I now have multiple sources that say at least one round of NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS will now be announced in the Federal Register.

So the president openly threatens gay people and it’s not a major news story?

Dear all, Because of your help shining light on this all 15 were reinstated today. This is a huge win for science - When We Fight We Win!!!

The circular RNA landscape of human dorsal root ganglia and its association with opioid exposure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.26.640459v1

This is just it. The amount of damage being done to American government will require far more money and resources to fix after Trump and Musk are done with their rampage.

“Since the entire staff was also placed on administrative leave, we have been locked out of our computers, and have no chance to assist in an orderly transition in our work.” Sounds super efficient and safe

We need to make sure that everyone understands how important science is for EVERYONE not just for scientists...

The Judge said NIH grants for medical research had to be unfrozen; the White House found a way to refreeze it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white...

Tyler Nelson (who we are actively collaborating with at UF in @khannalabuf.bsky.social lab) and Robert Gregg (who used to be at UTD, and whose work I deeply admire) were very brave to speak up for this new article in NY Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/s...

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.

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Regarding CSR Study Sections: SROs are apparently being told that their communication to their valued reviewer colleagues must be: "The xxxx meeting will be rescheduled for a later date, yet to be determined. Thank you for the time you've invested in the reviews. Signed by CSR SRO" Please be kind

The United States is not a business. There are no shareholders. There is no board of directors. There is no mandate to turn a profit. The business analogy with government was always a broken one. Government exists to serve the common good for the people. Taxes fund the common good.

CSR puts an asterisk for study sections not being held as scheduled www.csr.nih.gov/RevPanelsAnd... Explained by this: www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede... 😞

NIH Updates Good news: It appears that at least of the submitted F31 diversity supplements for which the study section had disappeared from eRA commons are reappearing with the original study section. Still uncertain future, but it's a step. 1/2

#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #PCCM 🧪🛟@cdelawalla.bsky.social #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please share far and wide. chng.it/mD9sLCZxXm

In the few weeks Trump/Musk have been in office, I have felt threatened for being a foreign national and underrepresented minority, grant was removed from study section - no explanation (and won’t be reviewed), and federal support to universities which enables my work is gone. How long will I last?

This is going to have an extremely detrimental impact on universities and US research. Will lead to loss of millions of jobs and will end US research excellence

Don’t believe the Trump administration’s lies. De-funding the NIH, excluding students from specific backgrounds from funding, and excluding research studying women and other underrepresented groups is not “efficient.” It’s destroying science. arghavan.substack.com/p/do-not-be-...

Sounds like a broad funding pause until mid February? Any lawyers who can clarify for a scientist?

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

If you are ready to advocate to your representatives (or friends and families) about the economic value of NIH funded research, you can check your state at www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

In shock. This is madness

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

1. I feel like this is such obvious advice that it gets taken for granted & consequently no one says this to young scientists but READ PAPERS, read all the papers. As you move up in your career you will have less & less time to do this. Read everything that appeals to you not just in your field

🚨 New preprint from the Lerner Lab 🚨 Gaby Lopez et al looked at how "rewarding" and "aversive" dopamine signals in the NAc evolve during negative reinforcement learning, with some fascinating results!

Thank you #ACNP2024 for an incredible meeting and a wonferful experience as travel awardee - doubled by the honor to have been selected for the Athina Markou travel award. I can say this now: See you next year!

Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪 My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...

#ACNP2024 travel awardee. Amazing networking, Fancy luncheon, tips on how to handle difficult conversations and selfies with cacti.

NIH Institute Directors session #ACNP2024

Just landed in Phoenix, for #ACNP2024 ! Honored to be a travel awardee! Looking forward to great science and to catch up with mentors and friends! Come see my poster on Tuesday night! T48!

Happy to see our first preprint out about human meninges! Excited about the fast progress and impact of the field. Here some little extra protein labeling (layers not perfectly scaled to each other) that didnt make it into the paper www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#painresearch #OA

NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term® (HEAL) Initiative is developing a strategic plan to establish research priorities. Seven subcommittees have formed and have/are hosting virtual workshops in an open forum: www.ninds.nih.gov/about-ninds/...

Hello world. Celebrating all things spinal cord through 3D-imaging, sensorimotor physiology, and single-cell spatial biology following injury. Stop by for the pretty video, stay for the science 😎🧠🧪.

New study characterizes 2 populations of human sensory neurons involved in nociception and opioid analgesia, providing clues as to why opioids are more effective in treating some pain conditions but not others. www.cell.com/cell-reports... #PainResearch #OpioidAnalgesia #Neuroscience

Exciting new work on circadian clock NPAS2 and role in fentanyl seeking and craving! Happy to have contributed to this cool study!

Earlier this week I had the honor to visit UMMC, Jackson, MS, and meet fantastic neuroscientists. Their work on novel targets and strategies to treat psychiatric disorders is outstanding! Thanks @LaisBerro (apparently not on a BSky yet) for the invite! Pics of southern trees while I was there! 😍

I've joined the 🦋 migration! Here's a pain and somatosensory researchers starter pack. Comment or message me to be added #neuroscience #neuroskyence #pain 🧠 🔬 go.bsky.app/N3EmVKA

My lab is recruiting at the postdoc and graduate student levels in the Department of Neurobiology at UMass Chan in wonderful new facilities. Come join us!

I did my post doc with danny. He was and remains a superb mentor and scientist. Highly endorse this opportunity.