RNAHelix
@rnahelix.bsky.social
physician-scientist Assistant Professor @ucsf. #newPI stemcellbio+RNA/omics scientist | liver pathologist | founder @MDPhDEquity.bsky.social | BWF CAMS | ASCI YPSA | alum @ucsf @DukeMSTP @Stanford | http://csangokoya-mdphd.com | sangokoyalab[dot]ucsf.edu
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RNAHelix
@rnahelix.bsky.social
· Dec 15
revving up in the bksy! posting my pinned from the other place- Still thankful to be part of this @bwfund.bsky.social BWF-CAMS group!
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ISSCR & Stem Cell Network are seeking nominations to form a working group of early career scientists & senior trainees in stem cell & regenerative medicine research who will provide perspectives on global workforce development. Nominations are due 5 December. Learn more 👉https://ow.ly/j8uY50Xnlzc
The ISSCR and Stem Cell Network Launch Global Regenerative Medicine Workforce Development Initiative — International Society for Stem Cell Research
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) and the Stem Cell Network (SCN) are pleased to partner to lead a joint initiative and a global conversation on workforce development in regenerative medicine. Through this collaboration, the organizations will examine current challenges and op
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November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
ISSCR & Stem Cell Network are seeking nominations to form a working group of early career scientists & senior trainees in stem cell & regenerative medicine research who will provide perspectives on global workforce development. Nominations are due 5 December. Learn more 👉https://ow.ly/j8uY50Xnlzc
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November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
rdcu.be/eMhkj excited for new paper rounding out complementary sensors for cellular iron (FEOX), and IRP activity (FIRE). let's go! sangokoyalab.org
The genetically encoded biosensor FEOX is a molecular gauge for cellular iron environment dynamics at single cell resolution
Scientific Reports - The genetically encoded biosensor FEOX is a molecular gauge for cellular iron environment dynamics at single cell resolution
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October 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
rdcu.be/eMhkj excited for new paper rounding out complementary sensors for cellular iron (FEOX), and IRP activity (FIRE). let's go! sangokoyalab.org
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David Baltimore passed away this weekend. A pioneer of molecular virology who won the Nobel prize in medicine & physiology for his discovery of viral reverse transcriptase. This essay he wrote in 2018 reflecting of his 60yr career in science is a great read.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Sixty Years of Discovery | Annual Reviews
Each of us is a story. Mine is a story of doing science for 60 years, and I am honored to be asked to tell it. Even though this autobiography was written for the Annual Review of Immunology, I have ch...
www.annualreviews.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
David Baltimore passed away this weekend. A pioneer of molecular virology who won the Nobel prize in medicine & physiology for his discovery of viral reverse transcriptase. This essay he wrote in 2018 reflecting of his 60yr career in science is a great read.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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I care for children in the hospital on inpatient & consult services.
Most weeks there are at least a few kids admitted with vaccine preventable diseases.
Often in children who can’t get vaccinated themselves.
15 years in pediatrics and I’ve never seen a single one admitted with vaccine injury.
Most weeks there are at least a few kids admitted with vaccine preventable diseases.
Often in children who can’t get vaccinated themselves.
15 years in pediatrics and I’ve never seen a single one admitted with vaccine injury.
September 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I care for children in the hospital on inpatient & consult services.
Most weeks there are at least a few kids admitted with vaccine preventable diseases.
Often in children who can’t get vaccinated themselves.
15 years in pediatrics and I’ve never seen a single one admitted with vaccine injury.
Most weeks there are at least a few kids admitted with vaccine preventable diseases.
Often in children who can’t get vaccinated themselves.
15 years in pediatrics and I’ve never seen a single one admitted with vaccine injury.
nice to be spotlighted by @isscr.org this month! The ISSCR is a great community for scientists, clinicians, patients, and the public -- check out www.isscr.org to learn more about stem cell initiatives +learning, public syllabi and the new Stem Cell Medicine CME course. www.isscr.org/isscr-news/m...
International Society for Stem Cell Research
The ISSCR is the largest, most respected society of stem cell researchers in the world. The non-profit organization represents 5,000 scientists, educators, ethicists, and business leaders across 80 c...
www.isscr.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
nice to be spotlighted by @isscr.org this month! The ISSCR is a great community for scientists, clinicians, patients, and the public -- check out www.isscr.org to learn more about stem cell initiatives +learning, public syllabi and the new Stem Cell Medicine CME course. www.isscr.org/isscr-news/m...
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one small consolation of being a 60+ year old investigator is the ability to submit to 𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 family journals — sure they’re low impact (for our knees) but they have an early bird special if you submit between 4:00 and 5:30 on weekdays
August 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
one small consolation of being a 60+ year old investigator is the ability to submit to 𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 family journals — sure they’re low impact (for our knees) but they have an early bird special if you submit between 4:00 and 5:30 on weekdays
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Wow
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
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Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
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Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Wow
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Atul Butte, a visionary scientist, educator and leader whose work reshaped biomedical research and health care. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Dr. Butte’s family, colleagues, trainees and collaborators. ucsfh.org/4n25xVH
June 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Atul Butte, a visionary scientist, educator and leader whose work reshaped biomedical research and health care. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Dr. Butte’s family, colleagues, trainees and collaborators. ucsfh.org/4n25xVH
I’m proud to have presented and contributed to the curriculum in the open-access ISSCR course, Stem Cell Medicine: From Research to Patient Care, jointly provided with Harvard Medical School! This resource is a major milestone for the field at such a pivotal time. Learn more: invt.io/1bxb3fzpy35
I am a presenter in the ISSCR Continuing Education Course.
