Tracie Delgado
@traciedelgado.bsky.social
#Virology #Professor at Seattle Pacific University studying 1) how #herpesviruses cause #cancer & 2) salmon fraud in Seattle. #Scientist #Educator #Latina #UCLAalumni #sacnas #1stGen #DEI #virologist
www.traciedelgadolab.com
www.traciedelgadolab.com
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Tracie Delgado
@traciedelgado.bsky.social
· Dec 21
Fishy business in Seattle: Salmon mislabeling fraud in sushi restaurants vs grocery stores
Salmon is the most commonly consumed finfish in the United States of America (USA), and the mislabeling of salmon is a widespread problem. Washington State is a global supplier of wild-caught Pacific ...
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I have NEWS to share! A research study I lead uncovering #salmonfraud rates in Seattle WA was recently published in @plos.org. Many thanks to the 50 @SeattlePacific undergrad researchers & bio faculty collaborators for their help to complete this project. (1/n)
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Graduation festivities today at Seattle Pacific University. Super proud of my senior undergraduate research students who are graduating tomorrow. Will miss them bunches! #professorlife
June 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Graduation festivities today at Seattle Pacific University. Super proud of my senior undergraduate research students who are graduating tomorrow. Will miss them bunches! #professorlife
End of year lab celebration with my amazing undergraduate lab students 🎉. Will dearly miss my two graduating senior students 🥹. I gifted them a microbe mug to remember the time in the lab 😃. #professorlife #Delgadolab #undergraduateresearch 🧪
May 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
End of year lab celebration with my amazing undergraduate lab students 🎉. Will dearly miss my two graduating senior students 🥹. I gifted them a microbe mug to remember the time in the lab 😃. #professorlife #Delgadolab #undergraduateresearch 🧪
Off to present my lab’s research at the prestigious “Viruses and Cells” Gordan conference in Barcelona, Spain. Thanks to all my undergraduate research students at Seattle Pacific University who helped generate the data I am presenting. They are amazing! 🎉 #professorlife 🧪 👩🏻🔬
May 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Off to present my lab’s research at the prestigious “Viruses and Cells” Gordan conference in Barcelona, Spain. Thanks to all my undergraduate research students at Seattle Pacific University who helped generate the data I am presenting. They are amazing! 🎉 #professorlife 🧪 👩🏻🔬
Honored to have been selected as this year’s FACULTY SCHOLAR OF THE YEAR at Seattle Pacific University 🎉. I would like to thank the Delgado lab undergraduate research students & my research collaborators for their contributions/help. More info about my lab at traciedelgadolab.com 🧪 👩🏻🔬
May 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Honored to have been selected as this year’s FACULTY SCHOLAR OF THE YEAR at Seattle Pacific University 🎉. I would like to thank the Delgado lab undergraduate research students & my research collaborators for their contributions/help. More info about my lab at traciedelgadolab.com 🧪 👩🏻🔬
My lab’s RNA-seq samples are in! Thanks to my collaborator Dr @escobarthelma.bsky.social at UW and @uwiscrm.bsky.social for their help! Now we wait for data 👩🏻🔬🧪
March 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My lab’s RNA-seq samples are in! Thanks to my collaborator Dr @escobarthelma.bsky.social at UW and @uwiscrm.bsky.social for their help! Now we wait for data 👩🏻🔬🧪
Two Latina PIs (#SeattlePacificUniversity &
@uwiscrm.bsky.social) back at the bench for a special collaboration, prepping Illumina libraries for RNA-seq. Dr. Thelma Escobar (@escobarthelma.bsky.social) & I went to college together. Thankful for her help in this project. #ProfessorLife 🧪
@uwiscrm.bsky.social) back at the bench for a special collaboration, prepping Illumina libraries for RNA-seq. Dr. Thelma Escobar (@escobarthelma.bsky.social) & I went to college together. Thankful for her help in this project. #ProfessorLife 🧪
March 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Two Latina PIs (#SeattlePacificUniversity &
@uwiscrm.bsky.social) back at the bench for a special collaboration, prepping Illumina libraries for RNA-seq. Dr. Thelma Escobar (@escobarthelma.bsky.social) & I went to college together. Thankful for her help in this project. #ProfessorLife 🧪
@uwiscrm.bsky.social) back at the bench for a special collaboration, prepping Illumina libraries for RNA-seq. Dr. Thelma Escobar (@escobarthelma.bsky.social) & I went to college together. Thankful for her help in this project. #ProfessorLife 🧪
Learned a new technique today at the Escobar lab @uwmedicine.bsky.social. RNA quality ✅ was great after tape station analysis. Next week is cDNA library prep before RNA-seq. #professorlife #latina #scientist👩🏻🔬 🧪
March 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Learned a new technique today at the Escobar lab @uwmedicine.bsky.social. RNA quality ✅ was great after tape station analysis. Next week is cDNA library prep before RNA-seq. #professorlife #latina #scientist👩🏻🔬 🧪
