Brenda Bass
@bbass.bsky.social
Scientist at U of U; lab revolves around dsRNA. Love the Utah land. Views are my own.
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"I hear from current NIH staff regularly. They describe a particular kind of exhaustion: not just from overwork, but from the cognitive load of performing normalcy while privately managing fear."
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What NIH Staff Can’t Tell You—And Why That Matters
The people who understand most clearly what is being lost at the NIH are also the people least able to say so.
elizabethginexi.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
"I hear from current NIH staff regularly. They describe a particular kind of exhaustion: not just from overwork, but from the cognitive load of performing normalcy while privately managing fear."
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elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-nih-s...
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Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
So, so, honored by this award—it is daunting to know that my heroes have won this award! Thanks to my heroes and mentors, and my trainees, who are everything!!!!
A huge congratulations to Brenda Bass @bbass.bsky.social for her Lifetime Achievement Award from the RNA Society @rnasociety.bsky.social! She is being recognized for her "groundbreaking discovery of A-to-I editing and outstanding contributions to this field."
February 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
So, so, honored by this award—it is daunting to know that my heroes have won this award! Thanks to my heroes and mentors, and my trainees, who are everything!!!!
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I would ask people to call or message their senators about this and specifically that Vinay Prasad needs to be out at FDA. Even the Wall Street Journal has said as much. There is push back. Companies won’t fund clinical trials if they can’t trust the FDA.
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I would ask people to call or message their senators about this and specifically that Vinay Prasad needs to be out at FDA. Even the Wall Street Journal has said as much. There is push back. Companies won’t fund clinical trials if they can’t trust the FDA.
Horse and eagle my favorite commercial so far
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Horse and eagle my favorite commercial so far
Yay Joe!! I am so proud!! This is so deserved—the Bass lab depends on you for everything.
Congratulations to Joe Aruscavage (Bass lab @bbass.bsky.social ) for winning the Outstanding Career Researcher Award from the RNA Society @rnasociety.bsky.social for his exceptional contributions in advancing the field of RNA!
www.rnasociety.org/outstanding-...
www.rnasociety.org/outstanding-...
January 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Yay Joe!! I am so proud!! This is so deserved—the Bass lab depends on you for everything.
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The RNA Society is welcoming submissions of original infographics about any and all things RNA! Scan the QR for details!
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The RNA Society is welcoming submissions of original infographics about any and all things RNA! Scan the QR for details!
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Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.
September 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.
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New #miRNA paper from Lai lab!! 🧬🔥
some think this field, despite recent Nobel to Ambros and Ruvkun, doesn't have much surprises left. but, do we EVEN KNOW WHAT a miRNA precursor LOOKS LIKE? we found some conserved miRNA hairpins up to 10x longer than suspected. this is mir-12, just bonkers! 1/n
some think this field, despite recent Nobel to Ambros and Ruvkun, doesn't have much surprises left. but, do we EVEN KNOW WHAT a miRNA precursor LOOKS LIKE? we found some conserved miRNA hairpins up to 10x longer than suspected. this is mir-12, just bonkers! 1/n
September 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
New #miRNA paper from Lai lab!! 🧬🔥
some think this field, despite recent Nobel to Ambros and Ruvkun, doesn't have much surprises left. but, do we EVEN KNOW WHAT a miRNA precursor LOOKS LIKE? we found some conserved miRNA hairpins up to 10x longer than suspected. this is mir-12, just bonkers! 1/n
some think this field, despite recent Nobel to Ambros and Ruvkun, doesn't have much surprises left. but, do we EVEN KNOW WHAT a miRNA precursor LOOKS LIKE? we found some conserved miRNA hairpins up to 10x longer than suspected. this is mir-12, just bonkers! 1/n
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🚨IT'S HAPPENING!🚨
Register now and join us in beautiful southern Chile in September for a new edition of the Molecular Biosystems Conference! @molbiosystems.bsky.social
Register now and join us in beautiful southern Chile in September for a new edition of the Molecular Biosystems Conference! @molbiosystems.bsky.social
🚨 Registration for the Molecular Biosystems Conference is now OPEN! 🚨
Join us in southern Chile to discuss cutting-edge research in gene regulation & functional genomics.
📅 Sep 29-Oct 3, 2025
📍 Puerto Varas, Chile
🔗 Register here: molbiosystems.com
Secure your spot now—space is limited!
Join us in southern Chile to discuss cutting-edge research in gene regulation & functional genomics.
📅 Sep 29-Oct 3, 2025
📍 Puerto Varas, Chile
🔗 Register here: molbiosystems.com
Secure your spot now—space is limited!
Molecular Biosystems Conference
Molecular Biosystems Conference
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March 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🚨IT'S HAPPENING!🚨
Register now and join us in beautiful southern Chile in September for a new edition of the Molecular Biosystems Conference! @molbiosystems.bsky.social
Register now and join us in beautiful southern Chile in September for a new edition of the Molecular Biosystems Conference! @molbiosystems.bsky.social
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We are hiring at all levels, so please help spread the word! #RNAsky #ribosomes #signaling #translation sinha.biochem.utah.edu/join
Join — The Sinha Lab
We welcome curiosity-driven individuals excited to make foundational discoveries aimed at understanding and combating defects in translational control and proteostasis in a dynamic, collaborative, and...
