1/ Very excited to share the first publication from my lab! In this work, we developed an efficient strategy to precisely mutate mammalian histone genes in their native genomic context using CRISPR prime editing: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"KKK, but Best Buy, bitch"

4th of July playlist let’s go. I’ll start: Nina Simone, Revolution (1969) youtu.be/gFBoKE9H3PA?...

This is just flat-out criminal. {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w...

🪼 Your tax dollars paid a scientist to squeeze jellyfish through cheesecloth. Osamu Shimomura processed tens of thousands on an NSF grant to understand why they glow. He found a protein that glowed green under UV light. Called it "green protein." Nobody cared. For decades.

Yay! Congrats to Janet Voight at the Field who has described a new species of deep-sea octopus from the Galapagos! Microeledone galapagensis! #molluscmonday www.fieldmuseum.org/about/press/...

If anyone is considering getting an EV, particularly with gas prices going through the roof, I'd recommend the Ioniq 5. I got one a year ago and it's been a great family car. Lots of room, city/highway MPGe of 129/100, 318 miles of range. And the price tag has come down a lot recently :).

Recovering skeletons in Gaza a year and a half after an airstrike on a 5-story apartment building that killed 130+ people: “Rescue workers drop to their knees. They aren't looking with their eyes. They're using their noses, leaning into the cracks and smelling the air to get closer to the corpses.”

Excited to announce our new study (w/ @maxkrummel.bsky.social) published today @nature.com: Macrophages “hold our living identities” by taking tiny bites from living cells and presenting this information to CD8 T cells. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #immunology #cellbiology @immunox.bsky.social

📣 The difference between replicable and not replicable is not itself scientifically replicable. 📣 New work with Erkan Buzbas, showing that verdicts such as "X% of results replicated" are based on an inferential machinery that doesn't work. arxiv.org/abs/2604.26268

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

Excited to share that @socdevbio.bsky.social has a new and improved merch store! Rep your fav model organism in one of the Society’s new original designs 🤗 sdb-official-merch.printify.me

An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death

NEW US electricity data ⚡️🇺🇸 In March, renewables produced more than a third of US electricity for the first time ever, even overtaking gas generation! Wind and solar combined reached over a quarter (26%) for the first time.

Scholar Goggler gobbled Gabriel McKinsey PhD's publications and came up with these: brain, microglial, development, gabaergic, cell, enhancer @gabrielmckinsey.bsky.social Create yours at https://scholargoggler.com/

It’s called the Cycle of Abuse or the Walker Wheel: calm followed by rising tension, the explosion of violence, the reconciliation, the incremental intensification of violence over time.

I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.

When the FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, finding the former president had stolen hundreds of classified documents, one question stood out: Why? Former special counsel Jack Smith has concluded that Trump took the documents to help advance his business interests. trib.al/XnOFexC

🚨 IT'S ELECTION DAY 🚨 This is it. Today decides everything. Let's make it count: Knock doors, make calls, talk to your friends, and make sure everyone you know in IL-09 makes their voice heard!

You don't get to paper over the fact that they are bigots. They knowingly wanted to strip minorities and women of any historical representation. They killed projects simply because they had ethnic identities and genders attached.

SCOOP. From my OUR LAND newsletter: Trump's DOJ is helping to get a convicted FBI informant tied to Russian intelligence out of prison. The lie this guy told the FBI—Joe Biden took a $5m bribe from Burisma—was the main evidence for the GOP impeachment drive. 1/2 link.motherjones.com/public/44694...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

I’d like to point out the deep irony that the feds are constantly using possible “doxxing” as the justification they must be anonymous, plateless, and masked, when they are constantly doxxing us. Peak DARVO.

Bannon (and his buddies) are using an informational strategy called reflexive control that intentionally exploits the reaction of his adversaries (on the left) to inflict damage on their own side. Don't become an unwitting agent in their information operation.

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

my friend was maced by ICE agents outside of the coffee shop where I do my homework. she was just standing there filming them and they maced her directly in the eyes and fled the scene. our communities are being terrorized.

If you're interested in supporting or applying for a community science research grant, please check out the recently launched Primordia Microgrants! More info from @elliot Elliot Roth of SF Biopunk in the link: www.linkedin.com/posts/thatmr...

@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high. This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.

We are thrilled to announce the first official release (v0.1.8) of #𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿, the successor to one of our flagship tool, #𝗯𝗲𝗱𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀! Based on ideas we conceived of long ago (!), this was achieved thanks to the dedication of Brent Pedersen. 1/n

Microglial colonization of the developing mouse brain is controlled by both microglial and neural CSF-1 Sonia Garel, @morganethion.bsky.social and collaborators www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum. If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...

New issue of Nature - with NINE studies on #brain #development from the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) 🧠🧪🔬 An amazing set of resources for all scientists working on the brain! 🧠 Immersive feature: www.nature.com/immersive/d4... 🧠 Perspective: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

With the RSF takeover of El Fasher, there has been another round horrific, genocidal violence in Darfur. 2.5 years in, this conflict remains the world's worst humanitarian disaster. If you would like to help, Sudanese organizer Sarah Elhassan has curated a list of organizations linktr.ee/bsonblast

Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Sometimes I feel like I’m losing my mind listening to the news because how does “he sought her gynecological records” not move people? Why is Cuomo even considered an option? This is all so absurd.

advice on how to report ICE activity in the East Bay from the Mayor of Berkeley www.acilep.org

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you. Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide. So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

Decades of research have found that acetaminophen is safe for children when administered as recommended. Misleading claims link the medicine to autism. These false claims send a dangerous message to parents and does a disservice to autistic individuals. www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.

If you live in: California New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Virginia The deadline to register to vote in the November elections is coming up. Check your registration now: IWillVote.com.

“What shocked me, when I was kidnapped [by US immigration], was just how reminiscent that was to cases I witnessed in Syria. You would have plainclothed officers without any warrant come and take you just because of your political speech.” @oliverlaughland.bsky.social interviews Mahmoud Khalil

1/ Thrilled to share that my PhD thesis work is now out in its final form @nature.com! A huge thanks to the entire team (which has only grown since we first put this out), our peer reviewers, the Nature editorial team, and the incredible @arimolofskylab.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We've found a new gene linked to chronic pain in humans! The gene SLC45A4 encodes (the long-awaited) neuronal polyamine transporter, which is important for pain signalling in nerves. We hope this discovery might lead to new chronic pain treatments in the future! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PA-ADOPT is pleased to announce it's 16th free and open eTextbook: "Developmental Biology Laboratory: Experiments in Classical and Experimental Embryology" by Judith A. Cebra-Thomas, Assoc. Prof. of Biology @millersvilleuni.bsky.social and Matthew E. Smith, Graduate Student @udelaware.bsky.social

As stressful as it is to run a laboratory in the US right now, my thoughts are often with the NIH staff living in the awful chaos trying to preserve the whole enterprise. I’m grateful for every moment they choose not to give up. These people are the only thing keeping it from entirely collapsing.

When you strip away humanity

This is getting lots of good traction, so if you are a student looking for a PHD STUDENT POSITION in biology, I would love to add you! Be sure to add your research interests in your bio and/or a pinned post so PIs can find you.

The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were a response to masked violent men who terrorized Black communities, violating their civil rights.The deployment of violent masked ICE ofcrs are tapping into this unique form of terror. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...