Card carrying Cell Biologist. Prof. at Stanford Biochemistry. Lover of neglected and emerging model systems. straightlab.stanford.edu
Aaron Straight
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I'm incredibly honored at election into the American Academy for Arts and Sciences. And Jodi Foster and Rita Moreno too! Credit goes to the amazing people I've been lucky to work with over many years. www.amacad.org/news/new-mem...
Aaron Straight
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
Also another good synopsis here
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Our most recent Synthetic Biology for Sustainability symposium was a great success. Lots of excellent ideas and creative approaches to sustainability. And a wonderful group of scientists too! Check here for more info on our Syn Bio efforts (sb.stanford.edu)
Had the privilege of hooding 5 new PhD grads @stanfordbiosci.bsky.social this weekend including my student Kelsey Fryer! Good day for science.
New preprint from Kelsey Fryer in the lab using ChAR-seq to identify RNAs that are bound to human centromeres. Lots of surprises! #centromere #RNA www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@currentbiology.bsky.social has done it again! What a great interview with one of my favorite scientists www.cell.com/current-biol.... Linda Wordeman @mtwonderland.bsky.social. She taught me everything I know about guinea pigs and a lot about mitosis too!
@currentbiology.bsky.social has always been one of my favorite journals but I think they have now outdone themselves www.cell.com/current-biol.... And picked up by the @nytimes.com as well! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/s...
Building on America’s 250-year-old commitment to knowledge, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences announces the leaders in academia, the arts, industry, journalism, philanthropy, policy, research, a...
. @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social's 'Walk With Me' features @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social, Baker Family Director of Sarafan ChEM-H, whose work explores how chemical biology can help understand disease & develop new approaches to treating cancer & immune disorders:
Meet Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, a chemist at Stanford Medicine and Nobel Prize–winning scientist whose work explores how chemical biology can help scientists better understand disease and develop new…
For anyone applying for US federal funding, this is essential reading for changes governing grants. Stick it into an AI tool for a faster summary. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT.
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
