Jordan Ward

Great to see this beautiful story out!

So excited to see this fun collaboration with Andrew Chisholm out in the world. So much to do with this aECM toolkit for matrix biology, aging, stress, pathogenesis research! Found a striking diversity of localization patterns for different components.

It was an immense pleasure to host the great @erincram.bsky.social @emoryuniversity.bsky.social Erin gave a 🤯 seminar on how the tiny tube (spermatheca) stretches to accommodate the giant oocyte in C. elegans! Everyone should hear about this stunning science!

Great to see this beautiful work published!

Our local @ucscscience.bsky.social poison oak removal service hard at work

👉 3rd aECM club Apr 14th 10 am NYC-4 pm Paris #aECM invertebrate cuticle and molt cycle @gotworms.bsky.social @labgrosshans.bsky.social program sundaramlab.com/blog/aecm-cl... 👉 join our Slack forms.gle/Y6UjbnXPH1pD...

Sad to see that Don passed, he was a legend and a big part of why our community is so special. 🤯 20% of the collection?!!

Great to see this out. Practical guidance on how to use protein depletion systems in C. elegans

I am reviewing a simply amazing paper from a relatively young US-based lab, which is in danger of shutting its doors later this year. My emotions are all over the place. The fact that this does not uniquely identify the lab I’m referring to just deepens the tragedy of this moment in US science.

Don’t forget to register for the C. elegans topic meeting June 10-14 in Madison, WI. Early bird registration deadline this Friday 2/27! uwmadison.eventsair.com/mapsdev26/

Come join us! This meeting is going to be awesome!

What tools do we need to start engineering #aging and #longevity ? A🧵about something we've been cooking up in lab with Jeremy Vicencio at the @crg.eu : technology that lets us reach inside living animals and precisely dial multiple proteins' levels up and down. 1/10

Shared mechanisms across distinct biological clocks: Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social , Helge Grosshans @labgrosshans.bsky.social & collaborators find the nematode homologs of mammalian circadian clock proteins PERIOD & CK1 to control developmental timing in worms www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

So excited to see this work out! This was one of the first projects when I started my lab! An awesome collaboration with @labgrosshans.bsky.social and @partchlab.bsky.social!

Great opportunity and submissions are a little down so nominate your outstanding recent graduate, worm peeps!

For the life of me, I cannot fathom the rationale for any of this. Utter wanton destruction of one of the best research ecosystems in the world.

There is so much cool #aECM work going on but most of the researchers don’t know or talk to each other; this is an attempt to change that! Link below

Am so excited about this series. The virtual worm skin workshop was one of the best meetings for my lab and getting more model systems will be🔥

Catching up with documenting #worm25! Here, the worm public eagerly awaits the Worm Show with beverages courtesy of genetics-friend S. cerevisiae. 🪱🍻 (including @gotworms.bsky.social, @jschisa.bsky.social, & @katzlab.bsky.social!)

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Better late than never, made it to #Worm25 late last night. Such a great morning catching up with old friends and seeing some great science!

Thanks for the shout out @meera-sundaram.bsky.social ! This was such a fun project! 101 knock-ins and counting and they all had such cool and unique localization pattern and substructures!

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!!! Crazy game. Can’t believe they scored two goals in final two min with goalie pulled and won it in double OT!

Really excited about this collaborative work and a great experience with Review Commons

How did Coati get their stripes? Not yet known ... but we know how another Carnivore loses them! 3 mutations in gene TAQPEP changes a cat from tabby striped to blotchy #RIP #2025MMM www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Glad I could play a small part in this cool story!

Congrats Callista!

Delighted to see Flow win best animated feature. Gorgeous, powerful film.

WTAF

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Tomorrow I’m having a conversation with Senator Murray about NIH on my public Instagram - @sciencewhizliz. The timing could shift a bit due to the senate floor schedule. So if that happens we will adjust and share the recording!

Exactly. My R35 council meeting has been cancelled without clear rescheduling. No idea when I know if I can keep lab funded. MRAC study section I reviewed for cancelled at last minute. So much wasted effort and anxiety for folks.

Welp the NIGMS MIRA MRAC study section scheduled to be in person this Monday and Tuesday was just canceled.

Please share: @delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group. They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...

Oh Canada! 🇨🇦 Really needed that right now. WOW was Binnington clutch!

This is in effect still freezing grant review and funding. Need to keep making noise to our representatives about it!

Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk "Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."

Really important development. I’ve got my MIRA app that should be discussed on Feb 6. Need this to keep the lab going.