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Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development Professor at UC-Berkeley / Coevolution researcher / Chia pet owner / Author of MOST DELICIOUS POISON: https://www.mostdeliciouspoison.com / ☮️ 🕊️
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I have spoken to a staffer every time that I have called.
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No just when the staffers are there--you need to talk to somebody not leave a voicemail.
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3. In the U.S. house, the Energy and Commerce committee has NIH oversight and is led by KY Congressman Brett Guthrie. Please call his committee's office and tell them the same thing TOMORROW: 202-225-3641
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2. The U.S. Senate HELP Committee is run by LA Senator Bill Cassidy and has HHS oversight. Call his committee and tell his staff how this Federal Register 'end run' around Congress and the Courts is sowing chaos in science progress. Please call his office TOMORROW: 202-224-6770 and
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Colleagues, including my partner, with years of service at the agency. Some Permanent POs reclassified as Probationary. Exceptional scientists who were former professors at major institutions, and came to NSF to serve the community and ensure science thrives in the US.
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Thanks neighbor! 🤗
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Plants & gardens
The Light Eaters @zoeschlanger.bsky.social
Gardening Can Be Murder, Marta McDowell
Unrooted @erinzimmermannmk.bsky.social
Most Delicious Poison, Noah Whitman
The Garden Against Time, Olivia Laing
A Natural History of Empty Lots @christopherbrown.bsky.social
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The people at this meeting were critical for my career development: I started studying plants in 2006 as a postdoc and then found Scaptomyza in 2007. My first collaboration as new faculty was from GRC. I met J. Gershenzon and we did this (1st author now UGA faculty) : whitemanlab.org/wp-content/u...
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I knew you'd start studying herbivores eventually. Nice to see this.
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Awww, thanks for sharing and I’m so glad it struck a chord. Writing it was one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever experienced.
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Sorry it took me 4 months to chime in! I hope you didn't wake anybody up.
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I hope you liked the ending!
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Thank you!
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Glad you like the interwoven threads...
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Thank you for saying so!
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I will try to recreate it here!
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So glad you to hear you liked Most Delicious Poison!
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So glad to hear you loved Most Delicious Poison!