also this same org has this super useful infographic, breaking down the difference between direct and indirect (also called Facilities and Administration) costs and what F&A costs can and cannot be used for at a research university or institute

"As out of fashion as it is to talk this way, we are all really in this together. Academia and industry do different things most of the time, and we each benefit from that. And that’s why the silence from industry about what’s going on with the NIH et al. is so infuriating."

Join us at the HUB annual meeting! It's directly before the #SFB annual meeting - so easy for you biomaterials folks. one day meeting, packed with great speakers and networking, and an opportunity for pilot grant $$!!!

Please see this short form to apply for travel funds! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The HUB will have a call for $100,000 pilot grants! Coming to the HUB meeting is not a pre-requisite to win a pilot grant, but it could allow you to make new connections for collaborative teams toward the grants.

The first HUB annual meeting will be the day before the SFB meeting, April 7-8 2025 in Chicago, IL. The educational and community outreach team is led by myself, @brianaguado.bsky.social and Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, and we have funds available to support PI-trainee pairs to attend HUB and SFB.

Travel Award Announcement!

@lolaumich.bsky.social and @kellystevens.bsky.social have won an NIH center grant, Humanity Unlocking Biomaterials (the HUB): www.humanityunlockingbiomaterials.org

There is something about a haka that is absolutely undeniable. It’s embodied resistance to colonization that is completely alive & a source of strength & determination. It’s a practice that reminds these people of their power. They blocked this bill that would have rolled back indigenous rights.

🧪New paper out from @peytonlab.bsky.social , my **first** first author paper!
In it we show how crosslinking kinetics of thermosetting polymers can be tuned by copolymerization with macromonomers as a way of shielding reactive sites
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Please share! abrcms.org

6 hour flight delay on a saturday at bradley means everyone's getting their email's answered.

NIGMS program officer talking about T32s: "The stipend is meant to defray living expenses. It is not meant to be a living wage."

🧪 My department is hiring! Tenure track faculty position in genetics. Researchers using any eukaryotic model, including fungi and plants are encouraged to apply! We are a broad biology department with strengths across all kingdoms. Join us! Apply by March 1 tinyurl.com/y4evds8p

The 2023-2024 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 125 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList

Add a job: forms.gle/KHsGtn5nroc5...
Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

Parody newspapers have a long tradition in American political speech. Bringing criminal charges against students for this is really bad. dailynorthwestern.com/2024/02/02/l...

Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New York, Alaska, Florida, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming, you no longer need to go through a commercial preparer to do the free e-file: the IRS is pilot testing a direct version in your states

christ RIP to carl weathers. a hilarious, insanely charismatic actor. he should have been one of the biggest stars on the planet. variety.com/2024/film/ne...

You saw the headline, now look at what happened when scientists actually evaluate the headline

This would have made them so much easier to learn!

New #LTEE paper out in #Science today. I wrote about it here, with an emphasis on "how civility, cooperation, and collaboration can succeed even in the highly competitive world of science."
the-ltee.org/an-update-to...

And here's a link to the paper itself:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This is terrible. To me, this is a signal that the department chair does not care about their colleague. I would also write a great letter but I will also add that the department chair needs to do more to support their colleagues in the letter.

#academicsky #philsky

This is such an important lesson, y'all: peer networks are so often where the most relevant and useful support can happen.

Every. time.