BrianMcAdams, Ph.D.

Our shared experience. If I may quote you, “”sigh””

My quote of the day

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

John Wooden
UCLA basketball coach
National Champions 1964, 1965, 1967-1973, 1975
Longest winning streak 88 games

Thanks for the feedback. I am sure you will find great matches.

Sounded intriguing until I saw there is apparently an unspecified age cut off (i.e. early career scientist). Are older researchers considered if they apply?

Russell Vought has unilaterally decided today that he simply won’t allow anyone outside of NIH to receive research funding.

$15 billion in NIH funding is now locked down. If not reversed, it will also take down many Universities in the United States.

Forget new cancer treatments or vaccines.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/25/climate/heat-speed-up-biological-aging

“Prolonged exposure to soaring temperatures can cause a deterioration in our cells and tissues and speed up biological aging, according to a new and growing body of research.”

Advances in Preventing Transmission of Mitochondrial DNA Diseases | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

the NOVA logo over a whirling black hole.

As a reminder, PBS NOVA is one of the coolest science entertainment platforms that we have today!

If you're thinking of unsubscribing from any other streamers today, or if you have the capacity in your wallet, you can sign up to donate a monthly gift to PBS here: donate.kqed.org/secure/kqedpbs

All episodes of Bill Nye The Science Guy, full episodes, 5 seasons, remastered to 4K:

SeriouslyScientific.com/BillNye-Season1
SeriouslyScientific.com/BillNye-Season2
SeriouslyScientific.com/BillNye-Season3
SeriouslyScientific.com/BillNye-Season4
SeriouslyScientific.com/BillNye-Season5

#BillNye

Your Review: Of Mice, Mechanisms, and Dementia Finalist #3 in the Review Contest

A fascinating review of the 1995 Nature paper establishing the amyloid mouse model of Alzheimer’s.

“the seeds of today’s failures were visible from the beginning if one looks carefully.”

www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-revie...

Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!

I’m on it!

Confocal microscopy photo of the cortex showing neurons and astrocytes

Confocal microscopy photo of the cortex showing neurons and astrocytes

Check out this cool astrocyte multitasking in the brain! It manages a blood vessel on one side while supporting a neuron on the other. Everything in the brain, from blood vessels to neurons, is interconnected! 🔬 🧠
#microscopy #Neuroscience

How to modulate biological aging (body-wide, epigenetic)
—Obesity accelerates
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
—Exercise slows
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This is so wrong-headed. You could not pay me to take a drug that was not tested in animals, and animal models remain absolutely essential for discovery research www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/a...

There is no replacement for animal models in medical research

It is absolutely crazy to think we no longer need model organism research. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Mitochondria can sense bacteria and trigger your immune system to trap them – revealing new ways to treat infections and autoimmunity Not only do mitochondria serve as the engine of the cell – they also act as watchtowers for the immune system.

New article by Dr. Andrew Monteith reveals mitochondria in immune cells can sense bacteria and trigger “immune traps” (NETs). This discovery links metabolism & immunity, important for ME/CFS research.

Read more 👇
theconversation.com/mitochondria...

If any of my scientist *mutuals* wants to write an op-ed for their newspaper about science but you’re not feeling confident about your writing skills, I will happily ghost co-write the piece with you. I’m fast, and I’m pretty good. And we need people making the case for science. 🧪⚛️🔭

Good luck & happy anniversary

Image from Vera Rubin. The cosmos.

On days like this I find it so hard to reconcile our human actions with the almost impossible odds that we exist at all. I wish we treasured and valued each other. I wish we realized there’s more than enough for everyone. That we belong to each other, we need each other. That we are all we have.

Absolutely stunning image. Thanks for the link to the previous paper. Best wishes in your research

Any paper link you can link to this, please?

Want to instead explore the Virgo Cluster as captured by Rubin at full resolution? Head to our Skyviewer and enjoy some cosmic joyscrolling! There's so much to explore and discover ✨ #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪

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Grumpy Bianchi geodesic

Extant multiverse

Thank you Senator Smith, and may you & all her grieving colleagues, friends and family find the strength to move past this tragedy and unite to continue to move Melissa’s great work forward

Love these.

We are so sorry for your loss and the loss for all Minnesotans. Please continue your good works and encourage your Minnesotan legislators to pick up where she has left off. We hold her memory dear.

As in the situation where it is a rocky exoplanet with sufficient heat under a layer of ice & perhaps an ocean.