Science is good. We should fund it.

Nobody is calling the Netflix merger what it is. Which is a monopoly, which is going to be TERRIBLE for the movie/TV industry.

All I want is to submit my LRP grant yet ASSIST has been down for a day's if not a week

Completed a submission for the BioRender 2025 Grant Support Initiative. This initiative is to provide funds to labs affected by the funding cuts in the US. I submitted a graphic/figure I made using Biorender for my Burroughs Wellcome Grant I was awarded in 2023. Here's a link to learn more:

2025 Report: U.S. Science & Federal Funding Cuts

How 300+ researchers are navigating federal funding cuts in science. This report reveals strategies, challenges, and what institutions are doing to stay afloat.

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Join the new ORS Advocacy Liaisons Program! @ryanet.bsky.social and @sadewill.bsky.social invite you to help shape the Advocacy Tip of the Week, connect with local institutions, and build momentum for #musculoskeletal research advocacy. 👉 Learn more/get involved, email ryan.tomlinson@jefferson.edu.

While I’m a big fan of new technologies that help us study human biology…there’s still no replacement for animal research! See my article in Gen News. www.genengnews.com/topics/trans...

Why We Still Need Animal Research in a World of AI and Organoids

The portrayal of uncaring scientists without any thought for the animals being used in their research is far from the truth.

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Are you looking to start your #lab in a fantastic scientific 🧪environment, with great colleagues, and in a spectacular place to live? Then check out our open #junior #faculty position at the Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland: www.unil.ch/dof/en/home/... ⏰ Deadline 27 June

Look who found me at #2025ICDB! I first met @sadewill.bsky.social at a southeast regional @socdevbio.bsky.social meeting waaaay back when - now we're both in new positions AND she's on the cusp of starting her own lab 🤩. Meet people at conferences, folks!! Science-friends are the best!

THIS JUST IN!!! #OAC rises in #impactfactor from 7.2 to 9! OAC is now ranked 2nd in the category of Orthopaedic Journals and 5th in the category of Rheumatology Journals! Thank you everyone for your contributions to this achievement. 🤩 @profdavidhunter.bsky.social @jointsintheworld.bsky.social

Attending #ICDB2025? I will present my work titled, "Saa2/Neat1 and Grem1 positive mesenchymal stem cells respond to intervertebral disc damage by upregulating tissue-specific differentiation markers post injury" on Saturday (6/21) at 10:50-11:05am in the San Juan Ballroom 1-3. Stop by!

One of my favorite Dev Bio Professors @rogerslabucd.bsky.social is presenting her work on Neural Crest EMT at this mornings session at #ICDB2025

So excited to see Dr. Extavour present her work!

Society for Developmental Biology@socdevbio.bsky.social · last yr.

🔈 Cassandra Extavour, invited speaker at #ICDB2025, leads groundbreaking research on the evo-devo of germ cells and early embryonic development across species 🥚🔬🧪

I LOVE when past me preemptively does the work that future me would potentially need🙌🏾

Does anyone on here teach a biotechnology course and would be willing to share a syllabus with me?

This faculty job search in this climate has made me weary tbh. I am tired.

Link: grantwriting.stanford.edu/event/pivot-...

This is fascinating!

eLife@elife.bsky.social · 2y ago

Why do some people leap to help while others hold back? New research traces these choices to how we perceive need, merit, and fairness, patterns that stay surprisingly stable over time.

It was so good to see my friend, THE @carolynchlebek.bsky.social , present her amazing postdoc work that investigates the role of diet and obesity on metabolic changes for bone health. I hope you enjoyed your visit to the WashU Ortho department. Thanks for taking the time to have lunch with us!

"The grant was created by the first Trump administration to foster a new generation of diverse scientists in biomedical research, then defunded in the second Trump administration's ongoing purge of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs." www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...

As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers

The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.

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It's so important to have community in academia, especially now more than ever. Shout out to the WashU Black Postdoctoral Association or being my community and village at WashU and in St. Louis. Love y'all ❤️

First Principle of Academic Freedom: Scientists must have the right to choose the paths of their studies, follow data where it leads, and freely write about it. Second Principle of Academic Freedom: Other scientists have the right to say we are wrong. The end. Let’s stand up for those. 🧪

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2y ago

With billions of dollars in federal funding at risk, Harvard University officials on Monday rejected Trump administration demands to make sweeping changes to its governance, admissions and hiring practices.

Congrats to fellow lab member, Lanre, for the NSF GRFP award honorable mention. He is co mentored by @simonytanglab.bsky.social and @settonlab.bsky.social! Well done

SettonLab @WashU@settonlab.bsky.social · 2y ago

Feeling fortunate to celebrate #NSF awards and honors to support tomorrow’s scientists. engineering.washu.edu/news/2025/Mc...

📢 ORS Call for Volunteers! Make an impact in #orthopaedicresearch by joining a committee, becoming a section representative, reviewing journal articles, supporting ORS events, and much more! Learn more and apply today: www.ors.org/volunteer/

Love developmental biology & science communication? Join the SDB Social Media Team! Help share amazing science, connect with scientists, and gain valuable SciComm experience. Apply by April 30, 2025 Form: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #DevBio #SciComm #SDB #BlueskyScience

Shout out to one of my science idols @drstarbird.bsky.social for gracing WashU with her presence and presenting her cool work on TAM receptors. Thank you for sage advice and guidance!

📢 Abstract submissions are open for the 51st International Musculoskeletal Biology Workshop, July 19-24 in Midway, UT. Explore challenges in #musculoskeletal disease and innovative solutions. Award deadline: April 30 | Final deadline: June 30 Apply now: www.ors.org/msk-2025/

Hey #CartilageGRS2025 trainees! Defending soon, looking for a postdoc, and/or want to live in beautiful San Francisco, CA? We're looking for motivated folks to solve complex puzzles involving systemic factors, fat, aging, the gut microbiome and MSK health. DMs open! @thehopefulscie1.bsky.social

From the NPA conference in Boston,MA ➡️ 2025 Cartilage Biology and Pathology Gordon Research Conference in Pomona,CA. Thank you to the organizers for the opportunity to present my postdoctoral research work. I am forever grateful for all of these opportunities that come my way.