FUNDED! Always be pending, folks. Not an R01, but even small pots help right now.

Pro-tip: best way to get over a grant rejection(s) is to #alwaysbepending

Not discussed x2. That is a gut punch.

Are you an early career researcher applying to faculty positions this cycle? My #1 piece of advice is to keep an open mind about what the right department looks like. You might be surprised. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Clearly the font of this administration is Comic Sans

GRANT SUBMITTED

Truth or Dare: If a player chooses “truth,” they must reveal how much money they make. If they choose “dare,” they must hand someone their phone and let them look at every tab they have open on their browser.

🚨ATTENTION EARLY CAREER VIROLOGISTS🚨 We have a webinar on how to get a faculty position! Hear from Jean Lim, @drsprggs.bsky.social and @tylernstarr.bsky.social. Check your email for registration link and form to submit questions in advance.

Good explainer for non-scientists on how the science budget hasn’t changed, but funding has. I do not envy anyone with a funding cliff in the next two years (myself included). Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Tis the season (for letters of rec!) Remember, avoid gender bias with a few simple checks: advance.lehigh.edu/content/gend...

Too old to be doing tequila shots (especially on a Tuesday), but when an undergrad gets that awesome job offer (in this job market!) they make the rules.

The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...

Maybe we will finally agree that representation matters. When people with similar personal experiences find themselves in places of power, they will hold the door open for those behind them traveling a path with similar “obstacles”. 🤡🙃🫠 wtaf

Can’t complain about the views on Capitol Corridor today! 🌈

Yesterday’s stunning double rainbow in Davis

Interested in shaping ASV decisions? Do you know someone who is? Nominations for ASV President-Elect and a number of Virology Councilors are due on November 21. Look for the nomination form in your ASV member email!

🚨 Nominations/Applications are open for the Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award and the Global Scholar Travel Award for #asv2026 🚨 #lovevirology www.asv.org/news-updates

PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown

Best part of this job is hearing about admissions and job offers. Today was a fucking good day. I’m so glad to see our lab members persevering in a tough job market. For those in the thick of it. Remember, job offers are like cloning — you only need that one. Keep at it.

If you need more scary fun this weekend, the documentary “A Shot In The Arm” is free on PBS until 11/9. Lots of interviews with RFK Jr pre-HHS fame. Narrated by @neildegrassetyson.com from @scotthamkennedy.bsky.social. #Virosky #LoveVirology #TruthisScarierThanFiction www.pbs.org/show/shot-in...

Halloween isn’t scary This is. Vote in your local elections this Tuesday, or better yet, this weekend! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In professor world, Halloween is the one night a year professors can make horrible jokes and all the students have to laugh.

Happy Halloween! You have my eternal respect if you guess my costume.

Want to turbo charge your R skills? The Bioinformatics online R courses here are very good I hear. It will definitely help you know when your AI generated R code is actually stupid registration.genomecenter.ucdavis.edu/events/r_nov...

eRA Commons in the time of chaoslera drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/e...

If anyone is hiring a technician, I’ve got a great candidate. I wish I could hire her myself! She’s got the grit, she knows how to hustle, and she does publication quality work. Lots of molecular biology, protein, and cell culture experience. Please DM me if you are interested.

If anyone is hiring a technician, I’ve got a great candidate. I wish I could hire her myself! She’s got the grit, she knows how to hustle, and she does publication quality work. Lots of molecular biology, protein, and cell culture experience. Please DM me if you are interested.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s... An unknown sea otter was spotted stealing surfboards at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz this week. Is 841 back to her old ways or have other otters learned to hang 10? Check out my latest for @nytimes.com

Nothing prepares you for the stress of a 3rd grade soccer game going to PKs. I need a Xanax.

President Trump reduces trade surplus in profitable export industry that provides middle-class jobs all across America.

#NoKings Walnut Creek, CA

Odd to consider, but T-Rex had a Krebs cycle

Proud to be an MIT alum today.

15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵

You know what they say. Never waste a Friday night on a fascist news dump.

DID YOU GIRL BOSS TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN? Call it what you want, but TS is a singular talent.

We are currently in the process of recruiting a technician. 🥼🐭🔬 If you know anyone with enthusiasm to learn new skills and stamina to hear me go on and on about IFNs, please have them reach out to me for more details!

No one: Me trying to convince my students to read their textbook:

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

Self medicating with Fat Bear Week and @weratedogs.com

WHY DO FRIDAYS HAVE TO SUCK SO MUCH IN 2025? Every. Single. Week.

NSF GRFP is out 2.5 months late w/key changes 1. 2nd year graduate students not eligible. 2. "alignment with Administration priorities" 3. Unlike prior years, they DO NOT specify the expected number of awards... that is a BIG problem. a brief 🧵 w/receipts www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Is this the Dems cellphone cache?

Giving a webinar on #BlueSoup this Friday, in case anyone wants to pop in during their lunch!

ADD YOUR THOUGHTS ON LIMITING STUDENT VISA TO FOUR YEARS Comment period ends September 29th www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... 1/2

I see we have moved onto the phase of openly fascist government.

www.cell.com/cell/abstrac... A host organelle (in sea slugs) integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis