We send another Morrisey Lab alum into the wilds of academia-Dakota Jones starts his lab U Iowa later this Summer! It's been great having him the lab exploring lung fibroblast biology. Mentoring is one of our most important duties-and it's a big reason for #WhyWeScience!

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics. -Richard Feynman

I agree with Senator Collins: "GOP Senator Collins says Trump’s layoffs of scientists, cuts to biomedical research ‘must be reversed’ ..." www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n... via @statnews.com

Ditto! Carl was almost always right about the role of science in our future!

That kind of skeptical, questioning, "don't accept what authority tells you" attitude of science - is also nearly identical to the attitude of mind necessary for a functioning democracy. They have very consonant values and approaches, and I don't think you can have one without the other.

So very, very true. A cautionary thought from one of our most thoughtful scientists. We need to do better.

"There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known." - Carl Sagan

A great new report from the Frank Lab at CHOP. Single cell atlas of the co-development of the lung and heart through CPPs. #WhyWeScience! www.cell.com/cell-reports...

A thousand times…yes!

No matter who you voted for the NIH is bipartisan and is here for you. Don’t stop now, America! So many medicines and treatments on the market today began with NIH funding. And we’re just getting warmed up! Keep it going! Image below from: Bruce Levine, Ph.D. @BLLPHD

We so need Carls insight and wisdom right now…

Andy and I launch Gan Zhao to his own lab at Xiamen U! Gan is amazing and defines the concept that being a scientist isn't what we are-it's WHO we are! "Gan The Man" will be missed! #WhyWeScience!

ft. @tniethamer.bsky.social, @JoePlaner, Michael Morley, @apoorva_babu, @zhao_gan, @MariaCBasil, Edward Cantu, David Frank, Joshua Diamond, Ana Nottingham, Shanru Li, Hannah Hallquist, Lillian Levin, Su Zhou, @vaughandy.bsky.social & @morriseylab.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

New updates at LungMAP.net! Check our new collection of ShinyCell and CellxGene viewers, including post-viral lung regeneration (@morriseylab.bsky.social), Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (Sun and Sucre labs) and Interstitial Lung Disease subtypes (@nebanovich.bsky.social), now live.

Congratulations to Joseph Planer (@PennPulmonary) on being named a 2025 @the-asci.bsky.social Emerging-Generation Awardee! Learn more about Dr. Planer & his work here➡️ tinyurl.com/bdfk25eh @morriseylab.bsky.social

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Terren and Joe are off to a great start in the New Year with their new opus tracking lung regeneration over a year post flu (strong assist from Mike Morley!). Endothelial cells don't fully recover! this was a fun trip and #WhyWeScience! www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...

New year, new lab! I’m excited to announce the opening of the Herriges lab at the Center for Regenerative Medicine of Boston University and @bupulmonary.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone at BU and in the wider pulmonary research community that has supported me throughout my career.

A huge welcome to our newest recruit! The @MichaelHerriges Lab is launching @CReM_Boston, and we can’t wait to see all the #lungregeneration discoveries that will follow. Congratulations!! #helpisontheway! @CReM_Boston @BUPulmonary

Carl Sagan on the magic of reading.

Max finally read Dakotas recent paper in Science…overall he thought it was interesting but he did have questions about the analysis in Figure 3🧐😁! (photo courtesy of Cindy). Cats are another reason #WhyWeScience!

We live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe.

Science is the art of getting things wrong until you learn how to be right.

Check out a new paper @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Really happy to have helped out with this awesome study from Dakota Jones and @morriseylab.bsky.social , now out in Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

An early holiday present from the @MorriseyLab! A story of stem cell collision/competition driving lung regeneration. A tour de force by Dakota…#WhyWeScience! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

"Science is not perfect. It's often misused. It's only a tool. But it's the best tool we have."

If you want to send a message to your congressional representatives, you could do a lot worse than quoting Mary Lasker!

It is the responsibility of scientists never to suppress knowledge, no matter how awkward that knowledge is, no matter how it may bother those in power; we are not smart enough to decide which pieces of knowledge are permissible and which are not.

"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors, so that in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."

does it blow anyone else’s mind that both voyager spacecraft are still functioning and communicating with earth after almost 50 years of being in space and years of being in interstellar space??

Nailed it!

A great day of science at our 30th Annual Symposium at the Lung Biology Institute at Penn! It was wonderful hosting our keynote speakers Zea Borok and Dean Sheppard-the 2 masters of ceremony Maria Basil and Jeremy Katzen did a wonderful job organizing the day. Excited about next years symposium!

We are the legacy of 15 billion years of cosmic evolution. We have a choice: We can enhance life and come to know the universe that made us, or we can squander our 15 billion-year heritage in meaningless self-destruction. ~ Carl Sagan

This is important…we have work to do to better communicate and interact with our fellow humans. Acting, talking, or feeling superior to others will not work. Let’s show others how important science is to the future of humanity.

In every experiment, the universe is teaching you how to ask a better question.

Curiosity isn’t a choice, it’s the engine of discovery that never asks for permission.

We in the MorriseyLab are excited to become part of 🦋! As we’ve always done, we will focus on the science in the lab and how science impacts all of humanity. We can’t wait to hear from others in this growing community…and to show #WhyWeScience!