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Alex Long @alexandralong.bsky.social · 7d

My dept. is hiring a microbiologist (broadly defined)! We are a deeply curious and friendly dept. with lots of enthusiasm for unusual systems and strengths in regeneration & dev bio, ecology & evolution, and circadian rhythms. I highly encourage anyone to apply: ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600....

Assistant or Associate Professor in Microbiology

The Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY seeks to fill a tenure-eligible faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor le...

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · 7d

He was at Harvard Med and then Boston University, and published work on other cell types from the lung, but the cilia work was the highlight. There are 64 figures in that JCS paper! It's not clear who made the amazing illustration that we all use - nobody is credited in the paper, so perhaps him.

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Christophe 🔬 L @christlet.bsky.social · 8d

Beautiful drawing of ciliogenesis in airway cells from Sorokin, 1968: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/.... Just shown on stage by @mahjoublab.bsky.social at #GEF25

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in learning how to be a good speaker and give effective talks? Season 2 of the NYC Postdoc Night Science Club begins October 15th. Join us NYC Postdocs for a 2hr workshop and maybe also a drink at a bar! Free registration (usually ~100 come): docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 19d

A new study in ants from @danielkronauer.bsky.social reveals a previously unknown mechanism that ensures that each olfactory neuron expresses only one odorant receptor, with broad implications for the study of gene regulation. #RockefellerScience
https://bit.ly/4pwPFLY

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jul 9

www.npr.org/2025/07/09/n...

Canceled grants get the spotlight at a Capitol Hill 'science fair'

On Tuesday, scientists held an event organized by House Democrats in which they stood in front of posters outlining their work — and the federal cuts that now threaten it.

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jul 9

Looks like a suctorian. Which have very interesting microtubule structures, by the way. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suctoria

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jul 9

The genomic DNA was sheared by their prep, before the density gradient. The pieces were small enough that they were either fully replicated or unreplicated. If it was the whole genome, the experiment gives the wrong answer because the genomes are replicating asynchronously and relatively slowly..

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jul 9

I was young, and Stahl already seemed to me an old man who had done something famous long ago. Really, he was only in his mid-50’s and Meselson-Stahl was 30 years before. I regret not asking him more about it then, and the famous necessary artifact that allowed them to get the right answer.

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Frank Stahl was a visiting scientist in the lab next to where I was a grad student at MIT in the 1980's. He loved nothing more than doing experiments with phage lambda, staring at the plaques through a pair of magnifying goggles, thinking about recombination. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...

Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · Jul 8

RIP Franklin W. Stahl (1929–2025)

here is Frank explaining semiconservative replication of DNA in the marvelous interview from 2020 together with Matt Meselson (youtu.be/7-tnuAqEp9g)

Frank Stahl, screen capture from: https://youtu.be/7-tnuAqEp9g

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jul 7

UCSF Asilomar retreat t-shirt, 1990

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Good to see acknowledgment from industry about the importance of fundamental research funding. We need more industry leaders to step up to make this point to Congress. www.statnews.com/2025/06/27/b...

Proposed cuts could have ‘catastrophic effect,’ 110 biomedical, health sciences industry leaders tell Congress

Proposed cuts will have “a catastrophic effect on the advancement of biomedical and biotechnology capabilities in the United States,” more than 100 leaders of biomedical/health sciences companies tell...

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Inequality Media Civic Action @imcivicaction.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thank you, Tim! The Last Class film about Robert Reich is playing in NYC throughout this week at the wonderful Quad Cinema Greenwich Village through Thursday, July 3. Tickets available now here: quadcinema.com/film/the-las...

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jun 29

Saw the new film by @elliotkirschner.bsky.social about Robert Reich’s last class taught at UC Berkeley. It’s a film about @rbreich.bsky.social’s remarkable life, but also about the power of teaching and the classroom. Check it out!

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jun 23

About the art of writing, but applies to doing science, too.

Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · Jun 22

Happy birthday to the prophetess Octavia Butler. We live in the times she foretold. From her notebooks.

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jun 21

It was, but I don't think the Senate version of that part of the bill is out yet.

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jun 20

It could. I haven't seen that part of the reconciliation bill yet, but should be out soon.

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jun 20

Court invalidates NSF 15% indirect cost cap. Strong ruling. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jun 20

An amazing group of Freeman Hrabowski Scholars from @hhmi.org !

Great to see Steve Bonilla, who is off to an outstanding start at @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social

www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...

The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI

Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.

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Paul & Virginie - Centriole Lab @centriolelab.bsky.social · Jun 19

🚨 New preprint!
Using U-ExM + in situ cryo-ET, we show how C2CD3 builds an in-to-out radial architecture connecting the distal centriole lumen to its appendages. Great collab with @cellarchlab.com @chgenoud.bsky.social @stearnslab.bsky.social 🙌. #TeamTomo #UExM
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · Jun 19

Woo! Very excited to share our collaborative work on the centriole's Luminal Distal Ring ⭕. This project started 13 years ago with @hugovdhoek.bsky.social & @stearnslab.bsky.social, and then beautifully came together with @computingcaitie.bsky.social & @centriolelab.bsky.social.
#TeamTomo #UExM 🧪🧶🧬🔬

Paul & Virginie - Centriole Lab @centriolelab.bsky.social · Jun 19

🚨 New preprint!
Using U-ExM + in situ cryo-ET, we show how C2CD3 builds an in-to-out radial architecture connecting the distal centriole lumen to its appendages. Great collab with @cellarchlab.com @chgenoud.bsky.social @stearnslab.bsky.social 🙌. #TeamTomo #UExM
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · Jun 14

I heard this morning that my informatics colleague Dr. Atul Butte passed after a battle with cancer. He was a giant in the field & inspired many of us over his distinguished career. He was a passionate champion of the power of big data & his impact on our field is immeasurable. RIP Atul & thanks.

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jun 14

Ribosome biogenesis has examples of practically every kind of scaffolding, with more assembly factors than final proteins in the structure. Place to dig: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Eukaryotic Ribosome Assembly | Annual Reviews

During the last ten years, developments in cryo–electron microscopy have transformed our understanding of eukaryotic ribosome assembly. As a result, the field has advanced from a list of the vast arra...

www.annualreviews.org

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · May 25

Fifth Avenue, NYC.

The Louis Vuitton building under wraps on Fifth Avenue in NYC.

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