Lots of talk abt how to repair the fracture between science & the public and build trust. The best place to start? Take a stand against tyranny… not because your grant got canceled, but because you’ve read a history book & you know what happens when govt misuses science against the public. 1/

Very, very much worth the read.

A great thread describing what it really takes to be a federal grant funded lab. Take home: YEARS of effort from multiple (sometimes many) people. Years.

Brilliant messaging!

You matter.

Very cool work!!

Everyone should read this. The take home: we will be less heathy if we cut NIH funding.

A good report, but I worry too late.

Peer Review--2025 Version It's been a minute...life has been busy. Last time, we went through the Peer Review Process as it was before January 2025. Let's look at what has happened since the inauguration. 1/n

This makes my scientist heart happy!

🧪 THIS. JB being schooled on what clinical trials have been canceled. This clip is worth listening to. A clinical trial is a huge undertaking, a multi year commitment. Ending a $5 million research study when it is 80% complete does not save $1 million it wastes $4 million.

This is a great point! I definitely follow the two reviews per submission rule.

Fantastic resource!

🔥🔥 BREAKING NEWS!!! 🔥🔥 NIH workers wrote a letter to Jay Bhattacharya asking him to stop the disruption of the critical science and health care that is at the heart of the NIH mission. It has been signed by over 300 of us. 1/

This weatherman is EXACTLY what we need right now.

Great read. VERY informative.

Signed! As every scientist who wants to do real, rigorous, unbiased, and non-politically influenced science should.

A lot of really good ideas in here. My one question: how can we connect interested researchers with interested groups?

Thanks @schindlerlab.bsky.social ! This was a FANTASTIC time with an amazing group of trainees!

LOTS of good resources for making a difference here!

Thanks to scienceimpacts.org for mapping the impacts of cutting NIH indirect costs & making it easy for local news to focus on the impacts to their community Thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for helping researchers write op-eds for their hometown newspapers about the impacts on science 4/

This is an AMAZING resource if you want to reach out to your hometown about the cuts to science funding!

On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n

This is the sort of thing that makes me tear up.

If you don’t want research dictated by politicians, say something!

This brings up important points we can all use when we speak with our representatives. Thanks @barrlab.bsky.social for doing the work to make this happen!

Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety. This won’t go well—we love our parks.

“Science has brought medicines, materials, munitions, as promised,” said former Rep. Rush Holt at the “Stand Up for Science” rally in Trenton. “But something much more valuable and much more powerful: truths.”

JERSEY!!!! ARE YOU READY?!?! 💪🧪 Our #StandUpForScience2025 closing speaker is @samwang.bsky.social! See you at the Trenton State Capitol Plaza tmrw March 7 12-2pm. www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics. At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

An important distinction we should all understand. fromthescienceclass.substack.com/p/before-you...

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