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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · Aug 1

St. Louis NPR listeners stepped up last week and contributed 150% of the lost funding from the federal government. Please donate to your local station

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks to Susan Collins and Patty Murray for leading the effort to fund NIH. Aldo thanks to the members of the appropriation committee for their support of science.

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · Aug 1

Girish
This is a well deserved honor. Congratulations on the wonderful work on Dynein. I am sure Barbara and Ian would be smiling about your contributions.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jul 17

More video from the Francis Collins interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · May 30

I got my NOA yesterday seven days after the NIGMS MIRA council meeting.

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · May 30

October, 2024

dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · May 29

Thanks to everyone at NIGMS. The NOA for my NIH MIRA grant arrived today - seven days after the Advisory Council met on May 22. Sorry for so many acronyms but I am a geneticist.

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · May 4

Christina. Thanks. It is lots of hands, hearts and brains in the lab.

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · May 4

Dagmar: thanks so much

dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · May 1

The Senate Appropriation Committee hearing on Biomedical Research chaired by Senator Susan Collins is worth watching
for the bipartisan support

www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/bio...

Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

www.appropriations.senate.gov

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · Apr 30

Dr. Sudip Parikh, the CEO of AAAS, spoke to the Senate Appropriation Committee today about the importance of both basic and clinical research funded by NIH and NSF.

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · Apr 30

Barry Sleckman testified today to the Senate Appropriations Committee chaired by Senator Collins about the important role of NIH and NCI in therapies for cancer. Take a listen.

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WashU Medicine Genetics @washugenetics.bsky.social · Apr 25

That’s a wrap! We hope you enjoyed our 50th Anniversary Celebration and Symposium as much as we did! Thank you to all the speakers, students, faculty and staff who attended the event. Here’s to more amazing years at the Department of Genetics at WashU Medicine!

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · Apr 26

On April 24, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Department of Genetics at Washington University. We heard about its history from Bob Waterston and Eric Green and how the former trainees are moving science forward.
NHGRI has great resources for those interested in the history of Genomics.

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · Apr 18

Having taught graduate students about the power of suppressor analysis in yeast, it was great to see suppressors being identified that help people with Alzheimer’s.

From Nature Outlook:
The genes of a Colombian woman who beat the odds might lead to a new way to tackle the disease.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Apr 9

Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN

Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

www.cnn.com

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · Apr 5

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
The law suit is a good first step

Judge Permanently Bars N.I.H. From Limiting Medical Research Funding

The decision came as an initial win for a broad coalition of academic institutions that had argued the policy jeopardized ongoing research, but it set up an almost certain appeal.

www.nytimes.com

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Karen Lange @karenphd.bsky.social · Apr 3

Love this "behind the paper" !!! @inikon.bsky.social

Inna Nikonorova @inikon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Just out! We used C. elegans to trace the cargo of ciliary EVs and found that their loading is a regulated process involving polycystins. @barrlab.bsky.social communities.springernature.com/posts/tiny-m...

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · Apr 3

Congratulations.

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dutcherlab.bsky.social @dutcherlab.bsky.social · Mar 28

Seven of my great Wash U colleagues were elected as AAAS fellows (American Association for the Advancement of Science). 🎉🎉🎉

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Mar 21

She left Canada because, I believe, women were not allow to pursue research careers. She went to Berlin, then U of Chicago, then U of Pittsburgh where she spent the bulk of her career. She was even (eventually) promoted to full professor.

Miriam B. Goodman, PhD @wormsense.bsky.social · Mar 21

Ever wondered about who Michaelis and Menton were? Learn more here…

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · Mar 20

On this day in 1879, Maud Menten was born in Port Lambton, Ontario.
In her work as a medical researcher, she became a leading expert in histochemistry and enzyme kinetics while fighting against sexism in her field.
Let's learn more about her life!

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