Abby Dernburg
@adernburg.bsky.social
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Chromosomophile, Cal alumna and faculty member, mom, AirBnBeekeeper,
#Meiosis4Eva
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Dana Stevens
10 days ago
My first post for Round 3 of Slate Movie Club was written the day after the news of Rob & Michele Reiner's deaths. So I knew it would be published two weeks after that "news cycle" (ugh) was over, but I couldn't not write about all his work meant to me & to so many others.
slate.com/culture/2025...
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With Rob Reiner Dies a Whole Tradition of Hollywood Filmmaking
Everyone’s remembering his acting, directing, and activism. But another part of his career was just as important.
https://slate.com/culture/2025/12/rob-reiner-movies-princess-bride-spinal-tap-stand-by-me.html
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Worth a read, like everything
@katherinejwu.com
has written about the savaging of NIH and other HHS and science agencies.
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦
about 2 months ago
The utterly fucked thing about this is that if any of that happens it's because of basic life science research investments (currently being gutted), not because of large language models. Dario Amodei can eat shit and then do whatever it is that Bluesky would ban me for saying
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One of the wilder Texas Hold’ em hands I’ve played. (I did not win.)
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FFS🙄
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Mark Peifer (He, him)
2 months ago
The UNC Department of Biology is seeking a Director of Biology Teaching Labs, a key leadership role overseeing our undergraduate laboratory program. 1/n Learn more and apply here:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
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Director of Biology Teaching Labs
The Director of Biology Teaching Labs provides leadership and direction in the management of the Biology Department's undergraduate laboratories and will be responsible for the undergraduate laborator...
https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308270
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Phil Plait
2 months ago
It actually causes more deaths; a study showed that hurriances given female names are more deadly because people take the threat less seriously.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1402786111
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Miriam Posner
2 months ago
If you are pissed at the recently publicized demand letter from the Trump admin to UCLA, I warmly invite you to join us tomorrow at noon. We need everyone to fight this with everything we have. There is a plan, and you won’t hear it from administrators.
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AAUP
3 months ago
BREAKING: USC HAS JOIN THE RESISTANCE! That’s four (MIT, Brown, Penn, USC) of the nine schools Trump targeted. Stay tuned! 🍿
#DefendHigherEd
#StandUpFightBack
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USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right
USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-16/usc-rejects-trump-education-compact
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Snacko Racko
3 months ago
Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!
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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS
3 months ago
Got plans on Saturday the 18th for
#NoKings
, 9 AM ET? Come hear
@allstrike.bsky.social
at
@nihvigils.bsky.social
! Food bank donations accepted. Come to the
#NIH
Metro off the red line.
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No Kings NIH Vigil and Food Drive
Come join us and bring your spare non-perishables. We'd love to have you join us for our event!
https://actionnetwork.org/events/no-kings-nih-vigil-and-food-drive?source=direct_link&
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A timely reminder that investment in R&D fuels economic growth.
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Indivisible SF
3 months ago
October 18 is NO KINGS Day! Come in your favorite costume and scare the Big Bad Baby Kingy. Meet north end of Embarcadero Plaza at 1:30 PM.
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Carl Zimmer
3 months ago
Today my
@nytimes.com
colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link:
nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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3 new Physics Nobel Laureates from the University of California! 🥂🤙 (and one less parking space for the rest of us at Berkeley 🙃)
3 months ago
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AAUP
3 months ago
UC’s Academic Council calls on the Office of the President & the UC Board of Regents to unequivocally reject governmental demands that compromise institutional autonomy and
#academicfreedom
. This is the way.
#DefendHigherEd
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American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)
3 months ago
AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
https://bit.ly/3VOEJvx
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Please consider making a small donation to reimburse the SUfS-SF organizing team:
www.gofundme.com/f/reimburse-...
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Donate to Reimburse Volunteer Scientists for Standing Up for Science!, organized by Abigail Kennedy
The Stand Up for Science local San Francisco team of 11 volun… Abigail Kennedy needs your support for Reimburse Volunteer Scientists for Standing Up for Science!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/reimburse-volunteer-scientists-for-standing-up-for-science?attribution_id=sl:b95e0d2f-78d3-4d41-a506-70e57b4312e2&ts=1759153913&utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&utm_content=amp13_c-amp17_tc&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
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Colette Delawalla
3 months ago
THIS IS THE WAY. Everyone gets their knickers in a twist when I say we can’t sci-comm our way out of this mess…but maybe you’ll listen to the more eloquent and measured
@edyong209.bsky.social
! This isn’t happening because people don’t appreciate the brilliance of the double helix structure.
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Gregg Gonsalves
3 months ago
Are you a healthcare worker or scientist (or know someone who is)?
#RFKJr
is bragging that he has your support. Time to let Congress know HCWs and scientists do NOT support this man. Take a few minutes to send in a postcard.
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...
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Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health
When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...
https://www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/help-prove-rfk-jr-wrong
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This is an embarrassing way to cover a paper that is basically negative results (spoiler alert: this did not go as the investigators might have hoped).
bbc.com/news/article...
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Human skin DNA fertilised to make embryo for first time
US scientists testing the technique say it could help people overcome infertility and potentially allow same-sex couples to have a genetically related child.
https://bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2vyee0zlo
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Seema Sheth
3 months ago
NSF GRFP solicitation is finally up. Life Sci deadline extended to Nov 10 but 2nd year grad students no longer eligible
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/grfp-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-program/nsf25-547/solicitation
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Jason Williams
3 months ago
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply.
#NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
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An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
https://jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
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Phil Plait
4 months ago
At this exact time and date — 14:19 Eastern US time on September 22, 2025 — the center of the Sun is directly over Earth's equator (in technical terms, it has a declination of 0°), marking the moment of the September equinox. Happy equinox!
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California Faculty Association
4 months ago
Although this bill passed both legislative chambers, nine legislators—champions of CFA—sided with California teachers and abstained from voting. We urge you to tell Governor Gavin Newsom to veto AB715 by adding your signature here. 📩
win.newmode.net/caircaliforn...
#VETOAB715
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Robert Reich
4 months ago
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.
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Ars Technica
4 months ago
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COVID shot access could tighten; RFK Jr. may claim they cause child deaths
A battle is brewing over mRNA vaccines, which could intensify backlash against Kennedy.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/09/covid-shot-access-could-tighten-rfk-jr-may-claim-they-cause-child-deaths/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social
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Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)
4 months ago
🔬 Join the EMBO Workshop: Evolutionary Approaches to Chromatin in St Feliu de Guíxols, 9–12 Dec 2025! Explore chromatin diversity, dynamics and genome evolution with leading experts. ➡️ Organizer
@arnausebe.bsky.social
📝 Abstract & registration deadline: 30 Sept 👉
meetings.embo.org/event/24-evo...
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The Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices (ACIP) meets on September 18-19. Public comments are open until 9/13:
www.regulations.gov/commenton/CD...
Read more here (or elsewhere): A Precautionary Path with Kaitlin Sundling, MD, PhD
precaution.substack.com?utm_source=n...
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A Precautionary Path with Kaitlin Sundling, MD, PhD | Substack
Precautionary notes during a public health crisis from pathologist and physician-scientist. The information provided is not intended as a substitute for individual medical advice. Click to read A Pr...
https://precaution.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web
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Alexey Amunts
4 months ago
Speak up before more is lost. UCLA lost $600M in federal research grants, freezing work on cancer, neurodegeneration, pediatrics & more. Entire labs, careers, and patients remain in limbo. A devastating blow to US science. Trainees are hardest hit, the community must speak up before more is lost.
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Frozen Grants, Canceled Futures: The Human Toll of UCLA’s Research Suspension
A frozen grant is more than halted experiments and lost data; it is a career derailed for many of the trainees dependent on this research support.
https://www.the-scientist.com/frozen-grants-canceled-futures-the-human-toll-of-ucla-s-research-suspension-73353
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Piotr Ziolkowski
4 months ago
Breaking genetics news‼️🌱🌽 A natural DNA trick triples recombination in maize. What we first saw in Arabidopsis (@hendersi lab) a decade ago is now confirmed in crops—opening new doors for plant breeding. Published today in Nature Plants! More details 👉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Enhancing local meiotic crossovers in Arabidopsis and maize through juxtaposition of heterozygous and homozygous regions - Nature Plants
This study discovered that locally confined DNA differences boost crossover rates in both Arabidopsis and maize, revealing a conserved mechanism that can accelerate plant breeding and trait introgress...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-02085-8
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Colette Delawalla
4 months ago
Hey. You know what. Maybe don't say the CDC "needs new blood" weeks after a shooting that could have been a mass casualty situation. SHAMELESS.
#ImpeachTheQuack
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Spirochrome
4 months ago
A stunning application of SPY650-FastAct_X (actin)/SPY555-DNA (nuclei) staining iPSC cells and imaged by light sheet microscopy at UCSF. Thank you @microtubule.bsky.social for sharing it!
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Eileen Furlong
5 months ago
To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept @embl.org has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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Group Leader - Genome Biology Unit
Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Genome Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group addressing exciting and original biological...
https://embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/job/Group-Leader---Genome-Biology-Unit_JR2069
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Advice to students writing to inquire about potential research positions… you should at least read over your email and remove AI prompts before sending.
4 months ago
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@scottwiener.bsky.social
Since you can actually see that what the Israeli government is doing is a crime and a “cancer,” why are you trying to pass legislation to ban discussion about it in California public schools? Focus on issues that help Californians, not censorship!
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Michael de Adder
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Barack Obama
4 months ago
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
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Opinion | Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-radley-balko.html
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Isabel
4 months ago
Please read all three senior officials’ resignation letters in full. I couldn’t even find quotes to pull. All three are cornerstones of modern public health. Dan Jernigan’s been at CDC longer than I’ve been alive. Department leadership left them in an impossible position.
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@drdemetre.bsky.social
please share your resignation letter here.
4 months ago
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Dr. Tom Frieden
4 months ago
Public health is under assault. The purge of CDC leadership, people with decades of experience guiding the nation’s response to health threats, dismantles the very programs and direction that keep Americans safe from infectious diseases, chronic illness, injuries, and violence.
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Jeremy Berg
4 months ago
New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/opinion/trump-defunding-medical-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk8.iN9o.HYW2vUoXfu0I&smid=url-share
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Mark Peifer (He, him)
5 months ago
The community of Drosophila researchers is amazing, mutually supportive and collaborative. Right now a key resource for our community,
@flybase.bsky.social
, is threatened by the cancellation of its NIH grant and is seeking community help in raising short term funds 1/n 🧪 please share
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more of this please.
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Inequality Media Civic Action
5 months ago
Millions have hit the streets to protest Trump’s authoritarianism — but marching isn’t enough on its own. Here are five steps you can take to make a difference.
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How YOU Can Fight Back Against Trump
YouTube video by Robert Reich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-lVRQQGtI
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Molly Ohainle
5 months ago
We're hiring in my Division of Berkeley MCB. Come be my new colleague!
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Drug Monkey
5 months ago
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