@LaBonneLaB
@labonnelab.bsky.social
#DevBio Lab at NorthwesternU Studying Pluripotency, Neural Crest Stem Cells and the Evolution of Vertebrates. Recovering Former Dept. Chair, Diversity Advocate. Past President Society for Developmental Biology.
Who had "bomb a sovereign nation and kidnap its president" on your 2026 bingo card? And it is only January 3rd...
January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Who had "bomb a sovereign nation and kidnap its president" on your 2026 bingo card? And it is only January 3rd...
The start of a new year, with still no HHS budget, seems like a good time to re-up this. wapo.st/4sjhGrX
Opinion | Universities and the government: Which needs the other more?
From public health to high-tech innovation, universities are the workhorses of national progress.
wapo.st
January 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The start of a new year, with still no HHS budget, seems like a good time to re-up this. wapo.st/4sjhGrX
lol looks like Jay is "inventing" the C06 mechanism 🙄..."Bhattacharya wants to break off indirect costs into a separate category of infrastructure grants that universities can compete to win." www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
The Trump Administration’s Fight To Fund Scientists
The panic and outrage were palpable last February when President Trump announced plans to trim reimbursement rates for government-funded scientific research.
“This is going to decimate U.S. scie
www.realclearinvestigations.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
lol looks like Jay is "inventing" the C06 mechanism 🙄..."Bhattacharya wants to break off indirect costs into a separate category of infrastructure grants that universities can compete to win." www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
On The Origin of Species
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 2:16 AM
On The Origin of Species
Imigrants - they get the job done!
Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist, the great polymath (omnimath is more like it) John von Neumann was born #OTD in 1903.
He considered his quantum mechanics contributions to be most important. To get a sense of the breadth of his work look at his Wikipedia “known for” list. 🧪 ⚛️ 💻 🧮
He considered his quantum mechanics contributions to be most important. To get a sense of the breadth of his work look at his Wikipedia “known for” list. 🧪 ⚛️ 💻 🧮
December 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Imigrants - they get the job done!
Fondue chinoise, raclette but alas no snow
December 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Fondue chinoise, raclette but alas no snow
not to mention the irony of this in the face of the NIH ban on foreign components...
December 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
not to mention the irony of this in the face of the NIH ban on foreign components...
💯 THIS!
It would be nice if people like Lauer didn't continually try and normalize the absolutely abnormal and potentially illegal procedures being pursued by the NIH political leaders.
December 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
💯 THIS!
or maybe 53% of reviewers for Frontiers journals...🤔
53% of researchers say they have used AI when peer reviewing articles, according to a survey by Frontiers. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
Policies should reflect the ‘new reality’ of researchers’ increasing reliance on tools that can summarize manuscripts and draft reports.
www.nature.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
or maybe 53% of reviewers for Frontiers journals...🤔
Of coure he is not against all Diversity - he want geographic diversity - and how does replacing the opinions of scientific experts with that of political appointees advance gold standard science??? thespectator.com/topic/cured-...
How we cured DEI at the National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health will no longer fund research based on DEI that has diverted resources from advancing health
thespectator.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Of coure he is not against all Diversity - he want geographic diversity - and how does replacing the opinions of scientific experts with that of political appointees advance gold standard science??? thespectator.com/topic/cured-...
disgusting
Turning Point USA’s conference starts in 8 days
Of course, the NIH Director and his MAHA ally Russell Brand are speakers….along with Don Trump Jr, JD Vance, Megyn Kelly, Roger Stone….
Of course, the NIH Director and his MAHA ally Russell Brand are speakers….along with Don Trump Jr, JD Vance, Megyn Kelly, Roger Stone….
December 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
disgusting
Remember when we had a truly decent and caring human being as president
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Remember when we had a truly decent and caring human being as president
Reposted by @LaBonneLaB
One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
Reposted by @LaBonneLaB
Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
A good time to remind you to call your Senator and Representative and tell them to support science in the appropriations bills
Under Trump, the NIH is giving fewer grants to fewer scientists. The grants awarded are smaller and scientists have less time to spend them.
Projects in cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorder, and more are going unfunded.
“Make America Healthy Again.”
Projects in cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorder, and more are going unfunded.
“Make America Healthy Again.”
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A good time to remind you to call your Senator and Representative and tell them to support science in the appropriations bills
Please consider supporting SDB this Giving Tuesday
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Please consider supporting SDB this Giving Tuesday
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This isn’t rocket science. America needs an opposition party willing to be an opposition party.
We do not currently have one.
We do not currently have one.
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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This is my city. I want you all to imagine it was your city because soon it might be. This is insane and terrifying.
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is my city. I want you all to imagine it was your city because soon it might be. This is insane and terrifying.
Reposted by @LaBonneLaB
I think what is most flabbergasting about all of this is voters just overwhelming gave the Democratic Party a perfectly clear signal that they will be heavily rewarded for fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"Schreiber said it would require years, and billions of dollars in additional funding, before the team would learn whether its model led to the production of any worthy drugs" oops the vanity project folded well before that and likely more to follow before long... www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/b...
The Billionaires Spending a Fortune to Lure Scientists Away From Universities (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Schreiber said it would require years, and billions of dollars in additional funding, before the team would learn whether its model led to the production of any worthy drugs" oops the vanity project folded well before that and likely more to follow before long... www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/b...
Maybe because if the billionaires and venture capitalists who fund these vanity projects paid their fair share in taxes we could have the robustly funded public research enterprise the country needs?
We’ve been heads down @ArcadiaScience for a bit but the @arenabioworks news this week caused me to dump thoughts. hard things are hard; don’t be such a fucking hater. Reflections on parallels w our own institutional experiment here seemay.substack.com/p/big-experi...
Big experiments are only big if they can fail
Some reflections on Arena Bioworks' unexpected wind down as a fellow institutional experimentalist
seemay.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Maybe because if the billionaires and venture capitalists who fund these vanity projects paid their fair share in taxes we could have the robustly funded public research enterprise the country needs?
Not a bad place to work on a paper #libraries
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Not a bad place to work on a paper #libraries
#xenopus 🐸❤️
🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio
November 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#xenopus 🐸❤️
Reposted by @LaBonneLaB
Scaling back DEI isn’t just a moral setback—it’s a loss of innovation.
Bhalla, Trejo & @marymunson4.bsky.social in Nature Cell Biology: limiting who can participate in science “weakens research capacity and stifles discovery.”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Bhalla, Trejo & @marymunson4.bsky.social in Nature Cell Biology: limiting who can participate in science “weakens research capacity and stifles discovery.”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Scaling back DEI isn’t just a moral setback—it’s a loss of innovation.
Bhalla, Trejo & @marymunson4.bsky.social in Nature Cell Biology: limiting who can participate in science “weakens research capacity and stifles discovery.”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Bhalla, Trejo & @marymunson4.bsky.social in Nature Cell Biology: limiting who can participate in science “weakens research capacity and stifles discovery.”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Loving my community right now
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Loving my community right now