Louis Prahl
Postdoc @ Penn Bioengineering + Center for Soft & Living Matter. Working at the interface between tissue engineering and developmental biology. Music nerd, runner, birder, sci-fi fan. He/him/his. Opinions are my own.
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- Reposted by Louis PrahlHAPPY 75th, NSF! We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond. Read on 🧵(1/11):
- Reposted by Louis PrahlMeet the 2025 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence (PI) fellows Eight developmental and stem cell biologists transitioning from postdoc to principal investigator journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
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- Reposted by Louis PrahlIn normal years, the president’s budget is just a suggestion, and then Congress decides actual numbers. Science has been bipartisan for so long. Call your member of Congress to ask for no cuts in discretionary science spending for NIH, NSF, and all the agencies listed here. 202-224-3121.
- This is not a science budget. This is a massacre. thebridge.agu.org/2025/05/05/t...
- Reposted by Louis PrahlThe NIH move to restrict animal research is a bad one and not just about health - it's about national security. More here: medium.com/@eblissmorea...
- Reposted by Louis PrahlBIG NEWS - for the first time ever, we're running a Bioimage Analysis Beginnings Bootcamp. Learn #bioimageanalysis from awesome folks, and gain familiarity with some new tools as well as how to pick the right tool in the first place. Aug 4th-8th - apply here (soon!) forms.gle/d2fCXsrWHVP8...
- Reposted by Louis PrahlUnlawful grant terminations are harming young scientists and threatening innovation. ASCB joins leaders calling for immediate funding restoration. www.ascb.org/society-news...
- Reposted by Louis Prahl(3/3) This isn’t just a funding freeze. It’s an attack on free inquiry. Science is under siege—but this is just the beginning. We’re fighting back, stay tuned. #StandUpForScience #WithoutNSF #NSFFreeze
- Reposted by Louis Prahl(2/3) MAKE NOISE: 1. Share your story. Post how NSF funding has impacted your research or your life. Use #WithoutNSF to raise your voice. 2. Share your story on the Federal Freeze Tracker to help lawmakers and the public understand what’s at stake: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Reposted by Louis Prahl🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Louis PrahlThis time-lapse captures 17 hours of axonal growth from a chicken dorsal root ganglion explant, visualized through the actin cytoskeleton using live confocal imaging. I just submitted this video to the Nikon Small World in Motion competition. Today is the last day to upload yours! 😉 🧪
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- Reposted by Louis Prahl“MOSAIC awardees were chosen using a definition of diversity beyond race, gender, and disability. It includes those who grew up in poor households or rural areas or were raised by parents who do not have college degrees.” 🧪
- "The grant was created by the first Trump administration to foster a new generation of diverse scientists in biomedical research, then defunded in the second Trump administration's ongoing purge of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs." www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...
- Reposted by Louis Prahl"The grant was created by the first Trump administration to foster a new generation of diverse scientists in biomedical research, then defunded in the second Trump administration's ongoing purge of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs." www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...
- Reposted by Louis Prahl📢Out now! Weihua Li, @jenniebrand.bsky.social, @aaronclauset.bsky.social, and colleagues show that researchers’ early training in diverse environments is strongly correlated with nurturing diverse groups in the established period. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #cssky #NetSci
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- Reposted by Louis PrahlACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n
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- Reposted by Louis PrahlLatest paper from the lab @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, Anna's PhD work hot off the press @plosbiology.org ! Using single cell genomics to understand tube morphogenesis, and why it's as important to switch things off as it is to switch them on!
- Reposted by Louis Prahl🙏 We need your help 🙏 The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like. We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants: NIH: forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP... NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... w/ @noamross.net
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- Reposted by Louis Prahl📢 Fresh off the press and featuring new exciting experiments! 🧪 We show how glycolytic activity instructs germ layer proportions through regulation of Nodal and Wnt signaling - happy to finally share this 😊 doi.org/10.1016/j.st... B2B with @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social lab: doi.org/10.1016/j.st... 🤩
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- Reposted by Louis PrahlThe Senate Committee on Appropriations is holding a hearing on Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation on April 30 at 10:30am ET, chaired by Senator Susan Collins 🧪 www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/bio...
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- Reposted by Louis PrahlImportant new information about the Parent F32 (and likely other) funding announcements. 1/n
- Reposted by Louis PrahlI'm so pleased the final version of this research is published! We found that epithelial cells neighoring the cytokinetic furrow regulate the speed and sucess of cell division, while maintaining barrier function and cell packing geometry. Many thanks to the co-authors who contributed! 🐸 #xenopus
- Reposted by Louis PrahlYour yearly reminder to acknowledge the core facilities you use and their staff scientists in your papers. These scientists are a crucial part of the scientific ecosystem and to continue to exist they need tangible credit for their work. Plus their associated expertise adds credibility to your work.
- Reposted by Louis PrahlHow can organs regenerate fast? Bioelectricity helps -- by coupling sub-second electrical injury signals to regenerative proliferation. First preprint from my potsdoc :D with @liujinghui.bsky.social @ritamateus.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de and collaborators @mpipks.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social
- Injury-induced electrochemical coupling triggers regenerative cell proliferation biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Louis PrahlThe NSF's flagship fellowship program typically gives offers to 2,000+ young scientists. This year, in the face of looming budget cuts, that number was halved: only 1,000 received an offer. Our story on what that means for the science talent pipeline: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Louis PrahlIf a student you know received an honorable mention for the NSF GRFP, encourage them to contact their Congressional representatives! 🧪
- Reposted by Louis PrahlMy group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT! For more information see here: gahanlab.com tinyurl.com/34xke35d
- Reposted by Louis Prahl🚨 Not a drill: NSF GRFP results are NOW OUT!!!!! But...good news and bad news. 👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now. 👎 # of fellowships went down by 51% (1000 this year vs. 2036 last year) See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
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- Reposted by Louis Prahl🚨HEY DORKS! PROTEST ALERT🚨 Kill The Cuts National Day of Action is Tomorrow, Tuesday April 8th! Find an action near you: www.killthecuts.org/action-near-... Stand Up for lifesaving research, healthcare, and education! @aaup.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social #standupforscience #killthecuts
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- Reposted by Louis PrahlStriking new study from @archaeon-alex.bsky.social's lab just out in @science.org on multicellular development induced by compression in Archaea: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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- Reposted by Louis PrahlIt’s a heist movie but just with a bunch of humanities scholars trying to get their grant money back.
