@laurakreed-gep.bsky.social
Director of the Genomics Education Partnership, Professor of Biology at University of Alabama (views are my own), fruit fly enthusiast, evolutionary genetics nerd, mother
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In 2005, a small team of researchers asked:
What if undergrads didn’t just learn genomics, but contributed to real discoveries?
That question launched the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP).
#GenomicsEducation #UndergradResearch #GEPCUREs
What if undergrads didn’t just learn genomics, but contributed to real discoveries?
That question launched the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP).
#GenomicsEducation #UndergradResearch #GEPCUREs
August 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
In 2005, a small team of researchers asked:
What if undergrads didn’t just learn genomics, but contributed to real discoveries?
That question launched the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP).
#GenomicsEducation #UndergradResearch #GEPCUREs
What if undergrads didn’t just learn genomics, but contributed to real discoveries?
That question launched the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP).
#GenomicsEducation #UndergradResearch #GEPCUREs
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Undergrads learning real genomics?
Yes—through the Pathways Project.
The GEP provides:
• A gene annotation walkthrough
• A full YouTube video series
• All prerequisite curriculum materials
—all free and open-access.
Explore here: thegep.org/projects/pat...
#Genomics #STEMed #GEPtools
Yes—through the Pathways Project.
The GEP provides:
• A gene annotation walkthrough
• A full YouTube video series
• All prerequisite curriculum materials
—all free and open-access.
Explore here: thegep.org/projects/pat...
#Genomics #STEMed #GEPtools
August 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Undergrads learning real genomics?
Yes—through the Pathways Project.
The GEP provides:
• A gene annotation walkthrough
• A full YouTube video series
• All prerequisite curriculum materials
—all free and open-access.
Explore here: thegep.org/projects/pat...
#Genomics #STEMed #GEPtools
Yes—through the Pathways Project.
The GEP provides:
• A gene annotation walkthrough
• A full YouTube video series
• All prerequisite curriculum materials
—all free and open-access.
Explore here: thegep.org/projects/pat...
#Genomics #STEMed #GEPtools
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What does a national research network look like?
📍 This map shows 209 active GEP institutions across the U.S. and its territories.
That’s 209 campuses where students are learning genomics by doing real research.
#GenomicsEducation #GEPteach #GEPtools
📍 This map shows 209 active GEP institutions across the U.S. and its territories.
That’s 209 campuses where students are learning genomics by doing real research.
#GenomicsEducation #GEPteach #GEPtools
August 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What does a national research network look like?
📍 This map shows 209 active GEP institutions across the U.S. and its territories.
That’s 209 campuses where students are learning genomics by doing real research.
#GenomicsEducation #GEPteach #GEPtools
📍 This map shows 209 active GEP institutions across the U.S. and its territories.
That’s 209 campuses where students are learning genomics by doing real research.
#GenomicsEducation #GEPteach #GEPtools
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GEP faculty member @professorsawa.bsky.social on what gap the GEP fills in STEM education.
#GEPfaculty #GEPCUREs #GenomicsEducation #GEPgenomics
#GEPfaculty #GEPCUREs #GenomicsEducation #GEPgenomics
August 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
GEP faculty member @professorsawa.bsky.social on what gap the GEP fills in STEM education.
#GEPfaculty #GEPCUREs #GenomicsEducation #GEPgenomics
#GEPfaculty #GEPCUREs #GenomicsEducation #GEPgenomics
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What makes the GEP special? Hear what GEP alumna Kiersten Wienclawski has to say.
#GEPstudents #GEPCUREs #GenomicsEducation #STEMEducation
#GEPstudents #GEPCUREs #GenomicsEducation #STEMEducation
August 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What makes the GEP special? Hear what GEP alumna Kiersten Wienclawski has to say.
#GEPstudents #GEPCUREs #GenomicsEducation #STEMEducation
#GEPstudents #GEPCUREs #GenomicsEducation #STEMEducation
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We’ve wrapped up the 2025 GEP National Faculty Workshop—and we want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who joined us! 🧬
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July 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We’ve wrapped up the 2025 GEP National Faculty Workshop—and we want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who joined us! 🧬
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We have exciting news to share from the Genomics Education Partnership! Our fundraiser and national faculty workshop have both wrapped up—and thanks to your support, we’re ending on a high note. 🧬
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July 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We have exciting news to share from the Genomics Education Partnership! Our fundraiser and national faculty workshop have both wrapped up—and thanks to your support, we’re ending on a high note. 🧬
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Please consider donating to a good cause. Without NIH and NSF funding, the GEP is struggling to stay afloat.
Help us hit $2025 by June 25! The Genomics Education Partnership gives students real research opportunities in genomics. Every gift supports hands-on learning and inclusion in STEM.
📢 Donate & boost:
secure.givelively.org/donate/genom...
#STEMEducation #Genomics #FundScience
📢 Donate & boost:
secure.givelively.org/donate/genom...
#STEMEducation #Genomics #FundScience
June 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Please consider donating to a good cause. Without NIH and NSF funding, the GEP is struggling to stay afloat.
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🧬 New to Bluesky? The GEP has created a Starter Pack to help genetics educators get started! Find accounts, discover genomics feeds, and join the GEP’s growing community.
