Joe Cheatwood
@cheatwoodlab.bsky.social
Neuroanatomist, Histochemist, Microscopist, Medical Educator; Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Biomedical Sciences - Anatomy & Neurobiology at SIUMED; HCS - President Elect; FASEB Board; Gardener (7a). Personal account, all opinions are my own.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
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UMSRS would not have been possible without the support of our generous sponsors!
Many thanks to the NIH, NU Office of the Provost, @ssrepro.bsky.social @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social @histochemicalsoc.bsky.social and the Male Contraceptive Initiative for their support!
Many thanks to the NIH, NU Office of the Provost, @ssrepro.bsky.social @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social @histochemicalsoc.bsky.social and the Male Contraceptive Initiative for their support!
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
UMSRS would not have been possible without the support of our generous sponsors!
Many thanks to the NIH, NU Office of the Provost, @ssrepro.bsky.social @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social @histochemicalsoc.bsky.social and the Male Contraceptive Initiative for their support!
Many thanks to the NIH, NU Office of the Provost, @ssrepro.bsky.social @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social @histochemicalsoc.bsky.social and the Male Contraceptive Initiative for their support!
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We’re accepting original research, reviews, and more on topics like:
📱 Sensors & wearables
🌿 Cumulative exposures
🧬 Exposome + genome
Submit your research by Aug 31, 2026 → buff.ly/Kekv2wu
#Exposomics #CallForPapers #FASEBJournal
📱 Sensors & wearables
🌿 Cumulative exposures
🧬 Exposome + genome
Submit your research by Aug 31, 2026 → buff.ly/Kekv2wu
#Exposomics #CallForPapers #FASEBJournal
October 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We’re accepting original research, reviews, and more on topics like:
📱 Sensors & wearables
🌿 Cumulative exposures
🧬 Exposome + genome
Submit your research by Aug 31, 2026 → buff.ly/Kekv2wu
#Exposomics #CallForPapers #FASEBJournal
📱 Sensors & wearables
🌿 Cumulative exposures
🧬 Exposome + genome
Submit your research by Aug 31, 2026 → buff.ly/Kekv2wu
#Exposomics #CallForPapers #FASEBJournal
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📢 The government shutdown is threatening the nation’s scientific enterprise. FASEB urges Congress and the President to immediately pass a short-term continuing resolution to reopen federal agencies while FY2026 appropriations negotiations continue. Contact Congress & the President: buff.ly/FRkRVF7
October 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
📢 The government shutdown is threatening the nation’s scientific enterprise. FASEB urges Congress and the President to immediately pass a short-term continuing resolution to reopen federal agencies while FY2026 appropriations negotiations continue. Contact Congress & the President: buff.ly/FRkRVF7
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Join @asipath.bsky.social for a free virtual event: "How to Delegate, Create Accountability & Have More Productive Meetings" with Dr. Deb Elbaum
📅 Thursday, September 18
⏰ 1:00–2:00 PM (ET)
FREE to register: bit.ly/3UEt7Lf
#WomenInPathology #LeadershipDevelopment #FreeWebinar
📅 Thursday, September 18
⏰ 1:00–2:00 PM (ET)
FREE to register: bit.ly/3UEt7Lf
#WomenInPathology #LeadershipDevelopment #FreeWebinar
September 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Join @asipath.bsky.social for a free virtual event: "How to Delegate, Create Accountability & Have More Productive Meetings" with Dr. Deb Elbaum
📅 Thursday, September 18
⏰ 1:00–2:00 PM (ET)
FREE to register: bit.ly/3UEt7Lf
#WomenInPathology #LeadershipDevelopment #FreeWebinar
📅 Thursday, September 18
⏰ 1:00–2:00 PM (ET)
FREE to register: bit.ly/3UEt7Lf
#WomenInPathology #LeadershipDevelopment #FreeWebinar
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HCS Members: Get caught up on the latest science policy issues for FREE with The Washington Update: faseb.org/journals-and...
#scicomm #AcademicChatter #sciencepolicy @faseborg.bsky.social
#scicomm #AcademicChatter #sciencepolicy @faseborg.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
HCS Members: Get caught up on the latest science policy issues for FREE with The Washington Update: faseb.org/journals-and...
