A delight today to host some of the amazing Emory undergrads (soon to be grads!) at my home- some with families in tow 🎓🎉

Excited to recognize amazing undergraduate research at Emory where MARC scholar Zuri Omari Muhammad will talk about her research in the Seldin lab as recognition of her award for biology research!

Super proud of Emory College senior Allen Zhang, who was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honor society today along with an impressive group of Emory Seniors!

Thrilling to celebrate the defense of one of our amazing @Emory IMSD students reaching the culmination of his PhD!!

Enjoying catching up with friends old and new at ASBMB! #ASBMB2026

My colleague, who is part of our Capitol Hill team with ASBMB advocating for basic science, keeps running into students that she trained in her classroom who are here advocating for the American Medical Association! So fun to see the impact of her training in real 3D! #ASBMBAdvocates

Next meeting with one of the Senators from GA- great to be spending the day on Capitol Hill advocating for increased funding to NIH, NSF, and DOE with ASBMB #ASBMBAdvocates

Advocating for basic science funding for NIH, NSF, and DOE is going well #ASBMBAdvocates

Folks from @rnasociety.bsky.social advocating for basic science research funding #ASBMBAdvocates @uwmadisonrna.bsky.social @cassandrahayne.bsky.social

Capitol Hill here we come to advocate for basic science funding representing GA and MS! #ASBMBAdvocates

Excited to head off to Capitol Hill to advocate for basic science funding academia and industry advocating together #ASBMBAdvocates

Lots of RNA biologists represented here as ASBMB heads to the Hill tomorrow to advocate for basic science -#ASBMBAdvocates

Excited to be in DC with #ASBMBAdvocates to advocate for basic science research!

Fabulous @emorycollege.bsky.social senior Zuri Omari-Muhammad presenting her summer research from her @amgen.bsky.social summer research at Yale this summer #ABRCMS

Enjoying the discussion of burnout and resilience with an incredible panel of scientist at ABRCMS- loved hearing @dmortonphd.bsky.social say that your mentors are usually right (newsflash- they are :) strong representation from @rnasociety.bsky.social on this panel

RNA biologists at the ABRCMS! @rnalady.bsky.social @rnasociety.bsky.social @janejackman.bsky.social @traceyjohnson.bsky.social

Thrilled to be at ABRCMS in San Antonio to support the theme of “Empowering future leaders in the Scientific Workforce”- this meeting always reminds me of the promise for the future of science! @dmortonphd.bsky.social #RNA

Thank you to our sponsors for the GA RNA Salon @rnasociety.bsky.social and Lexogen- we hosted Dr. Francesca Storici for our annual symposium yesterday @dunhamlab.bsky.social @ghaleilab.bsky.social

When asking a class of STEM graduate students to choose words that occur to them when we discuss bias in academia

Excited to celebrate the PhD defense of soon to be Dr. Eliseo Salas- he has had a winding path to this PhD, but he has succeeded amazingly AND even better! He has a job at the University of Wisconsin immediately after he defends. Super proud to be a member of his thesis committee and mentor 🎉

Our MARC T34 got a new NOA today- also reinstated the IMSD T32 and a summer program- INSPIRE R25- we were reinstated due to involvement with ACLU lawsuit filed on behalf of the American Public Health Association-

Our EMORY MARC T34 was just reinstated in response to recent court rulings!!!

Attending the Diverse RNA Processes session at #RNA25 - a session that was assembled primarily from our NIH colleagues who had to register a bit late for the meeting. Highlights the incredible research within the intramural research community @rnasociety.bsky.social

The @rnasociety.bsky.social meeting held our first ever RNA in Training Future Scientists session at the annual meeting #RNA25 and it was an amazing success! Thanks the Education Committee @mannyares.bsky.social for his tireless efforts! Amazing talks highlight a creative and collaborative community

@rnasociety.bsky.social hosting a great session on RNA for All talking about the commitment of the society to being inclusive and supporting the next generation of scientists - Congrats to the DEI committee for their efforts! #RNA25 @kehindeross.bsky.social @jesssfisher.bsky.social

So cool to hear about the Super Lab led by Amy Cooke @haverfordcollege.bsky.social in the education session @rnasociety.bsky.social #RNA25

Super excited to be at the first #RNA25 RNA in education session recognizing the commitment of the @rnasociety.bsky.social to supporting the next generation of scientists and the incredible role that RNA can play in this process! @suzannerleephd.bsky.social

The first grad student talk at #RNA25 is given by @emorybiochemistry.bsky.social and BCDB student Mohamed Barmada from the Graeme Conn lab! An amazing talk!

