“There has been erosion of trust in science & public health & medicine,” vaccine & infectious disease expert @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social said in response to the Trump administration’s cuts to vaccine and medical research. “It’s a terrible tragedy,” said Dr. Francis Collins, former NIH director.

Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments. n.pr/4a4N3zD

Congratulations to Dr. Christy Montano on a fantastic defense. We are all incredibly proud of you.

A very moving read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

If you read and watch one thing today it should be this pice accompanying @agawande.bsky.social documentary. "As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is one of the most coveted & prestigious positions for UC graduates. It gives a hiring incentive to campuses who hire recipients for a tenure track position. What a DAMN travesty. This is capitulation to Trump's demand letter & anti-diversity agenda.

This article presents the end of the PPFP as a done deal, but it’s not—until the chancellors’ meeting this afternoon.

We are very proud of Valeriya for obtaining the Pfizer trainee award for her work on Gaplinc #Cytokines2025

#Cytokines2025 has begun- looking forward to a few days of networking, especially with #IFN friends from outside 🇨🇦 when it has been too long 😀 Despite the challenge of travel to the US at the moment, still 20 countries represented this year 🌎 #Cytokines25 @cytokinesociety.bsky.social

We are excited to share our recent results on a new lncrna that functions to regulate proliferation in thp1 cells. This is the thesis work of Christy Montano.

🧪#Immunology

While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

Maud Menten was born in Canada in 1879 and completed her UG and MD education at University of Toronto. As a research assistant with Leonor Michaelis in 1912, they wrote the classic paper describing the “Michaelis-Menten” model of enzyme kinetics.. #WomenInScience

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

EXCLUSIVE: In her first interview all year, Susan Monarez, CDC director for only 29 days, tells me why Trump/RFK fired her and where this is all headed. The CDC director is an “inherently political position, but that doesn’t mean that it has to be politically compromised”, she tells @nature.com.

In a move that stunned staff and viewers alike, Salinas-based KION abruptly shuttered its newsroom Tuesday after 56 years, leaving the Central Coast with just one local TV news outlet and raising questions about who will tell the region’s stories.

A reminder that vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical treatments ever developed. Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them. #VaccinesSaveLives

My quote of the day I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it. Charles Dickens

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

All my emails to Director Bhattacharya now available... jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

"I have been put in a position where I cannot accurately and with integrity mentor junior faculty about what they need to do in order to have a viable tenure case.”

Excited for a major milestone in our efforts to map enhancers and interpret variants in the human genome: The E2G Portal! e2g.stanford.edu This collates our predictions of enhancer-gene regulatory interactions across >1,600 cell types and tissues. Uses cases 👇 1/

Our new opinion piece in TIME based on the release of our new book #ScienceUndetSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social time.com/7317436/scie...

Striking indictment here of those who HAVE remained silent, HAVE agreed to the demands and kept their office and title

An August #TopRead from @carpenterlab.bsky.social demonstrates that heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2B1 is essential for optimal macrophage function, highlighting the role for RNA-binding proteins in mounting effective immune defenses. Read more: ow.ly/NSx150WTnSr.

‘ICE’ places Irish grandmother and green card holder in US isolation cell over $25 cheque

“This isn’t just about 211 missing R01 grants. This is about the 211 PIs (or multi-PI groups) that are not getting a new grant. This is about at least 422-844 non-PI level investigators who are not having their salaries covered.”

"How will we be able to weather this dark period for US research & keep...talented individuals in science?...The attacks on science & research are multi-pronged and incessant, whether they are directly targeting universities, or aimed at university endowments or indirect funds received from grants"

Multiple overlapping binding sites determine transcription factor occupancy @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Yesterday the president demanded that evidence about Covid vaccines be shown to the public. Today @apoorvanyt.bsky.social & I run through some of the studies made public over the past 4+ years that show that the vaccines work. Gift link: nyti.ms/46k17Tq

This might be the coolest thing our lab has ever done! We are the proud sponsors of a U10 soccer team in Santa Cruz!! Each game will kick off with a quick science lecture 😂

Congratulations @adforu.bsky.social! Can't wait to celebrate you in Seattle at #Cytokines2025!

CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.

“It strikes me this inevitably ratchets up the relative value of preliminary data...The intended consequence of the new review framework was to de-emphasize the impact of ‘reputational bias’. One potential unintended consequence is further emphasizing the impact of resource bias.”

Launched today! Join 6 Nobel Laureates, 27 Members of the US National Academies & the Scientific Advisory Board of @accountabilityji.bsky.social in signing this petition demanding RFK Jr.'s resignation. www.change.org/p/demand-rfk...

open.substack.com/pub/clauswil... this is very true and highly under appreciated. Not just for a PhD but any high level accomplishment.

“The good news? This intervention could work in any subject where misinformation runs wild: history, nutrition, economics, biology and politics.”

It's important to understand that he singles out Black women because there are few negative consequences for him when he does. It's his most frictionless lane for bullying. The broader public has shown him few, if any, will step up to defend us, and it's only ramped up since his first term.

Awesome performance of the band composed of great immunologists, including our Editor-in-Chief Matteo Iannacone behind the keyboard, at the #IUIS2025 Congress Party! 🎹🎸🎶

A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate. www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

“Donald Trump today is trying to silence academic freedom; he’s attacking one of the most important public institutions in the United States of America” Happy to hear Newsom say this but also…then he should FULLY FUND UC www.kqed.org/news/1205152...

Well, this is a huge Executive Order power grab... www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 1/3

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With the help of two amazing volunteers, @sandylaping.bsky.social (who helps track actions) and @peteduncanson.bsky.social (who built the website), the Trump Action Tracker is now live! www.trumpactiontracker.info 3/14

this is an important thing to remind people: Trust in science remains high but scientists must now COMPETE with other influences, including untrustworthy ones 🧪 "we share data on...strategies to help scientists compete with non-credentialed sources for influence" www.nature.com/articles/d41...