The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail. It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children. Vought is a mass murderer.

As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues. About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”

What NIH Staff Can’t Tell You—And Why That Matters open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

Why is amoxicillin rash not considered an allergy? Ask me why I want to know ...!

I knew 2026 was going to be a big year for scientists moving around the country. Destabilizations tend to force these kinds of things. And there has been so much destabilization. We moved in 2025, and I hear a number of my colleagues are making big moves in 2026. Buy, don't sell in tough times.

Human brain development is not like mouse! Yet another exciting addition to our growing list of human cerebellar developmental programs different from mouse-centric dogma. We can't model what we don't know! Congrats @haldipur.bsky.social and our team - including many wonderful UW undergrads

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

Very sad news. Gail Martin (1944-2026) was a figure in developmental biology. She pioneered the field of ES cells. A great colleague, a friend and a lovely person.

Picture yesterday didn't do this justice. Chocolate pistachio cake. Sooo yummy!

It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone..

In New Jersey, it takes close to a thousand signatures to be sure of being on the ballot. I have great canvassers. Every 100 is an accomplishment! Be part of the next batch! Tomorrow 9:00-11:00am - Sunday - I'll be at Small World Coffee at 254 Nassau Street in Princeton. That's near Hoagie Haven!

The chief of NIAMS, Lindsey Criswell, has told her staff that her 5-year leadership appointment had not been renewed, meaning 16 out of 27 NIH institutes and centers will be operating without a permanent director. https://scim.ag/4cr5wHI

NIH moves to decrease administrative burden. Riiiiight. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/n...

Wow, great initiative!! Grant churn will only increase, so having funds to keep competitive projects running in the meantime is huge. record.umich.edu/articles/u-m...

Meanwhile www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/w...

Three (!!!) people in my lab will be undergoing knee surgery in the next weeks because of broken bones or torn ligaments from completely different unrelated falls or sports injuries WHAT IS GOING ON???

When I was much earlier in my career, I'd take a day off to recover and celebrate each grant submission. Now.... I simply immediately transition to the long list of very urgent things needing my attention. Progress? I guess??

If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees. This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.

Wow

My campaign faces its first test: qualifying for the ballot. From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play dirty. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!

FDA's decision not to accept Moderna's flu vaccine filing has sent shock waves through pharma. "When there’s uncertainty about the path to approval & the reliability of the process, that really has pretty serious consequences,” one player told @jasonmast.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2026/02/12/f...

Sigh … Science win; scicomm fail. (To start, prefrontal cortex is in the front not back of the brain ….). Unis *must* lead truth telling - great that NYU has trainees like @andrewbahle.bsky.social to help with that (follow Andrew!)

NIH, CDC, HHS, and all of US cancer research and public health needed and still needs protection from Russell Vought and the P2025 White House. The defining feature of 2025 at NIH was not merely grant changes. It was unprecedented levels of presidential interference with NIH decision-making. 1/

NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each. Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Study of 8M biomed & life science articles finds those led by women spent 7 to 15 days longer in review than those led by men. Over a career, women's papers could spend 350 to 750 additional days in review. Delays could slow promotion, esp to full professor. www.the-scientist.com/women-s-rese...

RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out. But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.

And another institute director... She had only been in place for 1 5-year term but no renewal. The dismantling of the NIH leadership is painful to watch especially with the lack of clear process for replacing them and the history of hiring cronies.

Such critical, behind the scenes information in this thread.🧵 "So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?"

Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it. The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after. I’ve had a front row seat. 7/

Now back to watching Olympic curling!! 🇨🇦💪❤️🥌

Grant submitted 10 hours before the deadline. Please clap!!

I don’t think we should allow the secret police to round people up and sort them by race

"Elbows Up..."

In an extraordinary rebuke of Trump, and his signature economic policy, the House voted tonight to repeal Trump's tariffs on Canada 219-211. Both the Senate and House have now voted to repeal Trump's tariffs on Canada. Rs growing weary of defending the indefensible. thehill.com/homenews/hou...

Really beautiful work lead by @haldipur.bsky.social showing that we still have so much to learn about brain development! Notably, a lot of this work was done by a series of amazing University of Washington undergraduate students! Our next generation scientists! 💪🧠🔬😍

Jamie Raskin not only graduated from Harvard with his JD, (editor of the Harvard Law Review)...he is so dedicated to our country and our constitution that this man BURIED HIS SON, came into work the next day to experience an insurrection, and started writing articles of impeachment THAT DAY. 1/

For people who don't follow the FDA closely: this is insane. Like my jaw hit the floor when I saw this. The FDA is flat out refusing to even consider Moderna's application for a new flu vaccine? The federal health apparatus is fully compromised by anti-vax conspiracy. THIS IS NUTS! BAD

Ending today with a bit of good news. Turns out that telling the military not to break the law is...not breaking the law. Glad a grand jury could clear that up. Goodnight 💚 www.timesunion.com/news/politic...

the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it

So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist. Cool. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

WHITE MEN: If you've ever wanted an excuse to act like a Karen and feel good about it, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE.

Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text. Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.

Really beautiful work lead by @haldipur.bsky.social showing that we still have so much to learn about brain development! Notably, a lot of this work was done by a series of amazing University of Washington undergraduate students! Our next generation scientists! 💪🧠🔬😍

F***

Trump is terminating $600 million in public health grants from the CDC to four Democrat-led states because he is a pinche pendejo. His war on public health is incessant and painful. All because we said that drinking bleach was contraindicated in humans and ivermectin does nothing for COVID19.