Cassini contentedly slipped into the clouds, its mission complete. But just after the final signal sent, its sensors detected, too late, a faint trace of buttercream. In its last moments Cassini discovered a truth that would remain hidden from the outside universe: Saturn is cake

How is #COVID19 changing science? Join Dr. Tom Lynch this Friday, September 25, from noon to 1 p.m. PDT for a conversation with Drs. Bloom Lab, Neelendu Dey and Ruth Etzioni about the new realities scientists are navigating. RSVP by September 24: bit.ly/2HkxZ5z

This past year has highlighted like never before how awesome our scientific institutions are, yet how ineffective we have been at educating the public on scientific subjects, with real life consequences... what are the solutions to bridge this gap? #scicomm

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This just made my day 😂😂

#TIL that if you want to name a bacterium, you can’t just declare the thing named & be done with it. First comes a lot of lab work. Last comes ...the Latin grammarians. Fun story to write w/⁦Fred Hutch Cancer Center⁩’s David Fredricks & ⁦Sujatha Srinivasan⁩ fredhutch.org/en/news/center…

Rainier stole the show tonight. Loving these post-7PM sunsets! 🌇

Had a great lab meeting today: we discussed the phenomenal documentary Picture A Scientist. Highly recommend! To paraphrase Dr. Burks, science is a human enterprise and is both brilliant and biased. Thanks to UW Medicine UW GME for hosting screenings over the past 2 weekends.

Jason Shepherd You are welcome to also use my starting statement from my RPPR from this year: "I am pleased to report that I am still alive"

Big ups to our entire Team on this effort, and many thanks to the excellent iScience journal Reviewers and Editor for a wonderful review process! Microbiome-encoded bile acid metabolism modulates colonic transit times cell.com/iscience/fullt…

The important thing is regular interaction with one's mentor, as modeled perfectly in this video by the dog.

Lab photo 2021: keeping it paws-itive in tough times

Congrats to Dr. Rachel Issaka Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS of Fred Hutch on being named to Puget Sound Business Journal's #40Under40 list! Puget Sound Business Journal is putting a spotlight on leaders in the region who are making major strides in their career while leaving a positive impact in the Puget Sound. bit.ly/3ycWMyd

Introducing NextTrevor, an open-source project to harness publicly available images of Trevor Bedford. We provide a continually-updated view of Trevor Bedford's evolution alongside powerful analytic tools. Our goal is to aid understanding and improve response to changes in his appearance.

In referring to experiments that nicely wrap up scientific papers, I’ve often heard vaguely homicidal descriptors like “killer experiment” or “silver bullet,” or phrases like “put a nail in the coffin.” Does anyone have suggestions for more life-affirming expressions one can use?

Thinking about biological collections lately I'm reminded of the time that somehow at age 4, I got a personal tour of the UC Berkeley entomology collection (Essig?) from a kind scientist (anybody know who?!). Asked my parents how on earth THAT happened, and it turns out...🤯

Interested in applying for the 2022 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award? Tune in to one of the virtual info sessions on March 3 and March 14 to learn more about the award and connect with Méndez Scholar Awardees. Zoom info here: bit.ly/3p3I7CD

I spent 27 days shooting over 2 million photos of the moon to capture how it dances in our sky. This is the most detailed “Lunation” I’ve ever captured. #astrophotography #space #opteam

Amazing story of re-analyzing old data: nytimes.com/2022/04/07/us/…

Congrats to my former ⁦Harvard University⁩ bandmate ⁦Carolyn Bertozzi⁩ on her ⁦The Nobel Prize⁩ in chemistry! We won the Ivy League Battle of the Bands in 1986 with our rockin’ group ‘Bored Of Education’, with her on keyboards & me in spandex. news.stanford.edu/2022/10/05/car…