving birth.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...
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“What part of diversity, equity, and inclusion do you have a problem with?”
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
www.science.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“What part of diversity, equity, and inclusion do you have a problem with?”
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
February 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
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Interesting data in light of current events. More about welfare queen Elon Musk: www.profgalloway.com/elon-musk-we...
February 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Interesting data in light of current events. More about welfare queen Elon Musk: www.profgalloway.com/elon-musk-we...
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I have now about a dozen friends with the Park Service, Forest Service, and Fish & Wildlife who have lost their job. Rangers, scientists, researchers, passionately dedicated to the mission.
As one of them wrote: "What they are doing is wrong. And it should make you angry."
As one of them wrote: "What they are doing is wrong. And it should make you angry."
February 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I have now about a dozen friends with the Park Service, Forest Service, and Fish & Wildlife who have lost their job. Rangers, scientists, researchers, passionately dedicated to the mission.
As one of them wrote: "What they are doing is wrong. And it should make you angry."
As one of them wrote: "What they are doing is wrong. And it should make you angry."