Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Bureaucracy will be the death of innovation and creativity. 010
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Virginia Tech is hosting the 2026 EEID Conference May 29- June 1. Prior to the conference, there will be two concurrent workshops hosted by VectorByte and the Center for the Mathematics of Biosystems. Applications are still being reviewed for both. cpe.vt.edu/eeid2026/wor...cpe.vt.eduEEID Workshop Information 000
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Open the Gates Gaming @openthegatesgaming.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Looks like the Hokie Bird needs saving… again! 🦃 ⚔️ ☀️ 🌙 🧹 D&D Livestream with @dougcockle.bsky.social (the Witcher, Natural Six), Distinguished Professor Patty Raun, @cristobal55.bsky.social @musicologist.bsky.social & Gustavo! Wednesday Feb 18 12 pm to 3 pm Eastern bit.ly/SaveTheHokie... 074
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 21/06/2025New AIM Research Community: Ecology Meets Infectious Disease - Modeling Complex Interactions in Ecology and Infectious Diseases More Information: sites.google.com/view/ecology... Application Site: aimath.org/programs/res...aimath.orgEcology meets infectious diseases | American Inst. of Mathematics 010
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Jace D. Flatt, PhD, MPH (They/He) @jaceflatt.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Sharing for visibility www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/n... Thank you @statnews.comstatnews.comNIH terminates ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ researchSaying that "research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific," the agency wrote to scientists to cancel current grants. 3171109
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 21/02/2025A small moment of science in the world of the very small... announcing calls for applications from MS + PhD students + postdocs for a Summer School on Quantitative Phage-Bacteria Dynamics Across Scales U of Maryland, College Park, June 23-27, 2025 Apply by 3/21/25: bit.ly/phageschool2... 11925
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Support VT Math! It's still Giving Day at VT. If we get the most # of donors in the College of Science, we'll get a bonus 5K to help support our students. Even $5 donations count towards our total number of donors! givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/9...givingday.vt.edu Virginia Tech Giving Day 2025 | Donate Giving Day Powered by ScaleFunder 020
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 19/02/2025This is happening now! #D&D #DungeonsAndDragons #Opera #Accessibility #AccessibleGaming #TableTopGames #Music #PerformingArts #VirginiaTech 000
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Do you like D&D? My brilliant husband and his colleagues are hosting a D&D livestream today as a fundraiser for the School of Performing Arts as part of VT's Giving Day. This is all part of a larger project aimed at making gaming more accessible and using gaming as a tool for music education. 121
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Chloé Lahondère @lahonderelab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Giving Day is almost there! Initiatives around Global Climate Change need more support than ever! Please consider donating to the @globalchangevt.bsky.social tomorrow! 022
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) University of Minnesota Infectious Diseases @umn-idim.bsky.social · 13/02/2025A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, is growing, with 24 cases and at least 14 hospitalizations—mainly among children. Low vaccination rates are fueling the crisis. Outbreaks like this will become more common as vaccine misinformation spreads and laws weaken immunization requirements.kffhealthnews.orgMeasles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties - KFF Health NewsWith hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination. 37738
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I'm changing it from LGBTQ+ to LGBTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTQ+ just to make my fucking point. 342275
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · 14/02/2025UC Merced achieved R1 status this morning. 20 years after opening its doors to its first undergraduate class in 2005. And to do so while dealing with the 2007-8 financial meltdown, the pandemic, dwindling state support, and, well, now - Trump - that's quite an achievement in my humble opinion! 1487
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025This is the kind of stuff we celebrate! #HBCU #BlackHistoryMonth 0162
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 14/02/2025"I am afraid for our country because I know what happens when science denialism comes into power." Always grateful for @gregggonsalves.bsky.social's leadership, especially today. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I Shudder to Imagine Kennedy Running Our Health Agencies. (Gift Article)We have to go toe-to-toe with this administration and resist its attacks on public health. 05515
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Jessie Oehrlein @numberdance.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Three of my professional societies (in stats and atmospheric science) signed on. The math societies, though... 3176
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe @aaberhe.com · 13/02/2025Professional societies stand together in defense of science & scientists. “science has led to humanity’s greatest advances, improving people’s lives & the health of our planet … (we’re) committed to supporting, elevating, & fighting for science & those who further it.“ www.unitedsciencealliance.org 7239120
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 06/02/2025What can we do? Scientists are on our own. University leaders at big schools are not going to help us. Do what you can to connect with your colleagues. Plan local actions. If you can speak out to the media about what's happening to science, you're critical right now, please do speak out. /end 519350
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Elon musk isn’t elected. He’s a Nazi nepo baby who breaks everything he touches. And right now he’s locked himself in a room with grandpa’s Social Security check. 853454886
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Dr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Found this gem in an arcane NSF doc...key to know: The Constitution and law SUPERSEDES exec orders! "In the event of a conflict between policies issued at a lower tier versus policies issued at a higher tier, the higher tier policy will take precedence" nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Resear... 319593
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Every time I say something to a family member about how the last two weeks have been for me and they respond with silence, I learn everything I need to know. 020
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 01/02/2025There are a few things to pay attention to here with a caveat. If it turns out that NSF accepted applications and then cancelled the program w/out review, this will have major implications (again, *if* at this point, but given recent events, seems plausible and folks should be prepared). a brief 🧵 184
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Bleak. The USAID website has gone dark. 24519177
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 01/02/2025turns out several climate-change based NSF programs have been archived. new.nsf.gov/focus-areas/...new.nsf.govClimateLearn how NSF invests in research to understand the Earth's climate, including climate change and its impacts on nature and society. 011
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 canada.ca/en/public-he... 31275123829
Reposted by Michael Robert (he/him) Jakob Nikolas Kather @jnkt.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Seriously, we should be worried about Pubmed. Can we mirror it to some site in EU or Iceland or Switzerland? Ultimately, also arxiv / biorxiv and of course The Internet Archive ... www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...theatlantic.comCDC Data Are DisappearingThe agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow. 172
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 01/02/2025CDC's HIV page is currently missing. www.cdc.gov/hiv/testing/...cdc.gov 000
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Just found out that NSF's Organismal Response to Climate Change funding mechanism was archived. The most recent deadline was 20 January. new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...new.nsf.govOrganismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC) 000
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Hey, #JMM2025. Check out the SMB (@smbmathbiology.bsky.social) booth at the Exhibition Hall! Free t-shirts while supplies last and SMB Legends Baseball cards for Purchase! The Hall opens tonight at 6 p.m.! 011
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 13/12/2024The Virginia Tech Dept of Mathematics is hiring Postdocs! www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/25...mathjobs.orgMathJobs from the the American Mathematical SocietyMathjobs is an automated job application system sponsored by the AMS. 000
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Virginia Tech College of Science is hiring an open rank tenure/tenure-track faculty position with expertise in Invasive Species Modeling! The position can be in Mathematics or Biological Sciences. More details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...careers.pageuppeople.comDetails | Open Rank | Careers | Division of Human Resources | Virginia Tech 000
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Our team found Aedes aegypti at all stages of life this winter in Córdoba, Argentina. This may be the first record of Ae. aegypti activity during the winter months in this region: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comIncreased risks of mosquito-borne disease emergence in temperate regions of South America 063
Michael Robert (he/him) @marobert.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Check out the newly launched website for the Center for the Mathematics of Biosystems at Virginia Tech: cmb.science.vt.educmb.science.vt.eduCenter for the Mathematics of Biosystems 000