Updated funding curve (with two weeks to go in the fiscal year) (Posted on jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... )

Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...

having way too much fun with MP simulations

Not replying to emails and being late on everything is apparently considered quirky and charming amongst colleagues. Faculty should not laugh this behavior off, normalize it, and enable. Being inconsiderate adds work for everyone else. Pointing out the behavior shouldn’t make me the jerk.

Full professor complaining to an assistant professor on how hard it is to get funding nowadays

Very disappointed in my kid's school PTA family movie night. I thought for sure we were going to watch Boogie Nights. They're not even showing a PTA movie at all! 😡

Probabilistic scoring of DIA matches without spectral deconvolution? Not only is it possible, we're working on implementing it in Mascot DIA. www.matrixscience.com/blog/probabi... #proteomics #massspec

RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/s...

Just registered for #Pacifichem2025! Ready to talk #microproteins in Oahu 🏝️🐠😎🎅

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

Clayton Kershaw in Year 18 for the Dodgers: 77.2 IP 3.01 ERA He's in the 2nd percentile in fastball velocity (89 mph) and 7th percentile in strikeout percentage, but is finding new ways to dominate at age 37. What a special player.

The remainder is due to the hardworking NIH grants management specialists and program officers getting awards released now that they are allowed to do their jobs. Thanks for all of their efforts. I will continue to track this going forward... /fin

‘URM faculty received 7% more negative votes & were 44% less likely to receive unanimous votes from P&T committees. A double standard in how scholarly productivity is rewarded is also observed, with below-average h-indexes being judged more harshly for URM faculty than for non-URM faculty.’

UPDATE: just received the NoA today. Feels quaint to look back at my complaints about whiplash and the NIH being slow in the good old days of Dec. If I only knew where we'd be today. In the mean time though, we're grateful to continue living another day so we can keep uncovering new microproteins. 🙂

IMO, when you ask for people's time for something, the least you can do is send the calendar invite with all the details and save them that time and mental energy. I know, this shouldn't be a novel concept.

This preprint from Helen Sakharova is one of the coolest things to come out of my lab: “Protein language models reveal evolutionary constraints on synonymous codon choice.” Codon choice is a big puzzle in how information is encoded in genomes, and we have a new angle. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

First time visiting Penn State! The Nittany Lion Inn is amazing. Looking forward to talking big data analysis in biology (including microproteins😎) all week at NCEMS!

My kid’s latest obsession. Ask me how many times I’ve seen KPop Demon Hunters😂

The NIH budget will INCREASE by $400 million — not slashed by 40%, as Trump proposed — according to a proposal by Senate appropriators, says Sen Murray. "Some have asked if there will even be an NIH by [2029]. The commmittee's resounding message is yes—Congress has your back", she says.

First highlight... Senator Capito started of the discussion saying that the bill contains AN INCREASE for NIH. The details are not available, but the bill will be released ofter the hearing. This is not a done-deal, but it does show where the Senate is on a bipartisan basis.

Looks like the WSJ story got the money flowing again. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

A major NIH grant to study ways to restore hearing was terminated by the Trump administration bc it was awarded through a DEI initiative—to a researcher who qualified bc of his own hearing loss www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/h... @manorlaboratory.bsky.social

Wow, what a great recruiting pitch for the next generation of scientists.

The first few years of being a dad, I watched myself slowly turn into my parents. Now in the first few years of being a professor, I am watching myself slowly turn into my advisors. Time comes for us all 🫠

Excited to share work published in @cp-cancercell.bsky.social by @yijuan.bsky.social showing that macropinocytosis inhibition drives myCAF-to-iCAF conversion, enhancing therapeutic responses in pancreatic cancer. Thank you to our collaborators that contributed! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I just posted it, I didn't write it. But, with that said, I think that there are legitimate arguments to make that a lottery would be as fair as pretending that there are differences in scientific merit between a 6th %ile application and an 8th %ile one (or even larger ranges). 1/2

Interview: How a Hearing-Loss Grant Got Cut in the Fight Over DEI

Update on funding curves and late non-competitive renewals. First, funding curves for new and competitive renewals. 1/n

🔥🔥 those from low income backgrounds are also our parent's primary source of financial relief, and that there are usually no $$ retirement plans

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Vacation time😎

Despite ~20 years in/around #chembio research, I went to my first Bioorganic GRC this week. This community is amazing and so supportive. I feel energized (and tired, lol) and find myself rooting for the next generation of chemical biologists. Sooooo much awesome science - We can’t/won’t be stopped!

Great science and even greater time catching up with old friends and making new ones. This year’s #BioorganicGRC was one for the books. Hats off to @doc-jlmeier.bsky.social, Denise Field, and the vice chairs for putting it all together!

Beautiful day at Proctor Acad for Bioorganic GRC

Atul Butte died yesterday. The world lost a giant. A big bear of a man. With a huge smile. With love for everyone. With energy that could power a room. I loved everything about Atul. I loved how he was always happy. I loved how excited he was about science and helping people.

Spending a few days with intramural researcher at NIH has me thinking about the old Bell Labs, the storied research institute where major breakthroughs in physics, chemistry and mat sci (and associated @nobelprize.bsky.social awards) were made in the 70s-80s 1/n

If you love #viruses, #ribosomes, and genomic #darkmatter, this thread is for you!! 💫 We're excited to share our new publication developing Massively Parallel Ribosome Profiling (MPRP), which uncovered ~4,000 hidden proteins in ~700 viral genomes. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How many proteins are in the human body? Excellent question! At least 20,000. But maybe 30,000? Maybe more? Here's my story about scientists exploring the hidden world of microproteins, and what it may mean for the future of medicine. nyti.ms/3HEPQTY 🧪

There are so many things to be sad and anxious about going in my state, my country, the world, but science continues to be one of the things I hang onto and try to focus on to find joy.

Fantastic day sharing knowledge with the brilliant researchers at NIH who valiantly work to advance the frontiers of science for the cause of improving human health. Thank you again for your service 🙏 🇺🇸

New NIH Notice rescinding the no DEI, no Israeli boycott term and condition added to NIH grants (covers the whole university) This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... 1/2

GOOD NEWS! The NIH guide notice prohibiting grantees from engaging in or promoting DEI activities or from engaging in "prohibited boycotts" (such as BDS) has been rescinded!!!! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Carlos Alcaraz becomes the youngest man to win back to back Roland Garros titles since Rafa Nadal. Rafa Nadal (2005 - 2006). 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐳 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 - 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓). Legacy. 🇪🇸

Alcaraz wins the 4th set 7-6(3) against Jannik Sinner at Roland Garros. 3 championship points saved. Down a break. No words for what we’re seeing from Carlos right now… simply INCREDIBLE. One set to decide it all.

Had no idea pumpkin flowers are so pretty

Ohtani bored watching Dodgers take BP vs the Yankees

My quote of the day Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up. Randy Pausch

Let's gooooo!!

NIH funding supporting the HMMER and Infernal software projects has been terminated. NIH states that our work, as well as all other federally funded research at Harvard, is of no benefit to the US.