The eligibility criteria change will impact many first generation and minority students that first learn about the GRFP when starting grad school. Already quite busy in those first weeks of classes, they will not have time to identify a research project, a mentor and prepare an application. #NSFGRFP

Please join BPPB on Friday September 12 at 11 ET for exciting talks by Hawa Racine Thiam @hawa-racine.bsky.social (Chromatin Biophysics through the lens of NETosis) and Antun Skanata (Mechanisms of chemotaxis on rugged landscapes). For more information please visit sites.google.com/view/bppb-se....

Please join BPPB on Fri June 6 @ 11 US Eastern time for talks by Paul Atzberger (Drift-Diffusion Dynamics of Proteins within Heterogeneous Membranes with Non-Equilibrium Concentration & Temperature Gradients ) & Krešimir Josić (The Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Growing Synthetic Microbial Consortia).

This is the funniest science writeup I've seen in a long time. It's about why cats are so perfectly evolved 🧪 Apparently lots of other animals have "tried to be cats" and the fact that other species have so much more variation is "because they suck" 😆 www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...

Hi #AcademicBluesky I'm prepping a new writing intensive undergrad course & am looking for resources and fun activities to build writing skills. Any recommendations of what has worked for you? Bonus points for content related to AI, crafting clear arguments, and outlining papers. Thanks!

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare (But get your mom flowers, too)

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

I've been on both sides of this. As an author, it sucks to be waiting. As a reviewer, I try to find time to thoroughly read the paper and give a helpful feedback to the authors. Time and effort that is not recognized. Can't remember the last time I took a break under a tree or a picnic by a lake. 😔