Cuts to NIH & NCI would stall life-saving discoveries, devastate, patients, and harm Philly’s economy. That’s why we joined @americancancersoc.bsky.social and a coalition of survivors, researchers, providers and advocates at Independence Hall to urge Congress: protect cancer research funding.

Congratulations to Postdoctoral Fellow, @jonathanwood603.bsky.social, & mentors @aaronlwong.bsky.social & @amandastherrien.bsky.social on receiving a prestigious NIH/NICHD F32 award for their project, “The role of subjective values and dopamine availability in incentive-based motor learning”!

🚨 Cancer research funding is under threat. Congress is considering cuts that would stall lifesaving progress. 📢 Join @americancancersoc.bsky.social + PSA at Independence Hall – People’s Plaza to oppose cuts & protect cancer cures. 🗓 Tues 8/26 | 10–11am 📍 530 Market St, Philadelphia

People 👏 power 👏 works 👏 “We’re particularly encouraged by the bipartisan nature of the recent actions. It does tell us we have support, that our advocacy efforts are working,” said Amanda Therrien of Philly Science Action @amandastherrien.bsky.social share.inquirer.com/x6FlEh

Let's please keep the remaining staff at NIH, NSF, etc in our thoughts even as you lose sleep over your own lab and scientific career. They are enduring pure chaos to try to hold the fort. See snapshot from wapo.st/4feKKuu (gift 🔗) saying they are "barely holding it together"

Happy to announce that my lab @ Yale Psychology (actcompthink.org) will be accepting PhD applications this year (for start in Fall '26)! Come for the fun experiments on human learning, memory, & skilled behavior, stay for the best 🍕 in the US. Please reach out if you have any questions!

well put.

The case for investing in biomedical science is so clear it shouldn’t need defending. Yet here we are. Read and share our latest blog from @amandastherrien.bsky.social & @dramandar.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/philadel...

Dr. Francis Collins speaks to the dire state of affairs at our government agencies. "Predictions are that since the plug was pulled on USAID, 90,000 children have died unnecessarily... And yet, where is the outrage?..Where is our compassion?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW9c...

Hey you! 👋 Are you a scientist with something to say? We want to hear from you! The @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com Substack is looking for contributors! Bring your voice — let’s defend science together. 🧬✊ DM us if you’d like to write for us!

if you know someone who has been really active in speaking out against the Trump regime, and you've been wondering if they want your help or if they have it all handled, please go help them however you can. they are exhausted. I am exhausted.

House FY26 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill proposes a 23% cut to funding for the National Science Foundation. Call your legislators and tell them no cuts to science funding! appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

1/ ✊🔬 Introducing the Philadelphia Science Action Substack — your local hub for scientists & science activists fighting for truth, transparency & inclusivity in Philly and beyond. 🧵 philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com

A reminder from Mister Rogers we might all need right now. “Some days, doing ‘the best we can’ may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn’t perfect on any front — and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.”

Sign our open letter to Penn condemning this capitulation and standing up for transgender athletes and truly inclusive sport. Add your name here: open.substack.com/pub/philadel...

IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT Please watch the workshop video and COMMENT by 5:00 Monday 7/14 This is the source of the "no more model organism only grants in NIH-funded research" decree.

We should be wary of scientific priorities that frame disability as a problem to “cure” instead of a reality to support. Read more on our Substack from @dramandar.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/philadel...

Tapping the sign that says “NSF, NIH, and public investment into basic research are the real engines of US innovation”

Penn’s acquiescence to the Trump Admin last week is troubling. It condones scapegoating, revisionism, & transphobia. It also condones an interpretation of biological sex that flies in the face of current biological science. Here, @amandastherrien.bsky.social discusses the actual biological truth.

In June, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed a rule to implement a federal hiring classification that would reintroduce parts of “Schedule F,” a controversial hiring scheme. UCS’s Joseph Reed explains why we joined a group of orgs to submit a comment urging OPM to withdraw the rule.

Extreme weather events, like heat domes, will become more frequent & dangerous with climate change. The Big Bad Bill includes severe roll backs of clean energy initiatives, which will worsen this trend. Keep calling your Senators! Tell them to vote no TODAY!! 📞 202-224-3121.

Through its cuts to Medicaid & changes to the ACA, the BBB is expected to cut health coverage for a staggering 16M Americans. Here, @marionleary.bsky.social discusses this “break glass” moment that calls for our immediate action. Call your Senators TODAY! Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.

