Helen Piontkivska
@evolvingepitope.bsky.social
Bioinformatics, ADAR editing
Nice example of fundamentally broad roles of ADARs in gene regulation
ADARs mediate distinct RNA editing activity and gene regulation in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.16.682908v1
October 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Nice example of fundamentally broad roles of ADARs in gene regulation
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Hi bioinformatics, genomics and CS friends! Please help me spread the word. I'm hiring a postdoc! Come work on cutting edge method development in algorithmic genomics with me and my group at @umdscience.bsky.social! 🖥️🧬
And it's posted! If you're interested and eligible, please consider applying through the UMD portal: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j....
If you're a PI working in algorithmic genomics (& you can recommend my lab to your top graduating students ;P), please let them know!
If you're a PI working in algorithmic genomics (& you can recommend my lab to your top graduating students ;P), please let them know!
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hi bioinformatics, genomics and CS friends! Please help me spread the word. I'm hiring a postdoc! Come work on cutting edge method development in algorithmic genomics with me and my group at @umdscience.bsky.social! 🖥️🧬
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There are unprecedented challenges for science, calling for bold action and collective effort. Training the next generation of scientific leaders has never been more important. Join us as we grow National PROPEL to answer this call. Learn more: propelscholars.org @propelscholars.bsky.social 🧪🧬🖥️🧵
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
There are unprecedented challenges for science, calling for bold action and collective effort. Training the next generation of scientific leaders has never been more important. Join us as we grow National PROPEL to answer this call. Learn more: propelscholars.org @propelscholars.bsky.social 🧪🧬🖥️🧵
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As see in the few examples in this thread, the #SCIMaP team has released an interactive bluesky bot. You can ask for scorecards in a variety of ways:
Just send a zip (98105)
or
state (South Carolina)
or
district (MD-04)
Just send a zip (98105)
or
state (South Carolina)
or
district (MD-04)
Hey @science-impacts.bsky.social, what's the impact in Maryland?
August 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
As see in the few examples in this thread, the #SCIMaP team has released an interactive bluesky bot. You can ask for scorecards in a variety of ways:
Just send a zip (98105)
or
state (South Carolina)
or
district (MD-04)
Just send a zip (98105)
or
state (South Carolina)
or
district (MD-04)
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A quick update re NIH and NSF terminated grant tracking:
Grant Watch has a new name!
We're now called **Grant Witness**
You can find us at grant-witness.us
Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏
(And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦♂️🤷♂️)
Grant Watch has a new name!
We're now called **Grant Witness**
You can find us at grant-witness.us
Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏
(And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦♂️🤷♂️)
July 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A quick update re NIH and NSF terminated grant tracking:
Grant Watch has a new name!
We're now called **Grant Witness**
You can find us at grant-witness.us
Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏
(And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦♂️🤷♂️)
Grant Watch has a new name!
We're now called **Grant Witness**
You can find us at grant-witness.us
Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏
(And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦♂️🤷♂️)
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@saramostafavi.bsky.social (@Genentech) & I (@Stanford) r excited to announce co-advised postdoc positions for candidates with deep expertise in ML for bio (especially sequence to function models, causal perturbational models & single cell models). See details below. Pls RT 1/
June 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
@saramostafavi.bsky.social (@Genentech) & I (@Stanford) r excited to announce co-advised postdoc positions for candidates with deep expertise in ML for bio (especially sequence to function models, causal perturbational models & single cell models). See details below. Pls RT 1/
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🚨 New paper 🚨 RNA modeling just got its own Gym! 🏋️ Introducing RNAGym, large-scale benchmarks for RNA fitness and structure prediction.
🧵 1/9
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June 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
🚨 New paper 🚨 RNA modeling just got its own Gym! 🏋️ Introducing RNAGym, large-scale benchmarks for RNA fitness and structure prediction.
🧵 1/9
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My office and government relations co-organized "Hopkins on the Hill", which allowed our researchers to present their federally funded programs to lawmakers, staffers, and agencies...and hopefully figure scientists and engineers.
Huge success!
More here: hub.jhu.edu/gallery/2025...
Huge success!
More here: hub.jhu.edu/gallery/2025...
June 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
My office and government relations co-organized "Hopkins on the Hill", which allowed our researchers to present their federally funded programs to lawmakers, staffers, and agencies...and hopefully figure scientists and engineers.
Huge success!
More here: hub.jhu.edu/gallery/2025...
Huge success!
More here: hub.jhu.edu/gallery/2025...
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I got the opportunity to speak with Science about my individual research fellowship being terminated. I was awarded the NSF GRFP before I chose Harvard for graduate school, but I still got cut. I study how we can improve treatments for a common antibiotic resistant bacteria, so this is sad to see
After 73 years, is NSF's graduate research fellowship program circling the drain? www.science.org/content/arti...
Will NSF’s flagship training program survive under Trump?
