Jim Tokuhisa (@jimtokvt) 's Twitter Profile
Jim Tokuhisa

@jimtokvt

Plant biologist-biochemist at Virginia Tech

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#VirginiaTech and #VT_Science recently honored many of faculty and staff for their hard work and dedication. Thank you, all! science.vt.edu/research/aroun… #STEMeducation #whatsyourscience

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++ Eilmeldung ++ In #Erftstadt-Blessem sind Häuser massiv unterspült worden und einige eingestürzt. Es werden etliche Personen vermisst. Aus den Häusern kommen Notrufe, aber eine Rettung ist vielfach nicht möglich. Unser Katastrophenschutz ist vor Ort. Fotos: Rhein-Erft-Kreis

++ Eilmeldung ++ In #Erftstadt-Blessem sind Häuser massiv unterspült worden und einige eingestürzt. Es werden etliche Personen vermisst. Aus den Häusern kommen Notrufe, aber eine Rettung ist vielfach nicht möglich. Unser Katastrophenschutz ist vor Ort. Fotos: Rhein-Erft-Kreis
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Newly Discovered Bat Viruses Give Hints to Covid’s Origins nytimes.com/2021/10/14/sci… Is there a batbug on the right wing of the imaged bat? Carl Zimmer

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Another Surge in the Virus Has Colleges Fearing a Mental Health Crisis nytimes.com/2021/12/22/us/…. Two of my students who revealed a crisis means 10 who did not. But also there were students and faculty who saw the inequities revealed by COVID-19 and led responses.

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After twice being denied tenure, this Naval Academy professor says she is seeking justice washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/…

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Congrats to Chrissie Herzog on her grant from Friends of Stadium Woods and the The Community Foundation of the New River Valley to identify mushrooms in Stadium Woods! Chrissie is a VT Biochemistry major and is inventorying mushrooms in Stadium Woods for her #UGresearch project.

Congrats to Chrissie Herzog on her grant from Friends of Stadium Woods and the <a href="/CFNRV/">The Community Foundation of the New River Valley</a> to identify mushrooms in Stadium Woods!

Chrissie is a <a href="/vtbiochem/">VT Biochemistry</a> major and is inventorying mushrooms in Stadium Woods for her #UGresearch project.
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I’m wiping a tear 😢 from my eye reading this with my son on my lap, knowing that by the time he is my age there will be no coral left. A global tragedy hidden beneath the waves 🌊 nytimes.com/2022/03/25/wor…

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Henrietta Lacks Plaza, Roanoke, VA memorializing the birthplace of the woman from whom cancer cells were removed and used for the first immortal line of cultured human cells, HeLa cells.

Henrietta Lacks Plaza, Roanoke, VA memorializing the birthplace of the woman from whom  cancer cells were removed and used for the first immortal line of cultured human cells, HeLa cells.
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Our institute supports the initiative “Weltoffenes Thüringen” which was launched today. We stand for a Thuringia that is open to the world. We accept people in their diversity and advocate tolerance and inclusion. #thueringenweltoffen Join us here: thueringen-weltoffen.de

Our institute supports the initiative “Weltoffenes Thüringen” which was launched today. We stand for a Thuringia that is open to the world. We accept people in their diversity and advocate tolerance and inclusion. #thueringenweltoffen 
Join us here: thueringen-weltoffen.de
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The Duke Herbarium played a huge role in my training to become a scientist so I am dismayed to hear of plans to close the collection. Urge Duke University to Reconsider Closing Their Herbarium - Sign the Petition! chng.it/sqHKZQrP via Change.org