Hey #postdocs - great opportunity to learn manuscript evaluation skills from former journal editors Heather Van Epps (PLOS Medicine, The Lancet journals) and Carol Featherstone (Trends in Cell Biology). To review or not to review, that is the question! www.lifescienceeditors.com/workshop-sig...

HIF2α-induced lysyl oxidase safeguards successful pregnancy by remodelling collagens at the feto-maternal interface - Cell Death & Disease Cell Death & Disease - HIF2α-induced lysyl oxidase safeguards successful pregnancy by remodelling collagens at the feto-maternal interface

Congratulations to Yasushi Hirota & all the authors on this fascinating discovery! A beautiful reminder that oxygen tension is a powerful and underappreciated regulator of normal physiology. My colleague Carol Featherstone was delighted to work on this manuscript. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Coming this Friday!

Happening FRIDAY! Meet Natascha Bushati & Heather Van Epps to talk about the job of a journal editor and how to position yourself as a strong candidate. They have decades of experience at journals like Nat Comm, NCB, and The Lancet. Secure your spot! www.lifescienceeditors.com/workshop3-si...

Standard Deviation S2 EP1: Gatekeepers of the Ivory Tower Science likes to call itself a meritocracy. Angela Anderson and Brandi Mattson know better. Both served as editors at elite journals (Cell and Neuron), where a sing…

My first ever podcast interview 😉 Thank you @oliverbogler.bsky.social for supporting the Life Science Editors Foundation and our mission to achieve equity in the scientific community. It was fun to chat with you and Brandi Mattson about the JEDI awards. tinyurl.com/3nffv6dx

Apply for a JEDI Award - Life Science Editors Foundation “Before this backlash worsens, DEI advocates, the scientific community, universities, and federal agencies need to collectively call out the dangers of setting aside DEI and come up with robust ways t...

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We've extended the deadline to MARCH 15! If you have a manuscript, short grant proposal, or job application & want a fresh, unbiased, and informed perspective & belong to an underrepresented group - PLEASE APPLY! We want to support you! Please share far & wide 😊https://lifescienceeditors.org/apply/

Please repost! There's a few spots left on our Journal Editor Training Workshop (March 20) for PhD students and Post-docs wondering what the next step in their scientific career might be. 👇 Taught by our former journal editors. www.lifescienceeditors.com/workshop3-si...

Works for manuscripts and grants too. Have word read aloud. You'll catch every typo and clunky phrase.

Please check out our new preprint! Using single cell analysis paired with HCR to visualize transcript localization we have identified cell and tissue-specific expression of various genes encoding tubulins, kifs, and dyneins during neural crest development!

Well this is freaking cool!

Photo of a river flowing over rocks with the force from the ice melting in spring

Spring ice melt #flowing in a Swiss mountain valley

#blueskyartshow #photography

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse Hepatitis D-like satellite viruses, known as deltaviruses, have been recently discovered in a wide range of animals. These viruses are thought to expr…

We found a viral Trojan Horse: a virus can hide inside another virus.This one surprised us: deltaviruses don’t just borrow a helper virus. They can travel inside it.
A literal Trojan Horse “virus-in-a-virus” route into cells. 🤯 Kudos to 1st author @viroscope.bsky.social and co-authors !

Apply for a JEDI Award - Life Science Editors Foundation “Before this backlash worsens, DEI advocates, the scientific community, universities, and federal agencies need to collectively call out the dangers of setting aside DEI and come up with robust ways t...

The LSEF JEDI Award provides 10 hours of expert editorial support to scientists from groups underrepresented in science. Deadline: March 10. Please share broadly: lifescienceeditors.org/apply/

Mar 20: Navigating the Journal Editor Application Process workshop with Heather Van Epps (former Exec Editor PLOS Medicine) & Natascha Bushati (former Editor Nat Comm & NCB). Learn about the process & how your application is assessed.

Details/register: www.lifescienceeditors.com/workshop3-si...

“The JEDI Award… helped me clearly communicate my science to reviewers beyond my field.”
Free, expert feedback (manuscript / short grant / job app) from volunteer former journal editors & grant specialists.
Supporting DEI!
Deadline: Mar 10
Apply here: lifescienceeditors.org/apply/

Help us amplify underrepresented voices in science! LSEF is producing a 6-episode podcast series (Mar–Aug 2026) featuring JEDI Awardees + LSEF leadership, hosted by Oliver Bogler @oliverbogler.bsky.social .

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DEAR FRIENDS - My son Jake made this online quiz to help you discover your life philosophy, which might not be what you think. Note that the questions are tough and the answers are limited/imperfect. That's life, baby, 😉
Takes about 15-20 minutes. jacoblum22.github.io/philosophy-q...

Continuity Is Missing from Modern Medicine — A Need for Health Companions This essay is part of an ongoing exploration of the growing need to better support patients in understanding and navigating an increasingly complex healthcare landscape.

Loved this essay from my former mentor, David Jones, on the hidden gaps in healthcare, why continuity, interpretation, and presence matter, and how AI could help restore them. substack.com/@utzonahealt...

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Fertilization triggers early proteomic symmetry breaking in mammalian embryos Single-cell proteomics finds asymmetries between sister blastomeres from the 2-cell stage in human and mouse embryos, defining two states: alpha and beta. Alpha-beta asymmetry can be traced back to th...

Congratulations, Lisa Iwamoto-Stohl, Aleksandra A. Petelski, Nikolai Slavov, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, and all the authors on this remarkable discovery and paper! Fertilization triggers early proteomic symmetry breaking in mammalian embryos: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Dec 10 deadline! Want thoughtful, editor-style feedback on a manuscript, short grant, or job app? Our volunteers help with clarity, narrative, and overall polish. Join this beautiful crew—apply here lifescienceeditors.org/apply/

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I miss the Roys

i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”

basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.

i feel that with my dad.

Gosh this is awful and cruel and tragic. My dad passed away this year. In Canada. Ambulance, 1 week hospital stay, palliative...we never even saw a bill. It never even occurred to me. 😢 💔

a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! " ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "

Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.

Here is a thread of my feelings

Next pitch, a Ted Lasso x @qedscience.bsky.social x @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social collaboration for apple TV. I can propose this alongside a series documenting my (and other) career journey similarities to the growth/fall/growth of Anakin Skywalker (©️) .