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Duncan MacCannell @drm.bsky.social · 18d

Interesting that there has been absolutely no communication with submitters/users of the system, and no statements from the scientific governance or compliance boards on what would seem to be a fairly significant change to GISAID data access policy and platform operations. gisaid.org/about-us/gov...

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Dan Starr @danstarrucdavis.bsky.social · 10h

Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

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Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social · 2d

Finally got my hands on a rare find: Sonja Buckley’s autobiography. She was instrumental in the development of tissue culture techniques for virus isolation & study, which required CONSIDERABLE skill pre-gloves, BSCs, & mechanical pipettes - & was the first person to isolate Lassa virus.

a beautifully hard bound blue book titled “The Late Bloomer” with the author’s name, Sonja Buckley MD

signed inscription:
“to Dr. D.L. Knox
With esteem and admiration
from
Sonja Buckley MD
Summer 1996”

title page

The Late Bloomer
An Autobiography of a Female
Medical Scientist
(picture of Sonja Bucklcy MD, Summer 1945)
by
Sonja Buckley MD

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2d

Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.

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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 3d

Between grants getting politically targeted and my lab’s building getting literally fucking bombed, 2025 is going great thanks

The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 3d

A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.

Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Authorities Investigating Explosion on Harvard’s Medical Campus, Believed To Be Intentional | News | The Harvard Crimson

A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University…

www.thecrimson.com

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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · Aug 27

My department at Dartmouth Medical School is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are looking broadly for a biochemist or cell biologist. Please share this add! apply.interfolio.com/171438
@dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @futurepislack.bsky.social

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

apply.interfolio.com

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Nature @nature.com · 3d

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake

go.nature.com/3X5lbUg

From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected

Nature - In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.

go.nature.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 4d

We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...

Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief

www.scripps.edu

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social

(It’s also our kid’s birthday)

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 5d

Eliminate what now?

I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 5d

3/7 Last month, 4,000 federal employees were fired in accordance with Russel Vought's wishes. A judge later ruled these firings illegal. Although NIH was not affected in this massacre, one of Riley's goals was to eliminate the Center for Scientific Review at NIH.
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

Shutdown layoffs indefinitely blocked following new court injunction

Trump administration attorney says guarantee of back pay justifies issuing widespread reductions in force, but judge finds the layoffs unlawful.

www.govexec.com

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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 8d

"The White House just granted emergency FEMA assistance to red states hit by storms, but denied support to Blue States. . . . Federal disaster response overall is being transformed into a weapon of political revenge. . . .

"The real disaster is already here."
— @milestaylor.bsky.social

NEWS: Trump blocks disaster aid to Blue States, approves Red States

Your life is worth less to the president if you didn’t vote for him.

substack.com

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Ryan Langlois @langloislab.bsky.social · 9d

Excited to announce that we have a new faculty search opening in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Minnesota for a tenure track Assistant Professor in RNA Virology. More info can be found here: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...

Careers

Minimum qualifications:PhD, MD, or equivalent in a relevant field of study, plus applicable postdoctoral experience.

hr.myu.umn.edu

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 10d

"Mr. Johnson appears to be using the considerable power of the speakership to render the House irrelevant."

He has refused to let the House meet for over a month, meaning he has no job to do but continues to get paid while nearly all other federal workers do not

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself

www.nytimes.com

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Priya Shah @whatthefugacity.bsky.social · 11d

If anyone is hiring a technician, I’ve got a great candidate. I wish I could hire her myself! She’s got the grit, she knows how to hustle, and she does publication quality work. Lots of molecular biology, protein, and cell culture experience. Please DM me if you are interested.

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Jeremy Keown @jeremykeown.bsky.social · 11d

warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

I am advertising for a PhD position in my group. We'll be investigating how pathogenic RNA viruses replicate in the nucleus. The project will teach cryoEM/ET, virus culture, and in vitro assays.

If you're interested reach out and I'd be happy to have a chat.

Dr Jeremy Keown

warwick.ac.uk

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Chlanda lab @chlandalab.bsky.social · 11d

Mysteries of trafficking of the vRNP segmented genome and assembly of influenza A virus revealed by in situ cryo-ET!
🔗 rdcu.be/eMmct
We are very excited that our paper is finally out!
🎉 Big congratulations to Moritz Wachsmuth-Melm and to everyone involved.

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 14d

Been a rough year for federally funded scientists, and I hate to add another tab to this spreadsheet. So far, the shutdown has resulted in cancellation of 161 CSR study sections. 🧪https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lLEx14q7HKrlYahQYJaN6aHKpMqSMJwX4aenyL5g_ZU/edit?usp=sharing

2025 Study section tracking

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 14d

NIH funded 12,170 new type 1 projects for FY2025, roughly 4,000 per Cycle. Of these 12,000 apps, roughly 10% should be in easy reach of potential funding. We are only partway through October. reporter.nih.gov/search/7R9mn...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17d

Amazing turnout all across the USA! Drop your city, state, and total turnout in the comments below! Make sure your city’s counted! We’ve got thousands of coalition members helping verify numbers, but we want to double-check everything!

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Emily Bruce @brucelab.bsky.social · 18d

Nooooo

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Liz Miller @lizmillercu.bsky.social · 20d

Attention membrane traffickers! I'm recruiting a post-doc to my lab in Dundee. We're dissecting the functions of intrinsically disordered domains of COPII coat proteins. We think they control timing of coat assembly and morphology of carriers.

www.dundee.ac.uk/work-for-us/...

Postdoctoral Research Assistant - MCDB - UOD2016

Closing date: Thursday 6 November 2025, 23:59

www.dundee.ac.uk

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Hannah R Snyder @hannahrsnyder.bsky.social · 21d

Submitting a grant at this particular moment feels a bit like tossing a rock into the abyss, but hey, at least I am no longer carrying the rock.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26d

Hey US scientists, the NY Times wants to hear from you if you've had your funding cut. 🌊🧪

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

www.nytimes.com

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NPR @npr.org · 26d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · 28d

After years in the making, Joe McKellar @viroscope.bsky.social’s final PhD paper is finally out today in PNAS! 🎉 🎉🎉
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Human MX1 orchestrates the cytoplasmic sequestration of neosynthesized influenza A virus vRNPs | PNAS

Interferon-inducible Myxovirus resistance 1 (MX1) proteins are known to restrict influenza A virus (IAV) transcription/replication process. Herein,...

www.pnas.org

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