Pam Ronald
@pcronald.bsky.social
UC Davis #rice geneticist & co-author of Tomorrow's Table: Organic #Farming Genetics & the Future of #Food. TED talk. My lab studies #genetics for #crop #resilience & #plant-microbe interactions. Volunteer Ranger USFS
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Vaccines, costing as little as 60 cents per dose, pushed infections like polio, measles, diphtheria, and whooping cough to the brink of elimination in many parts of the world, even in low- and middle-income nations. The measles vaccine alone has saved nearly 94 million lives over the past 50 years.
The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
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Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Vaccines, costing as little as 60 cents per dose, pushed infections like polio, measles, diphtheria, and whooping cough to the brink of elimination in many parts of the world, even in low- and middle-income nations. The measles vaccine alone has saved nearly 94 million lives over the past 50 years.
Yep. No one
Q: So Dr Oz said that--
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yep. No one
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You and the text you need to trim in order to meet the word limit
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
You and the text you need to trim in order to meet the word limit
Helpful info for those planning a flight
Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays.
Listen in ⬇️
Listen in ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Helpful info for those planning a flight
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Hungary 1956
'Well over a 100k people fled the country seeking asylum. Among them was a young geneticist named George Rédei, who headed for the Austrian border with a small vial of seeds tucked in his pocket.
The seeds belonged to a spindly weed in the mustard family called Arabidopsis thaliana.'
'Well over a 100k people fled the country seeking asylum. Among them was a young geneticist named George Rédei, who headed for the Austrian border with a small vial of seeds tucked in his pocket.
The seeds belonged to a spindly weed in the mustard family called Arabidopsis thaliana.'
How a humble weed became a superstar of biology
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
knowablemagazine.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Hungary 1956
'Well over a 100k people fled the country seeking asylum. Among them was a young geneticist named George Rédei, who headed for the Austrian border with a small vial of seeds tucked in his pocket.
The seeds belonged to a spindly weed in the mustard family called Arabidopsis thaliana.'
'Well over a 100k people fled the country seeking asylum. Among them was a young geneticist named George Rédei, who headed for the Austrian border with a small vial of seeds tucked in his pocket.
The seeds belonged to a spindly weed in the mustard family called Arabidopsis thaliana.'
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j.... What happened to Jim?
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j.... What happened to Jim?
My interview with Andre Ray. youtu.be/VJttbc_cKxA
If you get invited to talk with him on his podcast "National Champion Radio", do it! Andre is always well-prepared and lots of fun.
If you get invited to talk with him on his podcast "National Champion Radio", do it! Andre is always well-prepared and lots of fun.
Riverside Pamala Ronald Updated Podcast -
YouTube video by National Champion Radio
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November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My interview with Andre Ray. youtu.be/VJttbc_cKxA
If you get invited to talk with him on his podcast "National Champion Radio", do it! Andre is always well-prepared and lots of fun.
If you get invited to talk with him on his podcast "National Champion Radio", do it! Andre is always well-prepared and lots of fun.
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My former UC Davis colleagues Ermias Kebreab and Paulo de Meo Filho went on Marketplace to talk about using seaweed and CRISPR to mitigate cattle enteric methane emissions!
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Could an early diet of seaweed produce climate-friendlier beef?
A UC Davis study shows promising results.
www.marketplace.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My former UC Davis colleagues Ermias Kebreab and Paulo de Meo Filho went on Marketplace to talk about using seaweed and CRISPR to mitigate cattle enteric methane emissions!
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
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Excited to launch an openRxiv partnership with the scientist-run AI review service qed (@qedscience.bsky.social), the brainchild of @odedrechavi.bsky.social 1/n
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
Enabling options for review: from training and transparency to author-centered AI tools - openRxiv
Peer review is widely viewed as a critical aspect of biomedical communication. Ideally, it provides authors with feedback so they can improve manuscripts and gives readers, particularly nonspecialists...
openrxiv.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Excited to launch an openRxiv partnership with the scientist-run AI review service qed (@qedscience.bsky.social), the brainchild of @odedrechavi.bsky.social 1/n
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
I used this for the 1st time today on a paper we are about to submit. It’s great! It found gaps in our claims that I had not thought of. Although some of the suggested experiments are way hard and labor-intensive, it suggests prose to address the gaps in the discussion. The future has arrived.
