Stephanie Gupton
@stephgupton.bsky.social
Microscopist, Neuronal Cell Biologist, learning about AD and melanoma and mentoring
Two questions for other NIH "reviewers" out there. If we are ad hoc on a study section that doesn't happen during a government shut down, 1) Do we still get a two week extension to turn our grants in late (since we are actually being told to continue reviewing)?
October 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Two questions for other NIH "reviewers" out there. If we are ad hoc on a study section that doesn't happen during a government shut down, 1) Do we still get a two week extension to turn our grants in late (since we are actually being told to continue reviewing)?
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Dear all, A scientist from UNC Chapel Hill, Paul Maddox, is running for congress in NC for a seat currently held by a republican. If you care about science (and democracy) please consider donating to his campaign #Standupforscience secure.actblue.com/donate/paul-...
Donate to Paul Maddox for Congress in NC 11
Paul is running for Congress because there’s a sickness in Washington, and no one is working to cure it.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Dear all, A scientist from UNC Chapel Hill, Paul Maddox, is running for congress in NC for a seat currently held by a republican. If you care about science (and democracy) please consider donating to his campaign #Standupforscience secure.actblue.com/donate/paul-...
@chrisho.bsky.social discovered exciting roles for Coro1A in netrin-dependent neuronal morphogenesis. A fun foray into a new-to-us actin regulator.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
Coro1A and TRIM67 collaborate in netrin-dependent neuronal morphogenesis
Ho et al. identified a novel role of coronin 1A in neuronal development. They find coronin 1A mediates growth cone and filopodial dynamics, and its interac
rupress.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
@chrisho.bsky.social discovered exciting roles for Coro1A in netrin-dependent neuronal morphogenesis. A fun foray into a new-to-us actin regulator.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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🎉 Congratulations to Needhi Bhalla, UC Santa Cruz (www.bhallalab.com
), named a 2025 #ASCB Fellow! This honor celebrates her outstanding contributions to cell biology, leadership, & service. Fellows will be recognized at #CellBio2025 in Philadelphia this December. #CellBiology
), named a 2025 #ASCB Fellow! This honor celebrates her outstanding contributions to cell biology, leadership, & service. Fellows will be recognized at #CellBio2025 in Philadelphia this December. #CellBiology
September 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Needhi Bhalla, UC Santa Cruz (www.bhallalab.com
), named a 2025 #ASCB Fellow! This honor celebrates her outstanding contributions to cell biology, leadership, & service. Fellows will be recognized at #CellBio2025 in Philadelphia this December. #CellBiology
), named a 2025 #ASCB Fellow! This honor celebrates her outstanding contributions to cell biology, leadership, & service. Fellows will be recognized at #CellBio2025 in Philadelphia this December. #CellBiology
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🚨Our fabulous graduate student Selin's paper on how the KASH protein UNC-83 regulates the activity of kinesin-1 to control developmental stage-specific nuclear migration is out! Another great collaboration between the Starr-Luxton and MOM labs.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The KASH protein UNC-83 differentially regulates kinesin-1 activity to control developmental stage-specific nuclear migration
Nuclear migration plays a fundamental role in development, requiring precise spatiotemporal control of bidirectional movement through dynein and kines…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🚨Our fabulous graduate student Selin's paper on how the KASH protein UNC-83 regulates the activity of kinesin-1 to control developmental stage-specific nuclear migration is out! Another great collaboration between the Starr-Luxton and MOM labs.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
August 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Sharing our newest study led by the incredibly talented @federicamosti.bsky.social investigating new molecular mechanisms of human brain development. We discover a human-specific enhancer HAR1984 that influences chromatin looping to promote cortical size and folding! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
August 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Sharing our newest study led by the incredibly talented @federicamosti.bsky.social investigating new molecular mechanisms of human brain development. We discover a human-specific enhancer HAR1984 that influences chromatin looping to promote cortical size and folding! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Requests that were previously submitted via the prior approval module will not be reviewed, and recipients will need to initiate the first no cost extension within the Status module by using the Extension action
August 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Requests that were previously submitted via the prior approval module will not be reviewed, and recipients will need to initiate the first no cost extension within the Status module by using the Extension action
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I am honored to be selected as an ASCB fellow! SO much thanks to those who nominated me and provided letters of support!
