Savage-Dunn lab
@cswormlab.bsky.social
F2 C. elegans research group @ Queens College, CUNY; BMP/Smad signaling; body size; lipid metabolism; host-pathogen interaction
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BMP-dependent mobilization of fatty acid metabolism promotes Caenorhabditis elegans survival on a bacterial pathogen
Editor's choice: Host metabolism may impact response to infection. In Caenorhabditis elegans, a conserved cell signaling pathway regulates fatty acid metabolism upon pathogen exposure, leading to impr...
journals.biologists.com
Something to be thankful for ~ our paper on the intersection of fatty acid metabolism and host-pathogen response in #Celegans is now published in DMM!
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
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🚨 New from me: Grant review at more than half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year.
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Thirteen of the agency’s advisory councils, which must review grant applications before funding is awarded, are on track to have no voting members.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM
🚨 New from me: Grant review at more than half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year.
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
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Lipocalins and Scavenger Receptors affect the luminal matrix that prevents narrow tubes from collapsing - now in press in Development! #aECM #Celegans
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Opposing roles for lipocalins and a CD36 family scavenger receptor in apical extracellular matrix-dependent protection of narrow tube integrity
Summary: Lipocalins and SCARBs are lipid transporters that influence susceptibility to infection and disease. This study shows that lipocalin and SCARB mutations affect the organization of a protectiv...
journals.biologists.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Lipocalins and Scavenger Receptors affect the luminal matrix that prevents narrow tubes from collapsing - now in press in Development! #aECM #Celegans
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
January 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
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@cuny.edu Dr. Mitchell Baker’s winter ecology course was a success! ❄️ @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social students sampled stream life, studied tree rings, & joined @cornellbirds.bsky.social Project FeederWatch. Best of all: Ravensbeard Wildlife Center’s Birds of Prey, including Hudson the Barred Owl! 🦉🌲
January 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
@cuny.edu Dr. Mitchell Baker’s winter ecology course was a success! ❄️ @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social students sampled stream life, studied tree rings, & joined @cornellbirds.bsky.social Project FeederWatch. Best of all: Ravensbeard Wildlife Center’s Birds of Prey, including Hudson the Barred Owl! 🦉🌲
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My (now) weekly update on 2026 NIH funding.
New and competitive renewal awards.
3 new awards (compared to ~100 expected based on recent years).
No new ICs... still just NIA, NINDS, NIDCD, and NIDCR.
1/2
New and competitive renewal awards.
3 new awards (compared to ~100 expected based on recent years).
No new ICs... still just NIA, NINDS, NIDCD, and NIDCR.
1/2
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
My (now) weekly update on 2026 NIH funding.
New and competitive renewal awards.
3 new awards (compared to ~100 expected based on recent years).
No new ICs... still just NIA, NINDS, NIDCD, and NIDCR.
1/2
New and competitive renewal awards.
3 new awards (compared to ~100 expected based on recent years).
No new ICs... still just NIA, NINDS, NIDCD, and NIDCR.
1/2
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🙏We need your help!🙏
Mass grant terminations are back, this time at SAMHSA. We're tracking terminations to support advocacy and possible litigation.
Please report info on specific SAMHSA grant terminations here:
grant-witness.us/submit-samhs...
We'll have a tracker online ASAP. Spread the word!
Mass grant terminations are back, this time at SAMHSA. We're tracking terminations to support advocacy and possible litigation.
Please report info on specific SAMHSA grant terminations here:
grant-witness.us/submit-samhs...
We'll have a tracker online ASAP. Spread the word!
January 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
🙏We need your help!🙏
Mass grant terminations are back, this time at SAMHSA. We're tracking terminations to support advocacy and possible litigation.
Please report info on specific SAMHSA grant terminations here:
grant-witness.us/submit-samhs...
We'll have a tracker online ASAP. Spread the word!
Mass grant terminations are back, this time at SAMHSA. We're tracking terminations to support advocacy and possible litigation.
Please report info on specific SAMHSA grant terminations here:
grant-witness.us/submit-samhs...
We'll have a tracker online ASAP. Spread the word!
