Martha Burford Reiskind
@mobreiskind.bsky.social
Evolutionary & Conservation Genomics / Rapid evolution in aquatic species / micro bakery baker. Assoc. Prof. at NC State / Director of Graduate Programs - Genetics and Genomics Academy
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We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
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We've got hundreds of signatures in five hours... but if we can cross 1000 by morning when I send this to NSF that'd be great. The stories from past, current, and future applicants in the comments section are hearbreaking. Keep up the pressure, and please please sign!!!
NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io
September 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
We've got hundreds of signatures in five hours... but if we can cross 1000 by morning when I send this to NSF that'd be great. The stories from past, current, and future applicants in the comments section are hearbreaking. Keep up the pressure, and please please sign!!!
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Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
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I hope to take a PhD student in 2026 to study siphonophores. Please reach out if you are interested in applying this fall. For examples of recent lab projects see www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
August 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I hope to take a PhD student in 2026 to study siphonophores. Please reach out if you are interested in applying this fall. For examples of recent lab projects see www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
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BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
August 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
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Another immunologist here & I second what @drandrealove.bsky.social love says…Bobby worm brain has no fucking clue what he is talking about
Hi, immunologist here:
(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)
RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation”
That’s NOT how immunology works.
He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.
(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)
RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation”
That’s NOT how immunology works.
He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.
August 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Another immunologist here & I second what @drandrealove.bsky.social love says…Bobby worm brain has no fucking clue what he is talking about
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Protecting the ocean has always been a bipartisan effort, in Congress and across multiple White House administrations. In the face of ill-conceived attacks on @noaa.gov, it's time to raise our voices. My thoughts in defense of NOAA and #OceanScience: mbayaq.co/4k8vEsx
February 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Protecting the ocean has always been a bipartisan effort, in Congress and across multiple White House administrations. In the face of ill-conceived attacks on @noaa.gov, it's time to raise our voices. My thoughts in defense of NOAA and #OceanScience: mbayaq.co/4k8vEsx
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Studies show that funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) contributed to 354 of 356 drugs (99.4%) approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019. Recklessly slashing NIH funding will mean that patients will be waiting much longer for life-saving treatments.
February 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Studies show that funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) contributed to 354 of 356 drugs (99.4%) approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019. Recklessly slashing NIH funding will mean that patients will be waiting much longer for life-saving treatments.
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Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
Science Homecoming
sciencehomecoming.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
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Dear dept head,
My accomplishments last week are:
1. I have climbed highest mountains
2. I have run through the fields
Only to be with you (X2)
3. I have run, I have crawled
4. I have scaled these city walls
Only to be with you (X2)
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for (X2)
Sincerely,
My accomplishments last week are:
1. I have climbed highest mountains
2. I have run through the fields
Only to be with you (X2)
3. I have run, I have crawled
4. I have scaled these city walls
Only to be with you (X2)
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for (X2)
Sincerely,
To Whom It May Concern:
My main accomplishments from last week are as follows:
1. I drank a whiskey drink
2. I drank a vodka drink
3. I drank a lager drink, I drank a cider drink
4. I sang the songs that remind me of the good times
5. I sang the songs that remind me of the better times
Sincerely,
My main accomplishments from last week are as follows:
1. I drank a whiskey drink
2. I drank a vodka drink
3. I drank a lager drink, I drank a cider drink
4. I sang the songs that remind me of the good times
5. I sang the songs that remind me of the better times
Sincerely,
Dear Manager,
Last week was a bit of a hurricane, however, I:
- Raced cars
- Assessed lasers, aeroplanes
- Managed a duck blur
- Solved a mystery
- Rewrote history
Last week was a bit of a hurricane, however, I:
- Raced cars
- Assessed lasers, aeroplanes
- Managed a duck blur
- Solved a mystery
- Rewrote history
February 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Dear dept head,
My accomplishments last week are:
1. I have climbed highest mountains
2. I have run through the fields
Only to be with you (X2)
3. I have run, I have crawled
4. I have scaled these city walls
Only to be with you (X2)
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for (X2)
Sincerely,
My accomplishments last week are:
1. I have climbed highest mountains
2. I have run through the fields
Only to be with you (X2)
3. I have run, I have crawled
4. I have scaled these city walls
Only to be with you (X2)
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for (X2)
Sincerely,
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Dear Manager
1) I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,
2) I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter,
3) I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,
4) I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,
5) in short, I was afraid.
1) I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,
2) I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter,
3) I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,
4) I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,
5) in short, I was afraid.
Dear manager:
1. We ride with kings on mighty steeds across the devil's plain
2. We've walked with Jesus and his cross; he did not die in vain
3. We've run with wolves
4. We've climbed K2; even stopped a moving train
5. We've traveled through space and time, my friends, to rock this house again
1. We ride with kings on mighty steeds across the devil's plain
2. We've walked with Jesus and his cross; he did not die in vain
3. We've run with wolves
4. We've climbed K2; even stopped a moving train
5. We've traveled through space and time, my friends, to rock this house again
Dear manager:
1. I get up when I want
2. Except on Wednesdays
3. When I get rudely awakened by the dustmen
4. I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea
5. And I think about leaving the house
Dept of Parks
1. I get up when I want
2. Except on Wednesdays
3. When I get rudely awakened by the dustmen
4. I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea
5. And I think about leaving the house
Dept of Parks
February 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Dear Manager
1) I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,
2) I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter,
3) I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,
4) I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,
5) in short, I was afraid.
