Mark Kaplan

@jonykipnis @CellCellPress That’s not an upgrade

Not only a nice article about our recent work in @CellCellPress but also I was upgraded from PhD to MD... I shall request salary update too 😂

This is your friendly reminder to call your senators today, wherever you are, and urge them to prevent this multi-year funding scheme. The future of my lab, and so many others, rely on this 🙏🙏

@AWeinstock There are a lot of us in that situation. #oldPI

Yesterday was tough. It was the 1st time I shared real concerns about the lab financial situation with the group. Although I have incredible people, I still feel bad laying this on them but we have to make painful cuts and decisions so folks have jobs 😔 #newPI

An editorial by Editor-in-Chief, Gail Bishop, Ph.D., discusses the negative pressures that early-career scientists face to publish their work in journals with high impact factors, both to achieve career metrics and to support grant applications. 🔗 ow.ly/HTKW50WbYX3

This is very accurate youtu.be/8H34jcpEsFs?si…

@DrRopadope Kal-el

My test questions for Stem Cell Biology always center around an imaginary gene. The last five years the genes have been: Yavin-4, Mellon, Bespin, Iamgroot, and Alderaan. It’s getting too Star Wars heavy, I’m now taking suggestions for next year’s gene. Must be from nerd culture.

My latest post on the fear in academia. Capitol Punishment open.substack.com/pub/profkap/p/…

Have you ever met a scientist? Get to know a scientist in my latest post. What does a scientist want? open.substack.com/pub/profkap/p/…

@WXQ_Micro @wqian1016 @hnarasim23 @arish31 @Spy @Chaofan_Immune @almeida_gis @PeterChenMD @annesperling1 @ParimonTanyalak @ewald_lab @JianwenQue @dianhuajiang Congrats!

Thanks Sun lab members @wqian1016 @hnarasim23 @arish31 @SPY @Chaofan_Immune @almeida_gis et.al., and @PeterChenMD @statfourwork @annesperling1 @ParimonTanyalak @ewald_lab @JianwenQue @dianhuajiang et.al., all cooperators.

Thrilled to share that my work is now out in @ScienceMagazine ! We reveal how peroxisomes play a play a key role in macrophage-driven inflammation resolution and lung repair post-viral infection. Enhancing peroxisomal function helps mitigate pulmonary fibrosis from respiratory viral infections. Huge thanks to @Jie_Immunology , Sun lab members, and all our amazing collaborators! Read below for more info! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Fantastic work from @Jie_Immunology Proud to be a small part or this outstanding work.

Recognizing the rising antipathy towards scientists in my latest post profkap.substack.com/p/beware-the-a…

Some thoughts on making Canadians angry. The Angry Canadian open.substack.com/pub/profkap/p/…

@koletha As Tennyson said “Tis better to have had an IU email and lost, than never to have had an IU email at all.”

End of an era…. 2017-2025. IU School of Medicine. Proud student, proud scientist. Just got a notification that I lost my email account. I am sad but happy and honored to have been part of such history. Please keep posting here IU colleagues and IU community.

Some thoughts on changes in NIH indirect costs. profkap.substack.com/p/nih-budget-a…

Some thoughts on some of the proposed changes at NIH. profkap.substack.com/p/nih-budget-a…

Institutional emails can be annoying because you have to stretch your finger all the way over to the delete button. I did a tally of how many we get in a two week period. Join me on the perilous journey to my inbox. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/p/…

Was trying to fly @AmericanAir yesterday but flight was cancelled. Problems happen but the app did not help me rebook. They supplied a hotel and transport but spent almost a half hour on the phone with a rep to confirm the ticket and still can’t check in online. The app sucks!

Dogs sleeping with cats in the sand. Sign of the Armageddon or just super cute?

I’s probably be dead at 23 like my grandmother if not for research conducted and funded by the #NIH which makes my very common blood clotting disorder EXTREMELY manageable. But yes, very pro life of the GOP to put on hold all NIH funding.