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Dante James

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Microbiology Doctoral Student University of Wisconsin Madison 🍄🧫🪱

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CanFunNet @canfunnet.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Meet Nancy Keller, one of our plenary speakers! Dr. Keller's research focuses on the discovery of secondary metabolite synthases and their chemical products and the intrinsic development of antifungal resistance in Aspergillus pathogens. Register today for #CFN25 to hear more from Dr. Keller.

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Mostafa Zamanian @zamanian.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We are excited to host the 2026 Midwest Neglected Infectious Diseases (MNID) Meeting in Madison from Aug 7-8. Registration (free) and Abstract submission are online. Please share! www.mnidmeeting.org #MNID26

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Midwest Neglected Infectious Diseases Meeting — Madison, WI · August 7–8, 2026

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Dante James @dante-james.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

So amazing when my morning show/internet role model cites work from my lab! youtu.be/PNL_C3j1C2A?...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 03/04/2026

Trump's 2027 budget proposes cuts of: 🔻 $5.8 billion to NIH 🔻 $5.6 billion to NASA 🔻 $4.8 billion to NSF 🔻 $4.6 billion to EPA 🔻 $2.9 billion to CDC 🔻 $1.6 billion to NOAA If these science cuts pass they will make the US a less healthy and less safe place to live.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 03/04/2026

The NSF has been compromised.

The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects. NSF is prioritizing investments that have the greatest potential to address the most critical, high-priority challenges and opportunities identified by the Administration, Congress, and the science and technology community.

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Mostafa Zamanian @zamanian.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Equipped for success: genomes and metabolomes of the European Amanita muscaria are conserved in its novel South African range

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Equipped for success: genomes and metabolomes of the European Amanita muscaria are conserved in its novel South African range

Plants and soils have been moved around the world for centuries, but invasive mushrooms receive scant attention. The Amanita muscaria species complex was introduced to South Africa in the context of...

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Dante James @dante-james.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Proud to be a Keller Kid!

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UW Madison Microbiology Doctoral Training Program @uwmadisonmdtp.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Our labs got spooky for Bactoberfest! 🧫🎃 Bactoberfest brought out the best bugs, costumes, and creativity in the lab! 🦠🎃 #Bactoberfest #ScienceHalloween #MDTP #UWMadison

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Here is a graph with dollar amounts of funding committed. The curves look very similar to those based on the number of awards.

A line graph of total NSF funding to date in fiscal year 2026 compared to curves for fiscal year 2021-2015. The fiscal year 2026 curve is much lower with $0.22B funding to date compared with ~$1.5B in fiscal years 2021-2024 and close to $1B in fiscal year 2025.

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