Reposted by Teresa LeeMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For the last 34 years I have been on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology and have never regretted that decision. This year we are hiring TWO new Assistant Professors in the broad area of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology 1/n bio.unc.edu 3151142
Reposted by Teresa LeeNafisa Jadavji, PhD, FAHA @nafisajadavji.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Are you starting an independent position this fall?!!?? Congrats! Please take a few minutes to answer our survey about your experience with the faculty job market. #AcademicSky 🧪 021
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is reassuring to hear!! I've been wondering how NIGMS considers accountability when weighing whether to renew or just submit a new grant (and trying not feeling shame that I completed like 1.25 of the aims during the time of the grant 😅) 121
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I didn't fully appreciate how, sometimes, the story that comes to a point first is actually your side hustle. Or how, when you're limited in terms of your lab's experience/abilities, you're doing the experiments that are *possible* (which might not always be the most immediately interesting) 161
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026for grants? 2/3. I used what I wrote in my research statement as the foundation for my NIH/NSF proposals (kudos to my postdoc PI for telling me to stress test these ideas with the lab!) but for science? 0.5/3 😅. The first two papers from my lab were not at all what I thought we'd be doing... 131
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026it's probably not appropriate for your class to listen to these episodes, but some of your students might like hearing Caro's take today on the impact of his work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX2c...youtube.comRoman, Elliott, and Robert Caro: Live in ConversationYouTube video by 99% Invisible 140
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Did you follow along with 99% Invisible's chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the Power Broker?? I especially liked how the hosts interviewed a wide range of folks to showcase how the themes that Caro weaves throughout are still relevant in our lives (maybe especially so now). 230
Reposted by Teresa LeeFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTreat biological databases as infrastructure, not projectsLetter to the Editor 17645
Reposted by Teresa LeeMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I am very serious about citing resources (ZFIN, Flybase, Wormbase, yeast, mouse, rat, human, etc) and asking authors to cite them precisely for this reason: the more we talk about them and cite them in our papers, the better chance we have at justifying why we should increase the budget 🧪 38527
Reposted by Teresa LeeJavier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Mentee sign-ups are open for the 2026-2027 C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program! Choose: - One-to-one mentoring with an experienced mentor - A peer-mentoring group with people at your career stage Or sign up for both, it takes just 2-5 minutes. And please spread the word! 🧵forms.gleMentee sign-up for the C. elegans Community Mentor Match programThe 2026 cycle of the C. elegans Community Mentor Match is open to graduate students, postdocs, and faculty at any career stage. ⏱️ This form takes only 2–5 minutes to complete depending on your choic... 21015
Reposted by Teresa LeeWyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026With most 1st-year PhD students starting graduate programs this month, it seemed like a good time to address the most important dilemma faced by many incoming PhD students—how to choose rotation labs. Although perhaps obvious to those with experience, many of the key factors are often overlooked.helpimascientist.comChoosing rotations and a dissertation lab - Help, I'm a Scientist!By David Fay Choosing a lab in which to carry out your PhD is admittedly one of the more important decisions you’ll make in your early scientific career. But it’s important to have some perspective. F... 22213
Reposted by Teresa LeeMatthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The 2026 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are faculty in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas please take a second to fill it out: forms.gle/iLheVskd4wcA...forms.gle2026 AAUP Faculty in the South SurveyThe Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as... 36886
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026is your new zebrafish resting on a tiny Madison terrace chair??? 140
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026One of the best parts of being a new PI is connecting with others just starting out! I loved meeting folks at #2026SDB & catching up with old science friends like @leilarieder.bsky.social & @biyolokum.bsky.social 🤗 (don't be fooled by the $$$, that was just us settling the bill for everyone 😅) 0161
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Thank you for a fantastic #2026SDB meeting, @socdevbio.bsky.social - as you can tell from Choose Development! fellows Rae & Thiago, we had a grand time in Vegas! See everyone next year in St. Louis! 010
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Can't wait to welcome you & your lab to Boston! 💃🧬💃🧬💃🧬 120
