Sooooo... Several people shared this slide with me. NIH is apparently working on a new parent mechanism called an RP1. I have many questions (and only a few answers). (EPMC is the NIH-wide Extramural Program Management Committee co-chaired by Jon Lorsch). 1/4

From @theathletic.com: Sabastian Sawe of Kenya ran the London Marathon in under two hours, breaking the men’s marathon world record.

How it started / how it’s going — Jay Bhattacharya edition. 2025: “We will never use this agency to censor scientists who disagree" 2026 : Bhattacharya “has canceled the publication of a study that found that the Covid vaccine sharply cut the odds of hospitalizations and emergency visits”.

Thank you @rephaleystevens.bsky.social for holding RFK Jr. accountable! CALL YOUR REPS. ASK THEM TO CO-SPONSOR H. RES 944. More information here: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr

Watch Director Bhattacharya's performance at CPAC really got to me. I chose to share some of my observations with him. Hold on... 1/11

Every day is a good day for sharing one of the most useful papers about research data ever written. PLEASE get your people to understand and follow this advice. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It’s actually pretty fucked up that our tax dollars pay for the universal healthcare of our elected government officials who won’t pass universal healthcare…

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

A short Bluetorial on plots of NIH application success rates as a function of percentile. 1/20

I have a new comment piece out in Nature today. rdcu.be/e7LVS 1/6

Total annual budget for NIGMS: 3.2 billion Total (estimated) daily cost for war in Iran beyond the inestimable cost in human lives and suffering (and gasoline prices if that’s what you care more about, like many do): 900 million dollars (www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/p...)

Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. We are urging Congress to act now to protect the American people by impeaching and convicting Vought. We invite all Americans to join us by signing on to our letter to Congress. actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

Death by 1000 cuts, etc. But I really do think historians will look back on Citizens United as a critical fork in the road of America’s democracy becoming…less of a democracy.

Guess who the new Acting CDC Director is? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u... [Gift Link]

Men may be more prone to heart rhythm changes than women, which could help explain why male athletes face higher sudden cardiac death risks. Read more in AJP-Heart: ow.ly/nqGo50WZwjR #ArticlesInPresS #SABV @apspublications.bsky.social @ausrob-phd.bsky.social @merrylindseyphd.bsky.social 🧪

What's a smart scale? Should you use one? What do you need to know about your body composition besides your weight? APS member Austin Robinson (@ausrob-phd.bsky.social) weighed in 😜 on the subject. Read more from @NBCNews: ow.ly/sKMo50WQuEz #ISpyPhysiology 🧪

100% @apspublications.bsky.social are the🐐. Where else can you publish OA in a reputable journal for < $1000

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Calling all @apsphysiology.bsky.social members: let’s help raise some money to support ABRCMS student presentation awards! Goal is $1200/discipline to support 12 awards by Sept 30th! 🧪 abrcms.org/donate/stude...

Any who can afford it, please pitch in 🙏 A lot of the grants that funded ABRCMS have been cancelled. These $100 awards make a huge impact for students. If every judge gave just $20, we’d exceed the goal. 👉 donate.abrcms.org (select Presentation Awards) More details 👉 abrcms.org/donate/stude...

Join me in donating to ABRCMS. For many of us early in our careers (and for many of us now), this is THE conference. Let’s make sure future generations get the same experience. I was told if each poster judge donated $25, their goal would be quickly met, but I think we can do better! 🙏🏾💪🏾

🧂Our controlled feeding pilot trial suggests potential sex differences in kidney responses to dietary salt. With a high salt diet, females may increase endothelin-1 excretion more. Endothelin-1 is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide and promotes salt excretion by the kidneys.

Appreciate @thebulwark.com highlighting Trump’s war on science

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The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed. Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.

‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Another email to Bhattacharya about his interview and his continued statements that NIH's gain of function research caused the COVID pandemic and killed millions of people. 1/8

🚨New publication alert Central blood pressure and arterial stiffness among ultramarathon runners across the lifespan link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Unfollow health and wellness influencers who regularly invoke that the products they sell are science-based, yet haven't used their large platforms to raise awareness about the proposed NIH/NSF budget cuts.

I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.

First copies of my book are here!! As a new faculty member, I realized that in addition to my research job, I also had a leadership job…and I wasn’t prepared for that. This book is the guide I wish I’d had then, with the goal of helping others now.   jenheemstra.com/book

This conflation has irked me for years. People seem to think DEI and health disparities are synonymous. While DEI efforts may help with issues such as wealth inequality & educational attainment, which may help shrink health disparities in the long run, these are essentially two separate issues!

Post Sunday morning shows Bhattacharya email...

When you strip away humanity

Another outstanding thread by Dr. Berg. NYT article from last week also illustrated just how arbitrary the DEI cuts are as well. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

Research Ireland, on behalf of @deptoffhed.bsky.social, have today launched Global Talent Ireland - a new initiative to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. For more information visit: www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...

On Monday, some of the signers of the Bethesda Declaration are meeting w Jay Bhattacharya. Join us afterward for a rally at the Medical Center Metro at 4:30!!

Update on funding curves and late non-competitive renewals. First, funding curves for new and competitive renewals. 1/n

Senate Appropriators Reject Trump’s NSF Cuts The Senate committee also protected the National Weather Service staff from mass layoffs. But a fight over the FBI has left the bill in limbo. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3IoW3Um

“The Chinese simply can’t believe their luck: that at the dawn of the electricity-guzzling era of artificial intelligence, the U.S. president and his party have decided to engage in one of the greatest acts of strategic self-harm imaginable.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...

I hope everyone is having a good Fourth of July break. Here is how I ended up spending some of mine... 1/n

6 Months of MAHA - A Reflection and Call to Action open.substack.com/pub/kcklatt/...

Reminder for science budget watchers-- House and Senate Appropriations Committees are working on FY26 spending bills to determine NSF and NIH funding. The White House recommended a 57% reduction for NSF and 40% for NIH. But Congress sets the budget. www.ascb.org/science-poli...

Padding pockets >> health promotion

Courage is contagious. After the NIH Bethesda Declaration, hundreds of EPA staffers stood up with their own Declaration of Dissent which was sent to Administrator Zeldin a few minutes ago. www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...

New York Times article on the end (at least for the moment) of NIH grant terminations... [Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...

NIH BREAKING NEWS NIH BREAKING NEWS Hearing from multiple sources that an email went out late yesterday afternoon Effective immediately: Please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please pull back all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated.

Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of Brown University School of Public Health, talks about the upcoming restrictions on Covid-19 vaccine annual updates. @ashishkjha.bsky.social

Compete and utter BS!! The goal posts keep moving, its xenophobia, and it's massive over reach from supposed party of small government.

As a follow-up to the Kaiser interview, here is my exchange with Dr. Bhattacharya starting Sunday evening... 1/n