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📚🐾 When Mom drags you to work on the weekend but forgets Saturday and Sunday are for FUN — not grant writing! 📝✨

All work and no play makes Blu a very sad bulldog 🐶💙 Please send snacks! #LabMascot #SendSnacks #ScrogginsLab #UMNProud, #UMNMed #UMDbiomedicalsciences #UMNbms #UMNmedDLH

Dr. Scroggins’s talk at the Neuroscience conference went fantastically! 🧠🎤 There was a great turnout, and the room was buzzing with questions and discussions. Always exciting to see such lively engagement and curiosity! 🌟👏 #UMNProud, #UMNMed #UMDbiomedicalsciences #UMNbms #UMNmedDLH

The talks at the Neuroscience conference are captivating! 🧠✨ Rouwaida is fully tuned in, taking notes to soak up every bit of brilliance from these amazing speakers. It's not just a conference; it's a brainy adventure! 🌟 Excited to bring these ideas back to the lab! 💡📝
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Neurosciences Summer Retreat at the Graduate Hotel—ready for a true “brainy good time” with our Twin Cities colleagues! 🧠✨ We're excited to share that Dr. Scroggins will be giving a talk during the retreat—so be sure to bring your brightest ideas and let’s spark some serious neural connections!

Science takes teamwork—and Blu, our Scroggins Lab mascot, is leading the charge! 🐶🔬 With this bulldog on our side, STEM success is paw-sible! #MedicalStudent #LabLife #UMNProud, #UMNMed #UMDbiomedicalsciences #UMNbms #UMNmedDLH #SummerVibes

"The Scroggins Lab out here being legendary 🧪💥 — bringing science and inspiration to the next generation at the Indigenous Scrubs Camp! Big shoutout to Trinity, Anna, and Rouwaida for repping the lab and showing the future is bright (and pipetting like pros)!" #ScrogginsLab #UMNMed

🎉 Please join us in giving a warm, fun-filled welcome to Anna and Rouwaida—the newest members of the lab! 🧪✨ We're beyond excited to have them on the team and can't wait for everyone to get to know these two amazing humans. 🙌 Let's show them how awesome this crew is! 💥💬 #WelcomeToTheLab #LabLife

🌈 Happy Pride Month! Time to turn up the love, crank up the color, and celebrate every shade of the rainbow. Be bold. Be proud. Be YOU. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💖💛💙💚
#PrideMonth #LoveIsLove #CelebratePride #ProudToBeMe

🎤 "Caught Trinity workin’ in the hood,
She said, ‘The girls in the hood are always hard!’
Start talkin’ that smack — we’ll pull your references.
Quote me in your next paper. Cited, not silenced." 📚🔥
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🎉🎂 Happy Birthday, Trinity! 🎂🎉
Wishing you a day full of love, laughter, and everything that makes you smile. You’re one of a kind, and today we celebrate YOU! Here’s to another amazing year of memories, dreams, and being your awesome self.
If you see her today, make sure to wish her happy one! 🎁

🎉 Guess who's back?! Help us welcome the one and only Trinity Benton! We’re so excited to have this amazing McNair Scholar back in the lab for another summer of discovery and FUN! 🌟💡
Drop a 👋 or 🙌 in the comments to show Trinity some love! 🔬

#McNairScholar #ScrogginsLab #UMNProud #UMNMed #UMNbms

🎓✨ The Scroggins Lab sends a HUGE congrats to Denali, Ella, and Olivia on graduating! 🎉 Your curiosity, dedication, and laughter lit up the lab — you’ll be missed. 💙
We can’t wait to see the amazing things you’ll do — go conquer your destinies! 🚀💥

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#IMMUNOLOGY2025 #ScrogginsLab #ScienceInAction
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🌺✈️ The Scroggins Lab is en route to AAI #IMMUNOLOGY2025 in beautiful Hawaii! Ready for cutting-edge immunology talks, networking with fellow scientists, and maybe a little fun in the sun too! 🌞🧬🌊
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🎉🥲 Bittersweet day in the Scroggins Lab! We celebrated our amazing students and techs graduating and heading to their next chapters.
If you see them this week, wish them well—Dan, Denali, Olivia, and Ella, you’ll all be deeply missed. The lab won’t be the same without you!

🎉🎂 Do you know what day it is?! It’s OLIVIA’S BIRTHDAY!! 🥳💖
Let’s shower her with ALL the love, laughs, and cake today! 🎈🎁
Drop your birthday wishes below and help make her day extra special! 🎊🎉
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OLIVIA!! 🎂💃✨

#HappyBirthdayOlivia #BirthdayQueen #CelebrateGoodTimes

Understanding the Mantis Shrimp's Bullet-Like Punch The mantis shrimp may be small, but it packs a powerful punch—literally. Now, scientists finally have a better understanding of how these tiny crustaceans protect themselves from their own power.

www.scubadiving.com/understandin... 🌎🦑🧪

🧬 Funny Friday: Immunology Edition 🔬
Why did the T cell bring a ladder to the lymph node?
Because it heard the B cells were on a higher level of activation 😎
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FACT SHEET: Braidwood, SCOTUS Case Targeting PrEP, Impacting Preventative Care On Monday, April 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc., a case that could strip away a critical piece of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), wh...

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments next week in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc., a case that could strip away a critical piece of the Affordable Care Act, which mandates insurance companies cover preventive healthcare services at no out-of-pocket cost. glaad.org/releases/rep...

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🎥🌿 From Classroom to Garden Fame! 🌿🎥
Dr. Rahmona Thompson, our fave Botany guru, stars in a plant-loving series with Sam Noble Museum! 🍃💚
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/0D0a8G6MfTo
#PlantPower #BotanyQueen

HECK YES! 🙌 Standing tall like a Bunsen burner on max flame 🔥 for SCIENCE and RESEARCH! 💪🧪 The only thing we’re denying is pseudoscience a seat at the table. Keep pushing forward

To all my fellow science nerds—how are you maintaining your mental equilibrium? What’s keeping your students and colleagues from collapsing like poorly pipetted gels? Had any eureka moments lately—or even just avoided a meltdown (literal or emotional)?

Text on a card reads: "What's the Tariff Rate on Imported Chinese Goods? The rates depend on what is imported, what materials are used (from where) and which special rates are applied." Illustrations of items below that text are marked with their respective tariff rates, including Toys at 145%, Smartphones at 20% and Syringes at 245%

The escalating trade war between the U.S. and China has resulted in huge average tax rates on each other’s imports. Here’s a breakdown of how the tariffs on certain goods from China add up: nyti.ms/4cxIih9

🎉 Fitger's 5K – DONE! 🎉
What an amazing race! 🏃‍♂️The energy was electric, and it was such a great time connecting with coworkers, peers, and the awesome community around us. 💪
Grateful for the experience, the team spirit, and the memories made. Can’t wait for the next one! 🙌
#fitgers5k #scrogginslab

So much fun!

This is awesome!!!!

💥 Angela Dorigatti and Sabrina putting in the work! Making that easy single-cell spatial magic happen and repping hard for the Scroggins Lab on the Big campus! 💪🔬🔥
#WomenInSTEM #SingleCell #SpatialBiology #Teamwork #ScrogginsLab#SupportMomsAndBabies #WomenInSTEM #snRNAseq

How the NIH dominates the world’s health research — in charts Abrupt cuts by the Trump administration to the US National Institutes of Health threaten progress in medical research globally.

The NIH helps keep research costs low and makes the U.S. a leader in medicine. It backed 354 of 356 new drugs (2010–2019)—including cancer, overdose, and heart treatments. Your tax dollars save lives! ❤️
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