stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social
A blog that aims to share appreciation for the width & depth of microbial activities. individual posts are not necessarily the opinion of all team members of Small Things Considered (STC) https://smallthingsconsidered.blog/
👤 Joined on 11 August 2023
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@stcmicrobeblog.bsky.socialTogether with other scientists I’m suing the 🇺🇸 US National Institutes of Health for violating our 1st Amendment rights & censoring our health science. I’m ready to shine a light on the darkest days. Buckle up, read on. This gets pretty wild… THREAD
Show PostI definitely have the same feeling. I want to include a module on scientific illustration in my evo cell bio course. Hopefully in the next iteration. Third try this fall and it is going well, but there's always room for improvement.
Show PostNew paper led by Liam Shaw, with Arancha Peñil Celis, @aresarroyom.bsky.social, @adalijuanluo.bsky.social & Fernando de la Cruz. academic.oup.com/nar/article/... This is very much Liam’s story, but I loved playing a small part in it 🧵
Show PostBy terminating research grants like Kelton's to censor views it doesn’t like, the NIH is blocking scientists from work that would advance public health for all of us. We're pushing back. Tell Congress to demand the NIH restore the grants and stop its censorship campaign at aclu.org/nih_censorship_
Show PostAfter tRNA, rRNA, mRNA, RluA apparently also modifies phage RNA (E. coli) 🦠 A host enzyme pseudouridylates an RNA bacteriophage genome and accelerates virus production www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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