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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s... This article is not even on the first page - let’s try to give the @standupforscience.bsky.social rallies some visibility!

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KNOXVILLE! ‘On International Women’s Day, we’re taking to the streets to fight back against the fascist takeover. Join us to defend our rights, our bodies, and our future. No permission needed—just show up and bring others.’ action.womensmarch.com/events/inter...

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We did it! We caught Starship #transposons moving between #fungal species in the lab, including between species separated by ~100my. We think Starships are a mediator of HGT in fungi, akin to conjugative elements in bacteria. Check out the preprint. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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From an NIH source re. grant terminations "These searches are pulling in things based on 'other support' sections and biosketches, so science may be held up just because someone mentions that they serve on a DEIA committee, or has a completely different grant that uses a 'problematic' word. (cont)

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Boston stands for science!!

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“Out of the lab and into the streets, researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts” by @borenbears.bsky.social for @apnews.com. Read more here: apnews.com/article/scie...

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Stand up for science, Boston! Big crowd!

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GET IN DORKS! WE ARE GOING PROTESTING! #standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social

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The French are the best protesters

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Tks to #Science we live longer and healthier, we controlled COVID19 and went on the moon! #StandUpForScience In Lyon Today 4pm Place des Terreaux. Join us!

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A terrific perspective from Vivek Malhotra @naturecomms.bsky.social on the fundamental importance of pathways and mechanisms by which cells secrete proteins, ensuring their delivery in the correct quantities and at the appropriate times. Interesting section on unanswered questions. rdcu.be/ecb2B

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“Any casual observer of the Supreme Court can see what many prestigious constitutional lawyers can’t, which is that the conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy,” writes Adam Serwer.

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Looks like there are 3 NIH notices posted for public review this morning, set to be published tomorrow.

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Several NIH people have now told me they believe DOGE folks are jumping on their Zoom orientation and high-level calls. They don't put their cameras on and don't ID themselves. If you have intel on this, i'm at asteinindc.09 on signal

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And this one, too #StandUpforScience

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I have an exciting opportunity to join my research team in Singapore @scelse.bsky.social as a PhD student to explore programmed cell death in biofilms. See below for more information and please share widely!

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#weekendreading 🔬 Mitochondria sense bacterial lactate and drive release of neutrophil extracellular traps @cellpress.bsky.social #microsky www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

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Unbelievable news. Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers. New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 9 days ago • 145 comments

Join a world renowned marine lab in France. New Junior Professor Chair (CPJ) opened in the Biological Station in Roscoff. The position is focused on the ecological, evolutionary, and functional roles of marine fungi, crucial to understanding our oceans. www.sb-roscoff.fr/fr/2025/02/2...

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

If they truly believed they were saving America they'd be celebrating in the streets, not canceling town halls and hiding from their constituents.

submitted 10 days ago • 229 comments

This needs to be amplified.

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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

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Join the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally on March 7 to help protect the American scientific enterprise & defend science as a public good that drives social, political, & economic progress. Learn more & find your local site: https://buff.ly/3EWhSZM #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall

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I am beyond excited to share that you can now apply to observe a @wellcometrust.bsky.social #DiscoveryResearch shortlisting Committee! If you plan to apply to us in the next 2 years, apply to be an Observer now to better understand what happens once you click submit! wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

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In this work, authors identify a gut Bifidobacterium longum strain (FSHHK13M1) enhancing serum vitamin D metabolite levels in mice (n=32) + significantly improved bone structure, with possible suggested potential for osteoporosis outcomes & human therapy. 🔗 journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

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So excited to share this latest work by @kelseyhuus.bsky.social !!! She shows that flagellin in the human gut affects whether or not people develop fever in response to vaccine, and the amount of flagellin reflects diet

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Thank you @nplb.bsky.social for speaking out in defense of patients, the US economy and our citizenship. Encouraged to see biopharma and investors among patients, health care providers, scientists and policy makers. www.nopatientleftbehind.org/defending-th...

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The Trump Administration is maintaining the NIH grant freeze despite lawsuits challenging the order, a Nature article reported today. Science funding in the US is already lagging, leaving researchers in limbo. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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This excellent Nature paper from 2015 discussed multiple ways that sex is not binary, and why the idea of two sexes is simplistic. Required reading right now - please share! www.nature.com/articles/518... 🧪👨‍🔬🧬🖥️

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A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for the motor-neuron condition while in the womb. https://go.nature.com/41a7Zzj

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NASW joined @healthjournalism.org @sciencewriting.bsky.social @uprootproject.bsky.social @sejorg.bsky.social in objection to data removal: "This newly censored information has been used every day by journalists and communicators to inform the U.S. public." SHARE THE LETTER: www.nasw.org/article...

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Heads up - the National Phenome Centre at Imperial is looking for a new NMR manager. I enjoyed my time at the NPC, it was a lovely team to work with and there was a lot of satisfaction in running projects through the centre. Scope for R&D too! Apply here tinyurl.com/39ru2cv6 #NMRchat #metabolomics

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HEADS UP! We need to give this story more attention. This is the next phase - investigations of those who criticize Trump, Musk or SCOTUS. It’s already started. It is a campaign of intimidation designed to silence criticism. wapo.st/3X8d75G

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And PLEASE do not take away the freedom of trans people in the name of keeping women safe. They don't make women less safe, you do

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As ever @katemanne.bsky.social nails it It’s about power, not softening of image open.substack.com/pub/katemann...

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London. Next Saturday. I’ll be speaking. We are Europe. We are Ukraine. Be there. 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

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ATTN: #Postdocs! ⏳ Two weeks left! Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Applications for the 2025 #HannaGrayFellows Program are due February 26, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Your future in science starts here—submit your application today! 📆 hhmi.news/48n2lfh 👈

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Thanks for the kind words Martin! Anyone interested can find the open access book at modernstatisticswithr.com and/or get physical copies where books are sold (the second edition, published by Chapman & Hall last year, has a different cover than the first edition seen in the image).

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An academic trainee of Harvard Medical School systems biology scientist Leon Peshkin was detained at Logan Airport last night & they haven't been able to get more info today during the federal holiday. They also may still need a lawyer to assist www.linkedin.com/posts/vsavov... #medsky #biosky

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Copying from Public Health Awakened Rally tomorrow in support of federal science and public health workersin front of the HHS building in WDC on February 19th 12 PM. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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We're searching for a postdoc to study insect-microbe symbiosis in our lab at UNC Chapel Hill. Application can be found here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/295...

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1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information. The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"

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