Iyer Lab
@iyerlabncat.bsky.social
C. elegans researcher studying centrosomes and cilia. Views are my own.
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Anyone @unlincoln.bsky.social in Lincoln, Nebraska
I’m speaking at the Johnny Carson center for the emerging media arts tomorrow night! Parents with kids are welcome!
Come hear about my career path and find out how important art is in science!
#nebraska #lincoln #science #art
I’m speaking at the Johnny Carson center for the emerging media arts tomorrow night! Parents with kids are welcome!
Come hear about my career path and find out how important art is in science!
#nebraska #lincoln #science #art
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Anyone @unlincoln.bsky.social in Lincoln, Nebraska
I’m speaking at the Johnny Carson center for the emerging media arts tomorrow night! Parents with kids are welcome!
Come hear about my career path and find out how important art is in science!
#nebraska #lincoln #science #art
I’m speaking at the Johnny Carson center for the emerging media arts tomorrow night! Parents with kids are welcome!
Come hear about my career path and find out how important art is in science!
#nebraska #lincoln #science #art
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TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
Brandeis University, Biology Department
Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US
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October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
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Frequent user of epitope tags? Try ours!
IPI epitope tag antibodies & plasmids are now available through our partner @addgene.bsky.social!
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IPI epitope tag antibodies & plasmids are now available through our partner @addgene.bsky.social!
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Epitope tag antibody collection
Epitope tags are short amino acid sequences fused to a protein’s N- or C-terminus. When paired with an antibody that specifically recognizes this sequence, epit
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September 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Frequent user of epitope tags? Try ours!
IPI epitope tag antibodies & plasmids are now available through our partner @addgene.bsky.social!
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IPI epitope tag antibodies & plasmids are now available through our partner @addgene.bsky.social!
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Inclusive lab adaptations for scientists who need them
#labdaptations for inclusive laboratory research
Nature Reviews Chemistry - Disabled scientists encounter many barriers in laboratory spaces, especially a lack of accessible lab equipment. #labdaptations is an ever-growing database of inclusive...
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September 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Inclusive lab adaptations for scientists who need them
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apnews.com/article/mack... Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs
MacKenzie Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, the largest private provider of scholarships to minority students.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
apnews.com/article/mack... Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs
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😮 Just WOW!!
Spray GFP mRNAs on plant leaves and the leaves translate this and you get glowing leaves.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Spray GFP mRNAs on plant leaves and the leaves translate this and you get glowing leaves.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Foliar mRNA spray induces protein synthesis in monocot crop and dicot model plant species
In planta gene expression via exogenous mRNAs has a wide range of potential biotechnological applications from genome editing to plant protection and to circumventing tissue culture. Yet, regarding mR...
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August 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
😮 Just WOW!!
Spray GFP mRNAs on plant leaves and the leaves translate this and you get glowing leaves.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Spray GFP mRNAs on plant leaves and the leaves translate this and you get glowing leaves.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Dynamin regulates PLK-1 localization and spindle pole assembly during mitosis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.21.665896v1
July 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Dynamin regulates PLK-1 localization and spindle pole assembly during mitosis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.21.665896v1
I’m pleased to share the latest preprint from the Iyer Lab! 🎉
We uncover a novel role for dynamin in regulating spindle pole assembly and PLK-1 localization during late mitosis in C. elegans embryos.
Read it here 👉 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
#CellBiology #C_elegans #Cytokinesis
#Dynamin #PLK1
We uncover a novel role for dynamin in regulating spindle pole assembly and PLK-1 localization during late mitosis in C. elegans embryos.
Read it here 👉 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
#CellBiology #C_elegans #Cytokinesis
#Dynamin #PLK1
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July 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I’m pleased to share the latest preprint from the Iyer Lab! 🎉
We uncover a novel role for dynamin in regulating spindle pole assembly and PLK-1 localization during late mitosis in C. elegans embryos.
Read it here 👉 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
#CellBiology #C_elegans #Cytokinesis
#Dynamin #PLK1
We uncover a novel role for dynamin in regulating spindle pole assembly and PLK-1 localization during late mitosis in C. elegans embryos.
Read it here 👉 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
#CellBiology #C_elegans #Cytokinesis
#Dynamin #PLK1
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Our review is out! Such an honor to publish with Ryoko and Michael-early midbody leaders!
The midbody and midbody remnant: from cellular debris to signaling organelle with diagnostic and therapeutic potential
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
The midbody and midbody remnant: from cellular debris to signaling organelle with diagnostic and therapeutic potential
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
The midbody and midbody remnant: from cellular debris to signaling organelle with diagnostic and therapeutic potential | Molecular Biology of the Cell
The midbody (MB), a transient structure formed during cytokinesis, has evolved from a mere structural component to a complex signaling organelle with diverse functions beyond cell division. Recent stu...
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July 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Our review is out! Such an honor to publish with Ryoko and Michael-early midbody leaders!
