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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jul 10

Holy cow! 🎉

Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Jul 10

🧪 BREAKING (good news): Senate subcommittee says NO! to Trump's proposed slashes to NASA & NSF funding.

Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24.

See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it.

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Subcommittee Markup of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

www.appropriations.senate.gov

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thanks for the shoutout Aaron!

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Aaron and the Hoskins Lab at UW Madison @uwmadisonrna.bsky.social · Jun 26

Important study from David Stanek's group (with @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social too)!

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40560171/

Dynamic interaction of spliceosomal snRNPs with coilin explains Cajal body characteristics - PubMed

The Cajal body (CB) is a conserved non-membrane nuclear structure where several steps of small nuclear RNP particle (snRNP) biogenesis take place. It has been proposed that CB formation follows a liqu...

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jul 10

Trip down memory lane! There were always a lot of Swedish people eating burritos the 🤷‍♀️

Minni Änkö @rnaminni.bsky.social · Jul 8

In the ever changing world, it is nice that some things do not change @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social. A nostalgic trip to Berlin and DD.

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jun 24

This is a great interview these brings into focus ways molecular cell biology can and does engage with our changing environment. Check out the channel! @cells4planethealth.bsky.social youtu.be/ena0uPCRxzw?...

Climate Change and Human Health: What Can Cell Biology Do About It?

YouTube video by Cells4PlanetaryHealth

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Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine @yalerna.bsky.social · Jun 16

RNA meets AI at Yale! 🤖🧬
Save the date, July 2

Curious how artificial intelligence is transforming RNA biology? Join us for this special Workshop on RNA and AI.

Featuring talks by leading voices in the field, short talks & posters from Yale trainees

📍 Location and registration info coming soon

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jun 24

Fun hanging out with @paralkarlab.bsky.social Esther, Nithya, Craig and other friends of the red blood cell lineage! 🩸

Vikram Paralkar @paralkarlab.bsky.social · Jun 12

More candid photos, including @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social, ‪@merlinnithyag.bsky.social, Esther Obeng, Craig Forrester, @ykanglab.bsky.social, Hojun Li, @hewittlab.bsky.social, Eugene Khandros, Velia Fowler

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jun 11

wonderful!

Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · Jun 11

Isaac Asimov on, "If God is Dead, Everything is Permitted?"

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jun 8

I’m looking forward to introducing my spectacular colleague Siggy this Wednesday! @siggyn5.bsky.social @rnasociety.bsky.social #RNA

Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine @yalerna.bsky.social · Jun 2

🔬 Join us LIVE on Zoom this Wednesday, June 11, at 4 PM ET!
We’re excited to co-host the RNA Collaborative Seminar Series featuring
🎙️ Dr. @siggyn5.bsky.social (Yale RNA Center)
🎙️ Dr. Alex Wesselhoeft (HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine)

Registration 👉 lnkd.in/e-9Huhzd

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jun 8

Proud of Yales RNA scientists who presented at the annual meeting of the RNA Society! #RNA2025

Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine @yalerna.bsky.social · Jun 2

Great to see Yale RNA researchers represented at the RNA Society 2025 meeting! 🎉

Exciting science, great company, and lots of RNA conversations

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jun 8

Another fantastic explanation of how basic science helps people and society.

Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · May 2

Northwestern scientist Julius Lucks makes an eloquent appeal for why research funding matters to us all. tinyurl.com/yjbk5zca #syntheticbiology #research #northwestern #funding

What’s next for Northwestern researchers amid funding cuts and work stoppages?

Northwestern researchers received notices from the Department of Defense to stop their work immediately.

tinyurl.com

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jun 8

Well said, Julius! Universities grow unexpected discoveries and the next generation of scientists who can lead!

WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · Apr 25

Professors and researchers at Chicago-area universities said federal funding cuts are leaving research projects unfinished.

Julius Lucks, a chemical engineering professor at Northwestern, speaks on if another sector could fund university research.

to.wttw.com/3Ygl3T8

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jun 8

What a great day in the science community. Congratulations AAAS President-elect Picciotto!

Ruth Montgomery @rrmsky.bsky.social · Jun 7

Proud day Celebrating becoming AAAS fellows with AAAS president elect Picciotto #WomenInSTEM @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social @yalemed.bsky.social

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Brendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · Jun 7

The astounding contribution of US academic science to new medicines

www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...

We set out to quantify U.S. academic contributions to medicines. The results stunned even us

From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.

www.statnews.com

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Jun 2

Very proud of David Staněk, my first postdoctoral fellow who helped me get my own lab off to a great start 🙏... and a wonderful scientist who has thrived since 🔬🧬!

Institute of Molecular Genetics @imgprague.bsky.social · Feb 18

🧡Reflecting on David's scientific journey, he admits that as a young scientist, he never imagined one day being a part of such a prestigious organization.

👉Read full article at @rnasociety.bsky.social www.rnasociety.org/david-stan-k

David Staněk

www.rnasociety.org

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · May 28

Wow! This is an exciting and important action!

Jen MacKinnon @jenmackinnon.bsky.social · May 28

Hi friends - In the face of unprecedented cuts to the basic research science funding, climate scientists are staging an 100-hour live stream of why science matters. There will be many talks on all sorts of things (I'm Saturday at 12:30 PT). Please share widely! wcstreamathon.netlify.app. 🌊🧪

The Weather & Climate Livestream

Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.

wcstreamathon.netlify.app

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · May 25

These are really important ideas for right now!

Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · May 17

Such an honor to sit down with David Marchese for The Interview in the @nytimes — I loved this conversation about my new book, The School for Moral Ambition, and much more.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/m...

Rutger Bregman Wants to Save Elites From Their Wasted Lives

www.nytimes.com

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · May 21

I'm attending National Wildlife Federation's event, “Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...

Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science · National Wildlife Federation

We need YOU as we rally in support of critical federal government services at risk of being lost forever. The U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area is responsible for many of the programs tha...

www.mobilize.us

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · May 9

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VOCES8: This Is My Song (Finlandia) - Jean Sibelius arr. Blake Morgan

YouTube video by VOCES8

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Xavier Hernandez Alias @xavierheal.bsky.social · May 8

Amazing conference on the application of AI in RNA biology! With great science and and better scientists. Thrilling share and discuss such exciting topics and to be part of this emerging field! @gagneurlab.bsky.social @mpibiochem.bsky.social

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · May 8

This is the best read.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · May 8

Eighty-three.

Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · May 8

youtube.com/watch?v=F6mf...

VOCES8 - The Sound of Silence

YouTube video by Voces8VEVO

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Apr 29

Love this artist. They and many others can be found here www.whatsnextforearth.com

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Apr 26

My favorite warbler! Lucky you!

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Karla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · Apr 26

I opened the last lecture of my course "Biochemistry and Our Changing Climate" with this Opinion Piece by Craig Foster. Is asks, "What does nature think of us?" Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/o...

Opinion | An Octopus Took My Camera, and the Images Changed the Way I See the World (Gift Article)

“Saving the planet” is the wrong goal.

www.nytimes.com

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