On this #Caturday please enjoy Lucy having words with a hummingbird (sound up)

Be careful, California. It's a good idea to mask when you're in crowds, wash your hands, and be extra careful. I know a couple people who have had this flu, and they said it was worse than Covid. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

It was nice while it lasted #VacationsOver #BackToWork #Academia

NIH funded this work—reflecting a surge in Alzheimer’s funding over the last 10-12 years. NIH is the primary funder for AD research.

ACLU: NIH Agrees to Evaluate and Complete Review on Stalled Scientific Grant Applications Parties resolve claims on behalf of applicants harmed by unlawful directives bit.ly/4jg5SSW @aclu.org @apha.org @aclum.bsky.social

Back in the old days, we used to call this a purge. Firing all your senior leaders at NIH? It's a purge. Just call it what it is.

My horoscope today but really should be every day

Happy #Caturday

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate

"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth... "It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

What the hell, Spotify, Golden Oldies are for the 50’s #GenX

Zoom said I had a meeting open but I couldn’t see it. Took 40 min to realize my second monitor, which was turned off, was plugged in, and my Mac was helpfully sending the meeting window there. I need a vacation.

Missing these two today. It’s been a rough year 😔 #Caturday

My comments with @nytimes.com Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...

#CellBio2025 attendees: The dkNET Summer of Data Student Program is a 7-8 week training to equip students in NIDDK-relevant disease field labs with dkNET tools & the best practices for #reproducibility and #FAIRdata Stop by Booth#1129 dknet.org/about/blog/2...

Check out #dkNET community news, events and #funding announcements in December 2025! dknet.org/about/blog/2... #bioinformatics #AI #endocrinology #diabetes #webinar #datascience #T1D #T2D #kidney #obesity #DChallenge #CellBio2025

It's over. Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut. www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...

The ACIP meeting today was a disgrace. What a bunch of nincompoops. Making things up, can't even figure out what they're voting on. It's a clown show. Except it isn't funny. Lives are at stake and the worst people are in charge.

I bet this will be the opening of the dam and >$500k direct will be increasingly common. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

attn: @lataco.bsky.social ↘️

On #WorldAIDSDay, we unite in support of people living with and impacted by HIV, remembering those we’ve lost and reaffirming our commitment to a future free of HIV.

Attn all human MRI/fMRI folks! The Dept of Psychology at Northeastern University is hiring a new Director of the NU Biomedical Imaging Center at the level of Associate or Full Professor. Bonus: you'll have the best Chair EVER 😉 Full ad here: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB." Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH. 🧪 1/

🧪Let’s set the record straight. AGAIN Andrew Wakefield’s paper was RETRACTED by The Lancet in Feb 2010.

The Trump Administration killed over 383 active clinical trials and directly harmed more than 74,000 Americans with lasting future impacts for the public at large. Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.

MedPage Today story about NIH Institute Director searches with comments from me and former NIMH Director Josh Gordon. www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Another new policy from the geniuses in NIH leadership. Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section. This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years. I don't know the rationale for this 1/13

According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

The House also snuck in a trans healthcare ban. Please stand up for gender affirming care as well.

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

A New Thread on NIH Forward Funding I recently posted an analysis of forward funding of NIH grants from 2015-25. This analysis was flawed and should be ignored. I apologize for the misleading information I present an analysis of my error and a revised analysis which I am confident is right. 1/25

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline. Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job Assistant Prof job code: 364920 Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921

Story in Being Patient about Alzheimer's disease funding noting the decrease in the funding of number of new projects due, in part, to the number of multiyear funded grants from the National Institute on Aging. beingpatient.com/alzheimers-r...

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

cc: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.

UPDATE: White House to fire explosive artillery over major roadway in Southern California, I-5 to be temporarily shut down on Saturday due to life safety risk

In our country, the power is with the people. Tomorrow, October 18, I encourage you to join your neighbors in peaceful protest at a No Kings event.

A summary of training, fellowship, and career development awards Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024) 1/12

LA Times now confirming our earlier reporting: www.latimes.com/california/s...

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

Wow. A rare sign of courage from the national press. Good job lil campers! Next take up your reflexive bothsidesism.