“Do you have any advice for aspiring young scientists?” “Do genetics.” *mic drop* #worm25

Powerful new Washington Post story up... wapo.st/426d9fT (Gift link) 1/n

Excited our preprint is out looking at BZ resistance in wild #Celegans, C. briggsae, and C. tropicalis strains! #anthelmintics 🪱🎉

openRxiv has arrived! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openrxiv.org/introducing-... #openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv

Did you know that for every $1 spent by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), $2.41 is generated from the resulting research?! Science creates jobs & BOOSTS the economy. It's a fantastic investment. #StandUpforScience2025 #ScienceForAll

@standupforscience.bsky.social in D.C.! Amazing to see so many people fighting for science, including the incredible Bill Nye! Keep fighting everyone! #StandUpForScience

YOU + ME + (all your favorite people who love, do, and believe in science for all!) 🧪STAND UP FOR SCIENCE🧪 MARCH 7th, 2025 on the National Mall in DC and at your state capital! Because science is for everyone! Www.standupforscience2025.org SHARE WIDELY! #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall

A useful tool and a great thing to do... 5calls.org/issue/nih-ns...

The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities. It's deadly to the US economy. The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.

In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state

The Leading Edge Fellows starter pack is now up to 101 Leading Edge Fellows! If you haven't checked it out recently, there are lots of fabulous new postdocs and new PIs to follow!

Flying home from a great visit to Johns Hopkins University to give a seminar (thanks Gira and Damian!) and meet with @erikandersen.bsky.social @johngilleard.bsky.social @aoshaver.bsky.social @jbcollins.bsky.social about benzimidazole resistance in hookworms.

It's the final day of the #NPA2024AC and we’re excited about all the work the #NationalPostdoctoralAssociation Postdoc Council is doing! If you’re in Seattle we’d love to talk with you about the issues postdocs are facing at your institution. Find us today! @andreaj.bsky.social @almcc.bsky.social

Headed to the #NPA2024AC National Postdoctoral Association in Seattle starting today! Looking forward to presenting our on the faculty job market with Chris Smith. The work we are presenting is a result of collaboration with Amanda Haage, Ariangela Kozik, Ada Haagn, Lily Cheng, and Amanda Mollet.

Day 1 of the #NationalPostdoctoralAssociation conference is off to a great start! Stop by the Postdoc Council poster tonight to learn about the work we’re doing at the NPA! #NPA2024AC @almcc.bsky.social