“The JEDI Award… helped me clearly communicate my science to reviewers beyond my field.” Free, expert feedback (manuscript / short grant / job app) from volunteer former journal editors & grant specialists. Supporting DEI! Deadline: Mar 10 Apply here: lifescienceeditors.org/apply/

Help us amplify underrepresented voices in science! LSEF is producing a 6-episode podcast series (Mar–Aug 2026) featuring JEDI Awardees + LSEF leadership, hosted by Oliver Bogler @oliverbogler.bsky.social . Donate/share: secure.givelively.org/donate/life-... #DEIinSTEM #SciComm

DEAR FRIENDS - My son Jake made this online quiz to help you discover your life philosophy, which might not be what you think. Note that the questions are tough and the answers are limited/imperfect. That's life, baby, 😉 Takes about 15-20 minutes. jacoblum22.github.io/philosophy-q...

Loved this essay from my former mentor, David Jones, on the hidden gaps in healthcare, why continuity, interpretation, and presence matter, and how AI could help restore them. substack.com/@utzonahealt...

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Congratulations, Lisa Iwamoto-Stohl, Aleksandra A. Petelski, Nikolai Slavov, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, and all the authors on this remarkable discovery and paper! Fertilization triggers early proteomic symmetry breaking in mammalian embryos: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed” basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again. i feel that with my dad.

Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME. Here is a thread of my feelings

Let's go! Super excited to partner with @richardsever.bsky.social and the fantastic @openrxiv.bsky.social team - Preprints have been the best thing that happened to science publishing during my lifetime, and we're happy @qedscience.bsky.social can make preprints do more 👊

Most setbacks (logic gaps, novelty confusion, unsupported conclusions) are preventable. That’s what the @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social x @qedscience.bsky.social pilot is for. Impact, not (necessarily 😉) impact factor. Please reach out! We'd love to help! www.lifescienceeditors.com/qed-pilot/

It’s Election Day! 🐸 💙

A molecular, spatial and regulatory atlas of the Hydra vulgaris nervous system Read this #LifelongDevSI #OA Techniques and Resources Article by Hannah Morris Little, Abby S. Primack, Jennifer Tsverov, Celina E. Juliano (@julianolab.bsky.social) and colleagues: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future. Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

Stephen and Natascha have such valuable behind-the-scenes knowledge that can help you succeed in any career 'beyond the bench'. This is a great opportunity you don't want to miss ☺️

Thinking about applying for a journal editor position? Join our 2-hour coaching workshop on Dec 5. Learn how to navigate the application process from former editors at Cell Reports & Nature Comms. www.lifescienceeditors.com/workshop3-si... Max 20 participants $100 (discounted)

Free webinar “Beyond the Lab: Exploring a Career as a Journal Editor.” In 2006, I traded postdoc uncertainty for an editor role at Cell. This experience gave me lifelong friends, amazing science, and plenty of tough decisions! Curious about publishing? Register via QR code in the image!

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The #NIH is calling for public comments on its plan to cap the use of grant funds to pay #APCs#nih It seeks comments on five listed options or suggestions for other options. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-138.html The comment deadline is September 15, 2025. The NIH […]

Please help me to celebrate Mei Zhen, an innovator and tremendous collaborator, named to the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science on September 4, 2025

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Does anyone have #zebrafish LC3 reporter lines and would be willing to share them with us? #askzebrafish

Commentary: As LGBTQ+ people are facing a coordinated attempt to erase their communities, Illinois is choosing compassion and building the infrastructure to protect their rights.

Thanks to Trump's funding cuts, PBS will lay off 15% of its staff. Trump wants to exert control over the news and information that the public receives – or doesn’t even receive at all. It’s a hallmark of dictatorship.

Everyone deserves the chance to thrive. I co-founded the Life Science Editors Foundation lifescienceeditors.org because science systematically excludes people—and in the last 7 months, it’s only gotten worse. That’s bad for science, and worse for society.

