Jackie (Vanni) Shanks
@vannishanks.bsky.social
Professor Emerita of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University. Metabolic engineering.
Couldn't be at game today, but followed on my cellphone. Great win Cyclones! And, Grinnell offensive tackle Will Slagel has committed to ISU! Cry harder Hawkeyes! 🤯 Woo hoo! #bluecy
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Couldn't be at game today, but followed on my cellphone. Great win Cyclones! And, Grinnell offensive tackle Will Slagel has committed to ISU! Cry harder Hawkeyes! 🤯 Woo hoo! #bluecy
Unbelievable! CYCLONES WIN! HELP us come up with a name for the good luck minion. Bman received it as a gift today. #Bluecy
We rubbed its head when we needed good luck or a good play
We rubbed its head when we needed good luck or a good play
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Unbelievable! CYCLONES WIN! HELP us come up with a name for the good luck minion. Bman received it as a gift today. #Bluecy
We rubbed its head when we needed good luck or a good play
We rubbed its head when we needed good luck or a good play
Jada Williams went to the locker room holding about 3 min left in game, now shes back on the bench with a massage gun, right hip #bluecy.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Jada Williams went to the locker room holding about 3 min left in game, now shes back on the bench with a massage gun, right hip #bluecy.
ISU Women's up by 20 at halftime over Southern. Jada Williams has been impressive with her ball handling, defense and scoring. Passes to Audi down low should improve with time. Brown very active with assists and rebounds. Audi has been hit in the face/nose at least twice in the first half #bluecy
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
ISU Women's up by 20 at halftime over Southern. Jada Williams has been impressive with her ball handling, defense and scoring. Passes to Audi down low should improve with time. Brown very active with assists and rebounds. Audi has been hit in the face/nose at least twice in the first half #bluecy
Excited for the first game of the ISU Women's BB season. Exhibition with Oshkosh Wisconsin. Crooks and Brown combine for 22 of the first 27 points of the game. #BlueCy
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Excited for the first game of the ISU Women's BB season. Exhibition with Oshkosh Wisconsin. Crooks and Brown combine for 22 of the first 27 points of the game. #BlueCy
I sit behind the players families. Patterson's mama is smiling after that deflected pass by her son in the endzone. Cyclones up by 4. #bluecy
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I sit behind the players families. Patterson's mama is smiling after that deflected pass by her son in the endzone. Cyclones up by 4. #bluecy
I planned my retirement reception for the ISU-Iowa FB game weekend, for more family and friends to be in town. Now for an ISU victory! GO CYCLONES! #bluecy
September 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I planned my retirement reception for the ISU-Iowa FB game weekend, for more family and friends to be in town. Now for an ISU victory! GO CYCLONES! #bluecy
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Update: Today is his day.
Tommy Fleetwood wins the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup 🏆
It’s his first win on the PGA Tour.
Tommy Fleetwood wins the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup 🏆
It’s his first win on the PGA Tour.
August 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Update: Today is his day.
Tommy Fleetwood wins the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup 🏆
It’s his first win on the PGA Tour.
Tommy Fleetwood wins the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup 🏆
It’s his first win on the PGA Tour.
Reposted by Jackie (Vanni) Shanks
#academicsky Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 34, a Brown professor and kidney transplant specialist with a valid visa was detained and then deported after her return to the U.S. following a trip to visit family in Lebanon. She was deported DESPITE a court order halting deportation action.
Brown University Surgeon and Professor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#academicsky Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 34, a Brown professor and kidney transplant specialist with a valid visa was detained and then deported after her return to the U.S. following a trip to visit family in Lebanon. She was deported DESPITE a court order halting deportation action.
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The partisan divide in perceptions of racial and gender advantage. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
March 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The partisan divide in perceptions of racial and gender advantage. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
Cool work indeed!
Happy 58th birthday to deep-sea microbiologist Antje Boetius! Her work uncovered the ability of organisms to use methane as an energy source in the absence of oxygen, allowing new models of how organisms were able to exist in the pre-oxygen environment of Earth.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM 🧪
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM 🧪
March 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Cool work indeed!
My state's Senator. I am dismayed, disappointed. I think people make mistakes, but this is not a one time occurrence, it appears.
Exclusive: Six sources who worked for the Air Force or in Congress told ProPublica that they had heard about Sen. Joni Ernst’s relationship with a top military official and there had been concerns about it for years.
Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee
Ernst, an Iowa Republican, is one of the most influential voices in Congress on military topics. Ethics and military experts say her relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials created potenti...
propub.li
March 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
My state's Senator. I am dismayed, disappointed. I think people make mistakes, but this is not a one time occurrence, it appears.
I guess I must miss the ISU college students. I am in a coffee shop next to the U of M bookstore, drinking a 'party boy' iced coffee! 😂 #bluecy #academicsky
March 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I guess I must miss the ISU college students. I am in a coffee shop next to the U of M bookstore, drinking a 'party boy' iced coffee! 😂 #bluecy #academicsky
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Update on NIH study sections: I'm participating on the DMPB study section panel. Originally scheduled for March 13-14, now to be rescheduled for dates in April (yes, this is disruptive). But CSR is allowed to send Federal Register Notices again!
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February 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Update on NIH study sections: I'm participating on the DMPB study section panel. Originally scheduled for March 13-14, now to be rescheduled for dates in April (yes, this is disruptive). But CSR is allowed to send Federal Register Notices again!
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Bravo, Deep, and DJ. "About 8,000 miles from Nirma University in India, where they both earned undergrad degrees, the two found research excellence and a community that feels like home in Ames." #academicsky #stem
news.engineering.iastate.edu/2024/12/03/i...
news.engineering.iastate.edu/2024/12/03/i...
International education program attracts engineers to Iowa State
Dhananjay Dileep and Deep Patel earned advanced chemical engineering degrees at Iowa State, finding research excellence and community in Ames
news.engineering.iastate.edu
February 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Bravo, Deep, and DJ. "About 8,000 miles from Nirma University in India, where they both earned undergrad degrees, the two found research excellence and a community that feels like home in Ames." #academicsky #stem
news.engineering.iastate.edu/2024/12/03/i...
news.engineering.iastate.edu/2024/12/03/i...
One of the nine founders of ASCT will celebrate her 99th birthday in a few days. She is a true pioneer and an "unsung heroine." Lifting a toast to her! #womeninstem #academicsky
www.asct.com/About-ASCT
www.asct.com/About-ASCT
American Society for Cytotechnology - About ASCT
www.asct.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
One of the nine founders of ASCT will celebrate her 99th birthday in a few days. She is a true pioneer and an "unsung heroine." Lifting a toast to her! #womeninstem #academicsky
www.asct.com/About-ASCT
www.asct.com/About-ASCT