Jordan Vance

Neonatal bacterial sepsis and a lot of dog content. PhD student @robinsonlab_wvu

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

You like immunology? Name every subset of every T cell subtype.

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

Everyone saying B in these replies right now is wild, it’s A because it’s way more versatile. Only con is when it gets worn out in the middle and your tubes poke through the padding.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

I love every single Temu ad I get because they are spending money on a guy who will never ever ever use their service.

I don’t know how they work, but you cannot offer what they offer without getting up to some seriously shady shit.

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

I love when someone asks me how to do something and the answer is essentially “Find Christopher” with no further info because I feel like the mystic being in a story that hands out impossible quests.

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

FWIW that timeline included a fairly busy lab day, jumping off a (very tall) rope swing a few times, and building a fire. Didn’t mess with it until I took it out 🫡

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

From ~8:30am to 11:30pm, this glove held my hair together better than any elastic I’ve ever owned. If I take nothing else from grad school, I will always remember the glove trick.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

The first conversation I had with my oncologist, we were just talking about his experiences as a doctor (which...awesome, it was very good to get know him a bit) and I ended up asking if people ever decide to not follow his advice.

He said yes, and he looked very sad and then he told me that every single one of conversations are going to be with him forever.

What a very hard thing that must be...to have someone turn down your advice...to not get chemo, or exit the treatment early, only to come back and find that now the prognosis is much worse and the treatment plan much less clear.

It seemed to me that, at least in part, he felt his inability to keep them on the treatment path was a personal failure. I wish I could take that guilt away from him, because it's not his fault. We're all susceptible to simple stories that give us back a sense of control, even if it's an illusion. And sometimes people cannot be convinced...and sometimes that's deadly.

I'm very grateful that my worldview meshes well with the most effective paradigms. I didn't get that because I'm smart, I got it by the luck of my upbringing. And if ever a doctor tells you that you need chemo...there will almost certainly be people in your life who tell you that you should try alternatives instead.

You. Should. Not.

You can and should do acupuncture and restorative yoga and aromatherapy and eat less sugar and whatever other things help you. But do those things AND get the treatment recommended by your oncologist. Cancer patients have control, it's just a different kind of control than we're used to, and it can be disruptive to an identity to submit to that lack of control. But that's just...having a body, and I'm very happy that I get to have a body.

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

n̶o̶t̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶c̶i̶r̶c̶u̶s̶, ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶m̶o̶n̶k̶i̶e̶s̶
not my pasture, not my badgers

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

Please, I’m begging, STOP using retractable leashes. They are not safe for the dog or others.

I want to doubly emphasize this point if you have a reactive dog. Please just get a normal leash and protect your pets.

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

One of my favorite things is telling my dog “Good patient!” after minor medical interventions (ear cleans, toe trims, eye drops, etc.) because she does a specific excited dance for treats that melts my heart.

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

Everybody’s names for this are fun to read but our family very creatively calls them bread eggs.

[sarah jae @sarahjaeleiber]

what do y’all call this. in my family it was egg on an island but i think that’s not normal

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

@Mattila_TB_Lab It’s a smidge early for around here, give it a few more days but definitely around the 25-30th should have a little more success.

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

@Mattila_TB_Lab Can’t help in western PA but here in northern WV we have a few pockets where you can find them.

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

@jacobdolin_ I can’t WAIT to hear what happens at beer 5 because this is a great deal so far.

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

@WompusWentz What if I walk next to it sometimes and pull it that way

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

@Claire_Kisamore The end of an era. New project sounds cool!

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

@GingerConn @bitterlasagna … I like it and also peppermint is year round :/

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

Additionally, today I learned they apparently mature over winter (not disappear) and this is definitely gonna be a bad year for them.

Put your file and tick preventatives on your pets ASAP!

[Jordan Vance @jkvance_]

If your grandma killed ticks with a lighter before rinsing them down the drain like mine did, she was not being overdramatic.

Turns out those little freaks can (and will!) crawl back up the drain after being rinsed away. 🤠

[MyFWC @MyFWC]

Never settle,

for someone who doesn't want a lifetime of staring at bird feeders, spying on the deer in your yard and checking for squirrels in the attic.