And you can of course also go through to the q.e.d website: www.qedscience.com
q.e.d Science
Critical Thinking AI for constructive criticism and science evaluation
www.qedscience.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I used this for the 1st time today on a paper we are about to submit. It’s great! It found gaps in our claims that I had not thought of. Although some of the suggested experiments are way hard and labor-intensive, it suggests prose to address the gaps in the discussion. The future has arrived.
This is just so lovely. Thank you.
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is just so lovely. Thank you.
Happy Halloween 🎃!
A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE,
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
October 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy Halloween 🎃!
Blooming today in our garden. It’s San Pedro cactus I believe: Trichocereus pachanois Their flowers tend to last 2-3 days. It contains the psychedelic alkaloid mescaline and has been used for spiritual and healing ceremonies for thousands of years in the Peruvian Andes.
October 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Blooming today in our garden. It’s San Pedro cactus I believe: Trichocereus pachanois Their flowers tend to last 2-3 days. It contains the psychedelic alkaloid mescaline and has been used for spiritual and healing ceremonies for thousands of years in the Peruvian Andes.
Today in my garden: Crocus sativus, commonly known as saffron crocus. Human cultivation of saffron crocus and the trade and use of saffron have endured for more than 3,500 years and span different cultures, continents, and civilizations.
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Today in my garden: Crocus sativus, commonly known as saffron crocus. Human cultivation of saffron crocus and the trade and use of saffron have endured for more than 3,500 years and span different cultures, continents, and civilizations.
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Friends, we have another a opportunity to protest the attempts to destroy science and public health by the Trump administration.
We would love to see you on November 5th if you can make it!
We would love to see you on November 5th if you can make it!
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Friends, we have another a opportunity to protest the attempts to destroy science and public health by the Trump administration.
We would love to see you on November 5th if you can make it!
We would love to see you on November 5th if you can make it!
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One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.
#NoKings #Manhattan
#NoKings #Manhattan
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.
#NoKings #Manhattan
#NoKings #Manhattan
October 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Very real-looking plastic rice 🍚in this Thai restaurant
October 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Very real-looking plastic rice 🍚in this Thai restaurant
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The UGA Plant Biology Department is hiring! Please help spread the word. We have an opening for an Assistant Professor in Plant Synthetic Biology for Strategic Resources Research. See ad for details – and join us here in Athens, GA!
October 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The UGA Plant Biology Department is hiring! Please help spread the word. We have an opening for an Assistant Professor in Plant Synthetic Biology for Strategic Resources Research. See ad for details – and join us here in Athens, GA!
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"Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change at University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=job_10-16-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=job_10-16-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
October 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change at University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=job_10-16-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=job_10-16-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
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During these uncertain times, I’m very happy to see that my institution, @scripps.edu has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Any field in Chemistry or Biology is welcome. I’d especially love to see fellow neuroscientists apply. Please repost!
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October 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
During these uncertain times, I’m very happy to see that my institution, @scripps.edu has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Any field in Chemistry or Biology is welcome. I’d especially love to see fellow neuroscientists apply. Please repost!
apply.interfolio.com/174756
apply.interfolio.com/174756
Remarkable recovery of the Klamath River salmon. Many thanks to the agencies, Tribes, and NGOs who came together to remove dams and monitor the recovery of the Klamath River salmon. And kudos, too, to the indigenous youth who paddled source to sea on the newly freed river
October 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Remarkable recovery of the Klamath River salmon. Many thanks to the agencies, Tribes, and NGOs who came together to remove dams and monitor the recovery of the Klamath River salmon. And kudos, too, to the indigenous youth who paddled source to sea on the newly freed river
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UNC Chapel Hill's Biology Dept is hiring an Assistant Professor in Organismal Biology. They will focus on resilience, teach, and build a research portfolio. Apply by Nov 3, 2025: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/hr/postings/307693 #job
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October 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
UNC Chapel Hill's Biology Dept is hiring an Assistant Professor in Organismal Biology. They will focus on resilience, teach, and build a research portfolio. Apply by Nov 3, 2025: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/hr/postings/307693 #job
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📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab!
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓
October 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab!
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