Erin Goley

a man wearing glasses and a pair of ear plugs on his ears . ALT: a man wearing glasses and a pair of ear plugs on his ears .

My son just got a CD when he ordered a tshirt from his fave artist… he walked it over to our turntable and asked if he could play it on there. The tech shift has been rapid.

Happy Birthday, Rosalind Franklin. She captured an X-ray diffraction image of DNA and stated that a helical structure was probable. Watson and Crick then created a detailed model based on her results. They initially received credit for the discovery and were awarded the Nobel Prize after her death.🧪

Excited to share this collaborative study with @ritatamayo.bsky.social showing that E. faecalis influences C. diff morphology through the phase variable CmrRST system! This work was co-led by the amazing team of @ashleyweiss.bsky.social and Jilarie Santos-Santiago!

Microbiology professor, want to join a slack for microbiology professors, any career stage, diverse career types (pure teaching, med school, R1, community college, pure research fed PIs, ...)

Message me for an invite link if you are interested.

No imposter syndrome, if you are 1% micro, join!

Talk slots full but we can take late breaking poster abstracts until August 7th. Hope to see you in York to hear about your chromosome story 🧬🦠🧫

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@vslioy.bsky.social @damelab.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @biophychrom.bsky.social

My daughter is obsessed.

Igor Siwanowicz created these images of the underside of the front foot of a male diving beetle. You can see suction cups that are used during mating, as well as a broad plate and exterior spines that aid in swimming.

three people standing next to each other with the words what am i looking at on the screen ALT: three people standing next to each other with the words what am i looking at on the screen

Omg.

Shoreline view with large rocks in the foreground and waves in the background.

Good morning from Sachuest Point. ⚓️

Graffiti at the end of an underpass in Heidelberg saying 'LAB!'.

Some PIs will stop at nothing to motivate their lab members. 🧪

Beach signs saying “stay on path keep off dunes restoration in progress.”

Morning from Green Hill Beach. ⚓️

Another beautiful day at Green Hill Beach, RI. ⚓️

Foggy beach view looking out to waves

Morning view. Green Hill Beach, RI ⚓️

You're looking at three golden tortoise beetles (Charidotella sexpunctata). They're native to the Americas, generally the east coast of North America all the way down to Argentina.

The gold coloration is structural, semi-reflective layers in the cuticle selectively reflect wavelengths of light.

My First Substantial Independent Research Award Was Terminated Early. Can My ESI Status Be Reinstated? June 12, 2025 Investigators lose their Early Stage Investigator (ESI) eligibility when they successfully compete for and receive a substantial independent research award. In the event an investigator’s first substantial independent research award is terminated within the first three years of the project period, and this was not due to scientific misconduct or other disqualifying events, the investigator can request the reinstatement of ESI status, using the ESI Extensions request tool in eRA commons. See Requesting an Extension for instructions. For more, see the Early Stage Investigators FAQ page.

For ESIs dealing with grants being rescinded: if an investigator’s 1st substantial independent research award is terminated within the first 3 years of the project period (not due to scientific misconduct ) they can request the reinstatement of ESI status

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The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress.

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For my pending R01*, I've been asked to provide "an itemized list of all supplies greater than $1,000". Has anyone else done this before for the NIH (NIAMS specifically)? I'd like to see an example so I understand to limit the number of review cycles.

*(start date should have been April 1)

Marker drawing of a green, muscley Duolingo owl with a rainbow behind it.

Last daily dose of 🌈 for 2025, muscled Duolingo owl version. I don’t ask questions.

Results page from the NYT strands game for June 29, 2025 showing different colored circles and a pride flag emoji.

Daily dose of 🌈, NYT Strands edition.

Amazing!

Rainbow over a body of water with Niagara Falls in the background.

Daily dose of 🌈, Niagara Falls edition.

Has to do w restructuring basic sciences in the school of medicine.

Instagram post from Pete Souza with a photo of the White House lit in rainbow colors taken on June 26, 2015.

Daily dose of 🌈, a day late edition. Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the Obergefell decision that granted couples like me and my wife federal marriage rights. 🥰

On the brighter side, I’m excited to join the Dept of Molecular Biology and Genetics as of July 1, where we already have great friends and colleagues. Looking forward to our next chapter at JHU. 2/2

Poster advertising a symposium celebrating the 100th anniversary of the department of biological chemistry at Johns Hopkins held in 2008.

Just had the last ever faculty meeting of the Dept of Biological Chemistry at JHU, which will close June 30. The dept has a long and storied history, and has been a supportive and inspiring place to start and run my lab. 1/2

Orange fire hydrant with a pride flag planted in the ground at its base.

Daily dose of 🌈, 🔥 edition.

Daily dose of 🌈, morning ☀️ edition.

a woman is sitting in front of a window with flowers and a caption that says because baltimore really is best ALT: a woman is sitting in front of a window with flowers and a caption that says because baltimore really is best

🤷‍♀️

Double rainbow over a beach in Hawaii

Daily dose of 🌈 at my favorite spot in the world.

I frequently take comfort in the fact that the Universe is vast and beautiful and entirely unaffected by petty human foolishness