not many people know this, but Barilla has a line of 3D printed pasta it sells mostly to the fine dining industry. I don't want the pasta. I want the pasta printer

Your Sunday morning weep:

In Memoriam: Professor Greg Hannon (1964–2026) - Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Greg was already a world-renowned scientist when appointed Director, and for the community, he was a visionary leader, a cherished mentor, and a singular force of nature whose influence shaped the research landscape.

Very upsetting to hear the sad news of Greg Hannon’s passing. I always enjoyed our far too few conversations we had over the years. He had an interesting and insightful perspective on any science being discussed. He will be missed. www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/news/in-memo...

🎉 Congrats to 2026 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal recipient Judith Kimble of @uwbiochem.bsky.social! Her work has built an entire field and inspired generations of scientists through her mentorship and leadership.

🔗Read more: buff.ly/0yzHXvk

"men continued to publish the same number of papers after becoming fathers, women experienced a significant drop in research output (mothers had 31% fewer publications than did fathers 8 years after the birth of their first child)"

Long sign says "Waiting for the fall". A stack of blue turtles, stand on top of each other with the king in red on top, sweat falling off many of the turtles under the angry orange faced wing with the blond wig. It looks similar to a book by Dr. Suess. Each turtle has a different wordon it's shell: the law, justice, education, environment, federal workers, LGBTQ, Latinos, Blacks

Person wearing a coat holds sign that says "We hold the Bachelorette to Higher Standards than the President"

Make America Matriarchal Already !!!

Prevent Truth Decay. Two teeth, one with a hole, on a red background with a large toothbrush made of scrubbers. And the sign handle is the toothbrush handle.

Here are some of my favorite signs from the #NoKings protest in Willimantic CT.

I know some people are gonna say sign holders aren't doing enough, but as someone who has also written emails, signed petitions, called Congress reps, boycotted, donated $, & more, stop yucking our joy.

NIH Funding Curves (FY 2021 - 2026) – Grant Witness

Exciting News!

Grant-witness.us now has dynamic funding curves like mine for NIH available.

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I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

Spindle pole proteins confine chromosomes to ensure their expulsion during female meiosis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03...

BREAKING: @delauro.house.gov announces at a House Oversight hearing with NIH director Jay Bhattacharya that OMB approved the agency's apportionment last night.

That means the agency should have access to its appropriated funds — 42 days after its spending bill passed.

miracolosamente apparse oggi! si vota :)

Purtroppo all’estero le schede elettorali non sono arrivate

The main problem are the Scientists who continue to publish with such journals, using the lame cop-out that they need it to have a career. Nobody(!) needs a NatComs paper to have a career. They want the Nature logo on their paper to feed their ego. That's all.

#scipub #scientificpublishing

What a racket

we are losing so much talent, progress, and hope for no good reason www.vox.com/future-perfe...

NIH Funds Still Not Getting to Researchers Congress approved a budget more than a month ago, but awards are lagging

Russell Vought's OMB is continuing to hold up funds at NIH.
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E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on a Cancer-Causing Gas

This gotta be the most pro-cancer administration in our country's young life

FlyBase Funding Update – March 2026 The NHGRI funding for FlyBase has been restored for US-based FlyBase teams but the foreign subaward that supported the essential curation team at the University of Cambridge UK has been terminated. Therefore, the Cambridge UK team now requests annual contributions from fly labs to support curation of new data into FlyBase and the Alliance of Genome Resources. Without these annual contributions, FlyBase will become frozen in its current state and become progressively less useful. Please visit the ‘Contribute to FlyBase’ wiki page for details of how to contribute.

FlyBase release FB2026_01 is live!

There is news about FlyBase funding. Go to the FlyBase homepage flybase.org for details.

Angelika showed us all how to pursue science with limitless enthusiasm, rigor, and generosity. Excited to announce the call for this year's Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award! Please encourage PhD students outside the United States who embody her infectious passion for biology to apply.

First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

Noooooooooo!

Professors: come learn how to teach creativity to PhD students and postdocs? We'll teach you how to lead a 'Night Science' course about the creative scientific process at our train-the-trainer event in NYC on April 24th! Get a 10% discount from now until 3/31! night-science.org/train-the-tr...

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office.

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8

The plot is only part of the story.

The data do not include lost science via terminations, freezes, stalled payments, and award delays. The collapse in awards rates will lead to job loss, gaps in research programs, and drive scientists to spend more time writing grants rather than doing science.

Graph of award probability of R35 and R01 from NIH factbook as a function of review rank percentile. As is apparent, 2025 is a significant departure, with lower award probabilities at all scores <40 and significant departures from norm, where even being in the top 10% is no longer a nearly certain indicator of success. Data source: https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/report/302

The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted.

What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards.

Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

The Nelson lab is presenting at #Dros26 today!

Stop by Daisy's poster to learn about rDNA instability in somatic aging (680F), and Caroline's poster about the role of an mRNA binding protein in regulating germline rDNA expansion (777F)!

Why propose a topic for one of our Workshops? YouTube video by The Company of Biologists

Getting involved as an organiser of one of our Workshops is easy. We focus on the logistics, so you can focus solely on the science. Watch this video to hear from some of our previous organisers. The call for proposals for 2028 programme runs until 29 May. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eShr...