Christina Fitzsimmons
@fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of Biochem. & Mol. Bio. at Michigan State.
Previously at Harvard, NCI, UCSF, and Macalester | aging | cancer | chembio | metabolism | enzymology | RNA modifications | mass spec | STEMEd | runner | boardgamer | LE fellow | my views
Previously at Harvard, NCI, UCSF, and Macalester | aging | cancer | chembio | metabolism | enzymology | RNA modifications | mass spec | STEMEd | runner | boardgamer | LE fellow | my views
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Applications are open for the @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social program! Link here: www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
This group is fantastic and I would not be where I am today without their friendship, support, and mentorship. Apply!!
This group is fantastic and I would not be where I am today without their friendship, support, and mentorship. Apply!!
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Apply. The 2026 Leading Edge cohort application is now open! This cohort is named the Zara Weinberg Cohort, in honor of 2021 Leading Edge Fellow, Zara Weinberg. Applications are due February 2, 2026.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Applications are open for the @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social program! Link here: www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
This group is fantastic and I would not be where I am today without their friendship, support, and mentorship. Apply!!
This group is fantastic and I would not be where I am today without their friendship, support, and mentorship. Apply!!
This is all great advice! Adding that, if you’re nervous about talking to a staffer, it’s OK to call after hours and leave a message! #callyourreps
here it is: some tips and scripts. (I may add more later.) if you have trouble accessing the Doc, let me know!
January 22, 2026 at 8:44 PM
This is all great advice! Adding that, if you’re nervous about talking to a staffer, it’s OK to call after hours and leave a message! #callyourreps
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of you eyes and ears.”
The Department of Labor has just posted its second Nazi slogan (in the original, "Germany for Germans") in the last two days.
No one believes this is a coincidence.
They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.
No one believes this is a coincidence.
They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.
January 14, 2026 at 8:39 AM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of you eyes and ears.”
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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All the latin speaking Soccer/Football nations should boycott the US World Cup right now. If we don't even follow our own laws we obviously will ignore the international ones. This makes us a rogue nation. Make America Great, my ass. He has turned us into a damn untrustworthy POS
January 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
All the latin speaking Soccer/Football nations should boycott the US World Cup right now. If we don't even follow our own laws we obviously will ignore the international ones. This makes us a rogue nation. Make America Great, my ass. He has turned us into a damn untrustworthy POS
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Just really fucking angry at how unnecessary this all is and the pathetic cowards who let it happen.
Do your constitutionally mandated job and put him in jail before he does it to you first.
Do your constitutionally mandated job and put him in jail before he does it to you first.
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Just really fucking angry at how unnecessary this all is and the pathetic cowards who let it happen.
Do your constitutionally mandated job and put him in jail before he does it to you first.
Do your constitutionally mandated job and put him in jail before he does it to you first.
2025 Reading wrap-up
1. Favorite fiction: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
2. Favorite nonfiction: Prequel by Rachel Maddow
3. Favorite re-read: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
4. Favorite new-to-me author: Becky Chambers
5: First read of 2026: Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson
1. Favorite fiction: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
2. Favorite nonfiction: Prequel by Rachel Maddow
3. Favorite re-read: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
4. Favorite new-to-me author: Becky Chambers
5: First read of 2026: Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
2025 Reading wrap-up
1. Favorite fiction: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
2. Favorite nonfiction: Prequel by Rachel Maddow
3. Favorite re-read: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
4. Favorite new-to-me author: Becky Chambers
5: First read of 2026: Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson
1. Favorite fiction: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
2. Favorite nonfiction: Prequel by Rachel Maddow
3. Favorite re-read: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
4. Favorite new-to-me author: Becky Chambers
5: First read of 2026: Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum.
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
Sosa Lab - Postdoctoral Researchers
We are seeking postdocs to start in 2026!
www.sosaneurolab.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum.
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
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The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
All of the cities where I trained (undergrad, grad school, postdoc) were places with excellent public transit and bicycling infrastructure. I knew I could never afford a car as an undergrad or grad student. But non-car transit options made these opportunities possible.
public transportation was one major reason I went to grad school in San Francisco over some other choices. I knew I couldn't afford a car on my stipend. It was also a potent lesson on where accessible public transportation, like BART, is allowed to go (SF and the Easy Bay) and where it isn't (Marin)
When I was a new graduate in the year of our economic catastrophe 2008, I lived in NYC. Which was similarly great because a Metrocard is a damn sight cheaper than a car, gas, and insurance. Public transportation is for class and racial mobility. Which is why Americans are poisoned against it.
November 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
All of the cities where I trained (undergrad, grad school, postdoc) were places with excellent public transit and bicycling infrastructure. I knew I could never afford a car as an undergrad or grad student. But non-car transit options made these opportunities possible.
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Zara Weinberg was a brilliant light both in and out of science. She changed the lives of everyone she interacted and loved for the better. Her legacy will live on through all of us and we will fight for a better world on behalf of her memory.
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Zara Weinberg was a brilliant light both in and out of science. She changed the lives of everyone she interacted and loved for the better. Her legacy will live on through all of us and we will fight for a better world on behalf of her memory.
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@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
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Looking to start your own lab? 🧬🧪 The Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI) is offering group leader positions in RNA biology, RNA medicine & RNA technology. Apply by October 31 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...
E15 Groups
The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Researchopens a call for
www.helmholtz-hiri.de
October 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Looking to start your own lab? 🧬🧪 The Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI) is offering group leader positions in RNA biology, RNA medicine & RNA technology. Apply by October 31 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...
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Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.
n.pr
October 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.
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IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News
The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...
kffhealthnews.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding:
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn
October 2, 2025 We have received reports that Penn has been “invited” to sign a so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” by the federal government, and that failing to do so wou...
aaup-penn.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding:
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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It has been 7 years and these are still just as relevant!
Wow, it's the 5th anniversary of the #9ReplyGuys thread on Twitter, posted by me & @shrewshrew.bsky.social.
#WomenInSTEM who post about harassment & sexual misconduct get a lot of misogynistic replies.
We (a woman & a man in science) tried to categorize them.
THE NINE TYPES OF REPLY GUYS 🧵
#WomenInSTEM who post about harassment & sexual misconduct get a lot of misogynistic replies.
We (a woman & a man in science) tried to categorize them.
THE NINE TYPES OF REPLY GUYS 🧵
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It has been 7 years and these are still just as relevant!
Laura is awesome and I can't wait to hear about all the cool work her lab is doing! Prospective students you should definitely reach out!
I'm excited to share that I've started my lab @stanford.edu in the Neurobiology Department! neurobiology.stanford.edu/who-we-are/f...
#stanford #newPI #neuroscience
#stanford #newPI #neuroscience
Faculty
neurobiology.stanford.edu
September 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Laura is awesome and I can't wait to hear about all the cool work her lab is doing! Prospective students you should definitely reach out!
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This is amazing: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
www.theatlantic.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is amazing: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Excited to announce the opening of the @fitzsimmonslab.bsky.social at @michiganstateu.bsky.social dept. of biochemistry & molecular biology! (1/3)
August 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Excited to announce the opening of the @fitzsimmonslab.bsky.social at @michiganstateu.bsky.social dept. of biochemistry & molecular biology! (1/3)