Monica Arienzo

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Check out this thread with Fact Sheets and interactive tools to learn about NSF’s impact across the US, in your state, and at universities in your community!

Ah. Continuing to make America great, I see. 🧪

The Haiku Your Research competition is now LIVE! You can win money!!! Info below!

Moving toward automated µFTIR spectra matching for microplastic identification: addressing false identifications and improving accuracy - Microplastics and Nanoplastics Infrared spectroscopy is a widely used tool for studying microplastics and identifying microparticles. Researchers rely on spectral libraries to differentiate between synthetic and natural materials. ...

New manuscript alert! Are you a #microplastic researcher wondering how you should process your spectra and what library you should use? Check out our new paper! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Lake Tahoe littered with thousands of plastic bag, bottle, and toy pieces An average of 133 pieces of plastic litter were found per mile of the lake floor, mostly coming from food containers, plastic bags, toys, and bottles.

Researchers from #DRI and UCDavisTahoe found that #LakeTahoe contained an average of 83 pieces of plastic litter per kilometer, or 133 per mile, with some locations containing higher numbers locally. Read more at Newsweek: bit.ly/drinewsweekt... #DiscoverDRI

Happy New Year! Wishing you all a healthy and productive new year!

BlueSky Invites for Scientists, Researchers, and Medical Professionals Please fill out this form if (1) you’d like to donate invite codes to scientists, medical professionals, academics, librarians, or other researchers or scholars or (2) you’re a member of one of th...

Just sent invite code #10,850!

Requests have really slowed down, but if you know clinicians, researchers, scholars, including journals, departments, professional societies, etc. looking to come over, I still have about 500 codes still available: forms.gle/ZyYhpa5MHT66... 🩺 🧪 #AcademicSky

We're recruiting a new full-time technician to join the lab ahead of summer 2024! The position involves both field and lab work focused on uncovering controls on benthic cyanotoxin production in rivers. Please share with potential candidates! More info: blaszczaklab.weebly.com/current-open...

Hi! I’m Monica and I use geochemical tools to understand human-environment interactions. Most of my research focuses on Microplastics and plastic pollution!
www.dri.edu/directory/mo...

More free COVID-19 tests from the government are available for home delivery through the mail The U.S. government is offering to send another round of at-home virus tests ahead of the typical surge in cases during the winter holiday season.

More free COVID tests are now available from the US government. apnews.com/article/free...