Daniel Tobiansky
@dtobiansky.bsky.social
Asst Professor of Neurobio @ Providence College | 🧠🐦🔬🧬 | tobianskylab.com | Eamus Catuli! 🐻
🚨New paper!! I was lucky to get to collaborate with Becky Cramer, her team from Norway🇳🇴, and researchers from the museum of vert zoology at Berkeley. Unusual Sperm Morphology in Two Sedentary Songbird Species - Cramer - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Unusual Sperm Morphology in Two Sedentary Songbird Species
We describe two dramatic evolutionary shifts in sperm morphology in songbirds, which are independent of but similar to two previously known shifts. Species with this atypical, “tadpole-like” sperm mo....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🚨New paper!! I was lucky to get to collaborate with Becky Cramer, her team from Norway🇳🇴, and researchers from the museum of vert zoology at Berkeley. Unusual Sperm Morphology in Two Sedentary Songbird Species - Cramer - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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WARNING WARNING WARNING
#ResearchAdmini
I am hearing reports of NIH Awards being issued with ~15% indirect cost rate without comment. I believe the hope is that they will be accepted with noticing this.
#ResearchAdmini
I am hearing reports of NIH Awards being issued with ~15% indirect cost rate without comment. I believe the hope is that they will be accepted with noticing this.
a woman stands in front of a white board with the words you need to be careful written on it
ALT: a woman stands in front of a white board with the words you need to be careful written on it
media.tenor.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
WARNING WARNING WARNING
#ResearchAdmini
I am hearing reports of NIH Awards being issued with ~15% indirect cost rate without comment. I believe the hope is that they will be accepted with noticing this.
#ResearchAdmini
I am hearing reports of NIH Awards being issued with ~15% indirect cost rate without comment. I believe the hope is that they will be accepted with noticing this.
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Vox has a very good article explaining the mess that just happened at the Supreme Court. In the end, they are ensuring that no matter what happens to the canceled grants, there’s no chance of resolving fast enough to matter for the work or PIs. Struck a death blow www.vox.com/scotus/45886...
August 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Vox has a very good article explaining the mess that just happened at the Supreme Court. In the end, they are ensuring that no matter what happens to the canceled grants, there’s no chance of resolving fast enough to matter for the work or PIs. Struck a death blow www.vox.com/scotus/45886...
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NEW: We simulated a disease outbreak to show how vaccines can stop the spread of a contagious disease. With @fparis.bsky.social @upshot.nytimes.com (Paywall-free gift link) 🎁
How Much Vaccination Stops a Measles Outbreak? (Gift Article)
An interactive explanation of outbreaks, vaccines and herd immunity.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
NEW: We simulated a disease outbreak to show how vaccines can stop the spread of a contagious disease. With @fparis.bsky.social @upshot.nytimes.com (Paywall-free gift link) 🎁
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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No news organization should ever use the words "third term" without the word "unconstitutional" preceding it
March 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
No news organization should ever use the words "third term" without the word "unconstitutional" preceding it
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This is how you truly resist. It fed my soul to hear this young man speak TRUTH to power. We desperately need this kind of passion. Reminds me of the activists I grew up with, back when people were fearless.
March 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is how you truly resist. It fed my soul to hear this young man speak TRUTH to power. We desperately need this kind of passion. Reminds me of the activists I grew up with, back when people were fearless.
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Science is under threat in the US. @elife.bsky.social have commissioned a series of articles discussing the implications and what we can do. The first three articles are now live. More to follow:
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Science Under Threat in the United States: How scientists and institutions should respond
Individual researchers and university leaders need to make the case for science to their elected representatives and to the public at large.
elifesciences.org
March 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Science is under threat in the US. @elife.bsky.social have commissioned a series of articles discussing the implications and what we can do. The first three articles are now live. More to follow:
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Is it just me, or is Spotify's enshitification recently in overdrive?
March 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Is it just me, or is Spotify's enshitification recently in overdrive?
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I'm the guest editor on this special issue on TBI. Awesome work from the Dean lab 🧪 💀
Our paper led by Mike Schindler is out #OA in @anatrecord.bsky.social. We explore how the craniofacial hinge joint balances mobility & stability in helmeted hornbills, birds w/ high-impact head-butting behavior. Thanks to Mason Dean for inviting me to join the fun! tinyurl.com/595v6dzz
March 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'm the guest editor on this special issue on TBI. Awesome work from the Dean lab 🧪 💀
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This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
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New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
Remarkable thread offering guidance to current and prospective NSF grantees about how to navigate the times ahead — from an NSF program officer who was fired in yesterday's DOGE purge (!)
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
February 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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The committee on Science, Space, and Technology are collecting testimony of Federal employees fired in the past days. Please share with your colleagues and friends. The more testimony, the better we can argue against this injustice.
Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
democrats-science.house.gov
February 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The committee on Science, Space, and Technology are collecting testimony of Federal employees fired in the past days. Please share with your colleagues and friends. The more testimony, the better we can argue against this injustice.
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The speech Chuck Schumer and Senate Dems should have given the day after Trump's inauguration.
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/i-wrote-th...
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/i-wrote-th...
I Wrote the Speech Chuck Schumer Should Have Given on Day 1
January 21, 2025.
quartzevelyn.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The speech Chuck Schumer and Senate Dems should have given the day after Trump's inauguration.
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/i-wrote-th...
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/i-wrote-th...
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Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.
February 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.
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Philadelphia, PA
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February 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Philadelphia, PA
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Orlando, Ocala, Sarasota, Fort Myers, FL
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February 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Orlando, Ocala, Sarasota, Fort Myers, FL
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Wilkes-Barre and Harrisburg, PA
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February 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Wilkes-Barre and Harrisburg, PA
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