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The Lee lab has landed in Vegas for #SDB2026!! Choose Development fellow Thiago Borges is giving his poster TONIGHT - come talk to him at A34 and hear about the transgenerational changes in C. elegans heterochromatin! 🪱🧬🪱🧬 070
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026What a pleasure to host alum Nayelis Manon as a special guest of the Lee lab meeting! (@kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social & @honorscollegeuml.bsky.social c/o 2024) She's now a PhD student at Michigan Tech, and has come over to the dark side of C. elegans germline chromatin 🪱 🧬 🪱 🧬 060
Reposted by Teresa LeeEthan (Chee Kiang) Ewe @ethanewe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This paper is now online at @currentbiology.bsky.social. This marks the end of my postdoc and I’ll be joining @imperiallifesci.bsky.social as Imperial College Research Fellow in October! 🎊 🥳🍾 www.cell.com/action/showP...cell.com 4248
Reposted by Teresa LeePrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u... an ominous trend: graduate admissions are down 15 percent from last year, on top of an 11 percent decrease from the previous year we are destroying our seed cornnytimes.comResearch Universities Are Admitting Fewer Ph.D.s, a Bad Sign for Science 25616276
Reposted by Teresa LeeSvasti Haricharan @svasti.bsky.social · 22/06/2026"Louis Pasteur said that chance “favors only the prepared mind.” Public money pays for the trained person, the prepared mind, to be paying attention when a lucky accident happens." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o... 🧪 1/4nytimes.comOpinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack 296
Reposted by Teresa LeeNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 22/06/2026tech capture of the NSF: “it allows NSF to make awards to nontraditional recipients such as a limited partnership or a venture capital firm, some of which might have been created solely for the purpose of receiving the NSF award.” 411181
Reposted by Teresa LeeNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026"Program managers would normally rush to inform potential and current grantees about such dramatic changes. But the memo tells program managers to keep their mouths shut. 'This information is highly confidential...Please do not communicate anything to PIs.'” www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgExclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders sayUnexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year 78474
Reposted by Teresa LeeGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Russell Vought's one rule to rule them all isn't in effect yet. Write to Congress AND comment on the proposed rule by 13 July. WE CAN STOP IT. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...elizabethginexi.substack.comWhat We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice 18652
Reposted by Teresa LeeVictor Ambros @vambros.bsky.social · 20/06/2026A column by Jeff Coller: “The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack 13411
Reposted by Teresa LeeAnne C. Hart @ach-ceneuro.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Postdoctoral position available, focused on Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood! Join the awesome Brown Univ. neuroscience community. Background in genetics (like C. elegans) and/or neuroscience is welcome, but not required. Contact Anne Hart for details and apply via apply.interfolio.com/188268 22223
Reposted by Teresa LeeJavier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 16/06/2026C. elegans friends: If you participated in the mentor match program last year, we want your feedback on what worked, what didn't, and how to make the program better! Please fill out this survey: forms.gle/xYCF19saFfoj...forms.gleC. elegans Community Mentor Match 2025 feedback surveyThank you for providing feedback about your experiences as a mentee, mentor, and peer group member in the last cycle of the C. elegans Community Mentor Match program! Please skip questions that are n... 068
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I swear that I tried to find a photo of me at that meeting, but photo-evidence shows that I was preoccupied with the cheese curds, the Terrace's colorful chairs, and the boots full of beer 😂 020
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026What a small 🪱 world! My fellow #wormtopicmeeting2026 poster organizer @giosg.bsky.social and I realized we were at *the same* 2008 DevCell meeting. It was Gio's first time in the States, so he took photos in scenic places. It was my first time in the Midwest, so I took photos of cheese curds 😅 150
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Goodbye Madison! The Lee lab had a great time at #MAPSS + #DevCell, including the time-honored tradition of nametag swapping on the last night. See y'all in Japan! 🪱 🇯🇵🪱 🇯🇵 🪱 #wormtopicmeeting2026 0131
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Yesssss and I can hear all about your new lab!!! 🪱 👯 🪱🇯🇵🪱 🍙 010
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026A new result from Brandon's CURE class, hot off the presses!! He got laughs when describing how his students were disappointed by their unexpected result, and were rewarded with an impromptu lecture about the awesome power of worm epistasis 😅 @bscarp84.bsky.social #wormtopicmeeting2026 🪱 🧬 040