FREE @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social webinar Oct 7! Beyond the Lab: Exploring a Career as a Journal Editor! Former editors from major publishers will share their experiences on this exciting career path & answer questions from participants. Sign up now! www.lifescienceeditors.com/editorworksh...

Every quarter, the Life Science Editors Foundation provides free editorial feedback to scientists who face systemic barriers in academia. Awardees receive expert support on manuscripts, grant proposals, or job applications. You could be next! lifescienceeditors.org/apply/

🚨 Applications open for the JEDI Awards! Free editorial feedback for scientists facing barriers in academia — manuscripts, grants, or job applications. 🗓 Deadline: Sept. 10 👉 Apply now: lifescienceeditors.org/apply Let’s amplify underrepresented voices in science! 🌍✨

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

I read this newsletter every week - it's unfiltered truth and inspiration to action.

If you would like an impromptu lecture on the benefits of monitoring HRV and correlations with exercise, a cold, and an upcoming bike race, I'd be happy to put you in touch with my husband.

Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this: “I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”. It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.

Such a great city for science and culture 🇨🇦💕

The latest set of federal employees speaking out in fear, frustration, and commitment to their mission to protect people - FEMA employees publish the Katrina Declaration

"Our press office reports that the 2 Science papers Jenna helped us with have reached 913 million people! The writing was critical and very difficult. Very grateful to @jennasternberg.bsky.social & @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My partner Helen is incredibly sharp, warm, and wise with her feedback. Our whole team is fabulous. We want to leverage our expertise behind the scenes at the journals to help you succeed! Reach out today! www.lifescienceeditors.com/submit/

Looking forward to this discussion today! biorender.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Do you need someone to talk to about an editorial decision, a response to reviewers, or a job talk? Look no further - we're here, we have the behind-the-scenes insight, and we want to help you! www.lifescienceeditors.com/scientific-c...

We're welcoming another former Editor-in-Chief to our team, this time Allyson Evans from Cell Metabolism.👇 Allyson joins our other six(!) former EiCs, and our 15 former journal editors. We share our insights directly with scientists to strengthen the visibility and impact of their research.

Great snippet by @sfmatheson.bsky.social ! And cool research from the Macias lab at U Edinburgh saramaciasribela.wixsite.com/maciaslab Controlling retrotransposons and interferon responses www.lifescienceeditors.com/2025/07/14/c...

I'm participating in this discussion next week - please join us! Funding U.S. Science Through Uncertainty 📅 Wednesday, July 23 🕑 2:00–3:30 PM ET Panel I: Our New Research Reality: Voices from the Field Panel II: Funding Survival Guide: Tactics That Work Now biorender.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Katy writes extraordinary and timely Snippets for @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social Check out her latest: A trove of antiviral TRIM family E3 ligases in reptiles www.lifescienceeditors.com/2025/06/30/a...

What Spikes Your Blood Sugar—Potatoes or Grapes? It Depends on Your Metabolic Health www.lifescienceeditors.com/2025/06/16/w...

If you love SciFi please check out Guy Riddihough's books - he was an editor at Science, and we met when he joined our team of 'ex journal editors'. He's incredibly creative and thoughtful, and has self-published this and another book in just a few years. www.amazon.com/Glass-Weaver...

The Trump HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon is a flat liar. Peer review selects the best grants and awards them for several years and that’s it. The Trump admin has politicized American science in an unprecedented way and now lies about it. Journalists: ask scientists about what’s happened for the truth.

Another great new Research Snippet from @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social awesome Scientific Editor Dr. Katy Woolcock - Using metagenomics to find causes of antibiotic resistance www.lifescienceeditors.com/2025/06/05/u...

Opportunity Alert for Scientists Facing Unfair, Systemic Barriers! Apply for a Justice Equity Diversity Inclusion award & receive in-depth feedback on a manuscript, grant proposal, or job application. We have three great awardees this year - could YOU be next? 😊 lifescienceeditors.org/apply/