Samuel Diamond

The co-first authorship order was determined via the best of three rounds in Super Smash Bros.

Always a pleasure Arka!

A purple, red and white crab. Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/3438552539

The toxic crab (Lophozozymus incisus), a rare and very beautiful species found in warm waters the world over, including off the coast of Australia.

Toxic crabs can be incredibly dangerous, containing toxins that are similar to those of the pufferfish, called tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin.

#crustmas

This too is Penelope

🎶🐁 #neuroskyence

Rage Against the Machine, Gang Starr and At the Drive In

Rakim, De La Soul and MF DOOM

Lauryn Hill, Outkast and the Roots

McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz

Yule Prog 4-10

Shapeshifting cancers’ masters, unmasked | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Some tumors are almost impossible to treat. That’s especially true for carcinomas, which don’t behave like other malignancies. Some of these tumors act as shapeshifters and start to resemble cells fro...

Two breakthroughs in one! Two new studies from CSHL molecular biologist Chris Vakoc, published in @natcomms.nature.com and @cp-cellreports.bsky.social, help explain the bizarre behaviors of pancreatic cancers and lung cancers that can change identities.

www.cshl.edu/shapeshiftin...

“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” was meant to be ironic. The doubling up of ‘far’ is the giveaway. It’s the future given Lucas’ view of the world in 1977.

A little brainteaser I wrote:

Writing 'not unlike' is not unlike writing 'like', unlike writing 'unlike', which, unlike writing 'not unlike', is not like writing 'like'.

#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #WordPlay

As a longtime fan of cool papers in @currentbiology.bsky.social, I am really thrilled to see this out!

This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.

Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social

Congratulations, all!

By @warrenellis.ltd.web.brid.gy with art by AJ Brady.

Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands By The Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day to all who celebrate

Uplands Farm: Grounds for discovery | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory At first glance, Uplands Farm—12 carefully tended acres about a mile east of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) campus—resembles farms you might have seen before. Orderly rows of corn dominate t...

At CSHL's Uplands Farm, researchers are are cultivating corn, sorghum, and more to test the roles of different genes. Read more to discover CSHL's long history and exciting future in plant biology. www.cshl.edu/uplands-farm...

Breast cancer case study could inform clinical trials | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory When researchers look for potential cancer therapy targets, they typically go after protein-coding genes that participate in disease progression. Disrupt them and negate whatever role they play in can...

CSHL Professor David Spector and grad student Disha Aggarwal examined tissue samples from a 59-year-old woman diagnosed with stage 1 triple-negative breast cancer. Their findings could help inform clinical trials of a drug targeting the long non-coding RNA MALAT1. www.cshl.edu/breast-cance...

“To understand how our DNA shapes our lives, we have to address the question of how our experience interacts with it.”

That’s about the size of it.

A doorstop for the brain’s electrical gates | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory As information zings from cell to cell inside the brain, bursts of electricity spur its transmission. At Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), scientists have turned their attention to the tiny pores ...

A new study from the Furukawa lab (@lab-furukawa.bsky.social) identifies the neurological ‘doorstops’ that keep the brain’s NMDA receptors fully or partially open. The findings could have implications for treating neurodegenerative conditions like #Alzheimers disease. www.cshl.edu/a-doorstop-f...

I have some of those

Extinction Policy Agenda

YouTube video by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory The hitchhiker's guide to the smelliverse with CSHL's Alexei Koulakov, Ph.D.

Synesthesia, shipwrecks, and African elephant all await you in the smelliverse! Get a guided tour from CSHL Professor Alexei Koulakov in our Cocktails & Chromosomes video. @alexkoulakov.bsky.social #NeuroSkyence youtu.be/b5i0gUz3O1I?...

YouTube video by D'Angelo - Topic Devil's Pie

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Related and more painful

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Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses? Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

The magnetic math of breast health  | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Branching isn’t just for trees. This biological process occurs in animal development, enabling organs to perform complex functions. Branch-like structures form in lungs, kidneys, and breasts, among ot...

Did you know that breasts have branches? Disturbances to this tree of life can have implications for breast cancer risk. Now, three grad students in CSHL's @caoresco.bsky.social lab have developed a computer model for measuring such changes. #BreastCancerAwareness www.cshl.edu/the-magnetic...

Jane Goodall, Legendary Primatologist and Anthropologist, Dies at 91 She was considered the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees and was renowned for her global conservation efforts

I wrote Jane Goodall's obit for Smithsonian & throughout my reporting, I learned more about what an incredible scientific trailblazer she was. She opened doors for generations of women had such a profound impact on so many people across the world.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

I have eaten Mexican food every day for the past six days and every meal for the last three. It doesn’t feel the least bit strange. It just feels like living right. And no, I am not currently in Mexico

Wait … what?! 🤯