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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Great to catch up with old friends and meet new ones on International Women’s Day at ASBMB.

AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

If you want to support student scholarship, research and creative work in these trying times, consider contributing to our Honors Journal crowdfunding campaign. The Journal is entirely comprised of student work and it is edited and published by students. giveto.colorado.edu/honors-journ...

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Honors Journal 2026 Publication Fundraiser

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Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy Course @aqlm.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

⏱️ Deadline to apply for AQLM 2026 is today! ⏱️ Get your applications in to be considered for this year's course. Make sure your recommenders submit their letters as well! #microscopy #imaging #fluorescence #biology #optics #AQLM

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Patrick R. Secor @prsecor.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University. www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/ Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided. Details in the attached pic--Feb 14 deadline 🧫🧪🦠#microsky

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program is funded by the National Science Foundation to create "points of entry" for students interested in research. Students apply from across the country to spend 10 weeks in Bozeman, Montana this summer (May 26, 2026 - August 1, 2026). Admitted students are paired with a faculty mentor, who serves as an advisor for a student's summer project. Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided.

Our program leverages MSU’s unique microbiology expertise, focusing specifically on microbes living with little or no oxygen (like those in the hot springs of nearby Yellowstone). Low oxygen microbes are essential to human and ecosystem health. They influence (or control) such processes as the breakdown of food in the GI tract, removal of toxins from our bodies and the environment, and production of greenhouse gases. They are also models for understanding the origins of life on this planet, and the potential for life on other planets.

A key goal of our program is to recruit students from schools with limited research infrastructure. Being in Montana, a state with a vibrant Native American community, we are particularly interested in applications from students at tribal colleges. However, ANYONE with an interest in microbiology - or biology/science in general - can and should apply.

If willing and able, please share/tweet/spread the word far and wide. Applications are due February 14, 2026. Full details can be found through our website http://www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Reto Fiolka @retof.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

We have two funded postdoctoral positions available. Topics encompass: -Next gen light-sheet fluorescence microscopy instrumentation -Structured illumination microscopy and other approaches to extend the resolution limit. -Nonlinear microscopy combined with adaptive optics / phase conjugation

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Matthew Taliaferro @jmtali.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Announcing the 2026 edition of the EMBO workshop on RNA localization and local translation! This meeting will be held June 30 - July 4 near Porto, Portugal. Come for exciting updates in the field from both established investigators and trainees. See the link below for details!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM). Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21). Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree. hr.nih.gov/careers/open...

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Alexa Mattheyses @mattheyseslab.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🔬We are now accepting applications for the 2026 Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy course at MBL. Come learn to be an excellent microscopist! Questions? Ask here or DM me. @mblscience.bsky.social @aqlm.bsky.social #microscopy #fluorescence

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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Thrilled to share a link to our recent review spearheaded by Dr. Ananya Rakshit on Zn2+ transients and signaling in mammalian systems: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ltlt3S6Gf...

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

For ESIs dealing with grants being rescinded: if an investigator’s 1st substantial independent research award is terminated within the first 3 years of the project period (not due to scientific misconduct ) they can request the reinstatement of ESI status grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

My First Substantial Independent Research Award Was Terminated Early. Can My ESI Status Be Reinstated?
June 12, 2025
Investigators lose their Early Stage Investigator (ESI) eligibility when they successfully compete for and receive a substantial independent research award. In the event an investigator’s first substantial independent research award is terminated within the first three years of the project period, and this was not due to scientific misconduct or other disqualifying events, the investigator can request the reinstatement of ESI status, using the ESI Extensions request tool in eRA commons. See Requesting an Extension for instructions.

For more, see the Early Stage Investigators FAQ page.

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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Lots of fun and great conversation about fluorescent proteins, probes, biosensors and Fret at @aqlm.bsky.social course at MBL. Also great to be in such close proximity to Shimomura GFP!

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Stirling Churchman @stirlingchurchman.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

My father-in-law, Jack Strominger, and I wrote a letter to the @wsj.com editor about the current threats to science due to Trump's funding freeze. Please repost! www.wsj.com/opinion/scie...

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Opinion | Science Suffers With Trump’s Funding Freeze

America’s scientific enterprise demands reliable stewardship, not destabilizing political intervention.

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Molly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I've been making a series of videos called "What the FUNDING" that highlight all the incredible science that federal funding supports. If DOGE just fcked up your NSF grant and you wanna collaborate on a video, lmk? I'm @science_irl on insta & TT #scicomm 🧪 #nsf

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Luke Lavis @rhodamine110.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

We're looking for 1-2 enthusiastic early career chemists to join our Open Chemistry team at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. Come help us create amazing dyes and share them with the world. Please share with the best recent/soon-to-be B.S. chemists you know! bit.ly/42w8C6N

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Research Technician - Open Chemistry

Primary Work Address: 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA, 20147 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. Summary: Open Chemistry is a collaborative research group whose missio...

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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

So proud of these undergrads: Stephanie Ariaza Acuna, Alyx Lanthier, and Evan Leach for successfully defending their undergraduate honors thesis research in the Palmer Lab. Support for science research is critical to launch the careers of young scientists!

