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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Elsevier’s business model of charging scientists to publish, using free peer review, and charging institutions to subscribe is not hurt by AI. Rather, their business model hurts scientific advancement globally.

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Nature @nature.com · 11/05/2026

Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined the dozens of firms and individuals suing artificial intelligence companies over their alleged use of copyrighted works in training AI models go.nature.com/4eFGLZK

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Elsevier vs. Meta: first science publisher sues over scraped research papers

Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined a class action lawsuit against Meta that alleges the reproduction of copyrighted works in developing the Llama AI model.

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Nature @nature.com · 14/12/2025

Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a specific set of genetic variants go.nature.com/3XM18e7

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Huge genetic study reveals hidden links between psychiatric conditions

Nature - Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a specific set of genetic variants.

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Zheng Wu @zhengwu1.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Super excited to share that my second project in the @rjdlab.bsky.social is now published in Science! Many thanks to all co-authors, especially @ptnguyen.bsky.social for his expertise in structural biology and enzymology! And big thanks to Ralph for his incredible mentorship and support!

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Not surprised that @rjdlab.bsky.social and Zheng put this beautiful story together. Congrats guys!

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Just caught up on this fascinating paper in Science in August. It reports evidence of strong selective pressure from breeding of horses around 5000-3000 years ago in Central Asia. One reason it's interesting is that the selection is *really* strong... /1 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Selection at the GSDMC locus in horses and its implications for human mobility

Horsepower revolutionized human history through enhanced mobility, transport, and warfare. However, the suite of biological traits that reshaped horses during domestication remains unclear. We scanned...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/09/2025

Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)

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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the Cheers theme song is fitting for really any time in life….including our current timeline “Making your way in the world today Takes everything you've got Taking a break from all your worries Sure would help a lot Wouldn't you like to get away?”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2025

jesus christ

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/09/2025

have to say that i liked this one quite a bit

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I look at this man and I see neurological “challenges” what should we do about that…

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Katsu Funai @katsufunai.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

We have an Open Rank tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology! Looking for a new colleague interested in making the University of Utah their new home to build a metabolic research program. Please share! @uofunuip.bsky.social

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Open Rank, Tenure Track Position – Metabolic Physiology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with University of Utah, Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology | 12844064

The Department of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology (NUIP) at the University of Utah seeks a Tenure Track faculty member at the rank of Assistant...

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Senator Molly Cook @mollyfortexas.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

This special session is a sham. #texas

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Our lab has derived over 50 trophoblast organoid lines to better understand how chronic conditions like hypertension and obesity influence placental development and metabolism. (Check out this figure made with @biorender.bsky.social)

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Happy to share our work on the role of biomechanical PULSATILITY on lung vessels. Following surgery to alleviate overload in kids with single ventricle hearts, lung arteries form AVMs. #DevBio #EndothelialCell #CHD Beautiful work from Steve Spurgin. #DevBio 🫁 🫀 ❤️‍🩹 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Pulsatile flow dynamics determine pulmonary arterial architecture

BACKGROUND Single ventricle congenital heart disease (SV-CHD) is a uniformly lethal condition. Survival depends upon the Glenn surgery, which shunts venous blood directly to the pulmonary arteries wit...

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Walter W. Chen, MD, PhD @walterwchen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Our work on new paradigm in peroxisome biogenesis and PEX39 (1st human peroxisomal biogenesis protein (peroxin/PEX) found in > 20 yr) is out in @natcellbio.nature.com! Equal collab w/Tony Rodrigues (Jorge Azevedo lab), @dwendscheck.bsky.social (Bettina Warscheid lab) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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PEX39 facilitates the peroxisomal import of PTS2-containing proteins - Nature Cell Biology

Chen et al. show that PEX39 cooperates with PEX7 in the peroxisomal import of proteins containing a PTS2 site and uncover an (R/K)PWE motif in PEX39 and PEX13 that binds to PEX7 and facilitates the im...

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DeBerardinis Lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center @rjdlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

1/New paper on peroxisome assembly, reporting the detailed mechanism of PEX39, a new peroxin involved in PTS2 protein transport. Fantastic work by ‪@walterwchen.bsky.social‬ and a dream team of collaborators, as explained below. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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PEX39 facilitates the peroxisomal import of PTS2-containing proteins - Nature Cell Biology

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Jennifer Gill, MD, PhD @jennifer-gill.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Excited to share our work just published in @natmetabolism.nature.com examining melanoma tumor metabolism in patients and how well this is (and isn’t) conserved in patient-derived xenograft models.

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DeBerardinis Lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center @rjdlab.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

1/Patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) are used in preclinical testing of cancer therapies, including metabolic therapies. We determined which metabolic properties are retained, and which are lost, when melanomas from patients are implanted and passaged as PDXs in mice. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Conservation and divergence of metabolic phenotypes between patient tumours and matched xenografts - Nature Metabolism

Rao and Cai et al. perform a detailed metabolic comparison between primary tumours from patients and their matching xenografts, which identify conserved as well as divergent metabolic patterns.

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Katsu Funai @katsufunai.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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Open Rank, Tenure Track Position – Metabolic Physiology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with University of Utah | 674355

The Department of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology (NUIP) at the University of Utah seeks a Tenure Track faculty member at the rank of Assistant...

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

More #Fluorescence Friday from the Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social! E9.5 labeled with Shh (magenta), Sox9 (yellow), DAPI (cyan) using @hcrimaging.bsky.social. Image taken by student Roberta Fiorino using Nikon AX R with @oxfordinstruments.bsky.social Imaris.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/06/2025

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

If thousands of scientists say that political interference with grants assessment is going to destroy the scientific integrity of federal grants, the agency will have to explain why the rule doesn’t do that (which it can’t because this is precisely why the new regulation is being instituted). 11/n

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Awesome to know there is a good chance I will soon be a very well educated bartender who is just waiting for a patron to ask her about developmental metabolism. Over a decade work of training to have a lab for less than 5 years. Cool. Cool. Cool.

