Every PIs nightmare... a -80 freezer failure after just 2.5 years. Thankfully, we were there when it happened, all our samples are safe and didn't warm above -65 during transfer to a backup. So what have I learned from this?

Look what anded in the Science Parking Lot Brandeis University - excited and hoping to run into K9 on campus. Brandeis Science

Join the Mathematics and Physics Depts for their upcoming Eisenbud Lectures - a year series of talks by eminent physicists or mathematicians working close to the interface of the two subjects. ⚛️🌠✖️➕ For more info, visit brandeis.edu/physics/events…

Please give to support undergraduate research Brandeis Science - I pledged to match $50 donations to the Summer Science Research Fund with $100 of my own for first 10 donors! Brandeis Alumni @brandeisLS Brandeis Research give.brandeis.edu/giving-deisday…

Dr. Judith Eisen, GSAS PhD’82, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her work on neuron development– one of the highest honors a scientist can receive. Congratulations, Dr. Eisen! ow.ly/gfRi50Rxl0Q

Thanks to everyone that made it! If you missed it, our poster for ParaNames is here: lignos.org/talks/ParaName… LREC COLING 2024 #LRECCOLING #LRECCOLING2024

The Brandeis University Postdoctoral Association (BUPA) are calling for applications by senior outstanding postdocs from Massachusetts to visit Brandeis and to present their research during our summer science festival on August 8, 2024.   Read the to apply form for more details!

The School of Arts and Sciences is hiring additional TA, CA, and Grader positions for Fall 2024. The selection process starts in mid-July. Apply today - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #Brandeis #BrandeisGSAS #TA #CA #ProfessionalDevelopment

My piece on Heritage and Project 2025, based on research for my forthcoming book: Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” is just the latest action plan from a group with an over 50-year history of steering GOP lawmaking theconversation.com/heritage-found… via The Conversation U.S.

Epigenetic systems are “famous” for stable propagation of gene expression states (memory). But these systems, e.g. regulating heterochromatin, can also be repurposed as a powerful mechanism for adaptation. New work with @yeastydoesit (great Xtorial below)! authors.elsevier.com/c/1jWzg5Sx5gxl…

🎉👏🏽Check out the brand new lab of our star (and much missed) ex-postdoc @nathanCSharris!!! He has a super cool planned research program and is going to be an awesome mentor. Go Nathan!!

What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too? And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates. A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N

Position: Lecturer or Assistant Professor in Physics - Brandeis University, Physics Department - US, Massachusetts, Waltham. #AJO29101 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29101…

Pls RT👉 We are hiring! My lab Brandeis Neuroscience has an opening for a Research Tech. It is an ideal position for a recent college grad passionate about uncovering how the brain learns within a young and collaborative team. More info at grienbergerlab.org or DM me.

Very grateful for 2025 Marion Milligan Mason Award by AAAS 🌟Congrats to all fantastic recipients Jessica Lamb Dr. Jessica Lamb Erin Stache Stache Lab Michelle Calabrese CalabreseLab ❤️ aaas.org/news/four-chem…

Join us in congratulating Gowthaman Ranganathan Gowthaman Ranganathan, a fourth-year PhD student in Anthropology, on being awarded the prestigious Engaged Research Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation Wenner-Gren Foundation! 👏 🥳 #Brandeis #BrandeisGSAS #AnthropologyPhD #SocialSciences

Last weekend, dozens of Brandeis students honed their business communication skills at the 2025 Asper Pitch Summit. Congratulations to the teams behind Project Insulin, Communiversity and Capture for your winning pitches, and a huge thanks to our judges and event organizers!

It’s now clear that the Donald J. Trump Administration computed reciprocal tariffs without using tariff data. This is to economics what creationism is to biology, astrology is to astronomy, or RFK thought is to vaccine science. The Trump tariff policy makes little sense EVEN if

A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction blocking the plan to cap NIH indirect costs at 15%. The judge highlighted that the policy would have caused “imminent risk of halting life-saving clinical trials” and “disrupting “innovative medical research and treatments”.