Yaniris Molina-Aponte

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.

Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

Adaptive immunity in barrier tissues Immune responses lie at the heart of almost every aspect of human health, including host responses to infection, autoimmunity, cancer, metabolism and aging. While adaptive immune responses by B and T…

🚨🦠🔬 Last month to register to the EMBO workshop on Adaptive Immunity in Barrier Tissues.

📍 Where: Basel, Switzerland
📅 When: 26th–29th August 2025
📝 Registration deadline: 30th May 2025

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Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.

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On the cover: The blood-brain barrier is a defining feature of brain tumors, shaping their biology and therapeutic response. In this issue, Bejarano et al. use single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial analysis to construct a vascular atlas of primary and metastatic brain tumors, revealing distinct alterations in endothelial and mural cells. Glioblastomas undergo substantial vascular remodeling compared to low-grade gliomas, while brain metastases exhibit even greater permeability and increased immune cell interactions. This unveiling of vascular heterogeneity is depicted as a red pencil coloring in the intricate details of tumor-associated blood vessels within a map of the human brain wherein a tumor is surrounded by diverse immune cells. Image by Joana C. Carvalho.

Excited to see our image on the cover of #Immunity today 🤩

Congrats to the amazing @lbejarano.bsky.social & all authors for our #brain #tumor #vasculature study

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Huge 🙏 🙏 to the v talented @joanagcc.bsky.social for creating this super cover 🧠🧪

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The Dangerous Rise of Jay Bhattacharya — AJI Jay Bhattacharya, once a fringe COVID contrarian, is now poised to lead the NIH. His rise—from downplaying the virus, pushing the discredited Great Barrington Declaration, and allying with anti-vaccin...

Defenders of Jay Bhattacharya are afraid to quote him.

I’m not.

Here’s a small sample of what they’ll censor.

New article from me.

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Future of Neuroscience: Ya’el Courtney

So so so honored to be featured in @sfn.org Newsletter as part of the Future of Neuroscience! If you want to know a little more about my background, PhD work, and future goals, this one’s for you! :)

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How Trump’s ‘fear factor’ is already reshaping American science Scientists shocked by the Trump administration's "sledgehammer" wonder about possible motives and lament a short-sighted approach to cuts.

How Trump’s ‘fear factor’ is already reshaping American science
‘The number of cures we won’t get and scientific advances we won’t have as a result of these cuts are uncountable’
@matthewherper.bsky.social
@statnews.com

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i think today broke my single day record for most phone calls received from colleagues.

the scientists — especially those with minoritized identities — are not ok

I know that it is the point, but the whiplash about federal funding has been an exhausting emotional roller coaster over the last 48 hours. It is extremely distressing to not know if you are going to have a job tomorrow.

Postdoctoral Position in Immunology Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

We are hiring! Several projects available in mucosal immunology and stem cell transplantation using functional genomics and spatial transcriptomics. Could you please help us spread the word? @ljiresearch.bsky.social

This growing zebrafish will eventually decide when it’s the right time to hatch. Deodatta Gajbhiye

You could say fish get to choose their own birthdays, because they decide when it's the right time to hatch—and scientists now know how. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Skin Cancer Research: Melanoma and beyond. A space for patient advocates, scientists, physicians, institutions, and journals dedicated to advancing skin cancer research. 🧫🧑‍🔬🔬

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We are opening a call for applications 2025 – Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur in Paris @pasteur.fr all details on our web site : research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...

Human skin rejuvenation via mRNA
By George M. Church

"ATF3-targeted mRNA treatment effectively reverses the effects of skin aging by modulating specific cellular mechanisms, offering a novel, targeted approach to human skin rejuvenation."

Open Access
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One of the alluring and theoretical strategies for extending healthspan and longevity is to rejuvenate the thymus gland, promote an intact immune system. Now there's a way to do that in aged mice.

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Support Skype a Scientist! By Skype a Scientist

Bc I've mentioned fundraising, I'm going to put this here. The goal for this Giving Tues. for us is going to be increasing monthly donors. Monthly support is so helpful for keeping us stable. $5/month spread over hundreds of people is how we've stayed afloat for 8 years.

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When a solution doesn’t exist, invent one, says immunologist Gabriel D. Victora Changing careers from classical pianist to scientist and more with Dr. Victora.

When it doesn’t exist, invent it!

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I love my floating island of garbage 🏝️ 🇵🇷

One-carbon unit supplementation fuels tumor-infiltrating T cells and augments checkpoint blockade https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.01.565193v1 Nucleotides perform important metabolic functions, carrying energy and feeding nucleic acid synthesi

One-carbon unit supplementation fuels tumor-infiltrating T cells and augments checkpoint blockade https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.01.565193v1