Congrats to Delgado lab researcher Ben Sheirbon for winning the #AAASmtg FIRST PLACE 🥇 undergraduate e-poster prize for his research presentation in the “Developmental Bio, Genetics, & Immunology” section @aaas.org. His name will be in @science.org! I am a #proudPI #science 🧪
March 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Congrats to Delgado lab researcher Ben Sheirbon for winning the #AAASmtg FIRST PLACE 🥇 undergraduate e-poster prize for his research presentation in the “Developmental Bio, Genetics, & Immunology” section @aaas.org. His name will be in @science.org! I am a #proudPI #science 🧪
Was a honor to speak at the @wsupullman.bsky.social SACNAS chapter meeting today about my academic journey. I also had the pleasure to meet Jimena, the current WSU SACNAS chapter president. #professorlife #representationmatters
February 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Was a honor to speak at the @wsupullman.bsky.social SACNAS chapter meeting today about my academic journey. I also had the pleasure to meet Jimena, the current WSU SACNAS chapter president. #professorlife #representationmatters
Looking forward to my visit at Washington State University the next few days. Thank you
@philmixter.bsky.social
for the kind invitation! I’ll be speaking at the WSU SACNAS chapter meeting today and then giving a research seminar tomorrow at the School of Molecular Biosciences. 👩🏻🔬
@philmixter.bsky.social
for the kind invitation! I’ll be speaking at the WSU SACNAS chapter meeting today and then giving a research seminar tomorrow at the School of Molecular Biosciences. 👩🏻🔬
February 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Looking forward to my visit at Washington State University the next few days. Thank you
@philmixter.bsky.social
for the kind invitation! I’ll be speaking at the WSU SACNAS chapter meeting today and then giving a research seminar tomorrow at the School of Molecular Biosciences. 👩🏻🔬
@philmixter.bsky.social
for the kind invitation! I’ll be speaking at the WSU SACNAS chapter meeting today and then giving a research seminar tomorrow at the School of Molecular Biosciences. 👩🏻🔬
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In light of policies to defund biomedical research, and with judicial hearings happening today, we hope to highlight the many ways biomedical research improves people's lives, and to convey how damaging the proposed cuts would be... not just for us researchers, but for everyone.
Patrick Mitchell (@psmitchej.bsky.social), Thornton Thompson and I wrote an OpEd, with support from 650+ biomedical researchers across Washington State (450+ at time of submission).
www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...
List: www.moltkelab.com/s/NIH-OpEd-S...
www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...
List: www.moltkelab.com/s/NIH-OpEd-S...
Comment: Pending cuts to medical research would harm all in state | HeraldNet.com
As UW medical scientists, we urge Washingtonians to defend the NIH’s life-saving research funding.
www.heraldnet.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In light of policies to defund biomedical research, and with judicial hearings happening today, we hope to highlight the many ways biomedical research improves people's lives, and to convey how damaging the proposed cuts would be... not just for us researchers, but for everyone.
Super proud of my undergraduate research student who presented at the @aaas.org national scientific meeting. The Delgado lab is currently identifying FDA approved metabolic drugs that can be repurposed as antivirals. #AAASmtg #Delgadolab 🧪
February 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Super proud of my undergraduate research student who presented at the @aaas.org national scientific meeting. The Delgado lab is currently identifying FDA approved metabolic drugs that can be repurposed as antivirals. #AAASmtg #Delgadolab 🧪
Celebrating my three fabulous undergraduate research students on “International Day of Women and Girls in Science”. It’s been a honor to have them in my research lab and support them as they discover new antiviral therapies! #womeninscience #11Feb 🧪
February 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Celebrating my three fabulous undergraduate research students on “International Day of Women and Girls in Science”. It’s been a honor to have them in my research lab and support them as they discover new antiviral therapies! #womeninscience #11Feb 🧪
While I hope this gets overturned, if it does remain a 15% indirect cost rate, universities will need to revise their tenure and promotion requirements. Young faculty will not be able to achieve tenure and produce as many publications under this new structure. 🧪
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
While I hope this gets overturned, if it does remain a 15% indirect cost rate, universities will need to revise their tenure and promotion requirements. Young faculty will not be able to achieve tenure and produce as many publications under this new structure. 🧪
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Reposted by Tracie Delgado
"Pursuant to this Supplemental Guidance, there will be a standard indirect rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs in lieu of a separately negotiated rate for indirect costs in every grant."
