✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨ Please spread the word! www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us #CSEE2025

Congratulations to my postdoc Nasreen Broomand for being awarded an #NSF #PRFB to investigate Pathogen-Host Genomic Interactions as Drivers of Invasion Success! @uvmvermont.bsky.social

Pizza night at the lab!

Lauterbur EvoEco Lab at the @uvmvermont.bsky.social Student Research Conference last Wednesday. Featuring Jenna Lopez (2nd year, CALS), Avery Redfern (3rd year, Rubenstein), and Finn Flynn (2nd year, CAS).

The recent detention of Mahmoud Khalil because of his political advocacy is a direct violation of the First Amendment. We are joining members of Congress in demanding answers about this outrageous abuse of power.

“Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable…IT’S NOT WORKING... We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

"Republicans just passed a measure saying that for the rest of this congressional session, “each day…shall not constitute a calendar day” for the purposes of terminating Trump’s emergency declaration [re tariffs]" heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-12-2...

There was never any doubt... but here it is. Keep up the boycott. #Nazi #Swastikar

Everyone--EVERYONE--in higher education has to understand that this is Trump's plan for you, too: federal control over scholarship, curricula, discipline, admissions--everything. They want you to submit. Your only other option is to stand up, together.

Dear all, Because of your help shining light on this all 15 were reinstated today. This is a huge win for science - When We Fight We Win!!!

🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities. This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods. I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration. 1/16

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...

The attacks on universities are speeding up, not slowing down The university sector *must* band together and stop acquiescing in advance (looking at you Columbia) bsky.app/profile/wsj....

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

Some helpful info for science advocacy! christinapagel.substack.com/p/eight-thin...

ACTION ITEM I was chatting with a young scientist who expressed concern re the multiplicity of ongoing issues Over the course of our conversation, we arrived at the idea of a DASHBOARD where issues could be tracked If anyone is interested in helping with this (ideally with expertise) please DM me

NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more. The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law. No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.

A crowd has gathered for the NYC protest against the illegal ICE arrest of Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil. Protesters are chanting and calling for his immediate release. Multiple helicopters overhead.

*not charged with a crime*

Amazing turnout for yesterday’s Stand Up for Science march in Burlington, Vermont! 💙🔬🧪 #standupforscience #sciencesaveslives

Stand Up For Science march, Burlington VT

👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.

They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.

Organizers estimate more than 2,000 showed up at Washington Square Park today for #StandUpforScience2025 @thexylom.com

In today's episode, we check in on the Stand Up for Science rallies that spread to 32 cities. Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/YgplAQ4

Lots of people at the rally in New York! Josh Dubnau from Stony Brook gave the speech the moment demands: attacks on science funding are bad, but they’re downstream of fascism, and we need to fight the fascism even when we’re not the targets

Columbia University professor and Nobel laureate Martin Chalfie: “I strongly believe in DEI!” Demonstrators gather in NYC and across the nation in the name of science. March 7, 2025 #standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social

Science, not Silence! Thousands gather across U.S. and world in Stand Up for Science events | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence

🚨🧪 We’ve been talking to scientists at rallies today across the country in DC, Boston, Seattle, and NJ. Here’s why scientists are “Dismayed, depressed, disgusted” and what they’re doing about it 🧵 ⤵️ for more #StandUpforScience #StandUpforScience2025 @nature.com

#StandUpForScience2025 NYC stand strong!

Stand Up for Science NYC! #StandUpForScience2025

#standupforscience in Lyon! For science in France and in the world. In solidarity to our American colleagues.

It's raining here in #Tucson but we will #StandUpForScience2025 at the University of Arizona at noon! @uofa-eeb.bsky.social

#Standupforscience Burlington Vermont! 280 people turned out for round 1 with more to come!

Today, the NIH announced a decision “to centralize peer review of all applications for grants, cooperative agreements and research and development contracts within the agency’s Center for Scientific Review (CSR).” www.nih.gov/news-events/... 1/n

Join me in NYC!

"In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet 'agency priorities'" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?

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 ☀️

NEW: Trump plans to sign an executive order to overtake the USPS by dissolving its leadership and placing it under his administration. This move would grant them immense power over mail-in ballots, a key target in Republican election fraud rhetoric.

Targeting protected national lands for timber production, including an end run around the Endangered Species Act.

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

Please join us or your local rally! We all must stand up for science because we are all impacted by it! sites.google.com/u/0/d/1v4V_j... #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall

“RFK Jr’s decision to eliminate notice & comment for certain actions enables HHS to operate in secret & without public participation. HHS will make crucial public health decisions behind closed doors" www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/h...

Join us in Burlington to Stand up for Science! #StandUpForScience2025

You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.

Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03 TheRiseRegistry.org

Today in Petoskey MI in 15 degree weather, over 100 people gathered. @mi-swim.bsky.social @indivisiblemi.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social