I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Powerful new article in NYT Magazine on cancer research [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Went for a run, lovely voice of Patty Scialfa in my ears, the singer-songwriter’s gorgeous album, ‘Rumble Doll’ — my favorite solo album by a member of the E Street Band (other than Bruce).

Been having a lot of fun lately listening to the Night Science Podcast after stumbling on it from the article series by @itaiyanai.bsky.social and Martin Lercher, definitely recommend it if you have a passing interest in the creative aspects of how the scientific process is conducted 😄

Sad to hear that David Baltimore died. I am one of hundreds of scientists that David generously mentored, supported, and inspired. His influence on each of us was deep and lasting, and his impact on the world immeasurable. Arguably David Baltimore is one of the greatest scientists of any generation.

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“A scheduler for rhythmic gene expression” Gaidatzis, Graf-Landua, Woelk, Brancati, Hauser, Meeuse, Nahar, Braun, van der Does, Aluri, Kohler, Smallwood and Helge Grosshans bioRxiv. 4 September 2025, , 10.1101/2025.09.04.674194 biorxiv.org/content/earl...

New York Times on COVID vaccine evidence [Gift Link] nyti.ms/46k17Tq

thanks for this, but it does not matter if Cassidy is "livid" privately. Put up or shut up, Bill Cassidy. Take action, risk Trump's anger, help the country and save people's lives. Or do not. But don't whine about being livid in private.

Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t... via @statnews.com

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):

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

2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll..... 13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/

Enough is Enough! We are pressuring Congress to impeach RFK Jr. Sign the petition here (and forward the link to your friends.) www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...

As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview. cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...

I just registered a public comment expressing my opposition to the proposed repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which empowered the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Here's where you can comment: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP...

Joanne Chory (1955–2024): Plant geneticist extraordinaire | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

What is the level of funding for NIH and NSF in the current version of the budget bill?

May 8 & 12 National Town Hall Webinars by the Joint Associations Group (JAG) on Indirect Costs-Toward a New Indirect Costs Funding Model www.cogr.edu/may-8-12-nat...

www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-... Go to the link and add your signature.

Keep banging that drum folks! ✊

STAT: BREAKING NEWS GOP Senator Collins says Trump’s layoffs of scientists, cuts to biomedical research ‘must be reversed’ By John Wilkerson

In my first bsky post, I am excited to share our recent review out in @natrevimmunol.bsky.social. We discuss mechanisms that identify patterns of pathogenesis -- specific ligands or symptoms in the host that indicate active infection with an infectious microorganism. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Trump administration orders NIH to eliminate $2.6 billion in federal contracts www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/n... via @statnews.com

Rachael, thank you for this. We can all benefit from the example of your courage and wisdom in speaking out.

“These first two months have been much more aggressively authoritarian than almost any other comparable case I know of democratic backsliding,” said Steven Levitsky, a Harvard political scientist and coauthor of “How Democracies Die” and “Competitive Authoritarianism” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

The general vibe we are getting across #NIH institutes is deeply bleak — that the agency is nearly, if not already dead. Top people are leaving or have left. Nearly everyone's looking for other jobs. People still care about what NIH was, but are growing resigned to its death. 1/

How is the Office of Chief Scientist a DEI related position? Is it because the Chief Scientist is a woman?

I enjoyed this conversation with the brilliant Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher!

#standupforscience Paris

Rennes, France held rally to defend science as Trump and other regressives threaten funding for life saving research and projects. #3E #FranceProtests #USprotests #March7Science #StandUpForScience #Mar7

Short snippet of my speech today at the #StandUpForScience rally in DC, with the Lincoln Memorial behind me (courtesy of @ianlivingston.bsky.social)

✊Massive turnout for STAND UP FOR SCIENCE rally in Boston #StandUpForScience

Stop collaborate and listen! 😀Yesterday was a great day for science! Thank you @standupforscience.bsky.social !The real work begins now. People are listening! We need to challenge misunderstandings and show that investment in science is crucial for our health for our economy and for our future!

New paper alert! @svenklumpe.bsky.social, future Joint Fellow at IMBA and @impvienna.bsky.social, collaborating with the Brennecke Group at IMBA, used cryo-Electron Tomography to resolve the first structure of a retrotransposon inside the cell of a complex organism. Read more: imba.science/4itgs7L

Useful infographic on the impact of the NSF!

Check access to NCBI and NCI websites. They seem to be down at the moment.

Hot off the press from @eriksontheimer.bsky.social & Xue lab: The reverse transcriptase domain of prime editors contributes to DNA repair in mammalian cells buff.ly/41AupuI

I hesitate to share this because I cringe at the sound of my own voice, but I must say that Chloe Aftel is a wonderful interviewer and made me comfortable despite this being a rather fish-out-of-water experience for me. theotherpod.com/newepisodes/...

www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/m... We cancelled our subscription to the Washington Post today. “Democracy dies in darkness”

RNA-binding proteins and glycoRNAs form domains on the cell surface for cell-penetrating peptide entry: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If you are worried about science there IS something that you can do! Join us next Friday in DC to make your voice heard. Come and stand up for science! Show that science is for everyone. I’ll be there and I can’t wait to see you there too! @standupforscience.bsky.social