Soni Lacefield

@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"

I’m not sure. I need to investigate. But, it has been a long-standing tradition. Great for team bonding. We had 58labs/ teams register this year!

Rolling! Ours is on the right!

The Lacefield Lab won second place in the great pumpkin derby! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social

Lacefield Lab grad student @pallavisgadgil.bsky.social gave an excellent talk at Geisel’s Biomedical Research Day! Congratulations Pallavi! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social

Just a reminder about our faculty search at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. Applications due Oct. 15. @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social

According to news reports, NIH is on track to award nearly all of its FY25 budget. Program officers—working long hours despite staff losses—made it possible. Take a moment to thank your PO for their dedication.

Congrats @moseleylab.bsky.social! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social

Thank you!

Thanks Takashi!

A persistent intracellular bridge and cell cycle misregulation enable polar body cell divisions and tumor formation in Mos-deficient eggs Mammalian female meiosis is uniquely regulated to produce a developmentally competent egg capable of supporting embryogenesis. During meiosis I, homologous chromosomes segregate, with half extruded in...

Check out our new manuscript on biorxiv on the role of MOS in mammalian oocyte meiosis: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
With @schindlerlab.bsky.social @giselacairobaza.bsky.social @muhammad-haseeb.bsky.social

My department at Dartmouth Medical School is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are looking broadly for a biochemist or cell biologist. Please share this add! apply.interfolio.com/171438
@dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @futurepislack.bsky.social

Flybase is free to use but not free to make. It takes large teams of people and millions of dollars a year to create the knowledgebas and tools for fly research. Please donate generously.

I also had the best co-instructors (pictured here) and teaching assistants to make this course run smoothly!

Just finished teaching another year of CSHL Yeast Genetics and Genomics with a fantastic group of students as usual! @cshlcourses.bsky.social

Fourteen Visionary Scientists Named 2025 ASCB Fellows - ASCB The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is proud to announce the election of 14 outstanding scientists as 2025 ASCB Fellows—a prestigious honor recognizing their exceptional contributions to cell...

Meet the 14 scientists named 2025 ASCB Fellows! Honored for excellence in research, mentorship, and service, they’ll be recognized at Cell Bio 2025 this December in Philadelphia.

Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...

I have the privilege of working with these fantastic people every day! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social @ Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine!

The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress.

www.ascb.org/science-poli...

Thanks Takashi!

Thanks Chenshu!

Thanks Prerna!

Thanks Yonatan!

Thanks Swathi!

Great to see such strong support for our courageous NIH colleagues, who are standing up for science!

Disrupted MOS signaling alters meiotic cell cycle regulation and the egg transcriptome Mammalian female meiosis is tightly regulated to produce a developmentally competent egg. Oocytes enter meiosis in the fetal ovary and then arrest at prophase I until sexual maturation. Upon hormonal ...

If you can’t open, feel free to read the biorxiv version www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Super excited to post our new publication on the role of MOS/MAPK signaling in maintaining the egg transcriptome. Great collaboration with Britt Goods lab! rep.bioscientifica.com/view/journal...

ASCB Georgia Virtual Capitol Hill Day ASCB Virtual Hill Day with members of the Georgia Congressional delegation.

Scientists in GA, ASCB has scheduled a virtual Hill Day on June 25. We need scientists willing to talk to their representatives about the consequences of the proposed budget slashes. Please sign up. Or, send to colleagues. Just need to be or become ASCB members. www.ascb.org/ascb-meeting...

Wow - Sharon Dent is amazing - this is so great! Congratulations Sharon ❤️

Pallavi holding an award certificate.

Many congratulations to @pallavisgadgil.bsky.social for being awarded the Lucille Smith award for excellence in Biochemistry. This award is in honor of the memory of Dr. Lucille Smith. The first woman at Dartmouth to attain the rank of full professor!

Excited to post our new preprint on how MOS/MAPK signaling impacts the egg transcriptome! Great collaboration with Britt Goods and lab!