@dl2409.bsky.social
Research/Teaching Genetics/Molecular Biology- very worried and upset at the moment
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Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
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Wait a minute...you mean to tell me thousands of the most beautiful women on earth didn't all randomly decide to join Twitter in 2023?????
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Wait a minute...you mean to tell me thousands of the most beautiful women on earth didn't all randomly decide to join Twitter in 2023?????
Yes: AI does not introduce anything fundamentally new. IFs/blots could me made up well before ( remember E. Racker!) and the bottom line is trust- within labs and among peers
I could use an antibody for a protein that I know is at the minus end and say i stained for my new protein.
I could fail to add antibody to my sample to show you that the siRNA worked…
Ultimately, we either trust one another or it’s all over.
I could fail to add antibody to my sample to show you that the siRNA worked…
Ultimately, we either trust one another or it’s all over.
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yes: AI does not introduce anything fundamentally new. IFs/blots could me made up well before ( remember E. Racker!) and the bottom line is trust- within labs and among peers
hahaha!!😂
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
hahaha!!😂
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Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics
From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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CNIO: El mayor centro de investigación del cáncer se sume en una crisis judicial meses después de cesar a sus máximos responsables
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
CNIO: El mayor centro de investigación del cáncer se sume en una crisis judicial meses después de cesar a sus máximos responsables
El Ministerio de Ciencia convoca de urgencia al patronato para “analizar la situación” del organismo
elpais.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
CNIO: El mayor centro de investigación del cáncer se sume en una crisis judicial meses después de cesar a sus máximos responsables
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
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This may be the death of me.
I posted yesterday about the shift to triaging 70% of NIH applications rather than 50%.
This is apparently just a temporary step to catch up for all of the study section meetings cancelled due to the government shutdown.
I hope NIH will collect some data to track the impacts of this change.
This is apparently just a temporary step to catch up for all of the study section meetings cancelled due to the government shutdown.
I hope NIH will collect some data to track the impacts of this change.
a woman wearing a beanie says this is a temporary fix netflix
ALT: a woman wearing a beanie says this is a temporary fix netflix
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This may be the death of me.
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[RAUCOUS BOOING] "I, and say your name, do solemnly swear..." [RAUCOUS BOOING]
What a moron.
What a moron.
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
[RAUCOUS BOOING] "I, and say your name, do solemnly swear..." [RAUCOUS BOOING]
What a moron.
What a moron.
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I am seeing a lot of posts about Rosalind Franklin that themselves ignore her publication record on DNA!
In fact Franklin and Gosling's paper, including the famous Photograph #51, was published, along with Wilkins's paper, back-to-back with the Watson and Crick paper in Nature in 1953.
In fact Franklin and Gosling's paper, including the famous Photograph #51, was published, along with Wilkins's paper, back-to-back with the Watson and Crick paper in Nature in 1953.
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I am seeing a lot of posts about Rosalind Franklin that themselves ignore her publication record on DNA!
In fact Franklin and Gosling's paper, including the famous Photograph #51, was published, along with Wilkins's paper, back-to-back with the Watson and Crick paper in Nature in 1953.
In fact Franklin and Gosling's paper, including the famous Photograph #51, was published, along with Wilkins's paper, back-to-back with the Watson and Crick paper in Nature in 1953.
Sliwa can show different facets but my favorite is his clown show on NY1 with Borrero- esp. when they were joking about “King Cuomo the 2nd”
Continually surprised by how classy Sliwa manages to look, admittedly by comparison to lowlifes
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Sliwa can show different facets but my favorite is his clown show on NY1 with Borrero- esp. when they were joking about “King Cuomo the 2nd”
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And, Donald Trump throws Republicans under the bus. Shutdown ending soon.
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
And, Donald Trump throws Republicans under the bus. Shutdown ending soon.
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Maria Riva, actriz y escritora, quien fue la única hija de Marlene Dietrich y cuya explosiva biografía de su madre, publicada un año después de su muerte en 1992, exploró el terrible costo de su fama, murió el miércoles en Gila, Nuevo México, a los 100 años.
