Thrilled to share that a Preview I wrote is now online with Cell Stem Cell: shorturl.at/rTOnC Here I highlight an exciting new study from Nikolakopoulou et al. establishing a new organoid-based model of the human menstrual cycle. 1/n

Amazing turnout at our #NoKings outside NIH. We heard energizing and impactful words from @michaeldgreen.phd, @lauramatalopez.bsky.social, former NIAID Director Jeanne Marrazzo, amazing folks from @27unihted.bsky.social & @savehealthresearch.bsky.social Recharged and ready to keep up the fight!

𝐍𝐎 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 Carmel Valley, San Diego Concerned citizens speaking out in the suburbs. Time to combat disinformation and preserve our nation's commitment to scientific and educational progress for a healthy planet and its people, with peace and justice for all. #NoKings #PeacefulProtest

Our lab is hiring a research technician! We are interested in reproduction, stem cells, and development. If you are seeking a robust 2-year career experience before the next chapter of your educational journey, this is the position for you! hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

We are still accepting applications for postdoc positions in our lab! Please repost!

Consider applying for the Robert E. Chason Endowed Chair in Translational Research at the UC Davis MIND Institute! Join a vibrant community of colleagues studying neurodevelopment conditions like autism. UC Davis is an excellent place to work and live. Find more details here: lnkd.in/gZRyViNa

🚨 We are recruiting postdocs! If you're interested in reproductive, stem cell/developmental biology, and/or women's health, please apply! 📝 Please repost! 🚩 More info here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Join me and make a gift! #CrowdfundUCDavis t.co/zxc7VRKq4p

In the face of federal funding cuts, UC Davis has initiated a small crowdfunding campaign to support our critical scientific research operations. Please donate here, and please share amongst your communities: www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...

Happy to have started as an @hhmi.org Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! Incredibly grateful for this opportunity and am excited for some very cool new directions! We are *HIRING*, especially postdocs! Please reach out if you’re interested in uterine and pregnancy biology. Please repost!

‼️New paper and surgical procedure video from #PMB Zhang Lab. Congrats, Nathan Ng and @elisazhang.bsky.social ! @ucdavishealth.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social

We’re happy to share that our methods paper and video on our mouse uterine injury surgical procedure is now out in JoVE! First paper of the lab! Congrats to first author Nathan Ng! review.jove.com/t/67977/mous...

Check out this awesome study from my phenomenally talented colleague @accorsi-alice.bsky.social ! Apple snails can regrow their eyes! How do they do this? 👀 Read below ⬇️ to find out more! #regeneration

A big thanks to NC Rep. Valerie Foushee for being the first signature on this bipartisan letter urging the House to maintain a strong commitment to funding for NIH in the 2026 Appropriations bill. Is your Representative here? www.aamc.org/research/adh...

Wow, congrats, @rogerslabucd.bsky.social !! 👏

@saramostafavi.bsky.social (@Genentech) & I (@Stanford) r excited to announce co-advised postdoc positions for candidates with deep expertise in ML for bio (especially sequence to function models, causal perturbational models & single cell models). See details below. Pls RT 1/

Happy Juneteenth, and congrats!

I’m thrilled to have been selected as an HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, along with my wonderful #PMB colleague @doctheagrif.bsky.social Excited for what’s to come - we’re just getting started! 🚀 @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucd-physiology.bsky.social health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...

Congratulations to all the amazing scientists named 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars by HHMI. We’re immensely honored to have two #PMB faculty members, @doctheagrif.bsky.social and @elisazhang.bsky.social , among this inspiring group. An incredible and well-deserved achievement! @ucdavis.bsky.social

Congratulations to our own Lucas Farnung @lucas.farnunglab.com who has been named as one of 30 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars for 2025 by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). So well deserved deserved !! www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...

Stay classy, San Diego. #NoKings

Chicago

An excellent op-ed from @socdevbio.bsky.social president Carole LaBonne @labonnelab.bsky.social. Our lab uses both animal models and human organoids. We believe these to be complementary approaches, each with their respective strengths and limitations. www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/a...

Check out our department's newest 5-min. podcast episode on our research! @zhanglab.bsky.social #PMB #uterus

New on Physiology Talks podcast🎤🔬: Episode #3 features research published from #PMB Zhang Lab @elisazhang.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social — it explores how uterine injury from procedures like C-sections can affect future pregnancy outcomes. Note: podcast uses AI. open.spotify.com/episode/3Z0u...

"Given the very real consequences for our competitiveness, our standard of living and, yes, also our bottom lines, we all ought to be making the case for aggressively funding basic science." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...

Great to see Sudip Parikh on CNN explaining that the attacks on science are ‘existential’ for the US. @aaas.org www.linkedin.com/posts/aaasor...

"Make America Healthy Again"... but not Women it seems www.science.org/content/arti...

The Earth has a rhythm, like a heartbeat. From tides to trees, its balance sustains life. Today, we celebrate this fundamental pulse." 🌍🫀 #EarthDay

Cuts to the the Women’s Health Initiative “will lead to incalculable losses to scientific discovery and human health.” www.statnews.com/2025/04/22/w...

Totally BOSS move: Harvard completely redid its home page to push back on the threats to research. 12/10 no notes www.harvard.edu

A good article explaining the senseless destuction of one of the US's most critical research institutions www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/o...

Just submitted a grant application! Now off to a Keystone symposium - it’s been jam-packed but also really exciting this week!

So pleased to have been able to attend last night’s MIT Menstruation Science launch event at the Ragon Institute. Hats off to the Center for Gynepathology Research for putting on this wonderful event!

Great article by @nobelprize.bsky.social laureate @ardemp.bskyverified.social outlining the health, economic and national security benefits of US biomedical research, and the devastation of government efforts to destroy our leading edge. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

This!!! I hope someone in Washington is listening www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...

Manuscript accepted!!! 😃 Trying to share some good news in these difficult times!

Superb leadership from Chris Eisgruber. This is outstanding: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

My ode to Curiosity Driven Research www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b...

Fantastic piece on the power and gravity of research that on it face may seem trivial. @labonnelab.bsky.social reminds us that basic research is the foundation of ALL research. www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b...

“Eisgruber also emphasized the need for universities to act together in response to governmental funding cuts. “I think it’s important for universities to stand shoulder to shoulder as we go forward,” he said.” www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...

Between days of rain and crystal-blue skies, the introduction of spring is shining its light on our magnificent Davis campus and #PMB labs @ucdavis.bsky.social. ☀️🔬

thank you Senator Young for speaking up from the Republican side of the aisle in support of funding scientific and medical research “𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴”

Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰 #VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍 This is super important.

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/t... via

Excited to share our new paper in The @faseborg.bsky.social Journal! We propose maintaining diverse preclinical departments and integrating computational biology to sustain innovation amid funding pressures. @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #Innovation

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA