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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 11h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Christian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · 7d

Alternatively Spliced Citrate Synthase Supports Colorectal Cancer url: aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar...

Have a look at our views on a recent, very interesting paper on alternative splice variants of citrate synthase.

Alternatively Spliced Citrate Synthase Supports Colorectal Cancer

Metabolic changes are a major hallmark of cancer with the mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle playing a central role in this process. Remodeling of the TCA cycle occurs in cancer cells to sus...

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 7d

Some problems have simple solutions. This new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” is one. The answer is simply saying no.

Simple does not mean easy. But Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Univ of AZ, UPenn, USC, UT Austin & UVA must understand what they’ll lose if they sign on.

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Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 7d

Anyone else working on a NIH grant due sometime soon (like me)? Here’s some guidance👇🏽

sheilacherry.bsky.social @sheilacherry.bsky.social · 7d

Submissions accepted according to published due dates, but no one to receive or process. I summarize and share the NIH and NSF guidance here: www.linkedin.com/posts/sheila...

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · 8d

#ASBMB26's keynote speaker is Wesley Sundquist: Co-chair of the department of biochemistry at @uofubiochem.bsky.social, ASBMB fellow and one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2025. Don't miss his speech at ASBMB 2026!
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#HIV #StructuralBiology #ProteinDesign

Text reads Keynote Speaker Wesley Sundquist, Professor and department of biochemistry co-chair, University of Utah. There is a photo of Sundquist and the background is a scientific image behind a blue, pink and orange gradient.

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Aaron and the Hoskins Lab at UW Madison @uwmadisonrna.bsky.social · 9d

Very excited about next week's RNA Maxigroup seminar from Kristen Lynch @upenn.edu ! Thanks to @rnasociety.bsky.social , @uwbiochem.bsky.social, and the CMB program for sponsoring!

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Dominik Hrebik @dhrebik.bsky.social · 10d

This comic is becoming increasingly realistic.
m.xkcd.com/3056/

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 9d

When I was at NIH and shutdowns loomed, it was discovered that the administration was planning to shut down PubMed. The head of NCBI called the powers that be and pointed out that this would threaten patient safety

Who knows what will happen now

Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC
(europepmc.org )

a cartoon of donald trump with the words be prepared above him

ALT: a cartoon of donald trump with the words be prepared above him

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 11d

We have an open post-doc position in my group to study mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation using biochemical reconstitution and cryoEM.

Please get in touch if you are interested in joining this amazing team! 🔬🧬🤩
#RNA #cryoEM

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · 11d

Full circle moment!

While visiting ASBMB for a Maximizing Access Committee meeting, @garcialabms.bsky.social spotted one of his early JBC papers.
www.jbc.org/article/S002...

Do you remember the thrill of your early publications? Share below!
@asbmbjournals.bsky.social #asbmbJBC #TeamMassSpec

Ben Garcia stands in front of a bookcase lined with past printed issues of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, which have green covers and gold lettering. He is holding one of the journals open to his 2007 article "Organismal Differences in Post-translational Modifications in Histones H3 and H4."

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 12d

The NSF GRFP is now limited to undergrads and first-year grads drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/t...

The NSF GRFP is now limited to undergrads and first-year grads

The solicitation for the 2025 submission dates for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program is out, with the first deadline of November 10 for life-sciences disciplines. The big news is that el…

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Tim Rhoads @timwrhoads.bsky.social · 12d

It is somewhat ambiguously worded, but second years were definitely eligible prior to this upcoming application cycle. But you can only submit once as a grad student (previously this could be either in your first year or second year).

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FAQ: Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

Get answers to frequently asked questions about the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), covering eligibility, application requirements, document uploads and review criteria.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 12d

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

This means individuals in the following statuses at the time of application are eligible:

Undergraduate in the final (senior) year of a bachelor’s degree program
Bachelor’s degree-holder with NO enrollment in a graduate degree program (non-degree graduate coursework allowed)
Individual enrolled in a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree program with at least three undergraduate years completed
First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar)
Individuals enrolled in joint bachelor’s-master’s degree programs are considered graduate students. For GRFP, joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees are defined as degrees concurrently pursued and awarded.
Not be a current NSF employee.

