Ready to expand your funding strategy? Join the RCMB Early Career Professionals Working Group for A Practical Guide to Foundation Grant Mechanisms, the first webinar in the 2026 Grant Writer’s Toolkit series. This Thursday, Jan 22 at 3PM EST! Register here: site.thoracic.org/events/a-pra...

🚀 Reminder: applications for the REAAch Award are open! This prestigious award recognizes Early Stage Investigators and offers the opportunity to co-moderate mini-symposia at the ATS meeting. Don't miss out—apply by December 31, 2025! 🌟 Learn more and apply here: site.thoracic.org/membership/a...

Need funding? Join us for American Lung Association Research Awards: Insights on Submitting a Competitive Application! Nov. 20 at 10am ET/7am PT, see thoracic.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @ats-assemblies.bsky.social @atsearlycareer.bsky.social @ats-rcmb.bsky.social @atscritcare.bsky.social

Tomorrow! Join us for what is sure to be a fantastic webinar hosted jointly by the ATS and the Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS): “Frontiers in Omics: Translational Insights from JRS and ATS Experts" on Tue, Nov. 11th at 6:00pm ET. Register at the link below! tinyurl.com/frontiersino...

Let’s talk about science, baby. Let’s talk about empathy. Let’s talk about all we do know. And all we don’t know, that may be. Let’s talk about science. 🧵 Keep reading for a health communication crash course 1/10 @kmpanthagani.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social

There's a reason AI-generated text uses so many em dashes--because so much of their training data is academic text (and we academics love the drama of a good em dash). Nice breakdown here 👇 medium.com/@brentcsutor...

Thrilled to present at ATS this year! Thanks to everyone involved in organizing the session. Now—home to NYC!

And don't forget today's special advocacy session, Turning Interest into Action: Building Advocacy Coalitions, followed by a Vigil for Lost Science #ATS2025

The restraint it took not to smuggle one of these precious babies out in my bag. Every conference should have a puppy park 🐶 🐾 #ATS2025

Schedule for SIC Events on Sunday May 18th. Hope to see you there! #ATS2025 @ats-assemblies.bsky.social @atscommunity.bsky.social @ats-rcmb.bsky.social @ats-rsf.bsky.social @ats-aii.bsky.social @ats-pitb.bsky.social

Don't forget: Special ATS Advocacy Sessions are being held on Monday and Tuesday! Please stop by to learn more about how to share stories of advocacy and turn advocacy into action! #ATS2025

Don't miss the SIC Rising Star Awards today from 2-3pm in the Networking Super Center! Come celebrate these phenomenal scientists (including RCMB Rising Star, Dr. Changwan Ryu!). #ATS2025 #RCMBatATS

See you soon, San Francisco! 🫁 Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues, and presenting my work on Staph-induced lung injury and repair (come see me at mini-symposium D97 on Wednesday!) #ATS2025 #RCMBatATS @ats-rcmb.bsky.social

Check out these exciting sessions at the Science and Innovation Center (including TWO from RCMB's own, @elizabethredente.bsky.social!)

📢 Calling all Early Career Professionals! 📢 Come meet the RCMB ECP Working Group at the Reception for PhDs & Other Basic Science Researchers at #ATS2025! Sunday, May 18, 3-5pm Moscone Center - South Terrace Look for the folks in the party hats 🥳! Register here: tinyurl.com/ATS-reception

We can't wait to see you at #ATS2025 in just a couple days! As a preview of coming attractions, here is our complete list of RCMB-sponsored sessions! #RCMBatATS

🚨 PBTS WG has a 2025 roadmap—and it’s a game changer! 🔬⚡ We’re raising the profile of basic & translational science at #ATS2025: ✅ Bigger presence ✅ Stronger networks ✅ More recognition Science starts here. Let’s make it count. 🙌 🔗

On Thursday, April 24th at 3pm ET, join us for the fourth session of the Grant Writer's Toolkit: Mock Study Section These sessions are tailored to help ECPs master the art of writing successful grants, offering expert insights on both NIH & non-NIH grant processes. To register: shorturl.at/6euaf

Very much looking forward to this session and learning how to most effectively advocate in this era of uncertainty.

