Dr Loren J RV
@lojarive.bsky.social
Scientist fascinated by plants, insects, microbes and biotech.
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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📣Join your colleagues at #PlantBio2026 in Ottawa, Canada!🌱
Now accepting applications for:
-ASPB Travel Awards (due 11/14)
-Women's Young Investigator Travel Awards (due 11/14)
-Recognition Travel Awards (due 12/1)
👉 Learn more and apply now: plantbiology.aspb.org/travel-awards/!
#plantscience
Now accepting applications for:
-ASPB Travel Awards (due 11/14)
-Women's Young Investigator Travel Awards (due 11/14)
-Recognition Travel Awards (due 12/1)
👉 Learn more and apply now: plantbiology.aspb.org/travel-awards/!
#plantscience
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📣Join your colleagues at #PlantBio2026 in Ottawa, Canada!🌱
Now accepting applications for:
-ASPB Travel Awards (due 11/14)
-Women's Young Investigator Travel Awards (due 11/14)
-Recognition Travel Awards (due 12/1)
👉 Learn more and apply now: plantbiology.aspb.org/travel-awards/!
#plantscience
Now accepting applications for:
-ASPB Travel Awards (due 11/14)
-Women's Young Investigator Travel Awards (due 11/14)
-Recognition Travel Awards (due 12/1)
👉 Learn more and apply now: plantbiology.aspb.org/travel-awards/!
#plantscience
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Reminder to call House Energy & Commerce Committee chaired by KY Rep. Brett Guthrie (202-225-3641) and Senate HELP Committee chaired by LA Sen. Bill Cassidy (202-224-6770). Call Guthrie’s regular office too (202-225-3501). Register your concern regarding:
1. Help: NIH study sections and council meetings not already published in the Federal Register as of Jan. 21 have not been allowed to meet (thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...). This appears to be an 'end run' around a recent injunction and came from HHS officials. You can help (see below):
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
thetransmitter.org
February 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Reminder to call House Energy & Commerce Committee chaired by KY Rep. Brett Guthrie (202-225-3641) and Senate HELP Committee chaired by LA Sen. Bill Cassidy (202-224-6770). Call Guthrie’s regular office too (202-225-3501). Register your concern regarding:
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I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
February 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
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ASPB "remains committed to robustly supporting and strongly advocating for diversity and inclusion in the plant sciences, period."
Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.
Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.
February 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ASPB "remains committed to robustly supporting and strongly advocating for diversity and inclusion in the plant sciences, period."
Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.
Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.
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One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
February 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
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Hope and fear, indeed. @katejbaer.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Hope and fear, indeed. @katejbaer.bsky.social
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Excellent information from @unitedwedream.org. Please share far and wide!
January 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Excellent information from @unitedwedream.org. Please share far and wide!
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ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.
January 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.
