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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

It is such a treat to be part of this team. Way to go Sophie, Suzanne, and Bill!

Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

NIH funding REINSTATED! Thank you to @atg.wa.gov and other attorneys general and to Judge Young. This saves the career of a promising junior scientist. TY @jeremymberg.bsky.social for all your help interpreting these events.

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Chang Liu @chang-c-liu.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Happy to share the peer-reviewed and updated version of our work on OrthoRep-driven evolution of aaRSs for genetic code expansion with unnatural amino acids. Congrats to Yuichi Furuhata, a true master bioengineer, on leading this excellent work! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Directed evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases through in vivo hypermutation - Nature Communications

Genetic code expansion (GCE) enables the incorporation of new amino acids into proteins. Here, authors demonstrate the rapid OrthoRep-driven evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases for GCE, increasing...

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I am so sorry - for them and for you. Have been ousted from admin roles I know how sucky it feels. Anything that takes choice away from us hurts. My hope is the next chapter is even better.

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Jordan Meier @doc-jlmeier.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 09/04/2025

Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

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Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN

Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The notice for NEI’s Advisory Council meeting on April 21 is now posted to the public inspection part of the Federal Register and is scheduled to be released tomorrow. Progress!

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Jeremy, you are a real light to us in this time of darkness. Not understanding the system makes everything so much harder.

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

My NEI proposal previously assigned to cancelled February Council round now says in Commons status page: Advisory Council (AC) Meeting Date: 04/21/2025 Meeting Time: 10:00. Anyone know whether that could be part of expedited review or is NEI Council might really be meeting then?

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

With twice as many grants to fund (from two study sections rounds), how will they get all the paperwork done to fund before end of fiscal year? Might they ask for JIT submissions early? I don’t usually get asked til after Council meets so the info is “fresh.” How can we help POs under such pressure?

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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

11 folks in the Gordon and Zagotta lab family at Seattle #StandUpForScience event. We joined at least five other labs from @uw-nbio.bsky.social. This PhD student and postdoc organized event gives me hope that we can #ResistTogether to make science the culture we aspire to.

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Great ideas! Thanks for the printable files!

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

What ideas do ppl have for text to put on signs? #Seattle friends: bring your sign-making materials to my lab at 10 am for a sign-making party! We can then take light rail to the demo together.

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

From University of Washington “It is simply not possible for departments or the university to cover the costs currently funded by federal awards… we cannot count on the state of Washington to backstop federal funding.” www.washington.edu/research/ann...

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Federal Administration Updates - UW Research

Office of Research Communications: Update on the Federal Research Funding Landscape New MOD Categories for Tracking Executive Actions Update Regarding NIH Indirect Cost Policy and TRO...

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

What does this mean? “we are working toward strategies to preserve the breadth of high impact research at UW, particularly through shared infrastructure, to the greatest extent possible.” This is grim.

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I understand that “It is simply not possible for departments or the university to cover the costs currently funded by federal awards” means the UW won’t help us. 1/2 explore.uw.edu/index.php/em...

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University of Washington message

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Stand UP for Science demonstration is happening Friday March 7th, 12-3 pm, in Seattle, at Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center 305 Harrison Street Seattle, WA 98109

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I will be hosting sign making in my lab at 10 am on the 7th. All are welcome. Lease bring your own materials and DM me for more info.

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Matt Wilkins @mattwilkins.galacticpolymath.com · 26/02/2025

So excited to see how quickly #StandUpForScience has grown from a single rally to rallies in 32 cities in 27 states and counting! Let's go! Thank you for your leadership @standupforscience.bsky.social! They also opened up a donation page 🧪 standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...

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Local Event Information

Below are the state capitals and major cities (alphabetized by state) hosting official Stand Up for Science events. If your city is listed, a confirmed site leader—backed by our core team—is active…

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Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 19/02/2025

“For the last 75 yrs, the NIH has been the biggest funder of biomedical research in the world. Most advances in medicine were seeded by NIH funding. When we became scientists, we just bought into this system. This is how it works. — @tuthill.bsky.social 🧵 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Trump cuts threaten a ‘generation of scientists’ as many weigh leaving US

President’s call to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ has led to slashes in NIH funding – endangering jobs and vital research

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21/02/2025

Trump's illegal NIH cuts mean cancer researchers would be laid off, sick kids going without treatment, and more. These cuts would be DEVASTATING for lifesaving research. Some Republicans have said they agree—but they just blocked my amendment to reverse Trump's NIH cuts anyway.

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

LAYOFFS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES!

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Proud to be a constituent. Thanks Patty Murray! It makes me feel like all my emails are having the intended effect.

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Mike Brock 🇺🇸 @brockm.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Mr Garcia, I have drafted an appropriate response for you. You're welcome.

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Karen Fleming @karenfleming.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

NEW ROOM: I've deleted the original one. We're having an emergency Town Hall at the #BPS2025 #BPS to discuss the assault on #science and actions we can take. @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Pls. Repost this one. :)

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

What a lovely photo. RIP mr. bat.

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

A template with suggested text that could be used to email Dr. Memoli, your congressional delegation, or other leaders asking to save extramural NIH jobs is here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Save NIH template

I am writing to express my strong opposition and deep concern for the firing of probationary employees at the National Institutes of Health and the pauses and reductions in Federal research grant awar...

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Matt Memoli’s email address is mm982v@nih.gov.

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The program and grants management staff being fired don’t ask of us to save them. They ask that we save the scientific community by keeping critical funding flowing. Mad respect. 5/5

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

“…under the justification that this essential work is necessary to prevent the national scientific enterprise from collapsing from the funding pause.” THAT is the help they want. Help them save staff to keep issuing awards. 4/n

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

So how can we help our selfless NIH colleagues? They said “…we can… petition Matt Memoli and HHS to grant exceptions to the firings for extramural NIH staff involved in issuing awards…” continued 3/n

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

From someone about to be fired, “I saw in the teams chat late last night that one of [the] grants mgmt specialist staff was processing awards and pushing them out the door while she was waiting for her termination email. My heart was shattered.” 2/n

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

One of the many NIH scientists fired heartlessly on Valentine’s Day responded to my Q about help in the most selfless way. I meant what I could do to help them. The answer o got shocked me. Read on… 1/n 🧵

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Does this apply only through the current fiscal year?

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

🌺 Combining my Happy #Sunday post with #FluorescenceFriday🧪🔬 (just a couple of days late! 🤭). One of my favorite drawings by Gary Larson 🥰 used to hang on the door of my office during my #PhD, a loooooong time ago! #TheFarSide #GaryLarson #Comics

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Things I’m excited about this academic term: amazing PhD student’s thesis defense; fantastic rotation student; @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Conference; postdoc’s new baby; productive collaborations; working at the bench w/my lab buddy Bill. Wishing all a happy and healthy new year!

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Volodya Gelfand; Northwestern University @vgelfand.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine seeks a full-time tenure track Investigator at the rank of Assistant Professor. Click here to learn more. www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/do... For questions, contact Vanessa Gonzalez vanessa.g@northwestern.edu

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Sharona Gordon @profsharona.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I am on the thesis committees of 14 PhD students right now. Does that seem like a lot? I’ve started turning them down because I can’t find the time in my schedule. It is an honor and I learn so much, but I’m feeling a little burned out.

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Lydia Daboussi @daboussi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

📢UCLA is recruiting an open rank, tenure-track/tenured faculty position in the basic sciences! (see link below) #AcademicTwitter 💫✨ recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10062

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Open Rank Faculty Position in David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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