Andrei Goga

An image of Bernal hill from Van Ness Avenue with a red arrow point to a nearly invisible sign that says “Stand Up for Science SF”

Today is National #StandUpforScience day. Here is my failed contribution. You have to zoom way the $&@#% in.

UCSF Staff and partners with inflatable colon for colorectal cancer awareness

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Our Office of Community Engagement has a handy list of resources on colon cancer: linktr.ee/UCSFCancerCe... #ColorectalCancerAwareness

Alamere Falls in the background. Two goofy people in front.

Alamere Falls in the Pointe Reyes Sea Shore. One of a handful of waterfalls that cascade into the Pacific.

Happy Birthday @girlsinscience.bsky.social The best 35+ years.

Large scorpion lit only by black light, roaming pine bark

Pinchy on the hunt 🩵

(lit only by black light)

Bought a hand-held UV light for spouse’s birthday to explore our backyard in San Francisco. Found a bunch of these cool millipedes. Anyone know anything about this species?

Help! We're struggling to choose between these two images of #Mesodinium #karmachamaeleon and its cryptophyte prey, one more "documentary" and one more "action shot," as cover image submissions (to a society journal). If you were an editor, which one would more likely catch your eye? #protistsonsky

My vote is for this one - I’ve had it framed in anticipation! It’s my birthday present from one of the authors’ dad.

Congrats @ayushmidha.bsky.social and all the other winners.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Features the Works of Bay Area Cancer Patients [SLIDESHOW] UCSF’s Art for Recovery gives cancer patients a creative outlet for their hope and grief. Now their artworks hang in a famous museum.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Features the Works of Bay Area Cancer Patients @ucsfhealth.bsky.social [SLIDESHOW] www.cancerhealth.com/article/san-... via @cancerhealth.bsky.social

omg did you see the sequencing they're doing? It's so Last Gen

Amazing

Leader of Columbia Brain Institute Quits Over Friendship With Epstein

Power lures people to abuse young girls no matter IQ, gender or nationality.

The Epstein files reveal - scientists are not immune.

Leader of Columbia Brain Institute Quits Over Friendship With Epstein www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/n...

"André Is an Idiot" Documentary Film Screenings with Live Q&A

In the spirit of #ColorectalCancerAwareness Month, the @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is delighted to share an invitation to special screenings of the acclaimed new documentary #AndréIsAnIdiot at the Roxie Theater in SF
calendar.ucsf.edu/event/andre-...

Congrats to Yolanda, Ayush and Isha Jain’s lab. Really cool work that may revolutionize a variety of disease processes including #T2DM and possibly cancer.

Scientists discover why high altitude protects against diabetes Living at high altitude appears to protect against diabetes, and scientists have finally discovered the reason. When oxygen levels drop, red blood cells switch into a new metabolic mode and absorb lar...

Scientists discover why high altitude protects against diabetes | ScienceDaily - goo.gl/alerts/bjpE31 #GoogleAlerts

‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions? Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal

Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A Heavenly Invention For Farmers: Haryana Start-Up Develops 'India's First' Hydrogen-Powered Agricultural Drone The drone developed by Haryana-based 'WOW Go Green' uses 3 KG hydrogen fuel and can operate for three hours with 10-50 KG payload.

A Heavenly Invention For Farmers: Haryana Start-Up Develops 'India's First' Hydrogen-Powered Agricultural Drone

www.etvbharat.com/en/bharat/a-...

Meeting alert! EMBO workshop about molecular and physical principles in evolution in Portugal, 2-5 June 2026. Deadline for registration is March 1st. Check out the website it should be a fun and informative workshop bridging evolutionary biology and physics of life meetings.embo.org/event/26-cel...

Pacheco & @drericabiophd.bsky.social discuss new study from @jorgediazfuentes.bsky.social & @mayorlab.bsky.social (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) which reveals the distinct force-generating mechanisms used by epithelial and mesenchymal cells during collective cell migration rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Owls of San Francisco

#SuperbOwls San Francisco

Methionine metabolism and the NOP2 methyltransferase are essential for MYC-Driven liver tumorigenesis. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.28.702329v1

Some of the latest work from our lab from outstanding scientist Sensen Lin @ctbatucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

We find MYC- driven #livercancer are dependent on methionine metabolism. This includes a dependence on the ribosomal rRNA methyltransferase NOP2 that is a MYC target. 🧪

Year 2, Week 6 Jan 31-Feb 6, 2026 - bureaucromancy

Each Friday night, I write about what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪

Year 2, Week 6: Feb 6
- civil servants face Schedule F
- NSF disappoints on pre & postdoc research fellowships
- Oklahoma ends tenure
- Dept of Ed Civil Rights Office fails

& much more - buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Dr. Isaac Chan visiting the Presidio Tunnel Top Park with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. He is smiling.

Outstanding talk by Isaac Chan describing how tissues can build resilience to prevent the growth of metastatic breast cancer.

Thanks for visiting @ucsfcancer.bsky.social and presenting your work. Looking forward to the publication

Isaac Chan, MD, PhD from UT Southwestern Medical Center

Today 2/6 at 4pm: Friday Cancer Center Seminar Series @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social | Isaac Chan, MD, PhD from UT Southwestern Medical Center presents "Using innate barriers to treat metastatic breast cancer" Hosted by @andreigoga.bsky.social
Info: cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

What happened to the good players?

Year 2, Week 4 Jan 17-23, 2026 - memories in the making

Each Friday night, I write about what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪

This was Year 2, Week 4:
- Dept of Ed ends legal defense of threats to strip $$ from schools w/ DEI programs
- sweeping new changes to univ governance in VA
- US leaves WHO & so much more - buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Amazing hike in Marin Headlands with the @gladstoneinst.bsky.social hiking challenge group. 7 miles of gorgeous view. Now everything hurts.

Year 2, Week 2 Jan 3-9, 2026 the evidence of our eyes and ears

Each Friday, I write a briefing on what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪 This was Year 2, Week 2:
- science budgets avoid catastrophic cuts, but NOT okay
- vaccination schedule hijacked & kids will suffer
- university mergers in Oregon & so much more

buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.