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The lab is looking to hire 2 new undergraduate researchers! You'll get to work on yeast experimental evolution & genomics. UW students only (and this link won't work for others, sorry). Work study students very welcome to apply! Pays the prevailing minimum wage. app.joinhandshake.com/emp/jobs/106...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The lab is looking to hire 2 new undergraduate researchers! You'll get to work on yeast experimental evolution & genomics. UW students only (and this link won't work for others, sorry). Work study students very welcome to apply! Pays the prevailing minimum wage. app.joinhandshake.com/emp/jobs/106...
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If your grant on substance use or mental health was just canceled, please get in touch!
Signal: melodyschreiber.06
Email: [email protected]
Signal: melodyschreiber.06
Email: [email protected]
January 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
If your grant on substance use or mental health was just canceled, please get in touch!
Signal: melodyschreiber.06
Email: [email protected]
Signal: melodyschreiber.06
Email: [email protected]
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Check out this story! Atlantic writer Alexandra Petri visited my lab and played with some fruit flies and human organoids as she wrote about experiencing things that were affected by government cuts.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Check out this story! Atlantic writer Alexandra Petri visited my lab and played with some fruit flies and human organoids as she wrote about experiencing things that were affected by government cuts.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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🚨My department is hiring a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor to teach undergrad Genetics & Genomics, upper-level Genomics, and an inquiry-based Computational Genomics course where students can do authentic research. 🧬💻
I’m on the search committee. DM me if you’re interested. Please share! 🙏
I’m on the search committee. DM me if you’re interested. Please share! 🙏
Assistant Teaching Professor, Biology
About the Opportunity About the Opportunity: We invite applications from qualified candidates for a full-time Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) Assistant Teaching Professor faculty position within the Department...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM
🚨My department is hiring a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor to teach undergrad Genetics & Genomics, upper-level Genomics, and an inquiry-based Computational Genomics course where students can do authentic research. 🧬💻
I’m on the search committee. DM me if you’re interested. Please share! 🙏
I’m on the search committee. DM me if you’re interested. Please share! 🙏
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We believe that, as our future leaders in biology, it is vital to provide #ECRs with the right support during the early stages of your academic career. We offer a number of practical ways to help you meet the unique needs and challenges you may encounter: www.biologists.com/about-us/ear...
Supporting early-career researchers
On these pages we highlight the range of resources that we offer to early-career researchers.
www.biologists.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We believe that, as our future leaders in biology, it is vital to provide #ECRs with the right support during the early stages of your academic career. We offer a number of practical ways to help you meet the unique needs and challenges you may encounter: www.biologists.com/about-us/ear...
@cswormlab.bsky.social took time with Meléndez and DuBuc labs for a holiday gift exchange! Grateful for this wonderful community.
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@cswormlab.bsky.social took time with Meléndez and DuBuc labs for a holiday gift exchange! Grateful for this wonderful community.
Thanks to @dmmjournal.bsky.social for a clear and helpful editorial process!
Katerina Yamamoto, Cathy Savage-Dunn & co report that BMP-dependent #LipidMetabolism not only regulates classical aspects of #InnateImmunity, but potentially also promotes resilience against microbial pathogens.
@cswormlab.bsky.social
Read here journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
@cswormlab.bsky.social
Read here journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
December 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Thanks to @dmmjournal.bsky.social for a clear and helpful editorial process!
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This month's Editor's Choice highlights an article on the connection between #InnateImmunity and #LipidMetabolism, investigated using the worm model #Celegans
Read the short, simple retelling here journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
More details in the thread.
@cswormlab.bsky.social
Read the short, simple retelling here journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
More details in the thread.
@cswormlab.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This month's Editor's Choice highlights an article on the connection between #InnateImmunity and #LipidMetabolism, investigated using the worm model #Celegans
Read the short, simple retelling here journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
More details in the thread.
@cswormlab.bsky.social
Read the short, simple retelling here journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
More details in the thread.
@cswormlab.bsky.social
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Big news! Our episode of The College Tour is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video! 🎥😁
This is the first-ever @cuny.edu episode filmed on the Queens College campus, featuring ten students who share what QC is all about.
Watch now on Amazon Prime Video and meet the students who bring QC to life.
This is the first-ever @cuny.edu episode filmed on the Queens College campus, featuring ten students who share what QC is all about.
Watch now on Amazon Prime Video and meet the students who bring QC to life.
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Big news! Our episode of The College Tour is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video! 🎥😁
This is the first-ever @cuny.edu episode filmed on the Queens College campus, featuring ten students who share what QC is all about.
Watch now on Amazon Prime Video and meet the students who bring QC to life.
