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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 9d

Please spread widely and quickly - the more signatures we get the better chances we have of cajoling NSF into changing course on this small but very impactful item

Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 9d

NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

laurenkuehne.github.io

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Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · 9d

We created an updated, urgent petition focused on the devastating #GRFP eligibiilty changes - please sign and share if you can!

bsky.app/profile/jaso...

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 9d

The new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year.

We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · 9d

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/...

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

laurenkuehne.github.io

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · 12d

If you are a grad student in their second year, hoping to apply for a GRFP, the eligibility requirements have changed. You are now ineligible. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo.... This is an outrage. The government willy-nilly changes the way things are done and it hurts students.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · 14d

Check out our new deer mouse paper @sse-evolution.bsky.social! A truly collaborative effort with @drgodwit.bsky.social, @mstager.bsky.social, and Zac Cheviron. academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

Incomplete genetic compensation and countergradient variation of blood-oxygen transport in deer mice

Abstract. Novel environments can induce fitness-reducing responses (i.e., maladaptive plasticity) that should be eliminated by selection via genetic compen

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Jun 30

So cool!

Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Jun 29

Very cool idea! Could provide insight into the predator escape hypothesis for diadromy.

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Jun 29

@sicb.bsky.social

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Jun 29

Check out our new perspective on homeostasis and stress! Led by @evoecoalex.bsky.social with me and @cam-g.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/icb/advance-....

A Systems Approach to Homeostasis: What Euryhaline Fish Teach Us About Organismal Stress Responses

Synopsis. Historically, organismal biologists have studied the organism’s response to environmental variation from two complementary perspectives: one has

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Jun 18

Did you stumble upon this or attract it somehow?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 22

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.

This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.

Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.

And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in Denver

Zoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Mar 22

AOC: Do you know which coloradans did vote to cut medicare and jack up health care cost? Every single Republican representative from Colorado. Don't you worry, I was just at Gabe Evans' district, and 11,000 of his constituents would like a word

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Mar 20

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation

Many in higher education worry Trump’s efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science. Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.

www.nytimes.com

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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · Mar 12

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...

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.

www.forbes.com

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This Podcast Will Kill You @tpwky.bsky.social · Mar 11

Our YouTube premiere starts in just a few minutes!
youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ

This Podcast Will Kill You - Pregnancy: First Trimester

YouTube video by Exactly Right Media

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Mar 11

For the first time in 10 years, a child has died from measles in the United States.

Vaccines prevent measles.

Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Mar 7

#standupforscience Denver! Thank you @ssenese.bsky.social for being lead organizer and @emma-glenn23.bsky.social @peteromyscus.bsky.social @etarnawa.bsky.social @rileymcorcoran.bsky.social for organizing and volunteering! ✊ #proudmentor

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Mar 7

@erinwelsh.bsky.social and her crowd at #standupforscienece Denver! Science saves! Get vaccinated. @tpwky.bsky.social

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Mar 7

Crowd is gathering!!!

Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Mar 7

Standing up for science now! #colorado #denver @bennet.senate.gov

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Mar 7

Be part of this movement! Today in #Denver at 1pm at the capitol! Come #standupforscience

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 6

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!

To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

List of Stand Up for Science events—official events in red, solidarity events in blue.

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Mar 7

COME STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!! TOMORROW!!

Sarah Senese @ssenese.bsky.social · Mar 6

🚨TOMORROW, COLORADO!🚨

Denver Capitol building. East steps. 1-4 pm. Amazing lineup of speakers. A Science Riot comedian. Musical performance. Coloring pages for kids. Science advocacy. What more do you want?!?!

RSVP here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

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Graham Scott @scottlab.ca · Mar 6

The Scott Lab at McMaster is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Details at scottlab.ca/opportunities/

Opportunities

Interested in Joining the Scott Lab? The Scott Lab is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Pote…

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 6

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!

To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · Mar 6

This is an outrage. Come #standupforscience