The first night of #RNA25 is in the books kicked off by two amazing keynote speakers- Erin Schuman for Mac Planck and Tracy Johnson from UCLA! Main program starts tomorrow! @rnasociety.bsky.social

Excited to finally be heading to RNA 2025 in San Diego! Have worked with amazing colleagues to co-organize this meeting so I can’t wait to see all the exciting science and connect with colleagues! @rnabiologist.bsky.social @kkarbstein.bsky.social

Excited to spend a day dedicated to mentor training with CIMER. This training is supported by INSPIRE our NIAID R25 to broaden participation in Infectious Disease research. Our fearless leader Dr. Michael Chung kicks off the day.

Celebrating 25 years of @EmoryUniversity FIRST/IRACDA post-doctoral training program, which has so successfully launched the careers of SO many faculty and contributed to enhancing the professorate and biomedical science. Sad this is the end 😢

An incredible opportunity to have three former BCDB students who are making key contributions in the Science Policy area as our panel for the BCDB T32

Excited to have former BCDB student Julia Omotade visiting for our T32 Symposium

Congratulations to Satvik Elayavalli @emorycollege on his honors thesis defense and well deserved Highest Honors in math @selayav.bsky.social

We had lots of fun today in our BCDB Grad class- doing a Kahoot on non coding RNAs! Note the winners- one of Anita’s favorite words- Steady-state! Shout out to our winners who were rewarded with chocolate! A fun class taught with Gary Bassell! Small wins these days..

We need these moments these days- a former mentee who has been through the grad school ringer after Covid-19 severely impacted her undergrad research contacted me to say after 3 years of applications and interviews- she will attend her dream PhD program next year! Thrilled for her!

Had a lovely visit with two former Corbett lab trainees- former BCDB grad student and Emory College undergrad- now Harvard MD/PhD and Tufts post-doc soon to be faculty at Bowdoin! And taking center stage- Arthur new arrival to former grad student!!

I’ll be in DC March 7th at the StandUpForScience rally. See you there! If you can’t make it to DC there will be a StandUpForScience rally in a city near you. @standupforscience.bsky.social

🌹 Roses are red, 🔬 Science is true, 💙 And now we're on BlueSky too! 🚀 #RNA #ScienceCommunicationLove #BlueskySocial

We are pleased to announce registration for RNA 2025 - the 30th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society - is now open! www2.rnasociety.org This year’s meeting will be held at the beautiful Town and Country Resort & Convention Center in sunny San Diego, California, USA from May 27th - June 1st, 2025.

Special shout out this AM to NIH 🧪 grant mgmt specialists, POs, and SROs during this chaotic time - THANK YOU for caring for our grants and uploading scores/summary statements despite the unprecedented challenges you may be facing. You are science warriors and we APPRECIATE & SUPPORT YOU 🫶

Check out this article talking about recent changes to supporting the next generation of neuroscientists featuring @emorylgs student @christinaramelow.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/funding/a-gu...

Stop the halt of NIH! I am reaching out to ask that you call your US Senators/Reps. Especially those of you in red states! Tell them how important the NIH is! House of representatives switchboard: 202-224-3121

Stop the halt of NIH! I am reaching out to ask that you call your US Senators/Reps. Especially those of you in red states! Tell them how important the NIH is! www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

Hearing about the exciting future of the @ASCBiology journal Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)- reminder all @ASCBiology members are guaranteed a full review of any manuscript they submit!

At the annual editorial board meeting for the @ASCBiology journal Molecular Biology of the Cell! Reminder that for all @ASCBiology members, you are guaranteed a FULL review of your manuscript AND a discounted rate when you publish. A fantastic journal with rapid review!

Senior students & recent graduates who are looking for #biomedical #research opportunities - our #MSKBridge #postbac program is now open for applications. Deadline to apply: FEBRUARY 21, 2025. What is Bridge about? mskcc.org/bridge & don’t forget to check out the FAQs.

apply.interfolio.com/155292 Emory Biology @emorycollege is hiring! We invite applications for a tenure track Asst Prof position in the area of epigenetics, including chromatin biology, nuclear organization, cellular differentiation, development, and/or gene regulation. Please share!