Molly Duman Scheel

Outbreak Communications Toolkit Health departments can use a CDC-created toolkit to communicate about West Nile outbreaks.

A new resource on WNV: www.cdc.gov/west-nile-vi...

Outbreak Communications Toolkit Health departments can use a CDC-created toolkit to communicate about West Nile outbreaks.

A new resource for health departments: www.cdc.gov/west-nile-vi...

Here's another awesome #RNAi #yeast insecticide technology movie from our student assistant Olivia Hester! Happy World Mosquito Day!

#IU #ND #EIGH #mosquitocontrol #research #science #medicalentomology #AMCA #WorldMosquitoDay #YesterdayThreatsTodaysSolutions
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Happy World Mosquito Day! Here's a quick glimpse into our research in the Scheel Lab on #RNAi #yeast technology for #mosquito control! Credits: Akilah Stewart&Britton Softhauser.
#IU #ND #EIGH #research #science #medicalentomology #AMCA #WorldMosquitoDay #YesterdayThreatsTodaysSolutions

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Why funding local science research matters — and how it helps fight mosquitoes | Opinion My scientific journey began at John Adams High School in South Bend, where Mr. Nevin Longenecker sparked my interest in biology and research.

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Thanks to the North Shore Senior Center for hosting our RNAi yeast larvicide community engagement event. | Molly Duman Scheel Thanks to the North Shore Senior Center for hosting our RNAi yeast larvicide community engagement event. We appreciated hearing about how West Nile Virus has impacted your community.

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We are running community engagement events around Chicago this week and enjoying telling folks about our RNAi yeast larvicides.

Graduation celebration for our seniors, Jackson and Suhas! Thanks for all your efforts over the years!

We are proud that this new manuscript from our group is part of the Women's Special Issue Series: Insects. The collection highlights the Contributions of Female Scientists to the Advancement of Insect Science. Our article, which features six women authors from my group, also includes two undergraduate researchers. Congratulations Jackson Graham and Suhas Nelaturi on your first publication and your upcoming graduation from Notre Dame!

A protest graphic titled “TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS” with bold red blocks reading “SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE.” Black paint drips from the top, and a grayscale crowd of protestors hold signs like “Save Science,” “Keep Your Hands Off Our Pipettes,” and “No Science, No Future.” A U.S. flag waves on the right.

🚨SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE: TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS 🚨

In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk.

Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)

Photos: Thousands of local protestors gather for national 'Hands Off!' rallies Thousands of people in the South Bend area joined with thousands more nationally to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump's administration.

Great picture-fest from South Bend Tribune: Photos: Thousands of local protestors gather for 'Hands Off!' rally

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@maddow.msnbc.com this was @handsoff in Santa Cruz, CA. It reminded me of one of your stories from last week about putting tariffs on an island of penguins!

Photos: Thousands of local protestors gather for national 'Hands Off!' rallies Thousands of people in the South Bend area joined with thousands more nationally to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump's administration.

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Hands off stretches down 933 in South Bend!
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Hands Off protest in South Bend

Hands Off protest in South Bend

Hands Off protest in South Bend

Hands Off in South Bend

Means defends HHS cuts, calls bureaucracy an ‘utter failure’ He also said the election of Trump was a mandate to make dramatic change in leadership.

“These professional podcasters stand in front of a bunch of career scientists and say ‘What has science ever done?’ I don’t know, science eradicated measles until two months ago...”

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@maddow in interview with Dr. David Kessler (@davidkessler.bsky.social) just revealed that Trump just fired the man who likely saved his life when he was hospitalized with Covid-19.

To staff at CDC and everyone working in public health: we’re with you. | Tom Frieden | 50 comments To staff at CDC and everyone working in public health: we’re with you. | 50 comments on LinkedIn

Some words of encouragement from Dr. Tom Frieden, former Director of CDC.

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We are excited to announce our official partnership with @indivisible.org for the National Day of Action on April 5th!

Stand Up for Science says: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE!

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#handsoffourscience

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The Scheel lab had a lovely breakfast chat with visiting speaker Hillary Ranson this morning.

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

How Trump is following Project 2025’s radical roadmap to defund science Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page blueprint. Nature read it so you don’t have to.

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Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)

🚨 Over 70 graduate programs in the biological and biomedical sciences have frozen or slashed admissions.

The consequences are profound—how many brilliant minds are being shut out of research entirely? How much future discovery is being lost before it even begins?

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So proud of our post docs Teresia, Majidah and Akilah presenting at the Notre Dame Eck Institute for Global Health Research Day

NEW: Baldwin, Welch Announce Former NIH Director, Researchers, Clinical Trial Patients as Witnesses for Forum on Trump’s NIH Cuts | U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) announced the...

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“Immeasurable strength in community”: a conversation with JP Flores about the Stand Up for Science movement I recently had a conversation with JP Flores, one of the core organizers of the Stand Up for Science movement, which held nationwide rallies on March 7th and advocates for uncensored, well-funded, …

I recently interviewed @jpflores.bsky.social about being one of the organizers for @standupforscience.bsky.social, the future of the movement, and advice for early-career scientists interested in advocating for science. Check out the interview here: wp.me/pcJ9aZ-4D

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.

They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.