Rob Hagan

My residency director used to say never have more than 2 if you're on call.

Fairy Liquid unveiled as secret ingredient in University of Cambridge scientists’ near-universal magic formula It helps them with experiments studying the inside of cells.

It is not often that a new flow cytometry protocol makes the newspaper! I also got a kick out of seeing our science tagged as "quirky"!

www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/fairy-l...

Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting

I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:

Rats filmed snatching bats from air for first time Stunning hunting behaviour captured in German cave

New - my first piece for @science.org !

Absolutely crazy footage of rat behaviour in Germany.

Rats filmed snatching bats from air for first time | Science | AAAS share.google/WAsAIQ8j0MKp...

An alien fleet appeared in Earth's orbit, and broadcast a message:

"Having studied you furtively, we now seek formal contact, and want to meet your greatest thinkers..."

A long list followed.

"How do we tell them?" world leaders wondered.

Topping the list were the names Calvin and Calvin's Dad.

Vital AF is the MICU vibe.

- calendar makes no sense
- half the riders and half the teams in most races don't influence the outcome
- Giro and Vuelta should be 2 weeks

Defining the MYC-regulated transcriptome and kinome that support KRAS- and ERK-dependent growth of pancreatic cancer Gene expression programs directed by MYC mediate oncogenic KRAS signaling in pancreatic cancer.

Researchers in #ScienceSignaling have mapped out the genetic and proteomic effects of a protein named MYC that is intimately linked to cancer growth—a discovery that could lead to new therapies aimed at this “undruggable” target. https://scim.ag/4nuQB1R

For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper?

You got it:
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2021

The drosophila Dscam1 gene presumably evolved specifically to mess with bioinformaticians

The Vuelta is a marshmallow. After the meal of the TdF, you neither want it nor need it. When you try it, it's briefly more enjoyable than you anticipated. And then you forget it ever happened. And then the next time you do it again.

I keep staring at this video showing the movement of aerosols in the atmosphere. It's so mesmerizing! That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Some people ride bikes for fitness, and others for transportation.

Some ride for _______

👇 ?

“With these considerations, we expect to fund through the 4th percentile.”

There it is, in black and white, the destruction of cancer research in the US.

The National Climate Assessment, and all special reports and past assessments, are now offline. Federal climate science is being systematically erased.

Every few minutes, a dragonfly dives into water and takes off again, turning several forward somersaults as it ascends.

The purpose of the behavior? The quick dip cools the insect down, and the loop-the-loops help it dry off by flicking away the water. Learn more during #InsectWeek: scim.ag/40mKKBI

Pope Leo XIV in standard white vestment sitting at an air traffic control terminal and glaring at the screen like a dude at NORAD in a 80s Cold War movie

There’s never been a more relatable Pope

Nature has posted graphic images of early Denisovans and they were jacked and look sorta like Mickey Rourke.

My message to Trump’s NIH Director? No one in America wants us to do LESS cancer research.

No one is asking Trump to make it harder to cure Alzheimer's disease.

Yet Trump is cutting all of this NOW and demanding an $18 BILLION cut to NIH next year. Not on my watch.

This. Is. Already. How. It. Works.

RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.

RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.

So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.

Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.

Ignoring the input of nationally recognized experts committed to the safety and well-being of the American people is not only reckless but sets a dangerous precedent for the leadership of public health organizations tasked with critically evaluating vaccines and protecting the US.

RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.

The ATS condemns the HHS Sec. Kennedy’s unilateral decision to dismiss all members of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This decision undermines decades of medical and scientific that have been vital to safeguarding public health.
apnews.com/article/kenn...

The Bethesda Declaration

A call to stand up and show support for the Bethesda Declaration, the NIH, and for federally funded science in general.

Rachel Thomas, PhD - Deep learning gets the glory, deep fact checking gets ignored an AI researcher going back to school for immunology

"a fascinating case study on the limits of AI in biology and the harms of current publishing incentives" rachel.fast.ai/posts/2025-0...

After degranulation, mast cells attract neutrophils with LTB4 and trap them inside. These trapped neutrophils provide the mast cells with nutrients and lend them neutrophil abilities like expulsing NETs and proteases.

Mihlan et al 2024 @cellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

A crucial thing left out of conversations about colonizing other planets is that humans evolved to live on Earth.

A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.

This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology