Congratulations to the 2026 ASCB Fellows! ASCB is proud to recognize 15 scientists whose careers have advanced cell biology through outstanding research, leadership, mentorship & service. Meet the 2026 Fellows: https://www.ascb.org/society-news/fifteen-visionary-scientists-named-2026-ascb-fellows/

These two reviews on centromeres and kinetochores in @natrevmcb.nature.com cap off @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social sabbatical at @stanfordbiochem.bsky.social from @valleefoundation.bsky.social. Long time in the making! Non-paywall versions rdcu.be/fxD9V, rdcu.be/fxEar

Structure and function of the centromere and inner kinetochore

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - The kinetochore is a macromolecular complex that assembles on centromeric chromatin and connects spindle microtubules to the chromosome. This Review...

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Also another good synopsis here elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule

Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science

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For anyone applying for US federal funding, this is essential reading for changes governing grants. Stick it into an AI tool for a faster summary. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

@currentbiology.bsky.social has done it again! What a great interview with one of my favorite scientists www.cell.com/current-biol.... Linda Wordeman @mtwonderland.bsky.social. She taught me everything I know about guinea pigs and a lot about mitosis too!

Linda Wordeman

Interview with Linda Wordeman, who studies microtubule dynamics and cell division at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

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. @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social's 'Walk With Me' features @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social, Baker Family Director of Sarafan ChEM-H, whose work explores how chemical biology can help understand disease & develop new approaches to treating cancer & immune disorders:

Walk With Me: Carolyn Bertozzi, chemical biologist studying how sugars on cells shape disease

Meet Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, a chemist at Stanford Medicine and Nobel Prize–winning scientist whose work explores how chemical biology can help scientists better understand disease and develop new…

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I'm incredibly honored at election into the American Academy for Arts and Sciences. And Jodi Foster and Rita Moreno too! Credit goes to the amazing people I've been lucky to work with over many years. www.amacad.org/news/new-mem...

Electing New Members: Recognizing America’s 250th Anniversary

Building on America’s 250-year-old commitment to knowledge, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences announces the leaders in academia, the arts, industry, journalism, philanthropy, policy, research, a...

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@currentbiology.bsky.social has always been one of my favorite journals but I think they have now outdone themselves www.cell.com/current-biol.... And picked up by the @nytimes.com as well! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/s...

Periodic excretion patterns of seabirds in flight

Uesaka and Sato report on the excretion patterns of seabirds in the open ocean determined using a rear-facing video logger.

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New preprint from Kelsey Fryer in the lab using ChAR-seq to identify RNAs that are bound to human centromeres. Lots of surprises! #centromere #RNA www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Had the privilege of hooding 5 new PhD grads @stanfordbiosci.bsky.social this weekend including my student Kelsey Fryer! Good day for science.

“You can get a other job, but you cannot get another soul”.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · last yr.

"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT. I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up." Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!

Our most recent Synthetic Biology for Sustainability symposium was a great success. Lots of excellent ideas and creative approaches to sustainability. And a wonderful group of scientists too! Check here for more info on our Syn Bio efforts (sb.stanford.edu)

Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium

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Our paper on the role of “mitotic” kinesin Eg5 in neuron development has been published in Development (see journals.biologists.com/dev/article-...). A great work by Wen Lu and colleagues!

‘Mitotic’ kinesin-5 is a dynamic brake for axonal growth in Drosophila

Summary: Kinesin-5 modulates microtubule sliding in neurons, acting as a brake to ensure precise axon pathfinding during Drosophila neuronal development.

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This is an amazing opportunity for post-docs, students, faculty search committees and anyone interested in exciting science! Check out the www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com and apply today.

Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium

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Flora Rutaganira@frutag33.bsky.social · last yr.

Hello Community! Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist

"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."

