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I am begging you to read even just the Early Life section, which is an absolute roller coaster
www.axios.com/2025/09/20/t... New H-1B visa fee will not apply to existing holders, official says
The NSF GRFP is an amazing opportunity for students in the first two years of a PhD or those applying to a PhD right now. Below, check out our special episode with advice for both applicants and those who write letters of support!! 🧐 Please help us spread the word 📢
🎉 Congratulations to Needhi Bhalla, UC Santa Cruz (www.bhallalab.com ), named a 2025 #ASCB Fellow! This honor celebrates her outstanding contributions to cell biology, leadership, & service. Fellows will be recognized at #CellBio2025 in Philadelphia this December. #CellBiology
Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.
**POSTDOC POSITION** My lab (www.goyallab.org) at Northwestern and CZ Biohub Chicago looking for a postdoctoc in quantitative biology. We work on a range of topics, including single-cell cancer plasticity, modeling single-cell perturbations, theory, and stem-embryo models. contact via email. Pls RT
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Have a look at what our campus has to offer: www.vbcphd.at
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50 years ago, in LA: one of the epic Bowie duets is filmed. He and Cher tackle "The Young Americans Medley" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSY...
with all natural predators & competitors in the late night ecosystem decimated, a plague of jimmy fallons descends upon the countryside. they're everywhere. they eat the grain. they strip the leaves from trees. you can hear them tittering on the roofs, the scurry scrape of those nasty little claws
woo hoo!!!!
A spatially resolved transcriptomic atlas of the primate amygdala (human, macaque, and baboon) now out in Science Advances (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). The amygdala contains 32 types of neurons with many neuron types specific to particular subdivisions. Lots of updates from the preprint!
Say what you will about Disney but long before Male Influencers were ever part of the public imagination they warned us about what a danger insecure aura farmers are to the community.
Out today. 🙏 again to everyone for this wonderful piece of work, in particular to Aurelie @aurhin.bsky.social Chase @chasebolt.bsky.social and Brent @homeobox.bsky.social. 🙏 also to the Harris lab @fish4walking.bsky.social and @neilshubin.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social @college-de-france.fr
i thought so too, but CVS has enough to give me and an older kid, just not the younger kid. stop and shop says ages 12 and up in the booking options
yeah the CVS website is suggesting new jersey for my 10yo! i've got covid for me and the 14yo, and flu for everyone booked nearby today. totally weird.
does anyone in new york know why i can book a covid shot for my 14yo but not my 10yo? cutoff seems to be age 12, even though governor's guidelines say anyone over 3 can get in a pharmacy.
Science: only when you write up the manuscript, you realize what you should have done.
First faculty app of the season submitted! here we go 🥹✨ (tell me about your tt neuro jobs, I wanna know)
Whoa - neuronal ciliary proteome! Tons to dig into here - different from kidney cilia proteome (perhaps unsurprising) and enriched for many postsynaptic proteins, strengthening previous suggestions of cilia as postsynaptic signaling structures. @nachury.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our latest manuscript is out, and this one tackles the problem of cellular aging in the retina, using comparative multiomic analysis of zebrafish, mouse, and humans. What led us to work on aging after studying development and regeneration? Explainer follows./1 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I don't know how anyone who doesn't have a kid in middle school or high school can possibly understand or interpret the behavior of anyone under 25, much less navigate a news cycle involving it
Looking forward to the 7th International Melanocortin Meeting next week. Whether you are attending or not please consider submitting your relevant papers (reviews also welcome) to our "Advances in the biology of the melanocortin system" special issue for @jne-editor.bsky.social 🔗: tiny.cc/9fhs001
Carole King signed with ABC Paramount Records in 1958 when she was 16 years old. Her first official recording with the label was the promotional single “The Right Girl”, which she wrote and sang. 📷 Carole King Family Archives
Science friends! I need your help. We have a Neurophotometrics FP system that we are having trouble integrating with behavioral tracking software for annotation purposes. For example, we want to align fluorescence with open/closed arm exploration in the EPM. Can you help us out??
I am recruiting a PhD student this application cycle to explore questions on the evolution of morphological variation and phylogenetics. I'm especially seeking folks interested in fossil marine inverts. Please reach out to me if interested! Portal opens Nov. 1 eeb.utoronto.ca/education/gr...
