Reposted by Archana DhasarathyRob Klose @robklose.bsky.social · 7hCome join us April 2027 for the next instalment of the EMBL Chromatin and Epigenetics meeting. Great invited speakers and lots of talks selected from abstracts! It will be a fantastic meeting (despite the egregious nucleosome images...) 1169
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyCraig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social · 10hPostdoc position available in my group to work on ERC funded project on evolutionary biology of antibiotic resistance. Looking for someone with expertise in bacterial genetics, AMR, and evolutionary biology. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ416/p...jobs.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associate at University of OxfordExplore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities. 23664
Reposted by Archana Dhasarathyepithelial mechanics fan club @epimechfc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Can mathematics explain how biological patterns are formed? Alan Turing thought so. Join me, @benswedlund.bsky.social, as we explore his reaction-diffusion theory and how it transformed our understanding of pattern formation and self-organisation. 15226
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.wbur.org/news/2026/08... Why a UMass researcher is among the dozens leaving the U.S. for Canadawbur.orgWhy a UMass researcher is among the dozens leaving the U.S. for CanadaA renowned scientist at UMass Chan Medical School is moving his lab to Canada. The Canadian government named RNA researcher Phillip Zamore among the first recipients of awards that will total more tha... 23821
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyGiacomo Donati @giacomodonatijd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026See you on Wednesday! 0103
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyGEValT @gevaltcrispr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Meet GEValT! Germline Engineering by Viral transduction! No more injections www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgInfectious transgenesis in arthropodsIn the last decade, there has been an explosion in the development of in vivo germline genetic editing technologies in arthropods, first pioneered by the Receptor-Mediated Ovary Transduction of Cargo ... 24317
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 253116683307
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyJob Dekker @jobdekker.bsky.social · 24/08/2026How do nuclear compartments form inside cell nuclei? We show RNA glues certain loci together to form a nuclear compartment. This involves special GC-rich regions of highly expressed genes that also associate with nuclear speckles, but interactions between these loci are independent of speckles! 19748
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A diver stumbles across a whale shark trapped in a commercial fishing line in a marine sanctuary that bans fishing, while the giant lies still while the rope is cut. The footage also shows the scale of a whale shark vs a human. [📹Smithsonian Channel] Original post 641572476
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyAndrea Musacchio @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social · 23/08/2026“An almost unbelievable blunder has occurred in the field of senescence…” forbetterscience.com/2026/06/02/m...forbetterscience.comMind over Antibody“I considered whether I should email Abcam and ask them to change the name of the ab51243 antibody on their website to reduce confusion, but […] I will instead continue to watch the car… 4136
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is 2026. Desperate times require desperate measures. OnlyFans can be an unexpected source of support for research. 🧪 www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...theguardian.comScientists create OnlyFans account for marmots to fund research – videoUCLA professor Daniel Blumstein and his team started an OnlyFans account to raise money for their research amid government funding cuts 7237101
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...carlsonlab.bioThe only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson LabOver the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la... 361562629
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 10/08/2026You, personally are spending, on average ~$2,500 per person that the United States is deporting. We could fund Medicare for 12 Million Americans with that national budget. By the way, you spend only ~$139 a year on biomedical research through the NIH. www.epi.org/publication/...epi.orgThe Cost of Deportations Calculator: Technical documentationUpdated August 6, 2026, to correct the teachers, firefighters, and nurses benefits percentages. The National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies has estimated the federal gove... 37847
Reposted by Archana Dhasarathyanil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 07/08/2026NIH is planning on revoking eligibility for international students on visas for the K99/R00 pathway, a key program that supports postdocs in establishing their own labs www.statnews.com/2026/08/07/n...statnews.comNIH plans to block international researchers on visas from accessing key funding avenueThe NIH plans to close the door on one of the few pathways available to international students on visas to forge a career in biomedical research in the U.S. 25259
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 07/08/2026ALL cats love boxes: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/humor/s/yi... 1595047614
