We’re doing this!!! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! 🧪
March 7th- I’ll be heading to DC!

That demonstrative shaking makes the shards. Do it while dancing.

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

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For those of you asking, here's the picture as promised:

Hear hear, our 4 keynote speakers! #MAYosis

May 7th: Elvan Böke @crg.eu
May 14th: Felicity Jones @unigroningen.bsky.social
May 21st : Ofer Rog @theroglab.bsky.social @utah.edu
May 28th: Francesca Cole @francescacole.bsky.social @mdanderson.bsky.social

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Talk submission deadline coming up on 10th February 2025!

At least one of those on my list as soon as I get home - what a week! 😑

We are deeply sadden by the sudden loss of Scott. He was an astounding mentor and brought so much to the community on top of his excellent science. His legacy will live on
#Meiosis4ever

Scott will be dearly missed. He was a pioneer in the meiosis community. He inspired me in many ways. He made significant insights into the mysterious process of homolog pairing that have guided my research. He was mentor, friend and champion throughout my career, and inspired me as an educator.

It was an honor to be the last PhD student he took in. He was always excited about even the smallest progress I made. But he was truly more than just a scientific advisor and I will miss him deeply. Rest In Peace, Scott. And thank you for everything.

Feeling very lost today with the news of the passing of my undergrad advisor Scott Hawley. He had a huge impact on the field and on me personally. He was the first person to see me as a scientist and gave me the confidence to apply to grad school. I am so grateful to be a part of his legacy.

Yes. It's really quite a shock.

Sadly, our colleague and friend Scott Hawley passed away this morning. He was an irreplaceable presence and force for good in the meiosis an Drosophila communities and will be sorely missed.

📢The 2025 MAYosis webinar series will be held on consecutive Wednesdays, May 7-28, at 4 pm CET (7 am PST; 12 am JST) meiosis.cornell.edu/mayoss2025/ Apply to give a talk (deadline is March 8, trainees and junior faculty only): tinyurl.com/47k3cjpn Registration is free: tinyurl.com/39rs53yv

Amazing work from Masaru Ito et al. finally out in PNAS. Congratulations to all! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39761402/

eLife model makes a lot of sense. But how do we wean the world off CNS and obsession with impact factor?

Registration now open for the 2025 EMBO workshop on Meiosis! June 22-26, 2025, Engelberg, Switzerland.
Deadline for abstract submissions and registration is Feb 15th, 2025. Lots of speaker slots will be selected from abstracts, so apply now! meetings.embo.org/event/25-mei...

Hi Erik. Please add the Hunter Lab.

hunterlab.ucdavis.edu
orcid.org/0000-0003-14...

Many thanks!
Neil

Hello Bluesky!