Do you know an outstanding aquarist? We're hiring a Senior Aquarist to help run our cephalopod facility at Columbia University. Our team maintains a colony of 250+ cuttlefish, develops new husbandry techniques (inc transgenics) & studies cuttlefish camouflage and social behavior. 1/3 [Pls repost!]

Two novel paralogous C. elegans proteins bind to LON-1 but do not have a major role in body size regulation #micropublication #biology #data #caltechlibrary #Celegans #PhenotypeData #InteractionData # https://micropublication.org/journals/biology/micropub-biology-002205

ALRIGHT SCIENCE ACTIVISTS! Here is what to expect in the next couple days from @standupforscience.net: ✨ Our organizational comment on OMB-2025-0034 ✨ A tutorial on HOW to make a good comment for orgs and individuals ✨ Emergency Meeting Recording!! ✨ Wide press/media coverage

Several people have asked for possible content and structure for comments regarding the proposed OMB regulations. With some suggestions from others, I have posted on example (as a Word document) for downloading). jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... I hope this is helpful.

Interested in TGF-β family signaling? Then you should join us for the upcoming FASEB conference #TGFbSRC

The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF

Now is the time to speak out and take action against the anti-science and authoritarian actions of this administration! 📌One week from today! Join us for the national launch of #ScienceRising and learn how you can get involved. 🔗RSVP: act.ucsusa.org/49oOEPN

@benforward3.bsky.social is running for State Rep in MA. Ben is a fellow scientist and fly biologist who has gone into public service, and I think supporting scientists running for office matters at every level. Support his campaign:https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ben-for-state-rep Please RT

Many apply to grant writing: Writing tip #12: Economy of expression. Strunk and White said, “Omit needless words.” Blaise Pascal wrote to a friend: “I’m sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn’t have time to write a short one.” Use 3 words rather than 4; be ruthless. Shorter = more powerful.

Excellent blog & fact check of Jay Bhattacharya on status of grants awards & ability to spend FY2026 funding from @27unihted.bsky.social. A great thing to read as Jay goes before the Senate next week. substack.com/@27unihted/n...

The International C. elegans meeting #worm27 is going to Kobe, Japan in 2027! genetics-gsa.org/celegans/ Organizers: Erik Andersen @erikandersen.bsky.social, Johns Hopkins University Kavita Babu @kavita-babu.bsky.social, IISc Bangalore Suhong Xu, Zhejiang University @genetics-gsa.bsky.social

We also have an opening for a #researchtech job in #spacebiology #microbiome research using #Celegans. Help us analyze our recent #CBIOMES spaceflight experiment to the ISS! DETAILS: jobrxiv.org/job/baylor-c... #AcademicJobs #microSky #genetics #NASA #wormsInSpace 🧪 🧬 🦠 🪱 🚀

Opening for a #postdocjob in modeling of #genetics of host- #microbiome interactions in #Celegans at @bcmhouston.bsky.social — take a look here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44... Questions or apply via cover letter, CV, and references to bucks [at] bcm.edu . Hiring ASAP! #microsky #jobs 🦠🪱🧬

Please share widely. The new (simpler) MIRA R35 for Early Stage Investigators (ESI) NOFO is published. First due date is 10/2/2026. files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY!!! The Rutgers IRACDA program is phenomenal: 70% of postdoctoral fellows land faculty positions. Martha Soto (LinkedIn below) is the amazing director and leader of this program. Please apply or reach out if you have questions. www.linkedin.com/posts/martha...

As one of the postdocs in my lab will be leaving to take a faculty position soon I will likely be placing a new ad in the coming week for someone with experience mapping C. elegans mutants from screens or doing bacterial genetics. If anyone knows/has candidates #Celegans #worms #bacteria #genetics

PSA: don’t self-censor your grants. Don’t use the AI tools or word/phrase alternative sheets you see out there. Here’s why: 1) These tools are almost certainly wrong bc the list keeps changing. There’s no way they can be up to date, POs can’t even stay up to date. 🧵1/2

What is your Biology or EEB departments minimum PhD stipend? Update it here: mlgaynor.com/BiologyPhDSt...

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