Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

Jeremy Day @daylab.bsky.social · Aug 15

A summary of NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya's comments during his visit to UAB today for a town hall style presentation:

-Important for scientific work addressing our nation's health problems to be done in the same communities where those problems are concentrated

6 16 38

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

TanentzapfLab @tanentzapflab.bsky.social · Aug 13

The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard.

4 87 340

Robert Van Sciver @vansciver.bsky.social · Aug 14

So proud to know you! And I'm equally grateful to you for your mentorship, training and support

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.

1 2

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · Apr 3

We're live! @inikon.bsky.social used modular proximity labeling to identify ciliary EV cargo in #celegans. This EV-TurboID approach can be applied in cell- & tissue-specific manners to define the composition of distinct EV subtypes, a major challenge of the EV field.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

9 11 72

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · Apr 3

How and why did Inna Nikonorova isolate and profile individual ciliary extracellular vesicles? Learn more here, at the behind-the-scenes blog by @inikon.bsky.social

Inna Nikonorova @inikon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Just out! We used C. elegans to trace the cargo of ciliary EVs and found that their loading is a regulated process involving polycystins. @barrlab.bsky.social communities.springernature.com/posts/tiny-m...

5 15

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Mar 28

LOOK at how few white counties there are on this map.

Almost EVERY county in this country loses with the White House's proposed cuts to health research 🧪

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Mar 28

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.

Find out how your community may be impacted.

Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org

a 🧵

US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.

3 24 74

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

PKD Foundation @pkdfoundation.bsky.social · Mar 14

For over 40 years, we have driven research in efforts to find a cure for PKD. Now, a 57% cut to CDMRP funding threatens that progress. Urge Congress to protect this critical funding, PKD research depends on it!

Take action now: p2a.co/5rwekfw

4 8

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

PKD Research Resource Consortium @pkdresearch.bsky.social · Mar 10

The 2025 PKD RRC Symposium is almost here! See our 2 day agenda full of exciting and innovative talks! For more details, visit our website at pkd-rrc.org or www.scgcorp.com/PKDRRC2025/

3 3

Robert Van Sciver @vansciver.bsky.social · Mar 7

@standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScienceATL was so empowering. Great speakers and lots of cars honking in support too
#StandUpForScience2025

4

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Mar 2

Unlike the people taking a chainsaw to institutions, the people working at these institutions are real patriots, who have worked their entire careers to keep the US at the forefront of science, to protect against threats, natural and man-made, to ensure a high quality of life for all Americans.

15 72

Robert Van Sciver @vansciver.bsky.social · Mar 2

Comeback Town: UAB and Birmingham are in trouble; do something

UAB means life, death, and financial security to me, my family, and many of you.

www.al.com

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

Eduardo Gigante @edgigante.bsky.social · Mar 2

Sure, one of those jobs is mine, but we are doubling the value of that investment! Protect public support of science!

1 2

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

Rachel @rachelf22.bsky.social · Mar 1

📢 Atlanta! Time to stand up for science!

Why? Because science is for everyone.

Join us on 3/7 from 12-4 at Liberty Plaza- Georgia State Capital
@standupforscience.bsky.social

1 18 40

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · Feb 22

Interested in primary #cilia, #microtubules, #protein trafficking, molecular #signaling, #GPCRs, and #ciliopathies?

We are looking for a #postdoc and a #PhDstudent to apply advanced #biochemistry and #proteomics methods to study cilia.
Check out our website and send your application until March 10.

9 10

Robert Van Sciver @vansciver.bsky.social · Feb 21

The fact that Brian Lea on behalf of the DOJ argues in defense of cutting NIH funding that "Diversity of viewpoints ultimately lead to a better decision"...

John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · Feb 21

BL starts with "categorical," says that proves too much.
Then ???
Third, universal injunctions are't great, should be limited to plaintiffs. SCOTUS has suggested it might get rid of universal injunctions. Diversity of viewpoints ultimately lead to a better decision.

2

Robert Van Sciver @vansciver.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thank you for sharing this in real time.

John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · Feb 21

COMING UP at 10am, the preliminary injunction hearing in the consolidated Boston cases against NIH (Mass v., AAU v., AAMC v.).

Oral argument time is divided thus:

1

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

Eduardo Gigante @edgigante.bsky.social · Feb 19

CDC saves lives. Diseases are real. They're out there. It's not just COVID and bird flu.

Robert Van Sciver @vansciver.bsky.social · Feb 19

Posted at the crosswalk between CDC and Emory today

1 1

Robert Van Sciver @vansciver.bsky.social · Feb 19

Posted at the crosswalk between CDC and Emory today

2 3

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH @stephenwpatrick.bsky.social · Feb 8

In Georgia-

NIH FUNDING:
$780 M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
11,816
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.18 B

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research

Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org

6 110 230

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

Sylvain Gigan @sylvaingigan.bsky.social · Jan 2

An nice and inspiring cartoon about what is a PhD (from Matt Might #OldieButGoldie).

6 38 230

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Dec 23

Congrats to all the newly elected members of the GSA Board of Directors, including TAGC24 veteran @barrlab.bsky.social

genestogenomes.org/new-members-...

New members of the GSA Board of Directors: 2025–2027

We are pleased to announce the election of six new leaders to the GSA Board of Directors: 2025 Vice President/2026 President Cassandra Extavour Timken Professor of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology an...

genestogenomes.org

5 13 66

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

DMM Journal @dmmjournal.bsky.social · Dec 18

@vansciver.bsky.social & @tamaragenes.bsky.social provide a tool to prioritise primary cilia-associated genes, their corresponding mouse 🐭 and zebrafish 🐟 alleles & phenotypes. journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

1 3

Robert Van Sciver @vansciver.bsky.social · Dec 17

Check out the tool here: journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

1 4

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

PKD Research Resource Consortium @pkdresearch.bsky.social · Dec 9

Check out What's Happening with the PKD RRC! SAVE THE DATE for the Annual PKD RRC Symposium March 12-13, 2025, more details to come! pkd-rrc.org #endPKD #PolycysticKidneyDisease

3 2

Reposted by Robert Van Sciver

PKD Research Resource Consortium @pkdresearch.bsky.social · Dec 4

Did you miss the PKD RRC Monthly Scientific Roundtable for December? No worries, the outstanding presentation by Moe R. Mahjoub is now available at www.pkd-rrc.org/pkd-rrc-mont... #endPKD #PolycysticKidneyDisease

PKD RRC Monthly Scientific Roundtable Recording December 2024 – Mahjoub – PKD Research Resource Consortium

www.pkd-rrc.org

3 5