Ever wondered what the lonely histone H3C110 does? We found that it’s lost in many fungi. Adding it back boosts histone H3 copper reductase activity, rescues iron defects and modulates lifespan, suggesting an evolutionary tradeoff between these effects. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🔬 @claudiamcl.bsky.social and I both work to support the next generation of scientists and foster a scientifically aware public. We authored an Op-Ed for the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social about what’s at stake for science-and science education-right now! www.seattletimes.com/opinion/if-w...

Two reminders for aspiring PhD candidates: April 3 is the information session, and April 11 is the application deadline. See below for more info.

Proud of this work, led by the amazing Jeannette Tenthorey (now Assistant Professor at UCSF), demonstrating the adaptive power of single indel mutations in host-virus arms races, but a little sad that this is the coda to her amazing postdoc in the Malik & Emerman labs. www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

Welcome to the home of #labdaptations ! My name is Kat and I am a Genetics PhD student, navigating science with a disability. Early in my grad school journey, I discovered that accessible lab equipment/tools were lacking, making it difficult for me to perform experiments.

Peer review completed within 7 days! Paying peer reviewers! Yes, it's possible. Fast & Fair peer review by @biologyopen.bsky.social More innovation from @biologists.bsky.social Details here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Very excited for Fast & Fair peer review - authors get decisions, with reviews, within 7 business days of submission. Reviews are high quality - lots of quality control by our academic editors, plus we pay reviewers.

🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️ www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

NIH is the best investment there is. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."

Keep calling!

AZ, CO, GA, MI, NH, PA, VA scientists: call wavering reps NOW AZ Gallego 202-224-4521 & Kelly 202-224-2235 CO Bennet 202-224-5852 & Hickenlooper 202-224-5941 GA Ossoff 202-224-3521 NH Hassan 202-224-3324 M: Peters 202-224-6221 & Slotkin 202-224-4822 PA Fetterman 202-224-4254 VA Warner 202-224-2023

Worm friends: The C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program is signing up mentees! Click on the link to be matched with a mentor and/or to join a peer-mentoring group. Please spread the word, and share with your lab members and worm friends! 📢 1/n

Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"

We have a 4-year fully funded PhD position available! Research topics include but are not limited to 1) Parallel evolution of climate adaptation in Europe and South America 2) The genetic architecture of temperature adaptation 3) The evolution of pathogenicity su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Hey #Drosophila sky, wondering about tools: I'm interested in any UAS-GFP or UAS-RFP lines on chr 2 or 3. I have a UAS-mCD8::GFP and UAS-mCD8::RFP from the 2000s, but they're both a bit weak. Wondering if there are better UAS-eGFP or UAS-DsRed lines made? And next question: can you send them? 😅❤️

A dear friend of mine just had all her funding pulled. All she has ever done is work exceptionally hard to do excellent science and help others do great science. This is heartbreaking

I was that woman! I have frequently told the story of how Jeremy responded after my second NIH rejection. He said, “Whatever you do, don’t stop spending. If you run out of startup, we’ll find more money for you.” I didn’t need it in the end, but knowing he had my back was huge. Thank you!

Mandatory high school civics class that isn’t just like “how a bill becomes law” or whatever but also “how NOAA powers your phone’s weather app” and “NIH helped make your asthma inhaler”

From DC. The drawing is of the famous research worm C. elegans, in which microRNAs were discovered. C. elegans has neither a brain nor a spine. 🧪

Congrats to Jeremy Hollis, a graduate research assistant in the @melodygcampbell.bsky.social Lab at Fred Hutch, on receiving the 2025 Weintraub Award for excellence in the biological sciences! Read more: bit.ly/41rXJ5q

Standing up for science in Philly!

Standing up for science in Seattle

New Jersey is standing up for science!! But the fight isn’t over - now it’s time to get in the faces of our reps and force them to fight for us. As @samwang.bsky.social said, neuroscience tells us that 1) As social creatures, putting a face to the cause makes it memorable #StandUpForScience2025

More #standupforscience2025 Trenton. What do nerds do? Stick together! 600 plus nerds! @annikabarber.bsky.social @samwang.bsky.social @rburdine1.bsky.social @cate-cholamine.bsky.social @schindlerlab.bsky.social

🎉 It’s been over two years since we launched the eLife Model for publishing that places the focus on nuanced public assessments instead of publishing outcomes. 1/ Here’s how it’s going: buff.ly/wnJrXie

If you're at #ECFG17 🍄 I'd be thrilled to chat with you about my poster today #607. Look for the big yeast near the back of the poster room!

My lab’s first preprint! We used functional metagenomics to identify phage defenses in human and soil microbiomes. We scaled these selections while maintaining accuracy, enabling us to examine 9 habitats for defense elements against 7 phages. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/10

I escaped poverty because I am a scientist. And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation. A 🧵:

Jersey - who will I see in Trenton next Friday? Amazing speakers include @samwang.bsky.social @rburdine1.bsky.social. #standupforscience2025! #scienceforall. RT 🧪 @annikabarber.bsky.social @cate-cholamine.bsky.social @matiset.bsky.social @thejersygirl.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social

If these terms or concepts are present, especially in the grant title but also in the body of the grant, the POs must negotiate with the PIs to remove the “offensive” materials. If this is successful, then the award may be issued (perhaps in an amended form). If not, then no award. 4/n

Want to work in another country? The HFSP postdoc fellowship supports proposals for frontier, potentially transformative research in the life sciences and cross-disciplinary. high-risk projects are encouraged LOI opens March 13, 2025 #neuroskyence #academicsky 🧪🧠🪰🌱🧬 www.hfsp.org/funding/hfsp...

REMEMBER TO MARCH! for science … and for all you cherish in 🇺🇸 on MARCH 7th (NEXT FRIDAY)! Find you local events at @marchforsciencemn.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @500queerscientists.bsky.social @500womensci.bsky.social

NTU #Singapore offers fully funded PhD scholarships directly from a bachelor's degree. Many scholarship opportunities available for international students. January and August intakes. For more details www.ntu.edu.sg/graduate-col... #PhDOpportunities #NTU #FullyFundedPhD #GraduateStudies

Come hear @samwang.bsky.social at Trenton NJ #standupforscience2025. Learn how to be an effective activist! 💪🧪 "Effective activism reveals how votes and government action translate into real-world outcomes...By taking action, you are implementing a solution to a real-life human learning problem!"

If you're in the US, considering Europe for your PhD, and you identify as a minority, I will chat with you and review any application documents you need 🧪

“Measures to help attract US-based researchers are also being considered by the European Commission. Ekaterina Zaharieva, the commissioner responsible for research and innovation, told the same meeting of MEPs that she was considering the creation of ‘a special passport’ for science.”

They're right on time for our Spring PhD Call at the Vienna Biocenter @vbcscitraining.bsky.social. Apply here: training.vbc.ac.at/phd-programm... by April 15 (23:59 CET). Please spread the word—we're thrilled to welcome top students from all over the globe. Science unites us!

Applications for our Future Leaders in Biomedical Sciences scholarships are now open. These scholarships are aimed at students of Black or mixed Black heritage who wish to undertake a PhD in biological or biomedical sciences. Learn more and apply. ⬇️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...

Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK MRC- LMB, Cambridge, UK MRC- LMS, London, UK LMCB, London, UK

- EMBL with EMBL outstations - Max Planck institutes in Germany (e.g. Dresden, Goettingen) - Vienna BioCenter (IMP, IMBA, GMI, Max Perutz Labs) - FMI Basel - ETH Zürich - CEITEC Brno - CRG Barcelona - Hubrecht Institute (Netherlands) - EPFL Lausanne

EMBL's summer recruitment closes in a few days www.embl.org/about/info/e...

Watch out for exciting programs from the Max Planck Society to come very soon!

Many US students don’t know how to seek opportunities outside the US. With some help from our colleagues in EU and Canada, we could put together a consolidated website of PhD opportunities and scholarships outside the US, organized by field. There might still be time for this year in some places.

I am happy to discuss with any American junior researcher about transitioning from PhD>post-doc or PD>PI in Europe. I have experience in this matter! And for those who want to do a PhD, @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social listed a number of outstanding PhD programs in awesome institutes/cities.

I’ll be in DC March 7th at the StandUpForScience rally. See you there! If you can’t make it to DC there will be a StandUpForScience rally in a city near you. @standupforscience.bsky.social

There’s a google doc trying to keep track of funding/grad school admission/hiring freezes & status please share 🧪 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Exactly. My R35 council meeting has been cancelled without clear rescheduling. No idea when I know if I can keep lab funded. MRAC study section I reviewed for cancelled at last minute. So much wasted effort and anxiety for folks.

This is a distinction without a difference. If there are no council meetings, funding is still being withheld and reviewer time is being wasted.