First-generation scholars are often expected to navigate rules no one ever explained. My new essay explores unpaid #internships, graduate school, PIs, fellowships, #racism, and the difference between surviving and thriving in #academia. open.substack.com/pub/drmanley...

The Hidden Curriculum of Academia

What first-generation scholars are expected to learn without ever being told

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“The rule is also notable for what it cites as justification. The preamble relies heavily on Heritage Foundation reports, partisan Senate committee documents, and White House fact sheets, rather than independent scientific or administrative assessments.”

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

This doesn't just apply to research, but also *leadership* at our universities. There are generations of young/midcareer and capable leaders still not getting a shot because of senior folks holding on in that context too...

Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽@needhibhalla.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Retirement norms in academia should also be re-evaluated, the team says. The researchers found that after a 1994 change in US law that ended up prohibiting universities from mandating retirement by a certain age, papers began relying on older references."

Seven patient‑derived #xenograft models of invasive lobular #cancer were developed and validated, featuring common alterations in PIK3CA (57%), CDH1 (57%), and TP53 (57%). Jagmohan Hooda, Jennifer Atkinson, Adrian Lee & co Full paper doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

Improved sensors for fructose-1,6-bisphosphate enable in vivo imaging of glycolysis by Alison Tebo and team: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations doi.org/10.59350/5zt... 🧪

Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations

Phylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics

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The lab is expanding and hiring both a postdoc and staff scientist! See more on our website: airdlab.com. We study how metabolism and cell cycle states drive tumor progression, therapy response, and immune interactions. Candidates interested in mechanistic cancer biology are encouraged to apply.

Aird Lab

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New FeiginLab paper is OUT! A commonly prescribed anti-anxiety drug reduces inflammatory signaling in pancreatic cancer through regulation of cancer-associated fibroblast activity! aacrjournals.org/cancerrescom...

I’m looking for an automated way to read others’s scientific data without giving credit or acknowledgement, and also claim full credit for insights from it. And I want it to have a fitting name OAI: say no more

OpenAI {bot}@openaibot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Introducing GPT-Rosalind, our frontier reasoning model built to support research across biology, drug discovery, and translational medicine. Video: https://twitter.com/openai/status/2044861690911850863

As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us ALL safe and healthy

Hi everyone in the academic and STEM spaces… please check in on your friends, colleagues, and students. People are struggling right now and a lot of folks need support, a kind word, or even just to know you are there if they need you. Sending hugs to my community! We are in this together.

a cartoon of a person with the words " you are not alone "

Alt: a cartoon of a person with the words " you are not alone "

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How institutional emails encouraging continued applications for federal grants feel right now:

a man in a tuxedo is playing a violin in front of a crowd

Alt: a man in a tuxedo is playing a violin while everyone is scrambling on the titanic as it is sinking.

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#Artemis is circling the Moon right now. And later this week, our team's experiment launches to the #ISS. Tiny worms. Defined gut microbiomes. Here's why the two are connected. 🧵 #WormsinSpace #CBIOMES #Celegans 🧪 🪱 🧬 🚀 1/n

A must read this summer! Science, humanity, and care from the amazing @kateclancy.bsky.social

Kate Clancy@kateclancy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Well if it isn't a late Friday cover reveal!!! My book PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED: The Science & Stories of How Pregnancies Really End, out August 25th. 🧪

I want the second half of my career to matter. I waffle between "steely resolve to stay & help rebuild US science infrastructure (but at the cost of my indiv research elagenda)" vs "leaving so that I achieve meaningful translation of my efforts (but at the cost of multiple next generations)" Wtf

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This isn’t a “could face” situation. It’s a “are facing” situation. And brain drain will continue to happen as long as we undermine science in the US. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/b...

