Jacques Robert
@jackofrogy.bsky.social
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and environmental medicine.
Our recent review on evolution of non classical MHC-I and innate T cells is out in the journal Cells
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October 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Our recent review on evolution of non classical MHC-I and innate T cells is out in the journal Cells
doi.org/10.3390/cell...
doi.org/10.3390/cell...
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Please join us in congratulating Shreya Bavdekar and the 2025 URMC PREP cohort on their outstanding presentations at the PREP Symposium! Next up for Shreya: @colorado.edu! 🎓👏 #URochesterResearch #neuroskyence @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @jackofrogy.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
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June 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Please join us in congratulating Shreya Bavdekar and the 2025 URMC PREP cohort on their outstanding presentations at the PREP Symposium! Next up for Shreya: @colorado.edu! 🎓👏 #URochesterResearch #neuroskyence @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @jackofrogy.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
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Happy Earth Day! 🌎
The "Microplastics and Me" brochure created by our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center (LOMP) is a featured resource for the NIH Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Resource Center.
@urochester.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @ritcpe.bsky.social #SciComm
The "Microplastics and Me" brochure created by our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center (LOMP) is a featured resource for the NIH Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Resource Center.
@urochester.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @ritcpe.bsky.social #SciComm
April 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Happy Earth Day! 🌎
The "Microplastics and Me" brochure created by our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center (LOMP) is a featured resource for the NIH Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Resource Center.
@urochester.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @ritcpe.bsky.social #SciComm
The "Microplastics and Me" brochure created by our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center (LOMP) is a featured resource for the NIH Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Resource Center.
@urochester.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @ritcpe.bsky.social #SciComm
Why we study shrimp on treadmills: The case for curiosity-driven research www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b... via @statnews.com
Why we study shrimp on treadmills: The case for curiosity-driven research
“If we cut or limit funding for curiosity-driven research, we risk shutting down the pipeline of future innovation,” writes Carole LaBonne of Northwestern.
www.statnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Why we study shrimp on treadmills: The case for curiosity-driven research www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b... via @statnews.com
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IHHE faculty member Dr. Jacques Robert will be on WXXI Environmental Connections - Friday 2/28 from 1-2pm. He will discuss his research on the effect of environmental stressors on amphibian health, and what frogs can teach us about human health. 🐸
#URochesterResearch
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#URochesterResearch
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Environmental Connections
On Environmental Connections, host Jasmin Singer explores the climate-related topics affecting people in Rochester and beyond.
www.wxxinews.org
February 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
IHHE faculty member Dr. Jacques Robert will be on WXXI Environmental Connections - Friday 2/28 from 1-2pm. He will discuss his research on the effect of environmental stressors on amphibian health, and what frogs can teach us about human health. 🐸
#URochesterResearch
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#URochesterResearch
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Me & some of my favorite posters from the #standupforscience rally in Chicago today. The snow did not stop us ❄️🧬🧪🥼
March 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Me & some of my favorite posters from the #standupforscience rally in Chicago today. The snow did not stop us ❄️🧬🧪🥼
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IHHE faculty member Dr. Alison Elder is quoted in this microplastics article.
“The inhalation route is a major concern because if inhaled plastics can get into the deep lung and cause an inflammatory reaction, they don’t need to go anywhere to cause health outcomes.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“The inhalation route is a major concern because if inhaled plastics can get into the deep lung and cause an inflammatory reaction, they don’t need to go anywhere to cause health outcomes.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?
Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists are scrambling to understand their effects on health.
www.nature.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
IHHE faculty member Dr. Alison Elder is quoted in this microplastics article.
“The inhalation route is a major concern because if inhaled plastics can get into the deep lung and cause an inflammatory reaction, they don’t need to go anywhere to cause health outcomes.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“The inhalation route is a major concern because if inhaled plastics can get into the deep lung and cause an inflammatory reaction, they don’t need to go anywhere to cause health outcomes.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This is a remarkable statement from the president of the American Bar Association which is nonpartisan and avoids politics …
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
www.americanbar.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is a remarkable statement from the president of the American Bar Association which is nonpartisan and avoids politics …
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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IHHE and @ritcpe.bsky.social faculty members of our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center are in sunny San Diego for a meeting with other Centers for Oceans and Human Health.
@urochester.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
#microplastics #URochesterResearch
@urochester.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
#microplastics #URochesterResearch
February 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
IHHE and @ritcpe.bsky.social faculty members of our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center are in sunny San Diego for a meeting with other Centers for Oceans and Human Health.
