Hi, #scipol #scicomm and #scisky peoples! You should follow the @snapcoalition.org blog, "Science Policy in a SNAP"! Check it out here: medium.com/science-poli... #ECRs #science #policy

🔥 Published today, and just in time for summer conferences, here are your guidelines for presenting badly www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fqa92

"What’s really needed going forward is stronger trust-building between scientists and the public, not just sharing information but actually listening to communities and responding to what they need," said @emmalovesscience.bsky.social, of @sciforgood.bsky.social

That’s a wrap on Policy Action Institute! Our final sessions were on the Gen Z approach to public health, personal conviction in advocacy and the political dynamics at play in the midterms. Featuring @scienceforgood.bsky.social. Photography by Gayatri D. Malhotra.

More cool work from @andersshansen.bsky.social !

(1/n) Very excited to share tri-lab collab (Mirny & Zechner) led by Harvey, Henrik & Jack: Q: How do enhancers & promoters interact in space (contact vs. action-at-a-distance) and time (stable vs. transient)? A: Transient E-P contact (~25-42 nm lasting ~10-20 sec): www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

"Program managers would normally rush to inform potential and current grantees about such dramatic changes. But the memo tells program managers to keep their mouths shut. 'This information is highly confidential...Please do not communicate anything to PIs.'” www.science.org/content/arti...

#HannaGray Fellow Marissa Scavuzzo grew up knowing basic biomedical science can change lives — now she studies support cells called glia. Her message to prospective HGF program applicants: "You have nothing to lose & everything to gain" (& sometimes, 2x is the charm). Opens 11/3! bit.ly/HGF26 🧪

On our way to the @snapcoalition.org retreat in Washington DC! Pre-work includes onboarding doc + our newly published piece in Bioscience! @aibsbiology.bsky.social Check it out here: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

This morning the Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) Coalition published an urgent essay about science funding in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social. Fewer trainees today will mean fewer scientific discoveries tomorrow. sciencepolitics.org/2026/06/05/w...

A 20 year study on 2 NIH diversity programs in Science Advances shows they doubled undergrads' odds of getting a Ph.D. That is, before the funding for those programs and for the study itself was terminated last year: www.statnews.com/2026/06/17/n...

As a previous co-organizer for R-Ladies Seattle, I know how long a little help can go. That’s why I’m so excited that Posit is supporting community conferences and local meetups! Please share this with an organizer who wants to feed folks some pizza while learning about data science tools 🍕

A proposed OMB rule would allow political appointees to override scientific peer review when making federal research funding decisions. For ECRS, this isn’t abstract. It affects training, jobs, and future discoveries. Read more ⬇️ sciencepolitics.org/2026/06/05/w... From us @snapcoalition.org

sciencepolitics.org/2026/06/05/w... #OMB #SciPol #ECR #science @snapcoalition.org

Peer review helps ensure the best science gets funded. A proposed OMB rule could expand political influence over federal research funding decisions. Join @snapcoalition.org & Allie Cashel (@protectdemocracy.org) on June 17 (5:30 PM ET) to learn about how to submit a public comment!

Join SNAP and @protectdemocracy.org to learn about how to write a public comment for the proposed OMB rule! Wednesday, June 17th at 5:30 p.m. ET Registration link here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SciPol #ECRs #science

Did you know that stem cells have unusually large transcription clusters, which disappear upon differentiation? Yes? You paid attention in 2018! In 2026, we show you that this process proceeds via massive, global shifts in transcriptional control. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Can one map the genome-wide binding (1) and its protein partners (2) simultaneously from the same sample? Yes, one can. with CUT&ID ✂️🪪 Spearheaded — singlehandedly — by @annanordin.bsky.social No need of transgenesis, cloning and overexpression. Check it out, it's fast and its works.

Skills, skills, skills... everyone's talking about them, but what IS a skill? 😅 Let's find out - join my "Skills 101" session at GenAI in Pharma Day 2026! 📅 June 16 | 11:20 EDT 🔗 rinpharma.com/docs/ai-day/ 🙋 What would you like to know, or what did you *wish* you had known when you started?

[review]Transcription factors as drivers of 3D enhancer-promoter interactions www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NIH proposes limiting the number of research grants per PI/MPI as low as 2 per investigator. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Excited to share the first pre-print from our lab!! Check it out here! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We found that many RNA-binding proteins canonically understood to regulate RNA processing can also function like transcription factors and cofactors to directly regulate transcription.

Written by early career scientists from @snapcoalition.org who understand precisely what is at stake if politicians decide what and who gets funded. If this group of MS & PhD candidates (and a few recent PhD grads) can speak up publicly... then so can *you*. sciencepolitics.org/2026/06/05/w...

