Kurianlab
@kurianlab.bsky.social
RNA biology of embryonic development and disease #heart #ribosome #translational_control #RBP #splicing @UK_Frankfurt Alum:@salkinstitute @UcSandiego
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Kurianlab
@kurianlab.bsky.social
· Sep 8
QKI ensures splicing fidelity during cardiogenesis by engaging the U6 tri-snRNP to activate splicing at weak 5ʹ splice sites
During organogenesis, precise pre-mRNA splicing is essential to assemble tissue architecture. Many developmentally essential exons bear weak 5'splice sites (5'SS) yet are spliced with high precision, ...
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Many conserved exons in the heart and brain utilize weak 5 ′ splice sites, yet they are accurately spliced. But how? We show that splicing fidelity is actively enforced through a QKI-U6 checkpoint at the U1→U6 handover in essential cardiac genes during organogenesis.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp
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The European Drosophila Society #flyEDS extends the condolences on the passing of Antonio García-Bellido, considered the founder of the Spanish school of #Drosophila genetics and an influential figure in developmental biology research worldwide. May he rest in peace.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The European Drosophila Society #flyEDS extends the condolences on the passing of Antonio García-Bellido, considered the founder of the Spanish school of #Drosophila genetics and an influential figure in developmental biology research worldwide. May he rest in peace.
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Evidence from 14 research funding programmes confirms that early winners tend to keep winning (Matthew effect). But the idea that an early setback makes you stronger later doesn’t replicate widely.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Evidence from 14 research funding programmes confirms that early winners tend to keep winning (Matthew effect). But the idea that an early setback makes you stronger later doesn’t replicate widely.
buff.ly/UEtcRd4
buff.ly/UEtcRd4
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Lab is thrilled to leave frigid NY to go to sunny San Diego for #SfN2025 😂
Mon AM posters:
LBP182 - Psilocybin and layer 1 interneurons
LBP183 - Psilocybin in chronic stress model
LBP184 - Drugs + snRNAseq
Tue PM posters:
LL18 - Psilocybin and pyramidal cell types
MM3 - Drugs + rabies tracing
Mon AM posters:
LBP182 - Psilocybin and layer 1 interneurons
LBP183 - Psilocybin in chronic stress model
LBP184 - Drugs + snRNAseq
Tue PM posters:
LL18 - Psilocybin and pyramidal cell types
MM3 - Drugs + rabies tracing
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Lab is thrilled to leave frigid NY to go to sunny San Diego for #SfN2025 😂
Mon AM posters:
LBP182 - Psilocybin and layer 1 interneurons
LBP183 - Psilocybin in chronic stress model
LBP184 - Drugs + snRNAseq
Tue PM posters:
LL18 - Psilocybin and pyramidal cell types
MM3 - Drugs + rabies tracing
Mon AM posters:
LBP182 - Psilocybin and layer 1 interneurons
LBP183 - Psilocybin in chronic stress model
LBP184 - Drugs + snRNAseq
Tue PM posters:
LL18 - Psilocybin and pyramidal cell types
MM3 - Drugs + rabies tracing
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Termination of the integrated stress response | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Termination of the integrated stress response
Stress responses enable cells to detect, adapt to, and survive challenges. The benefit of these signaling pathways depends on their reversibility. The integrated stress response (ISR) is elicited by p...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Termination of the integrated stress response | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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And here is the story after peer review. This work highlights our current approach, which is to use Piezo channels to uncover new areas of biology that are shaped by mechanical forces: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
And here is the story after peer review. This work highlights our current approach, which is to use Piezo channels to uncover new areas of biology that are shaped by mechanical forces: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
That is collective punishment dressed up as security policy. It is about racialised suspicion: defining Chinese and Chinese-heritage scientists as a threat instead of as colleagues. History has seen this before. It was racist then, and it is racist now; it is disgusting.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
That is collective punishment dressed up as security policy. It is about racialised suspicion: defining Chinese and Chinese-heritage scientists as a threat instead of as colleagues. History has seen this before. It was racist then, and it is racist now; it is disgusting.
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Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
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November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
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Thank you for your bravery as an advocate for honest and accurate science, for your passion to pursue the mission of human health, for your service to the nation, and for being a role model to us all. May HHS and NIH leadership see the light and course correct for the benefit of all Americans 🙏
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
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November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Thank you for your bravery as an advocate for honest and accurate science, for your passion to pursue the mission of human health, for your service to the nation, and for being a role model to us all. May HHS and NIH leadership see the light and course correct for the benefit of all Americans 🙏
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Every single time I apply with a colleague to a bilateral grant that involves the #CNPq 🇧🇷is a chance for one its reviewers to tell me how I have a mediocre scientific carreer - not sure why the personal swings but this is anything but professional 🧐
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Every single time I apply with a colleague to a bilateral grant that involves the #CNPq 🇧🇷is a chance for one its reviewers to tell me how I have a mediocre scientific carreer - not sure why the personal swings but this is anything but professional 🧐
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
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Molecular grammars of predicted intrinsically disordered regions that span the human proteome
Molecular grammars of predicted intrinsically disordered regions that span the human proteome
Molecular grammars of predicted intrinsically disordered regions that span the human proteome
Grammars inferred using NARDINI+ (GIN) is a resource that uncovers molecular grammars
of intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) across the human proteome, revealing how
distinct grammars underlie pro...