And congratulations to the other Fellows selected! 🎉🥳🎊
And congratulations to the other Fellows selected! 🎉🥳🎊
Meet the 14 scientists named 2025 ASCB Fellows! Honored for excellence in research, mentorship, and service, they’ll be recognized at Cell Bio 2025 this December in Philadelphia.
Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...
Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...
Fourteen Visionary Scientists Named 2025 ASCB Fellows - ASCB
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is proud to announce the election of 14 outstanding scientists as 2025 ASCB Fellows—a prestigious honor recognizing their exceptional contributions to cell...
www.ascb.org
August 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I am honored to be selected as an ASCB fellow! SO much thanks to those who nominated me and provided letters of support!
And congratulations to the other Fellows selected! 🎉🥳🎊
And congratulations to the other Fellows selected! 🎉🥳🎊
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The NIH was healthiest when pay lines were in the 20th percentile range.
We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range.
In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one.
This is going to destroy science.
We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range.
In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one.
This is going to destroy science.
July 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The NIH was healthiest when pay lines were in the 20th percentile range.
We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range.
In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one.
This is going to destroy science.
We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range.
In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one.
This is going to destroy science.
Longest run since I tour my hamstring 1.5 years ago, followed by a float with the family was the break my heart and soul needed this weekend.
July 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Longest run since I tour my hamstring 1.5 years ago, followed by a float with the family was the break my heart and soul needed this weekend.
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It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
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🚨 Registration Now Open! 🚨
Join us for the 2025 Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting on Sept. 15 at Trent Semans Center!
Speakers:
🔬 Dr. Kris DeMali
🧫 Dr. Rae Cho
🧬 Dr. Stefanie Redemann
Showcase your research, exchange ideas, and connect with the Cytoskeleton community!
Register now! 💻
#TCM2025
Join us for the 2025 Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting on Sept. 15 at Trent Semans Center!
Speakers:
🔬 Dr. Kris DeMali
🧫 Dr. Rae Cho
🧬 Dr. Stefanie Redemann
Showcase your research, exchange ideas, and connect with the Cytoskeleton community!
Register now! 💻
#TCM2025
July 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
🚨 Registration Now Open! 🚨
Join us for the 2025 Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting on Sept. 15 at Trent Semans Center!
Speakers:
🔬 Dr. Kris DeMali
🧫 Dr. Rae Cho
🧬 Dr. Stefanie Redemann
Showcase your research, exchange ideas, and connect with the Cytoskeleton community!
Register now! 💻
#TCM2025
Join us for the 2025 Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting on Sept. 15 at Trent Semans Center!
Speakers:
🔬 Dr. Kris DeMali
🧫 Dr. Rae Cho
🧬 Dr. Stefanie Redemann
Showcase your research, exchange ideas, and connect with the Cytoskeleton community!
Register now! 💻
#TCM2025
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ASCB and others filed a new brief opposing NIH’s request to pause a court ruling that protects early-career scientist grants. The original ruling struck down NIH’s termination of those grants.
Read the brief: www.ascb.org/society-news...
Read the brief: www.ascb.org/society-news...
UPDATE: ASCB, Others File Brief Opposing Administration Request to Halt Judge’s Ruling - ASCB
The ASCB and three other life science organizations filed an amicus brief opposing the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) request to pause the judicial ruling in American Public Health Association ...
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July 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
ASCB and others filed a new brief opposing NIH’s request to pause a court ruling that protects early-career scientist grants. The original ruling struck down NIH’s termination of those grants.
Read the brief: www.ascb.org/society-news...
Read the brief: www.ascb.org/society-news...
Thank you to @ascbiology.bsky.social for the action alert and easy instructions to find the appropriations committee member in your state, with an example script. I just called, it takes max 3 minutes.
www.ascb.org/society-news...
www.ascb.org/society-news...
Protect NIH and NSF Funding – Your Voice Is Urgently Needed - ASCB
In the next six weeks, Congressional committees will decide how much funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will receive for Fiscal Year 2026. While ...
www.ascb.org
July 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thank you to @ascbiology.bsky.social for the action alert and easy instructions to find the appropriations committee member in your state, with an example script. I just called, it takes max 3 minutes.
www.ascb.org/society-news...
www.ascb.org/society-news...
