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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 6d

apparently immunity and brain aging according to Akhila!

ARJUN REDDY @arjunreddy18.bsky.social · 7d

Exciting opportunity, Sue. Which project in the lab tends to attract the most interest: fat-brain signals, immunity, or brain aging?

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 22d

Looking for your next step in fly genetics? The Rajan Lab at Fred Hutch is hiring a staff scientist + postdoc for projects on fat–brain signals, immunity, and brain aging. Stable, long-term role in a collaborative lab. Apply: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30062/j...

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred Hutch is dedicated to the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.

careers-fhcrc.icims.com

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 23d

New cell cycle meeting starts next summer!
events.faseb.org/event/c40174...

Cell Cycle Regulation in Health and Disease.

Explore breakthroughs in cell cycle regulation and its impact on disease and therapies at this new multidisciplinary scientific meeting.

events.faseb.org

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congrats Chandni and @harmitmalik.bsky.social on your 25th!

Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Sep 3

25 years since I went from the biggest skeptic to the biggest fan of arranged marriages.

#alwaysgoodtobeabletoblameothers

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Aug 29

Terrific department-amazing faculty position opportunity! Apply now! I

Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · Aug 28

I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions.

Descriptions and links in the following two posts.

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Aug 28

Congrats @jtleek.bsky.social!

Jeff Leek @jtleek.bsky.social · Aug 28

Honored to see the Cancer AI Alliance included on TIME's list of the TIME100 AI of 2025! #TIME100AI.

CAIA has been a true team sport based on the shared commitment of all our Alliance members to accelerate cancer research and ultimately improve and save patient’s lives.

time.com/collections/...

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Aug 27

Great work from Hahn lab @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social that changes how we think about transcription factor binding:

Fred Hutch Basic Sciences Division @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social · Aug 27

Drs. Steve Hahn and Lakshmi Mahendrawada sit down with the Double-stranded Podcast. Check out a great conversation and learn about their recent @nature.com paper that’s rewriting our understanding of transcription factors: youtu.be/lXgdvmveA_k?...

Low overlap of transcription factor DNA binding and regulatory targets

YouTube video by Double-stranded Podcast

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Aug 20

thanks Alex....was wondering what was going on in GM....is there anything notable about how the MYF grants were picked?

Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · Aug 20

Among these 41 research programs, 4 are multi-year funded (5 years' funds allocated at once, rather than once a year for 5 years), due to edicts from Russell Vought and the Trump administration that he largely controls.

As these are 5y awards, 41 were funded where the total should be closer to 60.

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Jun 24

Congrats to this fantastic group of @jcchildsfund.bsky.social postdoctoral fellows! Grateful to a fantastic Board of Scientific Advisors for all their work!

Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research @jcchildsfund.bsky.social · Jun 24

We're thrilled to announce the 2025 class of Jane Coffin Childs Fellows!

See our latest blog post and "look book" to learn more about our newest Fellows and their exciting research!

www.jccfund.org/blog/the-jan...

www.jccfund.org/wp-content/u...

www.jccfund.org

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Jun 20

Grateful to the lab for celebrating 25 years and to @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social for being such a great place to do science!

Fred Hutch Basic Sciences Division @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social · Jun 18

Celebrating 25 years of curiosity, kinetochores, and cutting-edge science! Congratulations to the @suebiggins.bsky.social Lab @fredhutch.bsky.social on their 25th anniversary. Cheers to all the amazing colleagues that have made it such a wonderful place to do research over its past and present!

Biggins Lab 25th anniversary celebration

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Jun 6

This is a really important additional concern with the proposed budget

Coalition for Life Sciences @c4lifesciences.bsky.social · Jun 6

Today CLS brings attention to a sleeper cell proposal in the President's NIH Budget for FY26: Multi-Year Awards.

Read our statement to learn why this "nothing to see here" boring-sounding proposal would actually be DEVASTATING to research.

www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-objects-...

CLS Objects to Multi-Year Funding Proposal - The Coalition for the Life Sciences

The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 includes a seemingly innocuous proposal to transition up to half of research projects grants to "multiyear funding." CLS predicts application success rates ...

www.coalitionforlifesciences.org

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Fred Hutch Basic Sciences Division @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social · May 30

🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Meghan Koch on being named a @bwfund.bsky.social‬ 2025 Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease! The award supports her groundbreaking research @FredHutch exploring how maternal-offspring interactions shape neonatal health.

Announcing the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wellcome Fund

DURHAM, N.C. – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund proudly announces the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award recipients. This year’s cohort represents a diverse group of…

www.bwfund.org

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Apr 16

Guess who has an amazing science tattoo!

