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Brenda Bass

@bbass.bsky.social
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Scientist at U of U; lab revolves around dsRNA. Love the Utah land. Views are my own.

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 16/09/2026
Authors!🚨 While you scramble for scarce $ 🤔 “Springer Nature reports revenue growth of 6.2%..and adjusted operating profit growth of 7.7%. They reported even more stunning submission growth of 30% and published article growth of 13%.” Publishing in society journals helps YOU not them👇🏻. Pass it on.
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Man Lying on a Pile of Money
ALT: Man Lying on a Pile of Money
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
What do you think @jg-underwood.bsky.social ?
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Sort of like exchanging name tags at annual meetings ?@rnasociety.bsky.social apple.news/AEBclWhWKT-W...
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Why Soccer Players Switch Jerseys After Matches — Sports Illustrated
soccer Swapping jerseys has been a long-standing postmatch tradition in soccer. One of the most recognizable postgame traditions in soccer is the jersey exchange. After the final whistle, it is common...
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
www.gofundme.com/f/help-prese...
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Donate to Help Preserve Casa Pilar's Legacy, organized by Monica Pasqual
Saving the Home and Legacy of Pilar Pobil If we miss this moment, Casa Pilar doesn't… Monica Pasqual needs your support for Help Preserve Casa Pilar's Legacy
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/moni...
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Monica Pasqual Is Fighting to Preserve Casa Pilar
Monica Pasqual left for Salt Lake City the day an earthquake shook the valley—the same week the world shut down for COVID-19, the same week her brother lay dying of the virus. She drove from the Ba…
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Christine Mayr @christinemayr.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
If you want to know what 3′UTRs with long conserved sequence stretches do, check out our BioRxiv preprint doi.org/10.64898/202.... They form functional intermolecular 3′UTR-3′UTR interactions that enable co-folding of proteins to rapidly induce transcriptional programs.
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I am so honored by this award. The University of Utah places a premium on innovation and creativity and has been a perfect place for my scientific career, and Utah has been the perfect place for me to live my life!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I hope more people focus on the import of this turnout last year. Not least bc standing up to bigotry can itself be a rallying cry.
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This is an old post but curious—did you get a notice to closeout the grant that was supposed to start April 1??
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Kelly Nguyen @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Proud to share the yeast telomerase structure, led by the talented @hongmiaohu.bsky.social in collaboration with the Wellinger and Chartrand labs. Discovered 37 years ago and took us nearly 7 years but totally worth the wait 😍. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFE4...
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Cryo-EM structure of yeast telomerase
YouTube video by MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Action Item...Action Item...Action Item Time to comment on the Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... Comments due by May 16, 2026
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NOT-OD-26-047: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on a Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2027-2031
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on a Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fis...
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Thanks for doing this Jeremy-no matter how upsetting the conclusions
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Yay Kelly-they made the perfect choice!
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"I hear from current NIH staff regularly. They describe a particular kind of exhaustion: not just from overwork, but from the cognitive load of performing normalcy while privately managing fear." elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-nih-s...
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What NIH Staff Can’t Tell You—And Why That Matters
The people who understand most clearly what is being lost at the NIH are also the people least able to say so.
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Yes—this is a very important point.
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Thank you Aaron and the Hoskins Lab! Hope to see you in Montreal!
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Thanks Karolin!
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Thanks for the very kind words Kelly—hope to see you soon—it has been too long!
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Thanks for the kind words Sandy! Looking forward to seeing you in Montreal.
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Peg Kerr @pegkerr.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
People line up on a sidewalk at dusk in a line, holding lighted candles.
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Thank you Tim!
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Thanks Lara--so fun to hear from you. Hope all is well!
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
So, so, honored by this award—it is daunting to know that my heroes have won this award! Thanks to my heroes and mentors, and my trainees, who are everything!!!!
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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I would ask people to call or message their senators about this and specifically that Vinay Prasad needs to be out at FDA. Even the Wall Street Journal has said as much. There is push back. Companies won’t fund clinical trials if they can’t trust the FDA.
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Horse and eagle my favorite commercial so far
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Yay Joe!! I am so proud!! This is so deserved—the Bass lab depends on you for everything.
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RNA Society @rnasociety.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The RNA Society is welcoming submissions of original infographics about any and all things RNA! Scan the QR for details!
