The Trump administration actively dismantling American leadership in science, a nihilistic legacy that will stretch for years as long as political ideology supplants evidence as the basis for policy making, oversight, and funding. 🎁 wapo.st/3P3DSY2

My story on the NSB terminations:

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. https://scim.ag/4cxQWhl

A metric of how much this administration has damaged the US research infrastructure: Science is running this story with a photo of a building that NSF no longer occupies, because the HUD secretary liked the look of that shiny new space. All remaining NSF staff members are now working from home.

Trump fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. The letters read, “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I’m writing to inform you that your position as a member of the National Science Board is terminated, effective immediately.”

This was apparent a year ago and apparently not only to me

Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.

Cuttlefish are incredible hunters. A new study @jexpbiol.bsky.social shows that their strike is biphasic, i.e., a variable and slow reach phase that is followed by a stereotypic fast attack phase. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...

Breaking news: Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Trump.

I resigned from the National Science Board in May when meaningful oversight became untenable. I respect colleagues who stayed to serve the NSB's mission. Today's news clarifies that was an erosion of oversight and function has become open elimination of the Board itself. 🧵 time.com/7285045/resi...

Trump ousts National Science Board members www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026... This can't be good.

Getting ready for the big debate here in NJ-12! Sunday at 7:00pm, streaming on the New Jersey Globe, Facebook Live, Twitter/X, and YouTube: newjerseyglobe.com/congress/dem...

Interested in a teaching faculty position in Bacteriology at UW-Madison? See the attached announcement! @uwbact.bsky.social

Monarch butterflies and Bogong moths are incredible navigators that annually migrate thousands of kilometers. In this review, Basil el Jundi and Eric Warrant @lundvision.bsky.social outline the neural mechansims underlying long-distance migration in insects. 🦋 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Please share! I'm hiring a new NSF-funded Lab Technician, ideally to start in June at the Claremont Colleges. We study the development of social behavior and its regulation by behavioral, endocrine, and neural mechanisms using a highly social cichlid fish 🐠🧠🧪 +info TessaSolomonLane.com/Hiring

After three years of working on this review with my collaborator Emily Dennis (Janelia Farm), it is finally in press. The review provides an overview and our personal reflections on what constitutes an integrative approach to neurobiology of foraging. Enjoy www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

We're looking for a junior specialist to work on a fun project exploring seagrass local adaptation across the whole state of California! It should be a good mix of field and molecular work. Please share with folks you think would be interested! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07605

I JUST SCHEDULED MY DISSERTATION DEFENSE

NEW: NSF has been funding research at a fraction of its historic rate. Last week, the agency finally began distributing money to its directorates and is now likely to pick up the grantmaking pace. But these allocations also amount to substantial cuts across the sciences. My reporting:

Please share widely! We will imminently be posting a technician position in our lab group since @rheasood.bsky.social is off to grad school 🙌! If you know of anyone excited about molecular biology, evolution, and functional genomics please have them reach out (schumer at stanford). Start date ~June

Spread the word! We are recruiting for 6 new research professors at UC Davis' California National Primate Research Center. Open rank, open area, but must leverage 🐒 resources. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07561

I am again asking people to pay attention to what has happened to our National Science Foundation and by extension thousands of researchers across the country. The devastation is ongoing and worthy of continued outcry to officials and journalists. 🧪

The kind of stable, sustained support that can transform a career: Our #FreemanHrabowski Scholars Program offers early career faculty up to $10M over 10 years, plus salary & benefits. Postdoc? This year's competition has a program for you, too. Applications open 11/3! bit.ly/4tFKifj

This is so heartbreaking. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

The National Science Foundation which funds a quarter of all basic scientific research in the country is being dismantled.

“Between January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.” OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.) NSF at -42%!

Very exciting review article by @tessamontague.bsky.social and @kocherlab.bsky.social. It's an exciting time in neuroscience. Cool to see our naked mole rat preprint highlighted in Fig2, alongside beautiful work from many friends and colleagues.

If you are near Gainesville, FL and can open your home to an animal in need even for a short time, please help! There is a vegetation/brush fire ongoing close to their facility. 🫶🏼

Friends! My university is hiring an Asst Professor of Biology and an Asst Professor of History and American Indian Studies. Our students are wonderful, my colleagues are great, we do good work. Please share! Happy to answer questions :) heritage.edu/wp-content/u... heritage.edu/wp-content/u...

@hhmi-science.bsky.social's #FreemanHrabowski Scholars Program offers early career faculty up to $10M over 10 yrs, plus salary & benefits Stable, sustained support can transform your career: Senior Postdoc? This year's competition has a program for you too. Applications open 11/3! bit.ly/4vhC0LA

Dog walks and people on the street: a New Yorker writer sees what it's like for a scientist to run for office. New: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

🚨 NSF is already quietly eliminating the SBE Directorate, despite Congress’ mandate that NSF support the behavioral & social sciences. Steps to counter this are in motion. If you - have an SBE proposal under review - serve on an SBE grant panel You can help! Fill out this form: shorturl.at/xuKw2

Welcome back astronauts!

Anyone on here have experience patching MrgprD neurons, I’d love to chat. Please reshare

This conference is going to be so cool! Good science good people good location. Register ASAP! #neuroskyence www.fens.org/news-activit...

At least 8 million people turned out at more than 3,300 'No Kings' protests across all 50 states Saturday, according to the No Kings Coalition.
 Organizers say protests Saturday were the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history.

Large crowds protested Saturday against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump's actions in “No Kings” rallies across the U.S. and Europe, with Minnesota taking center stage. https://to.pbs.org/4bEjRzT

Organizers expect today's No Kings Day rallies — with more than 3,000 events planned across all 50 states — to be the largest single-day protest in American history.

Protesters will rally against President Trump and his policies at “No Kings” demonstrations on Saturday across the U.S., where more than 3,000 events are planned. Similar protests are scheduled for around the world. nyti.ms/3Q5JHnT

Philly showed up!

Amazing turnout TN, NH, IN, MI, MN, ID, WI, IA, and SC. You showed up!

There is still some time to apply for a 3-years PhD position in my lab. If you want to learn how to conduct brain recordings in freely moving bees.

My lab is hiring a technician at @UFNeuroscience! 🧠🐭 We use in vivo ephys, optogenetics & machine learning to study how the brain controls social behavior. Looking for rodent research & mentorship experience — please repost & share! Apply here: forms.gle/VACAMuoaRbWR...

3️⃣ days left to submit an abstract for poster and oral contributions for #ICN2026Vancouver ↘️ icn2026vancouver.com/poster-oral-... ↙️ Share widely and come to the most inspiring #neuroethology conference 🧠🪱🐟🦋🐦🐸🦎🐢🐝🐜🦀🦞🐙

This was super easy!!! Do it!!!

Let your senators know he's unqualified to lead the NSF, and his record raises concerns about political interference, misinformation, and conflicts of interest.  Easily email your senators at: tr.ee/NoToONeill (2/2🧵) #JimONeill #NSF #NoToONeill #NationalScienceFoundation #StandUpForScience

Email your senators to urge them not to confirm Jim O’Neill as Director of the National Science Foundation. He's not a scientist, has no relevant expertise, promoted vaccine misinformation, helped gut the CDC, and his Silicon Valley ties raise questions about protecting the public interest. (1/2🧵)