Jeremy Reiter

This working paper looks really cool.

"The Education-Innovation Gap"

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PPM1M, an LRRK2-counteracting, phosphoRab12-preferring phosphatase with a potential link to Parkinson’s disease Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) phosphorylates a subset of Rab GTPases that regulate receptor trafficking, and LRRK2-activating mutations are lin…

The Pfeffer lab has been publishing a string of interesting papers mapping links between Parkinson's disease and cilia. The latest: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NIH is shrinking the number of research projects it funds due to a new Trump policy NIH plans to shrink the share of grant applications it will award for the remainder of the fiscal year, in some cases by more than half.

New STAT story about multi-year funding.

www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/n...

Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.

New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...

‘It’s heartless, it’s careless, and it’s deeply damaging’ says former NIH director on cuts to medical research | CNN Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks to Christiane Amanpour about his decision to leave the agency and what he says is the Trump administration’s crackdown...

Straight talk from Dr. Francis Collins on the devastating - and politically motivated - cuts to science and public health in the United States.

Anybody who cares about their health or the future or science, technology, and innovation in this country should watch this.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/T...

DeGette, Raskin, Auchincloss Introduce Resolution Recognizing U.S. Leadership in Biomedical Research WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Reps.

Resolution from Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) recognizing the importance of U.S. leadership in biomedical research and the federal government’s responsibility to protect and expand that leadership.

#SaveNIH

degette.house.gov/media-center...

Tenure-track faculty search of the UCSF Biochemistry & Biophysics Department is open for applications!

We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology.

Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community!

aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05702

A red algal polysaccharide influences the multicellular development of the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta Perotti et al. find that polysaccharides from algae promote multicellular development in the choanoflagellate S. rosetta. Because algal polysaccharides are abundant in the aquatic environments where S...

A red algal polysaccharide influences the multicellular development of the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta

in @currentbiology.bsky.social

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Bayfront Park brings the drama today…

Some personal news…

FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.

The NIH is asking scientists and the public to comment on plans to drastically limit animal model research. If you think animal models remain important tools for basic and clinical research tell them! Click the link below and scroll down to send your comments!

www.fda.gov/news-events/...

YouTube video by Science Communication Lab The Most Beautiful Experiment: Meselson and Stahl

Frank Stahl died today at 95. He and his colleague Matt Meselson found a way to demonstrate how DNA replicated. Their lab experiment has been called the "most beautiful experiment". Here's a video of them describing how they did it. Video h/t NYT. #science
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-tn...

The human ciliopathy protein RSG1 links the CPLANE complex to transition zone architecture - Nature Communications The CPLANE complex is essential for ciliogenesis, and mutations to all but one subunit have been associated with ciliopathies. Here they identify three familial mutations in the final subunit, RSG1, t...

Cilia Alert! So excited to finally have this paper on the CPLANE complex out in @natcomms.nature.com! We show that RSG1 is a human ciliopathy protein and links CPLANE to the transition zone. 1/n

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.

So much great science here! Congratulations all! And a special hooray to Hanna Martens and Isha Jain! www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...

🚨 New preprint!
Using U-ExM + in situ cryo-ET, we show how C2CD3 builds an in-to-out radial architecture connecting the distal centriole lumen to its appendages. Great collab with @cellarchlab.com @chgenoud.bsky.social @stearnslab.bsky.social 🙌. #TeamTomo #UExM
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hey there,

Our latest paper is out in Cell.

We made a knockout collection in a human fungal pathogen, performed over 140 screens, and developed 6 follow up stories.

Phenotypic landscape of an invasive fungal pathogen reveals its unique biology

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The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right. Portrait of Liz Robertson to the left, text to the right 100 extraordinary biologists Liz Robertson Having been a Development Editor since 2003, Liz Robertson is the longest-standing Editor of The Company of Biologists’ journals still in service. She has also been a prolific Development author since 1983. Liz’s lab at the University of Oxford, UK, studies signalling and gene expression in early mammalian development. #100biologists #biologists100

We are highlighting Liz Robertson, @dev-journal.bsky.social Editor and the longest-standing Editor of @biologists.bsky.social journals, as an extraordinary biologist this week.
#100biologists

Congratulations, @semilc.bsky.social! Are you interested in the fascinating world of motile cilia? Consider coming to this lab to explore this awesome biology!

Congratulations, @cilialab.bsky.social! It’s great to see this recognition of exceptional science.

The U.S. Lit a Beacon for Science. Under Trump, Scientists Fear It’s Dimming

Talked to @KateZernike at @nytimes about my journey and the current moment for scientists in the U.S.

“Ardem Patapoutian’s story is not just the American dream, it is the dream of American science.”

Read the article here. No subscription required:

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from VZV- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against dementia and REDUCE the risk of cardiovascular disease! 🧪🧵⬇️

Cell Scientist to Watch – Samantha Lewis ABSTRACT. Samantha Lewis is an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology at the University of California (UC) Berkeley in the USA. Samantha earned her bachelor's degree at Oregon...

Thanks to editors Amelia Glazier and Heidi McBride for the opportunity to share a little about me in this special Mitochondria issue of J Cell Science - includes how I became a scientist, some thoughts on current attacks on science/funding in the US, parenting as a PI, & more doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

As the incoming Chair of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine, I am looking for a Director of Research. Exciting opportunity for a PhD scientist to shape the future of this new Department! Apply here: jobs.weill.cornell.edu/NY/job/New-Y...

A graphic labeled ‘2000s – Kidney Matching’ shows two illustrated kidneys and a diagram of nodes connected by lines, symbolizing matching. Text explains that NSF-funded research in matching theory during the 1980s and 1990s led to the development of computer programs in the 2000s that helped match kidney patients with compatible donors.

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Math funded by NSF is saving lives.
Breakthroughs in matching theory led to algorithms that revolutionized kidney donation—helping match patients with the right donors faster and more efficiently.

www.nsf.gov/impacts/kidn...

Major congratulations to our fearless leader and team captain Susan Dutcher @dutcherlab.bsky.social for being elected to the National Academy of Sciences! 🙌

Another big win for #cilia biology!!

Thank you, Kun Ling @mayoclinic.org, for hosting me. There’s a lot of great science, especially around #ADPKD and #cilia in the works. It was great to see old friends and make new ones!

“Accessibility is not just about inventing the technologies, it's about creating the opportunities for the conversation about how things can be better.” —Dr. Joshua Miele

Today on the podcast, Dr. Joshua Miele talks about his experience growing up blind and how he built a career as an inventor and designer of adaptive technology.

Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...

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We know that in addition to exteroceptive mechanisms, interoceptive chemosensation is also critical for regulating physiology/behavior.

We find that an enteric neuron in worms senses ingested salts via a variant ionotropic receptor (IR like the fly IRs) to regulate salt stress. 1/n