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Emily Blythe

@emilyblythe.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities | Biochemist & cell biologist / GPCRs | UCSF Postdoc, Caltech PhD | she/her blythelab.umn.edu

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Ruth Huttenhain @rhuttenhain.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Preprint out! We optimized synchro-PASEF for phosphoproteomics & found equivalent biological insights to dia-PASEF despite fewer total IDs. Practical tip: apply retention time summation factor 2 to any PASEF phosphoproteomics data—you'll gain IDs and precision. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Systematic optimization and benchmarking of synchro-PASEF for high-throughput phosphoproteome profiling
High-throughput data-independent acquisition (DIA) workflows paired with short chromatographic separations are increasingly adopted for systems biology and clinical proteomics. However, narrower peak ...
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Jenny He @jennyxinyi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I'm excited to share the first work from my postdoc in the von Zastrow lab! We address a fundamental question about neuromodulatory signaling: Can neurons tell the difference between multiple neuromodulatory inputs when they converge on only a few receptor pathways? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Temporal coding expands the bandwidth of GPCR-mediated neuromodulation
The advent of modern transcriptomic approaches has revealed a breadth of neuromodulatory G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) co-expression far exceeding what was previously thought. This raises a fundam...
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Emily Blythe @emilyblythe.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Excited for the ASPET Annual Meeting next week! The Blythe Lab will be presenting three posters -- stop by to meet the team and see what we've been working on.
List of Blythe Lab posters at the ASPET Annual Meeting. Receptor Trafficking Defines TGF-β Signaling Outcomes presented by postdoc Dr. Zach Baker on Sunday 5/17 at Poster 071. Elucidating the Mechanism of β-arrestin-independent VIPR1 Internalization presented by postdoc Dr. Chantel Mastos on Monday 5/18 at Poster 281. Post-Endocytic Trafficking of VIPR1 and β2AR Differentially Regulate Downstream cAMP Signaling presented by researcher Eamon Cole, on
Monday 5/18 at Poster 282.
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Emily Blythe @emilyblythe.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
New publication! Here, we explore how endocytosis differentially sculpts signaling downstream of three endogenously co-expressed GPCRs: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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GPCR-selective effects of endocytosis on cellular signaling through the cAMP / PKA cascade
Many GPCRs use endocytosis to promote gene transcription by prolonging signaling through the Gs-coupled cAMP / cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) cas…
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U of Minnesota Twin Cities AAUP @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Members of the UMN Twin Cities AAUP voted unanimously to endorse this Statement of Solidarity with Somali and Immigrant Communities drive.google.com/file/d/1WDWq...
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Ben Saunders @bensaunders.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline. Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job Assistant Prof job code: 364920 Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
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Lauren Slosky @laurenslosky.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Now online @nature.com! Want to change the consequences of receptor activation? Small molecules binding the GPCR-transducer interface change G protein subtype preference in predictable ways, enabling rational drug design 💥 So many new possibilities! 🧪🧠🟦 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵👇
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Designing allosteric modulators to change GPCR G protein subtype selectivity - Nature
Studies of the G-protein-coupled receptor NTSR1 show that the G protein selectivity of this receptor can be modified by small molecules, enabling the design of drugs that work by switching receptor su...
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
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Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
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Alessandro Nicoli @anicoli90.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
🚀 Hey #GPCR community on #bluesky! 🌍 The 2nd GPCR Forum Virtual Conference is taking place!🧬 📅 Nov 12–14, 2025 This 3-day virtual event will bring together scientists and researchers from around the world to explore the latest breakthroughs in GPCR! #GPCRforum #ScienceTogether
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
A new special issue entitled “Emerging Voices in GPCR Biology” is now available in Molecular Pharmacology, highlighting innovative research led by early-career investigators (ECIs) across key areas of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) science. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Emerging Voices in GPCR Biology
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Ruth Huttenhain @rhuttenhain.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
My lab @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social is recruiting! We are looking for a postdoc at the interface of quantitative proteomics and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) biology: postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/... #TeamMassSpec #Proteomics #GPCR #Postdoc
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Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Ruth Huttenhain | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
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Science Magazine @science.org · 23/09/2025
"Talent and grit matter, but so do structure, transparency, and care." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4nCiPYg
An illustration of a person standing at the top of stairs that end, with text: To increase diversity in STEM, a foot in the door isn’t enough. We need better support.
