The funds are approved! We're hiring a postdoc to build a CRISPRa toolkit to identify new aging mechanisms in C. elegans. Email or DM me to find out more. Please share & repost!

From DC. The drawing is of the famous research worm C. elegans, in which microRNAs were discovered. C. elegans has neither a brain nor a spine. 🧪

There are so many participating in this battle (and have been, for a long time!) Just a few: @drugmonkey.bsky.social @drstarbird.bsky.social @napaaqtuk.bsky.social @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social Follow them too!

The NIH has a predoctoral fellowship called the F31. A subsection (F31 Diversity) is earmarked for diverse candidates, many of whom would have been a shoe-in for regular fellowships. All those applications are being thrown out rather than integrated into the larger pool. Segregation is the point.

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

For those asking how unusual it is for NIH review panels to be cancelled: I do not recall study sections ever being cancelled during my 30-year career except for during the “sequestration” period around 2012-2013 when there was, I think, a government shutdown.

I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

For my US colleagues reeling over what’s happening at the NIH… How to find your House representative: www.house.gov/representati... How to find your senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

Undergrads! Apply to our NSF funded REU program. Upstate New York has the best summers (and the research is great, too!). Application due Feb 28

Our institute is hiring for a new faculty to join my department at any level! Incredible research support, a great community, a chance to build something while still being at a place already producing top tier research. We start reviewing apps in 2 weeks! vai.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/VAICar...

Continuing the fun after the #TAGC24 comedy show!

Hi folks! Sign up to be a mentee through the C. elegans community mentor match program. This includes peer mentoring for mid-career and senior scientists!

I know I’m late getting to it, but The Bear season 2 is some of the best TV I’ve ever seen. Running a lab is a slightly less chaotic version of running a restaurant

📣📣Attention mid-career and senior worm scientists!!📣📣 Past tenure but still feel like you need a mentor? The C. elegans community mentoring committee is launching a new initiative to develop peer mentoring groups for mid-career and senior scientists.