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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Hey folks: 'Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences' is dirt-cheap as an e-book right now, at least via the evil corporate bookseller: $2.99 (USA, amzn.to/3UlpyMP); or $3.99 (Canada, link.amazon/B00gBshZa). (Or, of course, buy elsewhere if you prefer!)🧪 1/2

Book cover: Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences: an Evidence-Based Approach. With an adorable barn owl perched on a piece of writing.

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Jacob Schreiber @jmschreiber91.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The Programmable Genomics Lab at @umasschan.bsky.social just officially launched our site! We have a "simple" goal: to develop synthetic regulatory elements that target every cell type in every tissue, and control payload dosage/duration Check it out! programmable-genomics.github.io

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Programmable Genomics Laboratory | Home

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Billy Joel plus this cozy corner were the keys to unlock my productivity this morning. Where’s your favorite spot to work?

A table and four chairs nestled in a sunny cafe corner

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Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

This #MicroscopyMonday is a developing Apple Snail embryo. On the left is the shell, the middle the body & the foot at the bottom. On the right the head with the eye (green circle) & the tentacle bud. (@planaria1.bsky.social lab) #ResearchSky #SciSky

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

On today’s episode of “Things I would like to put in a cryo-electron microscope”… 👀🧪🔬

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Many proteins “multitask”, simultaneously performing multiple functions within cells. But how exactly do they do this? In a new paper, Dr. Sumeda Nandadasa and his team peer into the secret life of TMEM67, an important protein that regulates both cilia formation and Wnt signaling. 🧪 #cilia

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 11/05/2025

Lux Capital providing funding opportunities for academic biomedical research aligned with interests 👏 www.luxcapital.com/news/our-hel...

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Our Helpline for American Scientists

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Zebrafish Rock! 🎃 @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

High-resolution optical imaging of the meninges within the brain of an adult zebrafish. Credit to @zebrafish007.bsky.social & #WeinsteinLab. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

Dorsal view of adult zebrafish showing the lymphatic system in the brain and scales. Appearing in three different color combinations.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Title:
SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING

ACTIVE VOICE
e.g.
Our team collected samples and then we tested them.

CLICKBAIT VOICE
e.g.
We collected some samples...
You won't believe what happened next!

PASSIVE VOICE
e.g.
Samples were collected and tested.

HAIKU VOICE
e.g.
Quiet science lab.
Workers arrive with samples.
The testing begins.

PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE
e.g. We did all the collecting and testing.
No need to thank us.
Just doing our job.

CONSPIRACY VOICE
e.g.
Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.

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Rachael Ott @rachaelott.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

For #FluorescenceFriday, a GFP reporter shows nuclei (fire) nestled between lots of lipid droplets in this set of adipocytes 🔬 #Microscopy #CellBiology

Nuclei (fire) and lipid droplets (black; seen by negative staining) are shown in adipocytes.

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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

#CellMigration 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨! Excited to share this video on #FluorescenceFriday 🌈 Today as a GIF to circumvent video compression 😅! Migratory Nascent Myotubes on #Drosophila Testes. Marker: Lifeact-eGFP. Scope: 980 Airyscan (@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social) #cellbio #sciart #devbio #science #microscopy

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Just updated the #SciComm community directory on my website! www.virginiaschutte.com/scicomm-comm... I added a "meet IRL" section that includes @capscicomm.org and 5 groups for folks around England, those lucky ducks Want me to add a place you hang out? LMK who to get sharing permission from!

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Where to find science communication and STEM communities | Virginia Schutte

Where you can find SciComm and identity-based STEM communities online.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

What an incredibly good idea! At UNC alone PhD students come from hundreds of hometowns across the nation. If you're a scientist help your home community see the value of your work & the importance of supporting the next generation of scientists by bring it home to them. Happy to share an example RT

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Please join us next Monday for this webinar where @ecbrooks96.bsky.social will be talking about a very cool story (with gorgeous images) about the role of cilia in craniofacial development! @isdb.bsky.social @diffjournal.bsky.social

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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

🧪TOMORROW 15:00 BST 22/04/2025🧪: gather round for the latest in #cilia & #centrosome research including curious #kinases, co-translational assembly, cilia in #meiosis & spermatogenesis, AND complexes controlling ciliary content from the field's rising talent! Free & open to all... just register!

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Only 29 slots left out of 200--register now!

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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

A week until our 51st @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium: 15/04/2025 15:00-17:15 BST. Still not registered for the series- join us here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... Free and open to all! /1

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BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Highly recommend looking through these #HandsOff Protest photos for a shot of energy. Not just the places you'd expect, either!