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I am honored and humbled to be elected as a AAAS fellow (www.aaas.org/news/aaas-we...) with such great colleagues here at Stanford (news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...) and abroad. It really drives home the amazing nature of our scientific community. Special thanks to @dutcherlab.bsky.social's support

We are seeking to hire a lab tech, this is an HHMI funded position, please share the job posting: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Lab Administration Research Technician- Bertozzi Lab

Primary Work Address: Beckman Center, Stanford, CA, 94305-5323 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. We are currently looking for a highly motivated Lab Administration ...

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me, as a senior PI: US science as we know it may be ending? Review these cool manuscripts? Serve on these grant review panels? Yes! All in! Going down in a blaze of glory!

Jacob Schreiber@jmschreiber91.bsky.social · last yr.

undergrad PI: i'm always so busy... don't agree to do too many things! grad PI: i'm always so busy... don't agree to do too many things! post-doc PI: i'm always so busy... don't agree to do too many things! me, as a PI: what's this? new things? i'd love to!

I am proud to share my first preprint working with @naltemose.bsky.social, where we redesign DiMeLo-seq from the ground up. Thankful for the help and input of collaborators in @astraight.bsky.social and Aaron streets’ lab at Berkeley. More to come soon! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

DiMeLo-cito: a one-tube protocol for mapping protein-DNA interactions reveals CTCF bookmarking in mitosis

Genome regulation relies on complex and dynamic interactions between DNA and proteins. Recently, powerful methods have emerged that leverage third-generation sequencing to map protein-DNA interactions...

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Wonderful visit to @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social today and thanks to @yarimura.bsky.social for hosting and dinner with the always entertaining @suebiggins.bsky.social and @harmitmalik.bsky.social. A day discussing science with amazing people is unbeatable.

Another fave

Wanted to share this story about my colleague Bryant Lin. We’re working together on bringing art and science together but his story runs much deeper. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

When This Stanford Professor Got Cancer, He Decided to Teach a Class About It

Dr. Bryant Lin, who teaches medicine at Stanford University, was given a terminal diagnosis. He wanted his students to understand the humanity at the core of medicine.

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This is what they mean when they say person skilled in the art. You've got to streak a lot of colonies to get to this level. Not surprised its from Bonnie Brewer 👑 #yeast #toothpick

Maitreya Dunham@maitreya.bsky.social · last yr.

Microbiologists, check out this genius trick for orienting flat toothpicks that comes from the legendary Beth Jones by way of Bonny Brewer. Video taken by my lab manager, Emily.

People keep asking us: “Why are early-career scientists organizing Stand Up for Science?” Because early-career scientists—especially those from underrepresented backgrounds—are getting hit the hardest. Our futures—and the future of science itself—are on the line. 🧵 ⬇️

Science Magazine@science.org · last yr.

“There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years.” scim.ag/3ERRLDo

Ok scientists & those who love science 🧪: here is another exhortation. Call Congress TODAY about the freeze on NIH Council Meetings and Study Sections. Emphasize that this means NO new grants are being funded & labs will soon start to shut down and fire employees. Phone numbers are at: 5calls.org

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

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Honored be named a #SloanFellow! Grateful to my amazing team @stanford-chemh.bsky.social —this wouldn’t be possible without them.

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation@sloanfoundation.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉Congrats to the 126 early-career scientists who have been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship this year! These exceptional scholars are drawn from 51 institutions across the US and Canada, and represent the next generation of groundbreaking researchers. sloan.org/fellowships/...

Way to go Brian and @arcinstitute.org!!

Brian Hie@brianhie.bsky.social · last yr.

We trained a genomic language model on all observed evolution, which we are calling Evo 2. The model achieves an unprecedented breadth in capabilities, enabling prediction and design tasks from molecular to genome scale and across all three domains of life.

Very important to get this word out!

Angie Voyles Askham@avaskham.bsky.social · last yr.

I just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...

"This feels like the early days of the pandemic, except there's less I can do about it", a colleague told me yesterday. Yep. One thing you *can* do is outreach. My sense is that the majority of the country doesn't yet understand the scale or the stakes of what is happening. We have to tell them:

CantlonLab@cantlonlab.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com