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
New #miRNA paper from Lai lab!! 🧬🔥 some think this field, despite recent Nobel to Ambros and Ruvkun, doesn't have much surprises left. but, do we EVEN KNOW WHAT a miRNA precursor LOOKS LIKE? we found some conserved miRNA hairpins up to 10x longer than suspected. this is mir-12, just bonkers! 1/n
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🚨IT'S HAPPENING!🚨 Register now and join us in beautiful southern Chile in September for a new edition of the Molecular Biosystems Conference! @molbiosystems.bsky.social
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
SO wonderful to have you here Niladri!! We are so lucky!
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Niladri Sinha @2primehydroxyl.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
We are hiring at all levels, so please help spread the word! #RNAsky #ribosomes #signaling #translation sinha.biochem.utah.edu/join
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Join — The Sinha Lab
We welcome curiosity-driven individuals excited to make foundational discoveries aimed at understanding and combating defects in translational control and proteostasis in a dynamic, collaborative, and...
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Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · 18/08/2025
🎉 We're so excited to announce the 2025 #MySciJourney Challenge: A #scicomm competition for researchers to share their authentic journeys in science with students, teachers, & the broader public! 🧪 💸 $1k in cash prizes, thanks to @ncse.bsky.social! 👉 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
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Win Cash, Save Science: Share Your SciJourney! — Galactic Polymath
Join the 2025 #MySciJourney Challenge! We are looking for scientists at all stages to share their journeys in science! Teachers: You and your students can help decide the winners! #scicomm #SaveNSF
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Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Joining an increasing number of people publicly demanding RFK’s removal as HHS Sec: Dr. Bill Foege, a literal (6’6”) & figurative giant of public health. He served as a CDC director under Carter & Reagan, & is credited with designing the ring vaccination strategy that enabled smallpox eradication.
“We will live through this drought of values, principles, and facts and again apply our talents to improving global health and happiness. Do not back down.
In the meantime, be clear. Kennedy's words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus.
Americans deserve better.”
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Carolyn Johnson @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"What I would simply say is cancer can't wait." --Richard Schlueter, a 56-year-old metastatic cancer patient whose therapy was delayed due to terminations at NIH.
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Join the 22,339 people who have joined to support our NIH colleagues. Let's get this to 50,000 RT
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I have been updating my dashboard (jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...) to add important material about the #BethesdaDeclaration 1/n
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NIH_since_1_20_25
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 09/06/2025
"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT. I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up." Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I don't see R35 MIRAs listed on the cited page of expired NOFOs. What am I missing?
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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This might be helpful: www.regulations.gov/assets/files...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23. Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... 6/n
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Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Anyone have advice on how to justify a budget increase on a renewal of a senior MIRA? I know, dreaming, but want to dream right. thanks, thanks for any advice.
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Cell - a Cell Press journal @cp-cell.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Now online! Integrator loss leads to dsRNA formation that triggers the integrated stress response
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Integrator loss leads to dsRNA formation that triggers the integrated stress response
Integrator (INT) prevents the escape of immature RNAPII to ensure full-length mRNA production. INT deficiency causes defects in RNAPII maturation that lead to premature termination, accumulation of immunogenic dsRNA, and activation of the integrated stress response (ISR) observed in patient cells.
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Spent lots of time in balsam—recognized it immediately
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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Canadians 🇨🇦 abroad - you can register to vote in the election! You need to do it soon. www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
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Voting by mail – Elections Canada
Apply to vote by mail, Eligible electors can apply to vote by special ballot. With a special ballot, you can vote by mail from anywhere in the world, 2025.
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Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
too much dsRNA? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Comprehensive Mapping of Human dsRNAome Reveals Conservation, Neuronal Enrichment, and Intermolecular Interactions
The human transcriptome contains millions of A-to-I editing sites arising from an unclear number of poorly characterized dsRNAs. Editing sites are often used to infer presence of dsRNA, but this metho...
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce" www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
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500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
we need to remember that these small wins are because people SPOKE UP -- keep calling your representatives, keep writing op-eds in your local papers, your voice matters! #resist
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 05/04/2025
“a 400-year-old institution should be making decisions with a time horizon of centuries, not news cycles. Making a principled stand now…is the single best thing Harvard could do to earn its continued place as a symbol of genuine excellence” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/04/o...
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Harvard’s moment of truth - The Boston Globe
The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Really bad news here:
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