Out in the field collecting samples for a new project! What did these grasslands look like before European contact?Paicines Ranch UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute UC Santa Cruz Science

I've recently discovered a really useful R package by Jan Broder Engler called tidyheatmaps. Full guide: jbengler.github.io/tidyheatmaps/ #DataAnalytics #database #RStats #Rpackage #statisticsclass #DataScience

Congratulations to Dan Haack and Boris Rudolfs on developing a general method for determining high-resolution cryo-EM structures of protein-free RNAs. Here we present the cryo-EM structure of the 86-nucleotide TPP riboswitch to better than 3 angstroms. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

There were an insane number of "big" biotechnology papers published this week. The Bridge RNA gene-editing papers are important. But here are 7 more advances. Many new CRISPR tools, epigenetic editing for prion disease, gene drives for plants & more...🧵

CALeDNA is teaming up with BIMS! Join our team of scientists at the bioblitz at Pillar Point measuring biodiversity shifts at this beautiful marine protected area!

30 Essays to Make You Love Biology Day 1. "I should have loved biology" by James Somers. "It was only in college, when I read Douglas Hofstadter’s Gödel, Escher, Bach, that I came to understand cells as recursively self-modifying programs."

The last video we posted of Beth went viral on Reddit and someone called her a "negative Nancysaurus Rex" 😂💁‍♀️

Crazy Things from the Past ~ A Thread 🧵 1. Seats of an airplane, 1930

Government agencies are required to disclose information about agency activities. Since 'DOGE' is not listed, Treasury is the likely go-to for FOIAs - let's ask for information -all together now! * REPOST FAR & WIDE PLEASE * home.treasury.gov/footer/freed.. Freedom of Information

BREAKING: Massive, spontaneous protest marches with incredible numbers, like this one in New York City, are beginning to sprout all over the country in staunch opposition to the executive overreach by the Trump admin. 🚨Make sure everyone sees this!

Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Thank You Canada.🇨🇦

I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs. Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Bioeng Custom Lab Hardware Turn Key Genetic Design Please RT 💚

“…scientific inquiry is no longer safe unless it aligns with state ideology. If we let that stand, we don’t just lose our journals. We lose the right to ask questions that matter—& the ability to care for those most in need.” As an EIC of Elsevier Vaccine, I agree. We must step up.

In response to Trump’s cuts to science research funding and attacks on universities, the EU is investing over $500 million to recruit researchers and scientists from the U.S.

This. 👇