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Erin Koch
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Anthropologist, feminist science and technology studies, plants, microbes, soil & health. Pets are family.
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Colonizers doing colonizer things on stolen land.
August 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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The needs of our people should always come first.
August 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is so necropolitocs.
Today, many more NIH grants were terminated including many focused on HIV prevention -such as the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) research program focused on adolescents & young adults living with or placed at risk for HIV.

This is necropolitics.
March 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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What better demonstrates that ‘biological sex’ is but a social construct than the u.s. president needing to declare it to be binary by political fiat in order to uphold its legitimacy.
January 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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🎄 Philipp Zerbe and his team are working to uncover the optimal combination of scent molecules to deter pests and provide the traditional fragrance consumers expect.

▶️ www.ucdavis.edu/news/christm...

#PlantBiology #PlantScience #Holidays
Christmas Trees’ Distinctive Aroma Helps Ward off Pathogens and Pests
Each year, nearly 30 million Americans purchase a real tree for the holidays. Growing the perfect Christmas tree takes about seven years, during which farmers need to keep insects, fungal pathogens an...
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December 23, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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Thank you, Biden; Hello, Kamala!
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July 21, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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Bees are coming out of winter hibernation all across the Northern hemisphere. Which ones are visiting YOUR backyard?
March 5, 2024 at 12:35 AM