Great news from the lab - we’ve been awarded a MIRA (R35)! This grant provides 5-year support for our research program. We are very grateful to NIGMS/ #NIH for supporting our research. We will be hiring a research technician and a postdoc. fernandez.lab.indiana.edu/news/index.h...

I'm looking for #NewPIs (<3 years as lab heads) in the gene regulation/functional genomics space. If you are one or know one, please comment below! 🧪

This intrepid researcher is doing her PhD in my lab - I guess I know how to pick them ! So proud of her.

The worm community has lost a true legend with the passing of Don Moerman. Don's impact on C. elegans research is beyond measure. A friend to many of us here in MN, his work has been invaluable, contributing >5,400 strains (VC & DM) to the CGC, 20% of our collection!

Cell Bio 2026 abstract submissions are now open. Present your work, explore publication opportunities with MBoC, and take advantage of new digital poster options. Submit by June 9. Late-breaking: August 4. Submit your abstract: https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/abstracts-2026/

#Artemis is circling the Moon right now. And later this week, our team's experiment launches to the #ISS. Tiny worms. Defined gut microbiomes. Here's why the two are connected. 🧵 #WormsinSpace #CBIOMES #Celegans 🧪 🪱 🧬 🚀 1/n

If you know a graduating undergraduate looking for the chance to spend 1-2 years in a lab before graduate school, we're hiring! Our lab explores morphogenesis, defining how the cell adhesion & cytoskeletal machinery work together to allow cells to change shape & move tarheels.live/peiferlab/ 1/n RT

Chopping science means progress stops. Time to write home about the value of American science. Science Homecoming has resources on our website. Encourage your colleagues to pencil up ✏️

NIH and NSF Updates (using graphs from grant-witness.us) NIH all awards (New and Non-Competitive Renewal, Type 1 and Type 5, consistent with what is shown on NIH Reporter) The flattening MAY be due to the lack of an OMB apportionment, which has now been remedied. 1/5

Some science cuts in Trump's proposed FY27 budget ❌ NIH: -$5B, including all of NIEHS, NIMHD, FIC & NCCIH. ❌ EPA: -4.6B ❌ NSF: -3.8B ❌ NASA Science: -3.4 Billion ❌ NOAA: -1.8B, including the entire Oceanic and Atmospheric Research budget ($605M) ❌ AHRQ: All of it. -$296M, 100% And there's more.

The President's fiscal year 2027 Budget was released today. Important---Important---Important The President's Budget is always fundamentally a political document that Congress may or may not (usually not) take very seriously. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... 1/9

🎉 Congrats to 2026 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal recipient Judith Kimble of @uwbiochem.bsky.social! Her work has built an entire field and inspired generations of scientists through her mentorship and leadership. 🔗Read more: buff.ly/0yzHXvk

Under Trump, NIH Funding Opportunity Notices Dropped From 787 To 84 Here's my coverage of this in @forbes.com 🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

It’s great to see our latest microPublication go live! Four undergraduate researchers worked with grad student Kat Yamamoto to demonstrate a correlation between fat storage and survival of #Celegans on pathogenic bacteria! Congrats Alan, Grace, Tiffany, and Daniel! #undergradinthelab #proudPI

Can you help us find guests for the Night Science Podcast? We received generous sponsorship from Research Theory and they're challenging us to host 5 scientists each working in flight, genomics, nuclear power, computing & space. Ideas? @nightsciencepod.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Don’t forget to submit your abstract for the C. elegans topic meeting June 10-14 in Madison, WI. Oral abstract deadline April 3rd! uwmadison.eventsair.com/mapsdev26/

NIGMS is signed onto the F31 NOFO. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

We’re hiring! Our lab is seeking a research technician interested in neurobiology. This position is ideal for recent graduates looking for a 2‑year research experience before their next academic chapter. Experience with Drosophila is a plus. Please share. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32602

A new study, conducted in Vietnam by an international research team co-led by Joanna Coleman (Biology), documents how Asia’s painted wooly bats (Kerivoula picta or K. picta) are exploited for local and global trade. 🦇 Read more in #TheQView: conta.cc/4dqtpjc

Our Editor, @swathiarur.bsky.social, has curated a new subject collection for the journal, highlighting the intersection between developmental and cell biology. Take a look at the collection 'Cell biology in development' here: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...

BREAKING: @delauro.house.gov announces at a House Oversight hearing with NIH director Jay Bhattacharya that OMB approved the agency's apportionment last night. That means the agency should have access to its appropriated funds — 42 days after its spending bill passed.

THREAD Doomscroll THIS Hey we get it. It's dark out there. But there's so much good stuff going on too. Here's a timeline cleanse courtesy of the endless determination of the world's researchers. 1/18

Sometimes EM shows weird things...what in the name of the Lord is this?

Working on a NIH multiyear funding tracker... This looks at the amount of multiyear funding (grants having a budget period 366 days or longer) for new and competitive renewal awards divided by the total amount of new and competitive renewal award funding over the same period. 1/5

We all spend hours upon hours writing and submitting grants, many of us spend hours and hours reviewing grants, but has anyone in my network actually received an NOA or funding for a *new* project in the last 6 months or year? The fact that NIH doesn’t appear to be releasing any funds is 😬😢💔.

A short Bluetorial on plots of NIH application success rates as a function of percentile. 1/20

New and competitive renewal awards Fewer than 40 new awards were made in the past week, compared to over 100 the previous week. 5/9

My weekly update on NIH funding This includes awards made through 2/27/26 Warning: This thread contains data compiled by a known deranged_activist™. Do not read while operating heavy machinery. 1/9

@queenscollegecuny.bsky.social scientists at the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally today!

Standing up for science in NYC! #StandUpforScience

TODAY IS THE DAY. NATIONWIDE rallies in your local city are kicking off today to SAVE SCIENCE, PROTECT HEALTH, and DEFEND DEMOCRACY. Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to find your local rally! GET OUT THERE SCIENCE ACTIVISTS!!! #March7 #standupforscience #science #rally #savescience

Please check out our new preprint! Using single cell analysis paired with HCR to visualize transcript localization we have identified cell and tissue-specific expression of various genes encoding tubulins, kifs, and dyneins during neural crest development!

Hoping for a big turnout tomorrow!

Hope to see my NYC science friends tomorrow at City Hall Park!

We're hosting a virtual rally for those who are not able to attend a March 7th National Day of Action event in person. We don't think structural barriers should prevent anyone from being able to participate in a movement that directly impacts their lives. (1/2🧵)

Also, reframe "leading with conclusions" to "bottom line up front" or BLUF. With BLUF they know what you proposal is about first, then dive into the evidence and feasibility.

Advice from Judith Kimble: At the top of every page, in the header, put WHO CARES? Every page should clearly spell this out. Miriam's Goodman's supper suggestion on Specific Aims. Write 2-3 versions w/different angles. Get feedback from diverse colleagues 🤌 @wormsense.bsky.social

So proud to see this guest essay in the NYTimes from @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social on growing up unvaccinated and what it taught her about science and trust. Liz was a postdoc with us ('16-'20) and is an exceptional science communicator. Also, her old desk is empty - open postdoc position (pls share).

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

My weekly update on NIH All projects 1/4

Check out the global speaker line up. several travel awards and slots for short talks open. Don’t miss this summer @faseborg.bsky.social events.faseb.org/event/TGF-B/...

Maybe science organizations don’t want to play outside game. FINE. 1. Apologize to your people for not responding well & 2. Support some activists who are doing the dirty work you can’t be bothered to do. Not a SINGLE science org or society has donated to @standupforscience.bsky.social

From the Tourette Association of America.

🪱Worm-friends! Join us this summer in Madison for the C. elegans topic meeting(s) - MAPSS *and* DevCell 🪱 Early birds get the you-know-what, and the early registration deadline is THIS FRI: conferences.union.wisc.edu/ceaging/ It's buy-one-get-one, and who out there doesn't love a deal?? 🙌

This afternoon I took my mom to the ballet. She was as a dancer and choreographer for decades & has been in memory care for 8 years. She can’t recall many details of her past but dance—and her identity as a dancer—lives in her soul 1/ #alzheimers

Let's try this again 👋 Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA. I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

NEW YORK CITY! Join your local March 7th rally to take back our science! Learn more at standupforscience.net/march7 #rally #March7 #ImpeachRFKJr #science #standupforscience

New and competitive renewal awards. The number of awards is 569 compared with more than 2200 through the same date in earlier fiscal years. All ICs have now made awards except for NIAAA, NCCIH, NLM, FIC, and OD. NEI (Eye Institute) made its first award during the new period. 3/4

Are you a student interested in science policy, or want to make a difference? Are you fed up with how this administration has treated federal science funding and pushed pseudoscience policies? JOIN US this president’s day (Monday!) for an info session to learn about how YOU can make an impact! 🧬🧪