It is a well-known fact that Vought's daughter has CF. She is taking Trikafta, a combination therapy that has saved her life and those of many others. One can easily draw a line between this drug and the NIH funding (as well as NIH researches) that is holding the disease at bay.

Congrats Brooks. I really like G&D as a journal b/c of maintaining their academic roots.

Hahahaha!

I'll make you a deal: I'll trade my last Mol Cell for your latest Nature. OK?!?

Brings up the "Well, back in my day there was none, so..." kind of thought.

Knitting?!?

We recently had to say goodbye to Tala, our feisty but beloved grey tabby, at the age of (almost) 18. She had a good life and we will miss her dearly.

He forgot one slot...

Human MutLa activates methylpurine DNA glycosylase to induce alkylation damage cytotoxicity Alkylation chemotherapy is commonly used against tumors such as glioblastoma, yet resistance often develops through downregulation of mismatch repair (MMR). Previous work has established that loss of ...

To top off the end of 2025, a new preprint from our lab! We find an unanticipated new answer to an old question in DNA repair.
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Take me! Can I be your student?!?

Obituary: Stuart Arthur Kornfeld, MD - John T. Milliken Department of Medicine October 4, 1936 – August 17, 2025 It is with deep sadness that I share the news that Dr. Stuart Arthur Kornfeld, Professor Emeritus, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2025, from complications of Parki...

A giant will be missed here at WashU. His laboratory was directly above mine.
internalmedicine.wustl.edu/obituary-stu...

Congratulations and very well deserved!

I'm sorry I didn't get to unwind with you, @lohman.bsky.social.

Yeah, cancer is RUFF!

Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent' NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.

"I think we have a bias as people coming from the tech industry where we worked at companies, you know, such as Google, Facebook, these companies that have plenty of money, are funded by investors and have lots of people kind of sitting around doing nothing." www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...

Unbelievable.

I think he greased his hair with the tears he shed over the spilt milk.

Congratulations! Well deserved!

Nice! Thank you for highlighting our work!

Trump Informs Nation They Better Start Liking Those Little Canned Wieners WASHINGTON—Saying that Americans should anticipate certain lifestyle changes as a result of his newly announced tariffs, President Donald Trump informed the nation Thursday that they better start liki...

Yum!!! 😂

These are the repercussions of the concessions...

How about tenure and promotions committees? Is that confidential enough to make it on #signal?

It was forty years ago today that I came to the US with my family to escape war and repression in Iran. I remain thankful and amazed at where life has led me. #freedom

Excellent!

I was unaware - Such an inspiring story!

This is why we need science.

Sign the Petition Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068)

Signed. You should too.

www.change.org/p/petition-t...

A shoutout to @ningtsao.bsky.social who led this work - and just joined BlueSky! Such a pleasure to have him as part of the group.

Thanks, Alice. We miss you here in St. Louis! Hope you are doing well.

Also, nice pun your worked in there! But as my daughter would say to me, "That's a daddy joke".