Both of my PhD students are now on Bluesky! Do me a favor and follow them so they’ll believe I’m not lying when I call this "networking". follow them at @malazim1.bsky.social and @gsolomonn.bsky.social

Polishing my presentation for Life in Biomedical sciences...at NYMC. is this an accurate view? in your opinion why a PhD is hard?

#dormancy .... reviewers want patient samples data.... primary tumor is too early, metastases is too late ... seems like an equation I cannot solve! I cant propose to randomly biopsy patients in remission .... any advice? thoughts?

Amazon music has interesting playlist names...

These are the days I think about opening a bakery... I spread myself like a carpet running to catch my bus... Left leg f***ing sore and now I can't hold a tips box without making a mess... Happy Thursday everyone! #stillStanding

The NIH was healthiest when pay lines were in the 20th percentile range. We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range. In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one. This is going to destroy science.

With a 4 percentile payline....I m waiting for a miracle or a donation from someone rich 🤑

Last Thursday, my lab met with Bob Riter, an incredible patient advocate. He listened to each student’s research and shared his journey with breast cancer. Collaborating with advocates like Bob grounds us and reminds us why we do biomedical research. #PatientAdvocacy

My lab turned 3 earlier this month and guess what ...it's very tiring to take care of a toddler!

An organoid cannot mirror the complexity of the metastatic cascade end of discussion

Want to know where research fundings are a real waste .... I had to get FIVE different antibodies to find one that works as expected on my protein of interest

Sick and tired of this!

Just an idea, but maybe to reduce the cost of medical research, we could mandate biotech to sell their produce at a fair price... tired of buying a tube of lipofectamine $800! or unvalidated antibodies in average $500 ...

Congratulations to Bryan Jimenez for graduating with his master's degree from NYMC. He spent some time with us last year, and he was brilliant in my Cell Bio exam this year! Wishing Bryan the best for his future. He is on the job market to complete some more science before starting medical school.

Our favorite undergrad, Leah Gutman, graduated! Leah has been with us since the summer of 2023, and we are sad to see her go but excited for her to pursue her medical studies! In addition to being an excellent scientist, Leah will also be a great physician, filled with care and compassion.

Anyone in NYC or close surrounding working on aging using rats??

Congratulations to the 2025 NYMC graduates!

If science goes wrong I think I can explore baker as an option

Last week I got a nice birthday gift... My PhD advisor came to visit NYC and visit my lab meeting my PhD students ❤️❤️❤️ this is us a decade after my PhD defense enjoying the ride on the east river with just a tiny bit more grey hairs!

A journal wants me to pay $200 to get access to a paper from the 80s ... this is insane! DIGITALIZE THE OLD PAPERS PLEASE! Any professor with a hoarder habit have access to Invasion and Metastasis 1983, Vol. 3, issue 1 ?

I made a cold brew that kept me up all night! Sharing the recipe with my fellow friends, writing grants and papers! Incubate for 72hrs !

🥳🚨🚨🚨Happy Monday! First publication from the lab is out! My PhD student Md Al Azim reviewed the complexity of ECM, its receptors and their role in cancer progression and therapeutic interventions! We thank Ryan Petrie for his valuable input,our reviewers and Matrix Biology for publishing our work!

Friday afternoon gift ... sequencing data are ready be downloaded!

We are living days that should remind us to never take ANYTHING for granted

A piece of good news on a Monday Morning is the best way to start the week!

Do more of what makes you happy!

I am sending so much love to my colleagues at NIH today. They are incredible people and scientists and don’t serve any of this. 💔

Governments are temporary; Science is forever ... Kepp going! Even if they were erasing all scientific knowledge, with time, scientists would build it back up! This is the power of relying on FACTS!

J'ai besoin de votre aide ! On a recontruit une petite communauté ici pour @pintofscience.fr mais rien à voir avec ce qu'on avait sur Twitter 🫠 Si le cœur vous en dit, partagez le post d'aujourd'hui, suivez le compte, parlez en autour etc, ça nous aiderait BEAUCOUP à lancer #pint25 !! MERCI 🫶✨️

Are you ready to delve into the mass-spec of it all??? Join us to learn more on how to incorporate proteomics in your ECM research from Cassandra Clift and @rachelcahalane.bsky.social !!! March 18, 5pm CET (12pm New York) !!! Register now: forms.gle/9wAguRkZu4Ru...

Now more than ever, we need to stand up and demand equal rights and opportunities. It's 2025, and we're still fighting for basic rights!

can someone explain the moron in charge what's a transGENIC animal? if only we had already find out to CRISPR-in smart features!

Bluesky...we need a WTF button in addition to the love button so we can react to all the BS happening right now

Writing grants is a cycle between ... I have plenty of space to describe my approach to tracking every single wasted line in a document to squeeze in all the key information!

NIH-funded research is at risk. Cuts to federal funding could harm science and the economy. Contact Congress now to protect research. Every call matters. Find your reps at govtrack.us and speak up today. #FundScience www.ascb.org/science-poli...

Countries should be investing more money in science, not less. It’s pretty clear that many young minds will not be interested in becoming scientists if the salaries are not good and the future of this occupation is not certain.

🎉Today we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We are extremely #PROUD of all the #WomenInASMB, their accomplishments, both past and present, and we are excited to see what the future holds! #WomenInSTEM #ECMatrixIsEverywhere #ScienceNoBoundaries

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! my highlights : “No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.”

#ECMatrix researchers, please share: Just under 2 weeks until the abstract deadline (21st Feb) for the 3-day Matrix Nexus meeting in Freiburg. Topics include #cancer #collagens #proteoglycans #proteases #tissueengineering & a session dedicated to #ECRs! www.matrixbiologie.de/annual-meeti...

When Are we marching for science? The new administration is a threat to research and development and we must be loud about it

Wearing what I stand for!

We must stand up to protect the NSF, NIH, CDC, Department of Education, USAID, and all the other institutions under attack.

Friday Wisdom: Great scientific discoveries aren't lightning strikes—they're slow-burning candles. Patience, persistence, and precision turn small insights into breakthroughs. Trust the process. 🔬✨ #Science #Perseverance

💪Keep doing what you are doing even if it feels impossible ➡️Nothing is impossible from the proverb "Impossible n'est pas français"...

Hundreds of scientists from around the world have received Nobel Prizes for their groundbreaking achievements. To date, 174 scientists either at NIH or whose research is supported by NIH funds have been the sole or shared recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes. www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...

🚨 The Trump admin’s restrictions on NIH funding & health agency communications threaten public health & biomedical research. Slowed funding = delayed cures. Silenced agencies = critical health info withheld. Science & transparency must not be sidelined! #ProtectResearch #PublicHealth

Tell me you are a scientist without telling me you are a scientist 🥼😜🥼 I will start:

If you ever taken medicine 💊 in your life .... remember that they are the product of years of research and that scientists only try to make a better world! Research has a cost and it s the country duty to support it for the benefit of it's people

Friday Wisdom: "If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." – Martin Luther King Jr. I hope it resonates with my US based Academics friends.