For shame, Elife. Left-handed DNA??!

eLife@elife.bsky.social · 10h ago

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Twenty years ago, Addgene co-founder Melina Fan, PhD, couldn’t get the plasmids she needed for her research, so she helped build a better way to share them. 🧬 On Aug. 1, Melina stepped into a new role as Chief Scientific Advisor. A thank-you and a look at what’s next:

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Thank You, Melina: A New Chapter After 20 Years

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I posted a comment about the proposed OMB regulations online but have yet to see it appear. Has anyone else had this experience? I received a confirmation email, so I know they received it (on July 10).

Fascinating finding with direct clinical implications: Placental nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide modulates the timing of labor | Science www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Self-assembly can help cells make decisions: see Sam's awesome work!

Sam Foley@samuelfoley.com · 2mo ago

🧪⚛️ Our paper is finally published in Phys Rev Research! doi.org/10.1103/cnfz... Can cells make decisions using equilibrium physical principles, without resorting to irreversible, energy-consuming signaling cascades? We say yes, with the help of self-assembling membrane proteins! 🧵(1/7)

NIH has allocated just 33% of its normal budget this year, putting critical medical breakthroughs at risk. Johns Hopkins President Ron Daniels and University of Kansas Chancellor Dr. Douglas Girod are calling on the government to release it before the damage becomes permanent. https://bit.ly/4f3GuzR

President Daniels in WSJ op-ed: Get the federal science money flowing

JHU president, University of Kansas chancellor urge federal agencies to release congressionally appropriated funds to fuel America's research engine

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I was told that I needed to request permission to collaborate with physicians from European countries before testing the effects of patient mutations they identified on an enzyme we study. For each collaborator, NIH is asking for email, institution, street address, phone number (!!). Insane.

Jason Rasgon@vectorgen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is fucking insanity www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Congratulations to historian Richard Kagan, neuroscientist Ulrich Mueller, political scientist Vesla Weaver, and biophysicist Sarah Woodson on being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. hub.jhu.edu/2026/04/30/a...

Four from Johns Hopkins elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Richard Kagan, Ulrich Mueller, Vesla Weaver, and Sarah Woodson among 252 individuals recognized for excellence in their fields

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The irony - painting in background shows George Washington, who had his troops vaccinated against smallpox.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Yeah that will solve all of our problems…..

Hegseth saying “The Pharisee Press” should be a fully mask off moment. He is saying “The Jewish Press”. But Christians of all political stripes are so devoted to using Pharisees as a rhetorical prop that liberal Christians regularly insist it’s totally fine, no matter how many Jews try to explain.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“Pharisee Press”

🚨New paper alert! Using single molecule TIRF microscopy, we show that Nop1 destabilizes RNA structure via transient, nonspecific interactions — until specific assembly of native ribosomal complexes takes over. Congrats, Wilson! 🎉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Fibrillarin/Nop1 perturbs RNA folding and assembly independently of liquid–liquid phase separation

Abstract. The liquid–liquid phase-separated environment of the eukaryotic nucleolus is proposed to benefit ribosome assembly by chaperoning rRNA folding an

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Unreal pub in SpringerNature Scientific Reports. "This work look for Soret and Dufour thing on MHD flow for micropolar fluid on sheet with hole stretch, also see hot from electric and warm from move, which old study no much talk." "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-18302-5

Happy Birthday, Hopkins! 2/3💙

Get this over with already so we can see the figure skating.

It is with deep sadness that we share that Michael J. Matunis, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has passed away. (1/4)

In Memoriam: Michael Matunis, 1964-2026 | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Engineering Light-Responsive Transcription Factors via Strategic Masking of Post-translational Modification Residues pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Engineering Light-Responsive Transcription Factors via Strategic Masking of Post-translational Modification Residues

The development of synthetic transcription factors (TFs) that generate functional outputs in response to specific stimuli holds significant promise for modulating key cellular processes in both basic ...

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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day I remember my grandmother, Cywia Wolberger, and aunts, Aliza and Perel Wolberger, who were murdered in the Warsaw Ghetto. Never again.

Let’s see what @charlesmbrenner.bsky.social has to say about this…..

For a few moments of distraction in these trying times, check out the Cheetah Cub Cam at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute: nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...

Cheetah Cub Cam

The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.

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I am going to scream if one more person sends me a schedule but calls it an "itinerary." itinerary = planned route or journey, or a document recording it. It is from the Latin, "itinerarium," which means route of travel. Please spread the word!!

Apply now to join the Johns Hopkins Program in Molecular Biophysics! Our interdisciplinary Ph.D. program trains students to explore the physical principles underlying biology — from molecules to cells. Open to both U.S. and international applicants. Application deadline Dec. 1 : pmb.jhu.edu

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The Program in Molecular Biophysics (PMB) trains PhD students to do cutting-edge biophysics research using the methods of biology, biochemistry, chemistry, physics, engineering, and computer science.

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I’ve been enjoying your drawings but especially love this one ! 💕

Irina Bezsonova@irinabezsonova.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This October I’m drawing 1 molecule a day inspired by proteins in pdb @rcsbpdb.bsky.social Day 20/31 Prompt RIVALS Pdb: 8V27 & 8G6S Two rival histone modifications on a nucleosome. Ubiquitination of H2BK120 activates genes while H2AK119 represses them. Next: BLAST Suggestions?

Because sometimes we just need a laugh:

Chemical Engineering of Transcription Factors Uncovered Cell-Permeable μMax Modulators l @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Chemical Engineering of Transcription Factors Uncovered Cell-Permeable μMax Modulators

Transcription factor engineering has emerged as a powerful strategy for generating novel proteins for fundamental research and biomedical applications. Although various analogs have been developed, th...

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Prof. Jasmina Wiemann has been selected for a prestigious Packard fellowship. This the first recognition of a paleobiologist by the Foundation! That is 8 Packard Fellows in 6 years for Johns Hopkins University. Prof. Wiemann's website is the stuff of movies: www.jasminawiemann.com

This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation

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iFold, sorry, SimpleFold, by Apple arxiv.org/html/2509.18...

🚨🧠🔬 A major breakthrough in molecular neuroscience: I am excited to share a new story from our lab, published in accelerated format today by @nature.com: "Delta-type glutamate receptors are ligand-gated ion channels" Read more here (free article link): rdcu.be/eGIKz

A giant in molecular biology and virology has passed. RIP David Baltimore. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/s...

David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87

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