Republicans “big beautiful bill” would devastate our seniors, worsening their care and limiting their access to care… all so the GOP’s billionaire buddies can buy another yacht.

Cutting Medicaid means costs are shifted to providers. When patients lose coverage, they turn to ERs for care they can’t afford. Hospitals eat the cost, pass it on to insurers, and your premiums go up. Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.

Overnight, Senate Republicans overwhelmingly voted to advance Trump’s deficit exploding Big Tax Bonanza for Billionaires — paid for on the backs of millions of Americans losing health care and SNAP benefits. Fiscally irresponsible and morally indefensible.

American scientists must gear up for the coming federal discretionary spending debate, which will decide the fate of Trump’s proposed cuts to federal science funding. In our latest article @amandastherrien.bsky.social, discusses the importance of storytelling in the fight for science.

Tapping the “Resistance Works” Sign!

We are hosting this virtual community event this evening! If you are a science supporter in the greater Philadelphia region who is interested in getting more involved in science advocacy, please join us!!

“[The] NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory reflects what’s possible when the federal government backs world-class engineers and scientists with the tools to lead. This facility will drive discovery, inspire future innovators and unleash American excellence through scientific leadership."

The Association of American Universities showing that resistance works! ✊ 💪

Trump said you can measure a presidency by the wars you avoid, and for once he was right. Saturday's Iran bombing was the exclamation point on his abject failure Trump is copying dictators from Mussolini to Putin in seeking glory through pointless war. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dona...

Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state. That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress: Sit back and do absolutely nothing.

“Surgeons have unique scientific expertise. We care for patients at the sickest moments of their lives.” In our latest article, @lilygolightly.bsky.social discusses the critical role of surgeons in medical science, & how federal funding allowed her to balance demanding clinical volumes & research.

👇 We’re still accepting applications.

We’re not giving up on American science without a fight! Want to get involved? 1️⃣ For National actions: Join @standupforscience.bsky.social. 2️⃣ For actions in your community: Join local science advocacy groups, like @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com. We are in this together ✊!

In light of yesterday’s SCOTUS decision, here’s a quick reminder of what happened when Utah tried banning gender-affirming care for trans youth… THEIR OWN study found the policy ran counter to scientific evidence.

They've got enough money to throw us into another war, but not enough money to fund the suicide prevention hotline. Very "pro-life." Very "pro-family." So "GREAT."

Some news for ya, Science Jawns 🧪🦅! 💻 We’re hosting our first VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEET-UP on Wed 6/25, 5:30 PM 👋 Come meet other members of the PSA community and discuss ideas for community science actions. 👉Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1416934472...

LOVE that Young did not mince words here. “I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable.” “I have an unflinching obligation to draw [the conclusion], that this represents racial discrimination and discrimination against America's LGBTQ community.” “Have we no shame?”

🗣️ Disability and rehabilitation researchers, submit your questions!! ⬇️

Just want to take a moment to shout out the international reporters helping us get the real story out. When an 80-year-old veteran with a walker is hauled off with his hands zip-tied behind his back, and the media spins it as a “threatening breach” of a police barricade

“I remember my father’s story, and it gives me strength” 🧬 In our newest article, Dr. Annalise McGrath tells the story of her father’s work on genomic imprinting and how his memory motivates her to fight for science.

Some defiance for science here in #Philly. #NoKings

The Trump Admin’s moves to squelch expertise & censor science are straight out of the authoritarian playbook! So we’re joining @indivisiblephl.bsky.social 6/14 at 12 PM to #StandUpForScience & say #NoKings ❌👑 🧪🦅📍The PSA rally point will be the Dilworth Park corner at JFK & 15th. RSVP ⬇️

To everyone in PA, I know there is a ridiculous amount going on right now BUT, please take a minute (a literal minute) to contact our state reps about funding septa. Transit is absolutely necessary for a functioning Philly, *and* for meeting climate goals. www.transitforallpa.org/takeaction/

🚨 NIH head Bhattacharya is about to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee. We'll be keeping a close watch. Follow along for updates HERE⬇️ (🧵):

POSTDOC JOB OPENING. My lab at @mossresearch.bsky.social has an opening for a postdoc fellow to work with @aaronlwong.bsky.social and me on an NSF-funded research program studying mechanisms of sensory plasticity that accompany adaptive motor learning. The full posting is below. Please share!

Never Forget: He said People should Not take medical advice from him: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

New NIH Notice rescinding the no DEI, no Israeli boycott term and condition added to NIH grants (covers the whole university) This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... 1/2

Washington Post story about #BethesdaDeclaration www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025... 1/n