We are searching for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor to help teach our 100-level and organic chemistry courses. Our search page with info is live. The link for applications will be live soon. It is for sabbatical replacements over the next two years. www.skidmore.edu/chemistry/se...
On a Sunday
The conference (agreement between House and Senate) appropriations bill that includes HHS and NIH was released this morning.
www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
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Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
An insightful review on bacterial tRNA modifications and their role in bacterial stress response and host interactions - dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
we are recruiting a postdoc with interest in using genomics and molecular biology to study transcription factors. We have an R35 to fund the project/salary.
W.H.O. Warns of Sharp Increase in Drug-Resistant Infections.
Gift link: nyti.ms/4mZ2c8B
Excited to share the newly published work from the lab, which offers insights into the specificity and evolution of a recently discovered family of aminoacyl-tRNA deacylases.
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
The article comes out today! @natmicrobiol.nature.com
A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data by The Data Reuse Consortium.
Link: rdcu.be/eIix7
NSF Graduate Fellowship announcement is finally posted!
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Want to share your work with our RNA community? Submit your abstract by this Frday, September 26th, to be considered for a talk!
For life to emerge on Earth, peptides must first have formed without the aid of enzymes — but how? Reactions of sulfur-containing molecules might have been key
go.nature.com/4oX04jC
The image is a colorized scanning electron micrograph of E. coli cells.
The new issue of #ScienceSignaling has arrived!
A new study reveals how small proteins in E. coli enable bacteria to cope with stress, our latest Editors’ Choice piece dives into recent findings showing how estrogen protects against kidney injury, and more. https://scim.ag/4mC0GtD
An engraving of the pelvis from Gray’s Anatomy.
A genetic flip helped turn us into upright walkers. Here’s my evo-devo story about the ilium. Gift link: nyti.ms/45BOenz
New STAT story about multi-year funding.
www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/n...
New research, published today in @natureportfolio.nature.com, decodes the most elusive, difficult-to-sequence regions of the genome from populations around the world, rewriting knowledge of human biology and setting a new benchmark for precision medicine. 🧪🧬🔬
No queda más q esperar, esperar, y esperar un poco más 😂
después me cuentas cómo te fue con el R35
Suerte!
A graphic showing the GlycoCaging approach
“GlycoCaging” uses gut bacteria to activate drugs for inflammatory bowel disease.
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/4ltfMk8
National Science Foundation staff were notified that their office space will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development. It's unclear where the 1,800+ NSF employees will work. Renovation plans apparently include a personal gym for the HUD secretary & family eos.org/research-and...
Nature research paper: Targeting de novo purine biosynthesis for tuberculosis treatment
https://go.nature.com/3SYNS3i
Axios story about the path forward for restored terminated grants.
The administration will continue to pursue appeals and other steps.
www.axios.com/2025/06/24/n...
This tiny device can shrink dangerous blood clots. It’s called the ‘milli-spinner’ and its invention was partly an accident…
¿Te interesaría unirte a nuestro laboratorio como Postdoctoral Fellow?
¿Está interesado en investigar y contribuir a la comprensión del papel de los anaerobios en la salud humana?
Revisa la convocatoria Pew Latin American Fellows
¡Contáctame si cumples con los requisitos!
#Archaea #MicroSky
🎓 Got a thesis seminar, award, or lab win to share?
We want to feature it on the Yale RNA Center's website and social media!
Send it our way & let’s spotlight great science!
Contact us 👉 medicine.yale.edu/rnacenter/ab...
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar government scientists from publishing in major medical journals, saying on a podcast that three top journals were “corrupt” and influenced by pharmaceutical companies.
US President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 calls for unprecedented cuts to scientific agencies that, if enacted, would deal a devastating blow to US science, policy specialists say.
https://go.nature.com/4jYv3IP
PhD position #archaea #microsky
@archaeapowerhour.bsky.social @archaeabio.bsky.social
“Awards that are not aligned with NSF's priorities have been terminated, including but not limited to those on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation”—National Science Foundation
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Interested in doing a postdoc in Seattle? Join us on May 6 for Seattle DROP, a virtual biomedical postdoc recruitment event. The first 250 US registrants enjoy lunch via delivery voucher! 🥪
All postdoc candidates are invited to attend.
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Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25
