On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n

Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.

Are you a scientist or student heading to a @standupforscience.bsky.social ‬rally this Friday? We want to hear from you. Tell us about yourself and why you’re going, how far you’re traveling, why you’re fired up, and whether there will be car snacks. Call or text us at (646) 767-6532.

Working on a story for @sfchronicle.com about the administration's impacts to science, including #NIH and #NSF funding. Hoping to chat with early-career scientists, especially grad students and postdocs, about how you've been affected. Thanks! Signal: jacklee.55

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.

See here's how to do a headline. fortune.com/2025/02/13/e...

Further confirmation that there is no enforcement mechanism for these orders. Musk and co. are going to keep going until someone physically stops them.

Sent a DM the other day like "Yeah, I'll help!" and now I'm co-authoring press releases for an honest-to-god nationwide science protest, like WHAT #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall

Extremely honored to receive this award from a Society I value, full of colleagues and friends. Dev Bio is well and alive, and we're proof of it! Dev Bio FTW

If you have an undergrad that will graduate this year but who needs a little more research experience before their next step, encourage them to apply to the UConn RAMP program. genome-postbac.biology.clas.uconn.edu. The application deadline for the 2025 cohort is February 21st. 🧪 1/2

Another resource for those looking for good data on impact of NIH funding: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/wp-content/u... Highlights: - supported 412,041 jobs in FY 2023 - generated $92.89 billion in economic activity in FY 2023 - every $1 invested in NIH creates $2.46 in economic activity

HEADS UP: If anyone is submitting an app this week or soon, check with your grants office to make sure they have language that allows them to correct indir cost recovery if the 15% level is modified. It is likely that they will be on top of this, but it's possible to lock in the low rate by mistake

not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl. can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities

For these uncertain times, we all need support of our communities more than ever. An updated list of 180+ researchers for the #Celegans community is here: C. elegans #1 (150 full) - go.bsky.app/HP1h3nW C. elegans #2 (30+) - go.bsky.app/J7soTHG #CeleganSky 🧪 1/n cc: @genetics-gsa.bsky.social

Mistake to see this solely as a higher ed issue. The design of scientific infrastructure after WWII was govt funding a broad network of research via universities. That worked out pretty well for the US, helped make American higher ed a very successful industry w a positive economic externalities

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

what a fucking Friday afternoon news dump: they are capping indirects at 15% grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Black Scientists who should be celebrated for more than Black History month but this is where we're getting started: #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSTEM #BlackScientists

New findings out of #UMD's Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Department could lead to breakthroughs in RNA-based #DrugDevelopment. Antony Jose and his team's research on how double-stranded molecules naturally enter cells and influence future generations was published in @elife.bsky.social.

If you think the NSF is a waste of government money, you should stop using any technology created using NSF-funded research. Like cell phones. Or the Internet

This a funding myth. There are no untapped wells of charity money that can support the kind of research biomedical scientists need to perform today. Most foundation grants are in 25 to 75K/year range, many are on the order of 1-3 years, and in spite of this, are highly competitive.

Science solidarity. This alleged cut would end NSF. NIH would be next. University presidents: where is your courage to speak out?

Devastating to all the hard-working folks at NSF and all the incredible, critical science and people doing it 💔

🧪Very proud of our latest publication at @elife.bsky.social, brought to you by #NIH funding! This collaboration with Chris Rongo's lab covers a lot of ground, focusing on the transcriptional response to BMP/Smad signaling. 1/n doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT NIH FUNDING Closed sessions of institute and center Advisory Counsel meetings are now permitted. This is where grant applications are discussed and approved for potential funding. Open sessions where there are public presentations and discussions are still not allowed.

Glad to see @ascbiology.bsky.social Diversity resources remain--stay strong colleagues www.ascb.org/about-ascb/d...

Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky

Really appreciate Jonathan Lambert pointing out that NSF grants are congressionally mandated to weigh how grants broaden participation in science, putting the administration's executive order against DEIA in conflict with, and potentially undermining, congressional legislation

Another in the Pioneering Women in Earth Sciences series - Elizabeth Gray (1831-1924) - Scotland’s foremost fossil collector, spent her life in well-worn boots, wielding a hammer over rocky bluffs and rubble in search of Lower Paleozoic specimens www.geological-digressions.com/elizabeth-gr... ⚒️🧪

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

Post the amazing science things you have done with federal funding.

This course is a perfect opportunity for grad students & postdocs using optical microscopy to study biology! You will strengthen fundamental knowledge and confidence in approaching your quantitative light microscopy experimentation. Apply by Jan 31! 🔬

Are you using some form of flipped learning in your classes? If so, I am looking for instructors to interview for the second edition of Flipped Learning: A Guide For Higher Education Faculty. You can have a massive impact! Just fill out this form, and share it widely. tinyurl.com/fl2e-interview

Yes. arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536

and why are they called "Toll"-like receptors? Because of the pioneering work of Kathryn Anderson in Drosophila! 🧪 academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

How do organelles fit together inside a crowded cell? Answering this question requires a way to image many organelles in a whole cell at high resolution with high throughput. Our new preprint shows how to do this in yeast using soft x-ray tomography www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Looking for a great new colleague! The Department of Biology at Central Michigan University seeks applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2025. Review begins December 1, 2024. For more details and to apply, lnkd.in/ePqRU6Ai.

Another great day for #RNA research, check this new method from @jmtali.bsky.social 's lab to detect localized RNA without the need for biotinylation! Don't have the time? just read the brilliant tread decrypting the paper! just here 👇

Ok now I’m here, time for an intro. I’m the Executive Editor of Development, published by The Company of Biologists (@biologists.bsky.social). I care deeply about supporting the devbio, regeneration & stem fields and the people who work in them, and in improving the way we do scientific publishing.

🧪🧫 Scientist friends, as we are building community here, I have a question to get to know you: What is a mistake that you made in the lab?

A PSA for PIs: If you have a light microscope, please have watch your lab watch these short practical videos on how to prevent damage to your objective lenses! Trust me on this one, they need it... #savetheobjectives youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I’m seeing lots of job postings on here so now might be a good time to mention that we recently added a ‘Cell biology jobs’ board to our community site over at FocalPlane. It’s free to post (and obviously free to browse): focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology... #cellbiology

Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter. Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪 www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...

“Curiosity-driven, basic science has yielded a deeper understanding of how life forms develop and function in their environment and has had wide implications for health and our planet. Investing in this is vital for scientific progress and is worth protecting in a democracy.” —Ruth Lehmann

Randomized exposure to high school biology curriculum shows that moving curriculum beyond simple Mendelian treatments of genetics in ways that highlight the true patterns of human variation (e.g. Lewontin's famous results) & the multi-factorial basis of complex traits can reduce genetic essentialism

Securin Regulates the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Separase https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.12.571338v1

In a study using a database containing genetic material from half a million volunteers, researchers found hundreds of mutations that could boost a young person’s fertility and that were linked to bodily damage later in life.

Excited to be @ #cellbio2023 with my student Mohamed Elaswad. Come find us to hear about our latest on the regulation of RNA-binding protein phase transitions during C. elegans oogenesis. Boards 672, 673 on Tues. pm.

Agenda item for your next departmental meeting

Worm friends: Join the C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program 🌱 Become a mentor and pay it forward by sharing your wisdom with people at earlier stages of their career. Click on the link to sign up to be a mentor (we will be signing up mentees soon). Please repost and spread the word!