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Jillian Simon @jnsimon.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Huge relief to have finally received this R01 funding award so we can move the needle forward on defining how lysosomal ion dysregulation causally contributes to ischemic heart disease. Stay tuned…big things to come 😊

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Why would anyone want to be a scientist? Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Screenshot of Essay from Martin Schwartz on 'Why would anyone want to be a scientist'. An anniversary article from The Company of Biologists published in Journal of Cell Science.

The first few lines are: It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently filled with failure and rejection. But, strange even to myself, I not only don't question the unfavorable risk-to-reward ratio but consider myself astonishingly lucky to be a scientist. There are three fundamental pleasures that have sustained me through 50 years of this madness.

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Juan S. Bonifacino @juanbonifacino.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Our lab at the NIH (Bethesda, MD) is looking for postdoctoral fellows to join our team studying the molecular mechanisms of protein trafficking and their links to neurodevelopmental disorders starting on or after 10-1-2025. Send your application to juan.bonifacino@nih.gov. Please share and repost!

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Jillian Simon @jnsimon.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

“I am faculty and want to stay as long as I can [to] support my lab and students, but if the NIH is dramatically cut we may not have a choice to stay in the US,” So many of us are grabbling with these same feelings right now. So sad, but also reassuring to know I’m not alone.

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Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The hits just keep coming for this cohort. First f*cked by COVID and now these delays and obstructions. We need to pursue creative funding strategies and keep the pipeline flowing.

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The Freeman Lab @spencerfreeman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

We've been studying mechanisms of resilience that protect lysosomes from damage and wrote a review on the topic. We consider lysosomal stress and damage on a spectrum. Please help me share as this is my first post 😀 and I don't have many followers! 🙏 Open Access: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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Journal of Clinical Investigation @jci.org · 25/02/2025

An advancement in lysosomal research with diagnostic applications! Esther M. Sammler @ebagnoli.bsky.social & team present a tagless method for profiling lysosomal content from clinical samples: buff.ly/4kiVuu3

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Holden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The response of the science community to the last month is not about one statement or action. It's about all of us with our different frames. For Science's part, we are doing what we have always done and have no plans to change. My thoughts on what we can do. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The chaos, conflicting information, firings, and hurtful rhetoric of the Trump administration’s approach to science over the past month are causing anxiety, grief, and concern for the scientific commu...

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Jillian Simon @jnsimon.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

In the face of these atrocious NIH cuts, I’m reposting this in case it can be of any help. Please feel free to reach out directly if you have any questions.

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Jillian Simon @jnsimon.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

My lab is looking for an enthusiastic postdoc interested in studying lysosomal signaling dynamics in cardiac health and disease. Those especially interested in development & use of targeted biosensors and dynamic super-resolution imaging are encouraged to apply. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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Postdoctoral Fellow - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (US) job with Temple University School of Medicine | 12836829

Postdoctoral fellow within the Aging + Cardiovascular Discovery Center at Temple University

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