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Physicist Suchitra Sebastian might have discovered a new state of matter. The hardest part may be convincing the doubters. Hear about her "impossible" finding and career in Ep. 7 of "The Leap." By @hypothesisfund.bsky.social‬ + ‪SciFri: buff.ly/kfMkYkM

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Virginia Man-Yee Lee began her life on the side of the road in China. She went on to win the Breakthrough Prize for huge discoveries in the field of neurodegeneration. Listen to her journey on The Leap, by @hypothesisfund.bsky.social + @scifri.bsky.social: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/gar...

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I am so grateful to @hypothesisfund.bsky.social for this honor. I am excited about the work we will be doing to decode the decisions that cells make: Should they stay or should they go? Phenomenal to be chosen alongside @drstarbird.bsky.social! 🤩 #DevBio #CellBio #NeuralCrest

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I am SO excited to receive this award and even more so to receive it along with @rogerslabucd.bsky.social!!!Congrats to all of the awardees and thank you for your support! We look forward to putting this award to work! 🙏🏾🎉

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🌠 Announcing our latest awardees! 🤩 These talented scientists are uncovering how viruses infect cells, decoding cell behavior, and exploring the hidden biology in the ocean: bit.ly/HFAwardees. Meet the awardees & hear about their bold projects from our #HFScouts 👇 /1

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Biochemist Virginia Man-Yee Lee has made key discoveries about neurodegenerative diseases. Her secret? Happiness. “If you’re not happy, you don’t know what you’re capable of.” Hear about her career in Ep. 6 of “The Leap.” By @hypothesisfund.bsky.social + @scifri.bsky.social‬: buff.ly/HMj3Dno

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🤩 Beautiful video capturing Hypothesis Fund Awardee @betulland.bsky.social's research on Earth's ancient microbes! We're a proud early supporter of this pioneering research, and can't wait to see what Betül discovers next! 💫

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"You can spend a lifetime on a boat looking at stuff, and you're still looking at new stuff every single day." --Manu Prakash @prakashlab.bsky.social Hear more about Manu's quest to meet every organism on 🌎 on The Leap, by HF + @scifri.bsky.social. 🎧 bit.ly/3ZVYUtW youtu.be/iG60FtvhmgU

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Excited to give a virtual seminar in the NASA LIFE RCN series next Tuesday June 10th, at 8am PST/11am EST. I'll be talking about the Chitin Raft Hypothesis and the rise of planktonic marine cyanobacteria. 🧪🦠⚒️🌐 #Paleobio #MEvoSky #MicroSky www.lifercn.org/events/2025-...

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Today's new episode of The Leap features Stanford bioengineer, @macfound.org genius, #HFScout Manu Prakash (@prakashlab.bsky.social ). Take a listen below 👇

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Revered plant scientist Joanne Chory of @salkinstitute.bsky.social talked to us last year about how plants 🌱could save the world. Listen to her inspiring story on The Leap, a @hypothesisfund.bsky.social project w/ @scifri.bsky.social: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/be-...

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Plant biologist Joanne Chory spent her career trying to grow plants that could sequester CO2 in their roots. Her wild ideas took hold. Learn about her outstanding career and legacy in Ep. 4 of “The Leap" with @hypothesisfund.bsky.social‬. 🔊 Listen here: buff.ly/yLqDcDL

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“You always have that thing in the back of your head: what would you rather be doing? And I was like, I wish I had thought of this experiment.” #HFScout @harmitmalik.bsky.social on @betulland.bsky.social’s work to resurrect Earth's oldest lifeforms. From HF + @scifri.bsky.social: bit.ly/4dXaqv7.

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Forget Jurassic Park 🦖-- Hypothesis Fund Awardee @betulland.bsky.social is resurrecting lifeforms that are way, way older 🦠. Listen now on The Leap! ⬇️

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“If you're on the volcano when it explodes… you would end up in the sea as a charred remain.” --Geologist Richie Robertson (UWI Seismic) on the risks of his work. 🌋 Don't miss this week's episode of The Leap! @hypothesisfund.bsky.social + @scifri.bsky.social www.sciencefriday.com/segments/the...

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As a teen, geologist Richie Robertson saw La Soufrière volcano devastate St. Vincent island. Forty years later, when the volcano became active again, the island turned to him. Hear his story in Ep. 2 of "The Leap," with @hypothesisfund.bsky.social pod.link/73329284/epi...

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Nobel Prize winner @kkariko.bsky.social ✅ Olympic gold medalist Susan Francia ✅ Netflix star Dr. David Langer ✅ #ICYMI, the first episode of The Leap is available now. From @hypothesisfund.bsky.social, via @scifri.bsky.social: pod.link/73329284/epi...

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Dr. Karikó's journey is a powerful example of the kind of science we support at The @hypothesisfund.bsky.social: bold, curiosity-driven research pursued despite the odds. ✨ Listen to her incredible story in the 1st episode of The Leap - available now! 👇

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We’re proud to introduce "The Leap," a 10-part audio series on scientists who took bold risks in pursuit of discovery. Listen every week on the SciFri podcast starting Monday, May 12. Produced by @hypothesisfund.bsky.social, brought to you by Science Friday.

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📣 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our brand new audio series, “The Leap,” and partnership with @scifri.bsky.social to bring it to listeners everywhere! 🎙️ 1/

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I’m super honored to be selected, and immensely grateful. Huge thanks, @hypothesisfund.bsky.social! We are looking forward to doing some fun science! bsky.app/profile/hypo...

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🌟New awards announcement!✨ Our latest awardees are tackling bold science Qs to increase our understanding of natural toxin production, neonatal brain injury, and rare variants in disease. Discover more about their projects in our 🧵 & all of our projects: bit.ly/HFAwardees. 1/

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I have exhorted others to share positive news even in these uncertain times for US science. I am really excited that @tamanash.bsky.social’s first paper on the remarkable evolutionary gymnastics of dual-host viruses (even in single codons) is now online. Follow along here 🧪🧵

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Proud of Rahul Saproo, undergrad researcher in my lab, who presented his work on Fic-mediated GMPylation at the @asbmb.bsky.social Annual Meeting! Thx to @hypothesisfund.bsky.social for funding this work.

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Come explore and be amazed on April 12 and 13 at the @exploratorium.bsky.social. This event is based upon work supported by the Center for Cellular Construction. #microscopy #Magnified

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Happy to share our new preprint on small molecule mediated inhibition of aging of biomolecular condensates.

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🌠 We're thrilled to announce our latest Hypothesis Fund awardees and their groundbreaking projects! From optimizing enzymes, to protein sequencing, and membrane 'functional hotspots', each of these projects holds the potential to be broadly transformative for science! 1/ 🧵

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🌟Say hello to Dan Fletcher @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social, a bioengineer renowned for developing novel experimental approaches and microscopy tools with far-reaching impacts on our understanding of infectious diseases, immunology, and cancer biology. 1/

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