Ori Weinstock and company. My daily post on the dark site, now moved here youtu.be/PH-ijpgDZsY

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Avoiding the hothouse, at least for while, may stop youngsters burning out, becoming disenchanted with endless practice or simply getting bored with their field

‘Asked what he looked for in a piece of writing, he responded simply, “I just want to fall in love with it…You don’t know until you’ve found it, but when you find it, you know.” ‘

Welcome, piles of slop filling up the journals with clouds of useless wordy garbage. Case in point:

🧪 “The reviewer’s exasperating “I see what you’re trying to do, but…” is not a bug in the system; it is the system. It signals that another human intelligence has wrestled with the work long enough to care.”

New in #ScienceSignaling 👉Importin β1 has an unexpected role in presynaptic long-term plasticity and spatial memory, by regulating local protein synthesis at hippocampal synapses. #neuroscience #cellbiology #synapticplasticity #memory www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” — The Epicurean Paradox

Wasn't it precisely what the Impact Factor was invented for historically?

shadow puppets the naked emperor a marionette ————- late January the city streets fill up with tear gas ———— ice storm in the road abandoned cars with smashed out windows

PJ's submission window is NOW open for the month of February! We’re looking for your best #senryu and related forms of #poetry, including #kyoka, #haibun, #gembun, #haiga, and #sequences Submission guidelines: prunejuicesenryu.com/submissions/ #WritingCommunity #submissions

🧪 In which the MYC field (re)discovers UTR driven RNA localization …

hunger moon trying not to swallow this single grain of rice 🙏 to editors Joe Woodhouse and C.X. Turner for publishing this one in Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social Winter 2025/26 issue www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

Schwarz lab @bostonchildrens.bsky.social identify a mechanism coupling mitochondrial movement to energy demand. When energy levels are low, the energy-sensing kinase AMPK phosphorylates the motor/adaptor protein TRAK1, arresting #mitochondria via the #actin #cytoskeleton. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

The Winter 2025–2026 edition of Wales Haiku Journal is now available, gathering #haiku from poets across the world - each poem shaped by attention, care, and the quiet textures of the season. www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

The MRC has asked each of its grant review boards to recommend no more than 3 applications for funding, RPN has heard from multiple sources Normally, boards recommend an average of 12-13 bids, so the success rate this year will be tiny This affects applicant-led calls which closed in 2025...

🔬🧪Join us at #ISMB2026 First European edition of the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲! 📅 12–16 July 2026 📍Glasgow, Scotland, UK 👇 Check the Program, Submit an abstract and Register now at www.isocmb.org See you there! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #6thISMB #Mechanobiology #Glasgow #CellMechanics #Biophysics

The journal @nature.com has corrected a highly-cited study about a robot chemist producing new materials from scratch — but some questions remain unanswered. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... @robertpalgrave.bsky.social #ChemSky

Delighted to welcome Tony Williams back to The Sciku Project with this excellent #Sciku. It's a delightful concept and that first line is exquisite! rockpool physics… I dip my ToE in the unfathomable water #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Theoryofeverything thescikuproject.com/2026/01/29/t...

I take a breath— the mountain keeps it #haiku #poetry

Research Notes of the AAS in particular, which was set up to handle short, moderated contributions especially from students, is getting swamped. Often the authors clearly haven’t read what they’ve submitting, (Descriptions of figures that don’t exist or don’t show what they purport to)

We’re getting so many journal submissions from people who think ‘it kinda works’ is the standard to aim for.

#JNeurosci: Li and colleagues explored how the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) contributes to AD. They manipulated the p75NTR gene in a mouse model of AD and discovered that doing so alleviated some hallmark molecular and behavioral symptoms. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1939-25.2026

We're looking for a new editor with experience in Next Generation Medicine. Are you ready to leave the bench (or bedside) and help us identify the best science for publication in @science.org Send your CV and cover letter explaining why you're a good fit for the role. bit.ly/4bWOJfn

#submissions #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

“One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others.” — Lewis Carroll Via @economist.com quote of the day

From my go-to bikepacking website where I've never read anything remotely political. That's where we're at now bikepacking.com/news/alex-pr...

🧪 Cheers Gipi ! @uclqsneuromuscular.bsky.social

Applies (with minor modifications on where to post) to academia

i found your haiku scattered everywhere whispering wind #haiku

This week’s new issue of #ScienceSignaling has arrived! Scientists map out how an importin-based pathway in neurons supports spatial memory and plasticity, a new study reveals the pervasive and unintended effects of pervanadate, and more. https://scim.ag/4qGVrus

And here is a brief communication made by @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

For the French speakers, please find here a summary of our paper written by @upcite.bsky.social 👇 u-paris.fr/le-transport...

Thanks to @npanayotis.bsky.social, one of our lab's team leaders, for this well-deserved cover.

Axonal importin β1 regulates the presynapse. See thread 🧪

Very happy to share our new paper in #ScienceSignaling revealing that importin β1 isn’t just important for nuclear transport or neuronal growth. We now show it is key for presynaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, local translation, and memory! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Learn about #axon regulation in the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Axonal degeneration and regeneration" in Onna-son, JP, 18–22 Oct. Abstract submission/Registration by 31 May/15 Jun https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-axonal-degeneration#axon#EMBOAxonalRegeneration #EMBOevents #meeting 🧪

“You should not be afraid of someone who has a library and reads many books; you should fear someone who has only one book; and he considers it sacred, but he has never read it.” — Anonymous

The coming year could prove as unpredictable — and consequential — for US science as 2025 was 🧪 go.nature.com/45Pb6j5

Amid a prolonged struggle over America’s budget, Donald Trump has proposed to gut science and health funding. Those cuts appear unlikely to take hold, however

🧪 Interested in a Cutting-Edge Molecular Neuroscience Meeting at a dream location? Join us at the EMBO | COB Workshop on Axonal degeneration and regeneration, 18 – 22 October 2026, Onna-son, Okinawa, Japan meetings.embo.org/event/26-axo...

Why did 1920 winner Knut Hamsun give his Nobel Prize for Literature medal to Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels in 1943? Because that's how you appease the Leopards Eating Faces Party. You give them ALL the prizes, trophies, and medals and hope they don't eat your face for one more day.

UPDATE 2: A senior official in Guinea-Bissau said in a letter that the trial has been cancelled. Guinea-Bissau will continue its current vaccination schedule until the birth dose is implemented for all newborns, the letter said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Only seventeen days until Only Human opens for submissions! In the meantime, check out our guidelines and select what poems to send us:

🧪 An EMBO Meeting on Axon Biology in Okinawa, Japan Iconic science at an amazing venue. Please join us! EMBO | COB Workshop on Axonal degeneration and regeneration meetings.embo.org/event/26-axo...

Join us for the 2nd EMBO workshop on Axonal Degeneration and Regeneration (meetings.embo.org/event/26-axo...). It will be held again at the beautiful @oistedu.bsky.social. We have an incredible line up of speakers and topics. Hope to see you there! #emboaxonalregeneration @embo.org Please share!

🧪 An EMBO Meeting on Axon Biology in Okinawa, Japan Iconic science at an amazing venue. Please join us! EMBO | COB Workshop on Axonal degeneration and regeneration meetings.embo.org/event/26-axo...

🧪 “…don't get your drugs tested in South Florida, folks!”

🧪 The University of Edinburgh is seeking a Director for the Institute of Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research