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026🎶 Here's the story of a wormy meeting 🎶 We hear the true tale of how two C. elegans meetings reunite in Madison to form one powerhouse worm lineage! #MAPSS 🤝 #DevCell (kudos to the members of @katzlab.bsky.social for their vocals!) 🪱 #wormtopicmeeting2026 1201
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026What a fantastic first full day of #MAPSS + #DevCell! We kicked off bright & early with @katzlab.bsky.social, where I chaired the Cell Bio of Aging session, and ended with a gorgeous sunset on the famous UW terrace with worm friends old & new (incl @kacylynn.bsky.social!) 🪱 #wormtopicmeeting2026 070
Reposted by Teresa LeeMeera Sundaram @meera-sundaram.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Another reason to support your non-profit society journals! 095
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026🪱 Worm friends, here we come! 🪱 The Lee lab is fueled up and ready to head to C. elegans #MAPSS + #DevCell 2026 - see y'all soon in Madison! 0130
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Lab henna party to celebrate recent successes! Posed around the (requested) berry chantilly cake are celebrants Thiago & Kelin, who graduated college! 🙌 And grad students Marybeth & Tahreem who passed their quals! 🥳 (and the lil hand is Tahreem's daughter celebrating her henna butterfly) 0111
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026(although from Tahreem's reaction, the confetti canon might've been more alarming than the QE itself 😅) 000
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026🎉 Congrats to Tahreem and Marybeth for breezing through their qualifying exams!!! 🙌🪱 🧬 As you can see, big milestones in the Lee lab warrant big bursts of confetti 🎊 170
Reposted by Teresa LeeMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026There is a straightforward mechanism for the public to comment. Former NIH program office Elizabeth Ginexi has written an exceptionally helpful guide on how to so, with detailed suggestions. 3/n elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...elizabethginexi.substack.comWhat We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice 18364
Reposted by Teresa LeeMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026They reduce the role of peer review by making all grant decisions at the discretion of a political appointee, allow grant termination without cause, seriously restrict foreign collaborations, remove federal funding for open access fees, and seriously damage the science enterprise in America. 2/n 2327
Reposted by Teresa LeeMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Russell Vought, Director of the OMB, has issued a set of proposed changes that would dramatically alter federal grant funding. However, we can each take action to prevent these from taking effect. Here's how, a 🧵 🧪 1/n www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgWhite House seeks to tighten political oversight of grantmakingSweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees 4192167
Reposted by Teresa LeeJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Several people have asked for possible content and structure for comments regarding the proposed OMB regulations. With some suggestions from others, I have posted on example (as a Word document) for downloading). jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... I hope this is helpful.jeremymberg.github.io 8197144
Reposted by Teresa LeeAnnika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Megathread about responding to new OMB grant funding rules (feel free to add/link more!) I was collecting these for me, but figured I'd round 'em up for everyone 🧪 What's the problem? arstechnica.com/science/2026... elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...arstechnica.comProposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any timePeer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics. 810387
Reposted by Teresa Leeelizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...elizabethginexi.substack.comWhat We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB 2026-10817)What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice 8216217
Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Cheers to the completion of the fifth annual Lee lab bootcamp week 🧋 🧬🪱 Thanks to our returning members who all pitched in to help train the new folks! Hot science summer, here we come! 😎 010
Reposted by Teresa LeeStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 30/05/2026Vought is trying to destroy American science as we know it. Here's what you can do to stop him: 👉 Visit our action center: zurl.co/NXVak 👉 Donate to Fuel the Fight for Science: zurl.co/PHtGH 313775
Reposted by Teresa LeeJohn Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 30/05/2026And my own take on some of the key points in what OMB/Vought is trying to do here: "If you wanted to cripple science research and were disappointed that Congress continued to fund it, this is the sort of document you would produce."arstechnica.comProposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any timePeer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics. 410859
Reposted by Teresa LeeJavier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Worm friends, we need your help! For the next C. elegans Mentor Match cycle, we’re gathering testimonials from past mentors and mentees. One of our biggest challenges is recruiting new mentees, and hearing directly from past participants could really help. Please record a short video, and share!padlet.comC. elegans Mentor Match TestimonialsMade with Padlet 01518