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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 21h

‘Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth’ by @philipcball.bsky.social in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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The award "underlies the importance in investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth", says economist Diane Coyle of the University of Cambridge. "It's great to see the Nobel prize recognize the importance of this topic," adds innovation policy researcher Richard Jones of the University of Manchester, UK. "It's important that economists understand the conditions that lead to technological progress," he adds. The winners, says Coyle, "have long been on people's list of potential candidates".

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Don Yee @mosquitolab.bsky.social · 2d

"Faculty time is free." -Every administrator everywhere.

Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Cefiderocol-resistant Pseudomonas osteomyelitis" 👻👻

Darren Irwin (he / him) @darrenirwin.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Developed new species concept"

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 1d

An SF-only loop. Bridge and West shots from Presidio. Last shot next to Giants ballpark.

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect day for a ride!

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 2d

For those who don’t know: Herb isolated EcoRI, invented recombinant DNA and founded Genentech. Mike discovered cancer genes with Harold Varmus, a Nobel prize winning discovery. Rutter cloned insulin, developed the Hep B vaccine, and isolated Hep C, the latter two at Chiron, his biotech.

Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 3d

Today was UCSF’s celebration of life for Bill Rutter who built our Department. I had the good fortune of having dinner with both Herb Boyer and Mike Bishop—two major figures in our institution’s history (and the history of science). What a treat!

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 3d

I’m a mom.
I’m a scientist.
I’m an activist.

I’m not going to stand by while unqualified, Quack, fringe-ass conspiracy theorists make decisions about my family’s health that is going to kill people.

Join me outside of HHS on 10/16 at 3pm.
@standupforscience.bsky.social

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 3d

Today was UCSF’s celebration of life for Bill Rutter who built our Department. I had the good fortune of having dinner with both Herb Boyer and Mike Bishop—two major figures in our institution’s history (and the history of science). What a treat!

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 3d

Pres. Kornbluth articulates such moral clarity in this rejection of the proposed “compact”:

“the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone”

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 4d

Thread:

A year ago yesterday was a very happy day for me. I had lost my prostate. It was good riddance, as it was riddled with cancer. I’m now cancer-free — and thankful for the tax-funded technology that saved my life.

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 5d

Our Department is recruiting as well. As a public institution we can’t afford professional quality videos so this post will have to suffice😱.

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 5d

We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.

Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.

Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

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David Katz @katzlab.bsky.social · 7d

Very excited to share our very exciting story on how misinherited chromatin affects individual cells to cause a behavior defect in C. elegans (a thread👇) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

www.pnas.org

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 7d

Every university leader should read this.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 7d

I just emailed my "Silence" essay to the Presidents/Chancellors and Provosts of the 9 Compact universities as well as those from the 4 orgs with which I have been formally affiliated.

The essay can be found here:

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

and here:

www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremy...

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sdwarcher.bsky.social @sdwarcher.bsky.social · 7d

@altnih4science.bsky.social

Trump slashed funding for universities that helped create these vital drugs

Medications that prevent HIV, shrink tumors and treat seizures were invented with government funding. At research universities, that money is now canceled or in jeopardy.

www.washingtonpost.com

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EPIGENETIC HULK @epigenetichulk.bsky.social · 7d

NUCLEOSOME NOMENCLATURE JUST FINE! WHY BE SO CRAZY! {[("H3meLIKEY2"])} www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

A needed nomenclature for nucleosomes

Keogh et al. propose a nomenclature to clearly and concisely describe the post-translational modifications, proteoforms, and nucleoforms that drive chromatin function. This communicates experimental n...

www.cell.com

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

n.pr

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 8d

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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 9d

www.aaup.org/news/univers...

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.

www.aaup.org

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 9d

Nice day for a ride!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 11d

The Trump admin has been targeting whistleblowers, from the #FEMA36 to the countless other patriotic public servants and scientists across NIH, CDC, NASA, and more who spoke out about the danger posed by the chaos in our federal agencies. This is an concerted, autocratic effort to silence dissent.

RFK Jr fires top NIH scientist weeks after she files whistleblower complaint

Jeanne Marrazzo’s complaint reportedly involved the Trump administration’s hostility toward vaccines

www.theguardian.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 10d

Today is October 3rd, another day where we are calling to #ImpeachtheQuack!

Page which has the handwritten red text: “This guy is the worst, most useless and unqualified HHS Secretary I have ever met. DO NOT TRUST HIM. He is an incompetent QUACK!”

A picture of RFK Jr. with “Robert F Kennedy Jr.” written underneath it.

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 11d

@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social ‘s speech at the Capitol on Monday.

“As a federal worker, I am here to tell you that every awful thing that would happen in a shutdown—shuttering programs that Americans rely on, damaging our economy, firing federal workers—all of this is already happening.”

"Nearly impossible for NIH staff to do our jobs": Jenna Norton's speech for the Civil Servants Coalition

At the Capitol, Monday 9/29

scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 11d

We introduce here the emerging concept of vibe coding, in which AI accelerates coding by converting natural language or abstract intent (a vibe) into functioning software modules, shortening development cycles biodatamining.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #vibecoding #bioinformatics #coding

Vibe coding: a new paradigm for biomedical software development - BioData Mining

biodatamining.biomedcentral.com

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Ming Tommy Tang @tommytang.bsky.social · 11d

Your data is lying to you. Here’s how technical artifacts distort biology—and how to see the truth. 👇
1/ Beautiful t-SNE? Shiny heatmap?
Look closer.
Technical artifacts can fake whole cell types.
Here’s where the ghosts hide.