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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 15h

I am I-need-a-new-pair-of-readers-every-few-months years old👵

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 18h

Earlier this year the scientific community successfully fought back on dramatic changes in Federal funding proposed by the Trump Administration.Now another RFI is proposing substantial changes that would damage peer review. This letter from SDB President Helen McNeill lays out the issue clearly 1/n

Dear SDB Members,

I am writing you now to ask everyone to respond to a proposed change to the way that grant review information at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is communicated to grant applicants, institutions, and NIH program staff. This is your opportunity to provide feedback on the process that selects our grants for funding.

The proposed change means that individuals, institutes and NIH staff will no longer receive the final overall impact score or percentile score that reflects the scientific opinion of a panel of experts. Currently, three reviewers provide their detailed opinion of a grant, and then the entire panel asks questions, can examine figures, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of a grant, and then members all independently score. The final overall impact score reflects this discussion and careful consideration of the entire scientific panel.

The proposed change is to now simply divide the scored grants into three categories: Scored applications would be grouped into three broad categories - “Most Competitive (top 25%),” “Competitive (26%-50%),” and “Not Discussed”. The motivation for the change is that decisions would now focus on the comments of reviewers, not the score of the grant to determine which grants to support. However, the current mechanism allows for scores and comments to be considered. Thus, removing the score component from NIH staff makes selection of which grants to fund more burdensome for NIH staff.

The loss of detailed scores will also make it more difficult for researchers to assess how competitive an application was and determine whether to revise and resubmit it. An application ranked top 2% and one ranked 24th% would receive the same label, even if the scientific panel viewed them quite differently. Meanwhile, applications ranked 25th%and 26th% would be placed in different categories because of a tiny difference that NIH itself says should not be treated as meaningful. The proposal would erase potentially important differences while creating arbitrary new dividing lines.

This is a dramatic loss of transparency in the scientific review process. Under the new plan, principal investigator(s), applicant institutions, NIH program staff, ICO leadership, and the relevant NIH Advisory Council will no longer have access to the final overall score.

NIH is explicitly asking for input on this particular question.

This is a Request for Information (RFI), not simply an announcement of a policy that has already been finalized. NIH says comments will be used to inform the final recommendation, including implementation and communication.

Please comment here: https://rfi.grants.nih.gov/?s=6a2b1c22c3fcfda46e0badd2

Deadline for response receipt is October 13, 2026, 11:59 PM ET.

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 19h

Is this the new motto for the WNT meeting? 🧪

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 19h

Congratulations to @stjuderesearch.bsky.social postdoc @christinaadaly.bsky.social for formal acceptance of her paper! Stay tuned - more details to come soon! 🎉 🥳 🧪

Christina Daly wearing a lab coat standing in a lab.

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I love supporting all my fellow brilliant lady authors, I want to see all of you win everything, make all the bestseller lists, and get all the TV deals. GET IT

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Seen posted around campus 👻 🤣

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

4/4 If we're talking pure rock 'n' roll rather than overall artistry, though, I'd probably give the crown to Led Zeppelin I really don't have much to argue with here 🤓 🎸

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

3/4 Abbey Road The Beatles best classic rock Exile on Main St. The Rolling Stones best gritty rock OK Computer Radiohead best alternative rock Revolver The Beatles most revolutionary Born to Run Bruce Springsteen best songwriting

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

2/4 Exceptional songwriting & sound design; Works as a complete album, not just a collection of singles; Decades later, it still sounds remarkably modern. But the answer depends on what you mean by best: The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd best overall; Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin best hard rock

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Who knew that ChatGPT had good taste in music? Prompt: What is the best rock album of all time? Answer: If I had to pick one, I'd go with The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. Nearly flawless sequencing and atmosphere; Huge influence on rock, progressive rock, and studio production; 🧵1/4

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy Birthday to our amazing lab manager Miriam @miriamdillard.bsky.social! We’d be lost without her! Have a great day! 🧪

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy first #FluorescenceFriday of October! I'm going with Halloween inspired images this month, so am recycling this Slimer cell from last year. Microscopy by @stjuderesearch.bsky.social graduate student Christina Wang! 🧪 🔬 👩‍🔬

A confocal micrograph of a cell in the shape of a green ghost.

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am supposed to be writing so, of course, I am procrastinating. I asked ChatGPT about doves and it told me that mourning doves are nice to watch because: "They look like birds that have somewhere quiet to be, and they're never in much of a hurry to get there." 😄 🪶

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’ve reached the age where I’m jealous of young people’s good knees 👵🏼

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I used to live near a business that put a new inspirational quote on their outdoor sign every Monday. Years later, the one I remember is: "Nap when you can" 😉

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you looking for a postdoc exploring the cell biology of development, defining how cells change shape and move? Do you want to develop a research program & teaching skills preparing you for a position at a college or small University? Our new NIH grant will support those goals 1/n Please share

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David Solecki @so-lets-kilab70.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Georgios Skiniotis and I are announce a unique St. Jude faculty search: a joint effort between the CoE for Structural Cell Biology an intellectual community advancing structural imaging & the Division of Neuronal Cell Biology. CryoET/vEM + neuron cell biology = 🚀 talent.stjude.org/careers/JobD...