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"Pursuant to this Supplemental Guidance, there will be a standard indirect rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs in lieu of a separately negotiated rate for indirect costs in every grant."
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Reposted by Tracie Delgado
It’s the next generation of cancer research. If a specific cancer runs in your family (genetics), you can get a vaccine against that kind of cancer. Essentially, it provides your immune system a “mug shot” of the cancer type & allows your body to kill the cancer if it does arise in the future. 🧪
A new generation of cancer-preventing vaccines could wipe out tumors before they form.
Learn more on #WorldCancerDay: https://scim.ag/4gk8Qmo
Learn more on #WorldCancerDay: https://scim.ag/4gk8Qmo
February 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
It’s the next generation of cancer research. If a specific cancer runs in your family (genetics), you can get a vaccine against that kind of cancer. Essentially, it provides your immune system a “mug shot” of the cancer type & allows your body to kill the cancer if it does arise in the future. 🧪
It’s the next generation of cancer research. If a specific cancer runs in your family (genetics), you can get a vaccine against that kind of cancer. Essentially, it provides your immune system a “mug shot” of the cancer type & allows your body to kill the cancer if it does arise in the future. 🧪
A new generation of cancer-preventing vaccines could wipe out tumors before they form.
Learn more on #WorldCancerDay: https://scim.ag/4gk8Qmo
Learn more on #WorldCancerDay: https://scim.ag/4gk8Qmo
February 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
It’s the next generation of cancer research. If a specific cancer runs in your family (genetics), you can get a vaccine against that kind of cancer. Essentially, it provides your immune system a “mug shot” of the cancer type & allows your body to kill the cancer if it does arise in the future. 🧪
Abstract submitted! Hoping to share cool antiviral research generated by amazing undergrads in my lab. Who else submitted an abstract and what do you study?! 🧪 #professorlife #virologist
Today is the abstract deadline for ASV2025 in Montreal, Canada! Submit by 11:59 pm ET tonight (2/3)! asv.org/asv2025/abst...
Abstract Submission | American Society for Virology
Abstract submission for the ASV 2025 annual meeting July 14-17, 2025, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hosted by McGill University.
asv.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Abstract submitted! Hoping to share cool antiviral research generated by amazing undergrads in my lab. Who else submitted an abstract and what do you study?! 🧪 #professorlife #virologist
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Today, I reached the point in academia where a peer reviewer stated that there was a gap in my knowledge before going on to say that to rectify it I would need to read….. one of my articles. A milestone.
February 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Today, I reached the point in academia where a peer reviewer stated that there was a gap in my knowledge before going on to say that to rectify it I would need to read….. one of my articles. A milestone.
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I have NEWS to share! A research study I lead uncovering #salmonfraud rates in Seattle WA was recently published in @plos.org. Many thanks to the 50 @SeattlePacific undergrad researchers & bio faculty collaborators for their help to complete this project. (1/n)
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Fishy business in Seattle: Salmon mislabeling fraud in sushi restaurants vs grocery stores
Salmon is the most commonly consumed finfish in the United States of America (USA), and the mislabeling of salmon is a widespread problem. Washington State is a global supplier of wild-caught Pacific ...
journals.plos.org
January 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Reposted by Tracie Delgado
Welp! NIH diversity supplement grants now have newly updated expiration dates dates of January 2025 revised from May 2026. 🤷♀️
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
PA-23-189: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PA-23-189....
grants.nih.gov
January 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Welp! NIH diversity supplement grants now have newly updated expiration dates dates of January 2025 revised from May 2026. 🤷♀️
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Life of a virology professor. It is always fascinating to see the physiological changes in cells after they are virus infected. My lab is 1) identifying how gammaherpesviruses (which cause cancer) change host cell metabolism and 2) identifying anti-metabolism drugs that can be used as antivirals. 🧪
January 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Life of a virology professor. It is always fascinating to see the physiological changes in cells after they are virus infected. My lab is 1) identifying how gammaherpesviruses (which cause cancer) change host cell metabolism and 2) identifying anti-metabolism drugs that can be used as antivirals. 🧪
It’s up to us to continue to advocate for DEI in STEM. Promote inclusive hiring, amplify diverse voices, invite diverse speakers to give research seminars / keynote talks at conferences, & inclusively mentor underrepresented groups. Diversity in STEM is essential! 🧪
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump puts all US government DEI staff on paid leave 'immediately'
A new executive order signed on Tuesday calls for an end to DEI practices in the federal government.
www.bbc.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It’s up to us to continue to advocate for DEI in STEM. Promote inclusive hiring, amplify diverse voices, invite diverse speakers to give research seminars / keynote talks at conferences, & inclusively mentor underrepresented groups. Diversity in STEM is essential! 🧪
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...