Got a chance to speak to @andreahsu.bsky.social on @npr.org about how NIH has been largely shutdown since January. www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

I’d never done a hill visit before. It was a very interesting experience. I hope they hear us!

“To do nothing is to be complicit in the horrors we are visiting upon the world.” “…small, individual acts of noncompliance are also tools that can frustrate great and evil powers.” www.thenation.com/article/acti...

In June, Rhode Island became the first state to require workplace accommodations for menopause, including temperature control, flexible breaks and private spaces for symptom management. www.huffpost.com/entry/rhode-...

"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?" Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.

Head on over to insta to hear Richard Schlueter’s powerful testimony about how this Admin’s sledgehammering of NIH induced delays could cost cancer patients their lives. www.instagram.com/reel/DNqgC-S...

If you like to breath clean air & live on a habitable planet, consider commenting on EPA’s proposed rollback of the Endangerment Finding (which classifies fossil fuels as health threats so EPA can regulate them): www.regulations.gov/document/EPA... ⬇️ Suggested talking points ⬇️

NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...

Are there good neuro/neuroimaging journals that still accept brief communications, i.e., short papers focused on 1-2 results? Interesting results but not "major impact". #neuroskyence

“Bhattacharya mentioned that the federal funds allocated to NIH were delayed earlier this year, but assured that they are on track to be fully spent: ‘…folks at NIH are working overtime to make this happen,’ he said.” I have some thoughts on this… www.wvtm13.com/article/uab-...

It's been 5 years since I've been licensed as a foster parent. 32 kids have shared my home. Some for a few hours, some forever. I've had to say no to hundreds of kids, every one of them breaking my heart. I can't imagine doing anything else, despite how broken the system is. Questions? Ask away!

Journalist freaks out researchers because of incomplete understanding of how NIH works drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/j...

It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA. The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US. We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.

Extensive Propublica story about grant terminations Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research… Definitely worth a read projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT. I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up." Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!

Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya June 10, 10am ET www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

I often send a little e-mail congratulating the corresponding author of a paper I really enjoyed reading. It's simple, quick and I think it's always nice to receive a positive message.

I co-chair a year-long program called #NIH Academy (with our AVP for Strategic Research Initiatives), designed to support ECR's targeting their first R01. Today I learned that after 9 mos of hard work, her mechanism expired - 3 days before it was due. 🧵 1/ grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

A strong statement about the importance of NIH on @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy Sunday Morning (Part 1)

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America’s long-term growth is at stake. Congress is weighing sweeping FY2026 cuts to fundamental science, including $18 billion from the NIH and $5 billion from the NSF. In the long run, these cuts will cost the economy billions. @jdrakephd.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

Yes, same from Sigma-Aldrich. I was surprised/ not surprised when I made this purchase last week.

I just can't get past the ide0a that the child of the corresponding author of project 2025 was cured of cystic fibrosis - and all he wants, his life goal, is to cause trauma amongst those who created the cure.

May is Foster Care month. I'm a foster and foster-adoptive parent, and have served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) since 2021. I have complicated feelings about participating in a system that is bad for kids. And cuts to social programs will only serve to push more kids into care.

@liisagalea.bsky.social advocating for more research & funding for women’s health. All aspects of health. 🎉 www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team. publicusaresearchbenefits.com please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!

We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international) We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc. Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

“I was about to go down the stairs, and all of a sudden I heard a little ‘beep, beep, beep’ sound.” It wasn’t her phone battery running out. It was her Argus II retinal implant system powering down. The patches of light and dark that she’d been able to see with the implant’s help vanished.

NEW INVESTIGATION from me and @vernalcoleman.bsky.social: Internal emails show doctors and others at VA hospitals around the country begging for help as cuts hurt veterans' care, including "live-saving cancer trials." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

This is Linda Martin. A few years ago, the FBI seized her life savings: $40,200. The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money. Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.

From Dr. Ken Peters (MD, Urology) who is not yet on Bluesky: If you suffer from post-SSRI, Post-Finasteride or Post-Accutane Syndrome, please complete the attached IRB approved form and forward to others. Trying to quantify the impact of this condition. oakland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Hurry up and get the fastest processors in the world while they are still available! #units

My guidelines for exploratory data analysis

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

A randomized, controlled trial of an A.I. chatbot showed markedly improved increase in HPV vaccination www.nature.com/articles/s41... @naturemedicine.bsky.social

The frequently used medical term "heart failure" is awful and needs to be replaced www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

Damn you State Farm, now I want a Bateman batman movie.

Fresh from the press! @lankylaste.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social and I put together a practical guide on how to develop software for life science applications.

The @nytimes.com just discovered parallel computing.

Just found out about the rat with "big balls." Happy Monday everyone: scienceintegritydigest.com/2024/02/15/t... 🧪

TIL that the Southern blot is named after Edwin Southern, a British biologist. Thus names like the western blot or northern blot, not capitalized, are puns on the Southern blot technique. Hilarious .... 🧪

"university indirect cost rates are analogous to operating expenses divided by R&D expenditures. For 2023, these ratios were 60% for Merck, 138% for Pfizer, and 105% for Roche...cutting governmental indirect costs to 15% for medical research conducted in universities is clearly unfair."🧪⚕️

My colleague @scripps.edu @julialmv.bsky.social today on Long Covid

“I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Mahmoud Khalil Is One of the Most Upstanding People I Have Ever Met” Absolute #mustread for Zeteo from Jonathan Ben-Menachem, who also argues that “we cannot allow fascists to use the pretext of Jewish safety to attack our communities.” Read/share/subscribe:

Please RT Is anyone recruiting a B.S. level technician or M.S. student with microbiology (genetics/genomics, physiology, molecular biology) interests? An excellent undergrad in my lab, Tabitha, was just wait-listed from PhD programs due to the funding situation.

Democrats Vow Not To Give Up Hopelessness

*** IT'S FINALLY HERE *** The 1st episode of 'Bowman and Bush' - a unique show in which 2 outspoken ex-members of Congress pull back the curtain on how Washington works - the corruption, lobbying, special interests. In this 1st episode, they talk AIPAC! www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Tk...

Definitely self care. Don't hold it throughout the day, take bathroom breaks! #NotSatire