In a huge moment in sports history, Sabastian Sawe smashed the men's world record by 65 seconds in winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday. n.pr/4vQBtk3

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe is first person to run sub-2-hour marathon to win in London

In a huge moment in sports history, Sabastian Sawe smashed the men's world record by 65 seconds in winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday.

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Applications are open for the @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social program! Link here: www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/ This group is fantastic and I would not be where I am today without their friendship, support, and mentorship. Apply!!

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Apply. The 2026 Leading Edge cohort application is now open! This cohort is named the Zara Weinberg Cohort, in honor of 2021 Leading Edge Fellow, Zara Weinberg. Applications are due February 2, 2026.

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This is all great advice! Adding that, if you’re nervous about talking to a staffer, it’s OK to call after hours and leave a message! #callyourreps

Kaitlin Ruiz@kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

here it is: some tips and scripts. (I may add more later.) if you have trouble accessing the Doc, let me know!

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of you eyes and ears.”

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Department of Labor has just posted its second Nazi slogan (in the original, "Germany for Germans") in the last two days. No one believes this is a coincidence. They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

All the latin speaking Soccer/Football nations should boycott the US World Cup right now. If we don't even follow our own laws we obviously will ignore the international ones. This makes us a rogue nation. Make America Great, my ass. He has turned us into a damn untrustworthy POS

Just really fucking angry at how unnecessary this all is and the pathetic cowards who let it happen. Do your constitutionally mandated job and put him in jail before he does it to you first.

2025 Reading wrap-up 1. Favorite fiction: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 2. Favorite nonfiction: Prequel by Rachel Maddow 3. Favorite re-read: All Systems Red by Martha Wells 4. Favorite new-to-me author: Becky Chambers 5: First read of 2026: Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment

I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

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The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum. If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...

Sosa Lab - Postdoctoral Researchers

We are seeking postdocs to start in 2026!

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The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor. The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2. www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/

All of the cities where I trained (undergrad, grad school, postdoc) were places with excellent public transit and bicycling infrastructure. I knew I could never afford a car as an undergrad or grad student. But non-car transit options made these opportunities possible.

Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽@needhibhalla.bsky.social · 10mo ago

public transportation was one major reason I went to grad school in San Francisco over some other choices. I knew I couldn't afford a car on my stipend. It was also a potent lesson on where accessible public transportation, like BART, is allowed to go (SF and the Easy Bay) and where it isn't (Marin)

Zara Weinberg was a brilliant light both in and out of science. She changed the lives of everyone she interacted and loved for the better. Her legacy will live on through all of us and we will fight for a better world on behalf of her memory.

@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"

Looking to start your own lab? 🧬🧪 The Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI) is offering group leader positions in RNA biology, RNA medicine & RNA technology. Apply by October 31 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...

E15 Groups

The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Researchopens a call for

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Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

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IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

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UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding: "When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

It has been 7 years and these are still just as relevant!

Scott Barolo@sbarolo.bsky.social · 3y ago

Wow, it's the 5th anniversary of the #9ReplyGuys thread on Twitter, posted by me & @shrewshrew.bsky.social. #WomenInSTEM who post about harassment & sexual misconduct get a lot of misogynistic replies. We (a woman & a man in science) tried to categorize them. THE NINE TYPES OF REPLY GUYS 🧵

Laura is awesome and I can't wait to hear about all the cool work her lab is doing! Prospective students you should definitely reach out!

Laura Seeholzer@lauraseeholzer.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I'm excited to share that I've started my lab @stanford.edu in the Neurobiology Department! neurobiology.stanford.edu/who-we-are/f... #stanford #newPI #neuroscience

This is amazing: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.

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Excited to announce the opening of the @fitzsimmonslab.bsky.social at @michiganstateu.bsky.social dept. of biochemistry & molecular biology! (1/3)

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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Two doses of the MMR vaccine are 97% effective at preventing measles.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last yr.

As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease. One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest" 🎁 link www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Wow. A group of top scholars at Harvard just sent a letter to its president, Alan Garber, warning against surrendering to Trump. Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt. Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:

The Bio Dept. @macalestercollege.bsky.social is looking for a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular genetics. I got my BA here and can say without a doubt that Mac really launched my scientific journey. Applications due Sept 15th! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30197