Amy Sater @amysater.bsky.social · 19h The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston seek a Assistant Professor in Neuroimmunology. We’re a large and highly collaborative department, close to the Texas Medical Center. Please join us! Apply here (#496899): careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista... 025
Reposted by Amy SaterBenjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 12/10/2026One of the best pieces I’ve read on the perverse administrative worldview that leads to things such as wide scale adoption of AI in the classroom: there is no process btw faculty & student into which a profit-seeking intermediary cannot 1st be inserted globecollegetown.substack.com/p/higher-ed-...globecollegetown.substack.comCollege campuses need to be liberated from their administratorsHigher ed is being strangled by absurd and costly rules. What message is that sending to students? 14914
Amy Sater @amysater.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This "assert claims without testing hypotheses" routine from LLM researchers/ developers is a critical departure from scientific process. Hypothesis testing doesn't seem to occur to them. 010
Reposted by Amy SaterGenetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026🚨 LMAP starts soon! Bioscience grad students and postdocs: join us at 3 p.m. EDT, October 15, for the first session of this 6-week leadership & management program. It’s not too late to apply if space remains! 🔗 buff.ly/CLIHg0d If all spaces are filled, you'll be added to a waitlist. 011
Reposted by Amy SaterJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care. 36151121273
Reposted by Amy SaterCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Trump admin's new rule adding prohibitively expensive new fees for "OPT"—temporary work authorization program for international students and new grads in the United States—is out. Would require colleges to pay $70,000 for year one. $30,000 for years two and three combined for STEM fields.public-inspection.federalregister.gov 6329152
Reposted by Amy SaterMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 573216044213
Reposted by Amy SaterTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41120613121
Reposted by Amy SaterJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed 3545561105
Reposted by Amy SaterMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Are you looking for a postdoc exploring the cell biology of development, defining how cells change shape and move? Do you want to develop a research program & teaching skills preparing you for a position at a college or small University? Our new NIH grant will support those goals 1/n Please share 5106104
Reposted by Amy SaterCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 882123873
Reposted by Amy SaterNoel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 13710307
Reposted by Amy SaterJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A great overview of NIH science under Trump: www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n...npr.orgThese 6 charts show how NIH research funding has been reshaped under TrumpStories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. bi... 03021
Reposted by Amy SaterRich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We're hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology in my department at the university of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social Come be my colleague careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...careers.uh.eduAssistant or Associate Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Houston, Texas, United StatesDepartment: Biology and Biochemistry Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston seeks to hire an evolutionary biolog... 37290
Reposted by Amy SaterSociety for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 22/09/2026Peer review scores and percentiles help applicants understand funding decisions. The NIH's new proposed changes could take that transparency away. Stand with fellow #NeuroAdvocates and submit a public comment by October 13. 🔗 vist.ly/5jfgc #neurosky 042
Amy Sater @amysater.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I should have this over my own (underused) lab bench (I DO still love it .... but I am way behind on manuscripts, so I should work on those) 011
Amy Sater @amysater.bsky.social · 21/09/2026babe, wake up - new in vivo model system for CTE just dropped - 021
Reposted by Amy SaterSiobhan Mitchell, PhD @esiobhanmitchell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Brilliat new paper : The brain is two separate organs that develop in parallel One organ is for controlling breathing, temperature, heart function, and the other organ is for thinking. They form separately and then join together during development 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comTwo parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain - Nature NeuroscienceThis study shows that the brain arises from two distinct progenitors: one forms the forebrain and midbrain, whereas the other generates the hindbrain. These insights enable the generation of human hin... 78126
Reposted by Amy SaterPolitico @politico.com · 20/09/2026Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his controldlvr.itTrump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his controlThe move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting. 39197126
Reposted by Amy SaterKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or carearstechnica.comUnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit allegesFor the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug. 7944651582
Reposted by Amy SaterMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You know what's also interactive? Reading the paper. Talk to your colleagues about the paper you just read. Tell them why you loved it. Tell them why you hated it. And even better: invite the authors to talk about their paper 🧪 1621761
Reposted by Amy SaterJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Good news! The Trump admin was trying to limit grad students to a 4-year cap on their visa. But a judge blocked it. www.statnews.com/2026/09/14/c...statnews.comJudge blocks Trump administration plans to limit visa length for grad students, postdocsA federal judge halted a Trump administration plan to place a four-year cap on the kinds of visas used by graduate students and postdocs 34217
Reposted by Amy SaterJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Developing a plan that captures the best aspects of what NSF and NIH were while addressing some long-standing issues is what the effort at the @standupforscience.net policy shop is developing. 26318
Amy Sater @amysater.bsky.social · 15/09/2026also, "let's discuss the facts ..." [so I can set you straight]. This isn't an issue of not understanding facts, it's an issue of differing values 130
Reposted by Amy SaterTerence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 422082937
Amy Sater @amysater.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is a wonderful connection - thanks. And L'Shana Tova! 110
Reposted by Amy SaterRowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Something to cling to and promote the hell out of: leveraging POSITIVE TIPPING POINTS www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comClimate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientistsGlobal shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans 3823362
Amy Sater @amysater.bsky.social · 09/09/2026many thanks to @mskellymhayes.bsky.social for this wonderful piece - it articulates something I've felt often, but have never been able to capture in words 000
Reposted by Amy SaterAlyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A Japanese improvement (a really good one) on Paxlovid. I am so grateful for non-US research right now. 2370113
Reposted by Amy SaterJeff Lewis @lewislab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The more I think about it, the more pissed off I get. The DOD budget is about 1 fucking trillion dollars vs the NIH budget of $47B. This seems like an excuse to gut NIAID. 13620
Reposted by Amy SaterCorinne Low @corinnelow.com · 03/09/2026#EconSky if you know of anyone awesome who does experimental work on gender who was on the job market in the last couple years and underplaced or needs to change, we're looking at creating a fellowship in this area that would be a great reset--please have them email me corlow@wharton.upenn.edu. 01915
Amy Sater @amysater.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Not just in KY - losing him is a gut punch for a lot of us 1100
Amy Sater @amysater.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Wendell Berry is on this list as well. And yes, it's a LOT. 020
Amy Sater @amysater.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This one in particular - but there are so many others. "To be sane in a mad time is bad for the brain / worse for the heart..." 010
Amy Sater @amysater.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is hard. I've loved - and leaned on - his work for decades. 040
Reposted by Amy SaterMind Frighten 🎃 @porgus.bsky.social · 28/08/2026If you're in Texas, check that voter registration ASAP, keep checking it every two or three weeks til election day, and save proof. There's a decent chance you'll be suing the shit out of Texas/ the feds someday in the near future and laughing all the way to the bank. 034
Reposted by Amy SaterHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I am heartened to see the Trump administration take such an active interest in the welfare of postdoctoral fellows in other countries. Might I suggest they show the same modicum of care for postdocs in the US, especially after actively jeopardizing their careers and well-being? 0294
Reposted by Amy SaterNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Three things: 1) Rising sea levels, drinking water shortages, fires, etc. are major NatSec concerns. 2) Stars and Stripes punished for telling the truth is a real loss. 3) Unfortunate how many cries of “academic freedom” and “free speech” clearly mean “things I personally agree with, not others.” 826971
