Katherine Lemon
@kathlemon.bsky.social
Outdoorsy, curious, microbiologist, pediatric infectious diseases doc, and mom (to humans and a dog). she/her 🏳️🌈 Opinions entirely my own. Trust the scientific process.
RADMicrobes workshop is back! Looking to learn bioinformatics and some basic bacterial genome analyses? I highly recommend this workshop. All my students take it and come out with amazing skills. www.eventbrite.com/e/rad-microb...
RAD Microbes Boot Camp 2026
Hands-on boot camp on reading, assembling, analyzing, & dechipering microbial genomes.
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After an Ohio teacher put up a poster in their classroom reading "hate has no home here," the school board said it violated a state law against instructional materials related to sexual orientation or gender identity. Anti-LGBTQ censorship laws do nothing to help kids learn and grow.
Anti-hate poster has no home in Ohio classroom, says school district
The poster, which included a rainbow flag, counts as 'instruction that includes sexuality content' according to the board.
reason.com
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Send a message to Mayor Whitmire and Houston City Council to NOT REPEAL Prop A - Immigration Ordinance Procedures. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
Send a message to Mayor Whitmire and Houston City Council to NOT REPEAL Prop A - Immigration Ordinance Procedures
URGENT: Governor Abbott is punishing Houstonians, Mayor Whitmire, and Houston City Council for clarifying our Constitutional rights! On Monday, April 13th, 2026, Governor Abbott issued a memo to Mayo...
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Large study of the effects of mRNA COVID vaccination impacts in France. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 1/3
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-term all-cause mortality.
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My LGBTQ+ community will never be rendered invisible. We will always stand up and fight for our rightful place.
NEW: Virginia just passed a law to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, giving it 222 of 270 electoral votes needed to activate. This map and spreadsheet show which states could join to activate it by 2028 depending on the outcome of the 2026 elections docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
With gratitude to the Hungarian people for showing us what can be accomplished through concerted, peaceful action by many over time. May this be a call to widespread peaceful engagement to defend the U.S. Constitution.
Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
#Proudmentormoment my rotation student, Alexandra Serrato, won the 1st place poster prize as a pre-qualifying exam student at our departmental/graduate student retreat this week! Congrats Alexandra!
#Proudmentormoment My PhD student @jmduranramirez.bsky.social won an award for his talk at the #UTICONF2026 Very well deserved Jesus!
The science is clear: removing forest protections will be devastating on the environment. The Trump admin does not care. Fuel the fight to defend our forests and Stand Up for Science by donating at standupforscience.net/donate #Forest #Nature #Climate #Science zurl.co/KnBHN
‘Illegal’ forest service overhaul risks causing ‘chaos’ across US public lands, union claims
The restructuring will close all regional offices, which manages 193m acres of land, roughly the size of Texas
theguardian.com
Follow along with us on NASA+ here: ==> Launch (next attempt, 4/11 6:40AM CST): plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi... ==> Docking with ISS (if launches 4/11 - then 4/13, 10:40AM CST): plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi...
NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 Launch
Coverage of the Launch of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-24 Cargo Craft to the International Space Station (Launch scheduled at 7:41 a.m. EDT).
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Not sure how many spacewalks they’ll have time for, but these studies in #Celegans will help tell us how the #microbiome alters host responses to microgravity.
Next launch attempt of thousands of tiny astronauts on 4/11/26 at 7:40am EST! www.nasa.gov/missions/sta... #wormsinspace #microbiome #spacebiology #Celegans #CBIOMES
NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview - NASA
NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24, will deliver approximately 11,000 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station. This m...
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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine@bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · 4mo agoA #NASA-funded study on the #ISS brings together B. Samuel @microbeminded.bsky.social, S. Vanapalli and M. Driscoll to address #microgravity effects on the #gutMicrobiome and what that means on long missions. bit.ly/4clyhnP @bcmhouston.bsky.social @texastech.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social
Science is in danger and needs your help!!! This administration is attacking American science and we need you to help fuel the fight for science! Donate at: standupforscience.net/donate #StandUpForScience #Donate #SaveScience #Science
I just called my reps too, using @5calls.org. Can’t do nothing today ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Liz Haswell@ehaswell.bsky.social · 4mo agoI just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
youtu.be/_K9az4El6YI?... I've liked Ted Lieu ever since he pulled this stunt. Dude keeps standing on business.
Rep. Ted Lieu plays audio from detention center on House floor (C-SPAN)
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social · 4mo agoRep. Ted Lieu isn't backing down.
#ImageForensics Kidneys of four differently treated groups of animals. None of these photos should overlap. But is that true???? Tell or show me if you find at least 2 sets of overlaps.
The multitude of ways that jack up American healthcare costs (without improving outcomes) gift link wsj.com/health/healt...
To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.
If President Trump thought he could shut us up with his attacks on free speech, he should think again. Our democracy belongs to all of us.
POV: You made history by joining the LARGEST protest in United States history! #NoKings Use the energy’s from today’s historic day to meet your neighbors (if safe) and start a group chat on Signal. The most important resistance work is hyper localized 🤝 #WeSayNoKings
Here are some of my favorite signs from the #NoKings protest in Willimantic CT. I know some people are gonna say sign holders aren't doing enough, but as someone who has also written emails, signed petitions, called Congress reps, boycotted, donated $, & more, stop yucking our joy.
When I grew up in the 1970s, there were just a handful of vaccines Today, we are lucky to have vaccines against more than 20 diseases! Science has worked, what we need is greater access & less disinformation!
Someone give this veteran at a No Kings protest in Houston a medal of honor. His response to being asked why he is protesting was brilliantly said.
As the Senate prepares to vote on the GOP’s dangerous voter suppression legislation, join us in DC tomorrow to defend our voting rights and stop the SAVE Act: www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalitio...
