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If bird flu begins killing lots of people, you'll know who to blame: The Health and Human Services Department canceled a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna to fund development of a bird flu shot for humans.

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Found a 145cm DBH Quercus rubra out in the woods today. Absolute unit #Nature #Trees 🌿🌎

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"No tumor is an island" and "oncology recapitulates embryology" - a fascinating conversation with the incredible @ashi-w.bsky.social at the CSHL symposium on aging. We talk about how cancer rates increase with age, the T(I!)ME, and the role of Wnt signaling www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Txf...

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Commentary: It isn’t just the DEI or climate grants getting the axe from President Trump. Science agencies face up to 55% cuts across the board. This means Ohio students will be denied opportunities for cutting-edge careers given to previous generations buff.ly/rvom6rH

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And now, to soothe your timeline, a patch of Illinois tallgrass prairie.

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i am here to share what just happened. I just asked a fly colleague if they could share some reagents, and literally in 9 MINUTES they wrote back and said of course, we'll send everything and more. this is reason #834 why the fly community is the best. THE BEST!!! 🪰💪

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I got the opportunity to speak with Science about my individual research fellowship being terminated. I was awarded the NSF GRFP before I chose Harvard for graduate school, but I still got cut. I study how we can improve treatments for a common antibiotic resistant bacteria, so this is sad to see

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Hedgehog containing cytonemes extending from signal producing cells 🤓 🧪

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As a former international student, I'm proud of my alma mater for fighting to protect the current generation of international students and scholars. I would have stood and clapped too

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Thanks to WRAL for covering the very disappointing decision of the UNC-CH Board of trustees to defer considering granting tenure to faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences whose teaching and scholarship has passed all other levels of review. www.wral.com/news/educati...

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We are gathering feedback from our readers, authors and reviewers, to help us shape the next 100 years and to keep offering a publishing experience that truly supports our community. Have your say at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/39QKVZY #Publishing #Community #HaveYourSay #Science #Communication

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LBCA has developed a new patient resource: Myths and Facts about Invasive Lobular Carcinoma to help clear up common and pervasive myths about invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC). Read it here: lobularbreastcancer.org/myths-vs-fac...

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NEW: Mahmoud Khalil alleges that the Trump administration and pro-Israel groups coordinated to target him. His team demands records of the government's communications with doxxing groups, a controversial Columbia alumni chat, and Senators John Fetterman & Ted Cruz.

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Calgary adding fluoride back into drinking water starting June 30- after rise in cavities and plebiscite that supported the move. @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

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Elon's legacy ranges from gutting cancer research to setting in motion millions of deaths from starvation or disease. I'll be pushing for Congress to hold Elon & DOGE accountable—for every act of corruption, every disastrous consequence, and every law they have broken.

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Website and registration will open soon for the West Coast SDB meeting, Aug 14–17 at Cal-Poly SLO! Abstract deadline for talks is July 7. Final deadline for abstracts (posters) and registration is July 31. We will have prizes for best undergrad, grad, and post doc presentations! #wcsdb2025 1/4

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Q: A NOTUS investigation found the MAHA commission report cites studies that appear to not exist. Does the WH have confidence in the info coming from HHS? LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues but it does not negate the substance Q: Did they use AI? L: I can't speak to that

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Think tanks, please stop making me embarrassed to have written something for you. Yesterday, today, and every day, trans rights are human rights.

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Canada welcomes the U.S. Court of International Trade’s decision on the United States’ tariffs. It confirmed what we’ve always held: that the American tariffs against Canadian goods are unlawful and unjustified.

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Today CLS objected to the proposed politicization of staff positions at US Science Agencies, particularly program managers whose expertise is critical to a strong and vibrant innovation ecosystem. #ScheduleF

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It is really important for everyone to provide a comment against having politically appointment people review and recommend grants at NIH, NSF, DOE, etc. Please, please take a few moment to #RT and to send in a comment opposing Schedule F.

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🎉 We’ve hit a major milestone — 2 MILLION plasmids shared worldwide! Thank you to our incredible community of scientists driving discovery and collaboration every day. Here’s to the next million! 💡🧬🌍 #ScienceForAll #PlasmidPower #OpenScience

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It blows my mind to think that I've been at @addgene.bsky.social for over 1.9 million of the 2 million plasmids shared. Very proud of this organization and what it's contributed to the scientific community (and what the community has contributed to Addgene!).

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The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report cites sources that don’t appear to exist at all. www.notus.org/health-scien...

