Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 28/09/20261/5 Do you use GFP to measure protein abundance? Be very careful. Our new bioRxiv preprint shows that, under translation inhibition, fluorescence can stop tracking how much reporter protein is actually there. Please share widely. 12817
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDReyes-Lamothe lab @reyes-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We’re hiring! The Biology department at McGill is hiring a tenure-track professor in Quantitative Cell Biology. We’re looking for an outstanding researcher and educator to join our community. Deadline: October 9 Info & application: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree... Please share!mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor in Quantitative Cell Biology - Department of BiologyPlease refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ... 15662
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We are masters in our own home. 54286532084
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Congratulations. As someone who’s spent a career doing science, it’s a strange feeling to think this policy may end up helping more people than anything I’ve done so far. 020
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/08/2026And this is just the beginning. 304172633409
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDBrian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Remembering the life of Brandon Jutras gone far too soon www.nhscotthanekamp.com/obituaries/D...nhscotthanekamp.comObituary information for Dr. Brandon Lyon JutrasView Dr. Brandon Lyon Jutras's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more. 1105
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDAngela Andersen @angelaandersen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Kudos to @science.org for this self-analysis of the peer review process. These kind of data are never shared and don't have to be. Wildly refreshing to see it out in the open. Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgEditorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journalsAnalyses of deidentified data reveal complex interactions that quantify success at elite general science journals. 29044
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDPaul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Academic advice travels downhill: manage your supervisor, publish early, protect your time. Where is the genre in which early-career researchers advise the people who hire, fund and judge them? New post 👇 academicrenewal.substack.com/p/the-first-...academicrenewal.substack.comThe first curriculumAcademic survival guides teach junior researchers how to live with the judgements of senior scholars. No corresponding genre gives young researchers authority to advise the people who judge them. 22310
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Arguably the most important installment in this series so far. Will resonate with many idealists who see academia clearly, yet remain committed to it. Perhaps will also help mentees glimpse the weight their mentors carry. 131
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDLoïc A. Royer 💻🔬🧪 @loicaroyer.bsky.social · 29/06/20261/ 🧬🔬 How does one cell become an entire animal? We can now film it in 3D 🐟, but turning those movies into accurate cell tracks is brutally hard. Enter our new #Kaggle challenge: $60K prize pool, to help crack 3D+time cell tracking at scale! 🧵👇 www.kaggle.com/competitions... @biohub.org 17941
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 24/06/20261/ Goodbye, New York. We are going to miss you. 160
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDPaul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Public money should not flow automatically to journals that fail to meet acceptable standards of editorial quality, transparency and accountability. In this post I ask what a journal accreditation system might look like & how it could work. academicrenewal.substack.com/p/building-a...academicrenewal.substack.comBuilding a journal accreditation systemHow journals could be assessed without favouring size, wealth or brand 0116
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 18/06/20261/ Out today in Science (@science.org): a result a decade in the making, and one that changed how I think about what cells are doing when they grow. We found a bacterium that grows slower than it could. And we found the molecular switch that lets us reverse it. 36228
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDPaul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Amongst it all: science is the most humanising of activities. It crosses boundaries, breaks boundaries & reminds that no matter our individual backgrounds or professions, we all delight in figuring out how things work. And fundamentally, we are all scientists: marvel at the curiosity of kids. 095
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026“…early-career researchers in particular need to survive in the system as it is now… speak more openly with them about the difference between scholarship & career strategy, helping them navigate [] realities /wo pretending that the system is healthy – or accepting that it cannot be made well again.“ 010
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDPaul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Our piece about academic renewal is now out in the Times Higher Education. It deals with a familiar topic on which there have been multiple high-level declarations. We need to move beyond the symbolic. Early career researchers, pls read + ask questions! www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/academ...timeshighereducation.comAcademic renewal needs pressure from below and responsibility from aboveHigh-level declarations pledging not to misuse metrics in research assessment are important, but they are far from enough. Senior academics, in particular, must use their influence to ensure instituti... 097
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 15/05/2026A future scholar (bottom left) at Arvind Murugan (@amurugan.bsky.social, top right)’s physical learning seminar at the Flatiron Institute in NYC today. 000
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDScience Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2026Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. scim.ag/4tsDqRrscim.agAfter USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by schoolMove comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs 19839442216
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Congratulations to Haochen Fu on receiving the Jean Fort Dissertation Prize at UCSD! Haochen is our most recent PhD graduate and has just started at Princeton as a Lewis-Sigler Scholar. 🎉🎉🎉 lsi.princeton.edu/people/haoch...lsi.princeton.eduHaochen FuBacterial physiology, plasmid biology, single-cell imaging, precision control 060
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDSimons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 30/04/2026Applications are due in 2 weeks for our Pivot Fellowship! This opportunity enables today’s brightest minds to apply their talents and expertise to a new field. Deadline is May 14, 2026. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/pivo…simonsfoundation.orgPivot FellowshipPivot Fellowship on Simons Foundation 021
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026To be clear about what just happened: The Trump administration sent armed FBI agents to abduct a 78-year-old doctor and former federal public health worker from his home and stripped him because the brainwashed right-wing base, hopped up on a literal conspiracy theory, wants scalps. 4240711397
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Nobel Laureate Jack Szostak “This country has given me endless opportunities…: The America we inhabit today bears almost no resemblance to the country I chose all those years ago” newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-nobel...newsletter.ofthebrave.orgI’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country.Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America. 213774
