Reposted by Sarah WalkerNicolas Cornelissen @nicocorn.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Join us as the first PhD student in my group! Based in the beautiful city of Münster, Germany, you will develop the chemo-enzymatic synthesis of modified nucleotides, which are used as building blocks of mRNA. Here is the link: stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/6... #chemsky #chembio 095
Reposted by Sarah WalkerJoachim Frank @joachim123.bsky.social · 13/10/2025www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgStructural Studies of Nedicistrovirus IRES-Driven, Initiation Factor-independent Translation Shed Light on Key Steps of Eukaryotic Translation ElongationWe utilized the Nedicistrovirus (NediV) intergenic region (IGR) IRES-mediated, initiation factor-independent translation initiation system and determined high-resolution structures of 80S ribosome com... 045
Reposted by Sarah WalkerMike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Buffalo peeps! I am hosting a science spooktacular event at the new Third Space venue downtown on Oct 30 at 6PM! Come hear fun stories about science from trainees, all geared towards a non-specialist audience. Check the flyer for all the info! Please RT 12113
Reposted by Sarah WalkerHolly Bik @hollybik.bsky.social · 02/07/2025If you’re starting grad school in Fall 2025 (or planning to apply and start in Fall 2026), this is a foundation award similar to federal grad fellowships (like NSF GRFP). Always worth applying if you’re an eligible student! 0810
Reposted by Sarah WalkerCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 20/05/2025If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.) 261134745
Reposted by Sarah WalkerJamie Cate @jhdcate.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Find your local protest. #NoKings handsoff2025.comhandsoff2025.comHands Off!Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre... 031
Reposted by Sarah WalkerRachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 27/03/2025They are cutting cancer research. They are cutting cancer research. They can deny it all they want, but they are cutting cancer research. These are the cuts being made the DoD CDMRP cancer funding mechanism www.fightcancer.org/sites/defaul... 16370244
Reposted by Sarah WalkerScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/03/2025The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.forms.gleCancelled NIH grant information submission formPlease use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH... 10433492
Sarah Walker @ribowalker.bsky.social · 20/03/2025This is really cool! It’s interesting that dual binding of S20/L26 to both subunits is conserved in proteobacteria. I wonder if the extra copy protects the ribosomes from a phage or allows an alternative interaction in a stress condition. Or maybe it just happened for no reason and stuck anyway. 040
Reposted by Sarah WalkerBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 20/03/2025I recently flew back into the US following an international trip and for the first time felt fear and anxiety while presenting my green card at the immigration control. Because of stories like this. If the goal is to instill fear in legal immigrants it's working. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comI’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnappedI was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky 937187
Sarah Walker @ribowalker.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Registration is open for the Buffalo RNA Symposium that will be held at Roswell Park in downtown Buffalo June 11. 3 keynote talks, a poster session, and selected talks from the abstracts during summer in Buffalo (so good). Sponsored by RNA Society and Lexogen. www.roswellpark.org/rna-symposiumroswellpark.orgBuffalo RNA Symposium 2025 000
Reposted by Sarah WalkerDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 18/03/2025If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist... 6360324
Reposted by Sarah WalkerGemma May @gemmaemay.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Latest paper from the McManus lab just out. academic.oup.com/nar/article-...academic.oup.comDeciphering the landscape of cis-acting sequences in natural yeast transcript leadersAbstract. Protein synthesis is a vital process that is highly regulated at the initiation step of translation. Eukaryotic 5′ transcript leaders (TLs) conta 0138
Reposted by Sarah WalkerDenis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 13/03/2025NIH is the best investment there is. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...forbes.comNIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New ReportNational 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. 5267132
Reposted by Sarah WalkerKai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 11/03/2025The NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying vaccine hesitancy. Projects studying mRNA vaccines may be next. Important story by my colleague Sara Reardon in @science.org 🧪 #IDskyscience.orgNIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccinesMove reflects vaccine skepticism of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 14276160
Reposted by Sarah WalkerMichael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Blatantly illegal. It's time to start fighting, universities. The pretexts will change, but they are coming for all of you. 414150