Join us for Critical Care Assembly ECPWG Preparation for ATS- Office Hours at Tue, April 22nd at 3:00pm Eastern Time! Networking, selecting sessions, getting involved, and preparation! @nick-ingraham.bsky.social @pmdlc.bsky.social @ats-assemblies.bsky.social @atsearlycareer.bsky.social

Check out the Spring 2025 Newsletter from the RCMB Early Career Professionals Working Group! Here, you can find upcoming events, grant resources, and recent accomplishments of ECP members of the assembly! Link below 👇 tinyurl.com/RCMB-ECPWG-S...

An important thread for anyone who does science or appreciates science or benefits from science (i.e., everyone)👇

Join us on Thursday, March 27 at 3PM ET for session #3 of the Grant Writer's Toolkit: Funding Opportunities for Early Career Professionals Beyond the NIH. Presented by the RCMB Early Career Professionals Working Group! See more info and register here: site.thoracic.org/events/fundi...

Hot take: I watched With Love, Meghan on Netflix and actually enjoyed it. Pure escapism with a focus on the little joys we can create for ourselves. And yes, those are flower sprinkles on the pancakes I made this morning. #MedFoodSky #PCCMeats #DoctorsWhoCook

While I cannot control the chaos happening in our country, I can control correcting the cake deficit in our lab. Made a Victoria Sponge today for our wonderful PhD student’s birthday. Trying to focus on the little joys where I can.

Don't miss your chance to be a part of the 2025 RCMB Mentorship Program! Sign up as a Mentee (tinyurl.com/RCMB-Mentees) or Mentor (tinyurl.com/RCMB-Mentor) by March 7, 2025 to participate! Learn more about the program at the link below👇

Beautiful work and a novel technique for studying the (largely under-appreciated) lung lymphatic vessels. Kudos to the authors!

There's still time to register for today's session on Visual Communication in Science! 1pm ET today (link to register below)

This is going to be a fantastic session! Highly recommend for anyone preparing scientific figures for a talk, poster, or manuscript

Sure to be a fantastic session!

We would like to celebrate all the scientific breakthroughs that have been heralded by women scientists on this International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We see the efforts and results you are putting out!

Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.

📣 RCMB members! Don't forget to vote for your assembly's future leadership - deadline Monday, February 17th! See link below.

Reminder that a study on lizard saliva eventually led to the development of Ozempic so be real wary of the criticism of studies and funding that sounds non-sensical when presented with no context.

In efforts to distract myself from the state of *waves at the world*, I decided to make a big meal today. My first attempt at a chicken biryani, following the Dishoom cookbook. Even made my own garam masala from scratch. All in all, a success! #medfoodsky

Join us Thur, Jan 30th at 3pm ET for the first session of this year's "Grant Writer's Toolkit" series! At this session, Bethany Moore, PhD, Andrew Wilson, MD, and Scott Budinger, MD, will provide their insights into crafting a compelling specific aims page. Register here! tinyurl.com/bdf22n86

Group meetings are great because – while you're working slowly on your one project for years – you can follow in parallel the (also slow) projects of the others in the lab & get a fuller picture of the different patterns by which projects unfold. @nightsciencepod.bsky.social @cbartman.bsky.social

Sure to be a great session! Looking forward to it!

This is a fantastic program and a great opportunity to expand your network within your ATS assembly. If you're an ECP, consider applying!

I participated in NFBC at ATS 2023, and it was a phenomenal experience. Highly recommend for anyone transitioning out of fellowship or a post-doc! Deadline to apply is February 21.

Real science: 1. Is not correlated with the amount of funding 2. Progresses slowly, usually taking many years 3. Leads to more questions than it answers 4. Advances when we disengage & in improvisational discussions 5. Is too important a thing to be done in a non-playful way

The RCMB Early Career Professionals (ECP) Working Group Winter Newsletter is here! Check it out at the link below for a list of upcoming events, important deadlines, and recent ECP accomplishments! www.thoracic.org/members/asse...

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Exciting! More evidence that Bluesky is becoming *the* place for academic conversation 🦋

Today is the day: last chance to submit your nominations for ATS Assembly Awards!

Check out @elizabethredente.bsky.social’s editorial in the December issue of the Red Journal (www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....), highlighting an exciting new publication from the Krick Lab! (www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....)

Saying ‘I don’t know’ in talks has become a lost art, unfortunately. Super interesting discussions require us to be open about what we don’t know and what still needs to be explored. Here’s my recipe for answering questions in talks:

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Pulm/Crit Doc: Is the cup at 6cc/kg IBW? And did you check a plateau pressure?