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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · 29d

It is really cool to see our work being feature on the cover of the newest issue of @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social !

The design is great and captures the complexity of the system! I hope you enjoy the article!

Trends in Biochemical Sciences @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Our September issue is now online!

🎨 The cover "Fine-tuning translation under stress" highlights a Review from @thesilvalab.bsky.social‬ and co in the ribosome ubiquitination code.

Cover designed by Katie Kirby from the VI4 AIR program.

Access the full issue 👉 www.cell.com/trends/bioch....

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Jul 21

I'm excited to have this review article out in @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social ! In a collaboration with the Darnell lab, we discuss the complexity of the ribosome ubiquitin code and what the field has done to crack this intricate signaling code!

Trends in Biochemical Sciences @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social · Jul 14

📣 Online now - the Review "The ribosome ubiquitination code: fine-tuning translation under stress" from
Haleigh Wooters, Neil Nimmagadda, Alicia Darnell, and @thesilvalab.bsky.social .

#Ubiquitination #TranslationalReprogramming #StressResponse

Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lPPS3S6Gf...

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Jul 18

I'm so excited and relieved that our NIH R35 grant has been renewed!! NoA received and grant actually started this July!!

We will continue to advance our research on ubiquitin and translation control for the next 5 years!!

Hoping to see more posts like this from y'all too🙌🏾🙌🏾

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Jun 6

Congratulations to our undergraduate student Jorge Mato, named a 2025 Faculty Scholar!! Faculty Scholar is the highest honor given by @duke-university.bsky.social faculty to undergraduate students for academic and research excellence!!

today.duke.edu/2025/06/four...

Four Undergraduates Whose Research Studies Are Winning Acclaim | Duke Today

today.duke.edu

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Apr 25

Same to you! I was so happy with the renewal of your grant!!

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Apr 25

Counting down the days, Ish!! Looking forward to it!!

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thank you! @snf.bsky.social, are you around the bay area? It would be great to grab a coffee one of these days!

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Apr 25

Amid all, it is energizing to hear nice news! Nine incredible colleagues and myself have been named Bass Chair Professors and inducted to the Bass Society of Fellows for excellence in teaching and research!

We got medals and we will receive a physical chair 🪑!! ☺️
today.duke.edu/2025/04/ten-...

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Apr 21

My department (Biology) at Duke University is seeking applicants for the position of Instructor B for the Microbiology (212L) lab sections. This course introduces major concepts in biology through the lens of microbiology!

Share it with your network!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29941

Duke University, Biology

Job #AJO29941, Instructor B, Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US

academicjobsonline.org

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Feb 25

🙏🏾🙏🏾!!

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Feb 25

So happy to see my colleagues succeeding! Congratulations Alissa!!! 🔥

Alissa Armstrong @armstrongflylab.bsky.social · Feb 24

Beyond thrilled - I’ve been awarded an NSF CAREER grant! I get to continue making scientific discoveries, training the next generation of researchers, & sharing knowledge about the scientific enterprise with the general public. This support is much needed, personally & professionally…let’s GOOO!!!

Screenshot of part of a notice of award for an NSF CAREER grant: Regulation of Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis by ovarian and adipose tissue amino acid sensing signaling pathways

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Kevin Cox Jr @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social · Feb 14

It's Black History Month and I'm excited to bring another edition of "28 Days, 28 Black Botanists" - now posted as a blog on Plantae! Thanks to @aspbofficial.bsky.social for continuing to support this fun tradition of mine! 💪🏾👨🏾‍🔬🌻🌱
plantae.org/2025-black-h...

2025 Black History Month: Black Plant Scientists Spotlight | Plantae

An initiative originated by Kevin Cox Jr., PhD, Plantae carries on Kevin’s tremendous effort of bringing visibility to several exceptional scientists and their work across the science community.

plantae.org

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Beronda L. Montgomery @berondam.bsky.social · Feb 10

Watching (needed) energy, collaboration & collective effort about NIH indirect costs by institutions/societies & the difference in energy & collective efforts around rollback of DEI took me back to impetus to write "Make equity essential to expedite change in academia"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Make equity essential to expedite change in academia - Nature Microbiology

In response to COVID-19, universities and other education providers pivoted rapidly from in-class learning to digital course instruction. Student tuition was deemed essential, thus swift change ensued...

www.nature.com

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Feb 9

Of course there have been responses at the individual level. As academic institutions, professionals societies, private foundations, the response has been largely of silence and of overcompliance, which included the removal of many programs that were not even federally funded... this is what I mean

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Feb 8

When they came for Black & Brown folks, or #DEI efforts, I heard very little commotion

Only now with these new directives has the scientific community become concerned with the future of research & academic institutions

It will not stop here. If you are not rich & conservative, you are at risk!

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 8

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

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

NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

grants.nih.gov

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Feb 6

As this is a delicate political moment, in which words are being weaponized, can we get some of the language right?

DIVERSE is a feature of group, not a person! A person is what they are. There is no such thing as a diverse hire/employee. Thank you.

www.scientificamerican.com/blog/voices/...

Diversity in STEM: What It Is and Why It Matters

Innovations resulting from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields have positively touched nearly every aspect of human life.

www.scientificamerican.com

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Feb 1

Maybe some folks can learn something with this very educational video during Black History Month #BlackSky

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p56b...

A Tale of O Video on Diversity

YouTube video by trainerstoolchest

www.youtube.com

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · Jan 23

Extremely important thread. NIH (and what will likely be NSF next) are and have been important agencies for *all* of us, whether you know/understand that yet or not.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jan 23

The Trump admin has cancelled the panels that approve NIH grants, & is also banning scientists from communicating with the public, attending conferences, and hiring.

NIH is the largest funder of biomedical research in the world. This will severely halt the development of many lifesaving treatments.

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Samira Musah @stemcellengineer.bsky.social · Nov 23

Hello #Bluesky! New & happy to be here.

I’m an assistant prof @ #DukeBME & #DukeMedicine. My research group develops patient-specific preclinical models to uncover human disease mysteries & discover safe and effective therapies. #StemCells #Organoids #MPS #DiseaseModels #Biomaterials #KidneyDisease

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Nov 23

"Scientists as political advocates" - Important call to action from @anthrofuentes.bsky.social

"we cannot rely on nonscientists to be the primary advocates for the necessity, value, and power of scientific knowledge and methods"

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists as political advocates

Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...

www.science.org

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Nov 22

That's a great tag, I need to get onboard with the lingo :)

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Nov 21

I know, right?! Is there a tool to do this more efficiently? (Good to see you on this side)

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Gustavo Silva lab at Duke @thesilvalab.bsky.social · Nov 21

Ok, here we are 🔵🦋!

We are a lab at #DukeUniversity studying protein dynamics, gene expression, cellular response to stress, and their relationship to health and disease!

Our team is also very focused on promoting equity and diversity in higher education!

Check us out: sites.duke.edu/silvalab/

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