Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.

A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner

His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.

An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers

www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Interested in metabolism? So are we! My lab has been exploring the cell biology of energy metabolism in the nervous system, and we are looking for postdocs. Cool sensors and microscopy, great work environment. Please help me spread the word!

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!

Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!

apply.interfolio.com/174371

his speech. It's like me as a college freshman summoning Seymour Benzer and Sydney Brenner to lecture them on neurogenetics.

Happy to share the inaugural paper from the lab. We describe a molecular mechanism for the activation of outer dynein arm motors that power the vital motion of cilia.

Open access link below:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here's a cool animated summary

Hey Dorks!

We are working really hard to fight for science and democracy…and it’s working. Last week, we got a commitment to write articles against RFK Jr.

@standupforscience.bsky.social is punching above our weight!

Chip in to keep us fighting here: act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...

Here are three photos of places that have been described as "war-ravaged": Ukraine, Gaza, Portland. See if you can guess which city someone is lying about.

Chemotax/Thermotax to Hawaii or Micronesia. There's a thought.

Picking worms in Micronesia. I am clearly doing the absolute wrong kind of worm science.
Super interesting study tracing the spread of Caenorhabditis from Hawaii to Asia.

Just when I think that things could not possibly get any stupider, they do.

Ed Kravitz passed away yesterday.
He was a remarkable scientist and mentor- brilliant, curious, creative, and kind. I am grateful to have learned from him. His legacy will endure through his science and through the many people he inspired.

We will miss you, Ed.

Immigrants, particularly on H1Bs, are the lifeblood of American innovation. If you wanted to hurt US competitiveness in the next century, I can think of few more effective ways than a move like this

Even when found illegal, the mere intent will have irreparably harmed our future

Important to remember that H1B visa holders have their whole life in the US. The home they rent or own is here. Their family. Their kids go to school here. Being locked out of the US is also in many cases rendering them homeless and away from their family, with no obvious path to return

Um - my lab made that.

So can I ask for all reviewers who don't like my papers to be fired? Or nah?

😅

Of course you mean it's too many servings, right? 2 would've been more appropriate. Like for a pint of ice cream.

A huge shoutout to all the dedicated grants management specialists at the NIH who are working around the clock to push grants out before the Sep 30 deadline. And also to the POs responding to frantic emails.
Not an easy job under the best of circumstances and right now it's the pits.
Thank you!

A deep dive into the destruction of US cancer research by @jonathanmahler.bsky.social “It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster,” a former top official at NIH told him. “It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” Gift link: nyti.ms/48iH3Cr

Indeed. These are central neuron cilia. Has been a big knowledge gap in the field.

Whoa - neuronal ciliary proteome! Tons to dig into here - different from kidney cilia proteome (perhaps unsurprising) and enriched for many postsynaptic proteins, strengthening previous suggestions of cilia as postsynaptic signaling structures.
@nachury.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Argh

Moving into a cabin deep in the woods and going totally off-grid is sounding awfully attractive right now. Anyone want to join me?

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...