Savage-Dunn lab
@cswormlab.bsky.social
F2 C. elegans research group @ Queens College, CUNY; BMP/Smad signaling; body size; lipid metabolism; host-pathogen interaction
Pinned
BMP-dependent mobilization of fatty acid metabolism promotes Caenorhabditis elegans survival on a bacterial pathogen
Editor's choice: Host metabolism may impact response to infection. In Caenorhabditis elegans, a conserved cell signaling pathway regulates fatty acid metabolism upon pathogen exposure, leading to impr...
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Something to be thankful for ~ our paper on the intersection of fatty acid metabolism and host-pathogen response in #Celegans is now published in DMM!
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
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Are you a student interested in science policy, or want to make a difference? Are you fed up with how this administration has treated federal science funding and pushed pseudoscience policies?
JOIN US this president’s day (Monday!) for an info session to learn about how YOU can make an impact! 🧬🧪
JOIN US this president’s day (Monday!) for an info session to learn about how YOU can make an impact! 🧬🧪
February 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Are you a student interested in science policy, or want to make a difference? Are you fed up with how this administration has treated federal science funding and pushed pseudoscience policies?
JOIN US this president’s day (Monday!) for an info session to learn about how YOU can make an impact! 🧬🧪
JOIN US this president’s day (Monday!) for an info session to learn about how YOU can make an impact! 🧬🧪
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😭😭😭😭😭 the worm community is the best. welp, holler at ya girl if you want a Riddle strain not in the CGC 🙏
February 13, 2026 at 4:04 AM
😭😭😭😭😭 the worm community is the best. welp, holler at ya girl if you want a Riddle strain not in the CGC 🙏
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Any labs out there looking to hire a postbac/technician? I’ve got a an eager, kind, trustworthy team-player of a student looking for more research experience to prep for PhD programs. He’s been an important member of the Q-lab, presented at ASCB, contributed to a pub, & soon will be submit another.
February 12, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Any labs out there looking to hire a postbac/technician? I’ve got a an eager, kind, trustworthy team-player of a student looking for more research experience to prep for PhD programs. He’s been an important member of the Q-lab, presented at ASCB, contributed to a pub, & soon will be submit another.
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Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
Davis Summer Population Genomics Program
Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...
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February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
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My weekly update.
Some good(ish) news.
The pace of NIH grantmaking appears to be picking up.
1/4
Some good(ish) news.
The pace of NIH grantmaking appears to be picking up.
1/4
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
My weekly update.
Some good(ish) news.
The pace of NIH grantmaking appears to be picking up.
1/4
Some good(ish) news.
The pace of NIH grantmaking appears to be picking up.
1/4
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🎉 LEE LAB PAPER ANNOUNCEMENT for this month's issue of #GENETICS! We're celebrating from both coasts, bc after defending her MS in 2024, Deepshi's now a biotech researcher in the Bay Area.
tl;dr: nucleosome remodeling is necessary to repair germline DNA damage 🧬
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tl;dr: nucleosome remodeling is necessary to repair germline DNA damage 🧬
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February 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
🎉 LEE LAB PAPER ANNOUNCEMENT for this month's issue of #GENETICS! We're celebrating from both coasts, bc after defending her MS in 2024, Deepshi's now a biotech researcher in the Bay Area.
tl;dr: nucleosome remodeling is necessary to repair germline DNA damage 🧬
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
tl;dr: nucleosome remodeling is necessary to repair germline DNA damage 🧬
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
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🧵1/5 Six Months
Today marks six months since August 8th—
the day a man radicalized by disinformation opened fire on the CDC, unleashing hundreds of rounds and killing Officer Rose.
Six months later, the bullet holes remain.
The trauma remains.
And the silence from the top remains.
Today marks six months since August 8th—
the day a man radicalized by disinformation opened fire on the CDC, unleashing hundreds of rounds and killing Officer Rose.
Six months later, the bullet holes remain.
The trauma remains.
And the silence from the top remains.
February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
🧵1/5 Six Months
Today marks six months since August 8th—
the day a man radicalized by disinformation opened fire on the CDC, unleashing hundreds of rounds and killing Officer Rose.
Six months later, the bullet holes remain.
The trauma remains.
And the silence from the top remains.
