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Using Xenopus at a PUI to understand the mysteries of the world. #evodevo #devbio #developmentalbiology
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youngfroglab.bsky.social
Proud of the undergraduate students in my lab that did this work. It made the cover of Developmental Dynamics! @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social @devdynamics.bsky.social anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970177...
Developmental Dynamics: Vol 254, No 7
<em>Developmental Dynamics</em> is a developmental biology journal publishing novel discoveries that advance our understanding in development, morphology, evolution, and disease.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
#nesdb has been a wonderful meeting, so welcoming and such exciting science. Looking forward to the next sessions!
April 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
I just got tenured. A little light for me in the darkness surrounding us all.
February 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
Submitted an R15 today to the NIH. Going to celebrate by calling my elected officials to remind them that they control government funding, not Elon Musk!
February 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
Yes, important article
labonnelab.bsky.social @LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · Feb 11
Thank you Mark!
peiferlabunc.bsky.social Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Feb 11
Thanks to Carolyn Johnson and colleagues at the Washington Post for covering the impact of drastic cuts to NIH on biomedical science 🧪
wapo.st/42RMXrn
February 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
I have to say that even with the surmounting challenges with this administration, I still love my job. I will stay and do my best to learn and teach and make every curious student feel like they belong.
February 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
HHMI just cancelled our grant. We were in the second year of developing programs to retain students from all backgrounds in STEM. All that work, all that energy…..I am profoundly disappointed. Well-funded HHMI labs, what do you think of dismantling funding for these training programs?
peiferlabunc.bsky.social Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Feb 5
If anyone has the resources to resist, its HHMI. Ending this program with no notice and literally scrubbing evidence it ever existed from the website is shocking and dosappointing
February 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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jbwallingford.bsky.social
Birth defects are the #1 cause of death in the first year of life (🧵). Birth defects kill more than twice as many children as cancer. Birth defects are diseases of developmental biology. Here are CDC statistics for 2021. 1/5

wisqars.cdc.gov/pdfs/leading...
February 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
I absolutely love this amazing original piece of art by my student Terry Wu. I missed the adult frog made from lab paper towels the first time I saw it. Such amazing talent and excited to see biology inspiring our students! Thank you Terry!
January 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
They ate his flannel shirt!
drlindseyfitz.bsky.social Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · Jan 30
If you think today's news headlines are horrific, check out this one from 1906. Chilling.
A newspaper clipping that reads: "Noisy, Hungry Frogs Sadden Farmer's Life. They scare his cattle and they also eat his flannel shirt."
January 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
Helpful to hear when you’re writing a grant in these uncertain times.
drcraigmc.bsky.social Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · Jan 29
Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
January 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
Thank you SDB, proud to be a member.
socdevbio.bsky.social Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · Jan 29
The Society for Developmental Biology has released a statement on the Unprecedented Disruptions to Biomedical Research in the United States.
Scientific research is a driving force behind human progress. It fuels medical breakthroughs, spurs technological innovations and drives economic growth. Federal funding of research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is absolutely critical for ensuring that the U.S. maintains its global leadership in science and technology. The unprecedented freeze on the review and issuance of federal research grants is already negatively impacting research and could have significant ripple effects. Ongoing studies may lose momentum if grant renewals or supplement requests are delayed, slowing scientific progress on research the NIH has already invested in. Researchers affiliated with the Society for Developmental Biology carry out critical research on birth defects, which kill twice as many children as cancer does. Slowed progress will delay the development of new therapies and diagnostics, and thus have real public health implications. In 2019, the total estimated cost of birth defect–associated hospitalizations was $22.2 billion. Scientific research is also critical to the U.S. economy more broadly. In 2023 alone NIH funded research not only directly supported 412 thousand jobs, but its overall economic impact rippled out to all sectors of the economy driving more than $92.89 billion in economic activity across all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. It is estimated that every dollar of NIH funding generates $2.46 dollars of economic activity. Finally, federal research funding not only drives impactful research discoveries but also supports the training of the scientists, engineers, and innovators of the future. University laboratories, funded by federal grants, serve as essential training grounds for the next generation of researchers even as they push the boundaries of knowledge. This training prepares young scientists for leadership roles in both academia and industry, helping to ensure that the scientific workforce r…
January 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
Does it go:
kakistocracy-> kleptocracy -> idiocracy or
kleptocracy->Kakistocracy-> idiocracy?