The midbody and midbody remnant: from cellular debris to signaling organelle with diagnostic and therapeutic potential
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
The midbody and midbody remnant: from cellular debris to signaling organelle with diagnostic and therapeutic potential
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
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Nobel winners of worms! Curiosity driven science is essential! @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Nobel winners of worms! Curiosity driven science is essential! @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
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Hey @socdevbio.bsky.social Hope you all can make my plenary talk this Thursday am in sunny 😎 San Juan! Will be speaking about MBRs—translating large EVs generated in mitosis!
June 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hey @socdevbio.bsky.social Hope you all can make my plenary talk this Thursday am in sunny 😎 San Juan! Will be speaking about MBRs—translating large EVs generated in mitosis!
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Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
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June 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:
1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.
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".....but a key feature of this community became abundantly clear: Worm people tend to help one other. They readily share insights, lab processes, even worms themselves."
So true. The worm community is the best.
So true. The worm community is the best.
Delighted to share this timely article in Boston magazine on our local C. elegans community and the effects of NIH freezes.
"There might be no group more enthusiastic, self-aware, or life-affirming than the worm people."
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/c-elega...
"There might be no group more enthusiastic, self-aware, or life-affirming than the worm people."
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/c-elega...
Boston Has Worms (The Good Kind)
Inside the world of C. elegans worms and the scientists who know them best.
www.bostonmagazine.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
".....but a key feature of this community became abundantly clear: Worm people tend to help one other. They readily share insights, lab processes, even worms themselves."
So true. The worm community is the best.
So true. The worm community is the best.
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“I’ve always loved to bake — I would probably be a baker if I wasn’t a scientist. It’s actually very scientific.
I had an undergrad professor that told me never trust a scientist who can’t cook. And I actually think that’s true!”
I had an undergrad professor that told me never trust a scientist who can’t cook. And I actually think that’s true!”
UW-Madison geneticist’s cookbook offers recipe sampler from scientists across the world
A genetics professor at UW-Madison teamed up with students to publish a new cookbook, “Lab Culture: A Recipe For Innovation in Science.”
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May 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“I’ve always loved to bake — I would probably be a baker if I wasn’t a scientist. It’s actually very scientific.
I had an undergrad professor that told me never trust a scientist who can’t cook. And I actually think that’s true!”
I had an undergrad professor that told me never trust a scientist who can’t cook. And I actually think that’s true!”
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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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👏new paper👏 ! Our preprint is now accepted at MBoC @ascbiology.bsky.social
Congrats to co-1st authors Junnan (new PI at OSU!) and Weiyi (now a Yale grad student) and 🙏 to collaborators Melissa & Jordan @myosincity.bsky.social
Funded by NIH grants & NSF GRFP!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Congrats to co-1st authors Junnan (new PI at OSU!) and Weiyi (now a Yale grad student) and 🙏 to collaborators Melissa & Jordan @myosincity.bsky.social
Funded by NIH grants & NSF GRFP!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The PCM scaffold enables RNA localization to centrosomes
As microtubule-organizing centers, centrosomes direct assembly of the bipolar mitotic spindle required for chromosome segregation and genome stability. Centrosome activity requires the dynamic assembl...
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April 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
👏new paper👏 ! Our preprint is now accepted at MBoC @ascbiology.bsky.social
Congrats to co-1st authors Junnan (new PI at OSU!) and Weiyi (now a Yale grad student) and 🙏 to collaborators Melissa & Jordan @myosincity.bsky.social
Funded by NIH grants & NSF GRFP!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Congrats to co-1st authors Junnan (new PI at OSU!) and Weiyi (now a Yale grad student) and 🙏 to collaborators Melissa & Jordan @myosincity.bsky.social
Funded by NIH grants & NSF GRFP!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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My department (Biology) at Duke University is seeking applicants for the position of Instructor B for the Microbiology (212L) lab sections. This course introduces major concepts in biology through the lens of microbiology!
Share it with your network!
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Share it with your network!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29941
Duke University, Biology
Job #AJO29941, Instructor B, Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
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April 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My department (Biology) at Duke University is seeking applicants for the position of Instructor B for the Microbiology (212L) lab sections. This course introduces major concepts in biology through the lens of microbiology!
Share it with your network!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29941
Share it with your network!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29941
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This is so important!
February 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is so important!
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NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
February 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
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We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue - Cilia and Flagella: from Basic Biology to Disease. This issue will be coordinated by two Guest Editors: Pleasantine Mill @cilialab.bsky.social and Lotte Pedersen @lottepedersen.bsky.social.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/ci...
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February 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue - Cilia and Flagella: from Basic Biology to Disease. This issue will be coordinated by two Guest Editors: Pleasantine Mill @cilialab.bsky.social and Lotte Pedersen @lottepedersen.bsky.social.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/ci...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/ci...
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not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
February 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
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It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
February 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
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NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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This is catastrophic for US research universities as it ignores the real cost of doing research. The US academic-gov’t partnership forged post-WWII is the greatest creator of knowledge in history and is critical to US economic and technological competitiveness.
February 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is catastrophic for US research universities as it ignores the real cost of doing research. The US academic-gov’t partnership forged post-WWII is the greatest creator of knowledge in history and is critical to US economic and technological competitiveness.