“They have dropped a bomb on themselves.” -Katalin Kariko, the Nobel laureate whose work led to the development of the Covid mRNA vaccine. The majority of the clinical trials have already moved to China. "China has already taken over. Scientists will move." 🧪 www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...

Columbia. Harvard. UPenn. George Mason. UVA. UCLA. One by one, universities are being attacked—financially, politically, ideologically. Faculty & staff: don’t wait for it to hit your campus. Join the national movement defending higher ed. standtogetherhighered.org (sign up on homepage)

Extra kudos and thanks to all the staff at NIH and NSF and other federal funding agencies for working extra hard in very small windows of opportunity to get grants reviewed and funds released before the attention-addled federal policies change again (on an hourly basis).

Due to disruptions in funding, there will be no applications admitted for U Michigan's epidemiology PhD this fall. 🧪 www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...

It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA. The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US. We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.

“A 57% reduction in CDMRP appropriation will most certainly risk vital advances in #CancerResearch, halting much needed innovation. CDMRP is responsible for several clinical cancer advancements, especially for prostate cancer.” - @llacasseacscan.bsky.social (2/3)

Today the House passed the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations & Extensions Act. It contains no increases for federal #CancerResearch or prevention funding & significant cuts to Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP): www.fightcancer.org/releases/us-... (1/3)

Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.

Ramadan Mubarak to all observing! May this sacred time help us release grudges, cleanse our hearts, and absolve our sins. Let it deepen our gratitude for our blessings, and inspire compassion for those less fortunate. Wishing you and your families a peaceful and fulfilling Ramadan. 🤲🌙

This refers to the R35 MIRA applications.They are reviewed in six panels that have different topic responsibilities. I'd already noted that MRAA did not take place on 2/18. MRAD 2/25 did not occur. MRAB seemingly met 2/6, and MRAF on 2/10. MRAE is pending 3/4 meeting.

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seeing several positively glowing undergraduates in the lab today because they received offers from graduate school. Very exciting and very proud of them! 🧪. Despite the 'Endzeitstimmung, remember, this is why we are doing all of this...❤️❤️❤️

So hard to do but I think this is the right decision. I have been seeing how everything we say to defend is getting twisted and turned against us. I am going to personally increase my focus on my trainees and the science.

Don't be a useful idiot puppet for the regime drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/d...

Yup. By Bill Bramhall

NIDA has announced it, but all the NIH summer internship programs are likely cancelled. Sorry college students interested in STEM jobs, sorry high school students looking at science 🧪 careers. Trump and Musk are cancelling your futures.

Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Sharing this video and website from the Colorectal Cancer Alliance: The End of Colorectal Cancer Starts with Project Cure CRC - featuring many familiar faces from the GI Medical Onc community uniting to #EndColorectalCancer www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd77...

If leadership were a meritocracy, more women would be in charge. - women outperform men in education - women outperform men in so-called soft skills - toxic & destructive leaders tend to be men - women more likely to lead democratically & develop subordinates www.forbes.com/sites/tomasp...

More stupid RePORTER tricks. I was looking at Type 5 (noncompeting) Notices of award dates last week to determine if there was a systemic halt. there was not. I re-checked today because of the database delay, sure enough I'm now seeing Type 5 issued after 2/15 and up to 2/22.

I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

"We will have many opportunities to demonstrate our value to Secretary Kennedy in the coming weeks and months." is toadie suck up talk. We are so fucking hosed. The Continuing Crisis, Part V: What the NIH Is Telling Its People | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...

A truly bold public access policy would completely dissociate the NIH from the world of journals by refusing to pay into the corrupt and corrupting journal system, and directing NIH grantees to publish their work as preprints, exposing it to real and ongoing scrutiny.

😖😖😖😣😣 Musk is looking for market for his Optimus/Tesla bot

NIH employs doctors, nurses, scientific leaders, PhD students, postdocs, staff scientists, postbac students, program-directing scientists, review-directing scientists, engineers, tech people, and other highly skilled people. Many are world-renowned and will go abroad. 2/

Trump and Musk aim to push out 75% of federal employees. NIH has a highly trained workforce to perform, review, and support science in all 50 states. This cut will decimate America’s science. Cancer research will drop to a trickle. Talented workers will leave to go abroad. 🧪 #medsky 1/

BREAKING The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders. The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.

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NIH Updates Good news: It appears that at least of the submitted F31 diversity supplements for which the study section had disappeared from eRA commons are reappearing with the original study section. Still uncertain future, but it's a step. 1/2

@NIH’s new 15% cap on research funds threatens U.S. science. Call Congress now to oppose it! Your voice matters—act today. Find your rep’s number at govtrack.us. #SupportScience #cellbiology

The Trump NIH is banning hires of new students and postdocs. This is devastating for NIH research and will result in a lost generation of researchers at the institution. Heard from a applicant today: "A lot of people are banking their entire careers on the [NIH student programs]..." #NIH 🧪 1/

"It takes years to build a science lab." New post from us. "The long timelines to build up a team... make science research work different than many parts of the private sector." Science is hard to build but easy to break. The uncertainty is right now breaking cancer research. 🧪

Interesting and amazing if validated in western populations👇 An assessment of breast cancer HER2, ER, and PR expression based on mammography using deep learning with convolutional neural networks www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So, how are ppl handling budget for upcoming NIH grant? 😣

We are pleased to announce that science from seven Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium (PCCTC) studies will be presented at the 2025 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium later this week.

Trainees who applied for an NIH diversity fellowship whose applications were withdrawn/not being reviewed, there's a NYTimes reporter who wants to talk, especially interested in applicants with disabilities. DM me & I'll put you in touch, will keep all contact confidential. Please amplify

Made some slides for scientists to talk about what's been happening & what we should do next. There are probably many people better qualified than me to talk about these issues. If that's you, please, please, please consider holding some virtual advocacy training sessions for researchers this week.

If you are an NIH funded researcher at UCSF, the White House is quoting your colleague to tell the world everything will be just fine. Please make sure to thank him for easing your fears.

It takes a community of scientists to make real advances - from foundational basic discoveries to translation and eventually clinical testing and implementation. NIH and NIH support is the crown jewel of US science and needs to be preserved.

Helpful table to determine how much your University or health system is set to lose if the NIH indirect cap is suddenly lowered to 15%. For SJSU it is $374k which is on the smaller end but devastating considering our other budget issues. datawrapper.dwcdn.net/l0ZqA/8/

Organize your own! Book a room, order some food, and send some emails to your favorite science people to get calling. Copy and modify my NJ-specific slides here: docs.google.com/presentation... Copy and modify my handout here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I realized today that Trump, Musk, DOGE, Vance, Miller, Vought and their many collaborators have broken so many laws already that they know they have to destroy our government and entire way of life to stay out of jail. This is all or nothing. We should respond accordingly.

I noticed yesterday that many of the NIH FOA related to diversity that had been taken off-line are now viewable again. Someone must have reconsidered the whole rewriting of history thing.

Contacting your congressperson is fine. But contacting your local TV station is better. One interview on local TV saying your congressperson should act is worth 1,000 office calls.

Whoa. We said earlier that the same billionaire donors were behind the NIH indirect cost cuts _and_ Jay Bhattacharya. But @michaelemann.bsky.social makes another connection— the same billionaires are behind that despicable DEI-critical website (which lists NIH scientists.) 1/

On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Private biomedical research philanthropic organization HHMI knuckles under without a shot fired drugmonkey.scientopia.org/2025/02/07/p...

A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates