Gary J. Bassell

Looking forward to visiting Emory Cell Biology dept tomorrow! @basselllab.bsky.social @angalus.bsky.social @katzlab.bsky.social

We enjoyed the discussions and interaction! Thank you for the wonderful talk and inspiring our trainees!

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!

Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!

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UCLA’s funds reinstated after yesterday’s court order! Thanks to the brave researchers and their amazing counsel, including Dean Chemerinsky, who brought suit. This is just another turn in the ongoing fight, but a great result for now.

We are hiring! We are currently interviewing for an entry level staff position in the lab, but it is not too late to submit a postdoc application! Send a note of interest to me and apply here: bit.ly/3VmmM7m

In honor of International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day (Sept15), these buildings will be lighting up in Green.
If you are near any of these buildings and happen to see them, please share a photo with us and/or share with us here and tag us.
@myotonicstrong.bsky.social #myotonicdystrophyawareness

🌍 60+ Global Alliance Organizations Recognize the 5th annual International #MyotonicDystrophy Awareness Day! 💚 We proudly celebrate the remarkable strength & resilience of the DM community around the world. 🌟 Read the full press release at www.myotonic.org/global-allia...

There's still time to Go #GreenForDM! Raising #myotonicDystrophy awareness is as simple as wearing green 💚 Join the MDF Team and the DM community — post your pic, use #myotonicDystrophy, and tag MDF to show your support on Awareness Day! 💪✨

We celebrate @jimena-andersen.bsky.social, Zachary McEachin and Jian Hu, who were nominated by their colleagues as part of #Emory University School of Medicine’s 2025 Researcher Appreciation Day. 1/4 med.emory.edu/about/facult...

Molecular impact of antisense oligonucleotide therapy in C9orf72-associated ALS This study provides an in-depth examination of the effects of BIIB078 antisense oligonucleotide therapy (ASO) in ALS patients with C9orf72 mutations. Although the drug reached the brain and spinal cor...

New research from #Emory #ALS Center and Dept of Neurology! Analysis of Biogen/Ionis-sponsored clinical trial of ASOs (antisense oligonucleotides) targeting C9orf72, the most common genetic cause of ALS. 1/x www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

New PI - Zachary McEachin ! @emorygenetics.bsky.social

RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe

Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday

Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n...

Delighted to welcome new graduate student, Engila, for PhD thesis research in our lab! Congrats! Celebrated passing qualifiers with senior graduate students Maxine & Betty! Very proud of them and looking forward to supporting their thesis journey Graduate Neuroscience Program @ Emory University!!

Our lab is looking to recruit a new postdoc to join our team. You can visit us at leritlab.org to learn more and submit applications here: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/149999/... (or scan the QR in the ad below!) Review will commence in early August.

Graphical abstract for our paper in Developmental Biology describing the normal (left side) and Prox1 mutant (right side) innervation of the mouse organ of Corti. Findings are also summarized in the Haiku format.

Another congratulations to Shubham Kale whose paper about cochlear development and innervation just came out in Developmental Biology. See the details in person here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In this light microscopy image of dividing cells within a Drosophila embryo, multiple centrosomes are labeled in cyan. Each centrosome is surrounded by a concentration of orange fluorescent dots, showing the localization of a model mRNA via single molecule detection.

Our lab @emoryuniversity.bsky.social Dept. of Cell Biology is hiring a research technician! This position is ideal for someone who enjoys research, organization, and working in a team. Come for a few years and publish with us, or stay to build a career. staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/149068/...

Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.

It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Bittersweet but memorable going away celebration for Luke after 8 years in our lab following PhD thesis and short postdoc. We thank Luke for his research, dedication and friendship. Excited to see his career ahead. We will miss you and look forward to our future times together.

A human-specific enhancer fine-tunes radial glia potency and corticogenesis - Nature HARE5, a human accelerated region enhancer, modulates cortical development by influencing neural progenitor cell behaviour, leading to an enlarged neocortex with increased functional independence betw...

Thrilled to share our latest study out in @natureportfolio.nature.com led by the fantastically talented Jing Liu. Our study provides insight into a long standing question in biology: What molecular features make us uniquely human and how do these function? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations to Delia graduating with highest honors @emorycollege.bsky.social
Delia is off to @stanford.edu for PhD studies!
I really enjoyed special dinner with Delia and her proud mom visiting from China!!

FASEB and Life Science Organizations Urge Immediate Research Funding Restoration FASEB, along with several other leading life science organizations, file an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit that calls for the immediate restoration of critical research funding.

Unlawful grant terminations harm young scientists and threaten America's scientific future. FASEB and leading scientific organizations call for the immediate restoration of funding that supports the next generation of researchers. Read more:

Unlawful grant terminations are harming young scientists and threatening innovation. ASCB joins leaders calling for immediate funding restoration.

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Check out these lucky undergrads and wonderful mentors!

Johns Hopkins To Offer Funds To Researchers Who’ve Lost Federal Grants Johns Hopkins University will provide three new self-funded grant programs to help its faculty and students cope with the cancelation or interruption of federal funding.

Johns Hopkins is offering funds to researchers who lost federal grants

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Glad to see the support for graduate students and postdocs with terminated awards!!

NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’ After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding

Science article with perspectives from NIH insiders

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End of semester lunch to thank our six inspiring @emorycollege.bsky.social undergraduate researchers from freshman to senior year: Rayna, Riya, Alysia, Anya, Eric and Delia who will graduate with highest honors thesis, then off to
@stanford.edu for PhD! Much thanks our lab mentors! Great teams!

PhD thesis research award on a brain disorder terminated today:Research programs based on..equity objectives,are antithetical to scientific inquiry,do nothing to expand knowledge of living systems,provide low return on investment,and ultimately do not enhance health,lengthen life, or reduce Illness.

Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy “I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020

NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy www.science.org/content/arti...