Liz Harvey
@harveyplankton.bsky.social
Mom and Associate Professor @UNH. Runs the UNH Phyto Lab, we maybe have too much fun. Love all things marine and microbial.
New paper, who dis?
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September 11, 2026 at 2:24 PM
New paper, who dis?
doi.org/10.1093/plan...
doi.org/10.1093/plan...
I am “listening to Lilith Fair playlist in front of a fan on a holiday weekend” years old.
July 3, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I am “listening to Lilith Fair playlist in front of a fan on a holiday weekend” years old.
Reposted by Liz Harvey
Trans fam: your lives are precious no matter what the fuck these people say
translifeline.org/hotline/
translifeline.org/hotline/
June 30, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Trans fam: your lives are precious no matter what the fuck these people say
translifeline.org/hotline/
translifeline.org/hotline/
Algae give zero fucks. My heroes.
Trump spent a lot of time criticizing other administrations, but he’s surely realizing now it wasn’t that simple. Blooming algae began to turn the water green in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool shortly after it was refilled following the completion of a $14.2 million restoration project that
June 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Algae give zero fucks. My heroes.
Unintentional winogradsky…
June 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Unintentional winogradsky…
Reposted by Liz Harvey
It’s out! There are so many fun back stories with this project’s origin story & how it reshaped my career trajectory.
For now, plz welcome my lab’s culture collection of #Symbiodiniaceae associated bacteria! & the many siderophores they produce! 🧪
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
For now, plz welcome my lab’s culture collection of #Symbiodiniaceae associated bacteria! & the many siderophores they produce! 🧪
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Widespread siderophore production among Symbiodiniaceae-associated bacteria
Abstract. Nutritional exchanges fuel the evolutionary and ecological dominance of multi-partner symbioses among reef-building corals and microbial associat
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June 12, 2026 at 1:13 AM
It’s out! There are so many fun back stories with this project’s origin story & how it reshaped my career trajectory.
For now, plz welcome my lab’s culture collection of #Symbiodiniaceae associated bacteria! & the many siderophores they produce! 🧪
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
For now, plz welcome my lab’s culture collection of #Symbiodiniaceae associated bacteria! & the many siderophores they produce! 🧪
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
I am normally a pretty positive person, but this feels like a death sentence for life science funding in the US.
Cool, so NSF is now going to be used to essentially launder money to tech bros because universities are just too cumbersome and disciplinary oversight and regulations and accountability are all just too stifling for innovation.
$1.5B for “X-Labs.”
$1.5B for “X-Labs.”
NSF X-Labs
NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, and educators from across the country.
www.nsf.gov
May 14, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I am normally a pretty positive person, but this feels like a death sentence for life science funding in the US.
My students are learning bioinformatic analysis and making sweet, sweet plots. It is so fun to see filters you collected for several years finally come to life. So impressed!
May 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
My students are learning bioinformatic analysis and making sweet, sweet plots. It is so fun to see filters you collected for several years finally come to life. So impressed!
New PI record unlocked: two #NSF proposal rejections within an hour of one another. Had been pending since Aug 2025. Did anyone in oceanography get funded? I will feel better knowing the whole program didn’t just get axed…
April 30, 2026 at 8:08 PM
New PI record unlocked: two #NSF proposal rejections within an hour of one another. Had been pending since Aug 2025. Did anyone in oceanography get funded? I will feel better knowing the whole program didn’t just get axed…
I echo how dire the situation is regarding science funding. The worst for those early career trying to get started. It also isn’t for lack of trying. I have two submitted grants still pending from August 2025. Clicking on the OG post, the numbers getting funded are just dismal.
I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.
NSF Update through March 13, 2026
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March 26, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I echo how dire the situation is regarding science funding. The worst for those early career trying to get started. It also isn’t for lack of trying. I have two submitted grants still pending from August 2025. Clicking on the OG post, the numbers getting funded are just dismal.
I would not pass a final exam in gift wrapping. Like would flunk the mid-term tbh. In my defense, it is kind of rounded…
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I would not pass a final exam in gift wrapping. Like would flunk the mid-term tbh. In my defense, it is kind of rounded…
Anyone use case studies in their oceanography classes? If so, mind sharing examples? Bonus if they are biology focused. #oceanography
August 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Anyone use case studies in their oceanography classes? If so, mind sharing examples? Bonus if they are biology focused. #oceanography
Three generations all protested together today. I feel hopeful
June 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Three generations all protested together today. I feel hopeful
Grading the final assignment in my biological oceanography class and found my personal ethos so distilled, it is amazing.
May 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Grading the final assignment in my biological oceanography class and found my personal ethos so distilled, it is amazing.
Super proud mentor! www.unh.edu/unhtoday/202...
UNH Student Awarded Prestigious Graduate Fellowship
UNH undergraduate student Leandra Bryant ’25 has received the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation. Awarded to students pursuing master’s and doctoral d...
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April 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Super proud mentor! www.unh.edu/unhtoday/202...
Thanks, I hate it. 🧪
The Trump administration is recommending the elimination of the scientific research division at NOAA.
April 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thanks, I hate it. 🧪
What about my disabled for life brother? When he complains for not getting a check, who is going to be brave enough to call him a ‘fraudster’ to my face?
Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick says if Social Security skipped a check, his mother-in-law wouldn’t complain—and if you would, it indicates you are probably a fraudster. Insane.
March 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
What about my disabled for life brother? When he complains for not getting a check, who is going to be brave enough to call him a ‘fraudster’ to my face?
Reposted by Liz Harvey
Something to think about
March 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Something to think about
Friends -- did I miss the memo that BIO OCE at NSF was moving back to twice annually proposal deadlines? www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
March 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Friends -- did I miss the memo that BIO OCE at NSF was moving back to twice annually proposal deadlines? www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Cyanobacteria is extremely toxic! It would kill the gar in a hot second. Miscarriage of justice. #planktonforever #2025MMM
#2025MMM Roots and Relicts Rnd 1
BATTLE WINNERS:
Coelacanth, Gar, Frilled Shark, Ringed Seal, Ginkgo/Rhizo, Asian Forest Tortoise, Tuatara, Horseshoe Crab
Join us on MONDAY, March 17th at 8PM EST for Round 1 of Same & Different!
BATTLE WINNERS:
Coelacanth, Gar, Frilled Shark, Ringed Seal, Ginkgo/Rhizo, Asian Forest Tortoise, Tuatara, Horseshoe Crab
Join us on MONDAY, March 17th at 8PM EST for Round 1 of Same & Different!
March 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Cyanobacteria is extremely toxic! It would kill the gar in a hot second. Miscarriage of justice. #planktonforever #2025MMM
I don’t know a single person in a research position who hasn’t felt traumatized over the last month. Kudos to everyone who is still making it to work in the morning.
February 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I don’t know a single person in a research position who hasn’t felt traumatized over the last month. Kudos to everyone who is still making it to work in the morning.