Constanza Torres-Paris

Mallory is a postdoc in Alexis Komor's lab. She brings gene editing to high schools, showing them what a future in science looks like. Without funding from the NSF, this outreach would not be possible. #BehindEveryBreakthrough

Decades of research have found that acetaminophen is safe for children when administered as recommended. Misleading claims link the medicine to autism. These false claims send a dangerous message to parents and does a disservice to autistic individuals. www.aap.org/en/news-room...

For STEM Professionals - Letters to a Pre-Scientist Pen Pal Program Overview We encourage STEM Professionals of all kinds to get involved with Letters to a Pre-Scientist! STEM professionals send and receive letters throughout a school year from ...

Just registered to be a STEM professional penpal with letters to a prescientist for the 2025-2026 school year :) If you are a STEM professional and want to make a change, consider volunteering with them. More info here: prescientist.org/volunteers/?...

Phosphorylation modulates secondary structure of intrinsically disorder regions in RNA polymerase II The intrinsically disordered C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II contains tandem repeats with the consensus sequence YSPTSPS and coordinates …

Now published! Phosphorylation patterns modulate transient secondary structures of the intrinsically disordered CTD of RNA polymerase II www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In the center, there is a badge of the 2025 polyphosphate in biology conference. It has the dates of the conference (May 20-23, 2025), a logo showing the phosphate groups of polyphosphate and the name and affiliation of the attendee (Constanza Torres-Paris, the Scripps Research Institute). The back ground is the hallway of the North Quad at the Univerity of Michigan.

In the uncertain times we live as scientists in the US, a conference feels like an oasis. I am very grateful to have attended the 2025 conference on Polyphosphate Biology. We
shared great science with an amazing international community. Looking forward to keep nerding about polyP with y’all!

Scientist and Lab Operations Coordinator - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Job Summary: The Wayment-Steele Lab seeks a Research Scientist to lead experimental operations within our highly interdisciplinary team, integrating both computational "dry" and experimental "wet" l...

The W-S lab is seeking to hire a research scientist!

This person will lead wet-lab innovations in our team as we combine AI and experiments to understand and design dynamics!

Thanks for sharing/RTs!

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Sending my last lettter of the school year to my pre-scientist penpal through “Letters to a Pre-scientist”. If you are a STEM professional, consider volunteering with them starting in August :) It’s a fun and easy way to pay it forward to the next generation of pre-scientists!

First post here- Hello Bluesky!
Quick science query: These 2D classes are from negative stain of
a FLAG pulldown (HEK cell eluate). Does this look like a real complex or a common contaminant? Would live to hear from anyone who’s worked on similar prep!
#negativestainEM #pulldown #HEKcells

International students in the U.S. are reeling amid revoked visas and terminated records The moves also affect a temporary work program heavily used by STEM graduates

International students and recent graduates from universities across the United States are having their ability to legally stay in the country called into question. scim.ag/4jB1fC6

Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

Fearing Trump cuts, California Democrat proposes creating state’s own NIH The ambitious state lawmaker argues moves by Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. show the Golden State must “step up” as a global leader.

Go California! Please write to your representatives in the California Senate and ask them to support Mr. Scott Wiener's Bill.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

I think that day care is part of the Scripps hospital. Scripps Research employees almost never find spots for their children. Somehow we are not allowed to have our own on our side of campus, which is insane.

Today I learned that my institution located in La Jolla (92037) cannot have an on-site day-care because we are apparently on an airplane route. Does anyone know who I should reach out to to change this rule/law? @repscottpeters.bsky.social @sarajacobs.house.gov

I like the 985. It’s a short, efficient route from the trolley to the Torrey Pines Mesa. Runs every 15 min on rush hour only, always clean, punctual and has sitting spots. It is faster than the NCTD bus that serves the area (101, frequency of a bus per hour). I wish all bus routes had this frequency

Protestors gather around the silent tree at Geisel Library in UC San Diego. Many people hold signs to support science

Poster saying: Cybertrucks can’t cure cancer

Poster saying: Bacteria and Viruses don’t care about DOGE, only science can stop them. Pictures of bacteria, viruses and a pipet cover the poster as well.

Poster saying: Fund the NIH, not Elon’s Tax Cuts.

Today in San Diego, CA!
We #standupforscience There is no science without diversity. There is no future without science 🦠🧫🧬🔬🧪

How a PhD student’s lab size affects their chance of future academic success Trainees in big research groups tend to go on to greater academic success than their small-group counterparts ― but are more likely to quit academia altogether.

Postdoctoral students, graduate students and other junior scientists in large research groups are more likely to drop out of academia than are their peers in smaller groups, says a study of more than one million early-career researchers.

https://go.nature.com/3F8sZyV

As some of us go out to Stand Up for Science today, we should be aware and cognizant of folks who cannot make it today, either due to concerns about immigration status or due to accessibility reasons. If we can make it then we are doing it for them too. they are with us in their hearts.

Hey San Diego!! Come Stand Up for Science on Friday!!!

UCSD @ noon and then downtown @ 2!! 🧬🔬🧪✊🏼

www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
please reskeet and spread the word! 🧪

What cuts to NIH funding mean for cancer patients and their families The American people have consistently supported life-saving cancer research. Now the nation’s bedrock source of public funding for biomedical research is under attack.

www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/what-cu...

It is important at this pivotal moment to @standupforscience.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on why this should be a national priority at tomorrow’s rally in SF:

I will be at UCSD this Friday! Come by, say hello, and Stand Up for Science🧪

Join me in SD at the UCSD rally at Noon in front of Geisel Library!

On Friday, I will #standupforscience2025 because, as a daughter of an oncologist, I have witnessed how dramatically the NIH-funded research has improved my mother’s patient’s chances in only 30 years. Most of them used to die when she started. The NIH brings them hope. Let’s save science!

Opinion: Science funding cuts are based on flawed logic. Here’s the truth. Earlier this month, the National Institutes of Health issued supplemental guidance indicating it would immediately impose a 15% cap on indirect costs for research grants, an unprecedented and abrup…

OpEd by @scripps.edu Pres. Pete Shultz: "the consequences would extend beyond Scripps Research, threatening the broader San Diego life sciences ecosystem, which contributes over $27 billion to the regional economy and supports tens of thousands of jobs."
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...

LET’S DO THIS UCSD

#standupforscienceUCSD

Please also consider speaking at our Stand Up For Science Rally Sacramento on March 7th. The cuts to #sciencefunding will have a devastating impact on #SacramentoCounty families as well, by removing upwards of $50M from the local economy, and countless jobs as well. @standupforscience.bsky.social

In 2025, we continue to advocate for policy based on scientific evidence. This 2020 Editorial, “We need leaders that believe in scientific evidence”, resonates today as loudly as ever: plos.io/34lyl59. PLOS Biology also continues to push for DEI and a diverse scientific community:
plos.io/3rzxczU 🧪