I really do judge people based on whether they use the default ggplot color palettes.
also, R.I.P. tower records for sure. i grew up in santa cruz and had to wait in line at the civic auditorium for our town's one ticketmaster box office to open at 10am.
when i saw the currents tour 10 years ago, i just... bought tix when i felt like it. i'm not used to this lifestyle; these are not beyoncé tix!
trying to get tame impala tix for my kid 😭
i looked for lyrics for “it’s the end of the world as we know it“ on Prodigy
This work reveals RNA stability as a "hidden layer" of gene regulation that: 1) Operates independently of transcription 2) Works locally in neuronal processes 3) Is disrupted in neurodevelopmental disorders 4) Expands our view of activity-dependent plasticity (10/11)
Our new pre-print from the Greenberg and Churchman labs shows that activity-dependent modulation of RNA stability is a major, and underappreciated, mechanism of gene regulation in neurons. Tutorial below! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/11)
🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark. Start: Feb 2026 (flexible) Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025 For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD Reposts appreciated 😁
"The data, gathered from 139 mice, encompass activity from more than 600,000 neurons in 279 areas of the brain — about 95% of the brain in a mouse."
Every Apple event
Hopkins also isolated the phage lambda repressor, one of the first two transcription factors ever identified (lac repressor, in Gilbert's lab, was the other). Here's what she got for it.
Many of you never had to painfully hand-annotate all the EcoRI sites on several printed pages of DNA sequence and it shows. #PILife #molbio #AlwaysBeCloning
Focusing on what truly benefits kids, with their input, would save us all. I wish that, collectively, we desired a free future for children more than we desired the power to harm or control another adult. Every day I try to imagine that better world for all the children who should get to live there.
I always love those lists of "35 under 35," but as I get older, I find that I would love to know about innovations/art from people over 65. "65 over 65" please. Elders have incredible ideas that are the result of having seen the full lifecycle of previous ideas and learned from it.
I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover
UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Dimensional Lumber Tape Measure xkcd.com/3138/
![Comic. Dimensional Lumber Tape Measure. [mockup of “2x4” piece of wood showing the dimensions as 1½“ by 3 ½“] Dimensional lumber sizes are tricky. A “2x4” is actually 1½“ by 3 ½“, and a “1x8” is ¾“ by 7⅛“. [two tape measures: one is labeled 12’, the other 12’*] If you know someone into carpentry or woodworking, get them our *dimensional lumber tape measure*. [A “normal tape measure” with even increments and a “dimensional lumber tape measure” with increments at different lengths for each inch] *Don’t tell them you got it*—just leave it in their toolbox. They’ll appreciate the surprise when all their measurements work out!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigv4ewit5j2o4jyy5twrm5kz4bv5iq7ve72fg7b6dncksdluntfnq@jpeg "Click to view full size")
While full solicitation isn’t up, looks like we have 2025 proposal deadlines for the GRFP: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
New preprint! How are developmental cycles coordinated across cell types? It turns out that, like Geppetto's cuckoo clocks in the GIF below, individual cell types are each performing their own little crazy routine, but all in sync with each other.
guy who first learns of steve martin as a fine art collector
Sad to hear that David Baltimore died. I am one of hundreds of scientists that David generously mentored, supported, and inspired. His influence on each of us was deep and lasting, and his impact on the world immeasurable. Arguably David Baltimore is one of the greatest scientists of any generation.
Legend David Baltimore died yesterday. He understood the way things should work: "the real contribution of MIT is that it doesn't take itself too seriously. It takes ideas seriously, but the people are relatively informal. They are not self-aggrandizing the way academics can be."
When people ask, "Right before the Republic crumbled, who was doing the best 19th century literary pun stencils?" remember my name.
Partial lunar eclipse, 8.36pm to 8.45pm, SW London. 🧪🔭
bonus: it’s writhing full of what I think are beetle larva
hashtag native plants i guess. native amoebozoa
just discovered a giant foul mass in my yard that is a real thing called “dog vomit slime mold”. can’t bear to take a pic to share.
And the best sandcastle award goes to this fine piece of work in a redwood forest.
Amazing opportunity to apply for a PhD program with over 100 groups across 6 sites throughout Europe! No fee to apply, and we welcome applicants from all over the world.
The super-express 7 train is back after Mets games. You can get to Grand Central in like 20 minutes for under $3.
why do people (women??) do this?!
"a gentle reminder"
Hollywood is cooked, but I’m very eager to see the multiple arts movements that are going to keep rising once the idea of movie studio stardom is dusted.