@urochester.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
#microplastics #URochesterResearch
@urochester.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social
#microplastics #URochesterResearch
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Hey if you're HHS or elsewhere and have heard more, OR if you are an NIH or NSF grantee who has seen your funding actually move forward (or not!), I'd love to hear from you. Signal in bio.
Heard from a few more people who got this today. Inside NIH, there is some sense that it suggests compliance with the order; some grant money has maybe even started to flow to awardees again, I’m hearing.
From inside HHS, a court order sent around this morning telling agencies they can’t pause spending:
February 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hey if you're HHS or elsewhere and have heard more, OR if you are an NIH or NSF grantee who has seen your funding actually move forward (or not!), I'd love to hear from you. Signal in bio.
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Disruptions to the NIH impact more than just science; they will hit all Americans in our wallets. I spoke yesterday with Becky Fogel from @kutnews.bsky.social about the important role NIH-funded research plays in the economy. 🧵 1/n
www.kut.org/education/20...
www.kut.org/education/20...
UT Austin professor says Trump's policies could disrupt scientific research and hurt the economy
The Trump administration directed federal health officials to pause external communications last week, which prompted the National Institutes of Health to cancel meetings used to determine which resea...
www.kut.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Disruptions to the NIH impact more than just science; they will hit all Americans in our wallets. I spoke yesterday with Becky Fogel from @kutnews.bsky.social about the important role NIH-funded research plays in the economy. 🧵 1/n
www.kut.org/education/20...
www.kut.org/education/20...
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Dems. This is simple messaging. Musk demanded FAA head be fired; Trump did what Musk wanted. Now there's a deadly crash killing Americans because Trump is running America for the benefit of billionaires.
Repeat: Elon Musk demanded FAA head be fired and Trump did his bidding to benefit Musk not us.
Repeat: Elon Musk demanded FAA head be fired and Trump did his bidding to benefit Musk not us.
January 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Dems. This is simple messaging. Musk demanded FAA head be fired; Trump did what Musk wanted. Now there's a deadly crash killing Americans because Trump is running America for the benefit of billionaires.
Repeat: Elon Musk demanded FAA head be fired and Trump did his bidding to benefit Musk not us.
Repeat: Elon Musk demanded FAA head be fired and Trump did his bidding to benefit Musk not us.
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The dangers of pausing NIH grants could be far-reaching. Thank you @choo.bsky.social for your excellent @msnbc.com piece!
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | I’m a health researcher. NIH’s pause on research grants could have a devastating cost.
This is a potentially devastating event — not just for the scientific community, but for all Americans.
www.msnbc.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The dangers of pausing NIH grants could be far-reaching. Thank you @choo.bsky.social for your excellent @msnbc.com piece!
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | I’m a health researcher. NIH’s pause on research grants could have a devastating cost.
This is a potentially devastating event — not just for the scientific community, but for all Americans.
www.msnbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Heard from inside the National Cancer Institute, part of NIH — travel through April is canceled. Purchasing with government card is frozen. All public comms are off limits. Can’t even submit abstracts to future meetings. Can’t submit *manuscripts* for publication. All hiring activity frozen. Fuck.
January 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Heard from inside the National Cancer Institute, part of NIH — travel through April is canceled. Purchasing with government card is frozen. All public comms are off limits. Can’t even submit abstracts to future meetings. Can’t submit *manuscripts* for publication. All hiring activity frozen. Fuck.
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NIH withdrew several funding opportunities related to diversity. They’re not going to review the ones already in, and apparently they’re not going to pay the ones that have just been awarded.
January 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
NIH withdrew several funding opportunities related to diversity. They’re not going to review the ones already in, and apparently they’re not going to pay the ones that have just been awarded.
Great decision
The Institut Pasteur has decided to leave X (formerly Twitter) to join BlueSky! 🦋
The Institut Pasteur made this decision due to several serious issues observed on the X platform since its acquisition. Join us here to continue advocating for science. www.pasteur.fr/en/home/pres...
The Institut Pasteur made this decision due to several serious issues observed on the X platform since its acquisition. Join us here to continue advocating for science. www.pasteur.fr/en/home/pres...
Institut Pasteur decides to leave X
The Institut Pasteur, a research organization which for more than 130 years has been committed to tackling infectious diseases, sharing knowledge and defending science, has decided to leave X because ...
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January 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Great decision
A special present from my lab during our jumping frog lab holiday party.
December 22, 2024 at 11:52 PM
A special present from my lab during our jumping frog lab holiday party.
Hello everyone. I’m just trying this new site.
November 27, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Hello everyone. I’m just trying this new site.