Craig Venter has passed. Amazing how far we've come since the human genome project.

📢 Applications are open! Join us in October to explore next-generation fluorescent proteins, biosensors & imaging advances + machine learning and computational approaches to accelerate design. 🛏️ Meals & lodging covered; no registration fee Apply by May 21 ➡️ janelia.news/FPS26 @agtebo.bsky.social

In Suwon visiting historical sights today! Starting with Hwaseong fortress.

Enjoyed the Leeum museum of art in Seoul this morning. It had the most immersive and thought-provoking exhibits I've seen recently.

RNA-triggered cell killing with CRISPR–Cas12a2 | Nature share.google/eqXWN3MPz2NB...

I had an amazing time at POSTECH with Rachel Won giving a Nature Masterclass and meeting fantastic scientists. Very excited about K Bigheart for global health. Now I am on vacation!! Pictures from Korea to come! k-bigheart.postech.ac.kr/html/main/ma...

Jetlag is somehow more enjoyable in Korea. Really enjoying meeting Luke Lee and visiting Postech for work, and also super excited to start vacation tomorrow!

The Department of Epidemiology here at the University of Iowa is searching for a new department chair! Please consider applying or sharing with others who may be interested! jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view... www.public-health.uiowa.edu/epi-deo-sear...

We’re hiring! Our department is recruiting for a tenure-track faculty position. We seek outstanding candidates working broadly in molecular microbiology, immunology, and host–pathogen interactions. Please share widely! @jnpruneda.bsky.social @rauchlab.bsky.social www.nature.com/naturecareer...

The countdown is on for "MXene: The Next Horizon," the 4th International Conference hosted at the University of Chicago this August. If you want to be part of the conversation shaping the future of nanomaterials, now is the time to act, as abstract submissions close: May 15, 2026 - shorturl.at/fp1nX

My son had a growth spurt and slimmed out and now I also want a growth spurt.

I called Asiana to get a seat next to my husband for my flight to Korea and the hold message told us to refrain from using racist language with the staff. What a world we live in.

There’s some lag time before the U.S. really starts falling behind in new preventive strategies, but we are rapidly approaching it. A Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine against Epstein-Barr Virus has just launched in Australia, and this vaccine could prevent multiple sclerosis, among other things.

Champing at the bit

The past, present and future of de novo protein design | Nature share.google/hkTfYehZCm2D...

Answering another question I hadn't thought to ask. Why don't we get heart cancer?

Irretrievable, generational loss of scientists and scientific discovery.

'A landmark moment for the field': FDA approves first-ever gene therapy for inherited deafness A gene therapy made by Regeneron is the first treatment of its kind approved for genetic hearing loss.

My kids said it was fun, they got a lot of little gifts, and my husband only "lost" them once. I'll call it a win/free babysitting.

I love nBME, but even I was impressed putting together this cluster issue on cancer immunotherapy. Please have a look!

Today is take your kids to work day and my husband, bless his soul, took our kids into work. Amazingly, his company is putting on a whole day of "work" for the kids, where they will pitch a business idea, have a mini "shark tank", build a vision board, and eat pizza and ice cream.

For the fourth time in my ~12 year editorial career I was able to accept (in principle) a paper after one round of review. 🥳

📣 Exciting news: my lab is moving to the Krembil Institute at the University of Toronto’s University Health Network in Fall 2026. We’ll be recruiting for all roles, so reach out if you’re interesting in joining us to study spinal circuits for sensorimotor control www.levine-lab.org

Microplastics and nanoplastics were found in 100% of healthy brains, 99.4% of diseased brains, with much higher concentrations adjacent to brain tumors nature.com/articles/s44...

Neat Source: Nature Photonics share.google/WfpXmHyb7qCu...

Cool Cell pub. Korean team report finding EMF sensor Cyb5b & use it to make inducible gene expression system. Essentially remote-controlled EMF-driven mouse model. They use this including for OSK in vivo reprogramming. www.cell.com/cell/abstrac... Makes you wonder about human EMF exposure!

