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Assistant Professor. Evolutionary physiology and genomics at the University of Denver.
pinned post!
Check out coverage of our work on the mechanisms of adaptation to high altitude.
stories.du.edu/magazine/dep...
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Research at 14,000 Feet
The Velotta Lab seeks to understand how tiny mammals have genetically adapted to survive at Colorado’s highest altitudes.
https://stories.du.edu/magazine/departments/features/research-at-14-000-feet/index.html
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1/How do maladaptive responses to novel environments influence trait evolution? With field & lab studies, we (
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Please spread widely and quickly - the more signatures we get the better chances we have of cajoling NSF into changing course on this small but very impactful item
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Lauren Kuehne
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We created an updated, urgent petition focused on the devastating
#GRFP
eligibiilty changes - please sign and share if you can!
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Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
https://laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/#bn-guestbook-1-1-288440243/next/2
about 2 months ago
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If you are a grad student in their second year, hoping to apply for a GRFP, the eligibility requirements have changed. You are now ineligible.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
. This is an outrage. The government willy-nilly changes the way things are done and it hurts students.
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/grfp-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-program/nsf25-547/solicitation#elig
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Check out our new deer mouse paper
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! A truly collaborative effort with
@drgodwit.bsky.social
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@mstager.bsky.social
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Incomplete genetic compensation and countergradient variation of blood-oxygen transport in deer mice
Abstract. Novel environments can induce fitness-reducing responses (i.e., maladaptive plasticity) that should be eliminated by selection via genetic compen
https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpaf186/8262906?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=evolut&utm_medium=email
about 2 months ago
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Check out our new perspective on homeostasis and stress! Led by
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with me and
@cam-g.bsky.social
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A Systems Approach to Homeostasis: What Euryhaline Fish Teach Us About Organismal Stress Responses
Synopsis. Historically, organismal biologists have studied the organism’s response to environmental variation from two complementary perspectives: one has
https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icb/icaf085/8172540
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
8 months ago
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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Acyn
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AOC: Do you know which coloradans did vote to cut medicare and jack up health care cost? Every single Republican representative from Colorado. Don't you worry, I was just at Gabe Evans' district, and 11,000 of his constituents would like a word
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Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation
Many in higher education worry Trump’s efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science. Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/trumps-battles-with-colleges-could-change-american-culture-for-a-generation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
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Sherry Pagoto, PhD
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2025/03/12/nih-grants-fueled-95-billion-in-economic-activity-finds-new-report/
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This Podcast Will Kill You
8 months ago
Our YouTube premiere starts in just a few minutes!
youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ
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This Podcast Will Kill You - Pregnancy: First Trimester
YouTube video by Exactly Right Media
https://youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ
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Senator Bernie Sanders
8 months ago
For the first time in 10 years, a child has died from measles in the United States. Vaccines prevent measles. Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.
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#standupforscience
Denver! Thank you
@ssenese.bsky.social
for being lead organizer and
@emma-glenn23.bsky.social
@peteromyscus.bsky.social
@etarnawa.bsky.social
@rileymcorcoran.bsky.social
for organizing and volunteering! ✊
#proudmentor
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Denver! Science saves! Get vaccinated.
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Standing up for science now!
#colorado
#denver
@bennet.senate.gov
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Be part of this movement! Today in
#Denver
at 1pm at the capitol! Come
#standupforscience
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COME STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!! TOMORROW!!
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Graham Scott
8 months ago
The Scott Lab at McMaster is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Details at
scottlab.ca/opportunities/
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Opportunities
Interested in Joining the Scott Lab? The Scott Lab is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Pote…
https://scottlab.ca/opportunities/
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Stand Up for Science!
8 months ago
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to
www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/
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Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00703-1
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8 months ago
And
#MATH
because you can’t do science without math so I’m (also) gonna
#standupformath2025
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Scott Delaney
8 months ago
BREAKING: Federal judge issues prelim injunction blocking NIH from cutting indirect cost rates for research. This extends the temp restraining order that's been in place the past few weeks. Big win for health. Big loss for disease and cancers. Especially political ones.
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Stand Up for Science!
8 months ago
On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone. Join us! Visit
www.standupforscience2025.org
for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
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9 months ago
Colorado— Looking for a
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sign/poster making event? Look no further! Golden—3/3 @6 Boulder—3/5 @5 Aurora/Denver—3/6 @6
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Stand with us
#Denver
! ✊
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@ssenese.bsky.social
. I will be speaking on academic freedom, drawing inspiration from MIT scientist Vannevar Bush's "Science the Endless Frontier," and
@biologycarly.bsky.social
recent
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www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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Stand Up for Science!
9 months ago
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to
www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/
or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!
#standupforscience2025
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Stand Up for Science!