Today marks six months since August 8th—
the day a man radicalized by disinformation opened fire on the CDC, unleashing hundreds of rounds and killing Officer Rose.
Six months later, the bullet holes remain.
The trauma remains.
And the silence from the top remains.
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This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
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@uupinfo.bsky.social, PSC, @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social, and @ruaaup-ptl.bsky.social, together representing more than 80,000 academic workers, today issued a call for an end to the brutal treatment of immigrants and those peacefully demonstrating against actions by ICE.
psc-cuny.org/news-events/...
psc-cuny.org/news-events/...
February 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM
@uupinfo.bsky.social, PSC, @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social, and @ruaaup-ptl.bsky.social, together representing more than 80,000 academic workers, today issued a call for an end to the brutal treatment of immigrants and those peacefully demonstrating against actions by ICE.
psc-cuny.org/news-events/...
psc-cuny.org/news-events/...
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Third, journalists, non-profits, social media influencers, and everyday people need to be VERY discerning and careful about not amplifying unsubstantiated rumors about ICE or other law enforcement at or near the polls, because false rumors (even if well-meaning) WILL suppress the vote.
February 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Third, journalists, non-profits, social media influencers, and everyday people need to be VERY discerning and careful about not amplifying unsubstantiated rumors about ICE or other law enforcement at or near the polls, because false rumors (even if well-meaning) WILL suppress the vote.
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My weekly update on NIH funding.
This is for all projects.
The breakdown for competing and non-competing awards will follow.
1/4
This is for all projects.
The breakdown for competing and non-competing awards will follow.
1/4
February 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
My weekly update on NIH funding.
This is for all projects.
The breakdown for competing and non-competing awards will follow.
1/4
This is for all projects.
The breakdown for competing and non-competing awards will follow.
1/4
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My outstanding postdoc is looking for a research job in Albany, NY. Please forward all leads and RT!
February 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
My outstanding postdoc is looking for a research job in Albany, NY. Please forward all leads and RT!
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Morning class! Syllabus for Mobilizing for science 101 🤓✊
- Contact your rep and ask them to #ImpeachRFKJr standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
- Mark your calendars for March 7th! Volunteer at or host a local rally: standupforscience.net/march7
- Fuel the fight: tr.ee/piiPYJ
- Share this post!
- Contact your rep and ask them to #ImpeachRFKJr standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
- Mark your calendars for March 7th! Volunteer at or host a local rally: standupforscience.net/march7
- Fuel the fight: tr.ee/piiPYJ
- Share this post!
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Morning class! Syllabus for Mobilizing for science 101 🤓✊
- Contact your rep and ask them to #ImpeachRFKJr standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
- Mark your calendars for March 7th! Volunteer at or host a local rally: standupforscience.net/march7
- Fuel the fight: tr.ee/piiPYJ
- Share this post!
- Contact your rep and ask them to #ImpeachRFKJr standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
- Mark your calendars for March 7th! Volunteer at or host a local rally: standupforscience.net/march7
- Fuel the fight: tr.ee/piiPYJ
- Share this post!
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I’m recruiting new members to the Farrell Lab this summer. We will have space for 1 postdoc (since Abhinav is leaving to start his own lab at U Arizona!!) and 2 postbacs, since my current two will leave for PhD programs at the end of the summer. More details in thread:
January 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I’m recruiting new members to the Farrell Lab this summer. We will have space for 1 postdoc (since Abhinav is leaving to start his own lab at U Arizona!!) and 2 postbacs, since my current two will leave for PhD programs at the end of the summer. More details in thread:
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Excited to see this out in the world. The CGC is launching a curated strains collection, the first being protein degradation systems and this is a pilot primer to pair with it authored by myself, Dave Reiner, Ann Rougvie, and Aric Daul. We review the state of the field and provide use guidance (1)
The Caenorhabditis Genetics Center Curated Special Collections: a guide to protein degradation systems
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The Caenorhabditis Genetics Center Curated Special Collections: a guide to protein degradation systems
Abstract. The Caenorhabditis Genetics Center is launching a new website feature—“Curated Special Collections”—designed to help researchers navigate the eve
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January 29, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Excited to see this out in the world. The CGC is launching a curated strains collection, the first being protein degradation systems and this is a pilot primer to pair with it authored by myself, Dave Reiner, Ann Rougvie, and Aric Daul. We review the state of the field and provide use guidance (1)
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My weekly update
(Grants with Notice of Award dates up to 1/23/26)
All projects
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(Grants with Notice of Award dates up to 1/23/26)
All projects
1/3
January 29, 2026 at 12:11 PM
My weekly update
(Grants with Notice of Award dates up to 1/23/26)
All projects
1/3
(Grants with Notice of Award dates up to 1/23/26)
All projects
1/3
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Our first 2026 paper is out @currentbiology.bsky.social!
