If you’re not aware of BiO’s Fast & Fair initiative, do listen to this podcast or find out more on the website (journals.biologists.com/bio/pages/fa...). We’re trying to tackle two big issues with the peer review process - how to make it quicker & how to recognise the crucial work of peer reviewers

My ranking of pies: 1. Pecan 2. Apple 3. Cherry 4. Blueberry 5. lemon meringue 6. key lime But as a true southerner if #1 is not available, cake is preferred 😂

Azeen has this platform because women in astronomy helped her report major stories about alleged perpetrators of sexual misconduct in our field, like Lawrence Krauss. This is what she has done with the platform. It haunts me. 🔭

Yale stem cell retreat #17 was great!!

I signed up!!

Why should I spend my time phone banking on the SUFS Aftyn campaign? 1. The numbers for a win are there! We have to get out the vote. 2. Calling works! 3. Putting out the science X democracy fire requires us to take back Congress. This gets us one seat closer to 218. 4. IT IS A WINNABLE RACE!

Hartford Visibility Brigade with great messages earlier this afternoon!! @hcrichardson.bsky.social @briantylercohen.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social @ctmirror.org @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social

Well, this is chilling AF. The Department of Education is suing Penn (in their quest for "combat antisemitism") requesting detailed information about Jewish faculty and staff. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 1/2

The Bulldog and the Turkey have landed. We have infiltrated the #Harvard-#Yale Game. Foes on the Field, Allies for Academic Freedom. @crimsoncourage.bsky.social #StandUp4Yale

Got to hang out with the formidable @timothysnyder.bsky.social yesterday in Chicago! More to come, but… 🚨PSA to scientists🚨: SCIENCE IS POLITICAL AND YES! YOU HAVE TO GET POLITICAL TO SAVE IT!

Pathogenic variants in key cancer susceptibility genes were detected in 5% of US adults in the All of Us study, exceeding prior estimates and highlighting race-based differences in prevalence. ja.ma/47UCKwD

Do no sign! Danger danger ⚠️

When they listen to science (controversial, we know...) 🤤

Fantastic opportunity for undergraduates pursuing summer research experience! @hhmi.org

Such a tragedy for the tech world—Congress hasn’t reauthorized the SBIR program and all solicitations have been expired. All biotech is being hit! Please call your representatives! #SBIR #NIH

The man has to go. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Absolutely. Even if he weren't a damaged creep, his approach to scientific evidence is completely disqualifying. We know the answer; We just don't have the science yet There is no study that says that it is not true. Bye, bye Bobby. You've "gone wild" enough. You going to kill lots of people.

The extent of the damage done to public health, biomedical science, and healthcare in the US in less than a year will take a generation or more to repair. This is the scale of the destruction. Let that sink in. A new president, Congress won't be enough to reverse things fully. It's that bad.

Lab fun! Communal puzzle with timer so we don’t spend too much time puzzling 🤩

Lots going on but don’t lose track of the Trump attacks on biomedical research and cancer cures. @jeremymberg.bsky.social posted a leaked #NIH memo today. I want to highlight a few scary parts. They’re about taking power from scientists and experts and giving it to the president’s hacks. 1/ 🧪

*screaming into the void*

Time to vote for our GSA officers! Please repost

Morning dog fun puts everything in perspective

Remind us @nytimes.com, who is it that is ruining the workplace? www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Support science!

Cellwhisper 😍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Excellent commentary on transgenerational inheritance and the importance of rigor and reproducibility. Subtitled: when a colleague drags and tries to throw you under the bus because they couldn't follow protocols @ctmurphy1.bsky.social

Truth is so hard

No health care, no deal.

Very well done story on 60 Minutes about the harms of grant terminations and freezes at Harvard with Joan Brugge, Don Engbar, David Liu, and a very compelling young cancer patient, now cured with Liu's technology. Transcript and video here www.cbsnews.com/news/researc...

I am not exaggerating here. Look at the super powers he granted himself. He could end the pandemic in 3-6 months! But when given a chance to prove himself at the ACIP, he can’t even run a single meeting.

Unbelievable. NIH has posted 6 open NIH directorships in the middle of a shutdown. What a circus. And an opportunity for more cronyism from RFKJr and Bhattacharya. hr.nih.gov/careers/open...

👏👏👏thank you Rosalind!!

Absolutely this! 👇

Also co-sign. Gross human from the start

Good grief

Sad, but an important read for anyone who works in genetics. I used a selection in my Molecular Genetics course last week when we covered the horror of eugenics and the fact that it is NOT dead

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Great article! Thanks @needhibhalla.bsky.social @marymunson4.bsky.social Joann Trejo!

The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

A fun #halloween @mcdb-yale.bsky.social event !

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My response to the UConn response to my op-ed about Paid Leave: share.google/s2knvzJs8q3I... (Published on UConn AAUP’s webpage because CT Mirror doesn’t publish second responses, which……..fine, ok, I totally get.)

Here is the video of the segment with me and @vscooper.micropopbio.org on WTAE (ABC) in Pittsburgh from last night Six Parts 1/6

This. All day 🙌🙌

About to board the plane to Boston for the STAT Summit. Looking forward to our conversation and the rest of the day.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

“There are a lot of critical things the federal government does... There are critical things that need to be saved.” Vice President JD Vance (R-Arson Club of America)