Megan Killian
@megankillian.bsky.social
I was a #firstgen college student in engineering, now tenured professor at UMich. Skeets are my own. I lead a team studying musculoskeletal physiology, development, and healing. We study how the skeleton grows and how connective tissues guide this process.
Narrative is not always reality. www.statnews.com/2016/09/01/o...
He may have invented one of neuroscience’s biggest advances. But you’ve never heard of him
The saga of Zhuo-Hua Pan, perhaps the rightful inventor of optogenetics, raises the question of what it means to invent something in science.
statnews.com
Anna Vlasits@annaintegrated.bsky.social · 6d agoI wonder if the Nobel committee read my article on ZH Pan or not... archive.is/https://www....
Another Manuscript Monday from HarleyLab: Out in Regen Biomaterials and in collab w/ @abrahamkillianlabs.bsky.social: An interfacial hydrogel compartment within a multicompartment tendon-to-bone scaffold influences cell behavior under cyclic tensile loading academic.oup.com/rb/article/d...
Michigan. Thanks to Donald Trump’s outrageous war in Iran, cosigned by Mike Rogers.
Drummond Lab@drummondlab.bsky.social · last mo.We are hiring! 🌟 Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor. It's a broad search: we want great colleagues doing serious biological work at the molecular scale. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/191981 bcmb.uchicago.edu
Come be my colleague!! 🎉 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Developmental Biology at UCSD! If you’re doing exciting work in development or regeneration, come join us!! Please spread the word and apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04591
Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
apol-recruit.ucsd.edu
"I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubble gum."
Benoit Bruneau@benoitbruneau.bsky.social · 2mo ago“He knows it’s a multipass”
For many anglers, the practice of fly fishing is about much more than catching fish. For some in addiction recovery it can be therapeutic. n.pr/4fqVR3X
'Adams Parachute' couldn't save his son, but a grieving father hopes it will help others suffering with addiction
For many anglers, the practice of fly fishing is about much more than catching fish. For some in addiction recovery it can be therapeutic.
n.pr
This will set back American math and science advancement for decades. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative
A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency struggles with a squeezed budget and a backlog of grant applications.
nature.com
Once again, Hegseth and Trump are resegregating the military along racial and sexual lines. It’s disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
nytimes.com
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
What a great article not only on faculty workloads, but how little our salaries actually factor in to most university budgets. A few highlights. First, our salaries are falling:
Hi, expert in rapid microbial growth in giant plates here. This is not a fiasco, algae only does this when it's extremely content
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 4mo agoPictures of the renovations of the Reflecting Pool taken May 2, May 28, June 7, June 12, June 16 and June 18, 2026, which was painted blue at the directive of U.S. President Trump, ahead of the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence, in Washington, D.C.-Reuters
The most adorable entertainment in juat three easy frames
Stephen Colbert made a return visit to Monroe Community Media, where he guest-hosted the show "Only in Monroe" in 2015."https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/monroe-county/stephen-colbert-returns-to-monroe-public-access-tv-station-11-years-later-with-jeff-daniels
I was really hoping that photo op with whitmer in Chelsea was AI generated
I've never taken campaign money from health insurance companies so I don't answer to them. Pass Medicare for All.
A federal program that pays airlines to operate in small and rural communities could have its budget cut in half, leaving parts of the country with no flight options. n.pr/4uCPm3R
Drive 5 hours or fly 20 minutes? Remote towns suffer from lack of year-round flights
A federal program that pays airlines to operate in small and rural communities could have its budget cut in half, leaving parts of the country with no flight options.
n.pr
What if, instead of using our taxes dollars for war no one asked for, we spend it here to rebuild the infrastructure folks rely on? We need a major water infrastructure overhaul. And we need it now.
Auburn Hills water main break could leave taps dry for 2 weeks: 'This is not a drill'
Multiple Oakland County communities face severe water restrictions after 42-inch main breaks in Auburn Hills.
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Congratulations to Dr Steph Steltzer who is had the honor to hood at the @umich.edu Rackham ceremony!
Check out this "In preprints" from @dev-journal.bsky.social by Meng Zhu on re-examining the role of oxygen in mammalian embryogenesis, featuring our lab's recent pre-print ! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
In preprints: re-examining the role of oxygen in mammalian embryogenesis
Developmental biology has traditionally focused on embryo-intrinsic mechanisms, from gene regulatory networks to coordinated cell behaviours. By comparison, the contribution of environmental factors t...
journals.biologists.com
"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago." If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.
Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 6mo agoAfter almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Also would be very cool if we can have 2 b1g teams in the championship
