Adam Gracz
@graczlab.bsky.social
Genetic regulation of cell identity and regeneration | All things gut & liver | 🏳️🌈 | Opinions are my own | he/him/his www.graczlab.org
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PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
Amen to this! I just reviewed a revised manuscript where the rebuttal was 40-50 pages long.
We’ve got to let go of this collective delusion that any individual paper must be and is “the complete story”.
We’ve got to let go of this collective delusion that any individual paper must be and is “the complete story”.
My reviewing style has changed over time. Rather than litigate every little thing, and pushing my own ideas, I focus only on 2 things:
(1) Are the claims interesting/important?
(2) Does the evidence support the claims?
Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.
(1) Are the claims interesting/important?
(2) Does the evidence support the claims?
Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Amen to this! I just reviewed a revised manuscript where the rebuttal was 40-50 pages long.
We’ve got to let go of this collective delusion that any individual paper must be and is “the complete story”.
We’ve got to let go of this collective delusion that any individual paper must be and is “the complete story”.
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wait, wait, what 😱
Direct targeting and regulation of RNA polymerase II by cell signaling kinases in @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Direct targeting and regulation of RNA polymerase II by cell signaling kinases in @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
wait, wait, what 😱
Direct targeting and regulation of RNA polymerase II by cell signaling kinases in @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Direct targeting and regulation of RNA polymerase II by cell signaling kinases in @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In @elife.bsky.social: Sox9 prevents retinal degeneration and is required for limbal stem cell differentiation in the adult mouse eye doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Sox9 prevents retinal degeneration and is required for limbal stem cell differentiation in the adult mouse eye
The Sox9 gene is necessary for maintaining vision in the mouse adult eye, acting as an essential factor for retinal and corneal function.
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In @elife.bsky.social: Sox9 prevents retinal degeneration and is required for limbal stem cell differentiation in the adult mouse eye doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
This is interesting, surprising, and I’m having a hard time getting my head around it…
Several folks reached out to me to ask if the same trends applied to R01s only.
Here are the data:
This is the fraction of "excess" funding from R01s out of the overall R01 funding.
The trend is similar with an even larger increase from FY2024 to FY2025.
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Here are the data:
This is the fraction of "excess" funding from R01s out of the overall R01 funding.
The trend is similar with an even larger increase from FY2024 to FY2025.
1/3
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is interesting, surprising, and I’m having a hard time getting my head around it…
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#microsky #mevosky The UNC Chapel Hill Biology Department is hiring 2 Teaching Assistant/Associate Professors with expertise from any area of biology. Individuals with expertise in microbiology are particularly encouraged to apply. Read more and apply at unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Two (2) Open Rank Teaching Faculty
The Department of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks applicants for two (2) Teaching Faculty positions to be effective July 1, 2026. These positions will be fixed-term 9-...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#microsky #mevosky The UNC Chapel Hill Biology Department is hiring 2 Teaching Assistant/Associate Professors with expertise from any area of biology. Individuals with expertise in microbiology are particularly encouraged to apply. Read more and apply at unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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If you are asking about the mechanics of submitting a NIH grant, as far as I can tell (having put one in during the shutdown) these are accepted and go into Recent/Pending esubmissions as usual. I assume (ymmv) that these will be stuck there in "pending verification" until the gov opens up again.
October 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If you are asking about the mechanics of submitting a NIH grant, as far as I can tell (having put one in during the shutdown) these are accepted and go into Recent/Pending esubmissions as usual. I assume (ymmv) that these will be stuck there in "pending verification" until the gov opens up again.
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Number I heard was 164 canceled by end of this week, approximately 12000 applications.
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Number I heard was 164 canceled by end of this week, approximately 12000 applications.
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Sure - folks will argue any tool that makes this easier is an improvement. But I'd argue it does not make it easier. It emphasizes the armchair science part and diminishes the actual experimental work. Without which the armchair part doesn't have any value. YMMV.
October 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Sure - folks will argue any tool that makes this easier is an improvement. But I'd argue it does not make it easier. It emphasizes the armchair science part and diminishes the actual experimental work. Without which the armchair part doesn't have any value. YMMV.
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We are recuiting two new Associate Professors here in Oxford Biochemistry. Come join us! Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! tinyurl.com/mr3m7bd3
October 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We are recuiting two new Associate Professors here in Oxford Biochemistry. Come join us! Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! tinyurl.com/mr3m7bd3
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I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
October 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
n.pr
October 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
This is probably one of the coolest and most creative mouse models I’ve ever seen!
Lab’s 1st preprint!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵
October 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is probably one of the coolest and most creative mouse models I’ve ever seen!
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I do biomedical research to help people. When people come in this space making things up, it makes it harder for people not in the field to trust the extensive studies that we do and distinguish fact from fiction. Baseless claims reduce future cures. Willful ignorance drives us backwards.
