Famulski lab @UKY
@kyzlab.bsky.social
I run a developmental biology lab utilizing zebrafish to study ocular development and photoreceptor homeostasis.
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“Our findings reveal a distinct vOKR in larval zebrafish, but with a much smaller dynamic range compared to the hOKR and without any quick phases (resetting saccades).”
New work from @arrenberglab.bsky.social 🐟
New work from @arrenberglab.bsky.social 🐟
Vertical Optokinetic Eye Movements in the Larval Zebrafish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.21.644542v1
March 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Our findings reveal a distinct vOKR in larval zebrafish, but with a much smaller dynamic range compared to the hOKR and without any quick phases (resetting saccades).”
New work from @arrenberglab.bsky.social 🐟
New work from @arrenberglab.bsky.social 🐟
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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Our paper "Optimizing gRNA selection for high-penetrance F0 CRISPR screening for interrogating disease gene function" is now published in @narjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/nar/.... This work was led by our super postdoc @sheng-jia.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Our paper "Optimizing gRNA selection for high-penetrance F0 CRISPR screening for interrogating disease gene function" is now published in @narjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/nar/.... This work was led by our super postdoc @sheng-jia.bsky.social
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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I am somehow for the first time ever reviewing for PNAS and their reviewer instructions include this BANGER of a line:
"The purpose of peer review is not to demonstrate proficiency in identifying flaws"
Print it in eleventy point font and hang it from the hillside. Scream it from the rooftops.
"The purpose of peer review is not to demonstrate proficiency in identifying flaws"
Print it in eleventy point font and hang it from the hillside. Scream it from the rooftops.
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I am somehow for the first time ever reviewing for PNAS and their reviewer instructions include this BANGER of a line:
"The purpose of peer review is not to demonstrate proficiency in identifying flaws"
Print it in eleventy point font and hang it from the hillside. Scream it from the rooftops.
"The purpose of peer review is not to demonstrate proficiency in identifying flaws"
Print it in eleventy point font and hang it from the hillside. Scream it from the rooftops.
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Together with fellow @biologists.bsky.social EiCs we've written about the unprecedented cuts & policy changes to research in the US
We stand with our US colleagues during this challenging time
Science transcends borders—setbacks in one nation affect us all
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
We stand with our US colleagues during this challenging time
Science transcends borders—setbacks in one nation affect us all
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times
As Editors-in-Chief of The Company of Biologists' journals, we have been watching with growing concern the policy changes in the United States of America (USA) and the challenges that these are creati...
journals.biologists.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Together with fellow @biologists.bsky.social EiCs we've written about the unprecedented cuts & policy changes to research in the US
We stand with our US colleagues during this challenging time
Science transcends borders—setbacks in one nation affect us all
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
We stand with our US colleagues during this challenging time
Science transcends borders—setbacks in one nation affect us all
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.
news.harvard.edu
March 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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Anterior-posterior polarity signals differentially regulate regeneration-competence of the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.11.642590v1
March 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Anterior-posterior polarity signals differentially regulate regeneration-competence of the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.11.642590v1
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March 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Standing up for science with lab members in DC yesterday.
March 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Standing up for science with lab members in DC yesterday.
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A brilliant Banksy.
March 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A brilliant Banksy.
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We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
February 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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The Richest Man in the World Says We Can't Afford Any More Cures for Cancer talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/nih-a...
NIH and Its Agencies Are Being Smothered
In recent days I have been inundated by reports out of HHS...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Richest Man in the World Says We Can't Afford Any More Cures for Cancer talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/nih-a...
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February 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.
https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
go.nature.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.
https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
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Nothing else to say.
February 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Nothing else to say.
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Want to be immersed in some cutting edge microscopy? Checkout the upcoming @pair-up.bsky.social workshop at MBL. Application deadline - March 7th 🔬🦠🥼🧪
PAIR-UP is partnering with the MBL to host an intensive Imaging Boot Camp. This workshop is free to those selected. APPLY NOW! forms.gle/DDWmQq8ogk2h...
PAIR-UP/MBL Microscopy Boot Camp Workshop
Optical imaging is central to biomedical research. We will host a weeklong microscopy bootcamp training at the Marine Biological Laboratory. This bootcamp is planned to train graduate students and pos...
forms.gle
February 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Want to be immersed in some cutting edge microscopy? Checkout the upcoming @pair-up.bsky.social workshop at MBL. Application deadline - March 7th 🔬🦠🥼🧪
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The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
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 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
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Hearing rumors of a big all staff meeting there tomorrow
The next DOGE target could be the FDIC, which was already experiencing a staffing shortage before Trump's hiring freeze.
Remember: the FDIC was created during the Depression to protect people's deposit accounts.
Gutting it could lead to another financial meltdown.
Remember: the FDIC was created during the Depression to protect people's deposit accounts.
Gutting it could lead to another financial meltdown.
February 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hearing rumors of a big all staff meeting there tomorrow
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Michael Lauer, deputy director of the National Institutes of Health’s extramural research, will leave the agency at the end of the week.
Second top NIH official, who oversaw awarding of research grants, departs abruptly
Michael Lauer, deputy director of the National Institutes of Health’s extramural research, will leave the agency at the end of the week.
buff.ly
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Michael Lauer, deputy director of the National Institutes of Health’s extramural research, will leave the agency at the end of the week.
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Big congrats to this year's awardees!
Basic science matters more than ever - the awardees represent key aspects of what makes #devbio a central biomedical research endeavor of widespread impact. Applause!
Basic science matters more than ever - the awardees represent key aspects of what makes #devbio a central biomedical research endeavor of widespread impact. Applause!
Congrats to the 2025 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Blanche Capel
DB-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Billie Swalla
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Erica Crespi
Hay New Investigator Award: Mubarak Syed
SDB Trainee Science Communication Award: Joaquin Navajas Acedo
bit.ly/4bcrFap
Conklin Medal: Blanche Capel
DB-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Billie Swalla
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Erica Crespi
Hay New Investigator Award: Mubarak Syed
SDB Trainee Science Communication Award: Joaquin Navajas Acedo
bit.ly/4bcrFap
February 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Big congrats to this year's awardees!
Basic science matters more than ever - the awardees represent key aspects of what makes #devbio a central biomedical research endeavor of widespread impact. Applause!
Basic science matters more than ever - the awardees represent key aspects of what makes #devbio a central biomedical research endeavor of widespread impact. Applause!
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...