#SciPol starter pack! #SciComm #science #ECR #EarlyCareerResearchers go.bsky.app/AFhBqWh

A proposed OMB rule would allow political appointees to override scientific peer review when making federal research funding decisions. For ECRS, this isn’t abstract. It affects training, jobs, and future discoveries. Read more ⬇️ sciencepolitics.org/2026/06/05/w... From us @snapcoalition.org

Before the lab bench, there was the baseball diamond. #GilliamFellow @jpflores.rbind.io brings the resilience he learned as a former D3 shortstop to his research on how DNA's orientation helps cells adapt to stress. Psst: Applications for this year's Gilliam competition open 9/1! bit.ly/Gilliam26 🧪

TIL that I write like an LLM. THANKS FOR NOTHING THESAURUS DOT COM!

Exciting single cell eQTL study of IBD — showing how cell type resolved QTLs at scale find colocalized signals for over half of the GWAS signals www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference

Last time I checked federal grants should serve communities, not political loyalty tests lol

Words can’t describe how integral @hhmi-science.bsky.social has been for my growth as a scientist, person, and community member!

🪼 Your tax dollars paid a scientist to squeeze jellyfish through cheesecloth. Osamu Shimomura processed tens of thousands on an NSF grant to understand why they glow. He found a protein that glowed green under UV light. Called it "green protein." Nobody cared. For decades.

Another superb piece on the societal-research-governance implications of AI from @alondra.bsky.social. As she notes, the AI civic rights claims are coming from uncoordinated & ideologically diverse sources, they meet an essential common need: to resist Big Tech's aim of unfettered self-government.

Iron-rich immune cells within homing pigeons’ livers seem to give the birds their magnetic compass. https://scim.ag/4tYuK5r

Want to revisit this ! @posit.co #RStats

“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries. For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..." fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...

Excited is an understatement! So so pumped to be working with you @marissascavuzzo.bsky.social and everyone else in @glialsciences.bsky.social !

Before joining, JP has set up collaborations with pioneers in this space (hi @michelegabriele.bsky.social 👋) via his Fulbright award, which will fuel his work as he trains side by side with Michele in Italy Really excited to have him join our team and for all of his upcoming discoveries! /fin

JP brings a wealth of experience in chromatin dynamics and computational biology to the lab from his PhD, and he is already carving out his own independent research program tackling innovative and unique projects in the lab (even before starting in person) 2/3

So incredibly excited that @jpflores.rbind.io is officially joining the lab as an @hhmi-science.bsky.social Gilliam Postdoctoral Fellow! 1/3

New preprint with @gfudenberg.bsky.social We find the rate of cohesin loop extrusion in cells is set by NIPBL dosage and tunes many aspects of chromosome folding. This provides a molecular basis for NIPBL haploinsufficiency in humans. 🧵👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Congratulations to Aaliyah Staples-West, now a PhD candidate in the lab! Champagne celebration followed by her hanging her cork on the line 🍾

Thrilled to welcome @jpflores.rbind.io to the lab as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar! 🎉🇮🇹 JP will be joining us at SR-Tiget in Milan to dig deep into 3D genome dynamics and enhancer biology! Couldn't think of a better addition to the team. Fulbright + great science + Milan. See you soon, JP! 🧬

New CRAN package "grumpy" for reading NumPy's .npy and .npz files in R. All data types supported by NumPy, with all sizes, shapes, numbers of dimension, C and 'Fortran' order, are supported. It was inspired by, and extends the functionality of @eddelbuettel.com's RcppCNPy

The power of science, community, curiosity, & love — all in under 2 minutes. (Oh, & sea cucumbers.) Meet #GilliamFellow Julienn Torres-Rodriguez, who’s got a message for all potential '26 Gilliam applicants: "Don't miss it. Capisce?" Applications open 9/1! bit.ly/4qQArRh 🧪

Why can't we explain enhancer action despite 2 decades of chromosome conformation technologies? 😬 Our new study spearheaded by Leonid Mirny's group points to a flaw in our assumptions, and to a solution from physical principles By @timothyfoldes.bsky.social 💻& @karissalhansen.bsky.social 🧪 🧵👇

Is distal gene activation by enhancers inherently different from promoter-proximal activation? We propose not. But both cohesin and cooperativity are important aspects of how transcription is affected. Happy to share our recent preprint (thread below) 1/ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

One of the things I’ll miss the most about NC - the local live bands I’ve come to know and love 😔

Hooding ceremony today followed by bluegrass & nc farm!

In this interview with @jpflores.rbind.io, recorded just one month after the 2024 elections, Sheeva talks about how her experiences in science have shaped how she sees science improving to better serve everyone. open.spotify.com/episode/0nqh...