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Siegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · Nov 8

Hi Bluesky! I am Julie Siegenthaler, I am research faculty in Pediatrics at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado USA - the @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social studies the meninges & brain vasculature & we ❤️ all CNS barriers...but the ones in the meninges are the best.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 1h

The US on the other hand is defunding HIV research and prevention programs, continues to have the highest congenital syphilis rates among rich countries and is trying to eliminate the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine - a crucial intervention for eliminating the disease.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 1h

Awesome public health news:
Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of
1. mother-to-child transmission of HIV,
2. Syphilis and
3. Hepatitis B
www.who.int/news/item/13...

Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B

In a landmark public health achievement, WHO has validated the Maldives for eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of hepatitis B, while maintaining its earlier validation (in 2019) for EMTCT of HIV and syphilis. This makes the Maldives the first country in the world to achieve ‘triple elimination’.

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Heidi M McBride @mitodynamics.bsky.social · 1h

New paper - MAPL strikes again! Interested in mitochondrial signalling, inflammation, lysosome biology, pyroptosis, and Parkinson's disease? Have a look, there's something for everyone! Feeling grateful! @mitocollier.bsky.social Funded by #CIHR, @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org.
rdcu.be/eKKz1 🇨🇦

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 6h

Sweet pdoc fellowship! Would be really excited to work with someone interested in applying ancestral recombination graphs to messy, real-world data in plant genomes. Happy to chat if you might be interested!

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 13h

Tomorrow we kick-off #BlackInMicro Week with "Pathways for Change" day. Join Dr. Johnson, Camille Smith, Dr. Sobers, Dr. Motley-Johnson & Dr. Jeffers-Francis for an insightful talk. Secure your spot: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Support the cause: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (links in bio)

Black in Microbiology Week 2025 Panel: Finding Black Spaces in STEM. Event time: 1:15–2:15 PM EST, Oct. 14, 2025. Speakers: Jabril Johnson, PhD (Morehouse School of Medicine), Camille Smith (STEM Soulcial), Courtney Sobers, PhD (Rutgers University), Evangeline Motley-Johnson, PhD (Meharry Medical College), and Liesl Jeffers-Francis, PhD (North Carolina A&T State University).

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 9h

✴️Sea urchins have illuminated fertilization 🧫, early cleavage divisions 🔬, and gene regulation in embryonic patterning 🧬. A classic marine model that shaped our understanding of cell fate and axis formation. 📸 Image by Laurent Formery #ModelMonday #DevBio

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RobertoFeuda @robertofeuda.bsky.social · 2h

Interested in joining my lab to study the evolution and development of monoaminergic neurons?
You can now apply for the Giuseppe Levi Post-Doc Fellowship (2 years, Neurobiology, EU citizens).
Deadline: 10 Nov 2025 – 18:00
For more info selezionionline.lincei.it and email me!

Online Applications – Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei - Home

Online Applications – Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

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.

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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Ewan St. John Smith @psalmotoxin.bsky.social · 6h

If evolution, comparative #neuroskyence & #PainResearch are your thing, here's a great review from Terry Walters: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

From nociception in aneural animals to human suffering: toward a comparative biology of pain

Summary: The biology of widely shared and unusual features of human pain is informed by functional and mechanistic comparisons of nociception and pain-like aversive states across vertebrate and invert...

journals.biologists.com

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Anh Hoang Le, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @anhhle2702.bsky.social · 2h

I found these immune cells just finished mitosis but their midbody is still yet to be resolved. How cool? If you zoom in to the midbody, you can see its classical shape just like in the textbooks. I love these little details.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 4h

Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
 CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
 But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.

👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications

The Art of Learning from Rejection

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Tony Firulli @tonyfirulli.bsky.social · 2h

Official publication day. Thanks to all the people who contributed to this. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Hand1 gene replacement with Hand2 reveals overlap in function with unique occurrence of omphalocele and heart defects

Summary: Analysis of mice in which the protein coding of Hand1 is replaced with Hand2 coding reveals some functional redundancy, but most neonatal mutants present with omphalocele and cardiac morpholo...

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 11h

The Department of Environmental Studies at CU-Boulder is searching for a new Assistant Professor in the area of energy and environmental policy, with an emphasis on sustainability and decarbonization. #EnergySky

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies

jobs.colorado.edu

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Olivia Goldman PhD @oliviagoldman.net · 10h

Consider donating to a hardworking non-profit that seeks to keep doors open into STEM higher ed and academia 🎓💜
www.cientificolatino.com/donate

Cientifico Latino, Inc. @cientificolatino.com · 17h

Last year, we helped 100 students save $31K in grad school app fees, giving students from underserved communities the freedom to apply widely.

This year we lost 16 partners = $8.2K setback = 110 fewer dreams.

🎓 You can change that.
💸 Donate to open 110 new doors.

givebutter.com/supportCL

Flyer for a Donation Call where there was a lost of 16 grad school app fee waiver partners this year, totaling $8,250 in waived fees for aspiring scientists gone, that is 110 applications that may never be submitted.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 4d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

denvergov.org/Government/A...

Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 12h

Today we honor the rich history, culture, and resilience of Indigenous communities—past and present.

As we recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day, let’s commit to telling the truth about our history, protecting sacred lands, and fighting for justice that includes everyone.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 12h

"I stand on solid rock and I will not bow, I will not break, I will not bend, I will not capitulate, I will not give in, I will not give up."

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks out after being indicted by the Trump DOJ.

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Abby Dernburg @adernburg.bsky.social · 12h

A timely reminder that investment in R&D fuels economic growth.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on technology-driven growth

Joel Mokyr has warned of ‘dark clouds’ amid Trump tariffs, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have written about role of ‘creative destruction’ * Business live – latest updates Three experts in the power of technology to drive economic growth have been awarded this year’s Nobel prize in economics. Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University secured half of the 11m Swedish kronor (£867,000) prize alongside two other academics: Philippe Aghion of the Collège de France, Insead business school and the London School of Economics, and Peter Howitt of Brown University. Continue reading...

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 11h

And that immigrants make us stronger

Abby Dernburg @adernburg.bsky.social · 12h

A timely reminder that investment in R&D fuels economic growth.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on technology-driven growth

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Ocean Hoptimism @oceanhoptimism.org · 11h

🌊 Small grants alert! The California Coastal Commission’s WHALE TAIL® Grants are open for proposals—especially those led by Tribal Nations & advancing social/environmental justice. 🐋
Apply by Dec 15!
👉 coastal.ca.gov/whaletailgra...
#OceanJustice #TribalStewardship #OceanHoptimism

California Coastal Commission

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 15h

NIH Study Sections are on hold...again. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/n...

NIH Study Sections are on hold…again.

The primary input to deciding on the merit of proposals submitted to the NIH for potential funding, as most of my remaining blog audience well knows, is the outcome of the initial peer-review proce…

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Mick Craig @mickcraig.bsky.social · 16h

Delighted that our main #TeamReuniens paper is finally out in @plosbiology.org. Been a long time in the making, congratulations to Lilya and all the team. A thread to follow soon, after I've had some sleep... #NeuroSkyence

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Hippocampal pyramidal cells of the CA1 region are not a major target of the thalamic nucleus reuniens

Excitatory input from the prefrontal cortex to hippocampus pyramidal cells is commonly believed to be mediated through the thalamic nucleus reuniens brain region. This study shows in rodents that this...

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 16h

2025 Nobel winner Philippe Aghion:

'The key factor of economic power is technological leadership'

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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