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Associate prof, UC Santa Cruz (Go Slugs!). Worm wrangler interested in mechanisms of developmental timing, ECMs and parasites. Love good food/drink, trail running, and my wife+2 silly cats. G3 associate editor and incoming WormBoard President.
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Really excited about this collaborative work and a great experience with Review Commons

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

How did Coati get their stripes? Not yet known ... but we know how another Carnivore loses them! 3 mutations in gene TAQPEP changes a cat from tabby striped to blotchy #RIP #2025MMM www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

Glad I could play a small part in this cool story!

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Congrats Callista!

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Delighted to see Flow win best animated feature. Gorgeous, powerful film.

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

WTAF

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

Tomorrow I’m having a conversation with Senator Murray about NIH on my public Instagram - @sciencewhizliz. The timing could shift a bit due to the senate floor schedule. So if that happens we will adjust and share the recording!

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

Exactly. My R35 council meeting has been cancelled without clear rescheduling. No idea when I know if I can keep lab funded. MRAC study section I reviewed for cancelled at last minute. So much wasted effort and anxiety for folks.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Welp the NIGMS MIRA MRAC study section scheduled to be in person this Monday and Tuesday was just canceled.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Please share: @delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group. They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...

submitted 67 days ago • 6 comments

Ro Khanna is on r/fednews soliciting stories from illegally fired federal workers www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments

Oh Canada! 🇨🇦 Really needed that right now. WOW was Binnington clutch!

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

This is in effect still freezing grant review and funding. Need to keep making noise to our representatives about it!

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

For decades, NIH funding has fueled breakthroughs in cancer, heart disease and more. But a new policy puts progress at risk. We need Congress to oppose this abrupt change. Join me in emailing lawmakers today! #SaveNIHresearch bit.ly/4hxmfsK

submitted 78 days ago • 2 comments

Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk "Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."

submitted 81 days ago • 9 comments

Hi all, I am in contact with a reporter at Science magazine who would like to talk with a trainee or mentor who successfully applied for an equity/DEI-related NIH training grant or a training supplement but have not received the Notice of Award and probably won't get the grant.

submitted 86 days ago • 8 comments

Really important development. I’ve got my MIRA app that should be discussed on Feb 6. Need this to keep the lab going.

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Several Graduate T32s (G-RISE, IMSD, Bridges to the Doctorate) and the MARC T34 (for undergraduates) training grants now have expiration dates of today, 1/30/2025.

submitted 92 days ago • 18 comments

If you are directly affected by a cancellation of a meeting you were scheduled to participate in or at which your grant may have been discussed, consider reaching out.

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

Die Hard IS a Christmas movie!

submitted 128 days ago • 1 comment

This is a lovely piece about the 2024 Nobel Prize to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, written by Bruce Wightman, the first author of one of the prize-winning papers. It emphasizes the importance of fundamental research and the beauty of heterochronic genes. #Celegans #devbio 🧪🧬 doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

submitted 156 days ago • 0 comments