A postdoc in my lab with a MOSAIC K99 was notified today that the program was terminated, no new funds to be awarded after this year. To revoke the pathway to independence award is so demoralizing for an early career researcher. I thought this might be coming but it still sucks.

When are we going to see pharma and biotech leaders step up and support the NIH? It would be nice if the private sector leadership had a spine and started advocating for the NIH…which has benefited their industry in uncountable ways.

I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

Study sections are the review panels that allocate NIH research grants. They bring in experts from around the country and have to be scheduled many months in advance; they provide the funds that keep the nation's biomedical research going. It's hard to overstate the disruption this causes.

This divergent cross coupling paper in #JACS from @reiswoman.bsky.social Reisman lab @CalTech with the Sigman lab @ Utah with #Amgen is really neat Differential coupling products from anhydrides - nice #ChemCollabs work everyone

Thanks to those who’ve reached out the last few days. I am grateful that my family and home are safe. Many of my friends and colleagues have lost homes. If you want to help Caltech/JPL faculty/students/staff, a relief fund has been established: giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...