From nematode to Nobel: How community-shared resources fueled the rise of Caenorhabditis elegans as a research organism - a perspective written by 11 scientists, six of whom are Nobel laureates www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

So excited to share our new work led by my awesome PhD student Hyland Gonzalez. She shows transcriptional effects of CYP2E1 deletion in alcohol naive mice and then goes on to show that mice lacking CYP2E1 drink more at baseline and escalate their drinking more after CIE compared to WT mice. 🍸🐁

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

"Our observations should prompt an essential re-evaluation of the literature concerning astrocyte-neuron mitochondrial transfer" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

For #worm25, here are updated lists of 200+ researchers for the #Celegans community to easily follow: C. elegans #1 (150 full) - go.bsky.app/HP1h3nW C. elegans #2 (50+) - go.bsky.app/J7soTHG ==> Reply to this if you'd like to be added! cc: @genetics-gsa.bsky.social #CeleganSky 🪱 🧪 1/n

Me too, man. Me too. Jealous of all you lucky ducks at #worm25

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’ One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.

RFK Jr. is very loud and very WRONG about Autism. 1. It’s not a disease 2. There are thousands of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder who pay taxes, have jobs, can use the bathroom on their own, and are thriving in life.

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Would not have thought that the first person in congress to strongly defend researh would be a republican but more powerful that it is. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

🚨 Attention NIH & NSF grantees! AAAS is hosting a rapid response webinar this Friday, 12-1 pm ET, on responding to federal research grant terminations. NIH and NSF will be case examples. Register here: aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇! Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination? ✅ Email PO + document questions ✅ Submit FOIA ✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation ✅ Consider outside litigation ✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs 1/🧵

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

I still love teaching and think it matters, God help me

chatgpt has fully broken-through to every facet of the corporate environment. I'm spending a not-insignificant amount of my time every week now explaining to people that just because chatgpt told you that something was possible doesn't mean that it a) is or b) even exists

In 15 yrs of reporting, I've never had so many health & biomed researchers & outreach orgs tell me they're afraid to talk w/press or barred from speaking bc of new comms policies. I understand the fear of losing funds. I don't know if silence does more harm than good. If you can speak up, pls do.

NIH spending more than pays for itself. It generates about $2.5 for every $1 spent. In terms of research productivity, NIH funding dwarfs the rest of the world. The only long-term potential rival is China. Politicizing the NIH's scientific processes will hand China a huge strategic advantage.

I now have multiple sources that say at least one round of NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS will now be announced in the Federal Register.

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

Meeting the person you suspect is reviewer #2 in a conference

Having had a kid die of measles in my arms as a doctor in the DR Congo, I respectfully disagree that this would be better. Vaccines save lives. www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-it-wo...

Terrific and sorrowful thread

It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum.

I NEED GOOD, THOUGHTFUL LEADERS TO GET WAY BETTER AT USING THE INTERNET LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO

My fav #StandUpforScience2025 photo: me & my college teammate/BFF. Now she's dean, I'm distinguished prof. We were DEI hires. I was the first woman TT asst prof in my dept. She received funding for #womeninSTEM. Grateful to leaders who created opportunities, & will fight for you to have the same

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

I was happy to #standupforscience2025 yesterday. And of course, I have been thinking about things I didn't have a chance to say. Like because of the chaos at NIH (and the freezing of funding), how my team has been waiting for NOAs for two non-competing renewals since mid-January. 1/

Here is the careful look at efficiency DOGE is taking: a recent law school graduate with no science training is deciding what areas are worthy of scientific study 🧪

Thousands “Stand Up for Science” Across the Country – Mother Jones

Today, tons of Marylanders rallied at the Lincoln Memorial with Dr. Francis Collins, Bill Nye the Science Guy and thousands of others to tell MAGA to let our expert civil servant scientists get back to work, pursuing facts and conducting critical research for the common good.

It’s been a dark time in the United States. But it is inspiring to see so many scientists and advocates #StandUpForScience across the country. I’m super proud of my student Charu for making this great graphic for SC’s rally and of our lab members for taking a stand.

We #StandUpForScience in South Carolina! #ScienceIsForEveryone. #ScienceNotSilence #ScienceMakesAmericaGreat

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! It’s a great day to come together to #standupforscience2025

I was supposed to be in a study section reviewing NIH grants today, which was postponed due to the senseless attacks on US science. Instead, I am using my personal time off standing up for science in DC. #standupforscience2025

This poster is incredible. #wormjokes #standupforscience2025

Want to stream our DC event & hear from amazing speakers like Bill Nye, Francis Collins, Atul Gawande, and SO MANY MORE? Join our livestream at www.twitch.tv/standupforsc..., starting at 12 pm! #standupforscience2025

Inspired by @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social and ahead of the #StandUpforScience2025 March 7, I wrote a piece for the Bonner County Daily Bee on impact science funding has on daily lives and opportunities of rural Idahoans (and beyond) >> Text in 🧵 🧪 🏠 bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2025/ma... 1/n

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

I keep saying this and I keep violating it and I keep reminding myself. If you are pointing your gun at other academic scientists instead of at the rising fascist regime, this is not helping.

My mom just sent me a reminder that 13 years ago today I stood up in front of a room and defended my PhD. Never would have imagined that I would spend my defense-i-versary protesting for the future of science in the US. But I am - because Science is worth the fight!

Bluetorial: The announcement to move scientific review out of the institutes and centers into the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and its potential consequences

I’m standing for Science because I was a product developer, and then spent 40 years marketing and selling solutions designed by scientists that made material stronger, safer, and lighter weight. I saw young scientists solve big problems with physical science.

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

I'm not here to mince words. Let's go. www.ucsusa.org/about/news/u...

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

I'll be there at the Lincoln Memorial in DC. Will you stand with us?