Reposted by Sarah WalkerMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I 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...unc.peopleadmin.comTeaching Asst or Teaching Associate ProfessorThe 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... 06453
Reposted by Sarah WalkerMike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025🚨 Stand Up for Science Buffalo rally update! New confirmed speaker: Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz! He will be taking the "stage" at 2:45PM! Please RT and tag your favorite local media people to spread the word! @markpoloncarz.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...eventbrite.comStand Up For Science, Buffalo!We rally to defend science as a public good and pillar of social, political, and economic progress. (Reg. is for planning and not required.) 33113
Reposted by Sarah Walkersarahejbowman @xtalmaker.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Community engagement and outreach ✔️📣 Join us at the Buffalo Stand up for Science on Friday! I'm speaking too! 🧪💎🔬 053
Reposted by Sarah WalkerDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 04/03/2025For any REI members who may not realize there is a Board election, or that it is contentious, see this. I ended up supporting one and not supporting the other two. do your research, make your call and VOTE. 7262143
Reposted by Sarah WalkerJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025ATTENTION If anyone has a NoA from Year 1 and subsequent years that they are willing to share, please DM me.media.tenor.coma gnome in a blue hat holds a sign that says dm meALT: a gnome in a blue hat holds a sign that says dm me 02216
Reposted by Sarah WalkerTaal Levi @taaltree.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases NSF program has been archived. Huge loss. Does anyone know if the current proposals in the queue for funding will not be reviewed or are panels still happening? 25434
Reposted by Sarah WalkerMike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Hello Buffalo friends! It’s rally for science time! March 7, 2-6PM, Niagara Square! Sign up below and please spread the word! www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...eventbrite.comStand Up For Science, Buffalo!On March 7, 2025, we rally to defend science as a public good and pillar of social, political, and economic progress. 68546
Reposted by Sarah Walkerkathychasler.bsky.social @kathychasler.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Goosebump producing news this week out of Oregon Health and Science University in the diagnosis of pancreatic CA. They developed a groundbreaking blood test, called PAC-MANN. This new test can find pancreatic cancer in just 45 minutes, even in its earliest stages.eurekalert.orgNew blood test identifies hard-to-detect pancreatic cancer with 85% accuracyA new blood test could help doctors detect pancreatic cancer earlier, potentially improving survival rates for one of the deadliest cancers. 10336119
Reposted by Sarah WalkerScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/02/2025NIH indirects case update: Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges. Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides: (I'm paraphrasing here) 14347196
Reposted by Sarah Walkermtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16/02/2025ok Trump Take Egg masterthread time: bsky.app/profile/mtsw... 1202466370
Sarah Walker @ribowalker.bsky.social · 19/02/2025The Buffalo RNA Group is having a one day symposium on June 11, 8 am to 5 pm. More info to come when registration opens! 121
Reposted by Sarah WalkerAltmetric @altmetric.com · 16/02/2025THREAD Things that didn't make the news that will likely change our lives for the better The news is not an accurate reflection of the world. Good news doesn't get reported as much. Here are the wonderful things researchers have achieved recently. 1/24 2197121
Reposted by Sarah WalkerJustin Bollinger @bollinger.bsky.social · 16/02/2025I am actively looking for a research scientist position or research administration role within the Raleigh-Durham (RDU) area! Please reach out if my background and skillset might fit your labs needs :-) Lots of experience with preclinical models, translational neuroscience, and behavioral analyses! 312183
Reposted by Sarah WalkerJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE) If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread. There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.media.tenor.coma poster that says if life gives you lemon make lemonade on itALT: a poster that says if life gives you lemon make lemonade on it 92514446
Reposted by Sarah WalkerKatie Sandlin @kmsandlin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!! 665114384043
Reposted by Sarah WalkerKatie Sandlin @kmsandlin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Today, along with 2,000 other NIH employees, I had to clear out my office 😭 It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others. 34266221200
Reposted by Sarah WalkerJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Does anyone know what happened regarding NIH Clinical Center staff in this purge? Disabling the Clinical Center seems like next-level cruelty and stupidity (if that matters). You know, all those woke kids and adults who got intractable diseases just to make a point… 1324
Reposted by Sarah WalkerNature @nature.com · 13/02/2025Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage go.nature.com/42SyoUugo.nature.comAre the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact NatureUse this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage. 0148134
