Congratulations to Kelly Lab alum Justine Nguyen @jlotusnguyen.bsky.social who recently earned her PhD from Marquette University working with Chelsea Cook @phdbee.bsky.social and is moving on to a postdoc at the University of Georgia. We are so proud of you Dr. Nguyen!!!

New publication from our team led by Ryan Krantz www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Adsorption of the antimicrobial triclosan to microplastics impacts biofilm and planktonic microbial communities in freshwater

Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous contaminants in freshwater ecosystems that could be hotspots for the interaction of antimicrobial compounds and sur…

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I'll do my own post once I've properly processed but am Dr. Nguyen now! 🤩🥳🫨🤪😆😈

Chelsea Cook@phdbee.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🎉🎉 I graduated my first PhD Student!! Dr. Justine Nguyen successfully defended her dissertation yesterday. I couldn't be more proud. I haven't been stressed giving a talk in many years, but introducing her made me so nervous!! 🐝🐝 @jlotusnguyen.bsky.social thecooklab.org/news/drjustine

🤩 WHO'S GOING TO ENTOMOLOGY IN PORTLAND??? 🤩

Our recently published work in @royalsociety.org was featured on Spectrum News! Thanks for a great story featuring @jlotusnguyen.bsky.social's work on how antibiotics disrupt the collective cooling in honey bee colonies in my research lab @marquetteu.bsky.social spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee...

Marquette University leading research on honey bees

A PhD student in biological science, has been studying how oxytetracycline, a common antibiotic used in beekeeping, affects honeybee colonies.

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I had the pleasure of getting interviewed by @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social for my recently published work on the effects of oxytetracycline on honey bee fanning behavior. Check it out below! spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee...

Marquette University leading research on honey bees

A PhD student in biological science, has been studying how oxytetracycline, a common antibiotic used in beekeeping, affects honeybee colonies.

spectrumnews1.com

Some fun #honeybee 🐝 press for our paper! today.marquette.edu/2025/04/marq...

Marquette researchers find common agricultural antibiotic disrupts honeybee teamwork, raising concerns for pollinator health  | Marquette Today

Marquette University researchers have found that Oxytetracycline, a common antibiotic used in agriculture, disrupts a critical social behavior in honeybees.

today.marquette.edu

And that concludes my very first #ABS2025 conference! Every time I go to a conference I am reaffirmed in my passion for animal behavior and science, especially with such inspiring and fantastic people in this field! Thank you to anyone I met/reconnected/hung out with this week!

If you're at #ABS2025, lets meet up!! I'm always lookin to make new friends 🤩 (and also scout for post doc positions... 👉🏻👈🏻)

So excited to be going to my first ABS conference!! 🤩

Is anyone going to ABS this July who needs a roommate? Reach out if you'd like to share an Airbnb/hotel! :D

Super excited to be participating in the 2025 ABS Allee competition this July! What an opportunity! 🤩

Hello Community! Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

my favorite past time is chatting up people at the bar and connecting based in how cool bees are and really engaging them in how smart they are we scientists must not forget that we fundamentally serve the public. it is our responsibility to engage the public and show them how cool science is

Had the pleasure of taking part of MPM's (@mkepublicmuseum.bsky.social) Inside out event tonight! Interacting with my community and sharing our cool bee science lights a fire underneath me. These interactions are why I do the science I do. To see the awe and wonder on people's faces.

I am a peer mentor in an undergrad-serving program that helps get them into research labs, get research experience, and go to graduate school. These are students who genuinely want to make the world better and are the future of our society's health abd function. Program was terminated yesterday.

Two PhD Scholarships to study Australian stingless bees 🐝 and crop pollination at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney Uni - deadline March 31. Sounds like a great project - reach out with questions - I did my PhD in this lab! www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/...

The first data paper of my dissertation thesis was recently published in ProcB! Follow my rockstar PI's thread below to learn more! Thanks for your support! 😁 And reach out if you're interested in a postdoc - I'm graduating soon 👀

Chelsea Cook@phdbee.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎉🎉I am SO excited to share our lab's first data paper published in ProcB @royalsociety.org! This research is part of @jlotusnguyen.bsky.social 's PhD dissertation and explores how social #behavior is organized in honey bees. 🐝 Let me share the story...! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

#standupforscience

man its an amazing time to be gearing up to write my thesis and try to graduate within the year 😞 anyone lookin to adopt a newly minted phd next year-ish? 🥴

I wish there was a way to quantify the collective amount of work lost due to stress and despair over the last few weeks, independent of barriers to funding.

I organized a "call your congressman" session today amongst my fellow graduate students to urge our representatives to fight against the cutting of research funds. It made me feel better to talk to offices. I will not be silenced by a calculated attack to destroy science in this country.

6/8. In science, and in institutions of learning like colleges and universities, there is a shared understanding that edicts should not go unquestioned—that we all have a duty to systematically investigate the world around us and to interrogate claims about it. We do not simply obey.

8/8. So, if you’re feeling down about these attacks, I understand—I feel that way too. But just remember that they’re not attacking because your work doesn’t matter; they’re attacking *precisely* because it does. So, get some rest, connect with your people, and keep doing it.

I get the instinct to say "it's too late" in response to calls to action (call your reps about thing x, show up to protest thing y). I do. But here's the thing. These are the last tools we have to preserve democracy, short of some very messy options that I refuse to romanticize. Too early to quit.

in these terrifying and uncertain times, I find solace when I look at my plants, my cats. despite it all, my plants still will grow. my cats will still demand to be fed and then offer purrs and cuddles. life will find a way. and im hanging on to the idea that we will find a way.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... They need to hear from you.

Hello out there scientists. If you're having meetings or grants or anything else impacted by freeze of NSF meetings, please feel free to reach out to me to share your story. Signal: thealexknapp.79 Email: aknapp@forbes.com

SOME POSITIVE NEWS TO GRACE YOUR FEED, MY FIRST EVER DATA PAPER WAS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION!!!!!!!! 😭