George Aranjuez
@gfaranjuez.bsky.social
Assistant professor, Univ of Central Florida. Using cell biology approaches to study host-pathogen interactions. Drosophila. Intracellular bacterial pathogens.CWRU.Univ of the Philippines. 🪰🦠🇵🇭
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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
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You are not overly suspicious. This is a real possibility especially since there do not appear to be any search committees.
But I don't want them to be able to say that they selected candidates when only 3 people applied (including their pre-selected candidate).
But I don't want them to be able to say that they selected candidates when only 3 people applied (including their pre-selected candidate).
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
You are not overly suspicious. This is a real possibility especially since there do not appear to be any search committees.
But I don't want them to be able to say that they selected candidates when only 3 people applied (including their pre-selected candidate).
But I don't want them to be able to say that they selected candidates when only 3 people applied (including their pre-selected candidate).
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I realize that these timelines are absurd and wanting to take on one of these important positions under the present circumstances is problematic, but NIH needs qualified applicants to apply.
Please consider applying, even if you are not sure you would accept the position if offered.
3/3
Please consider applying, even if you are not sure you would accept the position if offered.
3/3
a man wearing a red shirt with the letter w on it says " who are we if we don 't even try "
ALT: a man wearing a red shirt with the letter w on it says " who are we if we don 't even try "
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I realize that these timelines are absurd and wanting to take on one of these important positions under the present circumstances is problematic, but NIH needs qualified applicants to apply.
Please consider applying, even if you are not sure you would accept the position if offered.
3/3
Please consider applying, even if you are not sure you would accept the position if offered.
3/3
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Required reading for cell biologists to get a sense of basic statistical principles!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ten essential tips for robust statistics in cell biology - Nature Cell Biology
Statistical thinking is a core part of solid, trustworthy biology. However, many studies still include insufficient sample sizes, have poor experimental design or select an incorrect statistical metho...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Required reading for cell biologists to get a sense of basic statistical principles!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
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We are hiring a lab technician! Join our group studying signaling networks in #Drosophila, with a possibility to carry out a research project. Please RT.
Job posting: employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...
Veraksa lab website:
www.faculty.umb.edu/alexey_verak...
Job posting: employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...
Veraksa lab website:
www.faculty.umb.edu/alexey_verak...
Page Up - UMass Boston
employmentopportunities.umb.edu
August 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We are hiring a lab technician! Join our group studying signaling networks in #Drosophila, with a possibility to carry out a research project. Please RT.
Job posting: employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...
Veraksa lab website:
www.faculty.umb.edu/alexey_verak...
Job posting: employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...
Veraksa lab website:
www.faculty.umb.edu/alexey_verak...
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FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki
wiki.flybase.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
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Thanks to @isakoditomassi.bsky.social and the McClintock Letters Initiative who motivated me to submit this.
Fay: Cuts to research funding risk the collapse of U.S. science and technology
I started as an assistant professor of molecular biology at the University of Wyoming in 2001.
www.wyomingnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thanks to @isakoditomassi.bsky.social and the McClintock Letters Initiative who motivated me to submit this.
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Alexandria Declaration coming out from courageous NSF staff.
www.importantcontext.news/p/national-s...
I knew this was it in the works, but did not know the timing. Stay tuned...
www.importantcontext.news/p/national-s...
I knew this was it in the works, but did not know the timing. Stay tuned...
National Science Foundation Workers to Issue “Alexandria Declaration” Decrying “Catastrophic Changes” Under Trump Administration
The new declaration echoes similar efforts from NIH and EPA.
www.importantcontext.news
July 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Alexandria Declaration coming out from courageous NSF staff.
www.importantcontext.news/p/national-s...
I knew this was it in the works, but did not know the timing. Stay tuned...
www.importantcontext.news/p/national-s...
I knew this was it in the works, but did not know the timing. Stay tuned...
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Was reminded recently that the best way to feel good is to do good. Passing it along.
July 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Was reminded recently that the best way to feel good is to do good. Passing it along.
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Here's the end-of-workday update, on Day 1 of the United States of Science.
A whopping 57% of the map has been covered in the first 24 hours which is *amazing*. Thank you to everyone who filled bubbles!
The top 5 states are still open: CA, NY, PA, NJ, FL
Fill a few bubbles! givebutter.com/USS2025
A whopping 57% of the map has been covered in the first 24 hours which is *amazing*. Thank you to everyone who filled bubbles!
The top 5 states are still open: CA, NY, PA, NJ, FL
Fill a few bubbles! givebutter.com/USS2025
June 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Here's the end-of-workday update, on Day 1 of the United States of Science.
