@kinesinmotors.bsky.social
Professor & scientist. Motors, mechanobiology, cytoskeleton. Protein structure/function; AI for scientific/medical advances. Posts are my own - to inform others in this moment of crisis for democracy. Tell your friends. Call your reps!! #STANDUPFORSCIENCE
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A dozen, bipartisan former FDA commissioners are warning about how RFK Jr's anti-vaccine crusade is putting public health at serious risk.
FDA needs to be guided by science and efficacy—not crank conspiracy theories.
FDA needs to be guided by science and efficacy—not crank conspiracy theories.
12 former FDA chiefs unite to say agency memo on vaccines is deeply stupid
Prasad’s arguments “misrepresent both the science and the regulatory record.”…
arstechnica.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A dozen, bipartisan former FDA commissioners are warning about how RFK Jr's anti-vaccine crusade is putting public health at serious risk.
FDA needs to be guided by science and efficacy—not crank conspiracy theories.
FDA needs to be guided by science and efficacy—not crank conspiracy theories.
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Axolotls are famous for regenerating limbs. Turns out they can also regenerate their thymus—and that may show us how to someday to the same. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
a close up of a white axolotl with pink ears standing on a rock .
ALT: a close up of a white axolotl with pink ears standing on a rock .
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Axolotls are famous for regenerating limbs. Turns out they can also regenerate their thymus—and that may show us how to someday to the same. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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Students! BPS offers volunteer opportunities at the Annual Meeting in exchange for complimentary meeting registration. Learn more and apply: www.biophysics.org/2026meeting/...
BPS2026 Student Volunteers | Biophysical Society
The Biophysical Society invites undergraduate and graduate students to volunteer time (6 hours) at the Annual Meeting in exchange for complimentary meeting registration. Volunteers must be members…
www.biophysics.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Students! BPS offers volunteer opportunities at the Annual Meeting in exchange for complimentary meeting registration. Learn more and apply: www.biophysics.org/2026meeting/...
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🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research
The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...
research.pasteur.fr
December 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
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Malina Iwanski @mkiwanski.bsky.social, Lukas Kapitein and colleagues discover that stable microtubules reverse their polarity during neuronal development.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
#OpenAccess #ReadandPublish
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
#OpenAccess #ReadandPublish
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Malina Iwanski @mkiwanski.bsky.social, Lukas Kapitein and colleagues discover that stable microtubules reverse their polarity during neuronal development.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
#OpenAccess #ReadandPublish
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
#OpenAccess #ReadandPublish
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Join your biophysics community and get valuable feedback on your work in San Francisco! Late abstract submission is open through January 6
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BPS2026 Annual Meeting | Biophysical Society
One-on-One with a MentorEducation & Career FairUPACJUST-B Poster Session
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December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Join your biophysics community and get valuable feedback on your work in San Francisco! Late abstract submission is open through January 6
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BREAKING: Advice for new moms from old white men. 🤰
Look, we are all about breastfeeding. We think it’s the right choice for women who can, especially in the first 6m. But if you cannot breastfeed your baby, using formula is FINE.
Using formula doesn’t make you a bad mom. Listening to 🧠🪱 may.
Look, we are all about breastfeeding. We think it’s the right choice for women who can, especially in the first 6m. But if you cannot breastfeed your baby, using formula is FINE.
Using formula doesn’t make you a bad mom. Listening to 🧠🪱 may.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
BREAKING: Advice for new moms from old white men. 🤰
Look, we are all about breastfeeding. We think it’s the right choice for women who can, especially in the first 6m. But if you cannot breastfeed your baby, using formula is FINE.
Using formula doesn’t make you a bad mom. Listening to 🧠🪱 may.
Look, we are all about breastfeeding. We think it’s the right choice for women who can, especially in the first 6m. But if you cannot breastfeed your baby, using formula is FINE.
Using formula doesn’t make you a bad mom. Listening to 🧠🪱 may.
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It's hard to escape the conclusion RFKJr just wants to harm children.
No one says formula is *superior*, but in many situations it's an important health support, and can be lifesaving. Discouraging people from using formula does nothing but harm babies.
No one says formula is *superior*, but in many situations it's an important health support, and can be lifesaving. Discouraging people from using formula does nothing but harm babies.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It's hard to escape the conclusion RFKJr just wants to harm children.
