My students are writing as if it is 2024, let’s see if it pays off… www.science.org/content/arti...

With deep sadness, we mourn the passing of Nobel Laureate Dr. David Baltimore (1938–2025), whose discovery of reverse transcriptase and pioneering work in virology, immunology, and cancer biology transformed modern science and inspired generations of researchers.

The Rowley lab has just birthed another PhD! Congratulations, DR. Jack Creagh-Grave. A job well done. Stay tuned in 2025 for two major publications on killer toxins based on his work!

Another successful event delivered at the University of Malaysia.

An undergraduate's curiosity led us down an interesting path to document a novel and unexpected association of Yarrowia lipolytica with onychomycosis (a fungal infection of the nail). www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.

"at a cost of only 0.24 percent of gross national income, we provided humanitarian aid that saved about six lives every minute around the clock" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...

Finally, some relief for my lab - the NSF just provided us with year 4 funding. It is 4 months late, but at least prior awards are being processed. I hope this provides hope for those of you still waiting for your funding renewals.

If you have never seen whooping cough, it is upsetting. For all those people who haven't got the vaccine for their kids, or themselves - protect our youngsters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3oZ...

Still waiting.... My two main sources of federal funding have yet to be renewed by the NIH and NSF. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“Having these decisions made by DOGE after months have been spent writing the NOFOs drafts and getting buy-in from [NIH’s institutes and centers] and offices is a huge waste of staff time and resources.” www.science.org/content/arti...

Amazing that my kids, doing their homework, triggered a memory of a poem from when I was their age. allpoetry.com/Scythe-Song

What a great day visiting and giving a presentation at Universiti Putra Malaysia. Great questions and great hospitality!

So happy to be brewing - IN MY LAB. Yes, scientific research into killer toxins can be combined with beer! The tragedy is that we are BSL2 - so we can't drink it.

Just to prove to everyone that I am working during my sabbatical:

USAID is more than just famine relief…. vital crop research that benefits farmers in the US and around the world. www.science.org/content/arti...

Throwing out the baby with the bathwater? @uidaho.bsky.social www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...

It’s a good day to be a preventable disease

Show your support for US public media NOW! Local radio and TV stations improve public safety, enhance children’s educational outcomes, and keep our communities informed and connected. Tell your lawmakers to #ProtectPublicMedia funding @MyPublicMedia: bit.ly/3PSVDq1

The courts come to the rescue again! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

First day of a field trip to the ancient Lenggong valley. We walked in the footsteps of our ancestors and trapped insects!

SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT NIH FUNDING Closed sessions of institute and center Advisory Counsel meetings are now permitted. This is where grant applications are discussed and approved for potential funding. Open sessions where there are public presentations and discussions are still not allowed.

In the avalanche of depressing news - the death of the NIH R25 SEPA program. I am a SEPA awardee with @maitreya.bsky.social to run the @yevolab.bsky.social. In 2025, we had more than 200 high schoolers in the program, and it was growing. Will current awards be honored??

1974 Throwback! The first paper linking killer toxin production by brewers yeast to a viral infection by visualizing the viral particles! www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Let's hope it is a "short pause to allow the new team to set up a process for review and prioritization" #frozenNIH www.science.org/content/arti...

Great success in the jungles of Malaysia. Plenty of Hymenoptera to test for yeasts.

Good morning Kuala Lumpur! Preparing for another day in the forests looking for yeasts!

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39786570/ Nice work showing how Ty retrotransposons have shaped Saccharomyces genus genomes.

I've discovered 100 Bluesky users from my social network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨ Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=100 #skyfollowerbridge