Maria Riva, la hija de Marlene Dietrich que desmitificó la leyenda, muere a los 100 años
Tuvo una infancia caótica, como doncella y ayudante de campo de su madre. En 1993, su exitosa biografía contó el terrible precio que la fama tuvo para ambas.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Maria Riva, actriz y escritora, quien fue la única hija de Marlene Dietrich y cuya explosiva biografía de su madre, publicada un año después de su muerte en 1992, exploró el terrible costo de su fama, murió el miércoles en Gila, Nuevo México, a los 100 años.
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If you agree that no one should have to go hungry in America, hold your Republican elected officials accountable and otherwise help end this shutdown. indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
STOP THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN
indivisible.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you agree that no one should have to go hungry in America, hold your Republican elected officials accountable and otherwise help end this shutdown. indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
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Over 40 million people woke up today without enough money for groceries. More than a third of the people who rely on SNAP are children.
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Over 40 million people woke up today without enough money for groceries. More than a third of the people who rely on SNAP are children.
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Not a word from the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt on Tucker hosting Fuentes. Amazing.
I just checked his Twitter feed and plenty on Mamdani and even Norway (!) but not a word about a top conservative podcaster hosting an infamous Holocaust denier.
Greenblatt is beyond parody at this point.
I just checked his Twitter feed and plenty on Mamdani and even Norway (!) but not a word about a top conservative podcaster hosting an infamous Holocaust denier.
Greenblatt is beyond parody at this point.
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Not a word from the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt on Tucker hosting Fuentes. Amazing.
I just checked his Twitter feed and plenty on Mamdani and even Norway (!) but not a word about a top conservative podcaster hosting an infamous Holocaust denier.
Greenblatt is beyond parody at this point.
I just checked his Twitter feed and plenty on Mamdani and even Norway (!) but not a word about a top conservative podcaster hosting an infamous Holocaust denier.
Greenblatt is beyond parody at this point.
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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
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We also know that his use of the term “very suggestive” still overstates the what the data show, but that it is also more than enough for at least 1/3 of Americans to continue to believe this lie.
Makary, Oz, Bhattacharya and RFK Jr. stood in front of the U.S. with the president and lied to us.
Makary, Oz, Bhattacharya and RFK Jr. stood in front of the U.S. with the president and lied to us.
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We also know that his use of the term “very suggestive” still overstates the what the data show, but that it is also more than enough for at least 1/3 of Americans to continue to believe this lie.
Makary, Oz, Bhattacharya and RFK Jr. stood in front of the U.S. with the president and lied to us.
Makary, Oz, Bhattacharya and RFK Jr. stood in front of the U.S. with the president and lied to us.
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By a fun coincidence, the estimated total number of observable stars in the Universe is about a mole (1E23)
But 1 mole of water molecules is about 1 tablespoon, 18 mL.
So, there are more molecules in a tablespoon of water than all the (observable) stars in the Universe!
Happy Mole Day 2025!
But 1 mole of water molecules is about 1 tablespoon, 18 mL.
So, there are more molecules in a tablespoon of water than all the (observable) stars in the Universe!
Happy Mole Day 2025!
Happy Mole Day, 10/23.
Your science history fact for the day: Avogadro's constant was coined by physicist Jean Perrin (shown) who defined it as the number of molecules in 16 grams of oxygen & proposed it be named after Amedeo Avogadro, who had died 4 years previously.
Your science history fact for the day: Avogadro's constant was coined by physicist Jean Perrin (shown) who defined it as the number of molecules in 16 grams of oxygen & proposed it be named after Amedeo Avogadro, who had died 4 years previously.
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
By a fun coincidence, the estimated total number of observable stars in the Universe is about a mole (1E23)
But 1 mole of water molecules is about 1 tablespoon, 18 mL.
So, there are more molecules in a tablespoon of water than all the (observable) stars in the Universe!
Happy Mole Day 2025!
But 1 mole of water molecules is about 1 tablespoon, 18 mL.
So, there are more molecules in a tablespoon of water than all the (observable) stars in the Universe!
Happy Mole Day 2025!
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Happy Mole Day for all who celebrate
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Happy Mole Day for all who celebrate
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In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.