Itai Yanai
@itaiyanai.bsky.social
Professor at the NYU School of Medicine (https://yanailab.org/). Co-founder and Director of the Night Science Institute (https://night-science.org/). Co-host of the 'Night Science Podcast' https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/night-science/id1563415749
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🔥We released a new episode of the Night Science Podcast today, all about the power of improvisation in life, the arts and the sciences. We talked with Stephen Nachmanovitch who wrote the classic book "Free Play". Check it out and please me know what you think!
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
🔥We released a new episode of the Night Science Podcast today, all about the power of improvisation in life, the arts and the sciences. We talked with Stephen Nachmanovitch who wrote the classic book "Free Play". Check it out and please me know what you think!
Starting in a few minutes!! Free registration here: cassyni.com/events/ZYQow...
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Starting in a few minutes!! Free registration here: cassyni.com/events/ZYQow...
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🔥A new episode of the Night Science podcast comes out today! Stephen Nachmanovitch is the author of the classic "Free Play" and the celebrated improvisational musician. We talk about chivalry in dialogue: the art of advancing (instead of blocking) each other’s ideas.
open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🔥A new episode of the Night Science podcast comes out today! Stephen Nachmanovitch is the author of the classic "Free Play" and the celebrated improvisational musician. We talk about chivalry in dialogue: the art of advancing (instead of blocking) each other’s ideas.
open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
Join us tomorrow for a Night Science Seminar Series presentation! Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv from Harvard will talk about how a scientific journey can be viewed as a mythological Hero's Quest by sharing work from her lab on how epithelial tissues restrict the spread of viruses.
cassyni.com/events/ZYQow...
cassyni.com/events/ZYQow...
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Join us tomorrow for a Night Science Seminar Series presentation! Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv from Harvard will talk about how a scientific journey can be viewed as a mythological Hero's Quest by sharing work from her lab on how epithelial tissues restrict the spread of viruses.
cassyni.com/events/ZYQow...
cassyni.com/events/ZYQow...
New Yorkers! Come to my talk at Rockefeller University on Friday if you're interested in the mechanisms of adaptive genome regulation.
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
New Yorkers! Come to my talk at Rockefeller University on Friday if you're interested in the mechanisms of adaptive genome regulation.
Is science too obsessed with metrics, large-scale projects & “blockbuster” outputs? Desai & Jun argued that preserving the "auteur" spirit of individual creativity, exploration and risk-taking is essential for maintaining the creativity that drew us into science in the 1st place.
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Is science too obsessed with metrics, large-scale projects & “blockbuster” outputs? Desai & Jun argued that preserving the "auteur" spirit of individual creativity, exploration and risk-taking is essential for maintaining the creativity that drew us into science in the 1st place.
Interested in genome organization in bacteria? Come to Martin Lercher's live virtual talk Monday at the Night Science Seminar Series! Free register here: cassyni.com/events/AhWU3... @martinlercher.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Interested in genome organization in bacteria? Come to Martin Lercher's live virtual talk Monday at the Night Science Seminar Series! Free register here: cassyni.com/events/AhWU3... @martinlercher.bsky.social
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It was wonderful to reconnect at the NYC Postdoc Night Science! Such a great and inspiring conversation about how to give better talks and tell science stories that matter
October 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It was wonderful to reconnect at the NYC Postdoc Night Science! Such a great and inspiring conversation about how to give better talks and tell science stories that matter
I've used Q.E.D. and it was really useful!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I've used Q.E.D. and it was really useful!
Come learn the tricks of giving a BAD talk: begin the process by organizing your slides - the more, the better, try to impress, run over your time, embrace distractions, and treat questions as threats!
Join us tomorrow at Weill Cornell for this month's Postdoc Night Science NYC!
Join us tomorrow at Weill Cornell for this month's Postdoc Night Science NYC!
October 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Come learn the tricks of giving a BAD talk: begin the process by organizing your slides - the more, the better, try to impress, run over your time, embrace distractions, and treat questions as threats!
