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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 19d

🎉 Congratulations to Needhi Bhalla, UC Santa Cruz (www.bhallalab.com
), named a 2025 #ASCB Fellow! This honor celebrates her outstanding contributions to cell biology, leadership, & service. Fellows will be recognized at #CellBio2025 in Philadelphia this December. #CellBiology

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GW Gant Luxton @gwgl.bsky.social · 29d

🚨Our fabulous graduate student Selin's paper on how the KASH protein UNC-83 regulates the activity of kinesin-1 to control developmental stage-specific nuclear migration is out! Another great collaboration between the Starr-Luxton and MOM labs.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The KASH protein UNC-83 differentially regulates kinesin-1 activity to control developmental stage-specific nuclear migration

Nuclear migration plays a fundamental role in development, requiring precise spatiotemporal control of bidirectional movement through dynein and kines…

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Aug 15

Why would anyone want to be a scientist?

Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Screenshot of Essay from Martin Schwartz on 'Why would anyone want to be a scientist'. An anniversary article from The Company of Biologists published in Journal of Cell Science.

The first few lines are: It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently filled with failure and rejection. But, strange even to myself, I not only don't question the unfavorable risk-to-reward ratio but consider myself astonishingly lucky to be a scientist. There are three fundamental pleasures that have sustained me through 50 years of this madness.

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Debby Silver @debbysilver.bsky.social · Aug 10

Sharing our newest study led by the incredibly talented @federicamosti.bsky.social investigating new molecular mechanisms of human brain development. We discover a human-specific enhancer HAR1984 that influences chromatin looping to promote cortical size and folding! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

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Stephanie Gupton @stephgupton.bsky.social · Aug 9

Requests that were previously submitted via the prior approval module will not be reviewed, and recipients will need to initiate the first no cost extension within the Status module by using the Extension action

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Aug 7

I am honored to be selected as an ASCB fellow! SO much thanks to those who nominated me and provided letters of support!

And congratulations to the other Fellows selected! 🎉🥳🎊

American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · Aug 7

Meet the 14 scientists named 2025 ASCB Fellows! Honored for excellence in research, mentorship, and service, they’ll be recognized at Cell Bio 2025 this December in Philadelphia.

Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...

Fourteen Visionary Scientists Named 2025 ASCB Fellows - ASCB

The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is proud to announce the election of 14 outstanding scientists as 2025 ASCB Fellows—a prestigious honor recognizing their exceptional contributions to cell...

www.ascb.org

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · Jul 28

The NIH was healthiest when pay lines were in the 20th percentile range.

We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range.

In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one.

This is going to destroy science.

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Stephanie Gupton @stephgupton.bsky.social · Jul 27

*tore. I guess it was a tour of a run through the mountains.

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Stephanie Gupton @stephgupton.bsky.social · Jul 27

Longest run since I tour my hamstring 1.5 years ago, followed by a float with the family was the break my heart and soul needed this weekend.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jul 25

It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.

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Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting @tricytomeet.bsky.social · Jul 8

🚨 Registration Now Open! 🚨

Join us for the 2025 Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting on Sept. 15 at Trent Semans Center!

Speakers:
🔬 Dr. Kris DeMali
🧫 Dr. Rae Cho
🧬 Dr. Stefanie Redemann

Showcase your research, exchange ideas, and connect with the Cytoskeleton community!

Register now! 💻

#TCM2025

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · Jul 10

ASCB and others filed a new brief opposing NIH’s request to pause a court ruling that protects early-career scientist grants. The original ruling struck down NIH’s termination of those grants.

Read the brief: www.ascb.org/society-news...

UPDATE: ASCB, Others File Brief Opposing Administration Request to Halt Judge’s Ruling - ASCB

The ASCB and three other life science organizations filed an amicus brief opposing the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) request to pause the judicial ruling in American Public Health Association ...

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Stephanie Gupton @stephgupton.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you to @ascbiology.bsky.social for the action alert and easy instructions to find the appropriations committee member in your state, with an example script. I just called, it takes max 3 minutes.
www.ascb.org/society-news...

Protect NIH and NSF Funding – Your Voice Is Urgently Needed - ASCB

In the next six weeks, Congressional committees will decide how much funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will receive for Fiscal Year 2026. While ...

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Stephanie Gupton @stephgupton.bsky.social · May 30

I stopped and smelled that one on the way in yesterday morning! and covered in bees yesterday evening on the way out.

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Stephanie Gupton @stephgupton.bsky.social · May 13

Damn, unbelievable. I hope this is turned around

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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · Apr 22

I’m hearing that some MOSAIC fellows are not only losing their grants (and for some in the postdoc phase their livelihoods), but also that their LRPs are now being cancelled. To have this population of scientists be targeted in such a manner should be unacceptable to everyone 😤

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Cell Biology and Physiology at UNC-CH @unc-cbp.bsky.social · Apr 18

CBP scientist Selena Romero just found an #immune protein involved in responding to viral infections has an unexpected role in the brain. "What the heck is it doing in #neurons in a nonpathogenic or diseased setting,” said @deshmukhlab.bsky.social Read more here: www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysi...

The unexpected role of a pathogen-sensing immune protein in the brain - Department of Cell Biology and Physiology

Trimming neuronal axons involves a distinct pathway and a rare pathogen-sensing immune protein that could have implications for Alzheimer’s disease. Neurons have the remarkable ability to kill parts o...

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · Apr 15

Say it with me now:
If it can happen to asylum seekers, & it can happen to immigrants, & it can happen to legalized citizens, then it can happen to ANYONE.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Apr 15

As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us all safe and healthy

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Stephanie Gupton @stephgupton.bsky.social · Apr 13

and don't forget San Barnardo! Excellent meeting and a fun day to explore!

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Stephanie Gupton @stephgupton.bsky.social · Apr 12

Is there exchange between the curd and the coffee though?

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Stephanie Gupton @stephgupton.bsky.social · Apr 12

You summed that up perfectly

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Stephanie Gupton @stephgupton.bsky.social · Mar 21

In a time of fear in the biomedical research enterprise, I find solace in discovery and following our curiosity. @chrisho.bsky.social posted his first author thesis work discovering new unexpected roles for Coronin 1A in neuronal morphogenesis. We can't wait to hear what you think.
l1nq.com/5N65s

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · Mar 19

It is *so* hard to get NIH funding.

I can’t imagine how awful it must feel to have finally gotten the grant that lets you do the meaningful research you want to do and then have it ripped away.

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