This is awesome. @ellecordova.bsky.social

What a huge loss. I am so sorry to hear this news. David was a tremendous positive presence across all biomedical science. A once in a generation kind of scientist. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/s...

www.latimes.com/obituaries/s... RIP David Baltimore. A true giant of biomedical research. Made so many fundamental discoveries: Reverse transcriptase; NF-kB; Rag genes (among others) Also shut down his lab for a week in 1970 to protest the US invasion of Cambodia.

Good grief, the US National Cancer Institute projects it will fund only one in 25 RO1 grant applications in 2026. This is massively defunding cancer research. Despicable vandalism. www.cancer.gov/grants-train...

Try and make it through this. Really watch. youtube.com/shorts/tEVFP...

❗How can a cancer exploit its environment and still resist treatment? ✅The answer: co-existing malignant subclones. Let me walk you through our latest study investigating how divergent evolution drives adaptability, aggressiveness, and drug resistance of T cell cancer. 1/🧵 doi.org/10.1158/2159...

McCarthyism 2.0: Now with added racism. Trump wants to purge Chinese students from U.S. universities under the guise of “national security.” This isn’t defense — it’s discrimination, plain and simple. We stand up for international students. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Congratulations @kedmiranit.bsky.social and team!

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

The BOSS: “"In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration." youtu.be/n-kODkdNSgs

My understanding is she was carrying frog embryos for cancer biology work in her mentor’s lab at Harvard - this is not some espionage ffs! Given the political views that many Russian expats hold, deporting her back to Russia is inhumane to say the least! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/h...

Another example of the current administration’s war on science. Instead of allowing a talented and highly trained scientist to do her job and make discoveries that will benefit human health they are trying to deport her. Shame. 😳😱

The rise in autism diagnosis rates is real. The panic over an “autism epidemic”? Manufactured by the likes of RFK Jr., who has led the ignorant down a dangerous path of disinformation.

Devastating indeed for the future of basic research 🤬 but also portends further tanking of the current economy!!! 😵‍💫 by this clueless culture warring (?) administration that needs to receive a lot of FEEDBACK no make that BLOWBACK please people 💪🚫

Recent federal actions have done great harm to scientists all across the country. Tell Congress your story & urge strong NIH support for FY26 ($51.3B+)! #InvestInScience ✍️ ow.ly/Xet850VJHkU #AAIadvocacy

This keeps getting worse. I am yet to hear a single republican express any real concern about the impact the cuts to NIH and the abrupt stop in funding by NSF will have on US science and healthcare, let alone see any evidence of “bipartisan” action.

Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34... I have to admit, John Oliver outlining exactly what is wrong with HHS cuts and with RFK in great detail, was not what I would have expected. But this is sadly very accurate.

Congratulations John!

www.cbsnews.com/news/scienti... I wish this was sensationalized or exaggerated - but the impact on US biomedical research outlined in this report is, unfortunately, very much real.

Congratulations @khannakm.bsky.social @yeungadventures.bsky.social @payalyokota.bsky.social and the rest of the team!

In their defense, the authors of the Constitution could never have predicted that American voters would be this stupid.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

APRIL 30th Senate session to discuss NIH funding cuts and biomedical research in America. Mark your calendars and call your senetors!!! www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/bio...

Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"

This is an understatement. We have already lost our scientific edge. Mass personnel cuts, lost grant support, gutting of pipeline programs, and the uncertainty about the future has already impacted our competitiveness and future generations of scientists. We just don’t see it yet. But we will.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03... The few remaining officials with a conscience and critical thinking skills are being forced out.

I learned this week that you can put our troops' lives in danger, compromise our national security, and violate the Espionage Act. And the government will do nothing. But if you write an editorial for your school newspaper that Trump doesn't like, you will be abducted on the street and disappeared.

A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time: Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves. Q: Why are you running away? Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels. Q: But you’re foxes! Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.

Not a good sign. Very concerned for the future of American science rn.

Trump silencing Voice of America has far-reaching consequences. In autocratic regimes, it's often the only real news source—just as it was in the USSR, where people risked much to tune in. VOA’s broadcasts in many languages provide vital info. This move hands a win to dictators everywhere.

Congratulations Ying-Han Chen and Kim Zaldana for showing how B cells are altered when lab mice 🐭 are released outdoors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Here’s some context for the paper followed by how gov’t 💰 + other sources combine to make these types of studies possible 1/n

@labwaggoner.bsky.social thank you for the spotlight! This has been a wonderful joint effort led by @cadwelllab.bsky.social in close collaboration @grahammunology.bsky.social, @belkaidlab.bsky.social, and P’ng Loke’s groups. First authors Ying-Han and Kim Zapdana led the way.