Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtBrian Sletten @bsletten.bsky.social · 17/06/2026After all this time looking for it! #humor #math #foundontheinternet #nerdhumor 295102561361
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtEscape Pod @escapepod.org · 14/05/2026Howdy, sapient observers! Today we've got a bright new original for you, looking at interstellar flight in a fresh way: "The Graduates of Formost 891c" by @cultureworrier.bsky.social. My god, it's full of Texas...escapepod.orgEscape Pod 1045: The Graduates of Formost 891cThey say that in Texas, the best jobs go to the best citizens. The goal is national full employment. And everyone, no matter their work history, has their place in this great plan. “You want me to… 163
Reposted by Laura Scheinfeldtfbhughes @cultureworrier.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Teachers have it rough, especially in Texas under machine rule. But what if you and your whaleship changed the terms of employment? Now available, my first sale to Escape Pod: "The Graduates of Formost 891c." escapepod.org/2026/05/14/e... 052
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtUW Genome Sciences @uwgenome.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Image-based, pooled phenotyping reveals multidimensional, disease-specific variant effects www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...cell.comImage-based, pooled phenotyping reveals multidimensional, disease-specific variant effectsVariant in situ sequencing (VIS-seq) links genetic variants to cell images, revealing how variants affect molecules, subcellular structures, and cells at scale. Applied to thousands of LMNA and PTEN v... 051
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtLaura Scheinfeldt @lscheinfeldt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026New story out about scoundrels trying to cross the Ben Franklin Bridge into Philly (gavagai.com/posts/2337) 022
Laura Scheinfeldt @lscheinfeldt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026New story out about scoundrels trying to cross the Ben Franklin Bridge into Philly (gavagai.com/posts/2337) 022
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtbioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Community member, community liaison and researcher perspectives on the creation of HapMap and 1000 Genomes Project iPSCs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 022
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtEarth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Today we remember Jane Goodall, who inspired a generation to protect wildlife and wild places, turning careful observation into lasting conservation. “A 'tireless advocate' for the protection of our natural world'”- Jane Goodall Institute 0369
Laura Scheinfeldt @lscheinfeldt.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Noticing a growing clan of crows in Philly lately 040
Reposted by Laura Scheinfeldtfbhughes @cultureworrier.bsky.social · 17/08/2025:( many unproductive moments in grad school spent here. never ate the hotdogs though. 001
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 13/08/2025FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...thetransmitter.orgHarvard University lays off fly database teamThe layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades. 3123129
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtbioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 22/06/2025New iPSC resource with long-read whole genome sequencing characterizations for enhanced in vitro modeling www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 042
Reposted by Laura Scheinfeldtfbhughes @cultureworrier.bsky.social · 13/06/2025My contributor’s copy of @radonjournal.bsky.social Issue 10 has arrived! 062
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtThomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 11/06/2025The benefit of living in Denmark is that I can take ggplot2 out to a bar to celebrate 2564
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtMaitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Had a great time collaborating with artist argot chen this week as part of the inaugural Sxaffold scientist/artist encounter. We made Mt. Rainier from agar using a 3D printed mold, then painted with colorful yeast strains www.sxaffold.org 2233
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya June 10, 10am ET www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...appropriations.senate.govA Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on AppropriationsUnited States Senate Committee on Appropriations 06846
Laura Scheinfeldt @lscheinfeldt.bsky.social · 01/06/2025The Oneiromantic Sheep by @cultureworrier.bsky.social is out in issue 10 of @radonjournal.bsky.social ! www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/the...radonjournal.comThe Oneiromantic Sheep | Issue 10Radon Journal Issue 10 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary. 051
Laura Scheinfeldt @lscheinfeldt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025JMD June issue including our new paper on the GeT-RM PGx Search Tool and Consolidated PGx and HLA Table resources of characterized DNA reference materials for pharmacogenetic and HLA testing 020