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Jordan Meier @doc-jlmeier.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...

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US Applicant Week

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

How many protesters is enough to stop a takeover? Why public demonstrations and why Princeton president Chris Eisgruber's statement (and Chuck Schumer's acquiescence) matter. My latest: samwang.substack.com/p/how-to-rec...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Extending my grant update this morning. Here are data limited to new and competitive renewal applications. The Pause is dead, Long live the Pause...

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

If you're in the US, considering Europe for your PhD, and you identify as a minority, I will chat with you and review any application documents you need 🧪

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

NIH Study sections that will likely "not meet as scheduled" today: BMBI, MRAD, MSFA, NDPR, POMD, SMEP, ZRG1 IIDB-F, ZRG1 SCIL-G. Will mark them down once the CSR page updates!

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Sarah Tishkoff, PhD @sarahtishkoff.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Apologies for this long post I put together to explain to non-scientists the impact of NIH cuts: Last night, an “atomic bomb” was dropped on the biomedical science community. We were informed that effective immediately, indirect costs on NIH grants (both current and future) would be fixed at 15%.

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Research infrastructure helps build the middle class... and is especially crucial in rural communities (particularly when university infrastructure includes training hospitals, clinics, and other medical services).

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Alt: a man in a lab coat looks at a computer monitor in a medical facility

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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

"The goal is to kill universities". And I might add to kill the entire research and development enterprise of the US. No universities (and no medical schools!) means no US innovation, no training of scientists, doctors, engineers, mathematicians, etc. Goodbye US dominance. Hello Chinese dominance.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

These programs have transformed the lives of low income, first generation, and people of color, folks who have long been excluded from science, research, and medicine. Cancelling these programs is a huge blow to the strength of our future workforce. This is sheer stupidity.

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

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Matthew Taliaferro @jmtali.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Come be our colleague! @cu-bmg.bsky.social is running an open rank search for a structural biologist specializing in cryo-EM/ET. This is a great opportunity in a highly collegial and collaborative department. Apply here: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 09/12/2024

I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Cell lines need constant care. Research protocols need constant supplies in some cases to maintain safety. Like biohazard supplies. This is irresponsible.

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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

JFC In addition to the patients at the clinical center, the NIH is home to many nonhuman animals who play critical roles in medical science. And they need to eat.

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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

PSA for all you scientist swimmers attending a GRC at the Ventura site. Ventura aquatic center is less than 10 min away!

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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I really can't think of a bigger waste of my time than putting all the funding sources for every publication into my NIH bio sketch when that information is 1) in NCBI and 2) in the publication. What a waste or time, energy, and space.

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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

The College of Arts&Sciences Honors Program at CU Boulder is looking for a teaching-track Assistant Professor (jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...)! Come join this amazing interdisciplinary group of educators dedicated to student scholarship and success! Please re-post!

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Assistant Teaching Professor - Honors Program

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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Best thing about ISZB 2024 meeting was catching up with dear friend Liliana Quintanar from Cinvestav.

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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Great food and great colleagues at ISZB2024 in Mérida Mexico.

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Scott Saunders @saunderslab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Wow - bluesky! 📈 🦠 Please help me amplify a special faculty search. We're looking for someone in "Microbial Systems Biology" to join me and @kreynoldslab.bsky.social at UTSW Sys Bio / Bioinformatics. There is an empty lab space right next to us waiting for you! apply.interfolio.com/154339 1/4

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Jonny Nixon-Abell @abelljonny.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hullooooo Cell Biology friends. If you're heading to #CellBio2024 in (hopefully!) sunny San Diego this year, then come and check out our session on 'ER structure and function across cell types' Room28C- Dec18th 09:00am! See you there! **Please RT** 🥳

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Joachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Here's a starter pack that focuses on engineers/builders/makers/enablers of optical tools for (cell) biology. I'm pretty sure that the pack is incomplete - if you want to join the list, please reply with your favorite probe (that you made or used) and I'll add you 🤓 go.bsky.app/2YVvYER

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Ulrike Boehm @ulrikeboehm.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

🔬 Are you eager to dive into the world of light microscopy & learn from top-notch microscopists about its essential techniques for life science applications? If that sounds exciting, don’t miss out on this free, in-depth iBiology series! 👉 www.ibiology.org/online-biolo...

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AmyPalmerZinc @amypalmerzinc.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

First proud mentor pic on this new platform - Kieran McGee (in the center looking sharp) successfully defends his undergraduate thesis optimizing purification of native RNA and earns magna cum laude!

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Download our database of 313 different postdoctoral fellowships. For each entry, we provide link to funder, description, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship). Download our database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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Jordan Meier @doc-jlmeier.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Applications for the 2025 Bioorganic GRC are now live! Here is the link where you can check out the current line-up: grc.org/bioorganic-c...

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Torsten Wittmann @microtubule.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

Happy Monday! The UCSF Department of Cell & Tissue Biology is searching for a new 'quantitative' cell biology faculty member. We'll be reviewing applications after Nov 15 and are looking forward to reading yours!

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