My parents are vacationing in Korea. This morning I got a text: Me and your mom got lost. Don't worry. 😱😂

Rumor has it I enjoyed Obama's favorite local pizza for lunch at Area 4 in Cambridge before taking the train home. He has good taste.

I wish more of my tax dollars went to the NIH.

Amazing morning at MIT Media Lab with Canan! Really enjoyed meeting the students taking her course on women's health and of course her graduate students!

Beautiful run over and along the Charles river this morning.

I had an amazing time at MIT with the Langer lab today! Lots of exciting technologies coming on the scene very soon, and I'm so honored to make these connections.

I do eat seafood when I travel. Check out this amazing salt crusted branzino we had at Ostra! Surprisingly it was not that salty.

Briefly in Boston continuing my east coast tour! Faisal Mahmood today, the Langer lab all day tomorrow, then breakfast with Canan Dağdeviren before giving a lecture in her class Wednesday. Busy but I'm excited!

The #Artemis II livestream continues to be the best thing on the internet. 😍 The return-to-Earth live coverage begins at 6:30pm Eastern (in about 90 minutes) with splashdown in the Pacific scheduled for 8:07pm Eastern. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

Very upsetting to hear the sad news of Greg Hannon’s passing. I always enjoyed our far too few conversations we had over the years. He had an interesting and insightful perspective on any science being discussed. He will be missed. www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/news/in-memo...

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

To read and consider share.google/yZX97729tEqW...

Delighted to share our latest research from the 23andMe Research Team, just published in @nature.com ! We looked at data from >27,000 participants to uncover how human genetics influences weight loss efficacy and side effects of GLP-1 medications like semaglutide. A short thread 🧵👇

🚨A few spaces left on our Bristol Bioimage Data Stewardship workshop! 📍 20 May, 09:30 - 17:00 🔬Learn FAIR principles, data sharing, repository submission & more — then take those skills back to your facility as a trainer 🚆 Up to £100 travel support for UK academics Apply👉https://shorturl.at/2mZA

Obviously I am a champion of science always, but I have to say the Artemis mission woke something further in me, has captivated my kids. I hope it reignites bipartisan support of science and engineering because omg we shot people around the moon.

NEW: University of Michigan Chinese researcher dies after allegedly "hostile questioning" by federal agents www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Listening to three 8 year old girls try to decide if it's opposite day makes me sincerely hope their lives never depend on solving the riddle of two guards and two doors. (playdate at my house)

I mentioned in my talk, after Junjie Yao introduced me and mentioned how long we've known each other, that it feels like scientifically we grew up together. I feel this way about so many in the imaging community. The science is amazing but the people are what makes this work such a privilege.

#BlackInNeuro, #BlackInSTEM? Heads up that this fantastic postdoc opportunity opens for applications this month (closing date 17th May). Come and join us at @mrclmb.ac.uk! mrclmb.ac.uk/careers-and-...

The 8th Epigenetics Meeting is coming — Dec 2–4, 2026, Max Planck Freiburg. 27 top speakers. Chromatin biology, epigenetic regulation, and real conversations. And you☝️!? Registration is open. Don't wait. 👇 🔗 events.ie-freiburg.mpg.de

It was an honor to be part of Duke BME's distinguished lecture series. It was great to be back and meet so many new people! A million thanks to my host and old friend Junjie Yao!!

There is this long-running St. Jude's commercial with a young girl with a brain cancer who was cured. This morning I saw an updated version where her cancer relapsed and she passed away. I found it devastating. It reminds me why I do the work I do, even as far removed from the bench as it is.

I am so happy to announce that my team at nBME is now complete! Looking forward to people getting to know Jelle, who has a great background in protein design and engineering and will be an invaluable asset to our team!

DEADLINE APPROACHING! ⏰ Apply to Optical Microscopy & Imaging in the Biomedical Sciences (OMIBS) by April 1. 🔗 More info here: go.mbl.edu/OMIBS