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This is why science funding matters. We uncovered a hidden signaling system in the brain—one that responds to maternal environment, even to drugs like LSD during pregnancy. It took 5 years, a brilliant team, and public funding to get here. Out today in @NatureNeuro: 🧵👇

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For Fulbright Applicants, a DEI Disqualifier The Trump administration staged an unprecedented intervention in this year’s Fulbright selection process, rejecting finalists whose research deals with race, gender or climate change. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kg5Fii

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Some UNC-Chapel Hill faculty say they are concerned about a recent Board of Trustees decision—or, rather, non-decision—on faculty tenure and promotion cases. www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

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New terror level just dropped for if I ever do another move

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* US JUDGE SAYS SHE PLANS TO ISSUE INJUNCTION BLOCKING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM IMMEDIATELY REVOKING HARVARD'S ABILITY TO ENROLL FOREIGN STUDENTS @reuters.com

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Our very first Wild Yeast Sampling day!! From garden to genome - this summer our group is going to learn how to find and sequence wild yeast Awesome collab with @morgancarterphd.bsky.social My hope is that we can bring this to the classroom very soon!

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Could be huge. Especially for those terminated in the anti-DEI purge. "...NIH will allow individuals whose mentored career development awards prematurely ended on or after January 1, 2025, to be eligible to apply for a new mentored career development award" grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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Glad to see this, but I have another idea...Hear me out here... Why doesn't NIH just reinstate the effing awards since they are ongoing and already made it successfully through a competitive process? Seems like this would actually be "efficient" (and also fair and just)...

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Not that it matters, but my MOSAIC was scored a 14. Reviewed in study section w non-MOSAIC K99s. I'm to write another grant that may not be funded, that doesn't provide transition to faculty funds, instead of doing the work that was reviewed so highly? That's the best use of time & tax payer money?

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Incredible Molly Herring wrote a story on the philosophy behind the work we do at PrakashLab. Wonder & curiosity.. even more important to share when every day is a new attack on the fundamental principles of scientific explorations. Thanks @quantamagazine.bsky.social for this interaction.

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'They say there's a need to create such a service in case U.S. funding is curtailed or the quantity or quality of its 37 million citations fall victim to politicization, or a DOGE-like chain saw attack of its trained personnel, sources told MedPage Today.' www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

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Today, we received notice that our team’s last remaining NSF grant was terminated. For the first time since 2009, when I received an NSF Fellowship for Graduate Research, I have no active NSF grants.

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Did you know we have a dedicated Jobs Board? Whether you're looking for your next job, or you have an open position to advertise, do check out our Jobs Board: thenode.biologists.com/jobs/ #DevBio #StemCells

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I'm continually impressed by the professionalism of National Science Foundation program officers. There's a lot going on that affects them and their workplace, but they're conscientiously doing the work, communicating to the science community, and more.

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Nucleoli as biomolecular bubble tea! Congrats to former Princeton ugrad Holly Cheng (now GS @MIT) ->Holly's senior thesis work, a close collab w Roggeveen Wang & @zs-biophys.bsky.social‬ &Stone. Come for the cool movies & stay for the viscoelasticity! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407423122

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Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.

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As Trump fires vets, cancer researchers & so many others, his administration is encouraging agencies to ignore HR recs and pay Trump political appointees the max salary—nearly $200k. Padding loyal operatives' pockets while decimating basic services. I'm demanding accountability.

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With one paper acceptance and one paper rejection in the past week, I have now officially published the same number of articles post-tenure that I published by the time I submitted my tenure materials. Feels like that deserves something more than reviewing these grant proposals as a reward...

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A powerful piece by Daniel Malinsky on why scientists must resist Trump’s authoritarian agenda: “In these times … scientists have a duty to dissent.” We completely agree. Ready to act? Join the #SummerFightForScience now (1/2)➡️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Big update to scienceimpacts.org: See the devastating impact of cancelled NIH grants across the country, and how losses at specific institutions ripple out to surrounding communities. This is all in addition to the future losses that would result from cutting funds for indirect costs of research.

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NIH funding supporting the HMMER and Infernal software projects has been terminated. NIH states that our work, as well as all other federally funded research at Harvard, is of no benefit to the US.

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A very special first post on Bluesky: I’m excited to share that I’ll be starting my lab at Penn State this coming January in the Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology! I’ll be hiring at all levels soon. Check out updates, thoughts, and positions on the lab account: @hanna-lab.bsky.social

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