@marobert
Mathematical Biologist Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Virginia Tech Core Faculty, Center for the Mathematics of Biosystems (VT-CMB) https://cmb.science.vt.edu/ https://personal.math.vt.edu/michaelrobert/index.html
Virginia Tech is hosting the 2026 EEID Conference May 29- June 1.
Prior to the conference, there will be two concurrent workshops hosted by VectorByte and the Center for the Mathematics of Biosystems.
Applications are still being reviewed for both. cpe.vt.edu/eeid2026/wor...
Open the Gates Gaming Presents Save the Hokie Bird! 2: A Night at the Opera. Background is a greyscale image of an opera house looking out from the stage. Color OtG Logo included
Looks like the Hokie Bird needs saving… again! 🦃 ⚔️ ☀️ 🌙 🧹
D&D Livestream with @dougcockle.bsky.social (the Witcher, Natural Six), Distinguished Professor Patty Raun, @cristobal55.bsky.social @musicologist.bsky.social & Gustavo!
Wednesday Feb 18
12 pm to 3 pm Eastern
bit.ly/SaveTheHokie...
New AIM Research Community: Ecology Meets Infectious Disease - Modeling Complex Interactions in Ecology and Infectious Diseases
More Information: sites.google.com/view/ecology...
Application Site: aimath.org/programs/res...
Sharing for visibility www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/n...
Thank you @statnews.com
Summer School, Quantitative Phage-Bacteria Dynamics Across Scales U of Maryland, College Park, June 23-27, 2025
A small moment of science in the world of the very small... announcing calls for applications from MS + PhD students + postdocs for a Summer School on
Quantitative Phage-Bacteria Dynamics Across Scales
U of Maryland, College Park, June 23-27, 2025
Apply by 3/21/25:
bit.ly/phageschool2...
Support VT Math! It's still Giving Day at VT. If we get the most # of donors in the College of Science, we'll get a bonus 5K to help support our students. Even $5 donations count towards our total number of donors!
givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/9...
This is happening now!
#D&D #DungeonsAndDragons #Opera #Accessibility #AccessibleGaming #TableTopGames #Music #PerformingArts #VirginiaTech
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Save the Hokie Bird with Doug Cockle (voice of Geralt of Rivia in the Witcher video games)
Wednesday February 19) from 12 to 3:30 pm. EST
YouTube: tinyurl.com/save-the-hokie-bird
Twitch: twitch.tv/OpenTheGatesGaming
SOPA Event Link: sopa.vt.edu/events/perfo...
Do you like D&D? My brilliant husband and his colleagues are hosting a D&D livestream today as a fundraiser for the School of Performing Arts as part of VT's Giving Day. This is all part of a larger project aimed at making gaming more accessible and using gaming as a tool for music education.
Giving Day is almost there! Initiatives around Global Climate Change need more support than ever! Please consider donating to the @globalchangevt.bsky.social tomorrow!
A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, is growing, with 24 cases and at least 14 hospitalizations—mainly among children. Low vaccination rates are fueling the crisis. Outbreaks like this will become more common as vaccine misinformation spreads and laws weaken immunization requirements.
I'm changing it from LGBTQ+ to LGBTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTQ+ just to make my fucking point.
UC Merced achieved R1 status this morning. 20 years after opening its doors to its first undergraduate class in 2005. And to do so while dealing with the 2007-8 financial meltdown, the pandemic, dwindling state support, and, well, now - Trump - that's quite an achievement in my humble opinion!
This is the kind of stuff we celebrate! #HBCU #BlackHistoryMonth
"I am afraid for our country because I know what happens when science denialism comes into power."
Always grateful for @gregggonsalves.bsky.social's leadership, especially today.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...
Three of my professional societies (in stats and atmospheric science) signed on.
The math societies, though...
Professional societies stand together in defense of science & scientists.
“science has led to humanity’s greatest advances, improving people’s lives & the health of our planet … (we’re) committed to supporting, elevating, & fighting for science & those who further it.“
www.unitedsciencealliance.org
What can we do?
Scientists are on our own. University leaders at big schools are not going to help us.
Do what you can to connect with your colleagues. Plan local actions. If you can speak out to the media about what's happening to science, you're critical right now, please do speak out.
/end
Elon musk isn’t elected.
He’s a Nazi nepo baby who breaks everything he touches.
And right now he’s locked himself in a room with grandpa’s Social Security check.
Found this gem in an arcane NSF doc...key to know:
The Constitution and law SUPERSEDES exec orders!
"In the event of a conflict between policies issued at a lower tier versus policies issued at a higher tier, the higher tier policy will take precedence"
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Resear...
Every time I say something to a family member about how the last two weeks have been for me and they respond with silence, I learn everything I need to know.
I wish this was satire.
There are a few things to pay attention to here with a caveat.
If it turns out that NSF accepted applications and then cancelled the program w/out review, this will have major implications (again, *if* at this point, but given recent events, seems plausible and folks should be prepared).
a brief 🧵
Bleak. The USAID website has gone dark.
turns out several climate-change based NSF programs have been archived.
new.nsf.gov/focus-areas/...
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
canada.ca/en/public-he...
Seriously, we should be worried about Pubmed. Can we mirror it to some site in EU or Iceland or Switzerland? Ultimately, also arxiv / biorxiv and of course The Internet Archive ...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC's HIV page is currently missing. www.cdc.gov/hiv/testing/...