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David Katz @katzlab.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited to share our very exciting story on how misinherited chromatin affects individual cells to cause a behavior defect in C. elegans (a thread👇) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · 2d

This was the best. Except that we couldn’t figure out how to get off school district list so finally just canceled landline. Double win!

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Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · 6d

One of the first ever appointees to the current Genetic Predoctoral Training Program T32 from NIGMS. Proud of them all. And congrats to Monica!

David Katz @katzlab.bsky.social · 6d

So proud of my graduate student Monica Reeves for winning program student of the year in the Genetics and Molecular Biology program at Emory University @emory-gmb.bsky.social

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 8d

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!

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 9d

🪧📣Rally tomorrow at CDC roybal campus main entrance (1600 Clifton rd). If you are in Atlanta stop by! 💚

Local Moms - Join with CDC Alumni and Friends and Fired But Fighting.

THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY

When: Tuesday, 9/30, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Where: Across from CDC Roybal Campus

Bring your signs and get loud! Kids are welcome.

List of speakers TBD.

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Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · 11d

The NSF posted an announcement on Sept 8th with “full solicitation coming” and no indication of the changes- consistent with a chaotic process occurring to make these decisions. At least they delayed the deadlines and have now provided reference letter deadline (earlier than application deadline).

Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 11d

www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

www.science.org

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Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · 29d

Awesome to see they will award up to 3000 fellowships! Hope NSF posts full announcement- including recommendation deadline- soon! Last year recs were due before GFRP deadline so students should be requesting them now.

Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 29d

NSF GRFP announcement was posted! Have not read the details to see if any changes from previous years...

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · Sep 7

Co-discoverer of reverse transcriptase at 32, Nobel Prize at 37, played a key role at the 1975 Asilomar comference.

David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87

www.nytimes.com

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · Sep 6

Reminder that we are recruiting an Assistant Professor Bacterial Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

Deadline 24 Sept.

Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Scott Soderling @scottsoderling.bsky.social · Sep 7

Duke is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in AI/ML for Biology—joint Discovery AI Initiative × Cell Biology Search. Building models for protein design, single-cell/spatial omics, imaging, proteomics, genomics? Apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30509
#hiring #AIforBio #CompBio

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Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · Sep 2

Scientists: Make your voice heard! There is a request for information on allowable publication costs in NIH grant awards. Provide your feedback by September 15. They have listed a number of options in the notice.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-25-138: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs NOT-OD-25-138. NIH

grants.nih.gov

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Sep 1

🧪 And House appropriators say: no cuts to NIH budget!

House subcommittee version just came out (link below). Holds NIH flat at $48 billion.

To be clear: this is far from over. But a good sign that science still matters across both sides of aisle.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚨The Trump admin is trying to gut our future while already withholding $8 BILLION in science funding.

On Thurs, Aug 28 @6PM ET, we’re calling South Asian voters in swing districts to demand their reps protect NIH + NSF funding
📍 Online: RSVP for the Zoom link: tinyurl.com/SUFSSA
#StandUpForScience

THURS 28TH AUGUST
6:00 PM ET
ONLINE
CALLING SWING DISTRICTS
Save scientific research funding
We will be calling South Asian voters in swing districts represented by Republicans to ask them to contact their representatives about the huge funding cuts the Trump administration is proposing to the
NIH and NSF. They plan to cut 38% from the NIH and 55% from the NSF and have already withheld $8 billion dollars in science funding.
A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP
Standupforscience.net
STAND UP ESCIENCE

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Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · Aug 25

So fun to read this interview as Mansuo was my classmate a "few" years ago. Her description of how we were encouraged to solve big, difficult questions resonates- as does the place being cohesive and highly collaborative. What a special place Princeton MolBio was in the 90's.

Princeton MolBio @princetonmolbio.bsky.social · Aug 18

“Do not compare yourselves to others. Focus on your own journey, your own data, and your own development.” Interview of MolBio grad alum and AskBio CSO Mansuo Shannon *98 leading up to the Princeton Alumni Many Minds, Many Stripes conference. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/ma...

Mansuo Shannon *98, Chief Science Officer, AskBio

“Do not compare yourselves to others. It is so easy to compare yourself to everyone around you, especially in the current technological age. But everyone's project is different, everyone's timeline is...

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · Aug 14

Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

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Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · Aug 13

Proud PI only begins to describe seeing this. It’s why I do what I do. Chase those ideas Ed!

Eduardo Gigante @edgigante.bsky.social · Aug 13

Ten years ago, I restarted career in the Neuroscience program at Emory. I wanted the freedom drive my own research and chase what interested me. Thanks, @tamaragenes.bsky.social, Alberto Stolfi, @vansciver.bsky.social, and all the mentors for the training and support that brought me here.

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Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · Aug 12

They towed from that lot if you look so much looked across the street when I was in high school, which my classmate reminded me was 4 decades ago!

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Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · Aug 11

Rally/press conference in response to CDC shooting and the killing of Dekalb police officer David Rose. Tuesday, August 12 at 6 pm in the Rollins School of Public Health Auditorium. Free parking in adjacent Michael St parking lot. Contact [email protected]

image for flyer: Rally/press conference in response to CDC shooting and the killing of Dekalb police officer David Rose. Tuesday, August 12 at 6 pm in the Rollins School of Public Health Auditorium. Free parking in adjacent Michael St parking lot

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · Aug 11

NIH is accepting comments about limiting research publication costs. 1. Disallow pub costs, 2. $2K limit, 3. $3K if reviewers are compensated, 4. 0.8% of award (so $250K grant can pay $2K/year on pubs), 5. $6K limit on pub + limit on % of grant spent on pub costs. 🧪

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-25-138: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs NOT-OD-25-138. NIH

grants.nih.gov

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Max Heiman @heiman.bsky.social · Aug 11

In this 1892 lecture, the poet A. E. Housman advocates for basic curiosity-driven discovery research:
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~martinh/poe...

I've copied some of my favorite parts below.

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Introductory Lecture

www.chiark.greenend.org.uk

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Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · Aug 9

An additional factor is that Emory sent an alert at 5:03 (through app and email) whereas my friends at the CDC did not get anything for another 10 minutes. They report people running inside buildings yelling for CDC employees to move away from windows. Media likely first heard about Emory alert

Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · Aug 9

Indeed, the CVS where the shooter reportedly shot from is in a complex called Emory Point, which is a mixed use development not part of campus. Emory is very close- but the CDC is closer- and reports are it’s buildings were the ones shot. And the employees there are still locked on lock down.

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Patrick Phillips @patrickphillips.bsky.social · Aug 5

I've now received five NIH notice of awards for new or continuing grants since January. Almost enough data to detect some patterns. Here are a few observations. 1/n

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Karen J Liu @karenjliu.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social

thenode.biologists.com/jobs/postdoc...

Postdoctoral Research Associate: Modelling Neural Crest Anomalies (mouse/human) - the Node

The Liu lab is looking for a postdoc with a love of embryos and developmental biology! This post is part of an MRC-funded collaboration between Karen Liu’s lab at King’s College London and Marco Trizz...

thenode.biologists.com

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