Jake Saunders, PhD

Another early career researcher speaking out about the value of biomedical research and the cost of NIH cuts. Thank you, Ben.

From the xmen community on Reddit: Where is John Francis Moore? Explore this post and more from the xmen community

@xplainthexmen.bsky.social Any thoughts on this: www.reddit.com/r/xmen/comme...

#BeerDay

Yes. And the other thing about this Trump #NIH move is it’s NOT ABOUT organoids, nor models, nor in fact research.

This is merely an effort to destroy American science and universities.

Animal research policy is a useful tool in that destruction, because it is a political wedge issue.
That’s it!

Breaking bad: when clitellate genomes go rogue Clitellate genomes are the result of a profound genome reshaping compared to marine annelids, as if their genomes had exploded into thousands of atomi…

Breaking bad: when clitellate genomes go rogue www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

SAVE THE DATE
AChemS XLVIII
April 22-25, 2026
New Location! Island Grand at Tradewinds, St. Pete, Florida

Microtubules (gold) and nuclei (pink) are shown in a z-projection of adipocytes.

For #FluorescenceFriday, this z-projection shows extensive microtubule networks (gold) and nuclei (pink) in adipocytes 🔬 #CellBiology #Microscopy

And the winner of this year’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest is … Helsinki chemist’s food-themed frolic wins overall honors as other awards recognize physics laser raps, swaying leaf cells, and collective dancing takeovers

www.science.org/content/arti...

YouTube video by Dr. Sulo Roukka Dance Your PhD 2025 Winner | Insights into oral chemesthetic perception by Dr. Sulo Roukka

#Chemesthesis is in the house, and I am here for it.

youtu.be/qOa6GJ6_les?...

@achems.bsky.social #ChemSenses

I have spent less time in the last several months doing science than I have during my entire career, because so much of my time is taken up dealing with Federal dysfunction.

So if Lynne Partner wants scientists to get back to doing science, I have some suggestions.

Such an amazing book.

My personal gateway drug into science communication. Not sure when I first read it but it was a good bit over 20 years ago.

Congratulations Sarah Sniffen at University of Florida for achieving the Don Tucker Memorial Award for an Outstanding presentation at the #AChemS2025 annual meeting.

Heard from a former (undergrad) student who just defended her PhD. Students: tell your old profs about your successes and achievements. It's not bragging, and we love to hear about it. It's one of the best parts of being an educator.
#academicsky

🎉Congratulations #AChemS2025 Career Award Winners! Don't miss their award presentations tonight at 7 PM.

@achems.bsky.social

Need to cleanse your palate after gorging on the first day of fantastic (mostly vertebrate) taste and smell talks at #AChemS2025? Stop by our poster to hear about the feeding behavior of earthworms! tonight 4-6pm (poster #103) #ChemSenses #PUI @KeanUniversity #CougarsClimbHigher

Great way to kick off #AChemS2025!

Hi Randall @xkcd.com, is there any way you could update this cartoon with the current budget numbers: phdcomics.com/documents/ph... ?

It would be super useful to have right now to demonstrate visually that the research budget isn't big enough to produce the sized savings people are calming.

On a Mission to Heal Gila Monsters (Gift Article) After years in Big Pharma, a chemist pivoted to help save the species that made Ozempic possible.

“On a Mission to Heal Gila Monsters -After years in Big Pharma, a chemist pivoted to help save the species that made Ozempic possible” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/s...

www.kean.edu/news/kean-un...

Postdoc publications and citations link to academic retention and faculty success | PNAS Postdoctoral training is a career stage often described as a demanding and anxiety-laden time when many promising PhDs see their academic dreams sl...

Reading in journal club:

Duan et al. @pnas.org
Postdoc publications and citations link to academic retention and faculty success

#AcademicSky 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Food hardness preference reveals multisensory contributions of fly larval gustatory organs in behaviour and physiology Sensing food is a complex multisensory experience. This study of food hardness preference in fruit fly larvae reveals that gustatory organ sensory neurons can perceive cues of both chemical and mechan...

@plosbiology.org: Food hardness preference reveals multisensory contributions of fly larval gustatory organs in behaviour and physiology. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Perception of food texture #mouthfeel and #gustation are intimately intertwined! In Drosophila, these two sensations are apparently integrated at the level of the receptor cell! #ChemSenses

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...

Scientific breakthroughs we might not have had without NSF funding:

The Internet
Smartphones
DNA analysis
MRIs
Doppler radar
Bar codes

And this is just the tiniest tip of the iceburg.

Thanks!

Hi @benthicbuddy.bsky.social , can I be added to the Primarily undergraduate institution (PUI) Research starter pack?

AChemS abstracts submitted!! Who else is planning to be at @achems.bsky.social 2025? #chemsenses

@josephdzak.bsky.social