Applications that do not meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review as being ineligible for a fellowship.

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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · 12d

I hate this for the second years who had already been working on applications.

Also the USDA fellowship RFA has still not been issued for this year.

It is harder and harder to find fellowships to support the newest generation of scientists. 🧪

We are shortchanging our future.

Laura Williams @laurawilliams.bsky.social · 12d

NSF GRFP solicitation out.
App deadlines now in November.
As others noted, eligibility rules for current graduate students now exclude 2nd year grad students. See the solicitation - they’ve emphasized “first year” and “less than one academic year” in grad program.

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 13d

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

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

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · 13d

#ASBMB26 abstract submissions open on Oct. 6. Get ready to present your latest research among scientific leaders and peers.

Explore poster abstract categories, which include #cancerbiology, #microbiology, #neurobiology, #immunology, #proteins, #lipids & membranes and much more: ow.ly/ZX9g50WYoFH.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13d

Since there is some discussion that NIH institutes should not simply use paylines to determine which grants to fund, I thought I would share some old data.

These are plots of funding probability fas a function of percentile score for 9 institutes.

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Graphs of funding curves for nine NIH institutes from fiscal year 2012.

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Ulrich Hohmann @hohmannulrich.bsky.social · 16d

How are RNAs sorted for export vs. degradation in the nucleus? In collaboration with @heick.bsky.social’s lab we (@clemensplaschka.bsky.social and @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social labs) discovered a direct mechanistic link between the export and decay machineries: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/x)

Molecular basis of polyadenylated RNA fate determination in the nucleus

Eukaryotic genomes generate a plethora of polyadenylated (pA+) RNAs[1][1],[2][2], that are packaged into ribonucleoprotein particles (RNPs). To ensure faithful gene expression, functional pA+ RNPs, in...

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Nick Riley @nmriley.bsky.social · 14d

Have you wondered how nanoparticle protein coronas (e.g., Seer’s Proteograph XT) can help with glycoprotein enrichment in biofluids?

We were curious, too, and this new @riley-research.bsky.social pre-print led by outstanding postdoc @emmajays.bsky.social details our #glycotime investigations.

Emmajay Sutherland @emmajays.bsky.social · 15d

Can nanoparticles help us probe the glycoproteome?

The new pre-print from @riley-research.bsky.social seeks to answer this question using the Proteograph technology from Seer Inc.

Check out this lovely study on glycoproteins NP-enriched from biofluids here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 15d

I love an elegant paper that addresses an old question: what happens (to translation and gene expression) when glucose is removed from cells? Really nice work from the one and only David Tollervey.

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Rapid remodeling of NTP levels enables immediate translational adaptation to energy stress in yeast

Bexley et al. report that rapid metabolic shifts mediate immediate, protective changes in RNA metabolism following energy depletion. In yeast, protein production is regulated by tuning enzymatic const...

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Nick Burton @nickburton.bsky.social · Aug 27

I have heard through two sources that NIGMS is not funding R01 applications now and using its money for R35s. However, the only way for non-ESI people to apply to the R35 is to already hold an R01 creating a situation where if you're not in already you can't get in. Does anyone know more on this?

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Adam Myers (He/Him) [Adam Splitters Entertainment] @theadamsplitter.bsky.social · 16d

Something genuinely positive because we all really need it right now www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...

Wary of changes under Trump, 'citizen historians' are documenting the Smithsonian

Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16d

Now with comments... Lots of comments

(A long thread)

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16d

Posting without comment...

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Opinion | ‘The Power of Science to Solve Problems Is Almost Limitless’

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 16d

The New York Times piece today about US science is terrible and wrong—in many ways.

I could write a whole article about this, but as one example:

“To close observers, the original crisis began well before any of this…”
No. I’m a close observer of science, and this is incorrect.

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