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Chrystal Starbird@drstarbird.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring! This is a joint Lab Assistant position with @phosphotig.bsky.social ‘s lab. If you are organized and creative, enjoy learning new things, and if working with two great teams of scientists sounds appealing, please apply! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/319...

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Berlow Receives Prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award | Newsroom

UNC School of Medicine faculty member will receive more than $2 million in NIH funding to continue exploration of a kind of protein that can contribute to cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.

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@hhmi-science.bsky.social's #FreemanHrabowski Scholars Program offers early career faculty up to $10M over 10 yrs, plus salary & benefits Stable, sustained support can transform your career: Senior Postdoc? This year's competition has a program for you too. Applications open 11/3! bit.ly/4vhC0LA

Early Career Faculty Program | Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI

The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program offers comprehensive support to outstanding early career faculty committed to scientific excellence in their own research, and to fostering labs that expand the ...

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Really excited and proud to share this episode of “Standard Deviation”, part of the “Out of Patients” podcast where I talk about my work with LSEF and what motivated me to do advocacy work. It’s a packed 15-minute episode, so please listen when you have time! www.mzpod.com/standard-dev...

Excited for the lab's first UNC Comp Med seminar. Yukun Niu will be presenting an exciting story that will be part of an upcoming preprint. Also, @phosphotig.bsky.social and SMS lab will be representing at ASBMB 2026 hope to see y'all there 😀 tamirlab.org/latest-news/yukun-at-unc-comp-med-seminar

We are excited for Yukun to present her project at UNC Comp Med — Tigist Tamir

Yukun will be presenting her project at UNC Comp Med Seminar this week!!

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Fellow new PI success PSA! @krishnamudumbi.bsky.social et al have an awesome preprint out! Super psyched to connect with @jasonzxzhang.bsky.social as well, I see collaborations in our future 😀

Krishna Mudumbi@krishnamudumbi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Not new, but a new to us update: The first preprint out of my lab! We joined forces with @kinasekid.bsky.social @jasonzxzhang.bsky.social and David Baker to study protein phosphorylation! Congrats to Isabella from my lab on her first first author paper! tinyurl.com/43jwwfua

Are you an undergrad looking for a summer internship? Application season is underway! Check out these internship opportunities at Fred Hutch. Apply now: linktr.ee/fredhutch #datascience #statistics #labexperience

PSA! One of my favorite colleagues just put an awesome preprint out! check it out! #biochem @unc-bcbp.bsky.social

Rebecca Berlow@berlowlab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New preprint alert! We share some of our recent insights about sequence similarity in IDP protein families and find that conservative substitutions in well-conserved binding motifs of the CITED proteins have big impacts on their ensembles and functions. Take a look! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Thank you Boston Bioproducts!

What an awesome initiative, check out @drstarbird.bsky.social et al raising everyone up 🥰

Chrystal Starbird@drstarbird.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

$15k stipend to support 9 weeks of full time summer research! For rising juniors/seniors who are able to travel to and obtain housing at the location of the lab they are placed in! I did an HHMI summer experience in 2013 and it changed everything for me! Apply…or tell someone to apply! 🧪🧠

Leslie B Vosshall PhD@leslievosshall.bsky.social · 9mo ago

@hhmi.org Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - #CechFellows named in honor of Prof Tom Cech Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025 Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!! www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...

🧠 We're hiring! 🧠 Are you passionate about neuroscience and education? Join our faculty at UNC Chapel Hill to inspire and teach the next generation of neuroscientists. Apply now: 🔗​​https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308455 #Neuroscience #TeachingJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd

Attending #CellBio2025? Come join the Signaling Squad at our mini symposium on “Spatiotemporal Control of Cell Signaling Across Scales” in Room 120 from 9-11 am! I’m not saying we’re the best because there are so many great sessions, but it may be a save the best for last situation 😉

It often gets lost that since URM are hugely underrepresented, the number of white scientists from disadvantaged backgrounds benefiting will be higher than the number, eg of Black scientists benefiting from this prior interest of the NIH.

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anil oza@aniloza.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A point that was made repeatedly in reporting this story: NIH's definition of diversity does include racial diversity, but it's much more expansive than that. This has been taken down from the website. As @jeremymberg.bsky.social put it, “It’s a good cross section of America"

“The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez.” MOSAIC checked many of the boxes of the administration — but that didn't matter. It was terminated, and left grantees scrambling Next installment of American Science, Shattered: www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...

NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs

Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.

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Cancer Undergrad Research Educational Program 🔬 10-wk summer experience (May–July 2026) 💡 Hands-on cancer research, year-long coaching Present at the symposium & attend a national conference $6,000 stipend + campus housing Apply by Jan 20, 2025 @unclineberger.bsky.social unclineberger.org/curep

Cancer Undergraduate Research Education Program (CUREP) - UNC Lineberger

Our objective is to create a summer undergraduate research program in a collaborative partnership with two other North Carolina universities. Our goal is to enhance the success rates of undergraduate ...

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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/

Zara was an incredibly inspiring scientist, activist, and leader within our community of Leading Edge Fellows. She will be deeply missed by all those who had the pleasure of interacting with her.

Willow Coyote-Maestas@willowcoyote.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed. She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.

Zara was an inspiration. We never met in person but became friends through Leading Edge. She zealously advocated for her ideals, but was also passionate about helping others realize why they should too. Her loss is gutting & the world is the worse for it. RIP, I'll do my best to continue the fight.

Willow Coyote-Maestas@willowcoyote.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed. She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.

We are all better because of the energy, inspiration, brilliance, and tenacity that Zara was. A bright light, role model, advocate & snarky tweeter... everything I needed in a person when I was navigating dark times when we met in 2021. You will be missed deeply, Zara, but never forgotten ❤️

Willow Coyote-Maestas@willowcoyote.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed. She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.

Dr. Weinberg was a MOSAIC scholar and awardee. A brilliant scientist with a strong community service record. Her contribution to making science a safer and better place will never be forgotten. She will be in our hearts forever. 🩷🌷🩷

Willow Coyote-Maestas@willowcoyote.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed. She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.

Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed. She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.

If you’re looking for some exciting reading to take into the weekend with you, please check out Haley’s first, 1st-author paper published in Science of the Total Environment this week! You won’t want to miss these wildfire smoke induced lipid changes!🔥💨 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Wildfire smoke induces GM3 ganglioside lipid accumulation and transcriptomic shifts in mouse lung tissue: A smoke signal story

Wildfire smoke is a growing concern due to continually rising exposures and links to numerous adverse health effects. Lipids are essential regulators …

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Some awesome, fundamental work here: Lucy Shapiro, on bacterial cell differentiation, Dirk Görlich and Steve McKnight on IDRs & protein gels in nuclear pores and biomolecular condensates, & Michael Welsh, Jesús González & Paul Negulescu, (overdue) for bench to bedside work on cystic fibrosis 🧪 1/2

Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · 11mo ago

This year's Lasker Awards went to scientists who studied the wiring diagram of life, a new state of biological matter, and a potent treatment for cystic fibrosis. Here's my story with Gina Kolata. Gift link: nyti.ms/4mZlH1F

✨ #TuesdayInspiration We’re celebrating ASBMB members Luis Cedeño–Rosario & Elizabeth Kaweesa, recipients of the Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award from @fredhutch.bsky.social. This award honors outstanding early-career scientists advancing research. Congratulations! #ASBMBmembernews ow.ly/qy1450WU9xk

Cedeño–Rosario and Kaweesa win research award

The award honors outstanding early-career scientists studying cancer, infectious disease and basic science.

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A highly lethal type of brain tumour often steals key nutrients to aid its aggressive growth — a habit that can be exploited to slow the cancer’s spread go.nature.com/42bZipf

Brain tumours in mice grow more slowly when starved of key amino acid

Nature - Some glioblastomas steal serine from their environment — a weakness that opens the door to treatment.

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"For our scientists" 🧪 By ellecordova on Instagram

Read former NIAID Director, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo’s, Whistleblower complaint. It mirrors the concerns we expressed in the Bethesda Declaration and confirms the administration knew full well the harmful consequences of their actions. (Scroll down to the bottom.) katzbanks.com/wp-content/u...

Congratulations to my great friend and colleague @bradylabupenn.bsky.social for this well deserved award! @pennmedcso.bsky.social @penncancer.bsky.social

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology@asbmb.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Congratulations to the 2026 ASBMB Award Winners! Through their pioneering work, these scientists are advancing discovery, driving innovation, and shaping the future of molecular life sciences. Read more about their work: ow.ly/x05f50WSbax. #ASBMB26 #MakeItPossible

This job is such that I did not get a single thing done on my main to do list this week, and yet I worked almost nonstop.

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