Learn more.
invt.io
May 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I’m proud to have presented and contributed to the curriculum in the open-access ISSCR course, Stem Cell Medicine: From Research to Patient Care, jointly provided with Harvard Medical School! This resource is a major milestone for the field at such a pivotal time. Learn more: invt.io/1bxb3fzpy35
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To all of the young scientists feeling scared and unsure, stand strong and know many of us will keep fighting for science and your contributions. Don't give up. We got this.
May 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
To all of the young scientists feeling scared and unsure, stand strong and know many of us will keep fighting for science and your contributions. Don't give up. We got this.
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Crazy how long this conversation has been going on
May 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Crazy how long this conversation has been going on
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There are few things as cost effective as Narcan, especially in a country where (entirely preventable) opioid overdoses have been a leading cause of death for years. For every 6 kits distributed 1 OD is prevented. The $56M in this grant trained >66K people and distributed >282,500 kits in 2024 alone
RFK Jr. to End 'Godsend' Narcan Program That Helped Reduce Overdose Deaths Despite His Past Heroin Addiction
Despite overcoming heroin addiction himself, RFK Jr. is backing plans to cut a critical Narcan program that helped reduce overdose deaths.
www.latintimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There are few things as cost effective as Narcan, especially in a country where (entirely preventable) opioid overdoses have been a leading cause of death for years. For every 6 kits distributed 1 OD is prevented. The $56M in this grant trained >66K people and distributed >282,500 kits in 2024 alone
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I received a surprising and disturbing request from NIH on Friday. They wrote to cancel a subaward to Hong Kong on one of my grants. (This was disturbing but not surprising.) They also ordered us not to interact with our collaborators in Hong Kong on any work under the award:
April 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I received a surprising and disturbing request from NIH on Friday. They wrote to cancel a subaward to Hong Kong on one of my grants. (This was disturbing but not surprising.) They also ordered us not to interact with our collaborators in Hong Kong on any work under the award:
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TV watching recommendations
The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration.
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The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration.
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April 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
TV watching recommendations
The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration.
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The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration.
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congrats @christinahomer.bsky.social all of that BSL-3 time paying off! Dr. Homer is a great example of leadership and excellence training as a physician-scientist (soon) translating to **superstar** faculty! 🎉🎉🎉
congratulations Christina Homer on your publication! another one from this outstanding @hhmi.org Hanna Gray Fellow and physician-scientist at UCSF!! @christinahomer.bsky.social
Coccidioides is a fungal #pathogen that forms a unique structure, the spherule. This transcriptomic study of #Coccidioides development reveals spherule-specific gene regulation, Ryp1-dependent virulence factors, and potential #antifungal therapeutic targets @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4cINMpl
April 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
congrats @christinahomer.bsky.social all of that BSL-3 time paying off! Dr. Homer is a great example of leadership and excellence training as a physician-scientist (soon) translating to **superstar** faculty! 🎉🎉🎉
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congratulations Christina Homer on your publication! another one from this outstanding @hhmi.org Hanna Gray Fellow and physician-scientist at UCSF!! @christinahomer.bsky.social
Coccidioides is a fungal #pathogen that forms a unique structure, the spherule. This transcriptomic study of #Coccidioides development reveals spherule-specific gene regulation, Ryp1-dependent virulence factors, and potential #antifungal therapeutic targets @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4cINMpl
April 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
congratulations Christina Homer on your publication! another one from this outstanding @hhmi.org Hanna Gray Fellow and physician-scientist at UCSF!! @christinahomer.bsky.social
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A tragic turn of events for understanding the health of 50.5% of our population. This has been a landmark study and such a waste to end it early and disassemble the massive infrastructure built to yield new insights into women's health.
I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A tragic turn of events for understanding the health of 50.5% of our population. This has been a landmark study and such a waste to end it early and disassemble the massive infrastructure built to yield new insights into women's health.
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Virus expert Melanie Ott talks about the ongoing measles outbreak, explains how vaccination can lower the risk of Alzheimer’s, and shares other positive “side effects” of vaccines.
Read more: gladstone.org/news/virolog...
Read more: gladstone.org/news/virolog...
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Virus expert Melanie Ott talks about the ongoing measles outbreak, explains how vaccination can lower the risk of Alzheimer’s, and shares other positive “side effects” of vaccines.
Read more: gladstone.org/news/virolog...
Read more: gladstone.org/news/virolog...
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For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵
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The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
April 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
April 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
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NEW: In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...
www.propublica.org
April 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
NEW: In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
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The NYT wants you to think universities became dependent on government. This is false.
The government invested in the national research infrastructure by competitive grants to universities. The taxpayers built this. It got us to the moon. Won the Cold War. Created Silicon Valley. Made the McRib.
The government invested in the national research infrastructure by competitive grants to universities. The taxpayers built this. It got us to the moon. Won the Cold War. Created Silicon Valley. Made the McRib.
April 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The NYT wants you to think universities became dependent on government. This is false.
The government invested in the national research infrastructure by competitive grants to universities. The taxpayers built this. It got us to the moon. Won the Cold War. Created Silicon Valley. Made the McRib.
The government invested in the national research infrastructure by competitive grants to universities. The taxpayers built this. It got us to the moon. Won the Cold War. Created Silicon Valley. Made the McRib.