Join us tomorrow at Weill Cornell for this month's Postdoc Night Science NYC!
Join us tomorrow at Weill Cornell for this month's Postdoc Night Science NYC!
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Dear Postdocs of New York: Next Wednesday, we’re closing out an amazing year of NYC Postdoc Night Science Club sessions at our very own @weillcornell.bsky.social !
If you’re interested in giving engaging, memorable talks, you cannot miss this one.
Details below, hope to see you all there!
If you’re interested in giving engaging, memorable talks, you cannot miss this one.
Details below, hope to see you all there!
Interested in learning how to be a good speaker and give effective talks? Season 2 of the NYC Postdoc Night Science Club begins October 15th. Join us NYC Postdocs for a 2hr workshop and maybe also a drink at a bar! Free registration (usually ~100 come): docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...
October 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Dear Postdocs of New York: Next Wednesday, we’re closing out an amazing year of NYC Postdoc Night Science Club sessions at our very own @weillcornell.bsky.social !
If you’re interested in giving engaging, memorable talks, you cannot miss this one.
Details below, hope to see you all there!
If you’re interested in giving engaging, memorable talks, you cannot miss this one.
Details below, hope to see you all there!
Congratulations to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It also demonstrates the fairness of the prize, as Mary Brunkow is a Senior Program Manager (not a professor) at the @isbscience.org
hood.isbscience.org/people/mary-...
hood.isbscience.org/people/mary-...
October 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Congratulations to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It also demonstrates the fairness of the prize, as Mary Brunkow is a Senior Program Manager (not a professor) at the @isbscience.org
hood.isbscience.org/people/mary-...
hood.isbscience.org/people/mary-...
Rest in peace Jane Goodall, a true giant among scientists. Your breakthroughs into the secret lives of chimpanzees viewed through an anthropomorphic lens – without yet knowing that science had forbidden it – changed science forever, and with it how we see ourselves.
October 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Rest in peace Jane Goodall, a true giant among scientists. Your breakthroughs into the secret lives of chimpanzees viewed through an anthropomorphic lens – without yet knowing that science had forbidden it – changed science forever, and with it how we see ourselves.
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9/22, Night Science: “Akiko Iwasaki & the art of creativity maintenance”
“Patients who are suffering from long COVID..given me a whole new perspective..it's my duty to be able to tackle these very complex problems where there's no biological diagnosis..”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
“Patients who are suffering from long COVID..given me a whole new perspective..it's my duty to be able to tackle these very complex problems where there's no biological diagnosis..”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
77 | Akiko Iwasaki and the art of creativity maintenance
Podcast Episode · Night Science · 09/22/2025 · 40m
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September 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
9/22, Night Science: “Akiko Iwasaki & the art of creativity maintenance”
“Patients who are suffering from long COVID..given me a whole new perspective..it's my duty to be able to tackle these very complex problems where there's no biological diagnosis..”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
“Patients who are suffering from long COVID..given me a whole new perspective..it's my duty to be able to tackle these very complex problems where there's no biological diagnosis..”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
That’s really cool. Every lab should have it!
I made a sign for the lab with our informal lab motto, inspired by this convo between @itaiyanai.bsky.social and Martin Lercher: nightscience.buzzsprout.com/1744020/epis.... A good reminder that talking is among the best forms of thinking!
September 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
That’s really cool. Every lab should have it!
Interested in learning how to be a good speaker and give effective talks? Season 2 of the NYC Postdoc Night Science Club begins October 15th. Join us NYC Postdocs for a 2hr workshop and maybe also a drink at a bar! Free registration (usually ~100 come): docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...
September 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Interested in learning how to be a good speaker and give effective talks? Season 2 of the NYC Postdoc Night Science Club begins October 15th. Join us NYC Postdocs for a 2hr workshop and maybe also a drink at a bar! Free registration (usually ~100 come): docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...
"That was not a question, it was a statement" said the famous physicist Paul Dirac after a long silence, in a lecture, when a student said to him, "I don't understand that equation".
