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@popstarlab.bsky.social

Biophysical Society, Past President | Scientist and Professor | Mentor and Learner | ExtraVagant Granny

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Kicking off #ICRSRC
@faseborg.bsky.social

In the beautiful Southbridge, MA, to talk about #IonChannels!
Kudos to Rose Dixon and Jon Silva for organizing!
#nih #biophysics

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BPS2026 Travel Awards | Biophysical Society

Did you know you can help a colleague attend the BPS Annual Meeting?

Now through November 7, BPS will match every donation up to $25,000. Your gift to the Bridging Funds Program will go twice as far in supporting science and scientists!

www.biophysics.org/2026meeting/...

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BPS2026 Travel Awards | Biophysical Society

Did you know about the BPS Bridging Funds Program?

If you're a biophysicist navigating a difficult time, this program is for you to defray costs for attending the BPS Annual Meeting!
I am grateful to the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social for supporting our members!
www.biophysics.org/2026meeting/...

25.07.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Please register early and upload your abstracts. Looking forward to seeing many of you in Milwaukee in September!

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N=1

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DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Mechanisms Meeting in Paris 2025 We are excited to invite you to a one-day Biophysical Society (BPS) networking eventΒ  at the Γ‰cole Normale SupΓ©rieure (ENS) - PSL University, focused on the intriguing world of DNA double-strand…

We’re excited to announce a BPS networking event DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Mechanisms. Whether you are deep into DNA repair or just curious about recent breakthroughs, this is a great chance to connect, learn and spark new collaborations. Oct 10, 2025
buff.ly/ZPqUqwU

24.07.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Humility Can Restore Trust in Expertise Acknowledging the limits of one’s own knowledge could be as important a signal of expertise as credentials and confidence

Humility can restore trust! Can we restore intellectual humility?

www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

22.07.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A piece of good news in the deluge of unnerving changes: the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social will host its signature annual meeting in February 2026, in San Francisco!
If you plan on attending ONE meeting in 2026, this is the one!

21.07.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The NIH Is Capping Research Proposals Because It's Overwhelmed by AI Submissions The NIH wrote that it has recently β€œobserved instances of Principal Investigators submitting large numbers of applications, some of which may have been generated with AI tools."

What institution allows one PI to submit 40 applications in one cycle? Someone is not doing their job!

www.404media.co/nih-capping-...

21.07.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The NIH Is Capping Research Proposals Because It's Overwhelmed by AI Submissions The NIH wrote that it has recently β€œobserved instances of Principal Investigators submitting large numbers of applications, some of which may have been generated with AI tools."

The NIH, which has faced major budget cuts, is now overwhelmed with submissions for grants because they’re getting spammed with AI generated applications

www.404media.co/nih-capping-...

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My academic job offer was rescinded. I’ll keep goingβ€”but U.S. researchers are running out of road Despite an uncertain future, this postdoc will β€œkeep doing the science I love while I still have a bench”

My academic job offer was rescinded. I’ll keep goingβ€”but U.S. researchers are running out of road | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

20.07.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BPS Elections | Biophysical Society About Join RenewDonateAdvertiseNews

Your participation in the election of the Society's leaders is vital to our future. Exercise your right as a Society member to vote by casting your ballot by August 1 for president-elect and council

14.07.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Massive study detects AI fingerprints in millions of scientific papers Chances are that you have unknowingly encountered compelling online content that was created, either wholly or in part, by some version of a Large Language Model (LLM). As these AI resources, like Cha...

"data suggest that at least 13.5% of the papers published in 2024 were written with some amount of LLM processing."

phys.org/news/2025-07...

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#bioscifacjobs #pui

10.07.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NOT-OD-25-117: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments on the NIH Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments on the NIH Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy NOT-OD-25-117. OD

The due date for your comments is July 15.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

18.06.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Transformative Β£86 billion boost to science and tech to turbocharge economy, with regions backed to take cutting-edge research into own hands Funding package worth more than Β£22.5 billion a year in 2029 will boost Britain's world-leading status in research and innovation.

Boost to science in the UK!

www.gov.uk/government/n...

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When do girls fall behind in maths? Gigantic study pinpoints the moment Analysis of almost three million children captures when β€˜mathematical gender gap’ first emerges and could help focus efforts to stop girls from falling behind.

