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Finally! @nature.com is making #PeerReview reports public. Transparency like this is a huge win for science, trust, & credibility. Now if only they'd adopt #doubleblind review and always disclose reviewer identities, they might be as transformative as @stacksjournal.bsky.social #SciPub 🧪

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1/27 We have a new paper out! Turns out that snowflake yeast have been hiding a secret from us - they've evolved a (very!) crude circulatory system. Not with blood vessels or a heart, but through spontaneous fluid flows powered by their metabolism. 🧪🔬 www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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Helen Chu is one of the ousted #ACIP members. She spoke to me today about her grave concerns for future vaccination policy and vaccine access in the United States. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/c...

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Bill Cassidy (R) at RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearing: “If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) without changes”. Today, RFK Jr. fired every single member of ACIP. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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All Things Considered story on #BethesdaDeclaration www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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This is an outstanding article, worth reading all the way to the end — not just the first few paragraphs.

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The Valrose Institute of Biology in Nice is recruiting an engineer (IE level) for its photonic imaging platform. The candidate will work under the supervision of the engineer responsible for the microscopy department. 1/2 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

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Do not miss this wonderful opportunity to at the iBV, Nice FR 👇

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Researchers in the Jain lab engineered DNA and RNA-based liquids with programmable properties such as viscosity and elasticity. It's research that could offer insights into how biomolecular condensates assemble within cells. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Ahh what fun

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Wow: check it out; these fungi distribute their chromosomes across different nuclei! Normally each nucleus has a complete set of all chromosomes. Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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With support from GFI's donor-powered grant program, researchers in Germany are exploring how the chicken of the woods mushroom—and its root structure, known as mycelium—could become the basis for tasty, healthy, and sustainable protein ingredients. Learn more from @gfieurope.org:

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share.transistor.fm/s/ee922716 - nice interview with Joe Heitman on Fungi

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Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

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Don't forget to submit your abstracts by May 15th for CANDIDA AND CANDIDIASIS 2025, 06 - 09 October 2025 in Berlin! microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

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The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is massive. "For young scientists, the impact of this crisis will ripple forward .... Some will leave science. Others will leave the country, searching for institutions that still believe in their future." www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...

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High levels of Cdc42 GTPase underlie an all-or-none decision to fuse https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.05.652171v1

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It is good to see Europe voicing commitment to Science and extending a hand to the scientific community in the US. As a dual french and american citizen leading a research center in Norway since 2021 and after 15 years in the US academia, this all feels quite close to home.

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A recent @newscientist.com cartoon #fungi

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Any researcher who has ever applied to NIH will relate to this video and the news it contains... Medsky 🧪📈😷

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New lab preprint! High resolution mapping of the actin fusion focus reveals myosin V-dependent transport of formin for actin aster compaction. A very cool work led by @valthomas.bsky.social and nice collaboration with Andrea Picco and @kaksonen.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Science is not a switch that can be flipped on or off. If we do not act now to alter our current trajectory it will undermine our prosperity, our democracy, and our children’s futures for decades to come. You need science. Science needs you. savesciencenow.org

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For early-career researchers in the US who spoke to Nature, the path to meeting standard tenure expectations now seems blocked, and they are looking to their universities for guidance on how to proceed. https://go.nature.com/4iEbPqM

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“Cutting federal funding for scientific research could cause long-run economic damage equivalent to a major recession. A 50% reduction would lower GDP 7.6%. A 75% cut would reduce it 11.3% — a larger decline than in any recession since the Great Depression. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...

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Hey nice to see @drvalleyfever.bsky.social on Infx dx and climate change. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

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Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.

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"Choose France for Science!" government cuts half a billion more to the research budget

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Cancer vaccines are finally showing promise - thanks to mRNA technology. by @biancanogrady.bsky.social go.nature.com/42ryYYV

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Morale in academic research community right now is whatever is below rock bottom. The uncertainty and unpredictability are overwhelming. The mental and physical toll on U.S. based scientists is significant and will be long-lasting. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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I was asked by a colleague recently what emerging biological threats I was most concerned about - my answer was simple: H5N1 and fungal pathogens. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04...

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Université Côte d’Azur, université intensive en recherche, ouverte sur le monde et engagée pour la liberté et la solidarité académiques, se mobilise pour offrir aux chercheurs américains empêchés des conditions d’accueil afin de poursuivre leurs travaux scientifiques. ➡️ swll.to/soutienreche...

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