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What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.

To mark the death of James Watson, please read this 2023 piece about Rosalind Franklin's role in the discovery of the double helix
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.

Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

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Antarctica Tariffs Announced

It's about time those deadbeat slackers started pulling their weight...

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Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.

To mark International Women’s Day, six award-winning female scientists told Nature about the women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others. #WomenInStem 🧪

One of the most powerful moments of the day came from Emily Whitehead who told the story of how she was the first pediatric patient to receive CAR T-cell therapy for her leukemia at age 5: “I stand up for science because science saved my life. And that’s a fact.” @standupforscience.bsky.social

American scientists take to the streets to protest Trump's cuts As Donald Trump guts the programs and agencies behind some of America's greatest scientific achievements and fires the people responsible for those achievements and working on new ones, scientists acr...

@maddow.msnbc.com about the Philly #StandUpForScience rally: “Look at this, I mean this is impressive!…Look at that, that’s a really big protest.” 🙌

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I mouth pipette worm embryos…😳

Hello Bluesky! This is the account of the Cereal Symbiosis Lab run by Prof. Uta Paszkowski at @cropscicentre.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social, researching arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in cereal crops 🍄🌾🌽 Looking forward to reconnecting with the mycorrhiza community on this new platform!

Young researchers mobilize to protest Trump administration’s science policies Stunned by attacks on the scientific research system, early career scientists plan a D.C. demonstration and a national ‘Stand Up for Science’ event.

Young researchers mobilize to protest Trump administration’s science policies  www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r... via @statnews.com

@jpflores.bsky.social @samschuelstein.bsky.social @emmalovesscience.bsky.social @leslie-bern.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social

Today is the international day of the Woman and Girl in Science. To all badass women, scientists keep doing what you do: discovery, mentorship, and hard work. YOU belong in SCIENE.
To others, uplift the Women scientists you know, cite them, promote them, sponsor them, invite them - be an upstander.

At @maxplanck.de, we continue to seek and enhance diversity, because diversity and excellence go hand in hand!

US health agency seeks to cut gender-related terms from scientific papers The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an executive order from president Donald Trump, and applies to research not yet published.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has mandated that all scientific manuscripts produced by its researchers that are under review at a journal be withdrawn so that certain language relating to gender can be stripped from them.
https://go.nature.com/40YJGp4

Dafadine Does Not Promote Dauer Development in Pristionchus pacificus

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Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll The research community has flocked to the social-media platform Bluesky. Tell us about your experience.

Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Who’s quitting academia? Data reveal gender gaps in surprising fields Even in scientific areas in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research within 20 years.

Who’s quitting academia? Data reveal gender gaps in surprising fields www.nature.com/articles/d41...

'Among female scientists in biochem, genetics & mol bio who began publishing in 2000, just 28% 🇯🇵, 30% 🇩🇪 & 37% 🇨🇦 were still publishing +10 yrs on but rate was higher — 83% 🇵🇹, 64% 🇵🇱 & 65%🇳🇴 .' 🤔

Perception of Temperature Even in the Absence of Actual Change is Sufficient to Drive Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance Can processes occurring in one individuals nervous system influence the physiology of the descendants? Here we explored the provocative hypothesis that parents sensation or perception of environmental...

Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🚨 PhD Opportunity Alert! 🚨 I'm thrilled to announce my new project, Watchers on the Wall, exploring how plant cells sense and respond to stress through their walls. 🌱 A 5-year fully funded PhD position is open—please share with potential candidates! 👇 (1/7)

Balancing selfing and outcrossing: the genetics and cell biology of nematodes with three sexual morphs Abstract. Trioecy, a rare reproductive system where hermaphrodites, females, and males coexist, is found in certain algae, plants, and animals. Though it h

Excited our new review just came out in genetics. Go read about Auanema. They are awesome!

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My first post on bluesky. I feel I should launch with a cat picture! Meet Monty and Seamus Monty thinks he’s an astronaut. Seamus likes sinks.