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I’m proud to share the exciting news that all undergraduate students from households earning $75,000 or less will be able to attend any UMass campus tuition-free starting next fall: #bgmp-comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bostonglobe.com/2024/10/29/met… @umassamherst @umassboston @umassd @umasslowell #umass #highered (1/4)

I have some real concerns about what another Trump presidency means for women in this country — and I wanted to share some of my thoughts. If this resonates with you, send this video to every single person you know and remind them what’s at stake in this election.

Minibrain is the fly ortholog of a human kinase implicated in Down syndrome. @bbrown_m, @Veraksalab & team explore its function in controlling brain development & organ growth via engaging the Reps/Rlip/Rala signaling network. Learn more in #G3journal: bit.ly/47KATc8

Scientists have engineered a modified insulin that reduces its activity at low glucose levels go.nature.com/4halqGr

Stanford team creates $2 CRISPRkit, bringing affordable gene-editing experiments to high schools. Students can now perform and analyze CRISPR experiments with just a smartphone,#STEM phys.org/news/2024-09-k…

Dozens of labs around the world are striving to grow models of human embryos to study development, fertility and therapies. They are entering uncharted ethical territory. go.nature.com/3Zqr6FT

It's 3pm which is when I remember that once again I only have a concept of a dinner plan

Biologists would love to be able to read out the amino-acid sequence of any protein molecule as they would the letters of a sentence. A system in which a biological motor pulls proteins through a pore brings the dream closer to reality go.nature.com/3MHf43i

NEW: We just launched the first video of our campaign. “We choose freedom.”

23 pairs! The magic chromosome count that helps humans thrive. But what if all our DNA were arranged in just two chromosomes? In this study, we explore this question using budding yeast. 🧵 (1/6) cell.com/current-biolog…

The daughter of a scientist and a supporter of diversity in STEM, Harris’s prospects have stirred optimism among scientists. go.nature.com/3SiPuFg

Joe Biden has been one of America’s most consequential presidents, as well as a dear friend and partner to me. Today, we’ve also been reminded – again – that he’s a patriot of the highest order. Here’s my full statement: barackobama.medium.com/my-statement-o…

For the first time, researchers have voted to eliminate scientific names of organisms because they are offensive. go.nature.com/4cJhKZC

In 2018 our lab began an outreach program with a local middle school, inspired in large part by @HittingerLab Wild YEAST Program. We thought we could further engage the students in the process of identifying yeast species and also learn something about S. cerevisiae diversity 1/n

BioRxiv: Wild yeast isolation by middle school students reveals features of North American oak populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Kluyveromyces lactis dlvr.it/T972m5

CRISPR gene editing has revolutionised biology, but now an even more powerful technique called bridge editing could let us completely reshape animal and plant genomes. #Echobox=1719723585" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newscientist.com/article/243723…

Mini saunas save endangered frogs from fungal disease 🐸 go.nature.com/3zn8z2k

A #robotic face with living skin can smile thanks to ligament-inspired anchors that connect lab-cultured skin to a 3D facial mold. 🤖 Read more in @CellRepPhysSci: cell.com/cell-reports-p… @UTokyo_News_en Michio Kawai, Minghao Nie, Haruka Oda and Shoji Takeuchi

Linking phosphoinositide function to mitosis dlvr.it/T7t1LJ

Fluorescent labels that have greater resistance to bleaching could help researchers to get more from biological imaging go.nature.com/3KyeyDz