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M. Elise Lauterbur

@lauterbur.bsky.social
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genomics of infectious disease and toxin adaptation, conservation genomics, bioinformatics @BiologyUVM | early music nerd | at home outside

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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
✨ 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
A blue poster describing opportunities to join the Bernhardt Lab -- for more information please see https://www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
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M. Elise Lauterbur @lauterbur.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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
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M. Elise Lauterbur @lauterbur.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Pizza night at the lab!
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M. Elise Lauterbur @lauterbur.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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).
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/03/2025
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.
politico.com
Dems ask Trump admin to explain Khalil’s arrest, calling it ‘playbook of authoritarians’
More than 100 House Democrats sent the letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“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...
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Joanna Masel @joannamasel.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"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...
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March 12, 2025
Trump’s 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel imported into the U.S.
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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
There was never any doubt... but here it is. Keep up the boycott. #Nazi #Swastikar
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Musk Retweets ‘Hitler Didn’t Murder Millions’ Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy
Musk and Tesla have faced heightened criticism since the billionaire made a gesture likened to a Nazi salute during an inaugural event in January.
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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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.
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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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!!!
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🧵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
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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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....
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🚨 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
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Jeremy Van Cleve @vancleve.theoretical.bio · 12/03/2025
Some helpful info for science advocacy! christinapagel.substack.com/p/eight-thin...
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Eight things scientists can do right now to stand up to the Trump administration’s attacks on research, public health, and the environment
A guest post by Dr Anne Toomey, author of the book "Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence Policy".
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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.
Indeed, a White House official told The Free Press that the basis for targeting Khalil is being used as a blueprint for investigations against other students.

Khalil is a "threat to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States," said the official, noting that this calculation was the driving force behind the arrest. "The allegation here is not that he was breaking the law," said the official.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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.
a photo of a few hundred protesters gathered in NYC
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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 10/03/2025
*not charged with a crime*
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Jeremy Barry PhD @jeremybarry.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
www.uvm.edu/ovpr/news/uv...
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UVM Achieves Prestigious Carnegie R1 Designation, Joining Highest Level of U.S. Research Institutions | Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) | The University of Vermont
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Anna Schmidt @annaschmidt.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Amazing turnout for yesterday’s Stand Up for Science march in Burlington, Vermont! 💙🔬🧪 #standupforscience #sciencesaveslives
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Jeremy Barry PhD @jeremybarry.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Stand Up For Science march, Burlington VT
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
👇🎯 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.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
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noahdaly.bsky.social @noahdaly.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Organizers estimate more than 2,000 showed up at Washington Square Park today for #StandUpforScience2025 @thexylom.com
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
In today's episode, we check in on the Stand Up for Science rallies that spread to 32 cities. Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/YgplAQ4
 “ Without facts, we're really just in the dark with regard to what the consequences of our actions are ... science really gives us a way to move forward and build that prosperous future that I think we all want to see.”
—Mike Wong
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Matt Rockman @wormsrock.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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
100s of people at the Stand up for Science rally in Washington Square Park. They’re holding signs in front of the Wash Square arch
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Melissa Bender @melissabender.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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
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Brittany Barker @brittanysbarker.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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
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Thousands gather across U.S. and world in Stand Up for Science events
Scientists and their supporters rallied across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration
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Julian A Nowogrodzki @plantnerd.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🚨🧪 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
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‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts
Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.
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M. Elise Lauterbur @lauterbur.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
#StandUpForScience2025 NYC stand strong!
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M. Elise Lauterbur @lauterbur.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Stand Up for Science NYC! #StandUpForScience2025
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Lucie Etienne @lucievirevolte.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
#standupforscience in Lyon! For science in France and in the world. In solidarity to our American colleagues.
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Stephen Matheson 🌵🚲 @sfmatheson.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
It's raining here in #Tucson but we will #StandUpForScience2025 at the University of Arizona at noon! @uofa-eeb.bsky.social
The poster is in blue and red, with the statue of liberty and banners that read "Stand up for science 2025" and "University of Arizona" and "Science is for everyone" then with date and time and location, which is March 7, noon, Old Main, Near the USS Arizona memorial.
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M. Elise Lauterbur @lauterbur.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
#Standupforscience Burlington Vermont! 280 people turned out for round 1 with more to come!
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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
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NIH centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen integrity
The proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually.
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M. Elise Lauterbur @lauterbur.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Join me in NYC!
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025
"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...
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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.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025
WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?
Stand up for science flyer, happening on March 7th in DC & nationwide with more information at www.standupforscience2025.org
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/03/2025
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 ☀️
navy blue background with white text that says "3 days until we stand up for science"
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/03/2025
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.
democracydocket.com
Trump Bid to Take Over Postal Service Could Threaten Mail Voting
Read more here.
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M. Elise Lauterbur @lauterbur.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Targeting protected national lands for timber production, including an end run around the Endangered Species Act.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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! 🧪🌎
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48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
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Jacqueline Guillemin @jaguillemin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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
A flyer with the Statue of Liberty and text describing the stand up for science and event details in Burlington Vermont. The event date is March 7th 2025 at 12PM and 1PM and location is University Green. The flyer asks you to join for a walk around town and you signs and spread awareness. There is a QR code in the bottom left to scan for more details.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 03/03/2025
“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...
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Kennedy moves to eliminate notice and public comment requirements for certain HHS decisions | CNN
The US Department of Health and Human Services has reversed an obscure requirement called the Richardson Waiver, which requires a period of notice and an opportunity for public comment on a wide range...
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M. Elise Lauterbur @lauterbur.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Join us in Burlington to Stand up for Science! #StandUpForScience2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
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.
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Jace D. Flatt, PhD, MPH (They/He) @jaceflatt.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03 TheRiseRegistry.org
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Chris ❌👑 @cgeerer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Today in Petoskey MI in 15 degree weather, over 100 people gathered. @mi-swim.bsky.social @indivisiblemi.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
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