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Our own Michael Xie has been named a PD Soros Fellowships fellow! Xie joins 29 other outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants who are pursuing graduate school here in the U.S. and have potential to make significant contributions to the United States. More: pdsoros.org/meet-the-class…

Open call for Next Generation Leaders! Our NGL program recognizes early career scientists with fresh and innovative perspectives. For 3 years, NGLs contribute to ongoing research and initiatiatives at the Allen Institute. Apply by June 5: alleninstitute.org/about/people/n…

Outrageous (Source NYT).

1. BREAKING The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders. The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information. 🧵

Stand up for Science in New York!!

🥼 Janelia researchers led by Boaz Mohar (@[email protected]), Nelson Spruston, Luke Lavis & karel svoboda Allen Institute have developed a new imaging tool that maps brain-wide changes in neuronal connections. 🧠 🔗 janelia.org/news/new-imagi…

A pair of methods papers for studying synapses: DELTA: a method for brain-wide measurement of synaptic protein turnover reveals localized plasticity during learning Boaz Mohar (@[email protected]) karel svoboda @rhodamine110 Nelson Spruston Eugenio F. Fornasiero HHMI | Janelia Allen Institute nature.com/articles/s4159…

The root of many of our problems is captured in this graph and headline (from WSJ). If we manage to focus our outrage on this economic injustice we will all be better off.

Thank you to all our friends at the Allen Institute! It’s great to be your neighbor and colleague.

Join me in highlighting amazing discoveries made by Harvard scientists (with government support). Weinberg, Glashow, Georgi et al provided deep insights into the most fundamental aspects of the structure of matter, now referred to as the Standard Model of physics. 1/10

Hubel and Wiesel discovered how the visual system of the brain wires up during development, with huge impact on the treatment of amblyopia (lazy eye). 2/10

Wally Gilbert invented DNA sequencing, which underlies all genomics and personalized medicine. The economic impact of DNA sequencing alone is thought to be > $ 1 trillion. 3/10

Ed Purcell discovers nuclear magnetic resonance (one of my favorites), which underlies the contrast mechanisms in modern MRI machines. 4/10

Robert Woodward synthesized quinine, a drug to treat malaria. He also showed how organic synthesis could be systematized, leading to many later breakthroughs in medicinal chemistry. 5/10

Marge Livingston discovered the brain’s face area, a set of neurons in primates dedicated to processing individual faces. 6/10

Steve McCarroll uncovered the molecular mechanisms underlying Huntington’s disease. The race for a cure is on! 7/10

Doug Melton’s team has developed insulin-producing beta cells, an emerging treatment of type-1 diabetes. 8/10

Xiaowei Zhuang developed microscopes that provide molecular resolution in intact cells, 100x better than previous microscopes. 9/10

Harvard-affiliated astrophysicists captured the first images of a black hole, using the virtual Event Horizon Telescope. 10/10