My latest favorite thing about the airport is that I don’t have to see Kristi Noem’s face on the TSA announcement screen anymore.

At the end of his PhD defense my wonderful trainee said that he hoped to become a PI some day. My face: ☺️. My inner voice: 😳 mannnnn I don’t know if you want this life.

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Made myself a little pulled bbq pork from slow-cooked pork shoulder just to keep it a little festive in my single lady home. I put it on a toasted ciabatta bun with some caramelized onions. I added some home-made cabbage slaw with vinegar-mayo dressing and sweet pepper relish. Happy July 4th!

A flurry of chemical activity as bacteria resist destruction might be hiding under the radar … but not for long. Congrats Dr. Johnson! Looking forward to the cool work that will come from this project! #fundboldscience @blackinmicro.bsky.social

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4/ What if the key to understanding bacterial stress response is in their electrons⚡? Awardee @copperbae.bsky.social is tracking electron balance as a novel way to predict how well a bacteria's defenses are holding up. 🍾 Congrats Dr. Johnson! @uarizona.bsky.social 🙏 #HFScout @drkhaynes.bsky.social

While venting to my Chatbot about administrative pressures to act on things I literally have no control of, the Chatbot validated my frustration and quipped “Nine women can’t make a baby in one month.” 🤣🤣🤣 #academia

Red drink for #Juneteenth!

Ya’ll! 🤣

I love that Alzo Slade has taken on the prestigious position of the @npr.org Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me announcer and score keeper! At the same time I’ll miss Bill Curtis’ voice … “so rich that it makes you sign a prenup.”

The saddest twist on the anti-DEI crusade is that it turns out to *not* actually benefit talented, qualified White people. Take a look at Trump’s appointees. But people who know what’s up understand why. It’s not about merit, it’s about tribalism and loyalty.

Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB 2026-10817)

What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice

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Science people 🚨Here is your assignment. 1. Read Ginexi’s substack. You will learn what the new “politicians have the final say on grants” policy is and how leaving an original detailed public comment with effectively flood the zone. 2. Leave your comment here: www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

Craig Kaplan@triggerloop.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It is really tough- this was a good guide to how to respond: elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne... also when you go to comment, regulations.gov also has a "how to leave an effective comment" guide. But the reality is: this is for sure bad faith and offensive :(

A reflective and inspiring Decoration Day to all #decorationday #memorialday

Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

New genomics data are on their way to the public realm! GEO entry coming soon. One step closer to predictable epigenetic reprogramming of human cells using engineered chromatin proteins. #epigenetics #synbio Lunch: home made Thai-inspired basil fried rice topped with a fried egg over easy.

My cancellation note to Paramount Plus: “With Colbert’s cancellation from CBS, I suspect that Paramount Plus is becoming a propaganda puppet for Dictator Miracle Ear. I am not interested in paying to be lied to.”

I voted today!

It is my honor to “hood” two STEM PhDs, Cancer Biology (left) and Biomedical Engineering (right), today at the #EmoryCommencement ceremony. As a first-gen URM PhD myself it is especially exciting to bestow this hard-earned title to two black women scientists #blackinSTEM

About to “hood” my first Emory/ GA Tech Biomedical Engineering PhD graduate at the GA Tech c/o 2026 PhD ceremony! @gatechengineers.bsky.social #gatechgraduation2026 #blackinSTEM

New preprint! Adipocyte signals trigger stress-adaptive, growth-promoting states in TNBC via metabolic+epigenetic changes. Congrats to 1st author Dr. Ashley (Townsel) Kelly & collaborators Dr. M. Kemp & Dr. C. Henry. #BreastCancer #Epigenetics #SystemsBio khayneslab.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/r...

Research – bioRxiv – Early Epigenetic and Metabolic Responses to the Adipocyte Secretome Reveal Stress-Adaptive States in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Early Epigenetic and Metabolic Responses to the Adipocyte Secretome Reveal Stress-Adaptive States in Triple-Negative Breast CancerTownsel A, Jaffe M, He S, Wu Y, Ingram A, Tipton M, Kemp M, Henry C…

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Captain Victor Glover, yes you did that! 🚀 🙌🏾 And in the same week Dr. Josephine Allen and colleagues dropped this fire article in NPJ Microgravity on supporting inclusive space travel biomedical research!!! 🤩 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Want to learn synthetic biology in a wet lab & computational lab this summer? The @CSHL synthetic biology summer course is now accepting applications. Deadline: April 10, 2026 meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... #learnsynbio

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That is one saucy pig. Sitting there like it knows exactly what it’s doing. The “come hither” eyes, little smirk, just daring you to order another round and make questionable decisions. You know what? I trust it.

Celebrating my 49th trip around the sun with a tequila cocktail and a fried chicken dinner at the best Peruvian spot in Atlanta, Las Brasas! 🥳🎂

K-pop Demon Hunters was awesome! Amazing animation art. I loved it!

Let’s start a new trend: grant apps-maxxing. I kind of feel like I’ve already started it.

I just learned about a spay and neuter organization in Georgia called “Planned PEThood.” 🤭 pethoodga.org

Planned PEThood of Georgia | Affordable Pet Care & Rescue Services

Discover affordable pet care services, rescue programs, and ways to get involved with Planned PEThood of Georgia. Help us make a difference for pets in need.

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Steve Inskeep @npr.org really put Sen. Ron Johnson to task this morning. I loved it. How are you going to back Trump’s war decision 100% but then call Obama’s Syria strike unconstitutional? And as you’d expect Ron circled around the drain with “but Trump … American security … Trump.” #iran

A riddle for Prof. Allyson Friedman: what two things do these neurobiologists have in common: Farah Lubin, Antentor Hinton, and Andre Fenton? They’re Black and they each have an h-index higher than yours. abcnews.com/amp/US/hunte...

Hunter College professor placed on leave amid investigation into her 'abhorrent' Zoom remarks during public school meeting

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I. AM. SOMEBODY. ✊🏽 Rest in Power, Reverend Jesse Jackson. youtu.be/NTVwT3j_zqY?...

Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972)

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Trumpism aside, the chemical-resistance approach for genetic engineering of crop plants is just a stupid idea in so many ways. I’ve thought this for 25 years (since grad school).

Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The EPA has reapproved the herbicide dicamba for use on genetically modified cotton and soybeans, adding “new limits on when and how it can be sprayed”. Dicamba is used to control tough weeds that can hurt crop yields, and the updated rules are intended to

So amped by the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show I started singing “Toro Mata” (the little bit I know) by Celia Cruz. A Peruvian song, yes, but if you know Spanish language anti-colonial music, you know. #superbowl