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Científico Latino @cientificolatino.com · 09/09/2025
Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline? We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨ 🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks #NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship
Flyer How to apply to the NSF-GRFP (in 7 weeks!). Check out our comprehensive guide and timeline for applying to the  NSF-GRFP (or any fellowship!) on a deadline. 
Give it a shot — it’s not too late! Resource by Olivia Goldman, PhD and John Lê. Photos of authors. Cientifico Latino, Inc. logo. Link: cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks
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Sabina Vohra-Miller @sabivm.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
New NYT article detailing new requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine across US. This is all very preliminary information, but I suggest if you live in these states that may require a prescription, you acquire a script from your family doctor asap.
STATES REQUIRING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR COVID-19 VACCINES
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34 states have no set limits, people can simply check a box when they make an appointment online to attest that they meet the FDA criteria, without a prescription or other documentation.
16 states require a prescription: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia, District of Columbia In Massachusetts, Nevada and New Mexico, CVS is not currently able to offer the COVID-19 as of yet.
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16 states require a prescription: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Washington State, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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Nina Tsvetanova @tsvetanovalab.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Our preprint “GPCR endocytosis rewires neuronal gene expression and cellular architecture” is now live on bioRxiv. 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... We uncover how GPCR trafficking shapes protein content and neuronal structure. Congratulations to our team members, Katherine Hall and Matt Klauer! A short🧵
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Emily Blythe @emilyblythe.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The Blythe Lab is growing! This summer we welcomed our first lab members: junior researcher Eamon Cole and postdoc Dr. Chantel Mastos.
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Nature Chemical Biology @natchembio.nature.com · 07/08/2025
A new paper proposes an ‘intracrine’ signaling mechanism whereby a G protein-coupled receptor (FFA4) senses locally released fatty acids on intracellular membranes associated with lipid droplets to efficiently regulate lipolysis in adipocytes www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Intracrine FFA4 signaling controls lipolysis at lipid droplets - Nature Chemical Biology
An ‘intracrine’ signaling mechanism is proposed whereby a G-protein-coupled receptor (free fatty acid receptor 4) senses locally released fatty acids on intracellular membranes associated with lipid d...
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Nicki Perry-Hauser @nicoleperryhauser.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 Excited to share my latest work, now on bioRxiv: “Altered striatal dopamine regulation in ADGRL3 knockout mice” 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Altered striatal dopamine regulation in ADGRL3 knockout mice
Dopaminergic signaling is essential for regulating movement, learning, and reward. Disruptions in this system are linked to neuropsychiatric disorders such as ADHD. ADGRL3, an adhesion G protein-coupl...
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
“If you cut out these diversity measures, you're going to make science full of people that are very elite…Full of people who have grown up with a large amount of privilege, who were able to work in a lab in high school because their dad was a prof at Cornell.” 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
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How Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts Are Hurting Rural White Americans Too
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/06/2025
BOOM! Last nite we blew through the 20K mark and already @ 21K and counting. Wanna feel what it feels like to stand together w/ 20,000+ other science stans supporting the heroes of the #BethesdaDeclaration? CLICK to sign our #NIHLoveLetter here actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na... #StandUpForScience
image with handmade protest sign reading "NIH funding saves lives Creates Jobs" on left with call to action on right reading "Sign the Bethesda Declaration Support Letter - ADD YOUR NAME NOW!"
