Excited to have my piece on perimenopause published @thetransmitter.bsky.social "Perimenopause: An important—and understudied—transition for the brain" We need more studies & better education -we need this to be mainstream- knowledge is power! #WomensHealth www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...

I'm excited to share a new manuscript from the lab, out on bioRxiv and submitted to Clinical Science. So proud of Alexia Crockett for her efforts in her 1st first-author research article. Synopsis below.

The GOP plans to slash $2.1 Billion from the National Science Foundation. It won’t just hurt labs—it hurts students, startups, and the future economy. From clean energy to advanced manufacturing, these are jobs of tomorrow. These cuts hand American jobs and opportunity to our foreign competitors.

it's another purge: www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

🧪 After the workshop on 7/7, the FDA and NIH are asking for public comments on implementing novel methodologies and other strategies to reduce the use of animal testing by 7/14: www.fda.gov/news-events/...

NEW: I wrote about scientists who have been ghosted by the NIH. The agency has disappeared dozens of grant applications. Not rejected them, but shoved them out of the peer-review pipeline into an administrative no-man’s land. And there’s no clear exit. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Trump’s NIH cuts aren’t just numbers. They are delayed cures, abandoned treatments, futures stolen, lives that will be lost. This is why we Stand Up For Science. #StandUpForScience #SummerFightForScience

There's a lot of polling that Americans in general are in favor of things like international students, federal science funding, climate action, etc. This is good & important, but I do worry the right-wing mediasphere will be amping up attacks on these things, so we need to push back just as loudly

something that stands out about this is just how cheap it is for us to have world-leading scientific capacity we spent ~6.75 trillion last year, and the combined budgets for NIH, NSF and NASA are barely more than 1% of that what an incredible waste to lose it all for a drop in the bucket

I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.

🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation. This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

So proud of these students! AmeliaC, MercyM, Emily G, Arshaam, GabbieW, and Hannah B. They gave great poster presentations yesterday at #DiscoverUSC2025 Special thanks to @uscresearch.bsky.social OUR and Honors college and our own USCSomC for their support!

Great advocacy tool in the works! While some searches (e.g., postpartum depression) might still pull up an error, this is just what we needed to start conversations with people about the value of NIH-funded science.

A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved

This is absolutely horrifying.

We #StandUpForScience in South Carolina! #ScienceIsForEveryone. #ScienceNotSilence #ScienceMakesAmericaGreat

Good morning, US colleagues! In Switzerland, we'll speak up for you and #science everywhere! #Standupforscience walkout in #Geneva So many came even with little notice ☺️ We'll stay with you, and we'll only grow 🙏🏼 to the great leadership of #unige #ScienceSky #MedSky #EpiSky

“If you've ever used a GPS system, you have the Defense Department's research to thank. What about your smartphone? Although the government didn't directly fund the exact phone you own, NASA, the National Science Foundation (NSF)…” stacker.com/stories/busi...

How the #MenstrualCycle shapes #heart and #brain health - @jellinap.bsky.social together with Julia Sacher @cogneuroend.bsky.social & Arno Villringer describe how these naturally occurring variations might influence #stress, mood, and long-term #womenshealth: tinyurl.com/35pu6447

The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.

eRA commons still down as of this morning.

Studying plant diversity helps secure more resilient food systems. Scientists have been doing groundbreaking research, “and then you get flagged and blacklisted because there is a word like ‘female’ in your project” www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

“Congress must end the politicization of NSF funding and restore integrity to scientific research." - Ted Cruz as he releases his new NSF "hit list" of "questionable" research projects. Why am I not surprised that he's behind the list of "flag" terms, including 'female' 😮‍💨🤦

I'm participating in the #economicBoycott tomorrow in the hopes that together, we can be heard and these cruel policies stopped. Here's hoping that we show out in force. #resist

"Memoli had no choice, he insisted: He was following the direction of three HHS officials—Dorothy Fink, then the acting secretary; Heather Flick Melanson, chief of staff; and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy—who told him, in no uncertain terms, that the pause was to continue..." /1

This is a great read. I hate that we're here thinking about these things, but knowledge is power. By studying the past, we can gain insights for the future.

NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan prospect.org/health/2025-...

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“without knowing how the sexes are alike and different, function similarly or differently, and respond to treatments similarly or differently, our knowledge base is incomplete,” SABV is a core part of science that should not be cast aside!

Healthcare is a human right, and this is unacceptable. $2,000,000,000,000. Two TRILLION Dollars. That's an incredible amount of lost healthcare. Call your representatives today. Email your representatives today. Speak out. www.house.gov/representati...

Trying to get the word out to colleagues in SC - still need a leader! I'm going to #standupforscience2025 in DC on March 7 because science helps everyone, regardless of their political views.

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

Anyone in SC up for leading (I currently can't but can help). I've heard we have enough volunteers and just need a confirmed leader.

More than 10,000 federal employees who had yet to complete their probationary periods have been fired by the Trump administration, including those who work to protect American agriculture.

An excellent resource for scientists to advocate for research with actionable ideas!

From Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University: slate.com/life/2025/02...