No one says formula is *superior*, but in many situations it's an important health support, and can be lifesaving. Discouraging people from using formula does nothing but harm babies.
No one says formula is *superior*, but in many situations it's an important health support, and can be lifesaving. Discouraging people from using formula does nothing but harm babies.
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🧪What an impressive track record!
The introduction of vaccines to children caused a ~99% decrease in cases of whooping cough, measles, mumps, diphtheria, rubella & polio.
Via unbiasedscipod on IG
Sack the Quack
Impeach RFK Jr.
The introduction of vaccines to children caused a ~99% decrease in cases of whooping cough, measles, mumps, diphtheria, rubella & polio.
Via unbiasedscipod on IG
Sack the Quack
Impeach RFK Jr.
December 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🧪What an impressive track record!
The introduction of vaccines to children caused a ~99% decrease in cases of whooping cough, measles, mumps, diphtheria, rubella & polio.
Via unbiasedscipod on IG
Sack the Quack
Impeach RFK Jr.
The introduction of vaccines to children caused a ~99% decrease in cases of whooping cough, measles, mumps, diphtheria, rubella & polio.
Via unbiasedscipod on IG
Sack the Quack
Impeach RFK Jr.
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⚠️RFK Jr appoints anti-vaxxer to head FDA drug research center—"Putting Tracy Beth in charge [of FDA’s CDER] is like dropping an atom bomb," says an agency source, & multiple top-level officials preparing FDA resignations. "It's an extinction level event."
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
Appointment of controversial FDA official rocking agency like "an atom bomb," scientists there say
The Trump administration's elevation of Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials.
www.cbsnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
⚠️RFK Jr appoints anti-vaxxer to head FDA drug research center—"Putting Tracy Beth in charge [of FDA’s CDER] is like dropping an atom bomb," says an agency source, & multiple top-level officials preparing FDA resignations. "It's an extinction level event."
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
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Gratitutde to all NIH study section participants who are participating in rescheduled meetings now and in January. Thank you for your service and thanks also to the hard working NIH staff who are making these happen. 🥰🧪
December 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Gratitutde to all NIH study section participants who are participating in rescheduled meetings now and in January. Thank you for your service and thanks also to the hard working NIH staff who are making these happen. 🥰🧪
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For the first time since 1978, the Kennedy Center honors ribbon will abandon their signature rainbow color scheme. meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Kennedy Center Ditches Signature Rainbow Ribbon
The new navy blue ribbon is described as being “associated with dignity and tradition”
meidasnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
For the first time since 1978, the Kennedy Center honors ribbon will abandon their signature rainbow color scheme. meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...
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Trump prepares to emcee the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors, capping his transformation of the historic institution
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
Trump emcees the Kennedy Center Honors he now controls
The president is the first to host the ceremony, capping his transformation of the traditionally nonpartisan arts institution since taking office.
www.ms.now
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Trump prepares to emcee the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors, capping his transformation of the historic institution
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
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The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
Long-COVID research just got a big funding boost: will it find new treatments?
The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
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Seahorses have a unique sex role reversal with male pregnancy involving the brood pouch, an evolutionarily novel organ. A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution uses single-cell genomics and in-vivo experiments to reveal the mechanisms of pouch development in seahorses. 🧪
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of seahorse male pregnancy - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Seahorses have a unique sex role reversal with male pregnancy involving the brood pouch, an evolutionarily novel organ. This study uses single-cell genomics and in vivo experiments to reveal the cellular basis and molecular mechanism of pouch development and diversity in seahorses.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Seahorses have a unique sex role reversal with male pregnancy involving the brood pouch, an evolutionarily novel organ. A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution uses single-cell genomics and in-vivo experiments to reveal the mechanisms of pouch development in seahorses. 🧪
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The hard truth is that right now, our Secretary of Health is one of our nation’s biggest health threats and largest sources of health disinformation.
Realistically, we need RFK Jr. to be FIRED. At a minimum, he needs to answer to Congress for his attacks on public health.
Realistically, we need RFK Jr. to be FIRED. At a minimum, he needs to answer to Congress for his attacks on public health.
Under RFK Jr., the CDC provides a megaphone to the anti-vaccine movement
Common anti-vaccine talking points were on display as the CDC’s immunization advisers repealed a hepatitis B birth vaccine recommendation and scrutinized the childhood schedule.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The hard truth is that right now, our Secretary of Health is one of our nation’s biggest health threats and largest sources of health disinformation.