www.cell.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Molecular grammars of predicted intrinsically disordered regions that span the human proteome
Molecular grammars of predicted intrinsically disordered regions that span the human proteome
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International scientists constitute the engine of much of the most exciting US science. My friend Sonali Majumdar has written precisely the kind of guide that international scientists crave in order succeed as resilient and brilliant scientists. Check it out! @sonali-m-19.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
International scientists constitute the engine of much of the most exciting US science. My friend Sonali Majumdar has written precisely the kind of guide that international scientists crave in order succeed as resilient and brilliant scientists. Check it out! @sonali-m-19.bsky.social
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Are there also folks looking for unmotivated, unenthusiastic postdocs or graduate students? Judging from how often I see these words in ads or postings, there must be some ads I am missing...
:)
:)
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Are there also folks looking for unmotivated, unenthusiastic postdocs or graduate students? Judging from how often I see these words in ads or postings, there must be some ads I am missing...
:)
:)
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We are delighted to announce our next RNA Society Member Spotlight!
www.rnasociety.org/dr--bel-n-moro
Dr. Belén Moro holds the position of Pre-Award Grant Manager at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) in Barcelona, Spain.
www.rnasociety.org/dr--bel-n-moro
Dr. Belén Moro holds the position of Pre-Award Grant Manager at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) in Barcelona, Spain.
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We are delighted to announce our next RNA Society Member Spotlight!
www.rnasociety.org/dr--bel-n-moro
Dr. Belén Moro holds the position of Pre-Award Grant Manager at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) in Barcelona, Spain.
www.rnasociety.org/dr--bel-n-moro
Dr. Belén Moro holds the position of Pre-Award Grant Manager at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) in Barcelona, Spain.
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"Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome": Check this out @scifri.bsky.social: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ard...
Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Neuroscientist Ardem Patapoutian immigrated to the US, found belonging in science, and did groundbreaking work on sense of touch.
www.sciencefriday.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome": Check this out @scifri.bsky.social: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ard...
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Regulated decay of microRNAs plays a critical role in controlling body size in mammals! Check out our new paper in @genesdev.bsky.social and see thread previously posted with our pre-print 👇 for more info. Congrats to Collette LaVigne, Jaeil Han, and all authors!
genesdev.cshlp.org/cgi/content/...
genesdev.cshlp.org/cgi/content/...
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Regulated decay of microRNAs plays a critical role in controlling body size in mammals! Check out our new paper in @genesdev.bsky.social and see thread previously posted with our pre-print 👇 for more info. Congrats to Collette LaVigne, Jaeil Han, and all authors!
genesdev.cshlp.org/cgi/content/...
genesdev.cshlp.org/cgi/content/...
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
small SOS:
My lab is struggling to use Napari to visualize and work with MERFISH images. Can one of you kind experts give my student a few pointers?
@mads100tist.bsky.social
My lab is struggling to use Napari to visualize and work with MERFISH images. Can one of you kind experts give my student a few pointers?
@mads100tist.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
small SOS:
My lab is struggling to use Napari to visualize and work with MERFISH images. Can one of you kind experts give my student a few pointers?
@mads100tist.bsky.social
My lab is struggling to use Napari to visualize and work with MERFISH images. Can one of you kind experts give my student a few pointers?
@mads100tist.bsky.social
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'China has introduced a visa that will allow young foreign researchers in STEM to move there without having to secure a job first.
Before the introduction of the K visa, most foreign STEM researchers hoping to move to China had to find a job in advance and then apply for a work visa.'
Before the introduction of the K visa, most foreign STEM researchers hoping to move to China had to find a job in advance and then apply for a work visa.'
China’s new scientist visa is a ‘serious bid’ for the world’s top talent
The country is easing migration for young researchers to boost its competitiveness in artificial intelligence, robotics and new materials.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
'China has introduced a visa that will allow young foreign researchers in STEM to move there without having to secure a job first.
Before the introduction of the K visa, most foreign STEM researchers hoping to move to China had to find a job in advance and then apply for a work visa.'
Before the introduction of the K visa, most foreign STEM researchers hoping to move to China had to find a job in advance and then apply for a work visa.'
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I am very happy to share this paper from a great scientist and surgeon, Cissy Yong, on how warm ischaemia can affect the metabolic profile of a tumour: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 💥 👏
full text access here rdcu.be/ePcEK
full text access here rdcu.be/ePcEK
Tumour sampling conditions perturb the metabolic landscape of clear cell renal cell carcinoma - Nature Communications
Yong et al. highlight how sampling conditions affect metabolic profile in renal cancer, showing that prolonged ischemic exposure disrupts tissue metabolome stability and masks important phenotypes, su...
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I am very happy to share this paper from a great scientist and surgeon, Cissy Yong, on how warm ischaemia can affect the metabolic profile of a tumour: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 💥 👏
full text access here rdcu.be/ePcEK
full text access here rdcu.be/ePcEK