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I’m hearing that some MOSAIC fellows are not only losing their grants (and for some in the postdoc phase their livelihoods), but also that their LRPs are now being cancelled. To have this population of scientists be targeted in such a manner should be unacceptable to everyone 😤
April 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I’m hearing that some MOSAIC fellows are not only losing their grants (and for some in the postdoc phase their livelihoods), but also that their LRPs are now being cancelled. To have this population of scientists be targeted in such a manner should be unacceptable to everyone 😤
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CBP scientist Selena Romero just found an #immune protein involved in responding to viral infections has an unexpected role in the brain. "What the heck is it doing in #neurons in a nonpathogenic or diseased setting,” said @deshmukhlab.bsky.social Read more here: www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysi...
The unexpected role of a pathogen-sensing immune protein in the brain - Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Trimming neuronal axons involves a distinct pathway and a rare pathogen-sensing immune protein that could have implications for Alzheimer’s disease. Neurons have the remarkable ability to kill parts o...
www.med.unc.edu
April 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
CBP scientist Selena Romero just found an #immune protein involved in responding to viral infections has an unexpected role in the brain. "What the heck is it doing in #neurons in a nonpathogenic or diseased setting,” said @deshmukhlab.bsky.social Read more here: www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysi...
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Say it with me now:
If it can happen to asylum seekers, & it can happen to immigrants, & it can happen to legalized citizens, then it can happen to ANYONE.
If it can happen to asylum seekers, & it can happen to immigrants, & it can happen to legalized citizens, then it can happen to ANYONE.
April 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Say it with me now:
If it can happen to asylum seekers, & it can happen to immigrants, & it can happen to legalized citizens, then it can happen to ANYONE.
If it can happen to asylum seekers, & it can happen to immigrants, & it can happen to legalized citizens, then it can happen to ANYONE.
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As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us all safe and healthy
April 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
In a time of fear in the biomedical research enterprise, I find solace in discovery and following our curiosity. @chrisho.bsky.social posted his first author thesis work discovering new unexpected roles for Coronin 1A in neuronal morphogenesis. We can't wait to hear what you think.
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l1nq.com/5N65s
March 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In a time of fear in the biomedical research enterprise, I find solace in discovery and following our curiosity. @chrisho.bsky.social posted his first author thesis work discovering new unexpected roles for Coronin 1A in neuronal morphogenesis. We can't wait to hear what you think.
l1nq.com/5N65s
l1nq.com/5N65s
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It is *so* hard to get NIH funding.
I can’t imagine how awful it must feel to have finally gotten the grant that lets you do the meaningful research you want to do and then have it ripped away.
I can’t imagine how awful it must feel to have finally gotten the grant that lets you do the meaningful research you want to do and then have it ripped away.
March 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It is *so* hard to get NIH funding.
I can’t imagine how awful it must feel to have finally gotten the grant that lets you do the meaningful research you want to do and then have it ripped away.
I can’t imagine how awful it must feel to have finally gotten the grant that lets you do the meaningful research you want to do and then have it ripped away.
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You in the Triangle area and thinking about standing up for science? Come to my beloved 2nd workplace and make a sign 😊🍻 supplies provided!
You can leave a sign w me and i can bring it up to DC!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
You can leave a sign w me and i can bring it up to DC!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
You in the Triangle area and thinking about standing up for science? Come to my beloved 2nd workplace and make a sign 😊🍻 supplies provided!
You can leave a sign w me and i can bring it up to DC!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
You can leave a sign w me and i can bring it up to DC!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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I had two grant proposals up for review in the NIH Bacterial Virulence (BV) study section. It was canceled without notice this morning.
Without those grants, my lab must close within a year.
And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues
🤬
#MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬
Without those grants, my lab must close within a year.
And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues
🤬
#MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬
February 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I had two grant proposals up for review in the NIH Bacterial Virulence (BV) study section. It was canceled without notice this morning.
Without those grants, my lab must close within a year.
And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues
🤬
#MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬
Without those grants, my lab must close within a year.
And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues
🤬
#MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬
Put your senators numbers in your favorites and call everyday. Fill their voicemail. There are so many scripts out there.
February 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Put your senators numbers in your favorites and call everyday. Fill their voicemail. There are so many scripts out there.