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The Washington Department of Natural Resources makes a good point.

STAC needs to explain this outrageous statement. What are they thanking Trump for? He proposed a devastating #NIH 40% budget cut & a 15% cap on overhead costs. Congress listened to us & rejected them. Scientists are leaving the US, taking their talent with them. 🧪 www.statnews.com/american-sci...

This is an iconic scene (at least for all us "old" people). This #BMCBiology study shows different types of resins have different biases of what they trap. So if you're hoping to clone dinosaurs this weekend look for Hymenaea resin not Agathis #FossilFriday 🦟🦕 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Check out the #BMCBiology article to learn about the OG stink bugs and this smelly evolutionary tradition #FossilFriday link.springer.com/article/10.1...

You still have time to apply to come and work in our microscopy core facility!!

36 Chambers of Science Editors www.cell.com/matter/fullt...

A February Haiku

When we think about host-pathogen interactions we often forget about the fact, bacteria can be the hosts too! This study looks into the molecular basis of host specificity in Litunavirus and Luzseptimavirus phages link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BMCBiology #MicroSky #ViroSky🦠 🧪

Usually when we think serotonin, we think about brains 🧠But this study in #BMCBiology shows how serotonin affects the bacteria, P. fluorescens. Why is this important? Your gut! E.g. Celiac disease is a serotonin-rich environment link.springer.com/article/10.1... #MicroSky 🦠 🧪

📢 Call for papers - Cancer metabolism 📢 Submission Deadline: 30 October 2026 #BMCBiology Guest Editors: Eyal Gottlieb, @mdanderson.bsky.social Zeping Hu, @tsinghuauniversity.bsky.social Details: link.springer.com/collections/... #MedSky #CancerSky

This training was excellent. We did 2 roleplays of an ice raid. We did so much better in round 2. It was helpful both in concrete learning terms but also in confidence building. If you're in Philly & want to hear about future trainings, sign up here instagram.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

"But teaching helps you to be a better scientist. We tend to become overspecialized, and teaching forces you to return to fundamentals, understand them thoroughly, and communicate them clearly." Cyril is always right, right? 💚

Felt cute, might delete later... Jk. I am participating in a research sleep study. I remember how hard it was as a research assistant to enroll subjects so I'm doing my best to pay it forward.

'to treat peer review as a throughput problem is to misunderstand what is at stake. Review is not simply a production stage in the research pipeline; it is one of the few remaining spaces where the scientific community talks to itself.' 1/3

This is important. As humans, we like the idea of masterminds and grand schemes. Because it means we can solve societal problems just by defeating the big boss. But in reality, such problems can only be solved by uprooting systems--like financial capitalism--that create bad actors as externalities.

If you're rich you get a tax cut, if you're not you have to work longer and harder. Populism! bsky.app/profile/atru...

This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.

Happy Black History Month! It's freezing outside, so let's take a moment to honor Alice H. Parker, who invented the first central heating system powered by natural gas back in 1919. Read up on her history in this article by Audrey Henderson: www.canarymedia.com/articles/enn...

First paper of my PhD published 🎉 doi.org/10.1186/s129... It's about immunity in acoel worms and its link to photosymbiosis. There's evolution and immune gene expression, but also mortality, dysbiosis, and host responses upon pathogen exposure. With @hejnol.bsky.social and @rimskaya.bsky.social!

This study by Dion et al. showed extensive sexual dimorphism in gene splicing in male and female butterfly brains after pheromone exposure 🦋🧠 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BMCBiology

From the lab of @oliviaroth.bsky.social, an examination of the effects of parental intermittent fasting on offspring in Syngnathus typhle (a model for male pregnancy) link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BMCBiology

One of my new year's resolutions was to doodle more. So part of that is a calendar doodle to reflect on the past month. Check out my first one - January 2026.

Hey cuties. Everything sucks ass. Get some valentines and send them to your friends. I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad. Send them a valentine. It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too. squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/deep...

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement www.nature.com/articles/d41... #SciSky #AcademicSky #OpenScience #SciComm #SocialMediaAnalysis

Dear Reviewers, While feedback on language clarity are appropriate, noting or assessing an author’s native language is neither relevant nor appropriate. Plenty of native English speakers also have clunky writing at times. Thank you in advance. Sincerely, An Editor #AcademicSky

#FossilFriday #BMCBiology

#FossilFriday #BMCBiology

📢 Call for papers - Cancer metabolism 📢 Submission Deadline: 30 October 2026 #BMCBiology Guest Editors: Eyal Gottlieb, @mdanderson.bsky.social Zeping Hu, @tsinghuauniversity.bsky.social Details: link.springer.com/collections/... #MedSky #CancerSky

Growing up in MN I remember seeing lots of flyers at school/college/shops that remind you to do the penguin shuffle 🐧

“As long as we can remain optimistic about the future of science and communicate that optimism to young people, we’re going to be fine,” says Walter Koroshetz, former NINDS director. By @avaskham.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...

Our new study out @BMC Biology. The first Mosquito study from the lab, driven by a great effort of phd student Yusuke Kato with the hard work of Chisako Sakuma. Amino acid economy meets a blood-sucking insect. link.springer.com/10.1186/s129...

A Review BMC Biology from the Mechanobiology Collection introduces the fundamental concepts of curvature, discusses its effect on cellular processes and behaviors at the cell-scale, and offers insights into emerging perspectives on the roles of curvature in biology. #MedSky

In the mystery of life, a clue comes from the sea: when it comes to sex, females make the decision. I am very happy to share a recent manuscript we pubblished in BMC BIOLOGY on the mechanisms underlying sex determination in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: doi.org/10.1186/s129...

Y Kato, A Oi, N Dohmae, F Obata & C Sakuma systematically profiled #aminoacids in the #mosquito body, ovaries and excreta over time after blood feeding and found distinct temporal dynamics across amino acids, balancing demands of egg maturation and survival. In #BMCBiology doi.org/10.1186/s129...

New publication: "Molecular mechanisms underlying early functional divergence in snake #venom inferred from the #genomes of two #pitviper lineages" with Pedro G. Nachtigall from @unioslo-cees.bsky.social & @biovitenskap.bsky.social published in BMC Biology by @springernature.com

¿Qué pasa? 🚨new paper alert!🚨 I am excited to share our new paper, an important collaboration with Dr. Cathy Eng and VUMC: Increased prolactin levels in pregnancy affect colorectal cancer aggressiveness #OpenAccess 🧵👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"WK: NIH is a little tricky now. You don’t know who’s running it. It’s hard to trust what’s coming down from on top.".... "It’s pretty clear to everybody in NIH that the executive branch may not value what we do." thetransmitter.org/science-and-...

The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.

Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word.

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Minnesota is meeting fear and division with decency and generosity. Across the state, we’re seeing neighbors helping neighbors. Grateful to First Congregational Church in Anoka for inviting me to see that work in action today.

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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

TIL if you right click on a webpage in Chrome it will give you the option of creating a QR code.

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