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Faculty position, Neuronal Cell Biology and Cryo-ET/vEM

Department of Developmental NeurobiologyCenter of Excellence for Structural Cell Biology and Neuronal Cell Biology DivisionSt. Jude Children’s Research HospitalThe Center of Excellence for...

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Please consider planting some native plants in your yard to help the pollinators 🫶 No yard? A few clover plants in a window box can make a big difference for pollinators in the city 💙🐝🦋💚

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Frank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m delighted to share that my book has won the @britishecologicalsociety.org Book of the Year Award! 🪱📚🎉

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This 🧵 about a flight diverted to Iceland is so choice 🤌 Well told @sarahjeong.bsky.social - sorry for your travel troubles, but thanks for the masterclass in travel live posting 😁

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If it's an AI generated movie from a real micrograph, my guess is that the whole purple area is the nucleus with the mito looking things being nuclear structures that the AI tried to transform into known cellular structures?? If 🟣 is the nucleus, that would cilia sizing more believable 🤷‍♀️ Maybe?

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So it's AI SciArt? Confusing, since the text below is copied directly from their list of competition rules: "AI generated videos are not permitted and Sponsor holds the right to request the original video for verification."

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Woodland Park Zoo @woodlandparkzoo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We're in a pickle... help us rate these Goose pics on scale of "Awww!" to "Mayor of Squee City!!!" p.s. If you have cute aggression brought on by manul bleps, fair warning.

A Pallas's cat with long, dense fur and distinctive markings, such as a fluffy tail and rounded ears, is perched on a rocky surface, intently looking at the camera.

A Pallas's cat stands on a mossy surface, looking forward with its mouth slightly open, exposing teeth. The background is blurred, highlighting the cat's dense fur and intense expression.

A Pallas's cat perched on a rocky surface, looking to the side with its tongue sticking out. Its fur is thick and gray with patches of white.

A Pallas's cat with thick, grey fur is standing on rocky terrain, looking upward. The background features a stone surface and a small cave opening.

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Imagine my excitement upon learning that Starbucks offers a “Hedgehog pop” 🤗 🦔

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 20/09/2026

“Vought told Congress during a hearing in June that “when we find [a grant] that’s problematic that our policy officials would not have caught, we need to be able to turn it off,” he said.”’ That is as plain a statement of the unitary executive approach to running science agencies as I can imagine

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happy birthday to postdoc @christinaadaly.bsky.social ! Here’s to a year of great data 👩🏻‍🔬 🤓! 🥳

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 18/09/2026

Fire is invented.

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

TGI #FluorescenceFriday! This is a section from a P3 🐭🫁 expressing the confetti lineage tracer. The original image was converted to #SciArt using the emboss filter in PS. 🔬 by postdoc @christinaadaly.bsky.social 🧪 #DevBio 👩‍🔬

artistic rendering of a microscopic image of a mouse lung section. cells are shown in different colors against a gray background.

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am not an expert, so don't know. I got hooked by the Nat Geo article. The primary literature piece is pretty far outside my wheelhouse 🤓

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

TBH it is pretty cute. I might have assumed it was a "designer" domestic cat and taken it in myself. Maybe. 😺🤷‍♀️🐯

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I read the article about this 🐈 in Nat Geo - found by a man who thought it was a domestic kitten. After living with it for a year, he realized it was a wildcat 😲 🧪 Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America

Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...

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Eric Hall @erichall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Faisal Mahdi's review made the cover🎉 what a great end to a long first week of the semester! Interested in how cytonemes may be regulating how cancers and TME communicate? Check out the review! www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Question: How long can a #cytoneme get? Answer: Looooooong. 🔬 by @stjuderesearch.bsky.social graduate student Christina Wang. 🟣 marks the membrane of a cultured fibroblast. 🧪

A confocal micrograph of a cell with a very long cellular protrusion called a cytoneme.

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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Welcoming rotating @stjuderesearch.bsky.social grad student Ryan Mesler to the lab! Fun fact: he was a literature major in college - and ended up as a biomedical sciences PhD student! 🧪 🤓 🥼

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Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme #Mouthful , here's a Yellow-billed cardinal about to feed her chick, who seems pretty well-fed already LOL. Big Island, Hawaii ( @drivebymuses.bsky.social 's back porch, in fact). #birds 📷🌿🦉

A yellow-billed cardinal mother about to feed her chick...who is getting close to being an adult. Mom is a small grey bird with a red head and white belly, while Junior is still in baby feathers, browns greys and whites. Not for much longer tho! Mom has a large seed or possibly crumb in her mouth and Junior is doing the Frantic Food Wing Flap

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 10/09/2026

There's still time to save the #RoadlessRule and all that it protects. The comment period has been extended, but it's open only until Oct 6. We need as many people as possible to raise their voices and urge the Forest Service to keep roadless #NationalForests protected 🔗➡️ bit.ly/4goOc6L

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