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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · 7d

@baym.lol Age of Phage is now done. Plasmid time, bitches! They have won!

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 8d

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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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · 9d

PO's warned R01 renewal odds abysmal, better luck trying to convert R01 to R35 MIRA asap. After trying both approaches, competing renewal definitely DOA, zero empathy for pandemic impact, while MIRA still a crapshoot, reviewers wanted R01 despite MIRA instructions. And now shutdown! FML!

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · 16d

This guy's shirt I saw walking to work sums up today's Oval office Dunning Kruger-esque press briefing on ASD.

Dude's shirt reads "Back on my Bull Shit"!

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks! Will send you an email after I'm done with my fall teaching!

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks! Is there an infectious clone of PCLV?

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · 21d

We study how the mosquito Piwi pathway molecularly interacts with arboviruses and bunyaviruses. But we don't yet know how to manipulate these viruses as infectious clones. Do you have tips on this?

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Aug 28

And the piRNA citations on your page mirgenedb.org/information only cite Tuschl, Hannon, Lin lab papers, but left out mine published at same time: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16778019/ . I would appreciate if you could add our paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Characterization of the piRNA Complex from Rat Testes

Small noncoding RNAs regulate processes essential for cell growth and development, including mRNA degradation, translational repression, and transcriptional gene silencing (TGS). During a search for c...

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Aug 28

I finally took a good look at mirgenedb.org/information. Very useful! I will do more to compare it against miRBase, since they did not reject the bad miR-548. Have you tried to get more consistency between miRBase and mirgenedb?

Info

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Aug 27

What is your impression of the hsa-mir-548xxx family of microRNAs? MITEs foldback masquerading as a "miRNA"? We've seen an instance where total mRNA across the mir-548-y locus go way up, but zero increase in mature mir-548-y or any other mir-548-xxx member.

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Aug 27

WHY? Just why? Those cards are disturbing on so many levels, and lacking representation of plant biologists like how Nobels passed over Baulcombe and Benning. It was Benning who first coined the name Argonaute for these genes.

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Aug 27

MAJOR FOMO!

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Aug 18

Real Slim Shady in Boston?

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Aug 6

BSMART, NASTY, or CLASSY? A skeet game I play with @lucksmith.bsky.social

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Is this halt of just new not yet NOGA's, or does the halt also apply to all Non-Competing ongoing grants in FY25/FY26?

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Take care and hope all that caloric restriction helps you live longer!

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Jul 29

Case in point, HHMI? No offense to @harmitmalik.bsky.social, you are one of the most vocal advocates here! But what is your insider insight into your HHMI colleagues and the HHMI brass? Can they throw out just some lifejackets to those barely treading water?

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Jul 12

Nuns of your business?

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Jun 26

Was that rocket around LA California? I also when to elementary school in Lawndale with one of those, was dared to jump from top level, some how my kid legs did not break.

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Jun 23

i always douse sashimi with plenty of wasabi. the alkylating condiment has antimicrobial effects along with adding flavor.

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Jun 1

That is some nice luciferase activity!

Jordi 🔻 @jordi77am.bsky.social · May 31

💡 Luciérnaga empezando a iluminar y alzando el vuelo

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · Jun 1

That interchange is always backed up with stopped traffic, so he might be okay....

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · May 30

Did you get bit? If so, you may have received an innoculation of mosquito-specific viruses she was carrying.

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · May 30

I see you have a 2021 Science Advances paper. Was this drama more recent? Now I'm nervous of my paper that is maybe under review at Sci Adv? It's been 3 weeks and tomorrow is Friday!😟

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Nelson Lau Lab @nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social · May 19

Newark?

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