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August 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We are hiring at all levels, so please help spread the word! #RNAsky #ribosomes #signaling #translation sinha.biochem.utah.edu/join
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🎉 We're so excited to announce the 2025 #MySciJourney Challenge: A #scicomm competition for researchers to share their authentic journeys in science with students, teachers, & the broader public! 🧪
💸 $1k in cash prizes, thanks to @ncse.bsky.social!
👉 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
💸 $1k in cash prizes, thanks to @ncse.bsky.social!
👉 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
Win Cash, Save Science: Share Your SciJourney! — Galactic Polymath
Join the 2025 #MySciJourney Challenge! We are looking for scientists at all stages to share their journeys in science! Teachers: You and your students can help decide the winners! #scicomm #SaveNSF
www.galacticpolymath.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🎉 We're so excited to announce the 2025 #MySciJourney Challenge: A #scicomm competition for researchers to share their authentic journeys in science with students, teachers, & the broader public! 🧪
💸 $1k in cash prizes, thanks to @ncse.bsky.social!
👉 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
💸 $1k in cash prizes, thanks to @ncse.bsky.social!
👉 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
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Joining an increasing number of people publicly demanding RFK’s removal as HHS Sec: Dr. Bill Foege, a literal (6’6”) & figurative giant of public health. He served as a CDC director under Carter & Reagan, & is credited with designing the ring vaccination strategy that enabled smallpox eradication.
August 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Joining an increasing number of people publicly demanding RFK’s removal as HHS Sec: Dr. Bill Foege, a literal (6’6”) & figurative giant of public health. He served as a CDC director under Carter & Reagan, & is credited with designing the ring vaccination strategy that enabled smallpox eradication.
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"What I would simply say is cancer can't wait." --Richard Schlueter, a 56-year-old metastatic cancer patient whose therapy was delayed due to terminations at NIH.
August 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"What I would simply say is cancer can't wait." --Richard Schlueter, a 56-year-old metastatic cancer patient whose therapy was delayed due to terminations at NIH.
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Join the 22,339 people who have joined to support our NIH colleagues. Let's get this to 50,000 RT
The new leadership of NIH is dismantling long standing biomedical science programs & putting in their place scientifically questionable ideas. A courageous group of current NIH employees pushed back, publishing “The Bethesda Declaration” 1/2
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
www.standupforscience.net
June 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Join the 22,339 people who have joined to support our NIH colleagues. Let's get this to 50,000 RT
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I have been updating my dashboard (jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...) to add important material about the #BethesdaDeclaration
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June 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I have been updating my dashboard (jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...) to add important material about the #BethesdaDeclaration
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"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT.
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
June 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT.
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
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The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
April 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Anyone have advice on how to justify a budget increase on a renewal of a senior MIRA? I know, dreaming, but want to dream right. thanks, thanks for any advice.
April 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Anyone have advice on how to justify a budget increase on a renewal of a senior MIRA? I know, dreaming, but want to dream right. thanks, thanks for any advice.
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Now online! Integrator loss leads to dsRNA formation that triggers the integrated stress response
Integrator loss leads to dsRNA formation that triggers the integrated stress response
Integrator (INT) prevents the escape of immature RNAPII to ensure full-length mRNA production. INT deficiency causes defects in RNAPII maturation that lead to premature termination, accumulation of immunogenic dsRNA, and activation of the integrated stress response (ISR) observed in patient cells.
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April 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Now online! Integrator loss leads to dsRNA formation that triggers the integrated stress response
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Canadians 🇨🇦 abroad - you can register to vote in the election! You need to do it soon. www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
Voting by mail – Elections Canada
Apply to vote by mail, Eligible electors can apply to vote by special ballot. With a special ballot, you can vote by mail from anywhere in the world, 2025.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Canadians 🇨🇦 abroad - you can register to vote in the election! You need to do it soon. www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
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For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
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April 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
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we need to remember that these small wins are because people SPOKE UP -- keep calling your representatives, keep writing op-eds in your local papers, your voice matters! #resist
JUST IN: After criticism, the National Park Service has restored an old Underground Railroad webpage that prominently features Harriet Tubman.
After a backlash, National Park Service restores old Underground Railroad webpage that prominently features Harriet Tubman | CNN
The National Park Service seems to have returned an image of and quote from Harriet Tubman to a webpage about the Underground Railroad, following backlash after her presence on the page was dramatical...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
we need to remember that these small wins are because people SPOKE UP -- keep calling your representatives, keep writing op-eds in your local papers, your voice matters! #resist
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“a 400-year-old institution should be making decisions with a time horizon of centuries, not news cycles. Making a principled stand now…is the single best thing Harvard could do to earn its continued place as a symbol of genuine excellence”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/04/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/04/o...
Harvard’s moment of truth - The Boston Globe
The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
“a 400-year-old institution should be making decisions with a time horizon of centuries, not news cycles. Making a principled stand now…is the single best thing Harvard could do to earn its continued place as a symbol of genuine excellence”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/04/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/04/o...