October 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I do biomedical research to help people. When people come in this space making things up, it makes it harder for people not in the field to trust the extensive studies that we do and distinguish fact from fiction. Baseless claims reduce future cures. Willful ignorance drives us backwards.
Great department, great institution, wonderful colleagues! This is an outstanding opportunity
My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!
Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
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Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
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September 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Great department, great institution, wonderful colleagues! This is an outstanding opportunity
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My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!
Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!
Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
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We initiated this open letter yesterday, before the solicitation came out. We made an update this morning, and are working on additional response and actions focused on the eligibility change.
Please sign and share the letter if you can! And add an email for updates.
bsky.app/profile/jaso...
Please sign and share the letter if you can! And add an email for updates.
bsky.app/profile/jaso...
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
September 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We initiated this open letter yesterday, before the solicitation came out. We made an update this morning, and are working on additional response and actions focused on the eligibility change.
Please sign and share the letter if you can! And add an email for updates.
bsky.app/profile/jaso...
Please sign and share the letter if you can! And add an email for updates.
bsky.app/profile/jaso...
This was (horrible) news to me. Took a few minutes to sign - you should too!
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This was (horrible) news to me. Took a few minutes to sign - you should too!
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🚨 Microbiologists! We are recruiting Assistant / Associate Professors in 3 collaborative areas of our U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
Faculty Professor Associate - Full-Time | Vaughn Cooper
We are recruiting Faculty microbiologists in three (3) different, complementary, and collaborative areas at the University of Pittsburgh associated with the School of Medicine.
1) Fundamental researc...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨 Microbiologists! We are recruiting Assistant / Associate Professors in 3 collaborative areas of our U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro
2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute
3) Center for Vaccine Research
🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...
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Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.
September 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.
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“This isn’t just about 211 missing R01 grants. This is about the 211 PIs (or multi-PI groups) that are not getting a new grant. This is about at least 422-844 non-PI level investigators who are not having their salaries covered.”
Adding up the NIH R01s lost to Multi-Year Funding drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/a...
Adding up the NIH R01s lost to Multi-Year Funding
From Berg’s bluesky post Jeremy Berg recently noted that he’s estimating about 2,400 grants that cannot be funded due to multi-year funding of other grants. His focus was on total fundi…
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September 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“This isn’t just about 211 missing R01 grants. This is about the 211 PIs (or multi-PI groups) that are not getting a new grant. This is about at least 422-844 non-PI level investigators who are not having their salaries covered.”
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Just heard from someone who had a 1% grant not funded through NIMH.
Why?
Perhaps no payline for 2026?
2025 all full up?
Unclear. But totally bonkers and indicative of the complete gutting of the NIH/NIMH senior and grants processing peeps.
The ones who remain are working so hard.
Why?
Perhaps no payline for 2026?
2025 all full up?
Unclear. But totally bonkers and indicative of the complete gutting of the NIH/NIMH senior and grants processing peeps.
The ones who remain are working so hard.
September 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Just heard from someone who had a 1% grant not funded through NIMH.
Why?
Perhaps no payline for 2026?
2025 all full up?
Unclear. But totally bonkers and indicative of the complete gutting of the NIH/NIMH senior and grants processing peeps.
The ones who remain are working so hard.
Why?
Perhaps no payline for 2026?
2025 all full up?
Unclear. But totally bonkers and indicative of the complete gutting of the NIH/NIMH senior and grants processing peeps.
The ones who remain are working so hard.
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🧪 And House appropriators say: no cuts to NIH budget!
House subcommittee version just came out (link below). Holds NIH flat at $48 billion.
To be clear: this is far from over. But a good sign that science still matters across both sides of aisle.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!
House subcommittee version just came out (link below). Holds NIH flat at $48 billion.
To be clear: this is far from over. But a good sign that science still matters across both sides of aisle.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!
September 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
🧪 And House appropriators say: no cuts to NIH budget!
House subcommittee version just came out (link below). Holds NIH flat at $48 billion.
To be clear: this is far from over. But a good sign that science still matters across both sides of aisle.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!
House subcommittee version just came out (link below). Holds NIH flat at $48 billion.
To be clear: this is far from over. But a good sign that science still matters across both sides of aisle.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!
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This is an important read for those universities whose leadership is increasingly from a business background and are pushing for “optimization”.
Article is here: academic.oup.com/spp/advance-...
Article is here: academic.oup.com/spp/advance-...
Administrative burden in Australian universities: Insights into dimensions and drivers from a nationwide survey
Abstract. Despite widespread concern about levels of administrative burden within universities, understanding of the associated dimensions and drivers rema
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August 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is an important read for those universities whose leadership is increasingly from a business background and are pushing for “optimization”.
Article is here: academic.oup.com/spp/advance-...
Article is here: academic.oup.com/spp/advance-...