Hey all, I reached out to the PO of my NIGMS MIRA to ask if the gov't shut down, and rescheduling of study sections, might allow for some accommodation to the standard rule that PIs cannot resubmit a MIRA while their MIRA (or other RPG) is under review (waiting in scores or summary statements) 🧪

Label the stuff you might leave in random places. The people who find then will usually contact you!

Thoughts and prayers with Nuno Loureiro's family after he was killed in his home last night. It is shocking to lose any physicist of my generation because we are still relatively young, much less in this terribly violent way. Beat the guns into plowshares.

Shot in the dark, but has anyone tried transfecting EOL-1 cells (using lentiviruses, electroporation, or otherwise) and succeeded? We’re having some issues with these cells but it seems to be very vector-specific. Would appreciate any insight/reposts.

Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH. And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you. A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n

On Day 6 of AQLM 2026 we will hear from #TIRF expert Dr. Justin Taraska (NIH), @taraska.bsky.social. Learn all about the critical angle and evanescent field, image some endocytosis, and play with lasers all within one evening! If that sounds fun, apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q

the last 24 hours have been nightmarish in their violence, and I just am so angry this is the world we are in and god damn it

If you don't believe this can happen, women didn't have the legal right to have their own credit cards without needing a male co-signer until 1974, when the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) was passed, a landmark law that made it illegal to discriminate in lending based on sex or marital status.

Always a treat when I can make it to the PhD defense of a HIC user. Looking forward to great science and images from Andrew Kennedy. #GlimmersOfJoy

Microscopy Bat signal! I want to compile a list of biological samples that demonstrate microscope capabilities, including the reagents to generate them. Please send me anything you know of!! Beads are great for QC, but there's a different teaching benefit with biology. 1/n

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

🧠 We're hiring! 🧠 Are you passionate about neuroscience and education? Join our faculty at UNC Chapel Hill to inspire and teach the next generation of neuroscientists. Apply now: 🔗​​https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308455 #Neuroscience #TeachingJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd

Grace Hopper’s visualization of a nanosecond: m.youtube.com/watch?v=9eyF... Inspired by her, I do time of flight in a spinning disk in a microscopy lecture.

As parents are helping their kids consider colleges, this is my perennial reminder that state schools often have lower price tags, yes, but private schools, including many small liberal arts schools, often have better aid packages, and are thus often cheaper in the end (but may be more competitive).

Microscopy Bat signal! I want to compile a list of biological samples that demonstrate microscope capabilities, including the reagents to generate them. Please send me anything you know of!! Beads are great for QC, but there's a different teaching benefit with biology. 1/n

Anyone on here have a GEHC INCell Analyzer 2200 and want to connect in how to keep them running? Know of any 3rd party service options? Please share widely! If you're at #CellBio2025, reach out and we can connect in person.

#ProudBlue #Pinks #Resistance Good Sunday morning, beautiful friends. I’ve always loved these lessons from the Christmas tree! 🎄#Jaye’sMorningLight

Main principles she taught students: * Know your heart * Look for the positive or the blessing in everything * Embrace who you are and bring it to the table * Show gratitude/finish well #CellBio2025

Curious what happens at @aqlm.bsky.social ? Follow them and get a play by play of the schedule.

Day 3 begins our dive into #fluorscence #microscopy with a lab and lecture from none other than Dr. Wendy Salmon, @fishcscells.bsky.social, director of the Hooker Imaging Core @UNC. She teaches us about the fluorescence #light path, filters, and #fluorophores! Apply here- bit.ly/49YQl7q

#CellBio2025 provisions for me and @stephgupton.bsky.social to try to avoid feeling like total trash by the end and not spend a million $ on bleh conference center food. There's a Trader Joe's across from the convention center!!

Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it. So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:

Up early and already in Philly for #CellBio2025! Looking forward to this afternoon's pre-meeting working group with other @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social STED folks.

If you or your trainees are just getting started with image analysis of cells & are #CellProfiler -curious, here is a fairly thorough walk-through demo I did recently. Loading files, extracting metadata (fun with Regex!), identifying objects, measuring, filtering, QC, exporting: youtu.be/fO5nJdhj_7I

First up is AQLM Director, Dr. Alexa Mattheyses. @mattheyseslab.bsky.social She kicks off the course with an introduction to #optics, where you build a #Kohler #microscope using nothing but #lenses and #physics. If this sounds like your jam, apply now to join! bit.ly/49YQl7q #microscopy

Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141

Know the difference.

I can't (yes I can) believe I am sending out another email to archaeologists asking them to do a few more Skype a Scientist sessions for LEGO league. But here we are. Putting our scientific network to the test. Really learning the limits here this semester, whew.

Also - if anyone has a simple alternative to Gene Frames for live cell timelapse of bacteria (preferably compatible with strictly aerobic bacteria) - I would love to hear about it

Will you be at @sfn.org #SfN25? Yes? Us too! Come see the Fame lab!

This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Applications close tomorrow - hope to see you in January! If not, stay tuned for future editions :)

Ever wondered if analyzing your images by using intensity Z-projections impacts your data? Happy to announce my guest article in Microscopy & Analysis on that topic. It's a very short read but worth for everyone dealing with image analysis! buff.ly/KJ147tI #Microscopy #ZProjection #ImageAnalysis

physicists get on it!

The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor. The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2. www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/

this is insane. www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

Yes you're allowed to get a tutor for classes in your major Tutoring >> chatgpt and cheating

Regardless of what you've been up to as a student, chatgpt/cheating/busting ass or no, your life is bigger and more important than a grade and if you are feeling like the pressure is getting to you, seek support. Live!

🧪hey all, a friend and colleague, @maddoxfornc.bsky.social, is running for Congress in North Carolina. He is a scientist, professor, and parent, perspectives that are especially important right now. I hope you will support his run for Congress. Find out more here: www.maddoxforcongress.com/about/

Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications: Applicant names, profiles, demographics Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores

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My quote of the day Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. Colin Powell

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Mitotic checkpoint friends: behold the ultimate challenge! 229 pairs of chromosomes!

We've now discovered some neat cell culture dishes that feature a 50 micron thick film of a proprietary polymer with refractive index even closer to water than FEP. They work just as well as our homemade FEP assembly and are available in multiwell plate format too! www.sarstedt.com/en/products/...

Tomorrow! Come join us for MicRoN’s Open House Symposium. Learn about the research we get to support, meet our staff and instruments. micron.hms.harvard.edu/micron-open-...

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It was great to finish off #UNCResearchWeek by seeing Sherry Hsu’s beautiful image on display in Bondurant Hall! 🔬🔬🔬