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Jeannie Mounger, PhD

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Seattle-based plant biologist and field applications scientist. Rare earth element. Genomics enthusiast. Views my own. she/her

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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026
President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 22/05/2026
Jasmine Clark will become the first Black woman with a science Ph.D. to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. scim.ag/4dDZe6P
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Microbiologist wins Georgia primary for U.S. House seat
Jasmine Clark is set to become the first Black congresswoman with a science Ph.D.
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ACLU of Florida @aclufl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This settlement makes clear that there is a cost for the government’s abuse of power. Every state agency should know: the First Amendment is not negotiable on our watch.
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ACLU of Florida @aclufl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Read more here:
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Civil Rights Lawyers Secure $485,000 Settlement for FWC Biologist Fired Over Charlie Kirk Social Media Post - ACLU of Florida
Brittney Brown Vindicated After State Terminated Her Employment for Constitutionally Protected Speech on Private Instagram Account
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ACLU of Florida @aclufl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
BREAKING: Brittney Brown, a state employee who was unlawfully fired over a social media post about Charlie Kirk, has secured a $485,000 settlement with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I do frequently wonder what the average citizen of the U.S. knows about Reconstruction. As Du Bois would later point out, the backlash of lost cause propaganda didn’t just create mass disinformation about the civil war itself, but about the opening for actual democracy that briefly came after it.
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A star scientist showed that better genetics lessons could reduce racism. It was the death knell for his career The loss of Brian Donovan’s grants and job speak volumes about federal funding priorities — and academia www.statnews.com/2026/04/07/b...
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
As someone who had used Donovan’s work to directly inform how I teach my undergraduate Genetics class, this news is heartbreaking and enraging. This is what we have lost with this scientific purge and we and our disciplines are the poorer for it
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“We’ve lost out on the ability to continue to improve this work to make it more effective, and to explore how to apply it to other areas…There are a lot of different ways that genetics has been used to justify prejudice and…that human-made social categories interface with biological categories“🧪
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A star scientist showed that better genetics lessons could reduce racism. It was the death knell for his career
Brian Donovan had persuaded high school teachers and education researchers that prejudice might be ended by changing how genetics is taught.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Again, the first Tea Party rallies in April 2009 -- heavily promoted in advance by Fox News -- only had about 300,000 attendees across 750 cities, but the media treated it like the Second American Revolution. There will be multiple *individual* No Kings rallies today that have more people at them.
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Chris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
We sequenced the genome of 'desert ginseng' (Cistanche deserticola) - a leafless parasitic plant that gave up photosynthesis - and found it lost huge chunks of its own genome…but started stealing genes from its host! Thanks to my collaborators Prof Huang + her talented team👏🏻 lnkd.in/evF5iU9G
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Bento Bio 🧬 @bento.bio · 19/03/2026
Genome sequencing goes mobile! 🚐🧬 Johns Hopkins researchers sequenced the Red Coachwhip snake genome in a camper van using ONT Nanopore & Bento Lab. High-quality nuclear & mitochondrial genomes, all done in field-like conditions! 🐍 doi.org/10.3390/gene... Images copyright Alan F. Scott.
Camper van portable sequencing lab, image copyright Alan F. Scott.Camper van portable sequencing lab setup, showing Bento Lab and other lab equipment. Image copyright Alan F. Scott
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 21/02/2026
Organizers are calling the State of the Swamp event “The Rebuttal to the State of the Union,” with the Portland Frog Brigade tweaking that to “The Ribbital.”
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Portland Frog Brigade headed to State of the Swamp event in D.C.
Organizers are calling the State of the Swamp event “The Rebuttal to the State of the Union,” with the Portland Frog Brigade tweaking that to “The Ribbital.”
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The Brazilian political system is, structurally, very similar to the American one. But when they elected a Trump-style authoritarian back in 2018, their Congress and Supreme Court actually fought back. I went to Brazil to find out why. And what I learned surprised me. www.vox.com/politics/479...
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How one country stopped a Trump-style authoritarian in his tracks
What Brazil got right that America got wrong.
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John Lovell @jotlovell.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I'm super excited to share that this article was published today in Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... All made possible by the fantastic group of donors, volunteers and scientists at The American Chestnut Foundation (tacf.org), HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, and our collaborators.
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Genomic approaches to accelerate American chestnut restoration
More than a century after two introduced pathogens killed billions of American chestnut trees, introgression of resistance alleles from Chinese chestnuts has contributed to the recovery of self-sustai...
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Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just so depressing to me that the country is run by people that don’t respect science across all the disciplines
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
In the absence of real oversight, we will continue to bear the costs of an administration that privileges ideology over evidence: increased risk of disease, narrowing scope for discovery and innovation, and reduced economic activity. Grievance has its consequences.
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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
For those interested in why Black & Caribbean people are going off about the sugar cane from last night's halftime show: sugar is a plantation commodity that fueled slavery & colonialism bookshop.org/p/books/swee...
