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Joanna Smeeton

@smeetonlab.bsky.social

Assistant Professor @Columbia in NYC. Developmental biologist focused on regeneration research in zebrafish. Rebuilding joint ligaments and cartilage at the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative. All views my own.

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Tessa Montague@tessamontague.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Do you know an outstanding aquarist? We're hiring a Senior Aquarist to help run our cephalopod facility at Columbia University. Our team maintains a colony of 250+ cuttlefish, develops new husbandry techniques (inc transgenics) & studies cuttlefish camouflage and social behavior. 1/3 [Pls repost!]

NY-CURES@nycures.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The BIGGEST impact you can have with 1 minute today ⏱️ Add your name to show NY is ready for a statewide biomedical institute. CA’s CIRM & TX’s CPRIT proved it works—billions returned, jobs created, cures accelerated. Let’s do even better for New York. ✍️ www.nycures.org/

New York Cures – NY-CURESNew York Cures Website

NY-CURES is working to advance bold, state-backed investment in biomedical research—on the scale of successful initiatives in California and Texas—to grow New York’s leadership in science, innovation, and health.

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Joanna Smeeton@smeetonlab.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📣🧪 Read our latest #research on joint regeneration in #zebrafish, published today in @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

Dynamic cell fate plasticity and tissue reintegration drive functional adult synovial joint regeneration after complete resection - Nature Communications

Joint injury and disease are leading causes of disability, with mammalian joints exhibiting poor regenerative capacity. Here the authors showed that after loss of a whole joint, adult zebrafish regenerate de novo articular cartilage, ligament, and synovium into a complex joint organ.

nature.com

Ele Willoughby@minouette.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy birthday to Canadian medical researcher & #biochemist Maud Menten (1879-1960). 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histscj Not only was she an author of Michaelis-Menten equation for enzyme kinetics, she invented the azo-dye coupling for alkaline phosphatase, 1st example of enzyme histochemistry, still used in imaging of 🧵

Linocut portrait of biochemist and medical researcher Maud Menten (1879-1960) with the Michalis-Menten equation in blue and a histology image in pinks and purples in the background.
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last yr.

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 2y ago

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Megan Killian@megankillian.bsky.social · 2y ago

Are you a trainee in the @orssociety.bsky.social Tendon Section, and are the presenting author on an abstract at this year's meeting? If you are going to be at the annual meeting, sign up to compete in the 3-minute-thesis competition! $$ prizes will be awarded! forms.gle/WneTNbVpuECP...

2025 ORS Tendon Section: 3 Minute Thesis competition

We invite you to apply to give a short presentation (think “elevator pitch” or short TED talk) to share your thesis research/concept to your peers! This contest is designed for you to communicate your...

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