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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3d ago

The NIH just released a proposal that will apparently hide peer reviewers’ impact scores and percentiles from the research team, their institution, and NIH program officers. All the better to obscure how funding decisions will be made primarily via political review, I’m guessing.

Come be our colleague. I have been in this Division for 27 years (4 as a postdoc and 23 as a PI). It is an amazing place to work, collaborate, and be inspired. If you are applying to be an Assistant or Associate Professor this Fall, don't miss this deadline.

Fred Hutch Basic Sciences Division@basicsci.fredhutch.org · 2w ago

Join @FredHutch.org's Basic Sciences Division as an Assistant or Associate Professor and help shape the future of fundamental biology. We welcome applicants whose work will complement, extend, or bring new directions to the division.

A study in mice by @kaesser.bsky.social and team at the @ufresearch.bsky.social suggests that exercising on a consistent daily schedule teaches the molecular clocks inside your muscles when to expect a workout and primes them to perform their best. humanperformancealliance.org/news/when-yo...

When you train may be as important as how hard you train

June 08, 2026

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For those interested in applying for an R25 (PA-27-036) to support Summer UG Research, Postbac, or even masters students, additional information on NIGMS priorities and some FAQs can be found here: www.nigms.nih.gov/training/Pag...

Join us! Ask Me Anything as part of the #SRBR World Circadian Day. Organized with expert researchers and physicians studying #biologicalrhythms and #sleep. Real-time responses starting in just 5 circadian cycles from now.

One of the world's most tightly controlled experimental evolution projects is underway in DC, and I hope someone has had the foresight to collect a time series of algal samples. www.cnn.com/2026/06/16/p...

Reflecting Pool woes: Trump administration turns to hydrogen peroxide in latest bid to beat back algae | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump’s more than $14 million Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation was completed just over a week ago, with its more than 300,000 square feet refilled with 6.5 million gallons ...

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Beautiful day for a walk in Minneapolis. Midday break before re-joining colleagues at the American Physiological Society Summit meeting

MechanoEnhancer Fibroblast Matrix Stiffness 50 vs 1 kPa 👉Bulk RNAseq 👉On-plate Omni ATACseq (NO detachment required🤠) ▶️Anoikis mechanoenhancer (BMF) 👉HiCAR 👉CRSIPRi epigenomic editing 21.8% putative mechanoenhancers "skipped 5 or more genes"😎 #Science 2025 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I think some folks might be happy to see this. NIGMS MIRA R35 for EI/NI has been published. PAR-26-121 files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...

Apparently the postings are up for several NIH director positions. Deadlines between 11/14 and 11/21. hr.nih.gov/careers/care...

Thrilled to share our Creative Concepts paper published in Heart Rhythm on how the circadian clock gene Bmal1 mediates sex specific cardiac ion channel expression. authors.elsevier.com/a/1m1jJ5VtUy... @kaesser.bsky.social @bpdelisle.bsky.social @abhiprabhat.bsky.social

One of the reasons I enjoy morning walks in my Gainesville neighborhood. Moms, a dad, young ones and the piebald.

NIH wants to hear from you. No really. Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Also be sure to read the instructions a Forms I SF424. These Fs will have the new format/review instructions so there are different components from the previous NOFOs.

I-75 Scientist@flscitriguy.bsky.social · last yr.

Yas! Parent F32 (PA-25-423) and F30s (PA-25-426, PA-25-425) are also published. simpler.grants.gov

If you're struggling to visualise mouse NMJs, we've got a protocol just for you! bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?... Dissection and whole-mount immunofluorescent staining of mouse hind paw muscles for #NMJ analysis Lovely work from Rebecca Simkin @uclqsion.bsky.social @nicolbirsa.bsky.social‬

Its taken a few years but finally had science fun collaborating with @andyjudge24.bsky.social, @sarahjudge.bsky.social and the talented postdoc @jbducharme.bsky.social with support from Miguel Gutierrez-Monreal. Cancer and the muscle clock. 1/ www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Cancer-induced FOXP1 disrupts and reprograms skeletal-muscle circadian transcription in cachexia

Ducharme et al. investigate the impact and crosstalk between cancer and FoxP1 on the skeletal-muscle circadian transcriptome that mediates time-of-day-dependent biological functions. They reveal cance...

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Our 2026 PhD course is now open for registration🤩 @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social Copenhagen, 5-7 October 2026 Musculoskeletal tissue regeneration – mechanisms and clinical perspectives Exciting topics and expert teachers - come join us! phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus...

“Given the very real consequences for our competitiveness, our standard of living and, yes, also our bottom lines, we all ought to be making the case for aggressively funding basic science.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...

Opinion | The White House Tech Bros Owe Their Fortunes to the Research They’re Killing

Underlying many investments are breakthroughs in medicine and technology from great universities.

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I am happy to see 5 of the Regents of University of Michigan write this piece in support of university independence.

Megan Killian@megankillian.bsky.social · last yr.

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I’m looking for a new research assistant! Please share with recent (or soon to be) graduates! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

@dadapisconti.bsky.social presenting her work on neutrophil elastase in muscle regeneration. Great science presented along with good humor

Nice morning at La Chua trail with my muscle and clocks friends before the meeting starts. Jake Chen, Clara Peek and Mattia Q. Lots of gators out sunning themselves

Looking to conduct research in molecular biology and genetics? Come join the Kardon lab! Looking for lab tech to help research the role of stem cells in muscle development and regeneration and determine the effects of viral infection on muscle. Funding independent of federal resources. Please share!

Studying metabolism? Pay attention to time of day Nice collaborative review led by Satchin Panda www.nature.com/articles/s42...

The time is now: accounting for time-of-day effects to improve reproducibility and translation of metabolism research - Nature Metabolism

This broad group of authors summarizes the impact of circadian factors on metabolic biology and offers recommendations on how to account for and report biological, environmental and experimental facto...

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It’s Gainesville muscle meeting week. Weather report. Sunny and 70s. A bit chilly in the mornings. Always a great week of science, seeing old friends and making new ones.

Each year, scientists, including the @utah.edu's own @gabriellekardon.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social and Mike Shapiro @uofubiology.bsky.social, review Sundance films through a scientific lens, revealing fascinating insights. Published in @science.org -read on www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Science at Sundance 2025

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Yet another report on the economic value of NIH investments The indiscriminate and large cuts are illogical and harmful I am angry www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

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Always fun to work with @bethaschroder.bsky.social and @bpdelisle.bsky.social But honestly, should I really care about ion channels? 😂

Beth Schroder@bethaschroder.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to share our latest review out in JMCC examining circadian impacts on sudden cardiac death and cardiac electrophysiology. nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... @bpdelisle.bsky.social @abhiprabhat.bsky.social @kaesser.bsky.social

Beautiful day for the Spings Run in Gainesville. Hard to beat February in Florida! Many in the lab running. Stay tuned

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.