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Hundreds of protesters in Port Huron MI. We could see folks gathering across the river in Canada, and some even came to cheer us on from their boats! #handsoff #standupforscience

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/04/2025

HEY DORKS, GET YOUR SIGNS READY! *Two* upcoming opportunities to Stand Up for Science, together. 🚨TOMORROW APRIL 5TH🚨 In partnership with @indivisible.org we say: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE Find an event near you and register here: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s... #standupforscience #handsoff

Hands off! Our science. In partnership with indivisible. National day of action 4/5/25

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Ashley Kalinski @kalinskilab.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

These grant terminations are targeting the best & brightest and the literal future of our profession. We should all be outraged. Every grant was earned & stood up to intense review. They deserve to continue their work. They matter. Their science matters. We have to stand up against these attacks

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralizing invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated. Rosalind Franklin (to father)

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Bombastic side eye, brought to you by St. Patty’s Day.

A sassy looking dog wearing a green plaid bow tie and a green hat with a gold clover on it

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Stop collaborate and listen! 😀Yesterday was a great day for science! Thank you @standupforscience.bsky.social !The real work begins now. People are listening! We need to challenge misunderstandings and show that investment in science is crucial for our health for our economy and for our future!

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Scientists out here with their thermo fisher box signs 😂🥰

A protester holds up a cardboard box from thermo scientific

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RNA Therapeutics Institute @rti-umasschan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Join us on Friday, March 7th at Stand Up for Science in Boston, D.C., or find your nearest city: buff.ly/vxGuGhX To attend Boston's event, register (for free) here: buff.ly/LQHZOra #scienceisforeveryone #standupforscience2025

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/03/2025

On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone. Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️

navy blue background with white text that says "3 days until we stand up for science"

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Always relaxing to do a little arts and crafts over the weekend. standupforscience2025.org

A homemade protest sign reading: science matters

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I work in amazing place: UNC-Chapel Hill Biology. Our faculty of ~50 includes folks engaged in both basic science & pedagogical research. We have an opening for a new Teaching Assistant or Associate Professor to join us in July 2025-happy to answer questions RT unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/297...

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Teaching Asst or Teaching Associate Professor

The position calls for teaching three classes per semester, which may include fundamental classes for biology majors such as cell biology and genetics, and biodiversity (ecology, evolution, and organi...

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

standupforscience2025.org

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

She’s been sorted into… Griffindog!

A dog wearing a Harry Potter scarf and glasses

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

500 classrooms have signed up for Skype a Scientist 2025! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & other groups for Q&A sessions. It's FREE! We have an advertising budget of $0. So tell an educator in your life that we exist SkypeAScientist.com

a hot pink flip phone with a DNA strand on the screen next to courier font text that says "Text a teacher: You can get matched with a scientist for a virtual Q&A in your classroom for free with skype a scientist"

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

If you want to join our starter pack please do comment below - we are going to start a third one soon And if you asked to be in in the past but now feel you are at risk for being in them, do DM us and we will remove you. #StaySafeStayStrong go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

20+ hours of focused writing time x 9 junior faculty members + 5 iCAP staff = 1 very productive week. @marymunson4.bsky.social

Two people sitting and writing on their computers

Four people sitting and writing on their computers

Large group sitting around a table talking about grants

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Yesterday’s hike break! Fresh air and movement are soooo important when writing all day for a week.

Selfie of a group of people in the woods

Panoramic view of a partially frozen lake

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Taco Tuesday (lunch) followed by Thai food Tuesday (dinner) has made for some very full and happy writing retreat participants!

Two people stand before an elaborate taco bar

A group of people sitting at a table in a Thai restaurant

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

So excited to be kicking off the iCAP Winter Writing Retreat! Anyone else geek out over writing/school supplies the way that I do?

A bureau covered in neatly organized writing supplies (timers, notebooks, sticky notes, highlighters, etc)

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Justine Pinskey, PhD @justinepinskey.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

My puppy turned 1 this weekend! Hope this picture brings you even a fraction of the joy it brings me 😂🥳🥰

A dog with a birthday hat on sits at a kitchen table in front of a donut hole with a candle stuck in it.

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Sandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Reminder that I made a starter pack of folks who post (at least sometimes!) about the practice and history of scientific writing - advice, context, etc. If you know someone who does that, and I've missed them, let me know! go.bsky.app/TwZVnjU

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Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

This will be a wonderful conference - come discuss the origin of metazoans and enjoy fruits de mer with us in Roscoff!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

If you came to my talk today at #SICB2025 (or didn’t!) and want to get a copy of the science communication logistics worksheet, check it out at bit.ly/heySICB

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Scicomm Mapping Worksheet.pdf

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John Dolan @tintinnman.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

One last question for 2024! Was Seuss's Grinch inspired by a larval bryozoan? Barrois 1877 (plate 16, fig. 8, colorized).

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