Dana Davis Phf’nD
@angrybychoice.bsky.social
Micro prof interested in fungi, evolution, environmental adaptation.
For nine years Minnesota has ranked as a national leader in evidence-based decision making. That’s nine years of data driven investments in the things that matter most - like paid leave, school meals, and our nation-leading child tax credit. www.kimt.com/news/gov-wal...
Gov. Walz: Minnesota leads nation in evidence-based policy making
'For nine years Minnesota has ranked as a national leader in evidence-based decision making.'
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Week 1 of eukaryotic microbiology in the books. A week of Candida albicans…transcriptional rewiring in biofilm formation and phenotypic diversity among a collection of commensal isolates were the main areas of discussion.
Wednesday, my busiest teaching day, along with Friday, plus extraneous meetings making for a 12 hour work day not including potential time to work on a grant or grade. So of course my brain was all “Hey it’s 4:00am let’s be up doing things that don’t include sleeping!”
A deep dive into the memo that marks the end of how NSF has done business for 76 years www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchers
New document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas
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@klobuchar.senate.gov as a member of a group of 100 leaders (senators) what did you do that should make me excited to vote for you to be 1 of 50 leaders (governor) this fall? Note: Not being Trump is not much of an accomplishment.
There's A LOT of ways the Trump admin is currently attacking & decimating American science. Here's a breakdown of what they are doing, and what you can do about it. 🧵
The reason @standupforscience.net wrote America’s Compact for Higher Education is higher ed has *dramatically failed* to coalesce around a set of shared values in light of Trump’s attacks. This Compact puts the bar on the floor and encourages ANYONE who agrees to join us! TLDR: 11 Affirmations 🧵
Rightfully aghast. mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/09/09/h...
How Democrats Should Respond to the Trans Sports Question
Before I get to how they should respond, this is a post that really isn’t written for those–and I include myself in this group–who believe there is a clear ethical case to include trans girls…
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Penultimate? FY26 NSF grantmaking update One month ago (8/4) New grants: 4310/7761 — 55.5% of avg. Obligations: 4.10/5.08 billion — 80.7% of avg. Now (9/7) New grants: 6,144/10,857 — 67% of avg.* Obligations: 5.97/7.49 billion — 80% of avg. *avg. from 21–24 grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...
Agency Pulse: Grantmaking at NSF
An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.
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"The Study of Evolvability in Gene Regulatory Networks" by Alger Jorritsma, Aaron Kiggen, Steven Van Belleghem, & Pieter van den Berg FREE till Oct 27th at authors.elsevier.com/a/1nkTMcQbJI...
These numbers are key to understanding RNA and protein analysis. The different counting statistics fundamentally shape technological challenges and opportunities. nature.com/articles/s41... 1/
#Fungi must sense and prioritize nutrients to compete with microbes and form relationships with plants and animals. This study by @cornellcals.bsky.social shows that the regulator Cbr1 coordinates nutrient use and supports stable access to food sources. 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4gt8htU
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm... It’s more concise to use ‘lies’
NIH Director Says a Lot. Critics Call Much of It Misleading
Jay Bhattacharya insists he wants to restore trust in the National Institutes of Health. Current and former agency employees say he’s doing the opposite.
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Good morning #GOP What’s on the docket for hurting more Americans today? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
USDA reportedly shelves cyclospora research amid relocations and fund cuts
Trump officials shuttering three projects on foodborne parasite, two defunded by Congress, Politico reports
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Epigenetics Review - Adaptive evolution of polyploid crops u.epigenome.us/tBthvR7r jonathanfwendel.bsky.social and Youxiong Que in natgenet.nature.com #Epigenetics #Reviews #Evolution #Crops #Polyploidy --- High-resolution insights without cell sorting; epigenometech.com
Adaptive evolution of polyploid crops - Nature Genetics
This Review discusses how polyploidy shapes crop evolution and environmental adaptation by genome duplication, phenotypic plasticity and stress responses, and proposes how these insights can accelerat...
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🚨WARNING🚨 Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal. The Proposal implements some of Vought's Science-Destroying OMB Proposal plans in advance: zurl.co/9nywR Leave your public comment TODAY using our guide & tool: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/Pro...
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🍷 Wine yeast domestication story: Despite bottleneck during domestication, #Yeast developed striking genome dynamism - varying heterozygosity, aneuploidy & gene content create adaptive potential for harsh winemaking environments 🧬 #YeastResearch 🧪 #SGD 🔬 www.yeastgenome.org/reference/S1...
www.techtimes.com/articles/323...
Candida auris Hides in Hair Follicles by Rewiring Skin Immunity, Science Study Finds
Candida auris permanently colonizes patients by using chitin to trigger a skin immune response that suppresses antifungal defenses, allowing it to hide in hair follicles no current treatment can reach...
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Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this!
Noam Ross@noamross.net · 4w agoThree more days to comment on NSF's attempt to smuggle in OMB's already-rejected policies of terminating any grant without cause, gutting civil rights obligations and restricting international collaborations. Submit your comment today! Then call your representatives. 🧪
Let the shit show begin (actually continue)... www.nih.gov/news-events/... No NIH experience at all as far as I can tell. No significant management experience. Vaccine injury trial expert witness.
Pediatric neurologist Dr. John Gaitanis to lead NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Dr. Gaitanis is set to begin his role on August 23, 2026.
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We welcome studies in all areas of microbiology that provide new insights into cell growth, metabolism, and fundamental mechanisms in all microbes. Read the latest research in Microbiology and Infectious Disease ⬇️️ buff.ly/iDnRmOk
One gene loss, two surveillance mechanisms broken: how cancer cells prevent genome doubling. Akshata Samel covers recent work of Federica Scotto di Carlo (@fscottodicarlo.bsky.social) et al. #GianfrancescoLab #preprint #CancerBiology #preLight ⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/highlights/p...
Profilin 1 maintains cell cycle fidelity to prevent unscheduled genome doubling and polyploidy in cancer - preLights
One gene loss, two surveillance mechanisms broken: how cancer cells prevent genome doubling.
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A wee explainer on why the NIH hiding impact scores and percentages from peer review of grants: 1. Spend 6 months writing proposal 2. Submit to NIH 3. Peers review it, give it a score, and it’s ranked by percentile—the lower, the better 4. If you’re in the 1st percentile you can expect funds
The NSF Proposal is a not-so-sneaky attempt to implement Vought’s OMB Proposal before it’s finalized. Take action against the NSF Proposal; Leave your public comment: zurl.co/j2JCa Join us today at the NSF Rapid Response Workshop, 2-3PM ET: zurl.co/IXE9L
just another reminder that if you don’t like the idea of amy klobuchar as governor of Minnesota, your best course of action is to head to a swing house or senate district and get on the doors help get those caucuses so strong that Amy’s power as governor means less
🍄🩺 An underdiagnosed #fungal #sexually transmitted #infection is drawing attention to gaps in testing and awareness that can leave infections untreated. #Fungi #PublicHealth #Diagnostics #STI #STD #Microsky via today .duke .edu today.duke.edu/2026/08/why-...
Why Is This Fungal STI Going Underdiagnosed? | Duke Today
Duke researchers build a public response to the mysterious TMVII
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