Nitsan investigates how pain signals are processed in the brain. Her research is foundational for developing the next generation of more targeted anesthesia for pain relief and anxiety. youtu.be/cYxqpYxrz28?...

Brendan tells us about his research helping cells take selfies so he can understand their development into normal adult tissues, or into different diseases. Learn more about his research in this week’s Everyday Scientists video: youtu.be/HhelM8P4Qd8?...

Happy Holidays from JCC and the Everyday Scientists project! youtu.be/vmLergxZy7c?...

Learn more about the next generation of molecular machines used for gene editing in this week’s Everyday Scientists video: youtu.be/AiFuDZtpxgM?...

Submit 2026 #LaskerAward nominations here: www.laskerawardnomination.org Awards will be given for Basic Medical Research, Clinical Medical Research, and Public Service. The deadline is February 2 at 9am EST!

I am thrilled to share our latest work led by @zurisullivan.bsky.social in collaboration with @moffittlab.bsky.social ! We find that the brain encodes distinct, pathogen-specific sickness states across behavior, physiology, neural activity, and gene expression 1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

In the latest Everyday Scientists video Emily describes her research optimizing "mugshots" of Monkeypox to develop a vaccine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtR9...

Pétra Vande Zande, Ph.D., is our featured fellow! Dr. Vande Zande studies the genetic variation of the human pathogen Candida albicans, and how that variation impacts pathogen fitness. 1/

2 months until the application deadline for 2026 JCC Postdoctoral Fellowships - get yours in soon!

Sichen Yang describes immune cells as gardeners, pruning our tissues to keep them healthy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae7r...

Happy Thanksgiving from The Jane Coffin Childs Fund! www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5iu...

Maya tells us about how cells eat ... nom nom nom 🦃🥑🥐 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW0v...

JCC is heading to Philadelphia for Cell Bio 2025 @ascbiology.bsky.social! Join us for a casual reception on December 8th from 5–7pm ET. Contact us for location details or with questions ([email protected]) —we hope to see you there!

What causes long covid? Check out this week's video to see how one scientist is trying to unravel this mystery: www.youtube.com/shorts/b3OAG...

Mitochondria are are the powerhouse of the cell! Sahana Rao, Ph.D., is our Featured Fellow. Dr. Rao's research investigates mitochondrial biogenesis and how these organelles serve as a nexus for cellular metabolism. 1/2

“In a remarkable convergence of a pressing therapeutic need and highly specialized technology,” #LaskerAward winners Negulescu & González #VertexPharmaceuticals "fashioned a personalized approach to therapeutic development.” #cysticfibrosis #Lasker2025 🧪

This image by MDI Bio Lab's Travis Carney is a #drosophila larval brain. Neural stem cells and neurons are marked, including axons that project into the brain. The flare in the center of each lobe is part of a learning and memory center in flies. ZEISS Microscopy#drosophila#microscopymonday 🧪 🤝

Biological Chemistry's position is still taking applications. UM is a great place to be a PI, I'd love to see a new membrane biology or lipids expert join our community. This is open for new and established investigators.

A game changer in our hands... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on. (Please repost to reach a broad audience.)

If you're a postdoc seeking an academic position pursuing research that aligns with the work we do here at the Hutch, please apply! More info about the program and eligibility here: www.fredhutch.org/en/about/abo...

🚨 Calling all postdocs 🚨 We are soliciting applications to our 8th cohort of Fred Hutch Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholars! Awardees will be invited to present at a symposium celebrating their achievements 🧵 Apply here 👇 👇 👇 apply.interfolio.com/176955 📆 Applications due 2/1/2026

Thrilled to be part of the Everyday Scientist project run by the awesome JCC fellowship--a community I'm honored to be a part of. Check out this short video on my research and spread the word about how awesome science can be!

Proteins are the best, and so is Amir! Check out his video to learn more about protein folding, misfolding, and the implications: www.youtube.com/shorts/K9At4...

Great idea! 👏

If you would like more information on how to participate, please reach out! We would love to amplify your science stories!

JCC Fellow Madeleine Junkins, PhD, describes her research identifying the specialized brain cells that control that icky feeling we get when we're sick, and the implications that her research has for allergies, neurodegenerative diseases, and more: youtu.be/N10lanNTS9Q?...

We're excited to support the Everyday Scientists project, aimed at connecting scientists with a general audience to directly share their cutting-edge research. Our own Jamie Garcia, PhD, kicks off the project with an introductory video: youtu.be/gUsg5JMq7LM?...