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

A service contract for the LCMS

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Today I changed the carburetor in the lawnmower I inherited from my father-in-law. Except for the belt, I’ve replaced almost everything on the mower because I think for some reason this would have made him proud. Or, I’m just trying to prove to a deceased man that I’m good enough for his daughter.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/03/2025

It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!

Aimonetti Justin Aimonetti, Justin W. Justin.W.Aimonetti@doge.eop.gov
Altik Jacob Altik, Jacob R. Jacob.R.Altik@doge.eop.gov
Armstrong Anthony Armstrong, Anthony J. Anthony.J.Armstrong@doge.eop.gov
Balajadia Jennifer Balajadia, Jennifer Jennifer.Balajadia@doge.eop.gov
Beynon Alexandra Beynon, Alexandra T. Alexandra.T.Beynon@doge.eop.govBiasini Riccardo Biasini, Riccardo N. Riccardo.N.Biasini@doge.eop.gov
Bobba Akash Bobba, Akash N. Akash.N.Bobba@doge.eop.gov
Boizelle Ashley Boizelle, Ashley S. Ashley.S.Boizelle@doge.eop.gov
Bryant Emily Bryant, Emily L. Emily.L.Bryant@doge.eop.gov
Burnham James Burnham, James James.Burnham@doge.eop.gov
Coristine Edward Coristine, Edward H. Edward.H.Coristine@doge.eop.gov
Davis Steven Davis, Steven M. Steven.M.Davis@doge.eop.gov
Elez Marko Elez, Marko Marko.Elez@doge.eop.gov
Farritor Luke Farritor, Luke E. Luke.E.Farritor@doge.eop.gov
Fox Joshua Fox, Joshua Joshua.Fox@doge.eop.gov
Hanley Joshua Hanley, Joshua A. Joshua.A.Hanley@doge.eop.gov
Holmes Stephanie Holmes, Stephanie M. Stephanie.M.Holmes@doge.eop.gov
Killian Gautier Killian, Gautier C. Gautier.C.Killian@doge.eop.gov
Kmiec Keenan Kmiec, Keenan D. Keenan.D.Kmiec@doge.eop.gov
Lahera Nicholas Lahera, Nicholas Nicholas.Lahera@doge.eop.gov
Lindemann Kendall Lindemann, Kendall M. Kendall.M.Lindemann@doge.eop.gov
Musk Elon Musk, Elon R. erm71@who.eop.gov
Peters Noah Peters, Noah Noah.Peters@doge.eop.gov
Rajpal Nikhil Rajpal, Nikhil Nikhil.Rajpal@doge.eop.gov
Ramada Adam Ramada, Adam Adam.Ramada@doge.eop.gov
Raynor Austin Raynor, Austin L. Austin.L.Raynor@doge.eop.gov
Schutt Kyle Schutt, Kyle L. Kyle.L.Schutt@doge.eop.gov
Shaotran Ethan Shaotran, Ethan Ethan.Shaotran@doge.eop.gov
Smith Brad Smith, Brad M. Brad.M.Smith@doge.eop.gov
Stanley Christopher Stanley, Christopher A. Christopher.Stanley@doge.eop.gov
Wick Jordan Wick, Jordan K. Jordan.K.Wick@doge.eop.gov
Wiles Susan Wiles, Susan S. Susan.S.Wiles@doge.eop.gov

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DEI Virologist @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

If you haven’t this week, reach out to your pre-tenured faculty. Especially the ones pre-3 year review. It’s a …. It’s been a lot 🥲

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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

NIH money directly pays for >29,000 jobs in Texas, but the overall economic impact is MUCH bigger: >5 BILLION DOLLARS annually in Texas. NIH funding cuts hurt the bottom line for anyone who sells your lab anything. 2/3 Data for Texas are here: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

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Texas - United For Medical Research

the economic impact of NIH funded research in Texas

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

"I want to perform their favorite song, but you know they love to sue" - Kendrick Lamar

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The mayor said: “Please stay off the light posts…”

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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

23 year-old Utah woman 'who always wanted to be a mom' died of peripartum cardiomyopathy 9 days postpartum from preterm birth of twins after diagnosis of preeclampsia Although PPCM is “rare” & insidious, this young woman had multiple known risk factors. We need better postpartum surveillance!

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Utah woman 'who always wanted to be a mom' dies nine days after having twins

Morgan Hughes, 23, developed a rare heart condition called peripartum cardiomyopathy, her grieving father said.

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

What is happening in this Texas football game!?!

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

This is a crappy feeling for a young PI that feels like they won’t have this opportunity after they chose to start their lab at a world class institution. They could easily spread the wealth by limiting the awards given to these top institutions rather than barring applications from them completely.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Steve just popped back from the pub to ask me if its Thanksgiving today? I don't actually know because I don't live in the US. And he doesn't know because he's an otter that's been at the pub most of the afternoon. Um, is it?

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Latest lesbian scout badge achieved: installed a new deadbolt. This means I am now 1/4 plumber (garbage disposal), 1/4 electrician (ceiling fan), and 1/4 locksmith. Just building up my resume if Professor doesn’t pan out.

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Green Center potluck. Brisket, pork butt, chicken, and smoked cabbage.

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ASolmonson @asolmonson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Is there a way to bookmark papers that I will never read on here?

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Christian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

People working on #cancermetabolism, #mitochondrialbiology, #metabolism, please reach out! Share this so I can follow who is here! I will share paper on cancer metabolism, but anything else related to mitochondria and metabolism.

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