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May. 4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May. The total funded was 99! Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments. 1/2
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AAUP @aaup.org · 27/05/2025
The Trump administration is unlawfully seeking to destroy higher education in the United States. It now demands that we sacrifice our international students in the process. Universities cannot acquiesce to such extortion.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 16/05/2025
Three new papers in Science report that astrocytes are indispensable for neuromodulatory signaling across diverse neural circuits, behavioral contexts, and species. Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/43iprSX
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Astrocytes, hidden puppet masters of the brain
Astrocyte signaling pathways influence neuronal networks and behavioral responses to neuromodulators
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The NIH has dropped its research funding by $2.7 billion so far this year. Cancer research funding has declined 31%. And new NIH research grants fell to the lowest level in more than a decade. Eye-opening findings in today's HELP committee minority report: www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
New report from Bernie Sanders, ranking member on the HELP committee www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u... Lots of substance in here. Some highlights... 1/n
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Unlawful grant terminations are harming young scientists and threatening innovation. ASCB joins leaders calling for immediate funding restoration. www.ascb.org/society-news...
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Leading Life Science Organizations: Unlawful Grant Terminations Pose Grave Threat to America’s Innovation Pipeline - ASCB
Amicus Brief Filed in Support of Suit Calling for Immediate Funding Restoration WASHINGTON, DC – Four leading life science organizations, including the ASCB, filed an amicus brief today asking the cou...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Science article with perspectives from NIH insiders www.science.org/content/arti... 1/n
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NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’
After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding
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Nicole Fisher @nicolefish.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Excited to share my first paper from my postdoc! In this study, we demonstrate that the mu opioid receptor produces a second wave of G protein activity on endosomes in a manner that doesn’t require receptor internalization. Check it out! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Griffin Chure @gchure.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Happy to have this out there! I had a lot of fun working with (and learning from) @akshitg.bsky.social on this mini-review on microdiversity in microbial populations and how current ecological theory fails to quantitatively explain the observations. doi.org/10.1111/1462...
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Paradox of the Sub‐Plankton: Plausible Mechanisms and Open Problems Underlying Strain‐Level Diversity in Microbial Communities
“Paradox of the sub-plankton: Plausible mechanisms and open problems underlying strain-level diversity in microbial communities” by Akshit Goyal* and Griffin Chure*. This work highlights the limitati...
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Nihil Dev 🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦🇵🇸 @nihildev.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival. www.ourhealthroi.com
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Our Health ROI
Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.
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Flora Rutaganira @frutag33.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Hello Community! Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
Flyer for the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium (including QR code in top right corner). This symposium highlights the work of exceptional early-career scientists in the broad field of quantitative biological and biomedical sciences, with a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship, and community engagement. These early career scientists are preparing to launch a faculty search. Applications are due May 30th, 2025.
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Michelle Frei @michellefrei17.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Happy to see my Postdoc work out @natbiotech.nature.com. Using HaloTag and synthetic fluorophores instead of FPs enables us to shift the spectral properties of kinase activity reporters (KARs) to the far-red 🔬. Huge thanks to everyone involved @jinzhanglab.bsky.social! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Far-red chemigenetic kinase biosensors enable multiplexed and super-resolved imaging of signaling networks - Nature Biotechnology
Far-red kinase biosensors are applied to image kinase signaling networks at super resolution.
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JoAnn Trejo @joann-trejo.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Hey GPCRs, GRKs and Arrestins Scientists, I know these are troubling times but science makes us thrive. Check out the FASEB summer conference in Niagara Falls June 22-26 - great line of up outstanding speakers - we have a few slots open, register now. Abstracts due April 27th!
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David Sherman @iamdsherman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Looking forward to engaging presentations and discussions at #ASBMB25! I’ll be by poster 270 (Abstract 2651) on Sunday highlighting some of our work on the biological function of the strongest known genetic risk factor for fatty liver disease worldwide, PNPLA3-I148M — stop by if you’re interested
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
While I understand why NCI is adding this, I bothers me that it is another mechanism for the rich to get richer I did my postdoc (with foundation support) with a starting faculty member who did not yet have substantial NIH funding It was a great experience (and he was subsequently very successful)
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Sudarshan Rajagopal @sudarrajagopal.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Excited to share work led by Preston Anderson and Peng Xiao in collaboration with Jinpeng Sun (just like old times when we were postdocs in Lefko lab). We find that beta-arrestins form biomolecular condensates to regulate GPCR function - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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β-Arrestin Condensates Regulate G Protein-Coupled Receptor Function
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest class of receptors in the genome and control many signaling cascades essential for survival. GPCR signaling is regulated by β-arrestins, multifuncti...