Siyu Chen, PhD, is our Featured Fellow! Dr. Chen's [email protected] Fellowship in @thevillalab.bsky.social's lab is focused on the structure of of LRRK2, a protein that's frequently mutated in familial forms of Parkinson's Disease. 1/

The Department of Chemistry at The University of Chicago is excited to invite applications for tenure-track Assistant Professor of Chemistry positions in Origins of Life or Inorganic Chemistry 🔗 Full Application Details: apply.interfolio.com/175745 #EOE #EEO #UChicagoChemistry #AcademicJobs

Reminder 🎗️: Applications for Assistant Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine in MCB are due on 10/20/25!

Reminder 🎗️: Applications for Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB are due on 10/20/25!

Super excited about first Shendure/Baker Lab collaboration & preprint on a multiplex sequencing-based strategy for screening de novo proteome editors in mammalian cells. Kudos to the brilliant Chase Suiter (not here) & @greenahn.bsky.social on the work! Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our work on the Panoptes antiphage system is published! Here we find that Panoptes "watches" the cytosol for phage immune evasion proteins–captured in this illustration by Clair Huffine of Insight Illustrations. A beautiful example of the effector triggered immunity paradigm.

Very proud to have Leah working with us.

Leah Elias, Ph.D., is our Featured Fellow! Elias' postdoctoral research in @sethblackshaw.bsky.social's lab is dissecting how the need for restorative sleep is encoded into our brains at the level of cellular circuits and molecular signals. Her findings may reveal novel therapeutic targets ... 1/

The application portal for the 2026 cycle of Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowships is now live! We'll be accepting applications through February 2nd, 2026 at 3PM EST. www.jccfund.org/eligibilty-c... 1/

Also thankful for fellowship support from @hhmi.org in my PhD and now from @jcchildsfund.bsky.social! #Neurodevelopment #Psychedelics #ChoroidPlexus #CSF #DevNeuro #Pregnancy #LSD #Preprint

TL;DR: Maternal psychedelics reach embryonic CSF within minutes, activate the choroid plexus, alter CSF, and shift cortical development in mice—yielding lasting behavioral changes. A discrete embryonic window is vulnerable via the ChP–CSF axis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our growing team at @uchicagocancer.bsky.social is building on these concepts, with the goal of translating this knowledge to improved therapies for metastatic cancers. More to come! (4/4)

Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this team effort #LoweLabMSKCC #LabMassague @danapeer.bsky.social #ChristineIacobuzio #CPCRMSK @ronanchaligne.bsky.social #SAIL #RichardKoche #ERIL, and key funding support from #NCI @jcchildsfund.bsky.social #KatzmanFellowship #GMTEC! (3/4)

🚨Location, location, location! Now out @natcancer.nature.com, the final version of our study showing how a tumor's anatomic site can impact the function of driver gene mutations, using SMAD4 inactivation as in pancreatic cancer as a clinically relevant example: nature.com/articles/s43.... (1/4)

Science of the day: Some spikes are just more positive than others, at least waveform-wise. Side science: interested in these positive units (Punits), check out this work by Shirly Someck www.nature.com/articles/s42... #Neuroscience #neuroskyence #punits #PositiveVibes

Science of the day: the activity of thalamic neuronal population during slow wave sleep. Here, dozens of neurons synchronize their firing activity in a Delta rhythm Side science: Shana Tova to you all! I hope this year will be a year of science and peace #Neuroscience #neuroskyence #ShanaTova

Science of the day: the distance between shanks of this silicone probe, used for electrophysiological recordings from the brain, is 0.125 mm. For scale, a hair at the bottom of the image Side science: my go to probe is the diagnostic biochips 8 shanks, 128 channels. #Neuroscience #neuroskyence

Changkun Hu, PhD, is our featured fellow! Dr. Hu uses in vitro reconstitution and TIRF microscopy (😍😍) to investigate the kinetochore, a protein complex that's required for the proper segregation of chromosomes. 1/

Our sincerest appreciation goes out to all postdoctoral fellows during National Postdoc Appreciation Week #NPAW2025 - especially to our fabulous JCC Fellows, past and present!

Congrats to Dr. Saintilnord @wesaint.bsky.social on his recently published review on transposable elements in cancer - check it out! www.cell.com/trends/genet...

Joan Steitz was awarded the 2018 Special Achievement #LaskerAward for her pioneering discoveries in RNA biology, and her mentorship & support of #WomeninSTEM. 🧪 laskerfoundation.org/winners/lead... laskerfoundation.org/joan-steitz-... Find out who will be recognized on September 11th! #Lasker2025