#scicomm #AcademicChatter #sciencepolicy @faseborg.bsky.social
#scicomm #AcademicChatter #sciencepolicy @faseborg.bsky.social
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Members of Congress are home for August! Now is the time to make your voice heard regarding research funding. Explore effective FASEB advocacy tools in our latest Washington Update issue. Discover effective advocacy tools in our latest Washington Update issue. Dive in: buff.ly/JzezO2b
August 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Members of Congress are home for August! Now is the time to make your voice heard regarding research funding. Explore effective FASEB advocacy tools in our latest Washington Update issue. Discover effective advocacy tools in our latest Washington Update issue. Dive in: buff.ly/JzezO2b
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DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives
How RNA, Not DNA, Controls Your Genes and Daily Life
DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives
www.scientificamerican.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives
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You don’t need to come to DC to advocate for science! Congress is in recess all August. Use FASEB’s August Recess Advocacy Toolkit to let your representatives know why science funding matters. Browse the toolkit: buff.ly/iOT4Xrt
August 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
You don’t need to come to DC to advocate for science! Congress is in recess all August. Use FASEB’s August Recess Advocacy Toolkit to let your representatives know why science funding matters. Browse the toolkit: buff.ly/iOT4Xrt
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Birders aren't the only ones that can ID species just by listening! Learn the distinct calls of Florida frogs with our easy audio ID guide.
Museum Resource 🐸☎️ Florida Frog Calls
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-her...
Includes Cuban treefrogs which have become an invasive species in Florida.
Museum Resource 🐸☎️ Florida Frog Calls
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-her...
Includes Cuban treefrogs which have become an invasive species in Florida.
July 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Birders aren't the only ones that can ID species just by listening! Learn the distinct calls of Florida frogs with our easy audio ID guide.
Museum Resource 🐸☎️ Florida Frog Calls
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-her...
Includes Cuban treefrogs which have become an invasive species in Florida.
Museum Resource 🐸☎️ Florida Frog Calls
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-her...
Includes Cuban treefrogs which have become an invasive species in Florida.
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Are you a grad student or early-career STEM professional interested in careers in science policy? Apply today for the 2026 #MirzayanFellowship at @nationalacademies.org, held March 2–May 22, 2026! @MirzayanFellow
Learn more & apply by August 20, 2025: buff.ly/pGKRN7t
Learn more & apply by August 20, 2025: buff.ly/pGKRN7t
July 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Are you a grad student or early-career STEM professional interested in careers in science policy? Apply today for the 2026 #MirzayanFellowship at @nationalacademies.org, held March 2–May 22, 2026! @MirzayanFellow
Learn more & apply by August 20, 2025: buff.ly/pGKRN7t
Learn more & apply by August 20, 2025: buff.ly/pGKRN7t
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Check out the June 30, 2025 issue of The FASEB Journal with a striking cover image by Kong et al.! Their study reveals how HELQ helps maintain genome stability by suppressing LINE-1 in germ cells.
📖 buff.ly/ovTMiUl
🎨 Want your work on the cover? Submit an image with your article!
📖 buff.ly/ovTMiUl
🎨 Want your work on the cover? Submit an image with your article!
July 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Check out the June 30, 2025 issue of The FASEB Journal with a striking cover image by Kong et al.! Their study reveals how HELQ helps maintain genome stability by suppressing LINE-1 in germ cells.
📖 buff.ly/ovTMiUl
🎨 Want your work on the cover? Submit an image with your article!
📖 buff.ly/ovTMiUl
🎨 Want your work on the cover? Submit an image with your article!
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🎉Excited to welcome Eric E. Kelley as the new FASEB President! A leading redox biologist and professor at #WVU, Dr. Kelley has held leadership roles in #SfRBM and has been a strong advocate for #SciPol through his work with FASEB. His leadership will guide FASEB into a new chapter!
FASEB Names Eric E. Kelley President
Eric E. Kelley is elected president of FASEB, while H. Joseph Yost and Rachel Brewster also move into new officer positions on the Board.
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July 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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New Publication!
Congrats to Dr. Aubrey Converse on her manuscript which uses innovative approaches to define the transcriptomic signature of ovarian multinucleated giant cells and provide novel insight into the role of this cell population in ovarian aging!
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Congrats to Dr. Aubrey Converse on her manuscript which uses innovative approaches to define the transcriptomic signature of ovarian multinucleated giant cells and provide novel insight into the role of this cell population in ovarian aging!
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Multinucleated giant cells are hallmarks of ovarian aging with unique immune and degradation-associated molecular signatures
Ovarian multinucleated giant cells are a unique macrophage population that arise within the aging mammalian ovary. This study characterizes their transcriptome in mice, uncovering a potential role in ...
journals.plos.org
July 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New Publication!
Congrats to Dr. Aubrey Converse on her manuscript which uses innovative approaches to define the transcriptomic signature of ovarian multinucleated giant cells and provide novel insight into the role of this cell population in ovarian aging!
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Congrats to Dr. Aubrey Converse on her manuscript which uses innovative approaches to define the transcriptomic signature of ovarian multinucleated giant cells and provide novel insight into the role of this cell population in ovarian aging!
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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HCS Travel Awards are still available for this year's ASMB meeting - join us in Baltimore in November for the HCS Annual Meeting!
🚨 Abstract Submission Deadline: Tomorrow, July 11th!
For more info: asmb.net/biennial-mee...
#ASMB2025 #ECMatrix #ASMBaltimore2025
🚨 Abstract Submission Deadline: Tomorrow, July 11th!
