Jonathan Nelson

Jack Curtis, Carleton College's QB, shows that even a cancer diagnosis won't stop him Doctors said it would be practically impossible to play his senior season of football, but he's doing it anyway.

Never bet against our starting quarterback, Jack Curtis ’26! Even a cancer diagnosis can’t disrupt his commitment to Carleton Football. Good luck battling for the Goat today! We're all rooting for you 💛💙

Watch or read his story on CBS News: www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller? Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

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

I ordered some to save for gifts for undergrads at the end of the year. They look incredible! I'll be ordering more soon to stock up for future Nelson Lab students!

Opportunities | Biochemistry & Cell Biology Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Stony Brook University

Our department is hiring TWO tenure-track Assistant Professor positions! Join a fantastic group of biochemists, molecular, cell, and developmental biologists!

www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioc...

FlyBase needs our help! There is now a system for non-European direct donations. Hopefully an option to invoice labs comes soon, but in the mean time do what you can to save this precious resource!

The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard.

Somatic cells compartmentalise their metabolism to sustain germ cell survival To ensure success in reproduction, organisms dedicate substantial resources to supporting the germline. In testes, somatic gonadal cells form a barrier that isolates germ cells from circulating nutrie...

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New lab preprint!
We study how germ cells (the cells that give rise to gametes, in this case sperm) are supported by somatic (non-germ) cells of the gonad. This matters for our understanding of reproduction - without germ cell development, animals are sterile.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

attention 🪰folks. many of you received a survey from @genetics-gsa.bsky.social about potential future sites of the US Fly meeting. We are excited for #Dros26 Chicago, but future sites are in question, for many logistical reasons. GSA is hard at work planning, but we need to hear from you. please RT!

JSCBB Biotech Building in Boulder, CO

Are you bravely deciding to do a postdoc in the US? And also interested in some combination of genomics, immunology, and transposons? If so, consider applying to my lab at the BioFrontiers Institute in Boulder, Colorado!

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

🧪🧬 #TESky #interferosky

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Calling all transposon fans & lovers of genetic innovation

MOBILE GENOME welcomes you in Heidelberg, Nov. 4–7 2025

→ Vibrant & friendly community
→ Cutting-edge talks from mechanisms to physiology
→ Plenty of surprises (TEs never stop innovating)

submit abstract by July 29

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Congrats!!!!

gold crispr-cas9 enamel pins

drosophila embroidered patches and enamel pins

IgM antibody enamel pins in purple and cyan

All proceeds from my #sciart Etsy shop will now be donated to
@flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag!
www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...

Poster of diverse scientists chatting with each other and holding idea balloons representing various fields in the life sciences, such as DNA, cells, gears, and lightbulbs. More information is available through the QR code.

Are you an MIT postdoc in the life sciences? Come join my new initiative, the KendallSqBio Postdoc Symposium on Sept. 10, 2025!

✅ Present your science
✅ Connect with other postdocs
✅ Build your community

Abstract deadline July 11th! forms.gle/iXMTYfqgLKWR...

The winner of the SMBE Mid-Career Excellence Award is Amanda Larracuente (University of Rochester).

⭐ 2025 Winners: members.smbe.org/news/Details...

📄 Information on the Faculty Awards: www.smbe.org/faculty-awards

This #microscopymonday image is of a #Drosophila male reproductive system: paired coiled testes, seminal vesicles & accessory glands, and a single ejaculatory duct. Each coiled testis is about 1.5mm. Image captured by MDI Bio Lab Sr. Scientist Travis Carney.

#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝

it's actually very incomplete: my grant has been delayed for 5 weeks now and it doesn't come up when I search for my Institution. In fact, at my Institution it looks like only two grants are delayed, but I know that in reality it's dozens of them.

We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.

Drosophila Genetic Database The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...

#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Congratulations to postdocs Melissa Pamula and Amelie Raz, who have both been named 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows @remlehmann.bsky.social @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

A trophy of a sad looking football. The trophy says "Last Place. At least you tried."

A friend in my old lab mailed our fantasy football loser trophy to my lab instead of my home. I then had to explain to the confused student who opened the package why I'm bad at fantasy football (its because I'm too much of a Bears homer).

Text reads "Congratulations to the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows" followed by the Leading Edge logo and www.leadingedgesymposium.org. Below are the headshots and names of the 40 new Leading Edge Fellows. They are Cel Welch Lianna Wat Maria Toro Moreno Sarah Talley Xulu Sun Ines Sturmlechner Virginia Savy Amelie Raz Kali Pruss Caterina Profaci Sarah Pierce Melissa Pamula Kehinde Odufowora Patricia Nano Ariana Musa de Aquino Nour El Houda Mimouni Kathleen Martin Brea Manuel Mable Lam Miri Krupkin Elaine Kouame Megan Kirchgessner Sumin Kim Shubhangini Kataruka Geraldine Jowett Andrea Jones Leanne Iannucci Emily Heckman Allison Girasole Florencia Fernandez Chiappe Tonie Farris Hannah Elam Erin Doherty Xiaoyun Ding Maria Bustillo Julia Brunner Debadrita Bhattacharya Lorena Benedetti Ashley Anderson Krisha Aghi

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.

Learn more about these exceptional scientists:

www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows

Hey Ypsi-Arbor science folks. If you do want to host one of these, I can likely help with a hosting space and definitely can help with promotion. Lmk!

This is a great point, especially when you consider the huge role graduate students have in research. Federal grants that fund research at universities are a tremendous value for US taxpayers.

The pact of the federal govt with universities was not a handout. It was a strategic decision to boost US leadership in technology, defense, and health. And it paid dividends. In tech, internet, in cancer drugs (for example), No other sector has invested in high risk high reward ideas like US govt.

Our May issue is live!

Yukihide Tomari et al outline repression mechanisms for transposons (which “jump” through the genome like monkeys [see cover]). Meanwhile, Sarah Signor et al dive into the evolution of one of these mechanisms: the piRNA system.

More here!
www.cell.com/trends/genet...

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Our study adds to a small but growing list of active TEs in apparent symbiotic relationship with their host. Telomeric retroelements and R2 elements in Drosophila are other possible examples of TE addiction. How widespread is TE addiction? We shall see...

I'm so happy to see this out! Congratulations to all the authors on this beautiful work!

If you don't already think TEs are important to your bioligical system of interest, hopefully the accumulation of TEs found to be essential to host biology is reshaping how you view them!

National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...

Huge congratulations to my former PI Yukiko Yamashita on her election to the National Academy of Sciences! An amazing scientists and wonderful person who I'm so fortunate to have as a mentor!

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www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...

Movies you've watched more than 6 times using GIFs.

(Hard mode: No Star Wars, Star Trek, or LotR.)

Matt had my top pick, but this was an easy #2.