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtRadon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 27/05/2025We're leaping into day 2 of our author reveal! Take a sneak peak at these titles from the gifted Rebecca O’Bern, Spencer Keene, Frank Baird Hughes @cultureworrier.bsky.social, and Julian Quaglia! Come back tomorrow as we reveal our last round of titles and authors. #indiejournal #scifi #dystopia 0103
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtHuman Pangenome Reference Consortium @humanpangenome.bsky.social · 12/05/2025📢 HPRC Release 2 is here! Now with phased genomes from 200+ individuals, a 5x increase from Release 1. Explore sequencing data, assemblies, annotations & alignments in our interactive data explorer ⬇️: humanpangenome.org/hprc-data-re... 03728
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtRebecca Lexa, Naturalist @rebeccanaturalist.bsky.social · 07/05/2025A cool bit of #paleontology and #evolution news today: scitechdaily.com/a-108-millio... #monotremes #mammals #echidna #platypus #Australia #wildlife #fossils 🌿scitechdaily.comA 108-Million-Year-Old Bone Just Rewrote Our Understanding of the World’s Strangest MammalNew fossil evidence suggests echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, not a land-based one. The bone structure closely resembles that of semi-aquatic animals like the platypus. A tiny fossiliz... 0168
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Most people haven’t heard of this test, which is available in the US. It accurately predicts Alzheimer’s (not just if there’s a risk, but when). It is modulated by exercise and likely other lifestyle factors. Here’s (almost) everything we know about it erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt... 29647226
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtJason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The development and evaluation of Polygenic Risk Score reports: A systematised review of the literature www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #genetics #genomics #PRS #riskpredictionsciencedirect.comThe development and evaluation of Polygenic Risk Score reports: A systematised review of the literatureThe return of polygenic risk scores (PGS) is currently being assessed in research settings for clinical utility and validity, and it is anticipated th… 041
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtThe Journal of Molecular Diagnostics @jmdiagn.bsky.social · 31/03/2025#ArticleinPress: New Resources to Identify Characterized DNA Reference Materials for PGx and HLA Testing: The Genetic Testing Reference Material (GeT-RM) Program PGx Search Tool and GeT-RM Consolidated PGx and HLA Table. Full text: www.jmdjournal.org/article/S152...jmdjournal.orgNew Resources to Identify Characterized DNA Reference Materials for PGx and HLA Testing: The Genetic Testing Reference Material (GeT-RM) Program PGx Search Tool and GeT-RM Consolidated PGx and HLA Tab...Regulations, accreditation standards, and professional guidance require laboratories to use reference materials for assay development, validation, quality control, and proficiency testing of clinical ... 133
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtRyan Anderson @anthropologia.bsky.social · 28/03/2025From the 2019 AABA statement on race and racism: "Race does not provide an accurate representation of human biological variation. It was never accurate in the past, and it remains inaccurate when referencing contemporary human populations." Link here: bioanth.org/about/aaba-s...bioanth.orgAABA Statement on Race & Racism - AABAThe following AABA Statement on Race & Racism was written by the AABA subcommittee tasked with revising the previous “AAPA statement on the Biological Aspects […] 052
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Only 9% of >105,000 people with 30-years of follow-up reached age 70 without chronic diseases. Our diet and healthy aging, a review of the new report @naturemedicine.bsky.social this week, and placing it in context erictopol.substack.com/p/our-diet-a...erictopol.substack.comOur Diet and Healthy AgingA very large prospective study assessed dietary patterns and healthy aging 14483127
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/03/2025A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved 5940141640
Reposted by Laura Scheinfeldtfbhughes @cultureworrier.bsky.social · 23/03/2025My story, "The Path to the Cornmill," is out in the Spring 2025 issue of The Colored Lens. Read that & other awesome stories for free w Kindle Unlimited (or order hardcopy like I did). Proud of this one--it took years to sell, but it's packed with family history: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1TV54J...amazon.comThe Colored Lens: Spring 2025The Colored Lens: Spring 2025 [Mou, Tunvey, Zhao, Sophia, Hughes, Frank Baird, DeLeskie, Jennifer, Vogel, Dawn, Morris, N.V., Dawson, E. N., Danforth, Rick, Barr, Phoebe, Piel, Michael] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Colored Lens: Spring 2025 121