Maryam Afghah has been selected as the 2026 Kaiser-Goldberg Research Fellowship Recipient. She will participate in a 10–12 week summer program in a Society member's lab. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ssaGJb

Today is the final day for early bird registration for #ENDO2026 @endocrinesociety.bsky.social in beautiful Chicago, June 13-16! It is *the* place to be for all things endocrinology: clinical, translational, and discovery science 🧪 🧬👩🏻‍🔬 endo2026.endocrine.org

Endocrine Examples of Phase Separation in Biology. Read more in #Endocrinology: bit.ly/48XysUq #NuclearReceptors #SteroidHormoneReceptor #TranscriptionalCondensate @endocrinesociety.bsky.social

Endocrine Examples of Phase Separation in Biology

Abstract. Over the past 15 years, groundbreaking discoveries have reshaped our understanding of how biomolecules are organized in space and time within cel

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www.nature.com/articles/s41... The seeds of metastasis harness stress hormones to escape immune surveillance. So proud of this work! @harvardmed.bsky.social @danafarbernews.bsky.social @dfcibreastonc.bsky.social

A glucocorticoid–FAS axis controls immune evasion during metastatic seeding - Nature

Glucocorticoid receptor activation is a key driver of resistance of triple-negative breast cancer to both CD8+ T cells and natural killer cells during initial metastatic seeding.

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When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

I'm always worried I'll get penalized for this approach (cuz hello bias!) and it does not come naturally to me (cuz hello training!) but if I want my lab to stay funded, it looks like I consciously need to change the way I write my grants

Happy to share our group’s new publication led by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mohamed Gaber on obesity-mediated breast cancer risk. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Microbe-associated molecular patterns differentially mediate carcinogenic alterations of the breast tissue in the context of obesity

Obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer. Obesity alters the microbiome and microbiome perturbations are reported in breast cancer patients. Yet, th…

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I was recently promoted to Associate Professor. I’m so grateful and I also wanted to tell the truth behind what people call “effortless” success. I wrote about infertility, fostering, work as coping, and choosing differently in this next chapter Full story: destenienock5.wixsite.com/destenienock...

On Becoming an Associate Professor (And Telling the Truth About How I Got Here)

February 13, 2026By: Destenie NockWhen people found out I was promoted to Associate Professor, the response was generous and kind. A lot of people said some version of: “Of course. You publish so much...

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This is paywalled for me, so maybe it is mentioned, but I wish they had asked how many are not accepting students or fellows into their groups, or are only taking 'volunteer' students who don't need to be paid a stipend.

Steve Koczela@skoczela.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In our new poll with the Boston Globe of NIH funded scientists in Mass ... - 72% say they have delayed or cancelled projects - 66% reduced research scope - 56% paused experiments or students. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...

Happy to share this new, very intentional chapter. I have left UCLA after 14 years to join the University of Colorado Anschutz as Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Neurosurgery and the inaugural Marsico Chair in Excellence in Functional Precision Medicine/n news.cuanschutz.edu/dbmi/cu-ansc...

CU Anschutz Recruits National Leader to Launch Functional Personalized Medicine Initiative

CU Anschutz welcomes Alice Soragni to launch a Functional Personalized Medicine Initiative using rapid tumor organoid testing to guide treatment decisions.

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"In this cohort study..., heightened cumulative lifespan stress and elevated inflammation were associated with shorter survival among Black participants, suggesting these pathways may represent plausible mechanisms mediating racial disparities in mortality among Black and White US individuals."

Cumulative Lifespan Stress, Inflammation, and Racial Disparities in Mortality

This cohort study examines whether greater cumulative lifespan stress exposure and elevated inflammation are associated with increased mortality risk among Black compared with White individuals in the...

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In triple-negative breast cancer, sensory neurons activate cancer-associated fibroblasts to secrete collagen, thus stimulating a dense extracellular matrix that drives immune exclusion @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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...

The ways I had to unlearn some of these responses to be able to both mentor and parent appropriately

Ashley C. Ford@smashfizzle.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Is it possible that the reason we struggle to create a world that prioritizes the health and safety of every child is directly related to most adults (and parents) being formerly unprotected children, conditioned to make excuses, or be grateful for, the abuse and neglect they endured in childhood?

Palbociclib for Hormone-Receptor–Positive, HER2-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... phase 3 trial, adding palbociclib to maintenance HER2-targeted🎯 &ET significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with HR+, HER2-+🧬 metastatic #BreastCancer