A whopping 57% of the map has been covered in the first 24 hours which is *amazing*. Thank you to everyone who filled bubbles!
The top 5 states are still open: CA, NY, PA, NJ, FL
Fill a few bubbles! givebutter.com/USS2025
A whopping 57% of the map has been covered in the first 24 hours which is *amazing*. Thank you to everyone who filled bubbles!
The top 5 states are still open: CA, NY, PA, NJ, FL
Fill a few bubbles! givebutter.com/USS2025
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Whew, ok, with a few hours to spare, the 2025 classroom map is ready! The 7th annual United States of Science competition starts tomorrow.
If you wanna get your region off to a head start, just between us night owls, here's that link 😘
givebutter.com/USS2025
If you wanna get your region off to a head start, just between us night owls, here's that link 😘
givebutter.com/USS2025
June 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Whew, ok, with a few hours to spare, the 2025 classroom map is ready! The 7th annual United States of Science competition starts tomorrow.
If you wanna get your region off to a head start, just between us night owls, here's that link 😘
givebutter.com/USS2025
If you wanna get your region off to a head start, just between us night owls, here's that link 😘
givebutter.com/USS2025
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A brutal analysis of Bhattacharya, his qualifications, and his role and performance as NIH Director
www.panaccindex.info/p/jay-bhatta...
www.panaccindex.info/p/jay-bhatta...
Jay Bhattacharya is Not the NIH Director
Seventy-Five Days of Embarrassing Ineptitude
www.panaccindex.info
June 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A brutal analysis of Bhattacharya, his qualifications, and his role and performance as NIH Director
www.panaccindex.info/p/jay-bhatta...
www.panaccindex.info/p/jay-bhatta...
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Thanks to all who have expressed a willingness to support FlyBase. The wheels of bureaucracy are large and grind slowly. We expect to have a fee process in place by July. @flybase.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Thanks to all who have expressed a willingness to support FlyBase. The wheels of bureaucracy are large and grind slowly. We expect to have a fee process in place by July. @flybase.bsky.social
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🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
June 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
June 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
June 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
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Hello Fly Folks. quick note FlyBase is under duress due to termination NIH$ to Harvard and intl collabs. The hardworking folks @flybase.bsky.social are doing their darndest to ensure access to current data. For US, there will soon be a new site to donate. Please spread the word, ideas and support 🪰💪
My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hello Fly Folks. quick note FlyBase is under duress due to termination NIH$ to Harvard and intl collabs. The hardworking folks @flybase.bsky.social are doing their darndest to ensure access to current data. For US, there will soon be a new site to donate. Please spread the word, ideas and support 🪰💪
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There was a recent e-Coli outbreak that killed 1 person & sickened nearly 90 people in 15 states linked to a single lettuce processor/ranch - the source of the contamination. BUT Trump & his Nazis didn't want you to know about it & buried a Feb. 11 internal FDA memo.
E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn’t surface
Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There was a recent e-Coli outbreak that killed 1 person & sickened nearly 90 people in 15 states linked to a single lettuce processor/ranch - the source of the contamination. BUT Trump & his Nazis didn't want you to know about it & buried a Feb. 11 internal FDA memo.
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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Testifying tomorrow at a Senate hearing showcasing damage done to HHS by (personnel) terminations 3:00-4:30 convened by Senators Welch and Baldwin.
With former leaders from CDC, SAMSHA< AHRQ, ACL (Admin. for Community Living)
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
With former leaders from CDC, SAMSHA< AHRQ, ACL (Admin. for Community Living)
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
Senate Democrats to hold hearings on mass terminations at HHS, decrying RFK Jr. "destructive rampage"
The widespread terminations at the Department of Health and Human Services have drawn questions about the functioning of key health programs.
www.cbsnews.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Testifying tomorrow at a Senate hearing showcasing damage done to HHS by (personnel) terminations 3:00-4:30 convened by Senators Welch and Baldwin.
With former leaders from CDC, SAMSHA< AHRQ, ACL (Admin. for Community Living)
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
With former leaders from CDC, SAMSHA< AHRQ, ACL (Admin. for Community Living)
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
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Leading from within...
A thread: NIH Fellows United is committed to showing up, even when leadership won’t. 🧪
May 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Leading from within...
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I spend a lot of time disparaging those who are failing us in this moment - but today I want to shine a light on all of those who are helping to make the threats to science and universities legible for other scientists and the public🧪 1/
May 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I spend a lot of time disparaging those who are failing us in this moment - but today I want to shine a light on all of those who are helping to make the threats to science and universities legible for other scientists and the public🧪 1/