This is the first-ever @cuny.edu episode filmed on the Queens College campus, featuring ten students who share what QC is all about.
Watch now on Amazon Prime Video and meet the students who bring QC to life.
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I am hiring a postdoc (or two!) to work on C. elegans reproductive system development. Our MIRA funds work on cell size, migration, and niche signaling. Our CAREER funds work on regulation of gonad growth, degrowth, and regeneration during and after starvation
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/310...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/310...
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I am hiring a postdoc (or two!) to work on C. elegans reproductive system development. Our MIRA funds work on cell size, migration, and niche signaling. Our CAREER funds work on regulation of gonad growth, degrowth, and regeneration during and after starvation
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/310...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/310...
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Are you interested in learning more about #micropublications ? Check out the roundtable at #CellBio2025 Monday, December 8, 12:00 pm
@ascbiology.bsky.social, @micropub7n.bsky.social
@ascbiology.bsky.social, @micropub7n.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Are you interested in learning more about #micropublications ? Check out the roundtable at #CellBio2025 Monday, December 8, 12:00 pm
@ascbiology.bsky.social, @micropub7n.bsky.social
@ascbiology.bsky.social, @micropub7n.bsky.social
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A new paper, co-authored by WormAtlas directors Dave Hall and Nate Schroeder, describes how C. elegans community research resources, including WormAtlas, provide the infrastructure that supports nematode research around the world.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A new paper, co-authored by WormAtlas directors Dave Hall and Nate Schroeder, describes how C. elegans community research resources, including WormAtlas, provide the infrastructure that supports nematode research around the world.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Something to be thankful for ~ our paper on the intersection of fatty acid metabolism and host-pathogen response in #Celegans is now published in DMM!
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
BMP-dependent mobilization of fatty acid metabolism promotes Caenorhabditis elegans survival on a bacterial pathogen
Editor's choice: Host metabolism may impact response to infection. In Caenorhabditis elegans, a conserved cell signaling pathway regulates fatty acid metabolism upon pathogen exposure, leading to impr...
journals.biologists.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Something to be thankful for ~ our paper on the intersection of fatty acid metabolism and host-pathogen response in #Celegans is now published in DMM!
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
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#aECM Cub starts next week Nov 18 with talks on patterning the Drosophila lens, mouse tectorial membrane, and C.elegans cuticle furrows. You can still sign up for access using the link below.
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…
sundaramlab.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
#aECM Cub starts next week Nov 18 with talks on patterning the Drosophila lens, mouse tectorial membrane, and C.elegans cuticle furrows. You can still sign up for access using the link below.
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A short story about our heroes inside NIH:
Between a Trump-imposed freeze on grant-making in Jan/Feb and new political hurdles in spring & early summer, NIH was in trouble.
By the end of June, NIH was 8,300 grants and $3.1 billion behind its FY24 pace. Morale was in the toilet. Things were bleak.
Between a Trump-imposed freeze on grant-making in Jan/Feb and new political hurdles in spring & early summer, NIH was in trouble.
By the end of June, NIH was 8,300 grants and $3.1 billion behind its FY24 pace. Morale was in the toilet. Things were bleak.
October 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A short story about our heroes inside NIH:
Between a Trump-imposed freeze on grant-making in Jan/Feb and new political hurdles in spring & early summer, NIH was in trouble.
By the end of June, NIH was 8,300 grants and $3.1 billion behind its FY24 pace. Morale was in the toilet. Things were bleak.
Between a Trump-imposed freeze on grant-making in Jan/Feb and new political hurdles in spring & early summer, NIH was in trouble.
By the end of June, NIH was 8,300 grants and $3.1 billion behind its FY24 pace. Morale was in the toilet. Things were bleak.
Micropublication @micropub7n.bsky.social is peer reviewed and PubMed indexed. A great way to get the data out in uncertain times
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"Due to a variety of circumstances...many science projects will never be finished, despite years of invested resources and effort. By carefully and strategically documenting scientific work achieved, components of unfinished projects can be salvaged and preserved to benefit future researchers." 🧪
When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly
Science projects are designed and funded on the scale of years, so what happens when researchers need to finish prematurely? This Community Page discusses solutions for quickly documenting partially f...
journals.plos.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Micropublication @micropub7n.bsky.social is peer reviewed and PubMed indexed. A great way to get the data out in uncertain times
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