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Apr 16

Interested in postdoc opportunities in Seattle, WA? Join us May 6th for Seattle DROP, a virtual event about biomedical research in Seattle. Hear from recruiting faculty, finding the right mentor and enjoy lunch on us via a delivery voucher within the US!

Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25

Seattle DROP: Discover Research Opportunities for Postdocs

tinyurl.com

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Apr 16

Terrific findings from Steve Hahn's lab in @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social!

Fred Hutch @fredhutch.org · Apr 16

In new work published today in @nature.com, researchers in
@hutchbasicsci.bsky.social discover that most transcription factors in budding yeast don’t follow the textbook example of binding close to the genes they regulate. www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...

Rewriting the story about the molecules that turn genes on and off

A study by researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center published in Nature revises the standard story about transcription factors binding close to the genes they regulate. That is true only for a small su...

www.fredhutch.org

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thanks to Coalition for Life Sciences letter to Kennedy and Bhattacharya:

Coalition for Life Sciences @c4lifesciences.bsky.social · Apr 15

Abrupt termination of research doesn't stop waste, it CREATES waste! We call on @hhsgov.govmirrors.com to restore the funding without delay! #Cuts2Science

CLS Calls on the Trump Administration to Restore Research Funding - The Coalition for the Life Sciences

On April 14, 2025, CLS Chair Jo Handelsman and Exec Director Adrienne Hallett sent a letter outlining the tremendous consequences of terminating research and asking that it be reinstated.

www.coalitionforlifesciences.org

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Apr 1

"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs

In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.

www.nature.com

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Mar 10

Inspirational spotlight on @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social faculty member Melody Campbell!
nwasianweekly.com/2025/03/from...

From music to molecules: Fred Hutch’s Dr. Melody Campbell’s lab is one of the only electron microscopy labs studying integrins

Growing up, Dr. Melody Campbell, 38, was part of the Campbell Quartet.

nwasianweekly.com

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Mar 4

Congrats to Jeremy Hollis of @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social and all the other exceptional scientist who have received the 2025 Weintraub award!

Fred Hutch Basic Sciences Division @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social · Mar 4

We’re thrilled to congratulate to Jeremy Hollis in the @melodygcampbell.bsky.social and @harmitmalik.bsky.social Labs on being named a 2025 Weintraub Awardee! Jeremy is carrying on the late Hal Weintraub's legacy of curiosity and discovery through his research on cell surface receptors.

Fred Hutch Basic Sciences Division @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social · Mar 4

A huge congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Weintraub Award! These ten exceptional graduate students exemplify the bold, creative, and pioneering spirit embodied by Dr. Hal Weintraub. www.fredhutch.org/en/news/rele...

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Feb 21

Lifting this freeze is crucial:

Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Feb 21

Ok scientists & those who love science 🧪: here is another exhortation. Call Congress TODAY about the freeze on NIH Council Meetings and Study Sections. Emphasize that this means NO new grants are being funded & labs will soon start to shut down and fire employees. Phone numbers are at:
5calls.org

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

5calls.org

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Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD @rburdine1.bsky.social · Feb 21

#Devbio - please give @c4lifesciences.bsky.social a follow as we are working hard for #science and our community. If you have a story to share - please see below! We are collecting as many as we can.

Coalition for Life Sciences @c4lifesciences.bsky.social · Feb 20

Scientists, we need your stories!

Post a 2-minute video on whatever social media apps you use. Show us your empty labs, tell us about the grant you are waiting for, and talk about why you do what you do.

Tag @c4lifesciences.bsky.social and #Cuts2Science Tag your Members of Congress!

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Coalition for Life Sciences @c4lifesciences.bsky.social · Feb 15

CLS members are speaking out! #SupportingScience

Opinion | American Science is Under Attack

The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.

www.nytimes.com

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Feb 14

Congrats to BSD Professor Jesse Boom @jbloomlab.bsky.social!

Fred Hutch @fredhutch.org · Feb 14

Congrats to Fred Hutch evolutionary biologist
@jbloomlab.bsky.social on being named a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology! Read more: bit.ly/3EFmnb1 @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Feb 13

Cool work from Steve Henikoff's lab!

Fred Hutch @fredhutch.org · Feb 13

Researchers at Fred Hutch have discovered an overlooked mechanism driving aggressive breast and brain tumors involving genes so ancient — more than 2 billion years old — that they fly under the radar of standard genetic sequencing methods. 1/9 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · Jan 31

Huge congrats to @cterminiphd.bsky.social!!!

Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Jan 31

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