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Tim Mosca (he/him)

@drosophilosophy.bsky.social

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Associate of Professors, Aficionado of Synapses, Runner of Miles, Practicer of Kindness, Tracker of Tenure, Denizen of South Philly. My thoughts are mine. He/his/him. Signal: drosophilosophy.07 (you know, if you ever need to talk). www.moscalab.org

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 1h

The incomparable @beverly-piggott.bsky.social talks about her new work on alterations in basic biology of stem cells within neural disorders at the CSHL Fly meeting!

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Greg Jefferis @jefferis.bsky.social · 3d

Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....

Male CNS Connectome

A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system —a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the ...

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 4d

A fun thing in science is when you didn't appreciate that a story was actually pretty cool until you spend some time with it and realize it's actually a blast. I'm having that moment right now (to distract myself from the world) as I prep a talk for next week's CSHL meeting on some totally new shit.

Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 5d

I'm starting over. Because Mother said "Listen Twice" ... but God damn, Ophelia is really excellent.

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 5d

a woman wearing a black shirt with amen on it

ALT: a woman wearing a black shirt with amen on it

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 5d

a woman taking a picture of another woman in a crowd

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 5d

Can confirm. I'm on track 11. Can not WAIT for the Sabrina collab.

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, I can already tell I'm going to wear this the fuck out. It's so slick.

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 5d

LESS THAN AN HOUR!!!

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 6d

I was JUST referencing this the other day ... :)

Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 6d

Then the thesis defense does not happen. There's not enough time to review and the student has not accomplished the requirements for the degree. It sucks, but there are rules. When I was a grad student, it had to be in 2 weeks before the defense, and that was rigorously enforced!

Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 6d

Mazel tov! What grand news!

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 6d

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 7d

I beg your pardon. I have a NAME, you know ... :)

Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 7d

Sending you all the love. Godspeed indeed and thank you for being you. :)

Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 7d

Just don't give away any of our gems that'll make it harder for me to get a table. ;-)

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 7d

The moose out front should have told you… grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-26-004: Information for the NIH Extramural Community During the Lapse of Federal Government Funding

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Information for the NIH Extramural Community During the Lapse of Federal Government Funding NOT-OD-26-004. NIH

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 7d

God love you for posting this ... guess my study section tomorrow is not meeting!

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 7d

Great opportunity and submissions are a little down so nominate your outstanding recent graduate, worm peeps!

Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 7d

Worm peeps: nominate a newly minted PhD for the Sydney Brenner Thesis Award! #celegans

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 7d

📢 Deadline extended! Apply by Oct 3 for the 2025 Sydney Brenner Thesis Award—honoring outstanding theses in nematode biology (defended Oct 1, 2024–Sept 30, 2025).
Send in your nomination today! 🔗:

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 7d

So well deserved! Joel is utterly outstanding!

Stephen F. Goodwin @stephenfgoodwin.bsky.social · 9d

Boom, congratulations Joel

Professor Joel Levine Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

The University of Toronto’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is proud to announce that Professor Joel Levine has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the highest h...

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 8d

<DEEP sigh>
Yeah ...

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 8d

“It’s hard to know if I should close down my existing projects and/or redouble my efforts writing new grant applications,” Joshua Jacobs, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, told @thetransmitter.bsky.social.

By Natalia Mesa

www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...

NIH awarded 37 percent fewer neuroscience-related grants in 2025 than in past years

But the agency has spent nearly its entire budget for this fiscal year, which ends tomorrow.

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 10d

Mazel tov, Seth! Hope we can celebrate this in a couple weeks.

Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 11d

Nice to see that the rigorous folks are getting these funds! Nice work and good luck!

Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 11d

Huzzah! That's awesome!! Also, you beat me to 100 September miles by a day. ;)

Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 11d

Send the undergrads on a run for whatever you want while you wait. Make them work for it.