“Our findings reveal a distinct vOKR in larval zebrafish, but with a much smaller dynamic range compared to the hOKR and without any quick phases (resetting saccades).”
New work from @arrenberglab.bsky.social 🐟
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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Our paper "Optimizing gRNA selection for high-penetrance F0 CRISPR screening for interrogating disease gene function" is now published in @narjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/nar/.... This work was led by our super postdoc @sheng-jia.bsky.social
Just saw one myself yesterday, but one head was much smaller, yours are perfect!
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
I am somehow for the first time ever reviewing for PNAS and their reviewer instructions include this BANGER of a line:
"The purpose of peer review is not to demonstrate proficiency in identifying flaws"
Print it in eleventy point font and hang it from the hillside. Scream it from the rooftops.
Together with fellow @biologists.bsky.social EiCs we've written about the unprecedented cuts & policy changes to research in the US
We stand with our US colleagues during this challenging time
Science transcends borders—setbacks in one nation affect us all
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Anterior-posterior polarity signals differentially regulate regeneration-competence of the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03....
A screenshot of a poem. The poem reads: Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
From “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
#skybrary #skybrarians #booksky
Standing up for science with lab members in DC yesterday.
A brilliant Banksy.
We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
The Richest Man in the World Says We Can't Afford Any More Cures for Cancer talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/nih-a...
A hockey game where fans are sitting in the stands and we see them from the back. One guy is wearing a red jersey that says Never 51.
Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.
https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
"If you think research is expensive, try disease" - Mary Lasker
Nothing else to say.
Want to be immersed in some cutting edge microscopy? Checkout the upcoming @pair-up.bsky.social workshop at MBL. Application deadline - March 7th 🔬🦠🥼🧪
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
Hearing rumors of a big all staff meeting there tomorrow
Michael Lauer, deputy director of the National Institutes of Health’s extramural research, will leave the agency at the end of the week.
Big congrats to this year's awardees!
Basic science matters more than ever - the awardees represent key aspects of what makes #devbio a central biomedical research endeavor of widespread impact. Applause!
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Love the cleanliness and organization of your lab space!
In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state
Matt Timberlake and I got all gussied up for the Glaucoma 360 gala - a fundraiser for #glaucomaresearchfoundation. With the ongoing threats to NIH funding, we need to support foundations like these.
The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/