"Let’s broaden schooling,” she says, β€œnot just make all the girls become boys.”

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

15.06.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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America is ceding the lead in creating the future The renowned American management consultant and author Peter Drucker is often credited as saying that β€œthe best way to predict the future is to create it”—a view that applies to science as much as to ...

"only in the past 50 yrs did the German language stop being a requirement for chemistry degrees in the US. 20 yrs from now, what is going to be the language of science? Is it going to be English? I don’t know that for certain.”
Sudip Parikh

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

12.06.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The good thing about science is that it’s true no matter what you believe.

The bad thing about deadly diseases is they will affect you and your loved ones no matter your level of trust in science.

Restoring public trust does not mean killing medicines even for those who still believe in science.

10.06.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Important moments to acknowledge and celebrate at AAAS with @sbilbo.bsky.social @marinap63.bsky.social NOTE: President of PNI, President of @ibroorg.bsky.social and President of @aaas.org πŸŽ‰πŸ§ πŸ€œπŸ€›

07.06.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Recent cuts to federal funding for scientific research threaten economy, culture and future of Los Altos Los Altos’ strong public school system and legacy of innovation makes it a great place to be a kid. I grew up in the Los Altos/Cupertino area and spent many

In Los Altos, CAπŸ’‘Geneticist Sannidhi Menon got her start in a NSF-funded startup. Federally funded research makes these businesses possible. β€œSince most companies don’t invest in ideas this early in development, federal funds are crucial for discovery.”πŸ§ͺ🏠

www.losaltosonline.com/opinion/rece...

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Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

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How we’re battling Trump’s science cuts across small-town America Neuroscientist Jessica Cantlon is urging scientists to use the power of local newspapers in the fight against US research-funding cuts.

Imagine if every scientist published an op-ed in their hometown paper showing how their community sparked their curiosity & shaped the research that's now changing the country? That's what @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social is promotingβ€”collective action, one story at a time.

doi.org/10.1038/d415...

02.06.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

"Imagine the auto industry without 3D printing. NSF funded that. Artificial intelligence? NSF. MRI machines that help doctors diagnose you? NSF. Doppler radar technology that makes aviation safer by conquering wind shear? NSF. Duolingoβ€˜s underlying programming? NSF. The internet itself? NSF."

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NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment - Nature Human Behaviour Nature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

Out now in @nathumbehav.nature.com: Cuts to NIH funding will impact the economy and employment nationwide. We visualize these losses and advocate for a theory-driven approach to communicating local, self-relevant impact. w/ @joshuasweitz.bsky.social + SCIMaP team:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

02.06.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 190    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
Jessica Cantlon's 'Science Homecoming' Mobilizes Scientists to Advocate for Support - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Carnegie Mellon University Jessica Cantlon, the Ronald J. and Mary Ann Zdrojkowski Professor of Developmental Neuroscience/Psychology, is helping experts across the country communicate the value of science to their hometown new...

"One great thing about communicating to people about science is that people already love science. It’s really a matter of refreshing their memory.” - @cantlonlab.bsky.social

www.cmu.edu/dietrich/new...

05.06.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WHOA. That's a lot. Scientists, let's get out there and tell the public about this, and also share all the science we are doing!

Write an op-ed for your hometown paper June 16 to speak to your hometown community. More info and sign up now: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

#SciComm #McClintockLetters

07.06.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal budget cuts threaten the work of neuroscientist with Martin County roots | Opinion Sarah Heilbronner is a proud product of Martin County schools. However, federal budget cuts threaten important work she's doing in brain research.

Neuroscientist Sarah Heilbronner is a proud product of Martin County schools in Florida 🌴. However, federal budget cuts threaten important work she's doing in brain research. πŸ§ͺ🏠
@srheilbronner.bsky.social
www.tcpalm.com/story/opinio...

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2025 Membrane Fusion and Budding BPS Conference The monthly newsletter for BPS members and friends.

Join us October 5-10 for a BPS Conference on Membrane Fusion and Budding in Estes Park, Colorado.

Submit your abstract now -- the deadline is coming up on June 16!

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The McClintock Letters – Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club

Federal funding for research is under unprecedented threat. How the public responds to this threat depends on whose stories they hear.
To increase public awareness of the value of federally-funded research, join the McClintock Letters Initiative.β€― buff.ly/P85PopY

03.06.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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