Casey Mahoney-Crane, Ph.D.

New computational paper from the lab! Thanks to the reviewers for helping us improve this paper from the preprint version and Nucleic Acids Research for a smooth publication process.

An artistic depiction of magnetic nanocultures being pulled toward a magnet.

Researchers have developed polymeric nanocultures composed of iron-oxide nanoparticles, providing a field-ready approach for cultivating and studying environmental microbes under near-native conditions.

Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4r90UuS

Inspiration is found everywhere

Day 14 of government shutdown: I think I’m starting to miss the NIH geese. I hope they’re doing well.

While we cannot control the whirlwind around, I remain hopeful that justice, integrity, and truth will ultimately prevail.

Yeah- that sounds about right

Great, bipartisan perspective on RFK’s comments

Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.

The mRNA vaccines were miraculous. It lost public trust because there was a calculated campaign to undermine it. Jay Bhattacharya, RFK & Vinay Prasad were all accomplices in destroying trust in vaccines & science in general. More people will die as a result. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I can’t believe it- I’m nearly a year into my postdoc but loving every moment of it with these people 🥰

I want it on the record that I went to Trader Joe’s and ONLY bought 1 (ONE) thing. Plz be proud of me.

Your research hits differently when you realize findings from it can lead to therapies that can help your own mom.

Note: she’s okay- this is in the context of microglial activation.

Congrats!!! This is so exciting!

Following court order, NIH ceases new terminations of politically sensitive grants After a judge told agency to restore hundreds of killed grants, NIH backs off plans to cancel more existing projects

Breaking news: The National Institutes of Health has ceased terminating grants on politically sensitive topics after a federal judge ruled last week that the cancellations were illegal.
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You know what’s fantastic?

In the midst of everything that is happening the lab team keeps knocking it out of the park.

Seriously - I give them impossible tasks and they just…

Deliver.

Amazing stuff.

To everyone still reviewing papers right now: thank you. It's a lot to give up your time, for free, amidst everything. The scientific process remains as important as ever, and yet it's extra tough to serve in this capacity when our mental bandwidth is so limited.

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GOOD NEWS!

The NIH guide notice prohibiting grantees from engaging in or promoting DEI activities or from engaging in "prohibited boycotts" (such as BDS) has been rescinded!!!!

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

I just signed.

Never in a million years did I think my “Girls just want to have funding for scientific research” sweatshirt, would turn into a political statement.

I’m just trying to study the brain, and that costs money😂😆

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REMINDER.....REMINDER......REMINDER

3 DAYS LEFT TO COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F

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Infallible logic IMO

Today, NIH Fellows United and our colleagues walked out of NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya’s Town Hall. Dr. Bhattacharya's tenure at NIH has been marked with damaging cuts to NIH personnel and biomedical research funding.

This and not worrying about my cells because my AMAZING coworkers are taking care of them while I’m out of town. (Seriously, thank you amazing coworkers.)

Hey me too!!!

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In this time of uncertainty we are certain that we are committed to ending #Alzheimer and #Dementia so here are a few #Sciencerockstar sightings for you from the #NACC #ADRCSpringMeeting in #SFO

Our of office message:

I'm sorry I won't be responding to emails today. I'm out in the garden, healing my tired soul with dirt and sunshine

There are also a couple at medical center… you know- in front of the NIH

I just found my new favorite gif- possibly ever to exist. And you’re welcome in advance.

I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.