@charisramsing.bsky.social gave a great seminar on Clavibacter for UC Davis’ Plant Pathology Department today. New insights into tomato colonization and effector recognition. #MPMI

The booing of downed players is getting so egregious I’m starting to root for Gotham. We do not boo injured players!! #NWSL #GothamFC #KCBABY

The NWSL has 99 problems, but a trans player ain’t one. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Updating my LEGO White House

Wow. www.usda.gov

We firmly believe firing comedians is not a sign of a healthy democracy. In some countries, they even elect them to defend against ambitious fascists. — PM Tuxley II

I’m honored to share the illustration accompanying our receptor engineering paper in Nature Plants. Created by the talented Phoebe Sinner from the Coaker lab, this artwork elegantly highlights how natural diversity contributes to differences in receptor specificity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Washington DC has 702,000 people, is 45% Black and has 0 senators Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover

Missing my fellow Coakerites today! I tried to recreate my favorite MPMI 2023 photo but this time it’s just me 😢. Another reminder of the impact politics has on science and that many incredible academics working in the US aren’t here this year. #2025ISMPMI

We’re waiting with baited breath to see what @natplants.nature.com has to say about the alarm during @tolgaboz.bsky.social ‘s great plenary #2025ISMPMI @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social

Science is cool but reunions will always be my favorite part of conferences. So, so lovely seeing my former colleagues from my masters @phimresearch.bsky.social Team CIME 4ever 🍄‍🟫🌾 #2025ISMPMI #ouiouibaguette

Did Nuria’s talk get you excited about wilt diseases? Are you in love with lignin? Calling all vascular pathogen fanatics to P-38 in session 1 (presenting Tuesday!). Hear all about how Clavibacter uses CAZymes to break free of xylem vessels and how plants might detect this damage! #2025ISMPMI

Everyone is acting like US scientists will just go get science jobs elsewhere and sure some will but there are not anywhere close to enough science jobs elsewhere. The end result of this will be much, much, much less science, not science happening in different places.

NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%. #NASADidThat

It’s hard to put into words how bad things are/are getting in the U.S. but on a personal note I just realized in be in Europe for #2025ISMPMI during the Euros and that’s pretty awesome.

This this this. There is value in pointing out the specifics but we have to save express interest in saving all of it. A patchwork of funding just what ppl are most passionate about would be a dysfunctional mess

It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA. The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US. We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.

If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.

I went to two supermarkets today and noticed a drastic decline in the amount of fresh produce. Maybe due to reliance on immigrants to pick crops & them hiding in fear. Look at the resources devoted to squashing protests, raiding buildings and a military parade- but not helping the general population

How is it not ABSURDLY injurious to our interests as a nation to cut…. math and physics funding?

I do hate that we leave out USDA in these. I know it’s about congressional committee oversight of “science”, but ag research within and external to the USDA is also critical and already underfunded compared to other science. Key food security, animal and plant health, environmental outcomes, etc

According to a 2021 report, the University of California system: • generated $82B in economic activity in California • supported 529K jobs in the state • generated $21 in economic output for every $1 received Public divestment from higher ed makes no sense, even in the narrowest economic terms.

If you zoom in the text says “growing America”. This administration is certainly NOT growing Agricultural science in the US. USDA grants are frozen since January with no new competitive awards being issued. Furthermore, USDA is also facing a massive reduction in force in the next week or two.

Weber: I'm glad you're addressing us instead of speaking to the camera. … AOC: There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. Hello. I’m talking to you because I work for you. They deserve to see what is happening here..

No surprise that Chicago Pope was able to make it through all the arguments and petty feuds of Conclave voting. He's got a lot of experience with Italian beef.

I’ve decided I’m okay with an American pope if he brings deep dish to the Vatican

The “brain drain” will be a primarily domestic phenomenon, w/ STEM-trained people moving into non-STEM occupations. There are not remotely enough STEM jobs abroad for our *millions* scientists, and even if there were, moving is hard, expensive & dependent on multiple intersecting privileges.

NEW: The Great Lakes hold 95% of all the surface freshwater in the United States. Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab. Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people. My story for @propublica.org

Not only is there no capacity to absorb huge cuts to US science, these countires are ignoring the excess capacity they already have. If there is one thing there is no shortage of anywhere there is any science funding, it is is scientists.

🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trumpism is anti-science. Here's frightening proof of what happens when his #DOGE hackers gut the #CDC as he installs a dangerously unqualified #RFKJr to run #HHS - kids die. www.cbsnews.com/news/milwauk...

In addition to the wonderful things they accomplish while here, international students help our domestic students learn how to communicate and work across cultural boundaries. We are all poorer for losing them as they choose not to come to or stay at our universities.🌏🌍🌎 #AcademicSky🧪

What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

I'm going to be honest, it is cathartic to have this filibuster on. Senators taking turns saying "can you believe they are firing veterans and dismantling cancer research?" Just hearing people say "this is awful" instead of being absent/silent, it feels better - less crazy pills and gaslighting.

From within the NIH: 🆘 I’ve just learned that they’ve sent a “Reduction in Force” notice firing at least 8 PIs, the training team, all the administrators in the office of the scientific director, and all the purchasing staff. Please spread the word and get your representatives on the phone!☎️

Chucking in on Senator Cory Booker on the Senate floor 5 hours+ into his filibuster. “America, we are not doing a good job right now.” Nailing it! 🔥

It's time to talk about how if people really want this American experiment aka "democracy" to survive, they will need to put bodies on the line to protect the vulnerable. Otherwise, the United States will just become yet another nation ruled by kings, thugs, and cowards.

I can't stress this enough. The country and the world is not being shown just how much pushback is happening. You have to share it when you encounter it. They all think we're taking this lying down and we are not.

What does the continuing resolution mean for Americans? Find details here. All bad. democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/fact-sh...

Thank God the NWSL is back.

Thank God the NWSL is back today. Have a feeling #woso is going to be the only thing keeping me sane the coming months. Well that and community 💕

Tuesday morning thought dump: I had the privilege to speak about agricultural research and being a grad student at the Sacramento #standupforscience. It was wonderful and the organizers did such a great job, but I’m sitting here wondering for all those who attended - what’s next? (1/3)

Nice turnout for Agriculture today too!

The loss of life [to me] is inherently sad but the loss of life when it was preventable is devastating.

This is what House Republicans voted for tonight. Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.

www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/gue... This piece by Anne Linn, a dedicated USAID worker and devout Christian, exemplifies the fundamental question we all are dealing with as Americans. Are we great because we have power ? Or because we use our power to do good ?

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They make sure we have clean water. They protect us from financial fraud. They provide healthcare to our communities. They make our government actually work for people. Do not forget this.