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Carleton College @carleton.edu · 11d

Never bet against our starting quarterback, Jack Curtis ’26! Even a cancer diagnosis can’t disrupt his commitment to Carleton Football. Good luck battling for the Goat today! We're all rooting for you 💛💙

Watch or read his story on CBS News: www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Jack Curtis, Carleton College's QB, shows that even a cancer diagnosis won't stop him

Doctors said it would be practically impossible to play his senior season of football, but he's doing it anyway.

www.cbsnews.com

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 13d

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

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Jonathan Nelson @flyscinelson.bsky.social · Aug 26

I ordered some to save for gifts for undergrads at the end of the year. They look incredible! I'll be ordering more soon to stock up for future Nelson Lab students!

An image of a Drosophila melanogaster pin.

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Jonathan Nelson @flyscinelson.bsky.social · Aug 22

Our department is hiring TWO tenure-track Assistant Professor positions! Join a fantastic group of biochemists, molecular, cell, and developmental biologists!

www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioc...

Opportunities | Biochemistry & Cell Biology

Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Stony Brook University

www.stonybrook.edu

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Jonathan Nelson @flyscinelson.bsky.social · Aug 15

FlyBase needs our help! There is now a system for non-European direct donations. Hopefully an option to invoice labs comes soon, but in the mean time do what you can to save this precious resource!

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TanentzapfLab @tanentzapflab.bsky.social · Aug 13

The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard.

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Amoyel lab @amoyellab.bsky.social · Jul 25

🆕🧪‼️
New lab preprint!
We study how germ cells (the cells that give rise to gametes, in this case sperm) are supported by somatic (non-germ) cells of the gonad. This matters for our understanding of reproduction - without germ cell development, animals are sterile.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Somatic cells compartmentalise their metabolism to sustain germ cell survival

To ensure success in reproduction, organisms dedicate substantial resources to supporting the germline. In testes, somatic gonadal cells form a barrier that isolates germ cells from circulating nutrie...

www.biorxiv.org

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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · Aug 6

attention 🪰folks. many of you received a survey from @genetics-gsa.bsky.social about potential future sites of the US Fly meeting. We are excited for #Dros26 Chicago, but future sites are in question, for many logistical reasons. GSA is hard at work planning, but we need to hear from you. please RT!

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Ed Chuong @edchuong.bsky.social · Jul 17

Are you bravely deciding to do a postdoc in the US? And also interested in some combination of genomics, immunology, and transposons? If so, consider applying to my lab at the BioFrontiers Institute in Boulder, Colorado!

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

🧪🧬 #TESky #interferosky

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Julius Brennecke @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social · Jul 16

Pls. share widely

Calling all transposon fans & lovers of genetic innovation

MOBILE GENOME welcomes you in Heidelberg, Nov. 4–7 2025

→ Vibrant & friendly community
→ Cutting-edge talks from mechanisms to physiology
→ Plenty of surprises (TEs never stop innovating)

submit abstract by July 29

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Jun 18

⏰ Abstract deadline for 'The mobile genome' is 29 July!

👉 https://s.embl.org/mge25-01-bl

Join us 4–7 Nov 2025 at EMBL Heidelberg (or online) to explore the impact of TEs across biology. 🧬🔍

⭐🧑🏼‍🔬 24 talks + 15 flash talks from posters – don't miss out!

#EMBOMobileGenome

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Jonathan Nelson @flyscinelson.bsky.social · Jul 10

Congrats!!!!

kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain with the words woooo !!! above him

ALT: kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain with the words woooo !!! above him

media.tenor.com

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · Jul 10

All proceeds from my #sciart Etsy shop will now be donated to
@flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag!
www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...

drosophila embroidered patches and enamel pins

IgM antibody enamel pins in purple and cyan

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Maiko Kitaoka 北岡舞子, PhD @maikokitaoka.bsky.social · Jul 1

Are you an MIT postdoc in the life sciences? Come join my new initiative, the KendallSqBio Postdoc Symposium on Sept. 10, 2025!

✅ Present your science
✅ Connect with other postdocs
✅ Build your community

Abstract deadline July 11th! forms.gle/iXMTYfqgLKWR...

Poster of diverse scientists chatting with each other and holding idea balloons representing various fields in the life sciences, such as DNA, cells, gears, and lightbulbs. More information is available through the QR code.

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · Jun 25

The winner of the SMBE Mid-Career Excellence Award is Amanda Larracuente (University of Rochester).

⭐ 2025 Winners: members.smbe.org/news/Details...

📄 Information on the Faculty Awards: www.smbe.org/faculty-awards

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · Jun 9

This #microscopymonday image is of a #Drosophila male reproductive system: paired coiled testes, seminal vesicles & accessory glands, and a single ejaculatory duct. Each coiled testis is about 1.5mm. Image captured by MDI Bio Lab Sr. Scientist Travis Carney.

#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝

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Dada Pisconti @dadapisconti.bsky.social · Jun 4

it's actually very incomplete: my grant has been delayed for 5 weeks now and it doesn't come up when I search for my Institution. In fact, at my Institution it looks like only two grants are delayed, but I know that in reality it's dozens of them.

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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · Jun 3

We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.

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...

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Lucas Waltzer @lucaswaltzer.bsky.social · Jun 3

#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => 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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Whitehead Institute @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 3

Congratulations to postdocs Melissa Pamula and Amelie Raz, who have both been named 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows @remlehmann.bsky.social @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social

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John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · Jun 3

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

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Jonathan Nelson @flyscinelson.bsky.social · May 29

A friend in my old lab mailed our fantasy football loser trophy to my lab instead of my home. I then had to explain to the confused student who opened the package why I'm bad at fantasy football (its because I'm too much of a Bears homer).

A trophy of a sad looking football. The trophy says "Last Place. At least you tried."

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Leading Edge Fellows Program @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · May 27

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.

Learn more about these exceptional scientists:

www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · May 19

Hey Ypsi-Arbor science folks. If you do want to host one of these, I can likely help with a hosting space and definitely can help with promotion. Lmk!

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 18

Our goal is to have 1000 SUFS Teach Ins across the US, by 9/30.

*GASP* 😮

We know, it's a big goal.

If you've received tax dollars for your science, you have a responsibility to inform *your* community what is at stake: public health, the economy, innovation, and America's global leadership.

Host a teach in. Share science with your community....protest style! Calling back to the teach ins of 1965, we are taking to parks, pubs, & churches to tell our neighborhoods about how the budget cuts will impact them.

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Jonathan Nelson @flyscinelson.bsky.social · May 17

This is a great point, especially when you consider the huge role graduate students have in research. Federal grants that fund research at universities are a tremendous value for US taxpayers.

Steven Bank @profbank.bsky.social · May 17

The Administration has created a narrative that research grants are a subsidy to universities and this response implicitly accepts that. Wouldn't it be better characterized as the gov't paying for research in the public interest that universities can do more cheaply/efficiently than the gov't? 1/

Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · May 17

This is completely false. Even the largest university endowment cannot sustain large-scale scientific research.

In my 25 years at my school, the most monumental research fund drive raised $325M in *total*. Federal research here costs $200M per *every year*.

This is an extinction-level event.

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Rejji Kuruvilla @rkuruvi1.bsky.social · May 10

The pact of the federal govt with universities was not a handout. It was a strategic decision to boost US leadership in technology, defense, and health. And it paid dividends. In tech, internet, in cancer drugs (for example), No other sector has invested in high risk high reward ideas like US govt.

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