🔬 Postdoctoral Position Available We are recruiting a motivated postdoctoral scientist to join our lab and investigate translational regulation and stress responses in bacteria. Our work explores how microorganisms sense and adapt to environmental challenges at the biochemical level.

Variation in the genes coding for RNA strands in ribosomes are associated with human traits, new research suggests. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4vrvSR4

We are searching for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor to help teach our 100-level and organic chemistry courses. Our search page with info is live. The link for applications will be live soon. It is for sabbatical replacements over the next two years. www.skidmore.edu/chemistry/se...

The conference (agreement between House and Senate) appropriations bill that includes HHS and NIH was released this morning. www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit... 1/5

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government go.nature.com/47hn0n5

An insightful review on bacterial tRNA modifications and their role in bacterial stress response and host interactions - dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

we are recruiting a postdoc with interest in using genomics and molecular biology to study transcription factors. We have an R35 to fund the project/salary.

W.H.O. Warns of Sharp Increase in Drug-Resistant Infections. Gift link: nyti.ms/4mZ2c8B

Excited to share the newly published work from the lab, which offers insights into the specificity and evolution of a recently discovered family of aminoacyl-tRNA deacylases. academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

The article comes out today! @natmicrobiol.nature.com A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data by The Data Reuse Consortium. Link: rdcu.be/eIix7

NSF Graduate Fellowship announcement is finally posted! www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... 1/2

Want to share your work with our RNA community? Submit your abstract by this Frday, September 26th, to be considered for a talk!

For life to emerge on Earth, peptides must first have formed without the aid of enzymes — but how? Reactions of sulfur-containing molecules might have been key go.nature.com/4oX04jC

The new issue of #ScienceSignaling has arrived! A new study reveals how small proteins in E. coli enable bacteria to cope with stress, our latest Editors’ Choice piece dives into recent findings showing how estrogen protects against kidney injury, and more. https://scim.ag/4mC0GtD

A genetic flip helped turn us into upright walkers. Here’s my evo-devo story about the ilium. Gift link: nyti.ms/45BOenz

New STAT story about multi-year funding. www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/n...

New research, published today in @natureportfolio.nature.com, decodes the most elusive, difficult-to-sequence regions of the genome from populations around the world, rewriting knowledge of human biology and setting a new benchmark for precision medicine. 🧪🧬🔬

“GlycoCaging” uses gut bacteria to activate drugs for inflammatory bowel disease. Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/4ltfMk8

National Science Foundation staff were notified that their office space will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development. It's unclear where the 1,800+ NSF employees will work. Renovation plans apparently include a personal gym for the HUD secretary & family eos.org/research-and...

Nature research paper: Targeting de novo purine biosynthesis for tuberculosis treatment https://go.nature.com/3SYNS3i

Axios story about the path forward for restored terminated grants. The administration will continue to pursue appeals and other steps. www.axios.com/2025/06/24/n...

This tiny device can shrink dangerous blood clots. It’s called the ‘milli-spinner’ and its invention was partly an accident…

¿Te interesaría unirte a nuestro laboratorio como Postdoctoral Fellow? ¿Está interesado en investigar y contribuir a la comprensión del papel de los anaerobios en la salud humana? Revisa la convocatoria Pew Latin American Fellows ¡Contáctame si cumples con los requisitos! #Archaea #MicroSky

🎓 Got a thesis seminar, award, or lab win to share? We want to feature it on the Yale RNA Center's website and social media! Send it our way & let’s spotlight great science! Contact us 👉 medicine.yale.edu/rnacenter/ab...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar government scientists from publishing in major medical journals, saying on a podcast that three top journals were “corrupt” and influenced by pharmaceutical companies.

US President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 calls for unprecedented cuts to scientific agencies that, if enacted, would deal a devastating blow to US science, policy specialists say. https://go.nature.com/4jYv3IP

PhD position #archaea #microsky @archaeapowerhour.bsky.social @archaeabio.bsky.social

“Awards that are not aligned with NSF's priorities have been terminated, including but not limited to those on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation”—National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Interested in doing a postdoc in Seattle? Join us on May 6 for Seattle DROP, a virtual biomedical postdoc recruitment event. The first 250 US registrants enjoy lunch via delivery voucher! 🥪 All postdoc candidates are invited to attend. 👇👇👇 Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25

“These aren’t luxury items. They’re the core infrastructure of modern science.” Import taxes on staples such as microscopes, glassware and computer chips will affect institutions already feeling financial strain https://go.nature.com/4207NUT

Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 New lasso-shaped antibiotic kills drug-resistant bacteria https://go.nature.com/4j8Rkn5

Biologists have built one of the most detailed pictures ever of the changes that occur in women’s bodies before and after pregnancy, by pooling and studying around 44 million physiological measurements from more than 300,000 births https://go.nature.com/4236GSV

More good news, science sky: I’ve been invited to review a grant for NSF! So grateful for the PMs & NSF staff trying to keep the whole thing going in spite of the wholesale assault on the system. Phew 🧪

The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests https://go.nature.com/4i4Eru3

Postdoc Opportunity–RNA Biology & Mechanotransduction🧬 The Nicoli Lab at Yale is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher to work at the intersection of RNA biology & biomechanics, with applications in tissue engineering & regenerative medicine Details in the image👇

NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines. www.science.org/content/arti...

China’s top court says businesses that write bogus manuscripts for payment should be punished https://go.nature.com/4brVt2T

Why are @acs.org @pubs.acs.org journal subscriptions so high for college libraries?

Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget. https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4

ATTN: #Postdocs! ⏳ Two weeks left! Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Applications for the 2025 #HannaGrayFellows Program are due February 26, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Your future in science starts here—submit your application today! 📆 hhmi.news/48n2lfh 👈

If you know a biochemist (or related scientist) who is interested in teaching, Skidmore Chemistry is searching for a three-year VAP position to teaching in our biochemistry and introductory chemistry sequences beginning this Fall. #ChemSky eodq.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

NIH plan to reduce overhead payments draws fire | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

“At NSF, officials have temporarily blocked institutions and scientific organizations from getting access to money they have been promised while vetting projects.” These are legally binding contracts, not promises or agreements. And the most vulnerable members of our community will suffer the most.

I am reviewing for a study section right now and I was just informed to not score the Plan to Enhance Diverse Perspectives.