AmyPalmerZinc
@amypalmerzinc.bsky.social
Professor at CU Boulder, Biochemistry, BioFrontiers Institute, Director College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program, zincophile, builder of fluorescence tools, cell gazer, single molecule tracker, researcher, teacher, mentor
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AmyPalmerZinc
@amypalmerzinc.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hello bsky! My lab at CU Boulder develops fluorescent tools for live cell imaging using protein and RNA engineering and chemical biology. We are particularly interested in metal ions and RNA. I am also passionate about teaching and mentoring. And I admit I love the occasional cat video.
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8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM).
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
hr.nih.gov
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM).
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
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🔬We are now accepting applications for the 2026 Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy course at MBL. Come learn to be an excellent microscopist!
Questions? Ask here or DM me.
@mblscience.bsky.social @aqlm.bsky.social
#microscopy #fluorescence
Questions? Ask here or DM me.
@mblscience.bsky.social @aqlm.bsky.social
#microscopy #fluorescence
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🔬We are now accepting applications for the 2026 Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy course at MBL. Come learn to be an excellent microscopist!
Questions? Ask here or DM me.
@mblscience.bsky.social @aqlm.bsky.social
#microscopy #fluorescence
Questions? Ask here or DM me.
@mblscience.bsky.social @aqlm.bsky.social
#microscopy #fluorescence
Thrilled to share a link to our recent review spearheaded by Dr. Ananya Rakshit on Zn2+ transients and signaling in mammalian systems: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ltlt3S6Gf...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Thrilled to share a link to our recent review spearheaded by Dr. Ananya Rakshit on Zn2+ transients and signaling in mammalian systems: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ltlt3S6Gf...
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For ESIs dealing with grants being rescinded: if an investigator’s 1st substantial independent research award is terminated within the first 3 years of the project period (not due to scientific misconduct ) they can request the reinstatement of ESI status
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
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July 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
For ESIs dealing with grants being rescinded: if an investigator’s 1st substantial independent research award is terminated within the first 3 years of the project period (not due to scientific misconduct ) they can request the reinstatement of ESI status
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Lots of fun and great conversation about fluorescent proteins, probes, biosensors and Fret at @aqlm.bsky.social course at MBL. Also great to be in such close proximity to Shimomura GFP!
May 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Lots of fun and great conversation about fluorescent proteins, probes, biosensors and Fret at @aqlm.bsky.social course at MBL. Also great to be in such close proximity to Shimomura GFP!
Two Palmer Lab graduates (Erin Richards, PhD, and Stephanie Araiza Acuna, BA) are profiled in the College of Arts & Sciences amazing grads: www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2...
Amazing grads share advice and reflect on key lessons
Earning high praise from faculty and staff, students offer words of wisdom and moreEach year, students leave their mark on the College of Arts and Sciences.
www.colorado.edu
May 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Two Palmer Lab graduates (Erin Richards, PhD, and Stephanie Araiza Acuna, BA) are profiled in the College of Arts & Sciences amazing grads: www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2...
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My father-in-law, Jack Strominger, and I wrote a letter to the @wsj.com editor about the current threats to science due to Trump's funding freeze. Please repost! www.wsj.com/opinion/scie...
Opinion | Science Suffers With Trump’s Funding Freeze
America’s scientific enterprise demands reliable stewardship, not destabilizing political intervention.
www.wsj.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My father-in-law, Jack Strominger, and I wrote a letter to the @wsj.com editor about the current threats to science due to Trump's funding freeze. Please repost! www.wsj.com/opinion/scie...
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We're looking for 1-2 enthusiastic early career chemists to join our Open Chemistry team at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. Come help us create amazing dyes and share them with the world. Please share with the best recent/soon-to-be B.S. chemists you know! bit.ly/42w8C6N
Research Technician - Open Chemistry
Primary Work Address: 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA, 20147 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. Summary: Open Chemistry is a collaborative research group whose missio...
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April 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We're looking for 1-2 enthusiastic early career chemists to join our Open Chemistry team at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. Come help us create amazing dyes and share them with the world. Please share with the best recent/soon-to-be B.S. chemists you know! bit.ly/42w8C6N
So proud of these undergrads: Stephanie Ariaza Acuna, Alyx Lanthier, and Evan Leach for successfully defending their undergraduate honors thesis research in the Palmer Lab. Support for science research is critical to launch the careers of young scientists!
April 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So proud of these undergrads: Stephanie Ariaza Acuna, Alyx Lanthier, and Evan Leach for successfully defending their undergraduate honors thesis research in the Palmer Lab. Support for science research is critical to launch the careers of young scientists!
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Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.
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April 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.
www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...
www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...