9 months ago
SEE YOU IN ONE WEEK ☀️ March 7th, 2025! More info at
www.standupforscience2025.org
!
#standupforscience2025
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Stand Up for Science!
9 months ago
SAVE OUR SCIENCE! There's a war on science happening right now, and we're trying to win—for the sake of our families, our friends, and our communities. Want to support
#StandUpforScience2025
? Show up in DC, locally, call your representatives, or visit
www.caaps.co/caapsstandup...
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I got mad and wrote an article.
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The Rise (and Fall?) of the National Science Foundation
In the ’50s, America declared science an “endless frontier.” We may be reaching the end of it.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-national-science-foundation
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Society for the Study of Evolution
9 months ago
Are you a grad student or postdoc who would like to attend in-person
#Evol2025
? SSE offers registration waivers for those who need additional funding to attend the meeting. Complete the short application form by March 15:
buff.ly/4gSSKk5
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Carl Zimmer
9 months ago
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that’s infected more than 120 people
apnews.com/article/meas...
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First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people
A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first since the outbreak began late last month.
https://apnews.com/article/measles-outbreak-west-texas-death-rfk-41adc66641e4a56ce2b2677480031ab9
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Stand up for Science with us!
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9 months ago
🚨CO Scientists🚨 Have you or someone you know been fired from a federally funded position? If so—contact me! Looking for speakers/stories for the Stand Up for Science rally in Denver, CO.
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Sarah Senese
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🚨Anyone in CO🚨 if you are open to volunteering—I need you! Please reach out to help organize at our capitol in Denver. We need you! Science needs you! Stand up for science!
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
9 months ago
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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Stand Up for Science!
9 months ago
☀️📣 Looking for VOLUNTEERS to help us
#standupforscience2025
in Colorado! Know someone interested? Fill out this form:
airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#scienceforall
#sciencenotsilence
#colorado
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025
Join us in Washington, DC or your state capitol on March 7th, 2025 to stand up for science!
https://www.standupforscience2025.org/
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Field Techs wanted! Join me,
@ssenese.bsky.social
,
@drgodwit.bsky.social
, and others this upcoming field season! Apply here:
jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...
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Details - Field Technician - Velotta Lab | University of Denver
https://jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/497824/field-technician-velotta-lab
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Write to Congress About the Impacts of Recent Executive Actions on Science
Recent Executive Orders and directives have created widespread confusion and uncertainties for the U.S. scientific community . The abrupt freeze in spending, planned mass layoffs at the National Scien...
https://takeaction.io/aibs/write-to-congress-about-the-impacts-of-recent-executive-actions-on-science/#/5/thankyou
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Evolution Meetings
9 months ago
Registration for Evolution 2025 is now open! Come join us virtually from May 29-30, and/or in-person in Athens, GA from June 20-24.
@sse-evolution.bsky.social
@systbiol.bsky.social
@asn-amnat.bsky.social
#Evol2025
www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...
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Evolution 2025 Registration
Evolution 2025 - the joint conference of the SSE, ASN, and SSB
https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration.html
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NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
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NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
The NIH said Friday night that it would slash support for indirect costs on all existing and future grants to 15%
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/nih-slashes-indirect-costs-on-all-grants-to-15-percent-trump/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9HuRnsbPVQGflmxRAqwFqi5GfNLv1Mka9pqNAch1TzcrLiwR-klqSLkL9CB9N5R6FJay-ie3mk3iknzT7PoYjr3bKp3A&_hsmi=346347299
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Erin Welsh
9 months ago
So excited to announce my new hosting role on the Advances in Care podcast! Tune in for fascinating conversations with the physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital who are on the cutting edge of medical research. Check out the first episode in the newest season:
go.pddr.app/aic-smith-erin
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Advancing Cardiology and Heart Surgery Through a History of Collaboration
Podcast Episode · Advances in Care · 02/06/2025 · 20m
https://go.pddr.app/aic-smith-erin
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️
9 months ago
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I am a federally-funded scientist. People on this amazing effort were supported by federal grants. We must keep it that way. Shoutout to all the work of the folks who helped build the genome of the "Founding Fish", the American shad.
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A Complete Assembly and Annotation of the American Shad Genome Yields Insights into the Origins of Diadromy
Abstract. Transitions across ecological boundaries, such as those separating freshwater from the sea, are major drivers of phenotypic innovation and biodiv
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10 months ago
The National Science Foundation cancelled over 60 grant review panels today, effectively grinding funding of new projects to a halt. The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has cancelled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276342/national-science-foundation-freezes-grant-review-in-response-to-trump-executive-orders
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This is very disturbing
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National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276342/nsf-freezes-grant-review-trump-executive-orders-dei-science
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