Vaccines save lives. This is the FIRST time that ZERO cervical-cancer deaths have been recorded for this age group, and it’s thanks to the introduction of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV). Yes, you read that correctly. ZERO.

“The chaos of 2025 has been replaced with coordinated, systematic, institutionalized destruction in 2026. “

THE OFFICIAL @standupforscience.net GUIDE FOR TALKING TO ANYONE ABOUT THE OMB RULE PROPOSAL!! www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

Want more peer reviewers? Do not require special characters in their login passwords ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) , . ? \ " :{ } | < > 🤯🥵

Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

Sweeping draft regulations released by OMB pose one of the most significant threats to federally funded research in decades. The proposal would affect nearly every aspect of the scientific process. Read more: https://www.ascb.org/science-policy/federal-research-regulations-threat-american-science/

NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️

Register for this @standupforscience.net meeting like your life depends on it!

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

This is a substantial power grab by OMB. Comment period starts tomorrow. Here are two relevant excerpts. 1/3

what a show!

Tell Your Republican Members of Congress: Not One Penny More for ICE Brutality act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...

FINALLY HR has the posting up for a postdoc opening in my lab ! Particularly interested in folks with electrophysiology, photometry, or behavioral experience. www.gwu.jobs/postings/125...

Kash lab at UNC is hiring a new technician (our current two are off to grad school!!) posting will go live soon, email me CV and names of references if interested.

me, after coming up with a revolutionary idea and then immediately forgetting it for ever

I am looking for a new reserach technician. This is an entry level position ideal for a graudating senior. Please re-post and send candidates my way! [email protected]

Can someone explain this to me like I'm 4? I saw NOT-funded 5% applications, while "NIH" staff may recommend competitive-non-discussed applications.."for funding to their Institute.. when considering programmatic priority, portfolio balance.." What is this? 🍒 picking? grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

Can people raise hands / speak up here, if they had a non-discussed-competitive proposal funded?

Discussing Fewer Applications DOES NOT Strengthen Efficiency. Without 50% apps discussion, we are doomed to keep re-submitting and re-reviewing the same proposals over and over Not efficient to grantees or reviewers. @drugmonkey.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

This is wholly unacceptable @nih! Congress gave you the funds to support research, so let’s get those NOAs out the door so science can improve America’s health!

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

"You're spending taxpayer dollars to drink milk shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock. Somehow you think that's a better public health message than informing the public about the benefits of vaccines. Really? -- Rep. Linda Sanchez to RFK Jr

NOT-OD-26-069 from yesterday: only 30-35% of applications will continue to be discussed (vs. 50%) for October council. URGE the CSR to restore 50%, without scores and guidance, we are doomed for endless re-reviews. This undermines, not streamlines, the review process. 100% harms the grantees. Pls RT

Hear, hear!

For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩‍🚀🚀💕 *All four astronauts went to public schools!

If you think the Pope is a radical leftist, wait till you meet his boss.

As a reminder: I am hiring a postdoc and at least one research assistant for a project on VTA circuits and cognitive function that starts this summer. Get in touch if interested!

As a grantee and study section member I urge CSR to restore discussion of 50% of applications. At 33% - one unfavorable score can push a strong grant out. For resubmission - panel feedback is essential! @altnih4science.bsky.social @jeremymberg.bsky.social #CSR #NIH @drugmonkey.bsky.social RTpls!

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Chemist and physicist Irène Joliot-Curie died #OTD in 1956. Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 (jointly with her husband, Frédéric) for the discovery of artificial radioactivity. #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #WomensHistoryMonth

Annual reminder: if you’ve been accepted to multiple graduate programs and are still deciding, please let the ones you’re definitely not going to know as soon as possible! -Someone who got into his PhD off the waitlist the day after the deadline

Please spread the word about a postbac position in Behavioral Neuroscience at Dartmouth with me, Shelley Warlow, and Kyle smith. The postbac will contribute to collaborative projects across the three labs aimed at studying the neuroscience of motivation and reward learning.

Yeah, there’s not really much to celebrate 😖

My weekly NIH update... The fiscal year 2026 curve still lies below the other curves but appears to be increasing at close to the normal pace. 1/4

My quote of the day If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell

So... A friend was supposed to give a PURELY SCIENTIFIC talk at NIH within the next couple of weeks and it was cancelled because of a "new process" where all speakers/talks have to be CLEARED BY A POLITICAL APPOINTEE.

Do you want to learn about 'Estrous stage-dependent suppression of anxiety-potentiated startle via CRF neurons in the extended amygdala'? - join us at @labroots.bsky.social tomorrow! 🧠🔬👇

NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10

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Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

sooooooo Mercury in vaccines = 🤬 Mercury everywhere else = 😀👍???? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/c...

Just a thought: How about we nix Presidents’ Day and make Election Day a national holiday instead?

Excited to share our study in Neuron led by @travisgoode.bsky.social, a K99 PDF (interviewing for Faculty) and Sahay lab team with collaborators at BROAD, Hopkins, and UW Seattle, defining a neural circuit that links prior experience with feeding behavior. Open Access: sahaylab.com/publications

Congrats to @pact-lab.bsky.social postdoc @ryanntansey.bsky.social on her recent paper looking at the impact of elevated anandamide via FAAH inhibition on brain function in patients with PTSD What does it do? Well....not much 😬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Getting into the mood to review a grant

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New to using Jupyter notebooks for the Allen Brain Cell Atlas? Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions. Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/

$1.65M per day in DC alone. That’s approximately two NIH R01 Grant *years* burned per day. Ninety *five year* R01s projects burned in the last seven months with no end in sight. Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what? Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.

We’re still far from Scandinavia, but for the US, our @rfuniversity.bsky.social is pretty cool. Medical, dental, vision plan; Paid parental leave; Disability; Flexible spending; 403(b)plan with 8% RFU contribution, 3 weeks of vacation, 15 sick days, 9 paid holidays, paid ❄️ break, +2 floating days.

We’re hiring! The Suthana Lab @ Duke is looking for a Research Assistant to join our team studying human memory & real-world 🧠 dynamics using wearable tech & intracranial recordings. Apply: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-C... You can also email [email protected] with CV/questions. Please share!