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDHironori Funabiki @hirofunabiki.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Excited to share our structural insights into how microtubules differentially guide phosphorylation of kinetochore-microtubule regulators, Ndc80 and MCAK, for chromosome segregation. Heroic efforts by Yiming Niu with a fun collaboration with Jennifer DeLuca lab! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgMicrotubules guide Aurora B substrate geometries for accurate chromosome segregationCryo-EM reveals how kinetochore-microtubule attachment is regulated by Aurora B substrate accessibility on microtubules. 32811
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDPietro Cicuta @pcicuta.bsky.social · 14/03/2026International Congress in Biological Physics, Genova, Italy, 28 June to 3 July 2026. URGENT: submission deadline 25 March. Session topics, plenary and invited speakers: www.icbp2026.org IUPAP Physics of Life medal awarded at meeting. Spread the word - and act quickly to submit your work.icbp2026.orgICBP 2026We proudly invite experts in biological physics worldwide to the International Conference on Biological Physics 2026 (ICBP 2026) in the magnificent Italian city of Genoa from June 28 to July 5, 2026 01413
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDSjors Scheres @sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 16/10/2025I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗 beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...beta.ideas.lego.comBiological Laboratory | LEGO® IdeasThis is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ… 8223131
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity. 4664065110699
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 15/02/2026To all graduate students — and all of us in academia. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/w... 050
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDdavidasivak.bsky.social @davidasivak.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Out in @physrevlett.bsky.social: @sfuphysics.bsky.social postdoc Antonio Patrón Castro (in tight collaboration with my colleague John Bechhoefer) pushes our information engine to higher dimensions! doi.org/10.1103/xwjd...doi.orgHarnessing Higher-Dimensional Fluctuations in an Information EngineWe study the optimal performance of an information engine consisting of an overdamped Brownian bead confined in a controllable, $d$-dimensional harmonic trap and additionally subjected to gravity. The... 164
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Read the Save HHS open letter! www.savehhs.org/letter-we-wi...savehhs.orgLetter: We Will Not Be Pawns — Save HHSHHS current and former staff, unified under the name Save HHS, have written an open letter to members of the US Senate, calling for a freeze on funding for ICE and USCBP. The letter asks Senators to s... 07158
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDJoel Boerckel @jboerckel.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Defending PhD student, looking over their thesis: “If I knew then what I know now, I could’ve done all of this in like 9 months.” A thread about my favorite pioneering cave explorers and why I don’t think AI will ever “solve” biology. 38832
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDM. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 03/01/2026“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” — Bertrand Russell 417056
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Excited to announce that our Econophysiology workshop has been accepted at the BIRS in 2027 🇨🇦 Co-organized with Hidde de Jong, Edda Klipp, & Matt Scott, we will bring economists, biologists, and physicists together to build a shared conceptual language across disciplines. Stay tuned! www.birs.ca 041
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 14/12/2025First snow in Greenwich Village, NYC ❄️ 160
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDAnthony Vecchiarelli @cellforganized.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Just got word that we are a go for the Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRS and GRC at Southern New Hampshire University! GRS will be on June 5-6, 2027 GRC will be from June 6-11, 2027 Block off your calendars Prokaryotic Cell Biologists! More details to come! Please repost! 36337
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Excited about our Pew Innovation Fund collaboration with Mike Rust (UChicago). Grateful for the opportunity to push new ideas forward together! www.pew.org/en/research-...pew.orgThrough Collaboration, 7 Research Teams Aim to Transform Biomedical ScienceCollaboration powers scientific discovery. Now 14 accomplished researchers are teaming up to lead such a charge as The Pew Charitable Trusts’ 2025 Innovation Fund investigators. The new class, announc... 050
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDdavidasivak.bsky.social @davidasivak.bsky.social · 05/12/2025We’re hiring! The Department of Physics @sfuphysics.bsky.social at Simon Fraser U (in beautiful and vibrant Vancouver) seeks applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Experimental Biophysics, encompassing all scales of life from molecules to ecosystems. @sfuscience.bsky.social 1159
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDChiu Fan Lee @leebiophysics.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Excited to share that Li Shen and I are recruiting for a fully funded PhD studentship (UK home rates). If you’re interested in the principles of pattern formation and machine learning, this could be a great fit. Full details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comPhD Studentship in the Machine Learning of Pattern Formation at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - PhD Studentship in the Machine Learning of Pattern Formation at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com 042
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Autumn in the backyard of the Greenwich School of Music. 030
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Congrats to the new class of @simonsfoundation.org pivot fellows! What an inspiring group. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/s...simonsfoundation.orgSimons Foundation Announces Fourth Class of Pivot FellowsThe Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the fourth class of its Pivot Fellowship. 0133
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Been awhile — good to see you, Harvard. 030
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDSTCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Ray: Just a note to say STC is officially back up and running!! You can view our new home via smallthingsconsidered.blog 1279
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Academic job applicant from Greenwich Village… 100
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO... Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out. Watch and share! 1/7youtube.comTop researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'YouTube video by PBS NewsHour 4190100
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Hardest working people in Manhattan. Hats off to them. 010
Reposted by Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSDFabai Wu @fabaiwu.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Glad to share our paper out today @NatureEcoEvo: “Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor”. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microsky #archaeaskynature.comSerial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor - Nature Ecology & EvolutionPhylogenetic and biochemical analyses show a diversity of components of the DNA replication machinery in different Asgard archaea that contributed to the eukaryotic DNA replication machinery. 56728
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025From the Flatiron Institute’s rooftop — autumn is arriving in Manhattan. 160
Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Must read for graduate admissions committees everywhere. 030