CALL TO ACTION! During one of our meetings this week with a House Dem, who shall remain nameless, the idea that "DEI research doesn't save anyone's life" was espoused. My team was *flabbergasted* by this assertion. PLEASE DROP YOUR PEER REVIEWED WORKS OF "DEI" SAVING LIVES HERE SO WE CAN SHARE!

By adding your name, you join a growing chorus of federal workers and the public telling Senate Democrats: Stand firm. Protect our democracy. Fight, don’t fold. ✍️ Sign here and Spread the word 🔥 #FightingCR #SchumerShutdown

Some information from the NIGMS Advisory Council meeting today. On foreign grants... 1/3

today in I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying, original reprints from the CGC (1976, 1977) #celegans

Updating my analysis now that August data should be relatively complete. Not great news... The rate of investment of the appropriation is not increasing and it seems unlikely that the entire appropriation will be committed this year. 1/2

Had a great day hosting @lesleynweaver.bsky.social for a seminar at @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social ! Just forgot to take a photo at the seminar 🤷‍♀️

NEW: Don't ask too many questions, but... NIH may not re-terminate the 900ish grants at issue in the main NIH lawsuits after all. To the PIs of reinstated grants, SPEND NOW! 🧵 Here's what NIH is probably thinking. Bear with me:

WARNING WARNING WARNING #ResearchAdmini I am hearing reports of NIH Awards being issued with ~15% indirect cost rate without comment. I believe the hope is that they will be accepted with noticing this.

Courage is contagious! Congratulations FEMA signers on releasing your Declaration of Dissent, and welcome to the club! Sign the support letter for these brave FEMA workers who help people before, during, and after disasters!

📣 Save the date 📣 The next FASEB Science Research Conference on TGF-β Family in Development and Disease will take place: July 26-30, 2026 in Porto, Portugal! @faseborg.bsky.social With Mythreye Karthikeyan @mythreye.bsky.social, Rosemary Akhurst and Andrew Hinck web.cvent.com/event/af5f6d...

Certain extramural investigators have received NOAs this week listing the indirects at 15%. What's happening at your institution?

🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨 @standupforscience.bsky.social Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY! For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!) DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS) act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...

Deadline extended www.instagram.com/p/DNd-PdvyU3F/

Sign the petition to call for the removal of RFK, Jr. www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...

on the importance of NIH funding- on the impact funding has on training the next generations- graduate class went from 90 down to 13-- nice movie with C. elegans swimming on a plate- what a disaster- gift link ---> wapo.st/3HaZ3Um

This letter, to Harvard's leaders encouraging them not to give in to Trump, is open for signature by everyone. You can remain anonymous if you want. But please read and sign if you can. crimsoncourage.fillout.com/august-letter

1/ SCOTUS is poised to let the Trump/Vought administration terminate NIH grants WITHOUT REASON. 🚨🧪 Act now, #shadowdocket decision coming any day now (Action call in 2nd post) Explainer: open.substack.com/pub/sciencea... Shareable graphics from: www.instagram.com/p/DNQ1k9vufj...

I spoke with @reinierprosee.bsky.social about my journey in science, and my hope and dreams. Thank you @dev-journal.bsky.social for this oppotunity! I'm looking for a home for the Ewe lab. Let's talk if you're hiring! :) journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

I've now received five NIH notice of awards for new or continuing grants since January. Almost enough data to detect some patterns. Here are a few observations. 1/n

my lab needs a repeat pipetter that can dispense 1ml 12 times. (can be analog or digital). i've never had one of these- does anyone have one to recommend? (pls reski)

My colleagues and I are meeting with the NIH Director this afternoon to discuss the impacts of recent policy changes on early career researchers. It's a packed agenda, but if you have something you'd like me to try and share, please let me know.

#NIH PIs, start emailing Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya and tell them what you are experiencing. CC Dr. Jon Lorsch and your ICO Director of Extramural Activities. Get them to talk with each other. #defendresearch

Court accepting updated list of plaintiffs/grantees impacted! MUST BE SUBMITTED BY AUGUST 1st 5pm EST! Please disseminate!!! Message from ACLU team below: 1/n

A quick update re NIH and NSF terminated grant tracking: Grant Watch has a new name! We're now called **Grant Witness** You can find us at grant-witness.us Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏 (And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️)

I'm keen on things to do with ageing, molecular bio, omics, worms, postdocs, plus Edinburgh uni and wider academia in general ☺️

Some sad news Judith Greenberg passed away. www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/s... Judith was my mentor when I started at NIH and the principal leader for the NIH Director’s Pioneer and New Innovator programs. 1/2

WormBase news: the upcoming October release of WormBase.org (WS298) will be the final major WormBase release. WormBase data is being incorporated into AllianceGenome.org. Please see this post for much more information community.alliancegenome.org/t/announcing...

The #BethesdaDeclaration signers killed it today during the roundtable with Jay. Some of my favorite highlights shared from my colleagues: 🧵 1/5

NASA must not be used as a political instrument divorced from its foundational commitment to scientific exploration, discovery, and service to humanity. www.standupforscience.net/voyager-decl...

Thanks to @isakoditomassi.bsky.social and the McClintock Letters Initiative who motivated me to submit this.

🪱#Worm25 has wrapped, and with that, it’s time to announce the winners of the #Worm25 Poster Awards!🎉Join us in congratulating this year’s recipients and learn more about their research: buff.ly/7DNpxzB

#StandUpForScience July 21 Day of Action

... a new virtual seminar series on apical extracellular matrix #aECM on different #organisms 🪱🪰🐁🌱🦠will start in Fall 2025, with short talks and discussions If you are interested 👉https://forms.gle/Y6UjbnXPH1pDHAE97 @meera-sundaram.bsky.social @gotworms.bsky.social @heiman.bsky.social

Hey 🧪 I’m looking for a sci-savvy illustrator to build a cartoon-style schematic for a paper about summer research experiences. HMU if this describes you or your side gig.

i wrote an essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social about what it feels like to serve on an NIH grant review panel (study section) right now www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...

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

A humorous take on what we do to ourselves!

Seems they are looking for someone from Wyoming @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social ! 👇🏼

Missed #Worm25? Recordings of plenary & platform sessions are now available to buy through July 31. 🎬 Purchase the recordings: buff.ly/4OzjyIR Attended #Worm25? You already have access through the Conference App!

Powerful piece from @antifaspecops.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-... Definitely worth a read... 1/2

Does everyone know there is a comment period re: changes in animal research at NIH? I didn't. Closes July 14. The scientific community need to respond en masse. I asked university leadership to distribute to reach our colleagues not on social media, you can too go.pardot.com/e/858023/duc...

Excited to be talking to the community about our work and about why funding science is so important. Come join us! @standupforscience.bsky.social @sci4ga.bsky.social

A science fair on Capitol Hill! You better believe I'm going! Who's coming with?

About a week until "Disease Knows No Politics" is published. www.amazon.com/Disease-Know... 1/n

But Delaney added that the courts are limited in what they can do, and scientists, who have largely been reticent in the past to be politically active, need to press Congress to act. 13/n

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

I wish you all a defiantly joyful 4th of July! Don’t let them take your joy or your patriotism. Don’t let them take your hope or your action. We will need all of these to save our country. There are better times ahead because we will make them! www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

#worm25 #celegans 2025 Worm Show 👇🏼

Great to see old and new friends at #worm25 -TGFbeta enthusiasts!