AI’ght

Richard Sever@richardsever.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump science adviser['s] proposal to reduce the role of universities would up end [the] system in place since WWII. His call for the administration to de-prioritize life sciences...raised alarms among biomedical researchers" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

RIP Sir Gary- one of the greatest to play the game is gone😢😢 www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Sir Garry Sobers, West Indies cricketing great, dies aged 89

Sir Garry Sobers, who has died aged 89, was an undisputed cricketing great and is widely regarded as the sport’s greatest all-rounder

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Ooo just received my Comp ND summary statement- Rev1 is a qed fan looks like🤦🏾‍♂️

Do it!!

Mark Peifer (He, him)@peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you did that, step 2 is to call and write Congress. You have the language already written for your comment. point out the importance of science to your state and nation, and the fact that scientists uniformly oppose the OMB proposal. Congress must act 2/n fight2win.standupforscience.net

help needed, please share. "IRB has been approved, now its time to recruit! I’m looking for Black women who currently have, or formerly had, a professional connection to math education to participate in my dissertation research study."

IRB has been approved, now its time to recruit! I’m looking for Black women who currently have, or formerly had, a professional connection to math education to participate in my dissertation research…...

IRB has been approved, now its time to recruit! I’m looking for Black women who currently have, or formerly had, a professional connection to math education to participate in my dissertation research ...

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Progresse 🙃

JasonKeays 🇨🇦@jasonkeays.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Onegai shimasu!!!

Our new review of #development of the #Schlemm’s canal and implication for #glaucoma treatment is out!!!!! Thanks to my coauthors, Marina Simón, Revathi Balasubramanian @ladyglaucoma.bsky.social and Simon John!!! www.annualreviews.org/docserver/fu...

#RIP Pierre Chambon (1931-2026) 1963 PARP 1970 RNA Pol II 1975 Nucleosome 1977 Split genes 1980 Promoter 1983 enhancer 1986 Nuclear receptor

#ARVO2026 plus #snow

Anarchy!

BWJones@bwjones.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Heading into May of 2026 and so far this year, no new grants have been issued by the National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute. No council meetings have been scheduled. An absolute, unmitigated disaster for vision research is setting up.

RIP Raghu Rai-thank you for the iconic imagery of the India I grew up in!!

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

RIP Raghu Rai, india's greatest photographer His series on Indira Gandhi was magnificent raghuraifoundation.org/indira-gandhi/

Is there any point in resubmitting an R01 when everything u do to address previous review is used to make you do more stuff? New review wanted Sp Aim 2 done- with what $s I ask 😖

Crisis!!

Pam Herd@pamherd.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The number of NIH competitive awards is down 50% from 2025, and down ~70% from prior years. Even if they catch up by the end of the year, only wealthy institutions can bridge these huge funding gaps.They're killing science-and violating the constitution-by weaponizing the bureaucracy

i have very rapidly become incapable of thinking about anything that isn’t this video

Yikes😳 A centimeter-long bacterium with DNA contained in metabolically active, membrane-bound organelles | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Impressive work on the function of fetal macrophages in the eye by the Saban Lab Resident tissue macrophages maintain intraocular pressure homeostasis: @cp-immunity.bsky.social www.cell.com/immunity/abs...

Resident tissue macrophages maintain intraocular pressure homeostasis

Intraocular pressure (IOP) is dysregulated in glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness. Immune contributions to IOP maintenance are poorly understood. Liu et al. reveal that long-lived resident tissue m...

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Can’t seem to catch a break with BDE uggh!! Getting a bit tired of these not discussed notifications 🥵

RIP Robert Duvall!!

NPR@npr.org · 6mo ago

Duvall appeared in over 90 films over the course of his career, imbuing stock Hollywood types — cowboys, cops, soldiers — with a nuanced sense of vulnerability. n.pr/4rUDvwW

Last night!!

Dig out at OSU

😖😖😖😖🤬🤬🤬🥵

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Here’s the deal with the FY26 NIH funding bill: One line in the 1000+ pg bill = significantly less science. The increase to ~40% of grants moving to MYF is estimated to result in a 35% decrease in the NUMBER of NIH grants funded annually—moving the paylines from 10% to around 4%. THIS IS BAD.

Our new paper led by our fearless lead @ladyglaucoma.bsky.social is out on eLife!! We describe the development of the trabecular meshwork and the Schlemm’s canal at a molecular level using scRNA seq!! doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

AI’ght!!

Harmit Singh Malik@harmitmalik.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Scientific journals: we don’t want you using generative AI because it makes shit up. Same journal: here is an AI summary or evaluation of this paper. This might be more useful than the actual abstract or paper that the authors freaking wrote Same journal: AI cover art which makes no sense? Oooh!

Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions. To manually turn off go to: Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under “How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off

This is one fearless #blacksquirrel melanistic mutant I presume!!

For #FluorescenceFriday - projection neurons from the mouse prefrontal cortex to the locus coeruleus 🔴 with Fos labeling activated cells 🟢. Image credit to the Circuits team in the Translational Neuroscience Division @lieberinstitute.bsky.social 🧠🔬🧪

This👇🏽

Carolyn Bertozzi@carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 10mo ago

A university that signs the “compact” is one that acknowledges its own inability to compete and succeed based talent and merit. It would signal insecurity and mediocrity to current and future students and faculty. Say no. Recruit the best people, protect their freedom and support their hard work.

Despite the mess, we are grateful to be funded, have exciting science happening, and have an opening for a postdoc! If you are interested in sensory biology and esp in cilia, thermosensation, or interoception, and would like to join an interactive & supportive group - please email. Please RT 🙏

RIP Ace!! www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74

Ace Frehley, the Spaceman of Kiss who played with the group from their formation in 1973 until 1983, and then again in the Nineties, has died at 74.

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