1) I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,
2) I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter,
3) I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,
4) I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,
5) in short, I was afraid.
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Not all university presidents are cowards. This, from the pres of Wesleyan, should be mandatory reading for leaders.
“It's 1 thing to be reminded that "elections have consequences," but quite another to insist that the best response to the abuse of authority is to be restrained, demure, neutral.” +
“It's 1 thing to be reminded that "elections have consequences," but quite another to insist that the best response to the abuse of authority is to be restrained, demure, neutral.” +
February 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Not all university presidents are cowards. This, from the pres of Wesleyan, should be mandatory reading for leaders.
“It's 1 thing to be reminded that "elections have consequences," but quite another to insist that the best response to the abuse of authority is to be restrained, demure, neutral.” +
“It's 1 thing to be reminded that "elections have consequences," but quite another to insist that the best response to the abuse of authority is to be restrained, demure, neutral.” +
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There is a group of faculty currently working on their tenure packages (myself included) who began their assistant prof journey in the middle of a global pandemic and are prepping for tenure in the middle of this…
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Time for us to all revise P&T expectations
February 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
There is a group of faculty currently working on their tenure packages (myself included) who began their assistant prof journey in the middle of a global pandemic and are prepping for tenure in the middle of this…
1/3
1/3
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Again, the two most impactful lies of the past half-century have been “Trump is a good businessman” and “Republicans are the good-at-economy party”
Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
February 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Again, the two most impactful lies of the past half-century have been “Trump is a good businessman” and “Republicans are the good-at-economy party”
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This is an excellent legal analysis of the administration's recent anti-DEI actions (the executive order and last week's "Dear Colleague" letter). Faculty and school admins take note.
tl;dr version: If you like your school's DEI programs, you can keep your school's DEI programs.
tl;dr version: If you like your school's DEI programs, you can keep your school's DEI programs.
Great letter from my colleagues @sbagen.bsky.social, @mjschlanger.bsky.social and other legal scholars across the country explaining why it is not necessary to start eliminating university programs because Trump
OGC Memo re Trump DEI and SFFA 2025 02 20.pdf | Powered by Box
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February 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is an excellent legal analysis of the administration's recent anti-DEI actions (the executive order and last week's "Dear Colleague" letter). Faculty and school admins take note.
tl;dr version: If you like your school's DEI programs, you can keep your school's DEI programs.
tl;dr version: If you like your school's DEI programs, you can keep your school's DEI programs.
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I escaped poverty because I am a scientist.
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
February 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I escaped poverty because I am a scientist.
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
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1/ Within one week of releasing our action alert, almost 10k UCS supporters have sent emails to their members of Congress to support the passing of the Scientific Integrity (SI) Act. Looking for a quick way to add your voice and support for Scientific Integrity? Use the link below!
Urge Congress to Institute Scientific Integrity Protections for Federal Scientists
Scientists working for the federal government need safeguards to do evidence-based work and to inform our nation’s policymaking without political interference. Urge Congress to support the Scientific ...
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February 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
1/ Within one week of releasing our action alert, almost 10k UCS supporters have sent emails to their members of Congress to support the passing of the Scientific Integrity (SI) Act. Looking for a quick way to add your voice and support for Scientific Integrity? Use the link below!
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From a friend at NSF:
"We need lots of public support and outcries."
"We need lots of public support and outcries."
February 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
From a friend at NSF:
"We need lots of public support and outcries."
"We need lots of public support and outcries."
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An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation
Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.
www.insidehighered.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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A proposal:
Academic researchers and folks in similar positions, consider writing an op-Ed, or at least a letter to the editor, in your local paper about what these horrific decisions will do to jobs and services *in your local community*.
I train scientists to write op-Ed’s and I can help.
Academic researchers and folks in similar positions, consider writing an op-Ed, or at least a letter to the editor, in your local paper about what these horrific decisions will do to jobs and services *in your local community*.
I train scientists to write op-Ed’s and I can help.
for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
February 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A proposal:
Academic researchers and folks in similar positions, consider writing an op-Ed, or at least a letter to the editor, in your local paper about what these horrific decisions will do to jobs and services *in your local community*.
I train scientists to write op-Ed’s and I can help.
Academic researchers and folks in similar positions, consider writing an op-Ed, or at least a letter to the editor, in your local paper about what these horrific decisions will do to jobs and services *in your local community*.
I train scientists to write op-Ed’s and I can help.
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Tens of thousands of feds are being fired. Please, if you're a fired fed or a fed whose colleagues were fired, help us report what the consequences will be for the American public:
Hannah signal (202) 580-5477
Emily signal (202) 412-9091 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Hannah signal (202) 580-5477
Emily signal (202) 412-9091 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Trump administration directs agency heads to fire most probationary staff
Terminations should happen within two days, according to four people familiar with internal conversations.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Tens of thousands of feds are being fired. Please, if you're a fired fed or a fed whose colleagues were fired, help us report what the consequences will be for the American public:
Hannah signal (202) 580-5477
Emily signal (202) 412-9091 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Hannah signal (202) 580-5477
Emily signal (202) 412-9091 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...