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Scientist and Deputy Editor, Cell at Cell Press All things science with a love for #microbes, #immunology & #metabolism #sciencesky #womeninSTEM - Opinions and posts are my own. 🇺🇸🇮🇳 https://www.cell.com/cell/editors-and-staff
Cell is hiring!
Do you have a background in #neuroscience or #immunology? Better still, #neuroimmunology? Cell has an opening for a full-time scientific editor. Role will be based out of any one of our offices in Medford, MA, UK, Spain, Netherlands, China tinyurl.com/4ma236xn @cp-cell.bsky.social
Today at Cell: A new #HallmarksofCancer review by Doug Hanahan: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
This review marks 25 years since the original seminal Cell review by Hanahan & Robert Weinberg and its impactful follow up in 2011.
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a half melted snowman covered in leaves, looking strung out
2026 so far
Our paper out today: 50,000 years of evolutionary history of India: Impact on health and disease variation: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Did you know that sea slugs steal chloroplasts from algae as portable snacks?! Neither did I, but a new Cell paper demonstrates that they do. 🐌🧪
My favorite part is the researchers called the storage for these stolen hors d’oeuvres “kleptosomes” 😂🥰
Summary from Nature & Cell paper linked below.
Cell is hiring! 4 full-time Scientific Editors - candidates should have an PhD or MD + expertise in cancer/immunology, genetics/genomics, clinical/translational, OR computational biology/AI. Locations: Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai. Experience is a + tinyurl.com/3rrtvtrj
We've launched the Armamentarium, a new toolkit for targeted gene delivery to the brain and spinal cord.
This #OpenScience resource was made possible thanks to support from the NIH BRAIN Initiative and teamwork with our collaborators.
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Thrilled to share that my main postdoctoral project in Josh Rabinowitz’s lab is out today at @cp-cell.bsky.social ! We found an unexpected, diet- and microbiota-dependent mechanism that affects the anticancer activity of PI3K inhibitors. Thread below 👇
Call for Nominations!!
The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity
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I am looking for postdocs to join my group at NIH. Are you interested in Development, Evolution, Genetics, Genomics, and Human health? Please apply! www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-mb-...
Interested in postdoc opportunities in Seattle, WA? Join us May 6th for Seattle DROP, a virtual event about biomedical research in Seattle. Hear from recruiting faculty, finding the right mentor and enjoy lunch on us via a delivery voucher within the US!
Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25
Cell Press banner that reads "50 Scientists that Inspire: Putting a spotlight on researchers who drive innovation" The headshots of Drs. Madhukar Pai, Johanna Joyce, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, & Hanna Kokko are illuminated under a spotlight.
Check out our #50ScientistsThatInspire interviews with Drs. Madhukar Pai, Johanna Joyce, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, & Hanna Kokko threaded below🧵
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Screenshot of tweet from @AlecStapp “Too many people take biomedical innovation for granted.” Below this is a screenshot from an article on the Atlantic.com. Highlighted is the text: “A child born with cystic fibrosis in the 50s could expect to live until age 5. In the 70s, age 10. In the early 2000s, age 35. With Trikafta came a quantum leap. Today those who begin taking the drug in early adolescence, a recent study projected, can expect to survive to age 82.5 - an essentially normal lifespan.”
I remember the cystic fibrosis patients I took care of 20 years ago.
I also remember the dedicated HIV wards in the hospitals, and that Princess Diana made headlines for shaking hands with AIDS patients.
Progress has been incredible.
Miracles are where you choose to see them.
The most uplifting and energizing afternoon #StandupforScience #Boston
Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @cp-cell.bsky.social #deepsea #ocean #science
Adapting and survival in the Mariana Trench: The amphipod genome reveals population dynamics and adaptations to hadal environment www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @cp-cell.bsky.social
Exploring the Mariana Trench: Microbial ecosystems and ecological driving forces in the deepest ocean sediments www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @cp-cell.bsky.social
Our world is incredible and we need science to lead the way. Today at Cell we proudly publish 3 papers exploring life in the deepest depths of the ocean - the Mariana Trench! Read about the MEER package fm Xing Xiao et al tinyurl.com/y5xf49dv @cp-cell.bsky.social & the papers tinyurl.com/yupkvr9v 👇
Following the NIH decision to cap funding for indirect cost reimbursements at 15%, @nygenome.org Scientific Director Tom Maniatis calls for swift, united action. cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Read his Commentary now in @cp-cell.bsky.social
NSF fact sheet
The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
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Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States - out in Cell
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2/2 Paul showed us that health care is a human right—not a privilege. His moral clarity continues to guide us.
@madhupai.bsky.social captures why his work matters now more than ever, read more at @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
#Measles is not done after the rash has gone away. Measles infections are followed by more disease. #science
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If you are an NIH or CDC scientist that lost your job, we have a home for you at UTHealth. I’m hiring physician scientists and we also have transplant ID fellowship slots open. Contact me. #IDSky #MedSky
Someone awesome in my circle shared some terrific news with me today but was hesitant to do so because of all that is going on in the science world.
It may appear insensitive that you are celebrating when other colleagues are struggling but I entreat you to celebrate & share good news. 1/
Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
In these 2 papers, we show that two merbecovirus clades (HKU5 & MOW15-22, distantly related to MERS-CoV) independently evolved ACE2 receptor utilization, reshaping our understanding of coronavirus evolution
Led by Young-Jun Park on our side!
@hhmi.bsky.social
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