👏 to @nathancsharris.bsky.social (now Asst Prof, GA State) and PD Priya Dutta.
Here we show how transcriptional and trafficking pathways coordinate thermoreceptor levels to precisely modulate response plasticity
www.cell.com/current-biol...
👏 to @nathancsharris.bsky.social (now Asst Prof, GA State) and PD Priya Dutta.
Here we show how transcriptional and trafficking pathways coordinate thermoreceptor levels to precisely modulate response plasticity
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Experience-dependent reconfiguration of thermoreceptors regulates neuronal response plasticity
Harris, Dutta, et al. find that experience-dependent plasticity in the activation
threshold of the AFD thermosensory neurons is mediated by modulating warm and cold
thermoreceptor levels at the sensor...
www.cell.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Our first 2026 paper is out @currentbiology.bsky.social!
👏 to @nathancsharris.bsky.social (now Asst Prof, GA State) and PD Priya Dutta.
Here we show how transcriptional and trafficking pathways coordinate thermoreceptor levels to precisely modulate response plasticity
www.cell.com/current-biol...
👏 to @nathancsharris.bsky.social (now Asst Prof, GA State) and PD Priya Dutta.
Here we show how transcriptional and trafficking pathways coordinate thermoreceptor levels to precisely modulate response plasticity
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🧪✊🔬
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC.
We're mobilizing the fight for science and democracy. In the face of assaults on our families, freedoms, and futures, we're taking back science!
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (linked in bio)
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC.
We're mobilizing the fight for science and democracy. In the face of assaults on our families, freedoms, and futures, we're taking back science!
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (linked in bio)
January 28, 2026 at 5:03 PM
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🧪✊🔬
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC.
We're mobilizing the fight for science and democracy. In the face of assaults on our families, freedoms, and futures, we're taking back science!
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (linked in bio)
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC.
We're mobilizing the fight for science and democracy. In the face of assaults on our families, freedoms, and futures, we're taking back science!
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (linked in bio)
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The NAACP has set up a simple way to contact your Senators and demand an end to funding for ICE--it literally takes less than a minute
naacp.org/actions/tell...
naacp.org/actions/tell...
Tell Congress: No New Funding For ICE
Demand that your senator vote against expanding funding and resources for ICE, as its actions continue to harm people and their communities.
naacp.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The NAACP has set up a simple way to contact your Senators and demand an end to funding for ICE--it literally takes less than a minute
naacp.org/actions/tell...
naacp.org/actions/tell...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Friends! I am so happy to share our new preprint!
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread 1/
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread 1/
January 28, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Friends! I am so happy to share our new preprint!
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread 1/
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread 1/
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The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
January 25, 2026 at 5:19 AM
The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
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Join the CUNY Immigration Assistance Project on Jan. 29 at 6pm EST for a Zoom webinar to learn more about the program, receive the latest immigration law updates and hear about available resources. This resource is available for current students, faculty, and staff.
To register: ow.ly/q1NE50Y0lAO
To register: ow.ly/q1NE50Y0lAO
January 24, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Join the CUNY Immigration Assistance Project on Jan. 29 at 6pm EST for a Zoom webinar to learn more about the program, receive the latest immigration law updates and hear about available resources. This resource is available for current students, faculty, and staff.
To register: ow.ly/q1NE50Y0lAO
To register: ow.ly/q1NE50Y0lAO
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🚨 New from me: Grant review at more than half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year.
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Thirteen of the agency’s advisory councils, which must review grant applications before funding is awarded, are on track to have no voting members.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM
🚨 New from me: Grant review at more than half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year.
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