Realistically, we need RFK Jr. to be FIRED. At a minimum, he needs to answer to Congress for his attacks on public health.
Realistically, we need RFK Jr. to be FIRED. At a minimum, he needs to answer to Congress for his attacks on public health.
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Some good news: I'm proud to have secured the federal funds to make this happen.
In Congress, I’ll always go to the mat for public transit because it's always been a top priority for people in WA state.
Expanding light rail is a win for jobs, commutes, and so much more. 🚈🚈
In Congress, I’ll always go to the mat for public transit because it's always been a top priority for people in WA state.
Expanding light rail is a win for jobs, commutes, and so much more. 🚈🚈
Federal Way light rail extension opens: Here's what you need to know
The extension will bring Washington's largest transit network that much closer to connecting Seattle and Tacoma.
www.king5.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Some good news: I'm proud to have secured the federal funds to make this happen.
In Congress, I’ll always go to the mat for public transit because it's always been a top priority for people in WA state.
Expanding light rail is a win for jobs, commutes, and so much more. 🚈🚈
In Congress, I’ll always go to the mat for public transit because it's always been a top priority for people in WA state.
Expanding light rail is a win for jobs, commutes, and so much more. 🚈🚈
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Stentor is a single cell with a complex cortical pattern showing anterior/posterior polarization In poster 410 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Yina Hudnall shows a role for posterior-enriched mRNA that encoding DNA binding proteins.
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Stentor is a single cell with a complex cortical pattern showing anterior/posterior polarization In poster 410 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Yina Hudnall shows a role for posterior-enriched mRNA that encoding DNA binding proteins.
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Stentor is a single cell that can regenerate missing pieces, but how does it know when something is missing? In poster 406 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Connie Yan shows that conserved cell cycle machinery plays a key role in triggering cellular regeneration.
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Stentor is a single cell that can regenerate missing pieces, but how does it know when something is missing? In poster 406 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Connie Yan shows that conserved cell cycle machinery plays a key role in triggering cellular regeneration.
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The giant ciliate Stentor has a macronucleus that undergoes a dramatic shape change during cellular regeneration. In poster 038 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, I present work by Isabella Ibalio showing that histone modifications correlate with these dramatic nuclear shape changes.
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The giant ciliate Stentor has a macronucleus that undergoes a dramatic shape change during cellular regeneration. In poster 038 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, I present work by Isabella Ibalio showing that histone modifications correlate with these dramatic nuclear shape changes.
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This wood “robot” can plant seeds in remote places.
Watch it drill into soil on #WorldSoilDay: https://scim.ag/48BaHBz
Watch it drill into soil on #WorldSoilDay: https://scim.ag/48BaHBz
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This wood “robot” can plant seeds in remote places.
Watch it drill into soil on #WorldSoilDay: https://scim.ag/48BaHBz
Watch it drill into soil on #WorldSoilDay: https://scim.ag/48BaHBz
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Adjuvants are compounds that boost immune responses, improving the ability of vaccines to elicit long-lasting immunity against infectious diseases
go.nature.com/4a02oS3
go.nature.com/4a02oS3
Aluminium is crucial to vaccines — and safe. Why are US advisers debating it?
RFK Jr’s vaccine advisory panel will be discussing the inclusion of adjuvants in childhood vaccinations this week. Here’s what’s at stake.
go.nature.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Adjuvants are compounds that boost immune responses, improving the ability of vaccines to elicit long-lasting immunity against infectious diseases
go.nature.com/4a02oS3
go.nature.com/4a02oS3
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National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday
National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday
The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national par...
www.npr.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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The low Reynolds number of cytoplasmic flow which makes mixing hard. In poster 359 at the CellBio2025 meeting Sunday Dec 7, Ulises Diaz shows how giant cells leverage reversible actin gel assembly to drive rapid mixing of cytoplasm, faster even than "chaotic mixing" schemes.
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The low Reynolds number of cytoplasmic flow which makes mixing hard. In poster 359 at the CellBio2025 meeting Sunday Dec 7, Ulises Diaz shows how giant cells leverage reversible actin gel assembly to drive rapid mixing of cytoplasm, faster even than "chaotic mixing" schemes.