Will Taylor, PhD

Now to capture a third, much larger ctenophore, engulfing the two. Ok just kidding. This is quite cool, thanks for sharing photo.

Vintage biorad power supply.

I swear my nerves about as fragile as an isopropanol pellet.

a group of people are riding a boat in the water and one of them is wearing a blue shirt . Alt: a group of people are riding a boat in the water and one of them is wearing a blue shirt .

SS reviewing my grant scheduled to meet March 20. Yesterday saw ERA update with new roster document. But it still feels kinda like

I know it’s true for all last-minute firings, but for NIH I have a good sense of what the collateral impacts are.

Some staff work in labs, clinics, the hospital, with important technical, service, and support roles. It’s team-based work with a long time horizon and investment.

Now broken apart.

Senate votes to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary Kennedy managed to allay the concerns of several key GOP senators over his anti-vaccine activism. Mitch McConnell was the lone Republican to vote against him.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Cumulative Nobel prizes in medicine as a function of country and year. USA Nobels have steadily increased since mid twentieth century.

If you are wondering how NIH affects discoveries in medicine here is one measure. Cumulative number of Nobel prizes in medicine by country by year. people.idsia.ch/~juergen/nob...

somehow between noon and six today I have eight hours of meetings.

To the editor: Science funding lifts economy, saves lives As a biology professor at the University of Toledo, I have the privilege of teaching students about the intricate workings of life and training the next ...

Following @peiferlabunc.bsky.social lead (and borrowing some of his language 😉), I sent a letter to our local newspaper, which was published today. Thanks for the inspiration Mark!
www.toledoblade.com/opinion/lett...

Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates Notice Number: NOT-OD-25-068 Key Dates Release Date: February 7, 2025 Related Announcements None Issued by Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD) Purpose

🚨RED ALERT for 🧪:

The Trump NIH just gashed indirect costs. This is a direct attack on universities.

“Pursuant to this Supplemental Guidance, there will be a standard rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs.” 😮

Just a devastating Friday night news dump. #scicomm #academicaky

Sometimes when you walk around the lab mumbling "there is no frickin way this is going to work" you are correct.

Now to solve the mystery of why the mini plasmid preps made two days ago are 500 uL...

When I did a room with click laminate I noticed occasional gaps would open as I was adding new rows. So my suggestion is to bring a Bluetooth speaker and some righteous tunes to keep you sane when (or if) this happens.

I am still awestruck by the fact that I sent a little tube in the mail and a company ran 10 million sequencing reactions basically for the cost of dinner and a movie.

Review report back. Looks like I need to run a western blot. God help us.

Yep, I just did a lecture to my biology class about the importance of peer review and proper sourcing of literature. As a demo, I fire up pubmed - 404. Skulk away.

Some days I just want to shrink myself down so that I can walk right into the endoplasmic reticulum and see what's going on.

KT1 leukemic cell in mitosis showing spindle and chromosomes

Image from a project we are currently completing. When these KT1 leukemic cells are arrested in mitosis, they become elongated. In this cell, the spindle is asymmetrical localized.

Cell in mitosis analyzed by immunofluorescence. Shows tubulin, centromeres, and Mad2

Just received email from my SRO seeming to suggest that March 20 study section is still scheduled to happen. Would be nice to have official update from NIH, but silence.