Sulagna Das
@angalus.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and RNA biologist. Assistant Professor @Emory University. Studying spatial and temporal control of gene expression in neurons using single molecule technologies and real time imaging.
www.thedaslab.org
www.thedaslab.org
We look forward to hosting you and hearing about exciting Arc biology!
Looking forward to visiting Emory Cell Biology dept tomorrow! @basselllab.bsky.social @angalus.bsky.social @katzlab.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
We look forward to hosting you and hearing about exciting Arc biology!
Always great discussions and feedback while presenting our work to the Cell Bio Dept with rich scientific diversity spanning cell biology, RNA biology and neuroscience.
Great turnout for @angalus.bsky.social Our monthly faculty talks Dept. Cell Biology We are so delighted to have Sulagna Das as a colleague in our dept & @emorygenetics.bsky.social Doing such amazing research to image #RNA localization from #gene to #synapse !!
April 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Always great discussions and feedback while presenting our work to the Cell Bio Dept with rich scientific diversity spanning cell biology, RNA biology and neuroscience.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
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FACULTY JOB ALERT! The Albert Einstein Dept of Neuroscience is hiring a new assistant professor in any area of neuroscience! We have funds specifically earmarked for this search. #Neuroscience #AcademicJobs #NeuroSky Job just posted: faculty-einstein.icims.com/jobs/17175/f... Please share widely!!
Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Medical Education | Biomedical Research
faculty-einstein.icims.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
FACULTY JOB ALERT! The Albert Einstein Dept of Neuroscience is hiring a new assistant professor in any area of neuroscience! We have funds specifically earmarked for this search. #Neuroscience #AcademicJobs #NeuroSky Job just posted: faculty-einstein.icims.com/jobs/17175/f... Please share widely!!
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as I tell my Genetics class every year, this breakthrough is based on 70 years of NIH-funded, basic research, commercialized by biotech
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March 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
as I tell my Genetics class every year, this breakthrough is based on 70 years of NIH-funded, basic research, commercialized by biotech
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Exciting work from Maria Barna’s lab on single ribosomes and their composition in different cellular compartments!
March 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Exciting work from Maria Barna’s lab on single ribosomes and their composition in different cellular compartments!
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Stand up for science! Atlanta is standing up! #standupforscience2025
March 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Stand up for science! Atlanta is standing up! #standupforscience2025
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SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
One of my favorite meetings! :)
Save the date for the next edition of this wonderful meeting. We look forward to seeing you in Portugal!!
March 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
One of my favorite meetings! :)
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Do you LOVE organelles??
Well I am THRILLED to announce that Nellie has been published in @naturemethods.bsky.social!
Nellie a fully automated pipeline for organelle segmentation, tracking, and hierarchical feature extraction in 2D, 3D, timelapse, multichannel live-cell microscopy
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Well I am THRILLED to announce that Nellie has been published in @naturemethods.bsky.social!
Nellie a fully automated pipeline for organelle segmentation, tracking, and hierarchical feature extraction in 2D, 3D, timelapse, multichannel live-cell microscopy
🧵1/N
February 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Do you LOVE organelles??
Well I am THRILLED to announce that Nellie has been published in @naturemethods.bsky.social!
Nellie a fully automated pipeline for organelle segmentation, tracking, and hierarchical feature extraction in 2D, 3D, timelapse, multichannel live-cell microscopy
🧵1/N
Well I am THRILLED to announce that Nellie has been published in @naturemethods.bsky.social!
Nellie a fully automated pipeline for organelle segmentation, tracking, and hierarchical feature extraction in 2D, 3D, timelapse, multichannel live-cell microscopy
🧵1/N
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A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
bit.ly/3X8ngz8
By @avaskham.bsky.social
bit.ly/3X8ngz8
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
www.thetransmitter.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
bit.ly/3X8ngz8
By @avaskham.bsky.social
bit.ly/3X8ngz8
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If you are a journalist--this should be your biggest story. Musk is denying hope to patients who have exhausted all other options 🧪
February 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If you are a journalist--this should be your biggest story. Musk is denying hope to patients who have exhausted all other options 🧪
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Our #MINDS post-bacc program is accepting applications til March 1st! ✨
✅ two-years full-time PAID research
✅ $41,000 annual salary +benefits
✅ personalized grad school prep & cohort of peers
✅ $1,500 to relocate + $1,500 in prof dev funds
✅ dedicated mentors
+ more!
z.umn.edu/minds
Please share ✨
✅ two-years full-time PAID research
✅ $41,000 annual salary +benefits
✅ personalized grad school prep & cohort of peers
✅ $1,500 to relocate + $1,500 in prof dev funds
✅ dedicated mentors
+ more!