Reposted by Sarah WalkerJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/02/2025NoA NOTIFICATION REQUEST Re-upping this request now that NIH staff are apparently allowed to make awards. If anyone receives a NoA starting today and continuing forward, please DM me with information about the mechanism and institute or center. THANK YOU I hope to full up my DMs with good newsmedia.tenor.coma penguin is holding a red object and the word hanks is written below itALT: a penguin is holding a red object and the word hanks is written below it 512159
Reposted by Sarah WalkerWHO @who.int · 11/02/2025Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM 5647231866
Reposted by Sarah WalkerSri Kosuri @srikosuri.bsky.social · 08/02/2025It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases. 841009846
Reposted by Sarah Walkerscientistinusa.bsky.social @scientistinusa.bsky.social · 08/02/2025There has been a lot of discussion about the late Friday decision to cut funds provided through the NIH to scientists, effectively immediately (see @drugmonkey.bsky.social or @jeremyberg.bsky.social). I wanted to explain it in simpler terms for non-scientists (1/n) 1106
Reposted by Sarah WalkerDaniel Colón-Ramos @dacolon.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday 11744144
Reposted by Sarah WalkerJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/02/2025A Primer on Indirect Cost Ratesmedia.tenor.coma cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks onALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on 14994350
Reposted by Sarah WalkerJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025ATTENTION If you are someone who had an F31-Diversity (or similar) application submitted this cycle, please DM me here, contact me on signal (jeremymberg.78), or email me at jeremymberg@gmail.com. I will keep all information confidential. 2/n 8193269
Reposted by Sarah WalkerJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/02/2025THIS IS NOT FIRM INFORMATION I have heard from several sources what the plan for processing NIH grants may be. All grants (competing, non-competing, no cost extensions) will be subject to certification that they are compliant with the Executive Orders. 1/nmedia.tenor.comfleetwood mac rumours album cover with a man and a woman on itALT: fleetwood mac rumours album cover with a man and a woman on it 55023
Reposted by Sarah WalkerAndré K. Isaacs @drdre4000.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Just got word that our Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) Grant was being canceled. All 100+ institutions. So even private funding is susceptible to this administration’s unraveling of DEI initiatives 41413213
Reposted by Sarah WalkerMaria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 05/02/2025My dept was awarded a 6-year Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) grant in 2023. My chair just got word that it will be terminated in a month. 1511244
Reposted by Sarah WalkerDarby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science. 12652768815653
Reposted by Sarah WalkerThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 28/01/2025BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans. U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday afternoon, minutes before it was set to go into effect. The administrative stay pauses the freeze until Monday.apnews.comFederal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loansA federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L. 642518583
Sarah Walker @ribowalker.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Seriously? This is funding to benefit members of the military, their families, and the American public. It requires really specific outcomes to be proposed. And the payline in 2023 for BCRP was 4.99% so it’s extremely competitive. Why disrupt this? Congress already “directs” what is funded. 100
Reposted by Sarah WalkerJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Started off this morning emailing my Senators and Congressman about the NIH and the potential damage being done by unnecessary disruptions. They need to hear from us loud and clear. Constituents matter to them as one of the primary purposes of a politician is to get re-elected (and its their job). 11311129
Reposted by Sarah WalkerAnthony Schuller @aschuller17.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Excited to share the 1st preprint from our incredible team at Interdict Bio as we progress novel, small-molecule sequence-selective inhibitors of translation toward the clinic to address difficult to treat cancers! #ribosome #interdictor Check out the preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgContext-dependent translation inhibition as a novel oncology therapeutic modalityInhibitors of protein synthesis, including anisomycin, homoharringtonine, and other natural products bind in the peptidyl-transferase center (PTC) of the eukaryotic ribosome to inhibit translation. Re... 11910
Reposted by Sarah WalkerNeva Caliskan @caliskanlab.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Hello Bluesky, Caliskan Lab is hiring! Our new Lab in Uni Regensburg has open #ERC funded PhD and postdoctoral positions (with long term employment opportunities) in viral #RNA-protein interactions regulating #translation, #transcription, #recoding and #single-molecule-analysis #RNA 12019