Get started: go.bsky.app/3JFUJRg
#GeneticsEducation #Bluesky #CURE #Genomics
Get started: go.bsky.app/3JFUJRg
#GeneticsEducation #Bluesky #CURE #Genomics
June 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🧬 New to Bluesky? The GEP has created a Starter Pack to help genetics educators get started! Find accounts, discover genomics feeds, and join the GEP’s growing community.
Get started: go.bsky.app/3JFUJRg
#GeneticsEducation #Bluesky #CURE #Genomics
Get started: go.bsky.app/3JFUJRg
#GeneticsEducation #Bluesky #CURE #Genomics
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I love seeing the massive #NoKings turnouts in major cities, but what I love even more are the hundreds and hundreds of small, rural towns that had relatively bigger turnouts compared to their populations 💙🙏
June 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I love seeing the massive #NoKings turnouts in major cities, but what I love even more are the hundreds and hundreds of small, rural towns that had relatively bigger turnouts compared to their populations 💙🙏
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June 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In challenging times for science research and education, consider donating to an organization devoted to training the next generation of scientists. secure.givelively.org/donate/genom...
Explore the GEP’s free genomics curriculum—perfect for undergrads and easy to bring into your course.
#GenomicsEd #FreeSTEMResources #TeachSTEM #BioEd #GEPCUREs
#GenomicsEd #FreeSTEMResources #TeachSTEM #BioEd #GEPCUREs
June 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In challenging times for science research and education, consider donating to an organization devoted to training the next generation of scientists. secure.givelively.org/donate/genom...
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Explore the GEP’s free genomics curriculum—perfect for undergrads and easy to bring into your course.
#GenomicsEd #FreeSTEMResources #TeachSTEM #BioEd #GEPCUREs
#GenomicsEd #FreeSTEMResources #TeachSTEM #BioEd #GEPCUREs
June 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Explore the GEP’s free genomics curriculum—perfect for undergrads and easy to bring into your course.
#GenomicsEd #FreeSTEMResources #TeachSTEM #BioEd #GEPCUREs
#GenomicsEd #FreeSTEMResources #TeachSTEM #BioEd #GEPCUREs
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The current fundraising link is for EU labs to support FlyBase UK group. Still setting up to collect fees from U.S. and all other labs. Stay tuned. Divided because of recent international firewalls.
We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.
URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
June 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The current fundraising link is for EU labs to support FlyBase UK group. Still setting up to collect fees from U.S. and all other labs. Stay tuned. Divided because of recent international firewalls.
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Here's why I think there is reason to be bullish on U.S. STEM education.
doi.org/10.1093/gene...
#STEM #STEMEducation
doi.org/10.1093/gene...
#STEM #STEMEducation
There’s never been a better time to be a STEM educator
Abstract. From its current vantage point, the future of US STEM education may appear bleak. Yet STEM education's strength and importance have never been gr
doi.org
June 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Here's why I think there is reason to be bullish on U.S. STEM education.
doi.org/10.1093/gene...
#STEM #STEMEducation
doi.org/10.1093/gene...
#STEM #STEMEducation
Proud to have Dr Vida Mingo as a dedicated member of the GEP. @genomicsed.bsky.social
PGED's #SpotlightSeries on remarkable people ~ Gill met with Vida Mingo, a senior lecturer of biology & @genomicsed.bsky.social Board of Directors member, to learn about his dedication to connecting communities with science. Read his story! -> tinyurl.com/24rn67ph
#PGED #communityspotlight #scicomm
#PGED #communityspotlight #scicomm
April 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Proud to have Dr Vida Mingo as a dedicated member of the GEP. @genomicsed.bsky.social
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NEW GEP VIDEO SERIES: We are happy to announce that our Pathways Project video walk-through series is now available! You can watch the full series - detailing our gene annotation protocol - on the GEP’s official YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
GEP | Pathways Project - YouTube
This series of videos is intended to help GEP students annotate a Pathways Project gene from start to finish.
www.youtube.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
NEW GEP VIDEO SERIES: We are happy to announce that our Pathways Project video walk-through series is now available! You can watch the full series - detailing our gene annotation protocol - on the GEP’s official YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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We are aware that you are all having trouble accessing FlyBase today. We've been under what looks like a DDoS attack; our developers are hard at work to get us back up.
February 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We are aware that you are all having trouble accessing FlyBase today. We've been under what looks like a DDoS attack; our developers are hard at work to get us back up.
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Be mindful that NSF employees have been alerted that more staffing reductions may be imminent. Program officers are actively planning for contingencies by integrating as much redundancy as possible into the review system (which is admittedly challenging when they’re already spread thin). (10)
February 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Be mindful that NSF employees have been alerted that more staffing reductions may be imminent. Program officers are actively planning for contingencies by integrating as much redundancy as possible into the review system (which is admittedly challenging when they’re already spread thin). (10)
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not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
February 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
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Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave birth to a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Sunday night. The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes resembling a fuzzy walking watermelon, is only the second tapir born in our 120-year history.
February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave birth to a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Sunday night. The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes resembling a fuzzy walking watermelon, is only the second tapir born in our 120-year history.