Excited to be back at CSHL for Germ Cells (it’s been a bit)! Also LOVING this fall weather- great to be out of the GA heat.
Katie Billmyre
@katiebillmyre.bsky.social
Assistant PI Department of Genetics at University of Georgia Previous Hawley lab postdoc and Duke Cell Bio grad student. All my views are my own (she/her)
Wanted to advertise the presentations from my lab occurring at #Dros26! It’s my first time getting to bring my trainees and can’t wait for them to share their work.
Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
