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Isako Di Tomassi
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she/her #Phytophthora #PotatoPathology #SciPol #SciComm

#PhD student #CornellPPPMB plant pathology - fungi & oomycetes

studied agroecology - fungi - soil @ #PennState

Board member @ local non-profit org Ithaca Community Gardens #Leguminati
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Isako Di Tomassi @isakoditomassi.bsky.social · Mar 3
Dr. Teresa Iturriaga is an incredible resource, and one-of-a-kind! We are so lucky to have her.

Also, I didn't know CUP had over 400k fungal specimens!

#Cornell #PPPMB #FungiFriends #Mycology #Mushrooms

cornellsun.com/2025/02/28/t...
The Scientists Behind Cornell’s Mushroom Museum - The Cornell Daily Sun
The Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium (CUP) is home to extensive fungi research, connecting students and faculty to the exciting field of mycology.
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emmascales.bsky.social
Teehehehe stay tuned….
January 23, 2026 at 12:36 PM
isakoditomassi.bsky.social
I'll be speaking on this panel with @mjarnett.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @erinmorrow.bsky.social and Alex Rich at #AAAS2026!

Come hear from @snapcoalition.bsky.social members giving early career researcher perspectives on the future of #SciPol, #SciComm, and developing the #SciWorkForce.
snapcoalition.bsky.social Scientist Network for Advancing Policy @snapcoalition.bsky.social · 11d
Who's ready for #AAAS2026?

Come see SNAPpers at a plenary panel session on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.!
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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jolybdenum.bsky.social
Y’all aren’t ready for all the cool topics we have coming up! If you don’t follow @snapcoalition.bsky.social already, go do it now!
Great job, Emily (@eselland.bsky.social) for the summary of what SNAP has been and is up to!
January 22, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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snapcoalition.bsky.social
Hello, everyone! SNAP is proud to announce that we've started a blog! Check out our first post on Medium (medium.com/@snapscipolo...) or our website (snapcoalition.org/2026/01/19/s...), and stay tuned for more!

@eselland.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @jolybdenum.bsky.social and Cael Dant
Science is the pursuit of knowledge. - Scientist Network for Advancing Policy
SNAP Coalition Website
snapcoalition.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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#SciPol #EarlyCareerResearchers
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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eselland.bsky.social
We started a blog for @snapcoalition.bsky.social and I was excited to write our introductory post! Check it out on #Medium

medium.com/@snapscipolo...

More long- and short-winded thoughts in the #science-policy space coming soon
Medium
medium.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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umnbioethics.bsky.social
Mark your calendars! Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Three Ways of Looking at Black/White Mortality Inequality in the United States" featuring Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD. @wrigleyfield.bsky.social
🗓️: Friday, Feb.13
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CST)
Learn more and register at: z.umn.edu/azu9
Ethics Grand Rounds webinar featuring speaker Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD, on Friday, Feb.13, from 12-1 p.m. CST.
January 14, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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guidopuccetti.bsky.social
Finally out!
A large European diversity panel reveals complex azole fungicide resistance gains of a major wheat pathogen
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

A big thanks to @danielcroll.bsky.social & @GabrielScalliet

#azole #DMI #GWAS #fungicide #resistance #zymoseptoria #Europe
A large European diversity panel reveals complex azole fungicide resistance gains of a major wheat pathogen | mBio
Sustainable food production requires the management of disease agents attacking crops. Application of antifungal compounds is among the key elements of pathogen containment; however, resistance can ri...
journals.asm.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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nycures.bsky.social
📢 SIGN & SHARE THE PETITION! 📢

New York needs an Empire Biomedical Research Institute to create new statewide funding opportunities for scientists & physician-scientists so that patients and their families get the life-saving and life-changing new therapeutics they're hoping for ✏️ c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
Sign the Petition
Support a New York State Biomedical Institute for a Healthier, More Affordable Future
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November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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sdk-resists.bsky.social
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America used to be the place scientists ran to NOT FROM! 🤦‍♀️
Post from Really American - YouTube
Add your name to the petition calling to restore funding for deadly disease research: https://actl.ink/tstrestrfnd?ref=ra
youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
As they should. Destroyed USAID based on lies.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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misanthrope1234.bsky.social
1,000,000 species of plants and animals at risk of extinction.
- IPBES Global Assessment
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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cpawssab.bsky.social
⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️

This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.

#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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aobp.bsky.social
♻️ A spatio-temporal model of embolism propagation in leaf vein networks by Diane Lu and co-authors.

Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp...

#PlantScience
Drought tolerance of cowpea is associated with rapid abscisic acid biosynthesis via VuWRKY57 in root
Cowpea is known for its strong drought tolerance compared to other crops. One reason is its ability to quickly close stomata-tiny openings on leaves-to con
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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madhupai.bsky.social
The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure.

www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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atrupar.com
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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holdtheline3.bsky.social
This is America 2025. We can never let this be normalized
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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justinjest.bsky.social
I rely on Amazon for some things; but, I can do without for 4 days if I plan.
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Reductions in Force not required by shutdowns, have never happened in any previous shutdown, and a judge has ruled they are illegal.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 9
Lee Zeldin announces on Fox that there will be "severe" layoffs at the EPA if the shutdown continues
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
isakoditomassi.bsky.social
Are you an anomal lover? Speak up and #ContactYourReps to prevent cruelty to farm animals!

secure.farmsanctuary.org/action/save-...
Oppose the Save Our Bacon Act!
Please email your federal legislators today and urge them to oppose the Save Our Bacon Act and the Food Security and Farm Protection Act!
secure.farmsanctuary.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.

They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.

They’re refusing.

Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.

Starvation as a policy choice.
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
Day 158 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com 's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

Today John (H. sapiens) is getting ready to teach turritellids, with a Kapalmerella mortoni postmortoni specimen ##JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed 🧪 #SavePRI 🦑
John Oliver from community holding a pointy shell with a strong carina in front of a classroom blackboard
October 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
Day 159 of photoshopping John Oliver of @lastweektonight.com with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John (H. sapiens) relaxing with a tooth of Otodus megalodon (PRI111611)
#savePRI #fossilfriday #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed #paleontology #geology ⚒️🧪 #sharks
John Oliver with his feet up on his desk pointing to a large fossil shark tooth in a small amount of matrix rock on his desk
October 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Day161 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John(H. sapiens) with Busycon carica. K-college educators left with similar prizes from PRI's teacher resource day today, supplying 40+ teachers
#savePRI ⚒️ 🧪
John oliver holding a large fossil whelk in a checked shirt in front of a green background Crowded room of teachers sorting through long rows of tables covered in free specimens. Mostly of mollusks, but also publications, fossils, minerals and chemistry labware.
October 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM