Update of my NIGMS funding estimates/data. Thanks to @needhibhalla.bsky.social for pointing to some FY2025 numbers showing funding rates. Funded grant # are from Reporter. FY2026 is in progress. A few points 1/
Soni Lacefield
@lacefieldlab.bsky.social
Cell biologist | Professor at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth | interested in meiosis, mitosis, cell cycle checkpoints, chromosome segregation
Check out the F99/K00 Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award, to support promising graduate students as they complete their doctoral research training and transition into mentored postdoctoral career development opportunities (please share) 1/n files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...
PA-27-037: Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award (Parent F99/K00 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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Congratulations to @lacefieldlab.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social #DartmouthGeiselSchoolOfMedicine presenting the #Yeast26 Ira Herskowitz Award Lecture highlighting the link between #meiosis and #autophagy @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
I'm excited to co-organize this year's #Meiosis4Eva with @needhibhalla.bsky.social, @lacefieldlab.bsky.social, and @sadiewignall.bsky.social. We welcome submissions spanning chromosome dynamics, meiosis, evolutionary cell biology, and related areas of cell biology. See flyer for details!
Join our lab to study transcriptional regulation in mouse germ cells and embryonic stem cells at @haskoliislands.bsky.social in beautiful Reykjavík! Apply here: tinyurl.com/mryvhdwj #epigenetics #TranscriptionFactors #transcriptomics #stemCells #pluripotency
Thank you! Thank you @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social @lacefieldlab.bsky.social for this great opportunity!
Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth@dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 3mo agoCongratulations to BCB graduate students and Albert J. Ryan Fellows Jerry O’Dwyer, Pallavi Gadgil, and Carter Tracy, who shared their research at the Harold Amos Symposium of Ryan Fellows last week! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social @msbdartmouth.bsky.social @pallavisgadgil.bsky.social
I’m excited to share that our pic of meiotic midbodies in wildtype and mos mutant oocytes made the cover @jcellsci.bsky.social! Congrats to @muhammad-haseeb.bsky.social and @giselacairobaza.bsky.social!
ASV congratulates Dr. Felicia Goodrum, the 2026 Wolfgang and Patricia Joklik Distinguished Service Awardee. Thank you very much for your many years of service to ASV, Dr. Goodrum!
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So exciting to see this article in JCS! Thanks to the hard work from my lab members Gisela Cairo, MA Haseeb, Zach Boyce Joy, and great collaboration with Karen Schindler!
Journal of Cell Science@jcellsci.bsky.social · 5mo agoGisela Cairo @giselacairobaza.bsky.social, Muhammad Haseeb @muhammad-haseeb.bsky.social, Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social & team find that the MOS-MAPK pathway regulates polar body fate in mouse oocytes. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
I am so honored to give the Ira Herskowitz Award lecture at #Yeast26! Please join us, it’s going to be a fantastic meeting! @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
Thanks for the highlight! Check out all of these awesome papers! More to come on ours….
Gabriele Zaffagnini@gzaffagnini.bsky.social · 6mo agoHappy Carnival season egg-ficionados! Don't forget to have a look to the latest #oocyte papers here: biomed.news/bims-cebooc/... Highlight: doi.org/10.1242/jcs.... by @lacefieldlab.bsky.social Thanks @biomednews.bsky.social for preselecting!
Excited to join ASCB leadership as the chair of the Public Policy Committee. Science advocacy is so important right now and I am excited about the team we have to take on these efforts! www.ascb.org/about-ascb/l...
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@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"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
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The Lacefield Lab won second place in the great pumpkin derby! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
Lacefield Lab grad student @pallavisgadgil.bsky.social gave an excellent talk at Geisel’s Biomedical Research Day! Congratulations Pallavi! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social
Just a reminder about our faculty search at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. Applications due Oct. 15. @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social
Soni Lacefield@lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 11mo agoMy department at Dartmouth Medical School is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are looking broadly for a biochemist or cell biologist. Please share this add! apply.interfolio.com/171438 @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @futurepislack.bsky.social
According to news reports, NIH is on track to award nearly all of its FY25 budget. Program officers—working long hours despite staff losses—made it possible. Take a moment to thank your PO for their dedication.
Congrats @moseleylab.bsky.social! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social
American Society for Cell Biology@ascbiology.bsky.social · 10mo agoFrom MBoC: James B. Moseley (Dartmouth) shows PP2A-B56 preserves Mid1 to keep the division plane centered in fission yeast. B56 loss → rings slide & divisions become asymmetric; restoring Mid1 rescues. Paper: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #ASCB #CellBiology
Check out our new manuscript on biorxiv on the role of MOS in mammalian oocyte meiosis: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... With @schindlerlab.bsky.social @giselacairobaza.bsky.social @muhammad-haseeb.bsky.social
A persistent intracellular bridge and cell cycle misregulation enable polar body cell divisions and tumor formation in Mos-deficient eggs
Mammalian female meiosis is uniquely regulated to produce a developmentally competent egg capable of supporting embryogenesis. During meiosis I, homologous chromosomes segregate, with half extruded in...
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My department at Dartmouth Medical School is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are looking broadly for a biochemist or cell biologist. Please share this add! apply.interfolio.com/171438 @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @futurepislack.bsky.social
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FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 12mo agoFlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
Just finished teaching another year of CSHL Yeast Genetics and Genomics with a fantastic group of students as usual! @cshlcourses.bsky.social
Meet the 14 scientists named 2025 ASCB Fellows! Honored for excellence in research, mentorship, and service, they’ll be recognized at Cell Bio 2025 this December in Philadelphia. Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...
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I have the privilege of working with these fantastic people every day! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social @ Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine!
The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress. www.ascb.org/science-poli...
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Great to see such strong support for our courageous NIH colleagues, who are standing up for science!
American Society for Cell Biology@ascbiology.bsky.social · last yr.Today, @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social staff sent a powerful letter to the NIH Director outlining serious concerns about the agency’s direction. Thousands have already signed in support—add your name. – Mary Munson, ASCB President www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Super excited to post our new publication on the role of MOS/MAPK signaling in maintaining the egg transcriptome. Great collaboration with Britt Goods lab! rep.bioscientifica.com/view/journal...
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Scientists in GA, ASCB has scheduled a virtual Hill Day on June 25. We need scientists willing to talk to their representatives about the consequences of the proposed budget slashes. Please sign up. Or, send to colleagues. Just need to be or become ASCB members. www.ascb.org/ascb-meeting...
ASCB Georgia Virtual Capitol Hill Day
ASCB Virtual Hill Day with members of the Georgia Congressional delegation.
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