The government is saying that violence rules. That snatching foreign leaders and territories, and shooting US citizens in their cars at point blank range, is justified. That resistance is not only futile, it is dangerous. They can say these things. But they cannot force us to believe them.
This is so spot on. It's not possible to be creative and afraid/anxious at the same time, and to do great science we need that creativity
Honestly, one of the worst parts of the scientific funding crisis is having to spend so much time writing papers, proposals, etc. in a state of fear. I don't do my best writing while afraid, let alone my best science!
This is terrible, is there anything like a public comment period where people can oppose it?
PSA to aspiring graduate students: If you have a submitted or pre-printed publication, **please** list it on your CV, mention it in your research statement, and in the application. Don't leave out the one thing that can make your application automatically higher ranking! #GradSchool Pls RT
I did not have this on my 2025 bingo card
For a high level run down check out this thread by the lead PhD student @artemismargaronis.bsky.social
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On the cover: The cover image captures how a humble byproduct of the dairy industry becomes the foundation for a next-generation biomaterial in the work of Correa et al. Inspired by the saying “don’t cry over spilled milk,” the artwork depicts milk spilling from a carafe, with its droplets spontaneously capturing and linking polymer strands to form an intricate network in mid-air. This visual metaphor represents the study’s central theme: transforming yogurt whey-derived extracellular vesicles into dynamic crosslinkers that create injectable hydrogels with regenerative functionality. Image courtesy of Santiago Correa.
I only rarely get to blend my art with my science, which is why I am happy that my illustration for our lab’s first paper is out today as the cover of Matter @cp-matter.bsky.social!
We're so proud of this work, so in case you missed it, please check the paper out here: www.cell.com/matter/fullt...
I am so thankful for this reporting, it has been so hard to explain to non-scientists how these changes have impacted us and this does a great job.
each year around this time I wonder the same thing - why is there not a common app system for grad school? It takes literally hundreds of individual uploads given that students are applying to 10+ programs a cycle now.
Chart: Relative Vaccine Efficacy (Primary End Point).
In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
Come! I'll be part of a little panel talking about queer nature and the tickets are free!
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nature NEWS 12 October 2025 Coral die-off marks Earth's first climate 'tipping point', scientists say A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world. By Jeff Tollefson
Warming waters cause corals to “bleach” when these organisms expel symbiotic algae that provide nutrients, oxygen & vibrant colors.
The latest global bleaching event - researchers estimate >84% of the planet's coral ecosystems have been affected since Jan 2023 - has made it clear the crisis is now.
'Our results indicate that a population of Treg cells acts to oppose excessive activation of sensory neurons through the production of enkephalins, endogenous opioid peptides that reduce nociceptive signaling, & by limiting its tone to restrain associated inflammation during inflammatory challenge'
Tuning collagen nonlinear mechanics with interpenetrating networks drives adaptive cellular phenotypes in three dimensions | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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An NLRP3 stimulatory universal influenza vaccine.
We report an NLRP3 stimulus that generates hyperactive dendritic cells (hDCs).
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#InterferonPower! Thrilled for our latest work @cp-cell.bsky.social! With @danielboehmer.bsky.social, we dug into tons of papers & created what we hope will be a go-to resource for immunologists & non-immunologist about type I, II, III (& IV😉) #interferons! Free👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1leKGL7PXu...
big one! a decade in the making. nadler & team develop tools to track lipid transport in living cells at single-species resolution. turns out non-vesicular, asymmetry-driven transport is the main architect of organelle identity. feels like the dawn of a golden era for lipid biology. rdcu.be/eBGJv
Yeah, because they've been hacking away at the social safety net since the year I was born (it is actually the year I was born quality of life started to decrease it's pretty depressing)
The lab's first paper is out now in @cp-matter.bsky.social
We explored whether extracellular vesicles (EVs) could serve as structural elements in biomaterials—and whether doing so would confer intrinsic bioactivity.
Artemis' thread explains how we used yogurt EVs to answer both these questions! 🧪
BWF is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to postdoctoral researchers pursuing careers in biomedical and medical research. www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann... #bwfpdep
BWF is pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of its Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI). buff.ly/WDswUnt #bwfcasi
I am super proud of our postdoctoral fellow @roberthincapie.bsky.social who has been selected as one of the @bwfund.bsky.social PDEP recipients! This is such a well-deserved recognition of Robert's research potential and commitment to making academia a better place 🧪
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A map of the US with the states the republican senators are from marked in red and states the democratic senators are from marked in blue: Senator Susan Collins (Republican - Maine) Senator Mitch McConnell(Republican - Kentucky) Senator Lisa Murkowski(Republican - Alaska) Senator Lindsey Graham(Republican - South Carolina) Senator Jerry Moran(Republican - Kansas) Senator John Hoeven(Republican - North Dakota) Senator John Boozman(Republican - Arkansas) Senator Shelley Moore Capito(Republican - West Virginia) Senator John Kennedy(Republican - Louisiana) Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith(Republican - Mississippi) Senator Bill Hagerty(Republican - Tennessee) Senator Katie Britt(Republican - Alabama) Senator Markwayne Mullin(Republican - Oklahoma) Senator Deb Fischer(Republican - Nebraska) Senator Mike Rounds(Republican - South Dakota) Patty Murray(Democrat - Washington) Richard Durbin(Democrat - Illinois) Jack Reed(Democrat - Rhode Island) Jeanne Shaheen(Democrat - New Hampshire) Jeff Merkley(Democrat - Oregon) Christopher Coons(Democrat - Delaware) Brian Schatz(Democrat - Hawaii) Tammy Baldwin(Democrat - Wisconsin) Chris Murphy(Democrat - Connecticut) Chris Van Hollen(Democrat - Maryland) Martin Heinrich(Democrat - New Mexico) Gary Peters(Democrat - Michigan) Kirsten Gillibrand(Democrat - New York) Jon Ossoff(Democrat - Georgia)
Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science!
The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic
Thanks Jessica! Hope you're doing well
Thanks John!
I'm honored to join the amazing community of Beckman researchers! I want to thank all the mentors and friends who helped me reach this milestone -- it's too many to list!! This funding will support our work integrating synthetic and natural nanomaterials to develop new cancer immunotherapies
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
