Mike Feigin 🥯
@mikefeigin.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies. GPCRs and gene regulation in pancreatic cancer. Posts are mine.
Necessity is the mother of invention. (When the cork is stuck in your gin and you have to switch from Negroni to Boulevardier.)
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Necessity is the mother of invention. (When the cork is stuck in your gin and you have to switch from Negroni to Boulevardier.)
Reposted by Mike Feigin 🥯
It's been awhile, but I found myself recommending to someone today our groundbreaking code, lead by the inimitable Andy Kern, that magically converts pdfs to... pdfs. This solves the conversion issue so many journals pose to the intrepid scientist. github.com/andrewkern/p...
GitHub - andrewkern/pdf2pdf: does the magical pdf-to-pdf conversion popular in academic journal submission sites and does it faster than they do
does the magical pdf-to-pdf conversion popular in academic journal submission sites and does it faster than they do - andrewkern/pdf2pdf
github.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It's been awhile, but I found myself recommending to someone today our groundbreaking code, lead by the inimitable Andy Kern, that magically converts pdfs to... pdfs. This solves the conversion issue so many journals pose to the intrepid scientist. github.com/andrewkern/p...
Submitted a grant. Reviewed a paper. Answered all outstanding emails. Time to start Thanksgiving prep (drinking wine)!
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Submitted a grant. Reviewed a paper. Answered all outstanding emails. Time to start Thanksgiving prep (drinking wine)!
It’s taken me 30 years to admit this, but maybe I like the Smashing Pumpkins more than Nirvana?
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It’s taken me 30 years to admit this, but maybe I like the Smashing Pumpkins more than Nirvana?
I just realized that I don’t actually know any little places like Kokomo.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I just realized that I don’t actually know any little places like Kokomo.
This new Dunkin’ munchkins commercial that ends with living munchkins getting eaten alive is kinda fucked up.
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This new Dunkin’ munchkins commercial that ends with living munchkins getting eaten alive is kinda fucked up.
When we say goulash, this is what my wife (left) and I (right) mean.
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
When we say goulash, this is what my wife (left) and I (right) mean.
My weight loss strategy of only ingesting coffee and baby carrots until dinner is 1) working, 2) unlocking levels of hangry I did not know existed.
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My weight loss strategy of only ingesting coffee and baby carrots until dinner is 1) working, 2) unlocking levels of hangry I did not know existed.
“Summary statements will be simplified. Narrative paragraphs summarizing committee discussion will not be used. Instead, summaries will have a sentence describing the degree of consensus in the committee vote, plus bullets listing the main score driving points.” FYI
Updated guidance on NIH grant application due dates (10/1/2025-12/5/2025), along with some other Info. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-012: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations NOT-...
grants.nih.gov
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“Summary statements will be simplified. Narrative paragraphs summarizing committee discussion will not be used. Instead, summaries will have a sentence describing the degree of consensus in the committee vote, plus bullets listing the main score driving points.” FYI
Reposted by Mike Feigin 🥯
Updated guidance on NIH grant application due dates (10/1/2025-12/5/2025), along with some other Info. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-012: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations NOT-...
grants.nih.gov
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Updated guidance on NIH grant application due dates (10/1/2025-12/5/2025), along with some other Info. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Reposted by Mike Feigin 🥯
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November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📢 SIGN & SHARE THE PETITION! 📢
New York needs an Empire Biomedical Research Institute to create new statewide funding opportunities for scientists & physician-scientists so that patients and their families get the life-saving and life-changing new therapeutics they're hoping for ✏️ c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
New York needs an Empire Biomedical Research Institute to create new statewide funding opportunities for scientists & physician-scientists so that patients and their families get the life-saving and life-changing new therapeutics they're hoping for ✏️ c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
I’M A MOVIE STAR!!!!
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I’M A MOVIE STAR!!!!
I’m 1/3 of the way through Holiday Touchdown and it’s by far the best movie of 2025*.
*that I’m in
*that I’m in
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’m 1/3 of the way through Holiday Touchdown and it’s by far the best movie of 2025*.
*that I’m in
*that I’m in
Simpsons did it.
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Simpsons did it.
Reposted by Mike Feigin 🥯
With winter weather on the horizon NOW is the time to download our free #ReadyErie app to receive critical weather and emergency alerts, locate emergency shelters, view up-to-date emergency routes, and create an Emergency Preparedness Plan.
Download for iOS & Android at: www.erie.gov/readyerie
Download for iOS & Android at: www.erie.gov/readyerie
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
With winter weather on the horizon NOW is the time to download our free #ReadyErie app to receive critical weather and emergency alerts, locate emergency shelters, view up-to-date emergency routes, and create an Emergency Preparedness Plan.
Download for iOS & Android at: www.erie.gov/readyerie
Download for iOS & Android at: www.erie.gov/readyerie
K2, in first place on lap 3 of Mario Kart: “NOT EVEN GOD CAN STOP ME NOW!!”
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
K2, in first place on lap 3 of Mario Kart: “NOT EVEN GOD CAN STOP ME NOW!!”
It’s nice knowing I don’t have to watch the Bills lose today.
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It’s nice knowing I don’t have to watch the Bills lose today.
Buffalo Bros in Hamburg makes some damn good burgers.
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Buffalo Bros in Hamburg makes some damn good burgers.
Guys I walked into the wall. Is it noticeable?
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Guys I walked into the wall. Is it noticeable?
Tonight’s Zoom happy hour theme: Rocky! Philly cheesesteaks! Italian Stallion cookies! Waffles! Knockout punch! Rocky Road ice cream!
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Tonight’s Zoom happy hour theme: Rocky! Philly cheesesteaks! Italian Stallion cookies! Waffles! Knockout punch! Rocky Road ice cream!
Ah 12:30PM. Time for my favorite game: panic attack or the only thing I’ve consumed today is a large cold brew.
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ah 12:30PM. Time for my favorite game: panic attack or the only thing I’ve consumed today is a large cold brew.
mmm…forbidden bagel…🤤🤤
Attempt number seven at uploading this video of intermediate filaments in an enormous COS7 cell. I have a feeling the BlueSky compression will not do it any favors.
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
mmm…forbidden bagel…🤤🤤
Let me share an insanely proud PI moment. The first paper from a Feigin Lab alum, from their own lab! Congrats, Abdul!!
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
www.mdpi.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Let me share an insanely proud PI moment. The first paper from a Feigin Lab alum, from their own lab! Congrats, Abdul!!
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
Now that I’ve had time to relax, lose all my anger, and think about the situation in a rational manner…the Bills need to fire everyone not named Josh Allen.
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Now that I’ve had time to relax, lose all my anger, and think about the situation in a rational manner…the Bills need to fire everyone not named Josh Allen.
JESUS CHRIST LET YOUR BEST PLAYER KEEP THE DAMN BALL WHEN YOU NEED ONE YARD!!!
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
JESUS CHRIST LET YOUR BEST PLAYER KEEP THE DAMN BALL WHEN YOU NEED ONE YARD!!!