Reposted by Laura Scheinfeldtjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/03/2025american ingenuity wins again 1352106105
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The more you know... 1618038
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtAnnika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Sad milestone: As of today more than half of scheduled study sections this year did not meet as scheduled. Sections not meeting as scheduled today (2/26): BCO, CIHB, HHD, LHB, MABS, PMDA, TAG, CDIN, MPPA, ZRG IIDB-F. As of now, the NIH has no new postings to the Federal Register since 01/21/25. 34833
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtJohn P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 24/02/2025A fascinating paper investigating circumstantial evidence that suggests that one of the ways that some pelagic marine fish larvae avoid predation is by Batesian mimicry of noxious, unpalatable, and/or low- caloric-value invertebrates primarily cnidarians & ctenophores.🐟🧪 zenodo.org/records/1488... 35617
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 18/02/2025A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter. By @avaskham.bsky.social bit.ly/3X8ngz8thetransmitter.orgFederal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freezeNIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt... 12350326
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtAtanas G. Atanasov @atanas-g-atanasov.bsky.social · 12/02/2025🍵 Best teas against insomnia – backed by science 🔗 inpst.net/best-teas-ag... 🌐 #INPST #Sleep 34010
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 15/02/2025This excellent interactive tutorial on misleading data visualizations explores the idea of a "counter chart" — the graph you draw in response to refute a misleading claims flowingdata.com/projects/dis...flowingdata.comDefense Against Dishonest ChartsThis is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things. 531211441
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtJennifer Raff @jenniferraff.bsky.social · 14/02/2025“Your work is your rebellion” 13520
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtThe Onion @theonion.com · 11/02/2025Philadelphia Enjoys Quiet Week Of Super Bowl Victory Reflection theonion.com/philade... 303390258
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtAlbert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 10/02/2025More bad news due to the #Trump #NIH war for the #LifeScienceTools companies in #biotech: Monday trading shows Illumina $ILMN shedding another -6%, and @10xgenomics.bsky.social $TXG which is highly tied to academic budgets is down -10-12% in today's trading. PacBio $PACB down -33% in the last 4wk. 23324
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 10/02/2025How to get 146% return on investment? The NIH. That's just the economic benefit. Biomedical research promotes human health. 9621211
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 07/02/2025This week's editorial and cover at @thelancet.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... "The past 3 weeks have generated much anger, fear, and sorrow—but it is no time for panic. The medical and scientific communities must come together and stand up for this vision." 15770231
Reposted by Laura Scheinfeldtderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/01/2025me in the morning once trump imposes a 50% tariff on colombian imports 192147461862
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtJason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 22/01/2025The evolution of dbSNP: 25 years of impact in genomic research academic.oup.com/nar/article/... #dbsnp #genetic #genomics #bioinformaticsacademic.oup.comThe evolution of dbSNP: 25 years of impact in genomic researchAbstract. The Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Database (dbSNP), established in 1998 by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), has been a 1148
Laura Scheinfeldt @lscheinfeldt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Our new study on iPSC reprogramming is out: dx.doi.org/10.1155/sci/.... We compare the impact of non-integrating methods across source materials on hiPSC reprogramming success rates. The Sendai method outperformed episomal reprogramming while source material had no influence on success.dx.doi.orgHuman iPSC Reprogramming Success: The Impact of Approaches and Source MaterialsSince their discovery, human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have been instrumental in biomedical research, particularly in the fields of disease modelling, drug screening and regenerative th... 011
Reposted by Laura ScheinfeldtTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 15/01/2025Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashestcrn.chBluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, FlashesMore good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that… 887329806665
Reposted by Laura Scheinfeldtfbhughes @cultureworrier.bsky.social · 14/01/2025I took pictures of tonight's lunar occultation of Mars. I didn't the right know-how or equipment to get both Mars and the moon at the right exposure, but I like my technique-challenged versions. 011