z.umn.edu/minds
Please share ✨
February 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Our #MINDS post-bacc program is accepting applications til March 1st! ✨
✅ two-years full-time PAID research
✅ $41,000 annual salary +benefits
✅ personalized grad school prep & cohort of peers
✅ $1,500 to relocate + $1,500 in prof dev funds
✅ dedicated mentors
+ more!
z.umn.edu/minds
Please share ✨
✅ two-years full-time PAID research
✅ $41,000 annual salary +benefits
✅ personalized grad school prep & cohort of peers
✅ $1,500 to relocate + $1,500 in prof dev funds
✅ dedicated mentors
+ more!
z.umn.edu/minds
Please share ✨
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Feels weird to promote science right now but here’s a new review/opinion piece from the lab where we outline new insights about how Arc mediates long lasting synaptic plasticity and memory formation. 🧪🧠 kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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February 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Feels weird to promote science right now but here’s a new review/opinion piece from the lab where we outline new insights about how Arc mediates long lasting synaptic plasticity and memory formation. 🧪🧠 kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78)
I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
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I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
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February 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78)
I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
1/n
I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
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Applications are now open for the first ever @alleninstitute.bsky.social Open Science in Undergraduate Education Symposium. 🎉
I'm on the planning committee (led by @rpenton.bsky.social!) so I can confidently say this will be worth your time. 😏
alleninstitute.org/events/opens...
I'm on the planning committee (led by @rpenton.bsky.social!) so I can confidently say this will be worth your time. 😏
alleninstitute.org/events/opens...
Open Science in Undergraduate Education Symposium
Join the Allen Institute for the Open Science in Undergraduate Education Symposium in Seattle, Washington next June. This interactive symposium brings together those working to integrate openly availa...
alleninstitute.org
February 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Applications are now open for the first ever @alleninstitute.bsky.social Open Science in Undergraduate Education Symposium. 🎉
I'm on the planning committee (led by @rpenton.bsky.social!) so I can confidently say this will be worth your time. 😏
alleninstitute.org/events/opens...
I'm on the planning committee (led by @rpenton.bsky.social!) so I can confidently say this will be worth your time. 😏
alleninstitute.org/events/opens...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
This will be catastrophic for biomedical research! Can’t imagine the aftermath.
"Pursuant to this Supplemental Guidance, there will be a standard indirect rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs in lieu of a separately negotiated rate for indirect costs in every grant."
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This will be catastrophic for biomedical research! Can’t imagine the aftermath.
Looking forward to hosting Dr. Holzbaur’s tomorrow and hearing about all the exciting science from her lab.
We are looking forward to welcome Dr. Erika Holzbaur
@erikaholzbaur.bsky.social for a seminar visit to Dept. Cell Biology @EmoryMedicine !!
@lablerit.bsky.social @angalus.bsky.social @sshekhr.bsky.social
@erikaholzbaur.bsky.social for a seminar visit to Dept. Cell Biology @EmoryMedicine !!
@lablerit.bsky.social @angalus.bsky.social @sshekhr.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Looking forward to hosting Dr. Holzbaur’s tomorrow and hearing about all the exciting science from her lab.
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Now that my lab has moved to Emory I want you to join us in Atlanta. We have an NIH-funded postdoc position available to study Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) signaling using vestibular hair cells of the mouse as a model.
Please repost and/or DM for details
Please repost and/or DM for details
February 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Now that my lab has moved to Emory I want you to join us in Atlanta. We have an NIH-funded postdoc position available to study Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) signaling using vestibular hair cells of the mouse as a model.
Please repost and/or DM for details
Please repost and/or DM for details
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Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants
The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I
The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I
Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants
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January 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants
The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I
The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I
Looking forward to our session in WCBR! Please attend if you are around.
January 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Looking forward to our session in WCBR! Please attend if you are around.
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And the funding announcement for diversity supplements now has been updated to expire today. Supplements are so important to the careers of junior scientists. This is crushing for post docs and early career faculty
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
January 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
And the funding announcement for diversity supplements now has been updated to expire today. Supplements are so important to the careers of junior scientists. This is crushing for post docs and early career faculty
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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The NIH diversity supplement pages have all been pulled down. What is a diversity supplement and why should the public care? A diversity supplement is funding to help diversify the research workforce. You may be wondering, “so what?”. Let me explain. www.nigms.nih.gov/Pages/PageNo...
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
NIGMS supports basic research to understand biological processes and lay the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
www.nigms.nih.gov
January 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The NIH diversity supplement pages have all been pulled down. What is a diversity supplement and why should the public care? A diversity supplement is funding to help diversify the research workforce. You may be wondering, “so what?”. Let me explain. www.nigms.nih.gov/Pages/PageNo...