Daniel Lane

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Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice

Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/s...

Measuring membrane fluidity in live mycobacteria reveals subcellular lateral variation and pole-selective responses to mycomembrane perturbation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.08.674961v1

T6SS4 is heterogeneously expressed in Y. pseudotuberculosis and is a target for transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.10.664076v1

3'UTR-derived small RNA couples acid resistance to metabolic reprogramming of Salmonella within macrophages https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.06.658255v1

May’s ‘Microbe of the Month’ is a novel archaeon called Methanobrevibacter intestini which was isolated from a human faecal sample taken from an individual in the United States. Find out more about M. intestini and other exciting discoveries by clicking the link in our bio 🧫🔬

Cells are swapping their mitochondria. What does this mean for our health? Nature - Researchers are studying why the energy factories are moving between cells and whether the process can be harnessed to treat cancer and other diseases.

Researchers are studying why mitochondria are moving between cells and whether the process can be harnessed to treat cancer and other diseases

https://go.nature.com/4cHJv5S

A graph showing the result of a droplet digital polymerase-chain-reaction (ddPCR) assay of the lineage-specific locus TP0136, which reveals 56.6% SS14-clade strain and 43.4% Nichols-clade strain in the stomach-biopsy sample and 2.7% SS14-clade strain and 97.3% Nichols-clade strain in the colon-biopsy sample.

A patient with poorly controlled HIV infection was found to have two different strains of 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘮. Careful evaluation showed evidence for recombination between these two organisms. Read the full correspondence: nej.md/3Y03J4w

#MedSky #IDSky #Genetics

A graphic entitled "so long, farewell". It reads: "Many of the 1608 respondents who answered the question below in a Nature survey said that the election of Donald Trump as president had affected their future plans." It then shows the question: "Are you a US researcher who is considering leaving the country following disruptions to science prompted by the Trump administration?" An orange bar shows 75.3% respondents said yes. A blue bar shows 24.7% respondents said no.

"This is my home - I really love my country. But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now"

75% of US scientists who answered our poll are considering relocating. Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3E2OocE

Banning DEI Is Catastrophic for U.S. Science (opinion) An attack on DEI is an attack on science itself, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Stacy C. Farina, Parvin Shahrestani, Vaughn S. Cooper and Gilda A. Barabino write.

Opinion | Banning DEI Is Catastrophic for U.S. Science

An attack on DEI is an attack on science itself, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Stacy C. Farina, Parvin Shahrestani, Vaughn S. Cooper and Gilda A. Barabino write. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4l569c2

‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.

The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard.


https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX

This isn’t going to pass, as we keep hearing from science leaders. It’s not something we just need to get to the other side of.

It’s a fundamentally new politics for US science and we need to engage differently. The old playbook won’t work. 2/

Welcome to Trump Tracker: Probationary workers at health agencies being fired today Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally

There is a lot going on right now! So much in fact that our news team at @science.org is now running a Trump tracker to keep track of it all. *sigh* 🧪

www.science.org/content/arti...

south korean politicians were literally scaling fences to protect their government and our senators are sending out pre-scheduled tweets about the super bowl while an unelected foreign billionaire seizes control of the treasury.

trans rights forever

Panel 1: two crows are walking in the snow as a heavy but gentle snow falls around them. Panel 2: one says to the other while looking ahead "Heh, that lump of snow looks like..." Panel 3: what they thought was a lump of snow opens its eyes, revealing itself to be a pure white snowy owl. Panel 4: "Gasp" gasps the second crow. "... a spirit!" exclaims the first.

As this "pause" hits you and your project, institution, workplace, etc:

TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT.

Contact your MoC, esp if they're a Dem. Contact a relevant advocacy group. Contact the press, local, regional, movement, trade - and not just for an LtE, for a story.

Tell real life stories of harm.

I am calling due to grave concerns with the freezing of communications at Federal agencies. Specifically, I am calling regarding HHS and the National Institutes of Health, including the indefinite suspension of council review meetings, review section, and travel. Currently, our state of [insert state here] benefits from over $654 million [WI data; insert data from your state here] in biomedical research funding from the NIH with a significant portion of that going to support jobs, innovation, and education, translating to $1.64 Billion in economic activity [WI data; insert data from your state here]. As a concerned local [citizen/resident/scientist/researcher/educator], I urge you to make sure that the money that has already been allocated for NIH extramural funding, including all training and workforce development grants remain committed. Having this funding removed would be disastrous for our local economy, important university biomedical research, and would lead to the loss of thousands of research training positions at the staff, postdoctoral, and graduate student level. NIH has always benefited from Congressional support across political ideologies, and continuing to commit to its funding and extramural projects ensures our country remains at the forefront of biomedical research efforts and innovations.

🧪Here's the script for your senators. If you're in WI, like I am, that's Johnson www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/office_locat... and Baldwin www.baldwin.senate.gov

Data by state on NIH impact: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

A world less safe and secure On 20 January, President Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). President Trump shares many of the same concerns about WHO as previous administra...

New in @science.org: A World Less Safe & Secure
We examine how the US withdrawal from @who.int will limit US leadership to protect public health & challenge WHO governance in facing global challenges.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The antidote for despair is action ❤️

* Dial (202) 224-3121
* Enter zip code
* Leave voicemail
* Say “My name is ___, I’m a constituent in [town]. (If clinician/scientist, say so)

“The NIH freeze harms research and patients and must be lifted immediately.”

Be brief. Staffers tally all calls. Go! ✅

I'm really excited to see this is now available for the world to read! Are you curious about type 1 interferons, NETosing neutrophils, and macrophages in TB granulomas? This paper has it all! Congratulations to the entire team, especially the amazing scientists in the @stallingslab.bsky.social!

Introducing PiM Connections, a mentorship program by the Pride in Microbiology Network! 🌈 🔬
We will connect members based on career & scientific interests to support the next gen of queer & trans scientists. Register to be a mentor or mentee (or both!): https://buff.ly/3ZhdFGr

The impact of fold-dilution and diluent volume on the estimation of colony forming units in a bacterial culture https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.28.625891v1 Bacteriological sampling by dilution plating is an age old fundamental microbiological procedure bei

The impact of fold-dilution and diluent volume on the estimation of colony forming units in a bacterial culture https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.28.625891v1

The repurposed STAT3 inhibitor pyrimethamine controls mycobacterial infection-induced vascular permeability and mycobacterial burden https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.28.625803v1 Infection-induced vascular pathologies are a side effect of the immune response to contact with a ra

The repurposed STAT3 inhibitor pyrimethamine controls mycobacterial infection-induced vascular permeability and mycobacterial burden https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.28.625803v1