Dear academic internet friends, I’m working on an R01 on our novel early life model of food insecurity, which the federal govt no longer recognizes (as of ~1 week ago cancelling the annual report). Should I re-write my 3 line public health narrative (bonkers) to de-center that topic?

This. Read the article by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social it is wide angle, big picture, thought-provoking, critical reading for anyone who’s still trying to “understand” what’s happening all around us (in the US). www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

It’s not just that video is too slow. It is that. It’s also not my own understanding happening. I also truly believe that the mind and life I want to have does not happen through watching but does through reading. Wild that this is even a little bit provocative but I suspect that mostly just online

People get so angry about this, I’ve found that interesting. There is definitely some resistance to the idea of reading, not just the act of doing it. But yeah I am not watching a video, ever, if I can help it.

This wknd, WSJ reported the Dept of Ag is ending its annual report on household food security. Started in the 1990s to help state and local officials distribute food assistance. Last year’s report found that 18 million U.S. households experienced food insecurity during 2023.

Humble case report from prior Ross lab member Katie Kuk, who is now a psych intern, on the PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD OF improvement in cognitive function in a patient with a rare developmental disorder after starting a med to treat obesity. www.frontiersin.org/journals/end...

Three top CDC officials resigned in protest tonight. Read the powerful resignation letters, including from @DrDemetre.bsky.social, “I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponizing of public health.” insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

To my psychiatry colleagues, here’s a helpful commentary on how to support and protect our trans patients rights and dignity in the face of current admin regime attacks. psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...

NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding. NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.

My favorite talk of #Endo2025 is @liisagalea.bsky.social but also the entire sex differences session full of things we know but for some reason have ignored: females are different than males. Not more complex. Not more dynamic. Different. It’s not sexist to use funds to study this; it’s necessary.

Today (5p EST) is the last day to log a comment about this policy and help NIH continue to support foundation basic science work which is necessary to understand our complex biological systems underlying both health and disease. www.fda.gov/news-events/...

Connecting immunology and endocrinology through basic and translational research the Nicholas lab, @quinascience.bsky.social hopes to create a home for the interface at #endo2025

hey I am posting this because I didn't know it, and so others might not either: but the BBB has NOT PASSED YET-- it's passed the senate & now it must pass the house. It's time to call reps RIGHT NOW. Johnson is going to push the vote ASAP before backlash can form so the calls need to start NOW.

🧪 BOOM: The AAU, ACE, APLU, and 13 universities just filed suit today against NSF for slashing to 15% indirect rates. Full compliant: www.aau.edu/sites/defaul... Updates: www.aau.edu/resources-aa... A similar group of plaintiffs won a *permanent* injunction against a similar change at NIH.

Spread the science! Join the movement! linktr.ee/investNscience

FACULTY JOB ALERT! The Albert Einstein Dept of Neuroscience is hiring a new assistant professor in any area of neuroscience! We have funds specifically earmarked for this search. #Neuroscience #AcademicJobs #NeuroSky Job just posted: faculty-einstein.icims.com/jobs/17175/f... Please share widely!!

Happy #internationalwomensday !!! Don't let the patriarchy get you down. We outchea!

Reminder that Europepmc.org exists. In case anyone should need it for any reason.

Brilliance is everywhere but opportunity is not. Keep pushing forward -Dean Lynne Holden to overpacked lecture hall for inspiration from students’ invited speaker Einstein alum Dr Amanda Brown, PhD in honor of former faculty member Dr Marie Daly, the first Black female to achieve a PhD in chemistry

Einstein Research led by @rossenator.bsky.social: Investigating Brain Circuits Linking Overeating with Obesity #neuroscience #obesity #ScienceSky

I am not surprised but I am infuriated by this lack of regard for the work that we put into this. @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social do better.

Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.

This move on petition is in support of pushing back against the NIH indirect cap: sign.moveon.org/petitions/sa...

Use this link to tell HHMI @hhmi.bsky.social how you feel about their cowardice and/or fascist enabling. 🫡 www.hhmi.org/contact-us

Just got word that our Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) Grant was being canceled. All 100+ institutions. So even private funding is susceptible to this administration’s unraveling of DEI initiatives

Only the top 53 universities pay the endowment tax now. This was a Republican law targeted at their perceived enemies: universities. Side note: this means that smaller universities may be better placed to fight than Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and the like. /8

The NIH REAP program (nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2018/12/... )appears to have been terminated.

For ​those who need​ their medication but had their Medicaid shut off today @mcuban.bsky.social has a digital pharmacy called @costplusdrugs.com They sell them at just above cost and you don’t need ​to have insurance​, please reshare with friends who might need this critical info.

Is anyone compiling a list of all the federal things that are being stopped/unfunded/blocked? If you have or see one, please send, I think it would be helpful to actually digest, instead of this current additive chaos.

Step 1) find your rep www.congress.gov/members/find... Step 2) send an email or call their office Step 3) tell them that federal spending on scientific advancement is the best hope we have to “win against china” or whatever these guys are obsessed with these days

A bright spot in this week of chaos has been hosting my friend @quinascience.bsky.social for our department seminar. She slayed sharing important #science investigating immune cells in pituitary function and in chronic endocrine disease. This work depends on NIH funds and collegial communication

No study section...no grant reviews No grant reviews...no grants awarded No grants awarded...no research No research...no functional NIH

It's me, a person who does scientific research on and with humans - federally funded research no less! - telling you that if you define sex as about gamete size or chromosomes but collect data on it using baby genitals (aka assigned sex) as your measured variable, definition /= measurement.

@superkash.bsky.social um, how do I message you?

Interested in career development and postdoctoral training opportunities at Einstein? Registration is now open for the second EDGE (Einstein Dialogues in Graduate Education) symposium for senior #phd students. Register by March 1 at bit.ly/3Wa6G1C #postodoclife

Our paper is out in DPP! This is the SECOND paper from my lab, but the first headed entirely by summer students: College senior Benjamin Babaev and High school senior Saachi Goyal (!!). They also created an easy to use site so anyone can use the machine learning resource for staging estrous cycle

Eating disorders researchers apres dinner. @skhalsa.bsky.social @drbritnyh.bsky.social We 🩷 food (and we missed you @sarahstern.bsky.social ) #ACNP2024

Laura Holsen offering new takes on poetry of hormones. Just replace growth with ghrelin in her favorite quote to appreciate the connection between feeding promoting ghrelin and mood disorders #ACNP2024 #eatingdisorders

Reunited and it feels so good @rossenator.bsky.social #ACNP2024

Here for the hilarity that is the NIH directors panel #ACNP2024.

How to get more funds from the govt for science: be an ambassador for the NIH. 1. Reach out to representatives 2. Note that your work is only possible with NIH funding 3. Recognize the wins that keep up hope for translational research #ACNP2023 NIH directors