Tardigrades can survive extreme heat, cold, pressure or radiation. A new study of tardigrades preserved in amber suggests this ability evolved about 300 million years ago and let them survive the Permian extinction & isn't science fun?!?!?!?! scientificamerican.com/article/tardig… on Scientific American

Marvin Gaye delivered the greatest national anthem of all time at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game. If you know, you know. If not, it's time to learn.

NEW: University of California President Michael Drake has directed the chancellors of all UC campuses to establish, publicize, and enforce rules against encampments, restricting the movement of others, and masking to hide one’s identity:

I love this trend of blocking Gmail at work in lieu of the more secure and reliable Microsoft Exchange.

Congrats to Professor Rusty Gage for being named the 2024 Taylor Laureate by Western University! One of Canada's most prestigious research prizes, Gage was selected for his transformative work in aging research and leadership in the field Schulich WesternU Western University

Goodnight moon.

We are hiring! Join the Neuroscience program Smith College and enjoy working with our talented students! We balance teaching with research and we enjoy the beauty of Western Massachusetts. apply.interfolio.com/152435 I am happy to answer questions about this tenure track position!

Hilarious. “You’ve got a work friend.”

Photo from Todd Heisler of The New York Times.

MSTP student extraordinaire Collin Nadarajah delivering his talk on astrocyte REV-ERBs at #CSHLglia. It's a big stage but he did very well. My first time at the meeting and it was great. Thanks to Erin Gibson for highlighting our glial circadian translatome paper.

A beautiful study by Josh Gendron and colleagues. Congratulations Gendron Lab! -- A circadian clock output functions independently of phyB to sustain daytime PIF3 degradation. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Internship year complete. Roadtrip finished. Official email of degree conferred received. Made it back to Madison in time for Jurassic Park on the Terrace

Progressively hot today.

The student-run Independent Florida Alligator has been doing high quality journalism for more than 50 years. They are amazing.

Brian Lamb, who created CSPAN, is a hero of American democracy. He made it possible for citizens to watch their government in operation & created a forum for the discourse necessary to preserve a democracy. It was always a pleasure to work with him. Thank you, Brian. CSPAN

Delighted that California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has funded our center UC San Diego Health. Center is focused on integrative DATA SCIENCE combining genetics, neuroscience & clinical psychiatry (CRISPR, 3D organoid models of genes and neurocog and neuroimaging data on patients) cirm.ca.gov/about-cirm/new…

🧵 CREB is one of the most commonly used acronyms in neurobiology, and also one of the few words in the jargon of molecular biology that even experimental psychologists & computational neuroscientists might have encountered. And if they didn't, they should frontiersin.org/journals/syste…

Genome-Wide Analysis of CREB Target Genes Reveals A Core Promoter Requirement for cAMP Responsiveness Michael Conkright Michael Conkright, PhD, Ernesto Guzmán, Lawrence Flechner, Andrew Su, John Hogenesch John Hogenesch, Marc Montminy pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12718894

Nearly 40% of professional and recreational athletes do not consume enough energy to match their energy expenditure. Such chronic energy deficiency compromises metabolic, physiological, reproductive, bone and mental health. Here is a mouse model of this syndrome. Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance

Sept. 7, 1924: Daniel Inouye, the first House member from Hawaii (1959-63) and a senator from 1963-2012, including 2 years as president pro tem, is born in Honolulu. Descended from Japanese immigrants, he earned the Medal of Honor while losing an arm on WWII’s Italian front.