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Ruth Huttenhain @rhuttenhain.bsky.social · 6d

My lab @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social is recruiting! We are looking for a postdoc at the interface of quantitative proteomics and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) biology:
postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
#TeamMassSpec #Proteomics #GPCR #Postdoc

Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Ruth Huttenhain | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

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Science Magazine @science.org · 15d

"Talent and grit matter, but so do structure, transparency, and care." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4nCiPYg

An illustration of a person standing at the top of stairs that end, with text: To increase diversity in STEM, a foot in the door isn’t enough. We need better support.

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Cientifico Latino, Inc. @cientificolatino.com · 29d

Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline?

We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨

🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks

#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship

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Sabina Vohra-Miller @sabivm.bsky.social · Aug 29

New NYT article detailing new requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine across US. This is all very preliminary information, but I suggest if you live in these states that may require a prescription, you acquire a script from your family doctor asap.

STATES REQUIRING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR COVID-19 VACCINES
CVS
34 states have no set limits, people can simply check a box when they make an appointment online to attest that they meet the FDA criteria, without a prescription or other documentation.
16 states require a prescription: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia, District of Columbia In Massachusetts, Nevada and New Mexico, CVS is not currently able to offer the COVID-19 as of yet.
Walgreens
16 states require a prescription: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Washington State, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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Nina Tsvetanova @tsvetanovalab.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our preprint “GPCR endocytosis rewires neuronal gene expression and cellular architecture” is now live on bioRxiv.
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

We uncover how GPCR trafficking shapes protein content and neuronal structure. Congratulations to our team members, Katherine Hall and Matt Klauer!

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Emily Blythe @emilyblythe.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Blythe Lab is growing! This summer we welcomed our first lab members: junior researcher Eamon Cole and postdoc Dr. Chantel Mastos.

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Nature Chemical Biology @natchembio.nature.com · Aug 7

A new paper proposes an ‘intracrine’ signaling mechanism whereby a G protein-coupled receptor (FFA4) senses locally released fatty acids on intracellular membranes associated with lipid droplets to efficiently regulate lipolysis in adipocytes

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Intracrine FFA4 signaling controls lipolysis at lipid droplets - Nature Chemical Biology

An ‘intracrine’ signaling mechanism is proposed whereby a G-protein-coupled receptor (free fatty acid receptor 4) senses locally released fatty acids on intracellular membranes associated with lipid d...

www.nature.com

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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · Aug 1

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨

Excited to share my latest work, now on bioRxiv:

“Altered striatal dopamine regulation in ADGRL3 knockout mice”

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Altered striatal dopamine regulation in ADGRL3 knockout mice

Dopaminergic signaling is essential for regulating movement, learning, and reward. Disruptions in this system are linked to neuropsychiatric disorders such as ADHD. ADGRL3, an adhesion G protein-coupl...

www.biorxiv.org

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Jul 10

“If you cut out these diversity measures, you're going to make science full of people that are very elite…Full of people who have grown up with a large amount of privilege, who were able to work in a lab in high school because their dad was a prof at Cornell.” 🧪

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

How Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts Are Hurting Rural White Americans Too

www.nytimes.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 12

BOOM! Last nite we blew through the 20K mark and already @ 21K and counting.

Wanna feel what it feels like to stand together w/ 20,000+ other science stans supporting the heroes of the #BethesdaDeclaration?

CLICK to sign our #NIHLoveLetter here actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...

#StandUpForScience

image with handmade protest sign reading "NIH funding saves lives Creates Jobs" on left with call to action on right reading "Sign the Bethesda Declaration Support Letter - ADD YOUR NAME NOW!"

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 9

If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May.

4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.

The total funded was 99!

Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.

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AAUP @aaup.org · May 27

The Trump administration is unlawfully seeking to destroy higher education in the United States. It now demands that we sacrifice our international students in the process. Universities cannot acquiesce to such extortion.

Academe @academemagazine.bsky.social · May 27

New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/05/23/a...

AAUP-Harvard Faculty Chapter Executive Committee Condemns Trump Administration’s Termination of Harvard’s SEVP Certification

POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN The following statement was issued yesterday in response to a decision earlier that day by the Department of Homeland Security to revoke Harvard University’s certifica…

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Science Magazine @science.org · May 16

Three new papers in Science report that astrocytes are indispensable for neuromodulatory signaling across diverse neural circuits, behavioral contexts, and species.

Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/43iprSX

Astrocytes, hidden puppet masters of the brain

Astrocyte signaling pathways influence neuronal networks and behavioral responses to neuromodulators

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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · May 13

The NIH has dropped its research funding by $2.7 billion so far this year.

Cancer research funding has declined 31%.

And new NIH research grants fell to the lowest level in more than a decade.

Eye-opening findings in today's HELP committee minority report:
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 13

New report from Bernie Sanders, ranking member on the HELP committee

www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

Lots of substance in here. Some highlights...

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · May 2

Unlawful grant terminations are harming young scientists and threatening innovation. ASCB joins leaders calling for immediate funding restoration.

www.ascb.org/society-news...

Leading Life Science Organizations: Unlawful Grant Terminations Pose Grave Threat to America’s Innovation Pipeline - ASCB

Amicus Brief Filed in Support of Suit Calling for Immediate Funding Restoration WASHINGTON, DC – Four leading life science organizations, including the ASCB, filed an amicus brief today asking the cou...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 30

Science article with perspectives from NIH insiders

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NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’

After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding

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Nicole Fisher @nicolefish.bsky.social · Apr 25

Excited to share my first paper from my postdoc! In this study, we demonstrate that the mu opioid receptor produces a second wave of G protein activity on endosomes in a manner that doesn’t require receptor internalization. Check it out! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Griffin Chure @gchure.bsky.social · Apr 25

Happy to have this out there! I had a lot of fun working with (and learning from) @akshitg.bsky.social on this mini-review on microdiversity in microbial populations and how current ecological theory fails to quantitatively explain the observations. doi.org/10.1111/1462...

Paradox of the Sub‐Plankton: Plausible Mechanisms and Open Problems Underlying Strain‐Level Diversity in Microbial Communities

“Paradox of the sub-plankton: Plausible mechanisms and open problems underlying strain-level diversity in microbial communities” by Akshit Goyal* and Griffin Chure*. This work highlights the limitati...

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Nihil Dev @nihildev.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.

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Flora Rutaganira @frutag33.bsky.social · Apr 21

Hello Community!
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

Flyer for the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium (including QR code in top right corner). This symposium highlights the work of exceptional early-career scientists in the broad field of quantitative biological and biomedical sciences, with a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship, and community engagement. These early career scientists are preparing to launch a faculty search. Applications are due May 30th, 2025.

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Michelle Frei @michellefrei17.bsky.social · Apr 21

Happy to see my Postdoc work out @natbiotech.nature.com. Using HaloTag and synthetic fluorophores instead of FPs enables us to shift the spectral properties of kinase activity reporters (KARs) to the far-red 🔬. Huge thanks to everyone involved @jinzhanglab.bsky.social!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Far-red chemigenetic kinase biosensors enable multiplexed and super-resolved imaging of signaling networks - Nature Biotechnology

Far-red kinase biosensors are applied to image kinase signaling networks at super resolution.

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JoAnn Trejo @joann-trejo.bsky.social · Apr 15

Hey GPCRs, GRKs and Arrestins Scientists, I know these are troubling times but science makes us thrive. Check out the FASEB summer conference in Niagara Falls June 22-26 - great line of up outstanding speakers - we have a few slots open, register now. Abstracts due April 27th!

JoAnn Trejo @joann-trejo.bsky.social · Apr 8

Join us for the FASEB meeting on G Protein-coupled Receptor Kinases and Arrestins in Niagara Falls, NY June 22 -26, 2025. Abstracts due April 27th, Hotel reservation by May 25th. See Program Agenda below. Register by June 2 to save $150!

events.faseb.org/event/gprk-a...

FASEB Science Research Conference on G Protein-coupled Receptor Kinases and Arrestins

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David Sherman @iamdsherman.bsky.social · Apr 10

Looking forward to engaging presentations and discussions at #ASBMB25! I’ll be by poster 270 (Abstract 2651) on Sunday highlighting some of our work on the biological function of the strongest known genetic risk factor for fatty liver disease worldwide, PNPLA3-I148M — stop by if you’re interested

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 10

While I understand why NCI is adding this, I bothers me that it is another mechanism for the rich to get richer

I did my postdoc (with foundation support) with a starting faculty member who did not yet have substantial NIH funding

It was a great experience (and he was subsequently very successful)

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