Reposted by Archana Dhasarathyc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The headlines are still covering the cyclosporiasis outbreak from lettuce, but let's talk about a different summer, long ago. The headlines in Bavaria would have called it "summer diarrhea" & it was killing babies. Enter our hero, Professor Theodor Escherich of the Julius Hospital, Würzburg. 321990
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyGeorge O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342 163117
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyAlt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 27/07/2026Changes to Letters of Support for NIH applications: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...grants.nih.govNOT-OD-26-094: NIH Is Replacing Letters of Support with Letters of Collaboration to Reduce Administrative BurdenNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: NIH Is Replacing Letters of Support with Letters of Collaboration to Reduce Administrative Burden NOT-OD-26-094. NIH 152
Archana Dhasarathy @adhasarathy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026It is a truth universally acknowledged that the lab -80 will fail on a weekend, and on the hottest day of summer 🥵🤬 010
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Not surprising. 🧪 medicine.yale.edu/news-article...medicine.yale.eduAlternative Treatments are Linked to Lower Breast Cancer SurvivalBreast cancer patients have better survival outcomes following traditional therapies compared to alternative or complementary treatments. 915368
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyPhil Corlett @philcorlett.bsky.social · 24/07/2026If you hoard those cables for long enough … 2385071736
Archana Dhasarathy @adhasarathy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Found a surprise on my desk from a colleague! Science meets art! ❤️ 000
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyGreg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Cat quote of the night. 7-19-26 "When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we treat our fellow creatures." - Brian May Happy birthday to Brian May #CatQuoteOfTheNight #MenWithCats 493042434
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/07/2026The costs of international student exclusion will be vast and permanent. It will harm all Conservative Americans and their children; it will harm all Liberal Americans and their children. It is the exact opposite of what our tech-driven economy needs. I summarize my research at @piie.com —>piie.comThe US is driving away international students at a long-term economic costFor generations, students from around the world have fueled universities in the United States, their top destination by far. Those students don't just sustain a $43 billion export industry in higher e... 110039
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyDr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. In unusual move, NSF issued a request for information on plan to conform grant policies to the proposed (unfinalized) OMB rule. Plan includes changes to grant termination provisions & disallowing publication costs. Comments due August 24. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...federalregister.govAgency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; National Science Foundation Proposal/Award Information-NSF Guidance on Financial AssistanceThe U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to renew and revise its collection for its financial assistance policies and procedures. In accordance with the requirements of the Paper... 86186
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyJason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Who did this? #worldcup #chemistry 04717
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyWil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Bethan's Rock is a small grey stone on display at Poole Museum in Poole, England. It was donated to the museum in 2019 by a five-year-old girl named Bethan, and it has since attracted significant attention on social media and become the museum's most famous object. - Wikipedia 20872001139
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyUAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026It would be amazing to have more Native doctors! As of 2024, 0.3 percent of practicing physicians in the nation were Native American. A proposed Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City SD could help change that. ictnews.org/news/educati...ictnews.orgProposed Indigenous medical school aims to boost Native physician numbers - ICTEffort has funding for a feasibility study with a goal of 2030 opening in Rapid City 341700417
Reposted by Archana Dhasarathylilastromech (Mischa) @mischajaye.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The cooling system was installed by the village AC technician, Thermodynamix 😊 6449491404
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Foundational! "The scientist doing basic research may not be at all interested in the practical applications of his work, yet the further progress of industrial development would eventually stagnate if basic scientific research were long neglected." From Science: The Endless Frontier, Bush, 1945 09235
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyAriaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Summer Solstice captured from Stonehenge yesterday. At first light, the sun climbed up behind the Heel Stone and threaded itself straight through the center of Stonehenge exactly where the builders aimed it nearly 5,000 years ago. Ethereal Earth on FB 69175693678
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyChenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Just did the math. $240 billion is about 27 years of funding for NSF. Literal generations of scientists. 11811
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyDan Landau @landau.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Exciting breakthrough technology from the lab, now live in @cellcellpress.bsky.social ! Instead of cutting the genome where proteins bind (e.g., Cut&Tag), D&D-seq scars the DNA with a deaminase, allowing single cell genome mapping of TFs and chromatin remodellers! 212851
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026A fun read, unveiling key discoveries revealed because the control "failed" 🧪 3187
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyTK (Takashi DY) Kozai @bioniclab.bsky.social · 30/05/2026🪼 Your tax dollars paid a scientist to squeeze jellyfish through cheesecloth. Osamu Shimomura processed tens of thousands on an NSF grant to understand why they glow. He found a protein that glowed green under UV light. Called it "green protein." Nobody cared. For decades. 622923923
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/05/2026This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵 541924844
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/05/2026On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying. 775339067701
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 23/05/2026In normal times, the fact that government officials at HHS blatantly lied to the public and got caught would be a scandal of unusual size. Everyone involved in this disinformation scheme against the people of the United States should be held accountable.nbcnews.comNo child deaths definitively linked to Covid shots, FDA saysThe agency’s analysis contradicts claims made by former vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad. 2224221007
Archana Dhasarathy @adhasarathy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026My happy place! #BearLake #RockyMountainNationalPark 251571115
Reposted by Archana DhasarathySholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Surprised to discover that Thermo Fisher appears to show a fake western blot for the validation of one of their p53 antibodies. I've added a diagram to show the very similar bands. This does not appear to be one of the "published figures" but their own internal data. 22272114
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Open letter calling for the reinstatement of the National Science Board. This letter is from leaders of the National Academies Note: This does not refer to the leaders on paper such as presidents of the NAS, NAM, and NAE. www.standupforscience.net/nasem-letter... @standupforscience.netstandupforscience.netNASEM Open Letter to Congress demanding the restoration of the NSB — STAND UP FOR SCIENCESupport NASEM's open letter to Congress by signing your endorsement now! 8256118
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyDanielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I don't know who needs to hear this, but girl, if you are unhappy where you are, with who you became, you can change. You can start again. You need no man, no family support, just yourself. And remember, you’ll never feel ready because being ready isn’t a feeling, it’s a decision. 38411
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyScience Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2026Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. scim.ag/4tsDqRrscim.agAfter USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by schoolMove comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs 19839442216
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyAlexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 07/05/2026#RIP Pierre Chambon (1931-2026) 1963 PARP 1970 RNA Pol II 1975 Nucleosome 1977 Split genes 1980 Promoter 1983 enhancer 1986 Nuclear receptor 27631
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyKristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Updates on the hantavirus situation from WHO (which we, beyond belief, are no longer part of). Seven suspected cases, three deaths. Case 1 boarded Apr 1, got sick Apr 6, died Apr 11. Likely Andes virus, given Argentina link. Consistent with infection before boarding. www.who.int/emergencies/...who.intHantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-countryOn 2 May 2026, a cluster of passengers with severe respiratory illness aboard a cruise ship was reported to the World Health Organization. The ship is carrying 147 passengers and crew. As of 4 May 202... 620867
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyMC Gambetta @mcgambetta.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Hello all, our lab is recruiting a PhD candidate to study how 3D genome folding impacts gene regulation in development. We're located at the Center for Integrative Genomics department of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Please email me if interested. #PhDPosition, #PhDOpportunity 05844
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyJonathan Mannion @jmannion1.bsky.social · 02/05/2026The FDA approval of vepdegestrant for ESR1-mutant ER+/HER2− advanced breast cancer marks an important milestone for PROTACs! Beyond its importance for patients, this is a landmark validation of targeted protein degradation as a therapeutic modality 👏🏻 www.fda.gov/drugs/resour...fda.govFDA approves vepdegestrant for ER-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutateFDA approves vepdegestrant for ER-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer 1126
Reposted by Archana DhasarathyEpigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social This graph confirms what multiple cancer researchers told me: the NIH cut cancer research grants by 23% last year. And it had the $$ from Congress! The NIH simply failed to dole out many of the awards... 021