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JoAnn Trejo @joann-trejo.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Join us for the FASEB meeting on G Protein-coupled Receptor Kinases and Arrestins in Niagara Falls, NY June 22 -26, 2025. Abstracts due April 27th, Hotel reservation by May 25th. See Program Agenda below. Register by June 2 to save $150! events.faseb.org/event/gprk-a...
FASEB Science Research Conference on G Protein-coupled Receptor Kinases and Arrestins
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zara weinberg @weinberz.witchlab.org · 02/04/2025
so sad for so many who have benefitted from this incredible program. this is a tragedy for every scholar, but more importantly for academic science as a whole
I am writing to let you know that due to changes in NIH/HHS priorities, the Maximizing Opportunity for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program has been terminated.
Your institution can continue to draw funds on any active award for allowed costs that are within scope and consistent with the Grants Policy Statement. Further awards will not be made, and NIGMS will not permit no-cost extensions.
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Sara Reardon @sarareardon.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"We spent all this money on this research and we’re not even going to be able to give taxpayers the outcomes." DOGE's cuts to NIH grants may save money on paper, but terminating studies without notice ultimately wastes money, our analysis shows. @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars?
DOGE argues killing grants saves money, but a Science analysis suggests more than $1.4 billion in sunk research costs may produce few results
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Science Magazine @science.org · 31/03/2025
In a landmark commentary last year, 24 scientists from around the globe—all of whom either identify as trans or have trans family members—called for recognition and support from the research community. #TransDayOfVisibility scim.ag/4l8LK5O
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‘We’re hurting.’ Trans scientists call for recognition and support from research community
“Rigorous science demands” it, authors write in landmark commentary
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/03/2025
🚨 Over 70 graduate programs in the biological and biomedical sciences have frozen or slashed admissions. The consequences are profound—how many brilliant minds are being shut out of research entirely? How much future discovery is being lost before it even begins? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
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Emily Blythe @emilyblythe.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Check out our new review!
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
graph of NIH basisfor new drugs
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Emily Blythe @emilyblythe.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We're hiring! Join the Blythe lab as a full-time junior researcher starting Summer 2025. Explore GPCR trafficking and signaling using biochemistry, cell biology, and proteomics. Mentorship, hands-on experience, and career growth await! Apply now: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/367... (UMN job ID #367053)
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Emily Blythe @emilyblythe.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
New preprint! Here, we explore how endocytosis encodes receptor-specific cAMP/PKA signaling downstream of three endogenously coexpressed GPCRs. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Endocytosis sculpts distinct cAMP signal transduction by endogenously coexpressed GPCRs
Many G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) trigger a second phase of G protein-dependent signaling from internal membranes after agonist-induced endocytosis. However, individual GPCRs differ significant...
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Nature @nature.com · 20/02/2025
Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget. go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
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Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 18/02/2025
More and more scientists are joining the ranks of fired federal workers—and fighting back through protests, appeals, and legal challenges.
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Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies
White House dismissals and rationale challenged by dismissed scientists and lawsuits
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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I’ve been warning people about this despite people pointing out that some study sections have gone on. My study section is still on hold for this exact reason 🤦🏾‍♀️
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Nina Tsvetanova @tsvetanovalab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Excited to share the publication of our latest #NIH funded work led by Matt Klauer where we determine how #GPCRs shape the translational landscape of cells: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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John Janetzko @jjanetzko.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
As a hard pivot from the dog/child action, here's some science to share with ya'll. Excited to share our work on developing a practical approach to resolving intact GPCR proteoforms: go.shr.lc/416MyyQ A short 🧵
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Capillary Zone Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry of Intact G Protein-Coupled Receptors Enables Proteoform Profiling
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest class of integral membrane receptors and responsible for transmitting diverse signals in response to extracellular stimuli. Post-translational modif...
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