That was a hundred years ago and not enough has changed since then in our 'welcoming' culture in science..
That was a hundred years ago and not enough has changed since then in our 'welcoming' culture in science..
September 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"That was not a question, it was a statement" said the famous physicist Paul Dirac after a long silence, in a lecture, when a student said to him, "I don't understand that equation".
That was a hundred years ago and not enough has changed since then in our 'welcoming' culture in science..
That was a hundred years ago and not enough has changed since then in our 'welcoming' culture in science..
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EMBO Young Scientists Forum 2025 in Vilnius wrapped up today. Huge thanks to fellow organisers, volunteer teams, @itaiyanai.bsky.social for a wonderful Night Science workshop & all speakers & attendees. Here's fellow organiser Stephen Jones taking YSF attendee entertainment to the next level.
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
EMBO Young Scientists Forum 2025 in Vilnius wrapped up today. Huge thanks to fellow organisers, volunteer teams, @itaiyanai.bsky.social for a wonderful Night Science workshop & all speakers & attendees. Here's fellow organiser Stephen Jones taking YSF attendee entertainment to the next level.
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Even though talks at a conference are always cool, the most exciting part of #EYSF2025 is the @nightsciencepod.bsky.social workshop by @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @martinlercher.bsky.social . They are a great resource for scientific creativity and they even have a podcast!
September 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Even though talks at a conference are always cool, the most exciting part of #EYSF2025 is the @nightsciencepod.bsky.social workshop by @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @martinlercher.bsky.social . They are a great resource for scientific creativity and they even have a podcast!
The reality in science is that creativity is not treated as a core skill while hypothesis testing is, and that is the imbalance that we want correct through the Night Science Institute!
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
The Night Science Institute Is Changing How Science Teaches Creativity
In this interview with Professors Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher, explore how night science brings creativity, ideation and collaboration back into the heart of modern science.
www.technologynetworks.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The reality in science is that creativity is not treated as a core skill while hypothesis testing is, and that is the imbalance that we want correct through the Night Science Institute!
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
Dolbear's law: to get the temperature, count the number of chirps a cricket makes in 15 seconds and add 40. #ScienceIsAwesome
September 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Dolbear's law: to get the temperature, count the number of chirps a cricket makes in 15 seconds and add 40. #ScienceIsAwesome
🔥A really interesting new episode of the Night Science Podcast came out today! Akiko Iwasaki talks about the art of creativity management & how a discovery is like a gem hidden inside a hairball. nightscience.buzzsprout.com/1744020/epis... @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @nightsciencepod.bsky.social
77 | Akiko Iwasaki and the art of creativity maintenance - Night Science
Akiko Iwasaki, a Yale professor and Howard Hughes Investigator, was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024. Together, we reflect on how diverse backgrounds enrich research, a...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
🔥A really interesting new episode of the Night Science Podcast came out today! Akiko Iwasaki talks about the art of creativity management & how a discovery is like a gem hidden inside a hairball. nightscience.buzzsprout.com/1744020/epis... @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @nightsciencepod.bsky.social
Present your talk as though your audience is a curious 16-year-old. (At Woodstock Night Science over the summer we literally did this and presenting to a 16-year-old on stage with me made the talk clear and understandable to the entire audience!) #TCTEAC
September 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Present your talk as though your audience is a curious 16-year-old. (At Woodstock Night Science over the summer we literally did this and presenting to a 16-year-old on stage with me made the talk clear and understandable to the entire audience!) #TCTEAC
Reposted by Itai Yanai
🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast with Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social Yale & HHMI professor, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024! Akiko explains how leading large collaborations requires managing expectations, not micromanaging the research.
September 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast with Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social Yale & HHMI professor, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024! Akiko explains how leading large collaborations requires managing expectations, not micromanaging the research.
Reposted by Itai Yanai
Phenomenal talk this morning 🤯🔥
#Nightscience
#Nightscience
September 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Phenomenal talk this morning 🤯🔥
#Nightscience
#Nightscience