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Teresa Monkkonen

@drtmonkkonen.bsky.social

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Early stage investigator #ESI at San Diego State University @SDSU. Tweets and opinions are my own. I lead a lab studying the breast tumor microenvironment. https://teresamonkkonen.weebly.com/ I am a mom and an outdoors enthusiast.

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Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · 29d

I hope this is an incredible boost to family wellness and their economy and I hope other states take note!

Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 29d

Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...

Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…

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Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · Sep 4

IACUC protocol year 3 review due in 5 days OMG.

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · Aug 29

This is 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, killed in the horrific violence at the Annunciation Catholic Church. We must honor their memories and hold their families close as we come together to heal.

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Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · Aug 21

We gonna have to move?!?!

a man wearing a black sweater and a white shirt is making a face .

ALT: a man wearing a black sweater and a white shirt is making a face .

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Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · Aug 21

the light out on College was a real mess.

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Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · Aug 14

1/56 Californians is COVID positive right now! Part of the reason I feel compelled to share this is because a lot of the infrastructure on communicating this to the public has been disrupted. :( www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Aug 13

Important- if you had an illegally terminated grant that was reinstated, you might not be safe. Staff are being told that grants *may* be canceled after October 1st, 2025 if not "in line with agency priorities". POs are being muzzled and can't tell grantees directly.

#NIH #NIH_funding

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Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · Aug 9

RIP Jim Lovell. While I wake up and think about biology every day, I think space is amazing and Apollo 13 is an incredible story and mission.

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is a key point--terminations have hit every corner of the country.

See, e.g., the map below from our homepage at grant-witness.us

Awful lotta orange and yellow in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio. Even Missouri. UAB alone has lost over $18M in funds it was previously awarded.

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Svasti Haricharan @svasti.bsky.social · Jun 16

Join us at a Teach In for Science event in San Diego next week, to talk about why funding cuts to biomedical research affect every person living in America. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/this-affec... 🧪

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Svasti Haricharan @svasti.bsky.social · Jun 8

Universities hold patents on 50% of FDA approved drugs, and research done at universities contributed to 90% of current medications. Think about what we stand to lose if federal funding is cut by 50% 🧪
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...

We set out to quantify U.S. academic contributions to medicines. The results stunned even us

From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.

www.statnews.com

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Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · May 20

agreed!!!

Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · May 20

I submitted a grant today. That's it, that's my small win for today.

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Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · Apr 22

Happy Earth Day!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 19

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 15

DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance.

Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Apr 15

So we had an earthquake today, and something amazing happened…

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Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · Apr 13

Ugh

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Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · Apr 10

We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz

If we stay on this administration’s course, future life-saving medicines may never be invented

www.theguardian.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Apr 9

TOMORROW: The House is expected to vote on the GOP's voter suppression bill. To protect fair elections in 2026, we must stop H.R. 22 (we're calling it the "Silencing Americans Act"). Contact your representative ASAP and urge them to vote NO: act.indivisible.org/...

Promotional poster by Indivisible urging members of Congress and Senators to reject H.R. 22, titled 'Silencing Americans Act.' Features an image of the Capitol and a hand holding a megaphone, with bold text and directional arrows.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Apr 8

"Trump’s tariffs against the penguins will revitalize the American economy."

President Trump’s Tariffs Will Help America Win the War Against Birds

President Trump has announced a sweeping plan of tariffs against dozens of nations, including the Antarctic Heard and McDonald Islands, which are u...

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Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · Apr 8

a man in a car with the word schitts creek on the bottom right

ALT: a man in a car with the word schitts creek on the bottom right

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Teresa Monkkonen @drtmonkkonen.bsky.social · Apr 5

I'm over 40 now and I went running in the wrong shoes. 😐

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Brooke Wolford, PhD @bnwolford.bsky.social · Apr 4

If you or someone you know has been negatively affected by NIH-funded clinical trials being paused, disrupted, cancelled etc., I have a contact with the Senate HELP Committee eager to collect stories of everyday Americans affected by the NIH closures. Please DM me.

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