Trying to determine where we are currently and where we're going.
January 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
Love this video!
xenbase.bsky.social Xenbase @xenbase.bsky.social · Dec 2
Frogs: A biologists best friend
Get up close and personal with the exotic amphibian helping students in CSHL’s Xenopus course study how life begins and operates. Watch the video clip on YouTube!! #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6wu...
Frogs: A biologist’s best friend
YouTube video by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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blekhman.bsky.social
Submitting an NIH grant right now
January 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
This is welcomed news! But the judiciary won't save us in the long run. Keep calling your elected officials!
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Judge blocks Trump’s spending freeze
U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan blocked the Trump administration from implementing it for now.,
www.politico.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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abfriedman.com
Dear fellow scientists, Go talk to the press about what is going on. Talk to local news about how it will impact jobs. Be specific, but don't pity yourself. Instead focus on how your own situation affects local jobs, the national economy, beating the growing scientific race with China. Suggestions:
January 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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carlzimmer.com
American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
Malice by a few and willful stupidity by many has the potential to doom the US as a leader in the sciences.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
Scary and sad. I think it's already having a chilling effect on scientists.
labonnelab.bsky.social @LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · Jan 28
This is getting seriously scary. It will be much easier to destroy the one the worlds greatest scientific ecosystem than it will be to try to rebuild it... wapo.st/4gfgcHQ
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
wapo.st
January 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
So this is getting scary...https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/27/trump-presidency-news/#link-RGIL3TW4LBAC3FFJT346EM4ZKU
January 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
youngfroglab.bsky.social
Asking for opinions: Are specific aims in a grant proposal better written as questions or statements? I have always written them a statements but I recently was told that questions are preferred.
January 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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ophirklein.bsky.social
Excited that our new lab website is starting to come together - thanks to the team, particularly Pauline Marangoni and Zhulin Dixon, for assembling this, and stay tuned for additional updates ophirkleinlab.org
Home - Klein Lab
We are interested in understanding how organs form in the embryo and how they renew and regenerate in the adult. We research how development and regeneration
ophirkleinlab.org
January 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
Took a break for dinner and a chance to think about other things.

My wife was working on the Monday New York Times crossword (which is always posted early).

She asked me

51 Across "Funding sources for many labs"

I took a look...

(Spoiler alert)
January 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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peiferlabunc.bsky.social
The rapid actions of the Trump Administration to shut down all communication by NIH, thus putting both study sections and councils on hold, is challenging for all of us. We can make our voices known. Below is an example email I sent to both NC Senators (text in alt text) 1/2 🧪
Bipartisan support for NIH and biomedical research is key to retaining US leadership Dear Sen. Tillis, I am a constituent, a Professor at UNC-Chapel Hill and a biomedical researcher with 33 years of funding from NIH. You have been a strong supporter of NIH and biomedical research, recognizing the impact of the more than $2 billion in funding NIH brings to NC Universities and its broader economic impact. The US has led in biomedical research for many decades, yielding impressive improvements in treatment of cancer and heart disease, and stunning new opportunities to use gene therapy in diseases like Type 1 diabetes and sickle cell disease. In the last 10 years, China has massively increased investment in science, and is threatening our lead. To remain competitive, we need to continue our investment. The actions this week by the Trump Administration to shut down NIH study sections and pause funding sent shock waves through our community. We need to resume bipartisan support for NIH or lose a generation of scientists. I would like to connect with the aide in the Tillis office who handles HHS and NIH and have a conversation about these issues--please have them email me. Thank you for your past support Mark Peifer
January 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM