I think what's crazy is that for some of the impact+ chairs who might come, they might also have an academic spouse that would need a lab/resources too. that money isn't part of the impact+ pot, so really not very feasible...
I mean, won't those people be applying to project grants right from the get go once they land?
honestly I feel like the impact+ program really constricts the budget/success rates for the rest of us :(
thank you! it was a bit demoralizing knowing it might take a few tries to get the first one, but at the end of the day I busted my ass off and I put forward the best possible proposal I could. now I need a drink
I picked the panel that had the most worm people because the chance that someone who is of the “worms only go forwards, backwards and sometimes F” mindset would just get dunked on
this is why I submitted to CBC, I didn’t want to get destroyed by the vertebrate peeps *cry
just submitted my first ever project grant. I will never forget my cihr doctoral award feedback, “does not already hold grants of national stature” lol
don’t you dare
excuse me worms suck up bacteria
I've got worms from 1977!
I have had a few people ask me who Mark is - it’s Mark Edgley! He used to be the curator of the CGC. Did you know that the CGC was at the University of Missouri before? Take a look at this Research Resources issue from the NIH in 1986. #celegans
😭😭😭😭😭 the worm community is the best. welp, holler at ya girl if you want a Riddle strain not in the CGC 🙏
In our new poll with the Boston Globe of NIH funded scientists in Mass ...
- 72% say they have delayed or cancelled projects
- 66% reduced research scope
- 56% paused experiments or students.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
A mural on a rowhome of a raccoon holding a big Philly style soft pretzel
Pretzel raccoon (by Evan Lovett) is still my favorite mural in the neighborhood.
doug portman presenting at UBC
what a treat to have @dougp.bsky.social give a talk today!
teaching is wild y'all
future new cover of gilbert’s dev. biol. book. bless
so far canvas and piazza are looking good, all signs point towards good vibes
"just one more lane on the highway bro, it'll fix it, I promise"
first day of teaching, pray for me
a signed cabinet featuring famous visitors, including prominent c. elegans scientists, sydney brenner and bob waterston
reasons to visit ubc: go to the UBC WINE LIBRARY (!!!), visited by prominent worm folk such as sydney brenner and bob waterston
beautiful 🙏 merry wormmas
to y’all
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
current biology ftw
these travel cases get more sophisticated every year, big chonker
Calling all Canadian prospective grad students! Domestic PhD & MSc application deadline = Jan 9 for EEB @ U. Toronto! Great community of researchers! Guaranteed funding >$40k/y! Join us! eeb.utoronto.ca/education/gr...
we’ve come a long way from 20 labs! #celegans
