I’m so excited to be at #CellBio2025 with my trainees! Elizabeth (#259) and Olivia (#251) have posters in Sunday’s session. Please stop by to hear about the work we are starting up in the lab looking at Rap1 GTPase signaling in epithelial migration in human carcinoma cells and in Drosophila embryos.

Attending #Cellbio2025? I am presenting two posters, stop by if you are interested in epithelial dynamics. Looking forward to all the amazing conversations and feedback!!

Apply! It's a great experience and you get to meet very cool people. Let me know if you want to know more 🧪

‘Manuscript accepted pending editorial revisions’ is a great start to thanksgiving day! I hope everyone had a lovely day, and meal, with loved ones and family!

Genetics of human handedness: microtubules and beyond: Trends in Genetics www.cell.com/trends/genet...

Cilia in space! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Kinesin-3 KIF1A Functions as a Diligent Worker during Axonal Transport https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.11.675527v1

NIH is accepting comments about limiting research publication costs. 1. Disallow pub costs, 2. $2K limit, 3. $3K if reviewers are compensated, 4. 0.8% of award (so $250K grant can pay $2K/year on pubs), 5. $6K limit on pub + limit on % of grant spent on pub costs. 🧪 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Excited to share our latest work with @simonbullock11.bsky.social! We looked at how diverse mRNAs get selected for subcellular localization and it turns out that a single protein can recognize different RNA elements using shared features that weren’t apparent before. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Some sweet people have been sending physical cards and letters to the Bethesda Declaration signers. This is so kind and meaningful. It would be GREAT if they received more. Cards can be sent to Ian Morgan NIGMS 45 Center Dr, MSC 6200 Bethesda, MD 20892-6200 Ian will share them with the signers.

Reposting for the morning crowd. Please share with your network!

#StandUpForScience July 21 Day of Action

in vivo BioID (iBioID) labeling of primary cilia in neurons on mice and identifying new signaling pathways in them. Cool new work from Sarah Goatz's lab. www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...

The NIH is taking comments on their ‘no more animal model only grants’ until July 14 5pm www.fda.gov/news-events/... Scroll to the bottom for comment

ARTEFACT Alert! Be very careful when following the “Mito”(??)Tracker… www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our lab @emoryuniversity.bsky.social Dept. of Cell Biology is hiring a research technician! This position is ideal for someone who enjoys research, organization, and working in a team. Come for a few years and publish with us, or stay to build a career. staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/149068/...

Latest paper out of the Puthanveettil lab! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... congrats team!

I spoke with Jade Hindmon, host of @kpbssandiego.bsky.social Midday Edition, about the consequences of the current administration’s cuts to science funding. Please share to help spread the word and raise awareness. www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...

Woo! Very excited to share our collaborative work on the centriole's Luminal Distal Ring ⭕. This project started 13 years ago with @hugovdhoek.bsky.social & @stearnslab.bsky.social, and then beautifully came together with @computingcaitie.bsky.social & @centriolelab.bsky.social. #TeamTomo #UExM 🧪🧶🧬🔬

West Palm Beach #nokingsday March to mar-a-lago

Today, my NIH colleagues and I did something scary but really important. We spoke up about egregious harms we are seeing happen to research participants and public health through thoughtless and politicized policies at NIH. 🧵1/3 apnews.com/article/nih-...

“Whether you’re a seasoned advocate or new to policy engagement, ASCB will provide the resources and support you need to make your voice heard.” 🧪

Are you looking for a faculty job? We are hiring in my department at Roswell Park NOW. Contact me for details as I await the formal ad. (Please RT.)

ASSIGNMENT: COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F 1 week left to comment about Schedule F, potentially making NIH institute and center director essentially political appointees. www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP... 1/n

Our op-ed in the Guardian addresses the danger of Trump's "Gold Standard Science" executive order. with @cdelawalla.bsky.social @vambros.bsky.social Carol Greider @michaelemann.bsky.social @briannosek.bsky.social

If you are in Atlanta or can get there and have the interest, this is a great opportunity to demonstrate clearly the insanity of these recommendations.

Combinatorial mechanisms specify cellular location and neurotransmitter identity during regeneration of planarian neurons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.23.655781v1

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday 📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

Check out our latest profile! Dr. Eve Marder studies the stability and flexibility of neural circuit function. Follow the link below to learn more! www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202... #StoriesofWiN #WomenInNeuroscience #WomenInNeuro

If you happen to see a friend across the street, odds are you might raise an arm and wiggle your hand to say hello. Cuttlefish apparently do something similar—and that’s not the only arm gesture they use to communicate. Learn more: scim.ag/4j5nmQv

Excited to share my work on how intellectual disability-causing mutations in Kif11 impair microtubule dynamics and arborization! @mpfneuro.bsky.social

Looking forward to meeting folks at the Florida neurocollective symposium tomorrow and @mpfneuro.bsky.social Thursday! www.fau.edu/jupiter/neur...

Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n

academic.oup.com/nar/article/... My latest article on RNA transport in neurons is out! @narjournal.bsky.social

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would make it much harder for millions of people to register to vote. We're calling on the Senate to reject this legislation.

📢 New preprint alert! We watch ATP, the energy currency, in tiny compartments of brain synapses to show that synapses talk to their local mitochondria to produce energy right when needed during plasticity, required for memory formation: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#handsoff #standupforscience Palm Beach Gardens, Fl

Thousands rally along PGA boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens for national #handsoff event protesting DOGE, its cuts to government agencies and blanket tariffs issued this week.

Hands off! Palm Beach Florida. Got lots of positive honks. #handsoff #standupforscience

Plan your sign parties!!! Invite your friends!!! It's time to Stand Up for Science, again! #standupforscience #handsoffourscience #scienceforall

A new study describes the long-term effects of deep-sea mining on the diversity of biological communities on the seafloor. Even 40 years after a test mining experiment removing nodules of rare metals there are persistent negative effects on many types of organisms. 🧪👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Over 70 graduate programs in the biological and biomedical sciences have frozen or slashed admissions. The consequences are profound—how many brilliant minds are being shut out of research entirely? How much future discovery is being lost before it even begins? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

FACULTY JOB ALERT! The Albert Einstein Dept of Neuroscience is hiring a new assistant professor in any area of neuroscience! We have funds specifically earmarked for this search. #Neuroscience #AcademicJobs #NeuroSky Job just posted: faculty-einstein.icims.com/jobs/17175/f... Please share widely!!

Manuscript accepted!!!! My perspective on RNA transport in neurons will be out soon 😊

Feel free to DM me if you would like to speak with press about being in any of these three areas. The press is beating down our door to connect with impacted scientists and patients! #standupforscience #scienceforall

In a new Science study, cryo–electron tomography captures the in-cell architecture of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, illuminating how the coordinated action of molecular machines drives life’s fundamental energy conversion. Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/3FA3Ygq

Why do we not remember being a baby? One idea is that the hippocampus, which is essential for episodic memory in adults, is too immature to form individual memories in infancy. We tested this using awake infant fMRI, new in @science.org #ScienceResearch www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My first grad school rotation was studying PKC signaling with Dr. Irving B. Weinstein, supported by the Columbia comprehensive cancer center. He was so kind. My career was launched by NIH funding to Columbia University pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1618788/

Maybe add it to this database? bsky.app/profile/scot...