Javier Irazoqui
@javierira.bsky.social
Professor of Microbiology @ UMass Chan Medical School | Host-Microbe Interactions | Bacteria | Immunology | Artificial Intelligence
In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/i...
In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important.
A new webpage on the NIH site called “Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions” is causing a small kerfuffle on the socials. As per us…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/i...
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Ready for the next "phase" of cell signaling research? Register by Sunday to save $150 at the new #PhaseTSRC. Network with your peers and organizers like @umassmdlab.bsky.social! Time is running out! Special thanks to @biologists.bsky.social. Save your space: buff.ly/vMRFdcO
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Ready for the next "phase" of cell signaling research? Register by Sunday to save $150 at the new #PhaseTSRC. Network with your peers and organizers like @umassmdlab.bsky.social! Time is running out! Special thanks to @biologists.bsky.social. Save your space: buff.ly/vMRFdcO
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We’re excited for the UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium this afternoon featuring the #JCSciliaSI!
To discover more about the research in this issue, check out these JCS snapshots, video highlights from authors about their research: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/j...
To discover more about the research in this issue, check out these JCS snapshots, video highlights from authors about their research: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/j...
JCS snapshots: the cilia and flagella edition - FocalPlane
JCS snapshots: the cilia and flagella edition - News
focalplane.biologists.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We’re excited for the UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium this afternoon featuring the #JCSciliaSI!
To discover more about the research in this issue, check out these JCS snapshots, video highlights from authors about their research: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/j...
To discover more about the research in this issue, check out these JCS snapshots, video highlights from authors about their research: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/24/j...
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling
Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals
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November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’ — The Atlantic
What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?
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November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
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My quote of the day
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
Johnny Cash
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
Johnny Cash
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My quote of the day
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
Johnny Cash
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
Johnny Cash
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Exciting post-doc opportunity in the group of Chris Quince (Earlham/Quadram) on novel ‘omics methods for the study of the human microbiome
jobs.quadram.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
jobs.quadram.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
Quadram Institute
jobs.quadram.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Exciting post-doc opportunity in the group of Chris Quince (Earlham/Quadram) on novel ‘omics methods for the study of the human microbiome
jobs.quadram.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
jobs.quadram.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
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University leaders take note!
a man wearing headphones says it was actually not that difficult in front of a microphone
ALT: a man wearing headphones says it was actually not that difficult in front of a microphone
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November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
University leaders take note!
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"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
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November 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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Will we move from the current "Biorender-ization" of papers to a NanoBanana one?
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Will we move from the current "Biorender-ization" of papers to a NanoBanana one?
Common type of inflammatory bowel disease linked to toxic bacteria - New Scientist
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Common type of inflammatory bowel disease linked to toxic bacteria — New Scientist
The discovery that a toxin made by bacteria found in dirty water might help trigger ulcerative colitis could lead to new treatments for this form of IBD
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November 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Common type of inflammatory bowel disease linked to toxic bacteria - New Scientist
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Lots going on but don’t lose track of the Trump attacks on biomedical research and cancer cures.
@jeremymberg.bsky.social posted a leaked #NIH memo today. I want to highlight a few scary parts.
They’re about taking power from scientists and experts and giving it to the president’s hacks. 1/ 🧪
@jeremymberg.bsky.social posted a leaked #NIH memo today. I want to highlight a few scary parts.
They’re about taking power from scientists and experts and giving it to the president’s hacks. 1/ 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Lots going on but don’t lose track of the Trump attacks on biomedical research and cancer cures.
@jeremymberg.bsky.social posted a leaked #NIH memo today. I want to highlight a few scary parts.
They’re about taking power from scientists and experts and giving it to the president’s hacks. 1/ 🧪
@jeremymberg.bsky.social posted a leaked #NIH memo today. I want to highlight a few scary parts.
They’re about taking power from scientists and experts and giving it to the president’s hacks. 1/ 🧪
Prozac ‘no better than placebo’ for treating children with depression, experts say - The Guardian
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Prozac ‘no better than placebo’ for treating children with depression, experts say — Guardian US
Exclusive: Clinical guidelines should change to avoid exposing young people to potentially harmful side-effects, researchers say
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November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Prozac ‘no better than placebo’ for treating children with depression, experts say - The Guardian
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis diversity and macrophage heterogeneity dictate phagosomal acidification https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.19.689035v1
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Mycobacterium tuberculosis diversity and macrophage heterogeneity dictate phagosomal acidification https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.19.689035v1
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Very happy to see this piece out in @plosbiology.org, on the bacterial immune systems and microbial communities. It was a great team effort with Rafael Custodio, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social , @brownlab.bsky.social, and Edze Westra! 🦠🧫 #phagesky #mevosky
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Bacterial immune systems as causes and consequences of microbiome structure
Bacterial immune systems have evolved in response to diverse molecular "parasites", yet their ecological roles remain poorly understood. This Essay explores how interactions between mobile genetic ele...
journals.plos.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Very happy to see this piece out in @plosbiology.org, on the bacterial immune systems and microbial communities. It was a great team effort with Rafael Custodio, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social , @brownlab.bsky.social, and Edze Westra! 🦠🧫 #phagesky #mevosky
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Concerns Escalate With the Fundamental Integrity of Scientific Peer-Reviewed Literature | OncLive www.onclive.com/view/concern...
Concerns Escalate With the Fundamental Integrity of Scientific Peer-Reviewed Literature | OncLive
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November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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