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F2 C. elegans research group @ Queens College, CUNY; BMP/Smad signaling; body size; lipid metabolism; host-pathogen interaction

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · Mar 20

Still science-ing 🧪as long as we can - Graduate student Kat Yamamoto's first-author manuscript on the intersection of fatty acid metabolism and host-pathogen response is posted on bioRxiv #BMP #signaling #Celegans

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BMP-Dependent Mobilization of Fatty Acid Metabolism Promotes Caenorhabditis elegans Survival on a Bacterial Pathogen

The Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) are secreted peptide ligands of the Transforming Growth Factor beta (TGF-β) family, initially identified for their roles in development and differentiation acros...

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 21h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Max Heiman @heiman.bsky.social · 5d

Saturday morning, waiting for kid's soccer game, is a great time to indulge in the lowest form of humor:

LAB HAIKU!

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Does anyone know
whose PCR is in there?
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 8d

Worm peeps: nominate a newly minted PhD for the Sydney Brenner Thesis Award! #celegans

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 9d

📢 Deadline extended! Apply by Oct 3 for the 2025 Sydney Brenner Thesis Award—honoring outstanding theses in nematode biology (defended Oct 1, 2024–Sept 30, 2025).
Send in your nomination today! 🔗:

2025 Brenner Award Nomination

This nomination form is for the 2025 Brenner Award Nomination. Due: September 30th, 2025. Please do not include any information besides what is asked as a formal nominee form and recommendation…

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Seema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · 13d

NSF GRFP solicitation is finally up. Life Sci deadline extended to Nov 10 but 2nd year grad students no longer eligible www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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EMBO @embo.org · 16d

Learn all things C. elegans #research at the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "C. elegans Biology: IV LAWM" in Merida, Mexico, 24–28 February 2026.

Registration by 16 January 2026
Abstract submission by 17 October 2025

meetings.embo.org/event/26-worm
#EMBOWorms2026 #EMBOevents 🧪

C. elegans Biology: IV LAWM

This EMBO Workshop on C. elegans Biology is t he IV Latin American Worm Meeting. It will convene in Mérida, Mexico. The overall mission of this meeting is to create an inclusive environment that pro…

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 14d

Articles of Impeachment for RFK, Jr. introduced

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 14d

Did you know? GSA Award nominations stay active for at least three years—giving nominees three chances to be selected and recognized for their impact on genetics.

Nominate yourself or a colleague by October 1: buff.ly/YYKKGJx

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Meera Sundaram @meera-sundaram.bsky.social · 16d

The 2025-2026 #aECM club schedule is now posted on our website, where you can also find the link to sign up for access. I’m looking forward to lots of great talks and discussions! sundaramlab.com/blog/aecm-cl...

aECM Club Seminars

A virtual seminar series to highlight work on apical ECM across different systems Organizers: Meera Sundaram, UPennMax Heiman, Boston Children’s, Harvard U.Nathalie Pujol, U. Aix MarseilleJor…

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 21d

You asked for it! We delivered Quack-O-Grams to our members of Congress urging them to #ImpeachRFK, and get that Quack out of office!

There's still time for you to get in on this fluffy, feathery action: Send your own duck at zurl.co/W1ZnB and keep the momentum going! 🦆

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 21d

CALL TO ACTION!

During one of our meetings this week with a House Dem, who shall remain nameless, the idea that "DEI research doesn't save anyone's life" was espoused.

My team was *flabbergasted* by this assertion.

PLEASE DROP YOUR PEER REVIEWED WORKS OF "DEI" SAVING LIVES HERE SO WE CAN SHARE!

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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 19d

By adding your name, you join a growing chorus of federal workers and the public telling Senate Democrats:

Stand firm. Protect our democracy. Fight, don’t fold.

✍️ Sign here and Spread the word 🔥

#FightingCR #SchumerShutdown

Civil Servants Demand an End to Executive Overreach

Join federal workers from across the federal government as we urge Congress to pass nothing less than a continuing resolution (CR) that reasserts Congress's constitutional powers, upholds our democrac...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28d

Some information from the NIGMS Advisory Council meeting today.

On foreign grants...

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A slide about how NIH will fund foreign collaborations going forward.

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callista yee @csybio.bsky.social · 28d

today in I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying, original reprints from the CGC (1976, 1977) #celegans

original reprints of two papers, from the CGC (stamped). 1976 and 1977.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Sep 8

Updating my analysis now that August data should be relatively complete.

Not great news...

The rate of investment of the appropriation is not increasing and it seems unlikely that the entire appropriation will be committed this year.

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Had a great day hosting @lesleynweaver.bsky.social for a seminar at @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social ! Just forgot to take a photo at the seminar 🤷‍♀️

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Aug 29

NEW: Don't ask too many questions, but...

NIH may not re-terminate the 900ish grants at issue in the main NIH lawsuits after all.

To the PIs of reinstated grants, SPEND NOW!

🧵 Here's what NIH is probably thinking. Bear with me:

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · Aug 29

Nice tributes - sorry Mike

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 25

WARNING WARNING WARNING

#ResearchAdmini

I am hearing reports of NIH Awards being issued with ~15% indirect cost rate without comment. I believe the hope is that they will be accepted with noticing this.

a woman stands in front of a white board with the words you need to be careful written on it

ALT: a woman stands in front of a white board with the words you need to be careful written on it

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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · Aug 25

Courage is contagious! Congratulations FEMA signers on releasing your Declaration of Dissent, and welcome to the club! Sign the support letter for these brave FEMA workers who help people before, during, and after disasters!

ADD YOUR NAME: Support the FEMA workers' Katrina Declaration!

Join the courageous and committed FEMA workers who are standing up!

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Toril Holien @torilhol.bsky.social · Aug 23

📣 Save the date 📣
The next FASEB Science Research Conference on TGF-β Family in Development and Disease will take place:
July 26-30, 2026 in Porto, Portugal!
@faseborg.bsky.social
With Mythreye Karthikeyan @mythreye.bsky.social, Rosemary Akhurst and Andrew Hinck

web.cvent.com/event/af5f6d...

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Victor Ambros @vambros.bsky.social · Aug 22

Certain extramural investigators have received NOAs this week listing the indirects at 15%. What's happening at your institution?

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social

Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!

For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)

DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)

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Save Health Research @savehealthresearch.bsky.social · Aug 17

Deadline extended

www.instagram.com/p/DNd-PdvyU3F/

Has your NIH grant been withdrawn, left without review, pending, or delayed?
Consider joining thousands of scientists represented in the
NIH VS. APHA case.
Deadline Monday, August 25st, 5pm EST.
@SaveHealthResearch

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 14

Sign the petition to call for the removal of RFK, Jr.

www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...

Sign the IMPEACH RFK Citizens' Petition to Congress — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Join with us to sign our Citizens' Petition to the US Congress to choose the people over Trump and Impeach RFK Jr Now!

www.standupforscience.net

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