For more info: asmb.net/biennial-mee...
#ASMB2025 #ECMatrix #ASMBaltimore2025
July 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
HCS Travel Awards are still available for this year's ASMB meeting - join us in Baltimore in November for the HCS Annual Meeting!
🚨 Abstract Submission Deadline: Tomorrow, July 11th!
For more info: asmb.net/biennial-mee...
#ASMB2025 #ECMatrix #ASMBaltimore2025
🚨 Abstract Submission Deadline: Tomorrow, July 11th!
For more info: asmb.net/biennial-mee...
#ASMB2025 #ECMatrix #ASMBaltimore2025
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🧬 Stay updated on FASEB Publications—EIC notes, top research, calls for papers & more each month!
Subscribe here: buff.ly/2wC9jnC
#FASEBPublications #ScienceNewsletter #BioscienceResearch
Subscribe here: buff.ly/2wC9jnC
#FASEBPublications #ScienceNewsletter #BioscienceResearch
July 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🧬 Stay updated on FASEB Publications—EIC notes, top research, calls for papers & more each month!
Subscribe here: buff.ly/2wC9jnC
#FASEBPublications #ScienceNewsletter #BioscienceResearch
Subscribe here: buff.ly/2wC9jnC
#FASEBPublications #ScienceNewsletter #BioscienceResearch
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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
June 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
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More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump's massive government downsizing.
Exodus of USDA veterinarians and others drives fears that U.S. farms are at risk
More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump's massive government downsizing.
n.pr
May 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump's massive government downsizing.
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New article in JHC: "Localization, Proteolytic Processing, and Binding Partners of Versican Isoforms in Vascular Lesions of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension."
Click to read: bit.ly/3GvbnOq
#proteolysis #imaging #pulmonaryvasculardisease
Click to read: bit.ly/3GvbnOq
#proteolysis #imaging #pulmonaryvasculardisease
May 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New article in JHC: "Localization, Proteolytic Processing, and Binding Partners of Versican Isoforms in Vascular Lesions of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension."
Click to read: bit.ly/3GvbnOq
#proteolysis #imaging #pulmonaryvasculardisease
Click to read: bit.ly/3GvbnOq
#proteolysis #imaging #pulmonaryvasculardisease
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Gen AI tools are reshaping biological & biomedical research. FASEB is at the forefront, providing crucial recommendations to ensure responsible use. The new report offers guidance on enhancing research integrity while exploring Gen AI's potential. Read the report ➡️
Recommendations for Generative AI in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences
From the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
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May 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Gen AI tools are reshaping biological & biomedical research. FASEB is at the forefront, providing crucial recommendations to ensure responsible use. The new report offers guidance on enhancing research integrity while exploring Gen AI's potential. Read the report ➡️
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If you read one thing today, make it this:
The NIH move to restrict animal research is a bad one and not just about health - it's about national security.
More here:
medium.com/@eblissmorea...
More here:
medium.com/@eblissmorea...
This will kill us: restricting animal research
Tuesday, as my lab gathered to celebrate the completion of one of our big studies, the National Institutes of Health announced that they…
medium.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If you read one thing today, make it this:
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Please join us in congratulating the new Dr. Emily Zaniker-Gomez on successfully defending her PhD thesis entitled: Molecular and Biomechanical Mechanisms Underlying Ovulation.
We are excited to watch her career trajectory continue to soar as she returns to medical school to finish her MD!
We are excited to watch her career trajectory continue to soar as she returns to medical school to finish her MD!
April 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Please join us in congratulating the new Dr. Emily Zaniker-Gomez on successfully defending her PhD thesis entitled: Molecular and Biomechanical Mechanisms Underlying Ovulation.
We are excited to watch her career trajectory continue to soar as she returns to medical school to finish her MD!
We are excited to watch her career trajectory continue to soar as she returns to medical school to finish her MD!
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April 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Support for student research is important to HCS. Hurry up and get those applications in!
ATTN Undergrads & Mentors: You only have a few days left to apply for an HCS Capstone Grant!
To learn more and to apply, click here: hcs.memberclicks.net/capstone-gra...
Deadline: April 15, 2025
#scicomm #AcademicChatter #STEMeducation
To learn more and to apply, click here: hcs.memberclicks.net/capstone-gra...
Deadline: April 15, 2025
#scicomm #AcademicChatter #STEMeducation
April 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Support for student research is important to HCS. Hurry up and get those applications in!
Maintaining and increasing federal funding for science is critical so that the US can maintain our research momentum and priorities.
FASEB sends a letter to House and Senate Appropriations leaders outlining its fiscal year 2026 funding recommendations for federal science agencies. Read our letter: buff.ly/n5UkCcT
April 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Maintaining and increasing federal funding for science is critical so that the US can maintain our research momentum and priorities.