Claire O'Quin
@drctoquin.bsky.social
I'm a biologist who loves teaching undergrads, genetics, evolution, and the great outdoors!
Took students out to the field this week!
May 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Took students out to the field this week!
Went for a lovely hike out at Camp Nelson National Monument today!
March 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Went for a lovely hike out at Camp Nelson National Monument today!
Found these while walking on campus today.
March 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Found these while walking on campus today.
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90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
www.sciencefriday.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
Reposted by Claire O'Quin
MAGA acts like finding fraud in government is some new thing DOGE invented. They aren’t good at it, but experts who were let go were.
February 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
MAGA acts like finding fraud in government is some new thing DOGE invented. They aren’t good at it, but experts who were let go were.
The lack of empathy being shown as thousands of people lose their jobs is depressing. These government employees are being fired indiscriminately--not based on audits or job performance but because a billionaire nepo baby, who bought an election & continues to get government contracts, deems it so.
February 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The lack of empathy being shown as thousands of people lose their jobs is depressing. These government employees are being fired indiscriminately--not based on audits or job performance but because a billionaire nepo baby, who bought an election & continues to get government contracts, deems it so.
Repotting plants in the greenhouse house is one of the few things keeping me sane right now.
February 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Repotting plants in the greenhouse house is one of the few things keeping me sane right now.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.
February 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.
Kitties to help cleanse your feed.
February 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Kitties to help cleanse your feed.
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It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
Our cat Garland spent all day sleeping with my sick kiddo.
January 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Our cat Garland spent all day sleeping with my sick kiddo.
I want to read this at some point.
Man this book is so, so good. A detailed historical account of crossing the Oregon Trail, with a bunch of cultural asides about what day to day life was like (the section on birth control and abortion was fascinating). Strong recommend, and I haven’t even gotten to The Whole Cannibalism Thing yet.
January 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I want to read this at some point.
I hate this so much.
The Trump Administration’s hiring freeze has led the National Parks Service to cancel job offers for seasonal employees. We are concerned this could leave our parks understaffed during the busy summer season, which sees over 100 million visitors annually.
January 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I hate this so much.
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ICYMI- Trump has paused all NIH activities. The NIH is the single largest funding source for biomedical research in the world. If you were hoping for better treatments/cures for cancer, infectious diseases, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and so on, you should care about this. 1/
January 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
ICYMI- Trump has paused all NIH activities. The NIH is the single largest funding source for biomedical research in the world. If you were hoping for better treatments/cures for cancer, infectious diseases, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and so on, you should care about this. 1/
My parents are visiting from Louisiana and brought us king cake!
January 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My parents are visiting from Louisiana and brought us king cake!
Snowman my kiddo built with friends.
January 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Snowman my kiddo built with friends.
Writing up the details for my study away course proposal. Really hoping to take students out to National Parks in Colorado in Summer 2026.
January 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Writing up the details for my study away course proposal. Really hoping to take students out to National Parks in Colorado in Summer 2026.
Nice to have some sunshine again after a very snowy week!
January 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nice to have some sunshine again after a very snowy week!
Decided it was time to migrate over to Blue Sky because because of all the hot garbage happening with other social media companies.
January 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Decided it was time to migrate over to Blue Sky because because of all the hot garbage happening with other social media companies.