Despite 50 Nobelists and 75,000 alumni, NSF’s graduate research fellows could be a vanishing breed
www.science.org
May 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I got the opportunity to speak with Science about my individual research fellowship being terminated. I was awarded the NSF GRFP before I chose Harvard for graduate school, but I still got cut. I study how we can improve treatments for a common antibiotic resistant bacteria, so this is sad to see
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Mesquite 4 beta released! Many new features, esp. phylogenomic. Check out the trailer and longer video on the home page: www.mesquiteproject.org, and use the download link there to get a copy.
Feedback welcome! Ask and discuss on our new Google Group (groups.google.com/g/mesquite-p...).
Feedback welcome! Ask and discuss on our new Google Group (groups.google.com/g/mesquite-p...).
May 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Mesquite 4 beta released! Many new features, esp. phylogenomic. Check out the trailer and longer video on the home page: www.mesquiteproject.org, and use the download link there to get a copy.
Feedback welcome! Ask and discuss on our new Google Group (groups.google.com/g/mesquite-p...).
Feedback welcome! Ask and discuss on our new Google Group (groups.google.com/g/mesquite-p...).
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SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF.
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
Home | Savensf
www.savensf.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF.
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
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Are you a member of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)? I'm holding zoom chats during which I will get your feedback and thoughts about what the society can do for you and for the field! Everyone is welcome to join -- sign up for a time and pls RT this!!
March 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Are you a member of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)? I'm holding zoom chats during which I will get your feedback and thoughts about what the society can do for you and for the field! Everyone is welcome to join -- sign up for a time and pls RT this!!
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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
a 🧵
Reposted by Helen Piontkivska
📣 Across the U.S., cuts to federal funding for health research are projected to cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. How will YOUR area be impacted?
Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky
scienceimpacts.org
Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky
scienceimpacts.org
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📣 Across the U.S., cuts to federal funding for health research are projected to cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. How will YOUR area be impacted?
Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky
scienceimpacts.org
Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky
scienceimpacts.org
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The Marco Rubio of 2025 seems to have amnesia about who is at fault here. Perhaps he should listen to his past self.
March 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Marco Rubio of 2025 seems to have amnesia about who is at fault here. Perhaps he should listen to his past self.
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The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
March 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
Reposted by Helen Piontkivska
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Make sure you, your trainees, and anyone else who might listen to you understands what "indirects" actually are, how they are established, and what Universities contribute. H/T @rodallab.bsky.social
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer
YouTube video by Association of American Universities
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Make sure you, your trainees, and anyone else who might listen to you understands what "indirects" actually are, how they are established, and what Universities contribute. H/T @rodallab.bsky.social
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
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🧪 A $4B cut to to NIH funding will have a seismic impact on science & medicine in the US. What's at stake? Our competitive edge in biomedical innovation, access to high quality health care (including for kids w/cancer), local economies...It's a big deal. My latest
@opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):
@opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):
Trump NIH Cuts Will Devastate US Research and Communities
Science, medicine and Americans’ access to high-quality care will be impacted by $4 billion budget cut.
www.bloomberg.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🧪 A $4B cut to to NIH funding will have a seismic impact on science & medicine in the US. What's at stake? Our competitive edge in biomedical innovation, access to high quality health care (including for kids w/cancer), local economies...It's a big deal. My latest
@opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):
@opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):
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Ashland Source ran a great piece this weekend on the importance of NIH funding in our area and for our undergraduate students #R15 #PUI www.ashlandsource.com/2025/02/02/t...
How are NIH dollars at work locally?
Last week, President Donald Trump's administration Trump announced a federal grants and loans freeze, which his administration reversed less than 24 hours later.
www.ashlandsource.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Ashland Source ran a great piece this weekend on the importance of NIH funding in our area and for our undergraduate students #R15 #PUI www.ashlandsource.com/2025/02/02/t...
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Hey @cleveland.com, want to highlight how important NIH funding is to northeast Ohio? I run an NIH funded lab at CWRU and would be happy to chat and connect you with folks who can speak to how NIH funds deliver vital health and economic benefits for our area
Perhaps some silver lining to all this BS is that the public learns more about NIH and how important NIH funding is to Pittsburgh (and many other cities and regions).
Strong article from @ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on what research means to Pittsburgh ripple effects of disrupting our successful public research enterprise (that has been running for decades and traditionally has had bipartisan support). Quoted: @nclark.bsky.social www.post-gazette.com/news/health/...
February 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Hey @cleveland.com, want to highlight how important NIH funding is to northeast Ohio? I run an NIH funded lab at CWRU and would be happy to chat and connect you with folks who can speak to how NIH funds deliver vital health and economic benefits for our area
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If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
January 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
📢 GLBIO 2025 invites submissions for talk and poster abstracts, and Proceedings papers.
📅Deadlines
Abstracts due: March 3, 2025
Proceedings papers due: February 3, 2025
🔗 Details and submission guidelines: t.ly/r8Ogr
📅Deadlines
Abstracts due: March 3, 2025
Proceedings papers due: February 3, 2025
🔗 Details and submission guidelines: t.ly/r8Ogr
January 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM