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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Jun 3

URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯

Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.

This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.

Marc Dionne @marcsdionne.bsky.social · Jun 3

My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Drosophila Genetic Database

The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · May 21

Scientists--Share your story! We need the nation to know what is at stake if the NIH is gutted. It's therapeutic and takes just a few minutes

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 21

Behind every cure, every breakthrough, every treatment — is someone who needed it.

If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it.

Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science.

Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Share Your “Why” In Support of a Strong National Institutes of Health

United for Medical Research (UMR) is launching a campaign called "My Why" to highlight the critical role of NIH funding and its impact on the education and careers of researchers and scientists as wel...

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Pacific Northwest Research Institute @pnrigenetics.bsky.social · Apr 3

New on YouTube: March's Science Matters seminar is live! Dr. Richard Gibbs from Baylor College of Medicine dives into how genetics and genomics are transforming digital medicine.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YPV...
#ScienceMatters #PNRIgenetics

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GREGoR Consortium @gregor-research.bsky.social · Mar 20

At #ACMG25? 🧬

Don't miss @moezdawood.bsky.social presenting "GREGoR: Accelerating Genomics for Rare Diseases"

Friday 3/20 at 1:30pm PST
Platform Session 8

Preprint here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39764392/

#Genomics #Research #Collaboration @gregor-research.bsky.social

GREGoR: Accelerating Genomics for Rare Diseases - PubMed

Rare diseases are collectively common, affecting approximately one in twenty individuals worldwide. In recent years, rapid progress has been made in rare disease diagnostics due to advances in DNA seq...

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Mar 9

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.

This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

restoredcdc.org

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Claudia Carvalho @claucarvalho.bsky.social · Mar 7

Seattle.

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#StandupforScience

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Claudia Carvalho @claucarvalho.bsky.social · Mar 7

Stand up for Science in Seattle!

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Michael Metzger @metzgerm.bsky.social · Mar 5

Tom Maniatis: “If the NIH indirect cost reimbursement rates are capped at 15%, small independent research institutions like the NYGC will be shuttered…”

Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · Mar 3

Following the NIH decision to cap funding for indirect cost reimbursements at 15%, @nygenome.org Scientific Director Tom Maniatis calls for swift, united action. cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Read his Commentary now in @cp-cell.bsky.social

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Pacific Northwest Research Institute @pnrigenetics.bsky.social · Mar 6

Discover how genetics and genomics are advancing digital medicine with Dr. Richard Gibbs from @BaylorMed at PNRI’s FREE virtual Science Matters Seminar. Register now: events.zoom.us/ev/AiPGWt1c7...

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Mar 4

Hope to see many of my colleagues on Friday.

www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

Science is for everyone.

For everyone to do, and for everyone to benefit from.

Weather forecast has also improved for Friday, but waterproof your posters just in case.

Stand Up for Science 2025 - Seattle, WA

Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org

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Michael Metzger @metzgerm.bsky.social · Feb 25

I’d like to see more about impacts on research institutes—Salk, Fred Hutch, Stowers, Allen Institute, Moffitt, etc.

Universities are huge and would be heavily hurt, but if the cuts to 15% for research facilities costs goes through, I don’t see how any research institutes can survive at all.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 21

ATTENTION:

If you have received a NoA from NIH within the last 10 days, please let me know the grant number and award date.

I am trying to characterize the time lag between awards and NIH Reporter.

DM me if you wish or just reply

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ALT: a man holding a cup with the words wake up and smell the data on the bottom

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · Feb 15

We have to stand up for science! Anyone who can join these rallies and believes that US science must be protected should come! @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Pacific Northwest Research Institute @pnrigenetics.bsky.social · Feb 6

Wow! Our Rare Disease Day 2025 event reached capacity even faster than expected, and we can no longer accept RSVPs. Thank you for your enthusiasm! Stay tuned for event highlights and more ways to support rare disease research. 💜 #RareDiseaseDay #RDD2025 #RareDiseaseResearch

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Pacific Northwest Research Institute @pnrigenetics.bsky.social · Feb 1

Deadline EXTENDED! Researchers, submit your poster for PNRI's Rare Disease Research Symposium by Feb. 7! Don't miss this chance to present your work on February 28, 2025, at @SeattleChildren’s Research Institute.
Submit here: PNRI.org/rarediseaseday2025
#RareDisease #GeneticResearch #PosterSession

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Pacific Northwest Research Institute @pnrigenetics.bsky.social · Jan 31

RSVP Extended to Feb. 7! There’s still time to RSVP for PNRI’s rare genetic disease research symposium on Feb. 28! Admission is FREE, but RSVPs are required & seats are limited for this in-person only event! RSVP now at: pnri.org/rarediseaseday2025
#RareDiseaseResearch #PNRI #RSVP

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Pacific Northwest Research Institute @pnrigenetics.bsky.social · Jan 24

Be part of history! 🌟 Join us Feb. 28 for Seattle’s 1st-ever rare disease research symposium at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. 🧬 Hear from top researchers, clinicians & advocates advancing rare disease care.🎥 See the lineup & register for FREE at: pnri.org/rarediseaseday2025
#RDD2025

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Michael Metzger @metzgerm.bsky.social · Jan 22

If you want to share something good today, please share the link to our application for summer undergraduate research internships at PNRI! Open until Feb 28.

Work with yeast, clams, humans, and more. We would love to have you join us!

Pacific Northwest Research Institute @pnrigenetics.bsky.social · Jan 17

📣 Undergrads, this one’s for you! Applications are open for PNRI’s 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (SURI). 🌟 Join us to gain hands-on research experience and work alongside top scientists. Learn more and apply at: pnri.org/about/suri/
#SummerInternship #ResearchInternship #STEM

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Pacific Northwest Research Institute @pnrigenetics.bsky.social · Jan 17

📣 Undergrads, this one’s for you! Applications are open for PNRI’s 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (SURI). 🌟 Join us to gain hands-on research experience and work alongside top scientists. Learn more and apply at: pnri.org/about/suri/
#SummerInternship #ResearchInternship #STEM

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Pacific Northwest Research Institute @pnrigenetics.bsky.social · Jan 14

You’re invited! Join us on Feb 28, for a Rare Disease Day scientific symposium hosted by PNRI, Seattle Children's Research Institute and UW.Talks, posters, networking & reception—celebrating Seattle’s #raredisease community! FREE admission. RSVP required by 1/31 at: pnri.org/rarediseased...

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Pacific Northwest Research Institute @pnrigenetics.bsky.social · Jan 6

Happy New Year from PNRI’s Science Matters Seminars! All recorded seminars are now available on our YouTube channel
@PNRIgenetics. Be sure to check out our latest seminar with Dr. Cecilia Poli! Don’t miss out on the lineup of speakers for 2025, visit pnri.org/ScienceMatters more.

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Claudia Carvalho @claucarvalho.bsky.social · Jan 2

Interested in finding pair of repeats leading to DNA structural variation and disease? Check out where they map at HGGA online. Great collaboration with @cgonzagaj.bsky.social lab!

Human Genetics and Genomics Advances @hggadvances.bsky.social · Jan 2

📢Online now!
📰Genome-wide maps of highly-similar intrachromosomal repeats that can mediate ectopic recombination in three human genome assemblies
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 @cgonzagaj.bsky.social @claucarvalho.bsky.social & colleagues
👉 bit.ly/3DBKbMt

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Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui @cgonzagaj.bsky.social · Dec 23

Got an early Christmas gift this morning!!! Super happy that our article on analyses of intrachromosomal repeated sequences that can mediate ectopic recombination rearrangements in the human genome has been accepted for publication!!! Looking forward to sharing it very soon!!! 🤩🎁

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https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2024.01.29.577884v1

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Pacific Northwest Research Institute @pnrigenetics.bsky.social · Dec 19

Calling all rare disease researchers, clinicians & advocates! Join us on Feb 28, 2025, for a FREE Rare Disease Day symposium in Seattle. Talks, posters & a reception—connect, share, & collaborate! RSVP & submit poster details by Jan 31 at: pnri.org/rarediseaseday2025
#RareDiseaseDay #RDD2025

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