Thanks @blibep.bsky.social for hosting me in Marseille and sharing your exciting science on cerebellar evolution!! Thanks as well to @alexbaffet.bsky.social and @sbaulac.bsky.social for hosting me in Paris!! What a treat to visit with and discuss fantastic science with all! #internationalscience!

From RNA to evolution: Come join our next keynote lecture on the choreography of brain development by @debbysilver.bsky.social, Professor at Duke University! 📍September 15 at 11am in NQ105 in Martinsried Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social

"What I would simply say is cancer can't wait." --Richard Schlueter, a 56-year-old metastatic cancer patient whose therapy was delayed due to terminations at NIH.

Sharing our newest study led by the incredibly talented @federicamosti.bsky.social investigating new molecular mechanisms of human brain development. We discover a human-specific enhancer HAR1984 that influences chromatin looping to promote cortical size and folding! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Taking a snippet of genetic code that is unique to humans and inserting it into mice helps them grow bigger brains than usual https://go.nature.com/3GOTQkz

Thrilled to share our latest study out in @natureportfolio.nature.com led by the fantastically talented Jing Liu. Our study provides insight into a long standing question in biology: What molecular features make us uniquely human and how do these function? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here is a link to 60 Minutes NIH segment... www.cbsnews.com/news/scienti...

Re-amplifying this webinar! #metasci #neuroscience #science This would also be a great opportunity for early-career scientists to learn more about the prize and consider submitting an entry for the NINDS Early-Career Rigor Champions Prize (deadline 5/2/25)! www.challenge.gov?challenge=ni...

"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

Trump has cut the NIH budget by more than half in defiance of Congressionally mandated appropriations for the agency. No comparison historically, not even the Great Recession. This is clearly not legal and Congress needs to address it.

Inspiring speakers highlighting the importance to our collective health as well as economic return on investment of basic, curiosity-driven research at yesterday’s @standupforscience.bsky.social Frightening to see active dismantling of decades of public investments in our health and futures.

New story on NIH intramural research issues. www.science.org/content/arti...

I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all. time.com/7216299/nih-...

Don’t lose hope. Remember, Watergate took over two years to fully unravel from the initial break-in to Nixon’s resignation. Just like then and now, Americans are losing faith in their government. We are documenting every illegal action and will hold this administration and Elon Musk accountable.

Our values and resolve are only strengthened by recent events.

Trump & Musk are making massive cuts to the National Institutes of Health. I know there is a lot going on right now, but this is one of worst things they have done so far, will affect cancer research and trials, the search for cures, innovation and competitiveness, our universities. Your lives.

To my friends and colleagues at UAB, IU, UF, FSU, UL, WashU, OSU, CWRU, etc, etc. Call both your senators and your representative. They listen. Emphasize the direct economic impact of NIH research, and the indirect impacts on pharmaceutical/biotech. Underscore its relevance to national security.

OMB memo tonight “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance”

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

Today the Trump admin abruptly and indefinitely terminated many of the activities of the National Institutes of Health, the $50B/year collection of agencies that power the US biotech and health ecosystems. Even if these orders were lifted tomorrow, the disruption would be enormous. Why care? 🧵

Happy to share some good news today, and our latest study on DDX3X! Led by super talented @federicamosti.bsky.social we use live imaging, transcriptomics and interaction studies to define how clinically diverse missense mutations in DDX3X influence neural development. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

📢Vote for the 2024 Development cover image of the year @dev-journal.bsky.social featured 24 cover images in 2024. Now is the chance to pick your favourite! Browse through the images and vote by 13 Jan: https://thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-the-2024-development-cover-image-of-the-year/ #DevBio

Delighted to announce a new call for applications for our Pathway to Independence programme. Now entering its third year, this scheme supports postdocs going on the job market in 2025 - with training, mentorship, profile-raising and networking opportunities. Application deadline 31 Jan 2025. 1/3

Please consider sending your next paper to Development! (As an editor I can attest to below.)

If you live in a red state, now is a good time to call or write your senators and ask them to stand by NIH and oppose the confirmation of RFK and Bhattacharya🧪. If you live in a blue state do it as well! We need to galvanize opposition to the wrecking ball approach to reform

Welcome to Development's Bluesky account 🧪 Development is a leading primary research journal in developmental and stem cell biology, published by The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social, a not-for-profit organisation, and edited by expert researchers in the #DevBio field.

PIONEERS When I assumed the position as Director of NIGMS in 2003, Dr. Zerhouni's project for stimulating activities across NIH, The NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, was under active development. The Roadmap included a range of different funding opportunities. 1/n www.science.org/content/arti...

Happy to be on Bluesky! Our lab is fascinated by how the brain develops, how this goes awry in disease, and this is co-opted in evolution. A major focus is dynamic spatial and temporal #RNA control in the developing brain. Please see our new review on evolution! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Developmental processes don't just occur in the embryo! Development's (@biologists.bsky.social) next Special Issue - Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues. Papers: 15 May 2025. #devbio #regeneration #stemcells journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/li...