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“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
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US Applicant Week
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April 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
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Great summary - please share www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Great summary - please share www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
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How many protesters is enough to stop a takeover? Why public demonstrations and why Princeton president Chris Eisgruber's statement (and Chuck Schumer's acquiescence) matter.
My latest: samwang.substack.com/p/how-to-rec...
My latest: samwang.substack.com/p/how-to-rec...
March 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
How many protesters is enough to stop a takeover? Why public demonstrations and why Princeton president Chris Eisgruber's statement (and Chuck Schumer's acquiescence) matter.
My latest: samwang.substack.com/p/how-to-rec...
My latest: samwang.substack.com/p/how-to-rec...
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Extending my grant update this morning. Here are data limited to new and competitive renewal applications.
The Pause is dead, Long live the Pause...
The Pause is dead, Long live the Pause...
March 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Extending my grant update this morning. Here are data limited to new and competitive renewal applications.
The Pause is dead, Long live the Pause...
The Pause is dead, Long live the Pause...
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If you're in the US, considering Europe for your PhD, and you identify as a minority, I will chat with you and review any application documents you need 🧪
Many US students don’t know how to seek opportunities outside the US. With some help from our colleagues in EU and Canada, we could put together a consolidated website of PhD opportunities and scholarships outside the US, organized by field. There might still be time for this year in some places.
I’m having similar conversations and sharing international opportunities a lot. I’m sure for a lot of US based trainees that feels overwhelming. I moved to Europe for my postdoc.Happy to chat with any trainees about my experience if it would be helpful.
March 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If you're in the US, considering Europe for your PhD, and you identify as a minority, I will chat with you and review any application documents you need 🧪
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NIH Study sections that will likely "not meet as scheduled" today: BMBI, MRAD, MSFA, NDPR, POMD, SMEP, ZRG1 IIDB-F, ZRG1 SCIL-G. Will mark them down once the CSR page updates!
Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2025 Study section tracking
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February 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
NIH Study sections that will likely "not meet as scheduled" today: BMBI, MRAD, MSFA, NDPR, POMD, SMEP, ZRG1 IIDB-F, ZRG1 SCIL-G. Will mark them down once the CSR page updates!
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Apologies for this long post I put together to explain to non-scientists the impact of NIH cuts: Last night, an “atomic bomb” was dropped on the biomedical science community. We were informed that effective immediately, indirect costs on NIH grants (both current and future) would be fixed at 15%.
February 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Apologies for this long post I put together to explain to non-scientists the impact of NIH cuts: Last night, an “atomic bomb” was dropped on the biomedical science community. We were informed that effective immediately, indirect costs on NIH grants (both current and future) would be fixed at 15%.
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Research infrastructure helps build the middle class... and is especially crucial in rural communities (particularly when university infrastructure includes training hospitals, clinics, and other medical services).
a man in a lab coat looks at a computer monitor
Alt: a man in a lab coat looks at a computer monitor in a medical facility
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February 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Research infrastructure helps build the middle class... and is especially crucial in rural communities (particularly when university infrastructure includes training hospitals, clinics, and other medical services).
"The goal is to kill universities". And I might add to kill the entire research and development enterprise of the US. No universities (and no medical schools!) means no US innovation, no training of scientists, doctors, engineers, mathematicians, etc. Goodbye US dominance. Hello Chinese dominance.
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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February 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"The goal is to kill universities". And I might add to kill the entire research and development enterprise of the US. No universities (and no medical schools!) means no US innovation, no training of scientists, doctors, engineers, mathematicians, etc. Goodbye US dominance. Hello Chinese dominance.
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The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.
Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems and locking out career employees.
NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.
My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.
My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
February 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
These programs have transformed the lives of low income, first generation, and people of color, folks who have long been excluded from science, research, and medicine. Cancelling these programs is a huge blow to the strength of our future workforce. This is sheer stupidity.
Several Graduate T32s (G-RISE, IMSD, Bridges to the Doctorate) and the MARC T34 (for undergraduates) training grants now have expiration dates of today, 1/30/2025.
January 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
These programs have transformed the lives of low income, first generation, and people of color, folks who have long been excluded from science, research, and medicine. Cancelling these programs is a huge blow to the strength of our future workforce. This is sheer stupidity.
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If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
January 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
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Come be our colleague! @cu-bmg.bsky.social is running an open rank search for a structural biologist specializing in cryo-EM/ET. This is a great opportunity in a highly collegial and collaborative department.
Apply here: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
Apply here: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
January 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Come be our colleague! @cu-bmg.bsky.social is running an open rank search for a structural biologist specializing in cryo-EM/ET. This is a great opportunity in a highly collegial and collaborative department.
Apply here: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
Apply here: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...