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Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
The Place of Sugar in Modern History
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Need a genome sequence of your favourite plant? We laid out instructions for a complete workflow based on ONT sequencing: "Cookbook for plant genome sequences" doi.org/10.1186/s128... #Genomics #LongReads #PlantSciences #Bioinformatics @puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
Plant genome sequencing workflow. Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-026-12623-z
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too fancy weed store @bristling.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 new 🕯 joanna newsom 🕯 album 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯
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amos @fasterthanlime.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026
...horrifying message without context, thank you
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
This is why Democrats need to compete EVERYWHERE. We won’t win every race, but it’s stupid and irresponsible to simply forfeit certain races to incumbents. Always but especially now, we need competitive elections. And at the bare minimum, make them spend money defending seats they had won by 17 pts
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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 19/01/2026
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
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Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
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Alexandra Weisberg @weisbergaj.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This position is still open. The Weisberg lab is recruiting a postdoc or Ph.D. student to study horizontal gene transfer in plant-associated microbial communities. Please see the job ad for more information and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 09/01/2026
It breaks our hearts to have to say that CDC is no longer a source for evidence-based vaccine recommendations. 💔 But we are so proud of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for stepping up to protect kids. ❤️‍🩹 Childhood vaccine schedule from AAP 👇 downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...
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Jeannie Mounger, PhD @genejeannie.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Come chat with me this upcoming week at the @nanoporetech.com booth and attend our industry workshop at #PAG33 ! More information here: nanoporetech.com/about/events...
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Oxford Nanopore at PAG 33
Join the Oxford Nanopore Technologies team at booth 211, and at our Industry workshop on Monday, January 12.
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Oxford Nanopore @nanoporetech.com · 01/01/2026
Alex Zaccaron is unlocking how organisms evolve to overcome host resistance. Join his talk at #PAG to learn how he is doing this by comparative genomics and transcriptomics using Oxford Nanopore sequencing of fungal plant pathogens. bit.ly/3Xt9RS7
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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🚨 Job Alert! TT Assistant Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks! Looking for a candidate with a focus on coastal ecology. Come be my colleague! Please share. careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Canadian officials are correct, and it’s truly a tragedy.
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Canadian officials say US health institutions no longer dependable for accurate information
Misinformation from the Trump administration is cited as fuelling Canadians’ concerns over childhood vaccinations
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 03/01/2026
It’s 1990, I’m 1 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state It’s 2004, I’m 15 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state It’s 2026, I’m 37 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
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Jon Levy @jonlevybu.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
When people argue that renewable energy sources are too expensive, remember that we don’t invade countries to seize wind farms and there are no solar cartels. Fossil fuels have enormous geopolitical, public health, and climate externalities.
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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Hate it when I wake up in a wider gyre than the one I went to sleep in
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?
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Melissa @nitenitemelissa.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026
If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
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Sabrina Fernandes @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
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Oxford Nanopore @nanoporetech.com · 25/11/2025
Gain an end-to-end solution for rapid and comprehensive microbial community analysis in this webinar. Join experts on Oxford Nanopore technology to learn about the Microbial Amplicon Barcoding Kit for real-time, high-resolution taxonomic identification. bit.ly/49y6lNH
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🚀 Exciting update: "Cookbook for Plant Genome Sequences" now includes an updated overview figure! 🌱🔬 Check out how to run a plant genome sequencing project: www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #Genomics #LongReads #Bioinformatics @puckerlab.bsky.social
Overview figure of our plant genome sequencing workflow. Details and reference: https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202508.1176/v2
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PLOS One @plosone.org · 12/11/2025
Countering illegal wildlife trade needs rapid, reliable species ID in places such as airports. This study describes VeRIF-ID, a portable nanopore DNA method that identifies vertebrate species on-site with >91 % accuracy, offering a fast, low-cost tool against trafficking.
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Rapid on-site universal vertebrate species identification via multi-barcode nanopore sequencing
The growing illegal wildlife trade (IWT) threatens biodiversity and is a conduit for zoonotic disease, yet its risk of detection is low. Once processed, trafficked species are difficult to identify…
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Alexandra Weisberg @weisbergaj.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Our manuscript comparing Nanopore vs. Illumina reads for population-level variant calling and genotyping is now out: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... . This work was led by Andrea Schiffer and @arftrhmn.bsky.social.
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A comparison of short- and long-read whole-genome sequencing for microbial pathogen epidemiology | mSystems
Genome assembly and variant calling are important steps in microbial population studies and epidemiology. Most variant calling and genotyping pipelines are designed for Illumina short sequencing reads...
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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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Jeannie Mounger, PhD @genejeannie.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Seattle! Join me and an incredible line-up of speakers on October 30th to learn how #Nanopore sequencing is enabling a deeper understanding of human genetics and diseases, microbiology and infectious diseases, proteomics, and advancing novel biotechnologies. Register: tinyurl.com/4thhntzt
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WYMM: Seattle
What you're missing matters. Stay on top of what's next.​ Hear about the latest technical updates for Oxford Nanopore Technologies as well as talks from local scientists about their latest work using ...
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