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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 16h

Come join us at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!

Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · Aug 26

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

Open Faculty Position: Assistant or Associate (Untenured) Professor

Application deadline: 11:55 PM on Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Sarafan ChEM-H is seeking candidates with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation.

Click the link above to learn more & apply!

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 8d

Come and join us @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! It's an amazing place to do interdisciplinary science & I'm so grateful to be in this community. Faculty applications due 10/15/2025 -- please share widely. Interested but not sure you're ready to apply this year? DM me & I'm happy to provide advice :)

Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · Aug 26

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 20d

Please apply to our tenure-track faculty position at
@stanford-chemh.bsky.social! We are searching for a new colleague working at the interface between computation and molecular sciences. See post below and pls forward widely!
chemh.stanford.edu/opportunitie...

Faculty Recruitment

chemh.stanford.edu

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 29d

Only 2 days to go! Register and join us to hear these amazing talks!

Bria Castellano @queerentist.bsky.social · Sep 5

🗓️Join us for the 4th Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25!

We highlight the work of 18 exceptional early-career scientists across biomedical sciences.

Register and more information below:
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/speakersalumni

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · Sep 5

Incredibly excited for this year's iteration of the Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25! This is a fantastic opportunity to hear 10 minute talks describing fantastic cutting-edge science from researchers preparing to launch a faculty search. Please register (link below) & forward widely :)

Bria Castellano @queerentist.bsky.social · Sep 5

🗓️Join us for the 4th Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25!

We highlight the work of 18 exceptional early-career scientists across biomedical sciences.

Register and more information below:
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/speakersalumni

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are big fans of your Elk-1 work!

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you so much for your kind words! We are finishing up revision experiments now and hoping it’s published soon :)

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · Aug 13

AIMBE prepared a doc summarizing information about the number of departments that have reduced student enrollment for next year. This doesn’t have the number of slots and how it changed but still confirms a lot of the trends you have been writing about: aimbe.org/wp-content/u...

aimbe.org

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Aug 13

"meaningful and innovative health research has never flourished amid constraints on language and free exchange of ideas"

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 12

Article in Nature from a former NIH employee and Bethesda Declaration signer...

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘A whole body of health-equity research is being disappeared’ — why I resigned from the NIH

As federal support vanishes for research addressing the root causes of health disparities in the United States, we are left with a dangerous void and an urgent need to rethink science funding.

www.nature.com

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · Jul 20

This is a great piece highlighting the many ways that federal investment in science benefits society.

Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thanks to @isakoditomassi.bsky.social and the McClintock Letters Initiative who motivated me to submit this.

Fay: Cuts to research funding risk the collapse of U.S. science and technology

I started as an assistant professor of molecular biology at the University of Wyoming in 2001.

www.wyomingnews.com

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · Jul 12

Special thanks to Bianca Caminada for coordinating my visit and to all of the speakers and presenters for the amazing science :)

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · Jul 12

Thank you to the student organizing committee for a great Frontiers in Biophysics meeting at UBC!

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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · Jul 11

Genome Sciences is looking for a Director of Departmental Computing. This is a rare opportunity for someone interested in leading our excellent IT team, building and maintaining computational infrastructure, and working closely with our faculty and labs uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidat...

UW Human Resources

University of Washington Human Resources

uwhires.admin.washington.edu

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🪾santiago, phd 🐈‍⬛ @santiagokique.bsky.social · Jun 7

43% cut to dollar amount awarded in federal research grants by NIH in Trump ‘26 budget. 1800 fewer grants. The 27 ICs will be restructured into 8.

www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/n...

NIH details how Trump budget would cut support for grants, training, and research centers

President Trump's 2026 budget proposes cutting NIH grants to universities, academic medical centers, and other institutions by 43%

www.statnews.com

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · May 31

While we are watching the damage here, a far away land has reached a tipping point.

More than 1,000 scientists took to the streets in Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina wearing gas masks to protest cuts to science. There is no future w/o #science.

🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Scienticide’ in Argentina sparks huge protest by researchers

Hundreds of activists wearing gas masks took to the streets to call out their government for slashing science funding.

www.nature.com

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · May 30

Powerful new work! Kudos to the authors for making it easy to explore the code ❤️

Gherman Novakovsky @gnovakovsky.bsky.social · May 29

Want to learn more about PromoterAI?
📄 Read the paper: science.org/doi/10.1126/...
💻 Explore the code & precomputed scores: github.com/Illumina/Pro.... (14/)

Predicting expression-altering promoter mutations with deep learning

Only a minority of patients with rare genetic diseases are currently diagnosed by exome sequencing, suggesting that additional unrecognized pathogenic variants may reside in non-coding sequence. Here,...

science.org

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · May 28

Check out this fantastic conference in Boston, June 23, featuring the Ono Pharma Awardees in chemical biology, registration open now!

ONO PHARMA FOUNDATION @onoinitiative.bsky.social · May 27

We will be hosting the 2025 ONO Pharma Foundation Annual Symposium on June 23 at the Royal Sonesta Boston. This event offers an opportunity to explore the latest breakthroughs presented by ONO INITIATIVE awardees and to discuss groundbreaking science in chemical biology. (1/2)

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you so much Isabelle! This is fantastic :)

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · May 17

A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-pat...

A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research

Over the past four months, I’ve spoken to dozens of biomedical researchers...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · May 16

What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · May 15

This is what can be achieved today due to longstanding federal support of academic basic science alongside close partnership of universities, private industry and NIH intramural initiatives. An ecosystem worth not just saving but doubling down on!

innovativegenomics.org/news/first-p...

First Patient Treated with Personalized CRISPR Therapy, Developed in Just Six Months

The first on-demand CRISPR therapy for an infant with a rare metabolic disease developed by the IGI and collaborators around the world.

innovativegenomics.org

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · May 12

Read more about the impact for the program and perspectives from past speakers in this Stanford Engineering Science and Technology article: engineering.stanford.edu/news/next-ge... (3/3)

engineering.stanford.edu

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · May 12

Selected speakers will present live-streamed talks at this year's virtual Symposium on September 11, 2025. Prior to the event, speakers will be paired 1:1 with faculty to get general career advice and advice specific to the academic job market. (2/3)

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · May 12

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)

Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium

www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · May 5

Our papers, device designs, and protocols are used by biotech companies every day. Basic science is not a luxury - federal funding drives the very earliest R&D that powers biotech and trains the next generation of scientists (3/3). #WithoutNSF

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