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EXO Chat w/ Prof. Norbert Perrimon (Harvard/HHMI) and 1st author Dr. Myeonghoon Han, from his lab, about their EXO review on deorphanizing the secretome: where biochemistry, genetics, and AI meet. www.sciexplor.com/exo/podcast/3

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Congratulations to the recipients of the #STOC2026 Best Paper Awards! Including a property testing paper, by Mark Chen, Xi Chen, Hao Cui, William Pires, and Jonah Stockwell! acm-stoc.org/stoc2026/STO...

Congratulations to brentstockwell.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 Mike Hogg Award from @utmdanderson.bsky.social. We're also celebrating a CZ Biohub award to Brent Stockwell, Aimee Payne, Sam Sia, and Peter Sims for advancing spatial real-time lipidomic imaging of inflammation in skin.

Seen at #ENDO2026!

Bezos ordered WaPo’s opinion section to champion “personal liberties and free markets” His handpicked editor’s new podcast is instead focused on Covid revisionism, anti-trans debates, and downplaying AI skepticism, while struggling to find an audience www.status.news/p/washington...

The Post’s Opinion Non-’Sense’

After Jeff Bezos mandated a rightward overhaul of the opinion section, a Status examination of Adam O'Neal’s podcast feels more like culture-war red meat than "personal liberties and free markets,” an...

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Honored to visit UT MD Anderson to receive the Mike Hogg Award. The highlights were the ceremony and the conversations with researchers there, especially around their passion for #ferroptosis and new ideas about #cancertherapeutics. Few places combine depth of resources with that caliber of people.

Behind the scenes after Scott Jennings’ CNN meltdown, @adammockler.com told me the MAGA pundit did not apologize. And the network has said nothing about the ugly incident, putting Jennings back on the air. I suspect there’s a reason why. My latest for @status.news www.status.news/p/scott-jenn...

CNN’s Scott Jennings Silence

Jennings’ profanity-laced blowup raises new questions about how much belligerent behavior CNN management is willing to tolerate from its most prominent pro-Trump commentator.

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Congrats to co-authors Jenny Jin, Jiachen Hu, Mingyue Li, Wei Gu, and Xuejun Jiang on publication of our new review on #ferroptosis as an approach to leverage #cancer #metabolism in Trends in Cell Biology! It is freely available: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

honored to deliver the William E.M. Lands Lecture. Dr. Lands’ pioneering work on the Lands cycle and PL remodeling continues to shape how we think about lipid biology, #ferroptosis and its roles in health and disease. Thank you U of Michigan for the warm welcome and good luck in the Final Four!!

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No More Forever Wars - IVA

America is at war. Again. Without a vote. Without a plan. Without accountability. U.S. forces are operating in at least eight countries. Troops are deployed on American streets. And Congress hasn’t do...

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“If Trump has one weakness, it’s America’s veterans.” 🚨 We’re teaming up with @indyvetsofamerica.bsky.social to launch a national campaign: NO MORE FOREVER WARS. @milestaylor.bsky.social and Paul Rieckhoff just announced this latest action LIVE!

"There is no recent precedent for leading two large federal health agencies simultaneously." Read the #OpEd from former senior leader at the CDC Debra Houry, MD, MPH, at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/120020

Opinion | I Was a CDC Senior Leader. From What I Saw, No One Should Run Two Agencies.

Placing Jay Bhattacharya in charge of both NIH and CDC raises concerns

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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).

Important news here insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-fda-...

Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7.

Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.

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It’s here! Check out the 3-part series High Horse: The Black Cowboy streaming on Peacock now!

Exciting News! 🎉🎉🎉 Prof. Dana Pe'er joins the Journal: EXO – Beyond the Cell Advisory Board ! A leader in Biology and Cancer research, she will guide the journal’s leading research. We’re thrilled to have her on board!

Congrats to Ed Reznik and the team on our paper "Lipidomic changes in persister cancer cells drive enhanced ferroptosis sensitivity" in the new journal Ferroptosis and Oxidative Stress! www.sciexplor.com/articles/fos... (free w/ no subscription no APCs)

I was honored to give the L. Carroll King Memorial Lectures at Northwestern University, sponsored by the Chemistry Department. Professor King was a pioneering researcher and #teacher who joined Northwestern’s faculty in 1942. He was active in advancing ideas about chemical #education

Exciting News! 🎉🎉🎉 Prof. Rong Fan joins the Journal EXO – Beyond the Cell Editorial Board! A leader in BioMEMS, single-cell & spatial omics, hematology-oncology, and immunology, he will help shape the journal’s cutting-edge research. We’re thrilled to have him on board!

Congratulations to IICD member @brentstockwell.bsky.social who was awarded an NCI P01 grant with Xuejun Jiang (MSK) and Wei Gu (CUIMC). Read more: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/brent-s... cc: @columbiacancer.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social @columbiamed.bsky.social

I’m excited to lead this new journal that will focus on how cells interact with their environment. We are assembling a top tier editorial board, key partnerships, and looking to be the primary forum for the rapidly growing field of spatial biology.

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🚀 EXO – Beyond the Cell is Here! Science Exploration Press proudly launches the journal of EXO – Beyond the Cell. www.sciexplor.com/exo Prof. Brent R. Stockwell(Columbia University) @brentstockwell.bsky.social, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, serves as founding Editor-in-Chief.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

From @milestaylor.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/treason/...

READ: Trump's tyranny needs just ONE more thing to succeed

Even his best henchmen can't provide him with the most powerful tool needed for a military takeover.

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On Monday, I testified at a forum held by Senators Blumenthal and Warren on Trump's efforts to stifle free speech. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/free-speec...

Status Goes to Washington

Senators convened a forum on Donald Trump’s assault on the media, with Status called as a witness to the threats facing the industry.

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From Miles Taylor - READ: Why are you staring at the table? open.substack.com/pub/treason/...

READ: Why are you staring at the table?

A dead Russian dissident has words for all of us, on the eve of Trump charging his critics with crimes.

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An estimated 14 million kids don't get any vaccines. They face serious threats from measles, diarrhea, pneumonia and more.

This is what could happen to a child who doesn't get vaccinated

An estimated 14 million kids don't get any vaccines. They face serious threats from measles, diarrhea, pneumonia and more.

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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...