Here's another awesome #RNAi #yeast insecticide technology movie from our student assistant Olivia Hester! Happy World Mosquito Day! #IU #ND #EIGH #mosquitocontrol #research #science #medicalentomology #AMCA #WorldMosquitoDay #YesterdayThreatsTodaysSolutions @standupforscience.bsky.social
Happy World Mosquito Day! Here's a quick glimpse into our research in the Scheel Lab on #RNAi #yeast technology for #mosquito control! Credits: Akilah Stewart&Britton Softhauser. #IU #ND #EIGH #research #science #medicalentomology #AMCA #WorldMosquitoDay #YesterdayThreatsTodaysSolutions
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Thanks to the North Shore Senior Center for hosting our RNAi yeast larvicide community engagement event. | Molly Duman Scheel
Thanks to the North Shore Senior Center for hosting our RNAi yeast larvicide community engagement event. We appreciated hearing about how West Nile Virus has impacted your community.
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We are running community engagement events around Chicago this week and enjoying telling folks about our RNAi yeast larvicides.
Graduation celebration for our seniors, Jackson and Suhas! Thanks for all your efforts over the years!
🚨SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE: TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS 🚨 In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk. Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)
Great picture-fest from South Bend Tribune: Photos: Thousands of local protestors gather for 'Hands Off!' rally www.southbendtribune.com/picture-gall...
Photos: Thousands of local protestors gather for national 'Hands Off!' rallies
Thousands of people in the South Bend area joined with thousands more nationally to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump's administration.
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@maddow.msnbc.com this was @handsoff in Santa Cruz, CA. It reminded me of one of your stories from last week about putting tariffs on an island of penguins!
“These professional podcasters stand in front of a bunch of career scientists and say ‘What has science ever done?’ I don’t know, science eradicated measles until two months ago...” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Means defends HHS cuts, calls bureaucracy an ‘utter failure’
He also said the election of Trump was a mandate to make dramatic change in leadership.
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@maddow in interview with Dr. David Kessler (@davidkessler.bsky.social) just revealed that Trump just fired the man who likely saved his life when he was hospitalized with Covid-19.
Some words of encouragement from Dr. Tom Frieden, former Director of CDC. www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-fr...
To staff at CDC and everyone working in public health: we’re with you. | Tom Frieden | 50 comments
To staff at CDC and everyone working in public health: we’re with you. | 50 comments on LinkedIn
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We are excited to announce our official partnership with @indivisible.org for the National Day of Action on April 5th! Stand Up for Science says: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE! #standupforscience #handsoffourscience Find and register for an event near you: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...
The Scheel lab had a lovely breakfast chat with visiting speaker Hillary Ranson this morning.
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
🚨 Over 70 graduate programs in the biological and biomedical sciences have frozen or slashed admissions. The consequences are profound—how many brilliant minds are being shut out of research entirely? How much future discovery is being lost before it even begins? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
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So proud of our post docs Teresia, Majidah and Akilah presenting at the Notre Dame Eck Institute for Global Health Research Day
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NEW: Baldwin, Welch Announce Former NIH Director, Researchers, Clinical Trial Patients as Witnesses for Forum on Trump’s NIH Cuts | U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) announced the...
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I recently interviewed @jpflores.bsky.social about being one of the organizers for @standupforscience.bsky.social, the future of the movement, and advice for early-career scientists interested in advocating for science. Check out the interview here: wp.me/pcJ9aZ-4D
“Immeasurable strength in community”: a conversation with JP Flores about the Stand Up for Science movement
I recently had a conversation with JP Flores, one of the core organizers of the Stand Up for Science movement, which held nationwide rallies on March 7th and advocates for uncensored, well-funded, …
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Alex Wayne@aawayne.bsky.social · last yr.Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field. By @arthurallen202.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Reduction of #science continues at the EPA. It will hamper clean water & wastewater improvements, air quality monitoring, the cleanup of toxic industrial sites, etc. 🎁 gift access link in reply @standupforscience.bsky.social
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.