🧪 🦠 Prefusion structure, evasion and neutralization of HSV-1 glycoprotein B www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

My quote of the day As I reflect on my life, I recognize that our greatest achievements often arise from our most profound struggles. Embrace challenges and view failures as opportunities for growth. It is through these trials that we learn, adapt, and ultimately succeed. Marie Curie

Remarkable new insights into the archaea that are some of the closest relatives of the ancestral cell that became us! 🧪

“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children” #USAID www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

🚨 NEW: The majority holder of the world's genetic sequence data is a bad actor who can cut off access to critics and competing services. We've tolerated this for years, and now it threatens the pandemic treaty. Time for WHO to step in. With @ctrlalttim.com: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/to-f...

On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5

oh my god lmfao

Yesterday I was discussing the intractibility of glioblastoma with a neuroscience colleague--this could be transformative 🧪

Great lab, great mentor and I love UNC Biology!

Having a PhD means you can find the word “unfortunately” in an email faster that the search function

If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP. A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify. I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.

Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target And with climate change denialism peaking, I fear the worst www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is what happens when governments attack science and academia... we lose the next generation of scholars www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

This graph says it all: instead of starting to go down, the *annual increase* of atmospheric CO2 is setting new records. We're making climate change worse at a record rate. Turning this around should be our top priority, and it's not. From: www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...

Solidarity is the only way

A summary of training, fellowship, and career development awards Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024) 1/12

Vaccines are safe and effective. Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support. When you want information, ask your doctor. It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

My quote of the day Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality. Linus Pauling

PhD student Natalie Coy spoke on Radio National this morning about the Seeds of the Sea citizen science project. This project asks citizen scientists to report sightings of Posidonia seagrass flowers in NSW, to inform future restoration of this endangered species. 🌊🌐🧪 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Australia’s only shrew has been declared extinct. Australia leads the world in mammal extinctions and ranks second for loss of biodiversity. We need better funding for conservation action and stronger environmental laws to uphold our international commitments to prevent further extinctions 🧪

“New Zealand is bearing the brunt of these warming seas because of its position…Meanwhile, the Subtropical Front — the boundary between cold subantarctic water and warmer subtropical water…has moved 120km west…the first time a shift in large-scale ocean circulation around NZ had been observed”🧪

The age that autism is diagnosed may partly reflect underlying biological and developmental differences among individuals with autism, according to a study in Nature. go.nature.com/4gQ5gSV 🧬 🧪

🎁 🔗 📰 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

I'm honored to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. As always, I extend my sincerest thanks to all my wonderful mentors, colleagues, collaborators, admins, and trainees who make this work possible. #MacFellow

Immigration powers science 🧪

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"Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this." The latest from former U.S. surgeons general Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello and David Satcher:

Over the last year, Nature’s Careers team has been tapping into its global community of readers, writers, friends and colleagues to compile a list of laboratory hacks to help make scientists’ working lives easier. Here’s a list of 99 of those hacks. #Academicsky 🧪

Continued degradation of science and medicine in the US. Since they don't understand the science, Trump political appointees at NIH will use lists of words to disallow highly rated research grants. 🧪 kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

The HPV vaccine is doing what had been promised. 17 years after it became available, HPV infections decreased significantly in vaccinated people and unvaccinated people because of herd immunity. buff.ly/WvjQ1BS h/t @boghuma.bsky.social #medsky #pedsky 🛟🧪

A feature in Nature Medicine explains the repercussions for investigators and patients when clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts and how they do not stop at borders. 🧪

🤔 Aaron Siri, a lawyer friend/ally of RFK Jr is making 💰 off / leading lawsuits that dovetail with RFK Jr’s anti vax + Tylenol autism noise? Of course, these folks who roll with Dell Bigtree are shaping US public health policy from the very top 🙃 📰 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/h...

Powerful piece by @richardastone.bsky.social about the rise in multidrug resistant bacteria in Ukraine's war-wounded and the threats the bugs also pose to non-soldiers and other countries. Very glad to see it in @knowablemag.bsky.social Thank you @pulitzercenter.org for funding Rich's travels. 🧪

Yet again, we see that vaccinated mothers tend to have healthier pregnancies and infants. Women who were vaccinated against COVID during pregnancy had a 34% lower risk of severe preterm birth before 28 weeks & lower risk of congenital anomalies. 🧪 www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

New online: Cryo-EM structures reveal the molecular mechanism of SUMO E1–E2 thioester transfer

Come work with us - The School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin is looking for a tenure track assistant professor in plant biodiversity and conservation 🧪🌏🌾 my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui... Drop me a message if you want to chat about what it's like to work here or live in Ireland.

Unspeakable cruelty (“gift” 🔗) #USAID wapo.st/46GSwcv

Just (re)-discovering the huge MP3 library I presciently backed up to Dropbox ~12 years ago. (Kiddos: Back in ancient times we would buy CDs and “rip” them to MP3 or buy MP3 albums) Streaming music I own using CloudBeats. What a revelation! Sound quality much better than Spotify or Apple Music too

Heart of Darkness, 2025: US Marine Corporal Kurtz gets deployed to Portland and ends up deep up the Columbia River gorge leading a trans-positive ANTIFA microbrewery.

Five years ago, @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social and I did a story about rural Oregon's fever dream that Antifa was coming to their town from Portland. Hundreds showed up armed downtown because they heard on Facebook that "Antifa buses" were coming. No buses came so they said Antifa "retreated."

My quote of the day The premise of Russian foreign policy to the West is that the rule of law is one big joke; the practice of Russian foreign policy is to find prominent people in the West who agree. Timothy Snyder

Why would Democrats agree to any budget deal when all of it can be overturned by executive fiat?

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Riley Fanning. #NewYorkerCartoons

Absolutely brilliant synopsis of the #ACIP meeting by @statnews.com @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social @elaineywchen.bsky.social @lizzylawrence.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/w...

Hexokinase 2 (HK2) is known for its metabolic role in #glycolysis. This study shows that it also functions as an #RNAbindingProtein that regulates mRNA translation, particularly of SOX10, promoting #melanoma cell proliferation independently of glycolysis @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3ViI1qL

We're hiring! 5 tenure track assistant professors. 2 #microbiology, 2 #Evolution, 1 #biologicalclocks jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675062/f...

Sugarloaf, on the east side of the Organ Mountains, as seen from the Pine Tree Trail in southern New Mexico.