I am thrilled to announce that I just opened my lab at New York University in @nyucns.bsky.social and Biology! Our work will explore the richness of animal behavior, dissecting the genetic and circuit mechanisms that shape its evolution.
Your router can smell your fear
#SEPTA must reverse all cuts to services immediately, a #Philadelphia judge ruled Thursday. 🔗 inquirer.com/transportati...
DeePosit is a new tool for tracking where mice pee and poo. These patterns are actually useful indicators, and DeePosit opens doors for researchers to better understand behaviour and disease. buff.ly/CGCtisu
We are thrilled to announce Dr. @kiransoma.bsky.social, a @ubcpsych.bsky.social professor, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) — one of the country’s highest honours for distinguished scholars, artists and scientists.
Feeling seen by the Oxford Uni job portal
The University of Notre Dame is hiring 5 tenure or tenure-track professors in Neuroscience, including Computational Neuroscience, across 4 departments. Come join me at ND! Feel free to reach out with any questions. And please share! apply.interfolio.com/173031
When I was at Anglia TV about 25 yrs ago, a girl in our office sent out a team email that said, “It’s been a crap Monday, who wants to come to my flat for a smoke?” Sadly she sent it to everyone in ITV. Melvyn was one of the first to reply with “That sounds lovely but sadly I’m filming in Newcastle”
Look at this crazy thing! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
the technology's aesthetic was perfected by the MIT wearable computing group in the 1990s and it has only gone downhill since
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www.huffpost.com/entry/michae...
one thing i have noticed is that crowds (kids) these days are so passive, it's quite easy to work one's way up to the front.
Everyone upset the Acela runs as slow as Japan’s 1970s trains: Amtrak had a plan 15 years ago to straighten tracks in CT & RI. A few thousand wealthy locals killed it, costing us 25 minutes in time savings between Boston and NYC.
Happy Skyscraper Day! (architects dressed as their NYC buildings, 1931)
Made it to the very last day of the Ruth Asawa retrospective. Good choice. If you're in the NYC area, it's headed to you next. MOMA from October 16.
Would a rose by any other gene smell so sweet?
This is an amazing opportunity to join the plant sciences faculty in the Oxford Department of Biology! I am so impressed with the quality and collegiality of these colleagues. I’m not on the committee, but I’m happy to answer questions as I can.
They Might Be Giants KEXP set!!
The best rigorous theorizing about poptimism is here, by @robinjames.bsky.social soundstudiesblog.com/2018/09/17/p...
We drove when we moved, so here’s that route
Good news! KU's IRACDA program was reinstated! We are now taking applications for postdocs. Please spread the word. sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
14yo did good with the back to school shopping
Check it out, Chromatin Kids! Chromatin remodeller does stuff to Transcription Factors! Functions where it is seldom seen! Both decreases and increases chromatin accessibility! How cool is that?
Full-time, 9-month, Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Paleoclimatology position at the University of Hawaii. www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4...
I just did some school supply shopping yesterday; they always have the lists for every local school/grade at the front of the store
some rare good retail news: the Rite Aid near me finally closed but it will be replaced by our local Value Drugs, which is an awesome family-owned local business/pharmacy. valuedrugs.net/about/
Another observation about this story. The folks quoted substantially are all quite or very senior, from their early 60s to their mid-80s. Also all white men. 1/2
i was really enjoying this show but i could not even make it through the second episode of this season. spock is not spock.
NEW: Tenure-track position in History at UC Berkeley in the GLOBAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY. We are casting a wide net here: *all* periods, places, and fields are under consideration. I'm on the search committee, so do let me know if you have questions.
I hope to take a PhD student in 2026 to study siphonophores. Please reach out if you are interested in applying this fall. For examples of recent lab projects see www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
bikini kill at santa cruz veterans hall in 1994 or daft punk at coachella.
Cold Spring Harbor Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transcription meeting thread will continue here for Thursday sessions #moet #moet2025 #transcription 🧪 1/
there's an interesting divide on social media between people who post because they like posting and people who post because they are trying to earn money as on occasion you'll see the latter very upset at the former for any popularity which they feel is taking away opportunity and success from them.
We already do! It is free to publish at DB! 🎉 😄 To comply with NIH, your unformatted paper can be uploaded to PMC immediately. No need to pay for OA. (After a year, all our final formatted papers become open access anyway). (Perhaps we should make a formal announcement? 🤔 )
I don't get it, Amtrak bought a made to measure design in the Avelia Liberty but the windows still don't align with the seat pitch? Why?
public health guy 