Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.

I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday

This will kill science in the US. This is how China wins. Why is this not on the news? Why are people not more upset about this? grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Straight into court, and you can expect universities to be seeking injunctive relief immediately. This is the way Trump has always conducted himself, lawless and without honor or compunction.

This a funding myth. There are no untapped wells of charity money that can support the kind of research biomedical scientists need to perform today. Most foundation grants are in 25 to 75K/year range, many are on the order of 1-3 years, and in spite of this, are highly competitive.

NERC Fellowships are open! We (Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social) have a policy to provide a PERMANENT JOB to successful candidates at the end of the fellowship. Please in touch if you're interested!

Our short course in infectious disease epidemiology and control is now open for applications! I am proud to be the director of this popular hands-on course which will teach you the basics of epidemic modelling in just two weeks! Apply here and spread the word! www.infectiousdiseasemodels.org

If you're affected by the NIH intramural procurement pause, or by study section/grant review cancellations, and you'd like to talk for a story in C&EN, please reach out. (Signal username in bio)

NIH Institute Directors session #ACNP2024

#FluorescentFriday #Zebrafish Visualization of neutrophil migration kinetics after tailfin wound at a whole animal scale. We need more research done at a whole-animal scale... so much we don't ask because we're just looking at the small local wound under the 🔬

I thought the influx of new BSkyers was a good reason to repost that I am co-editing a Collection at BMC Biology on " #Evolution of #Immunity". If you work on any of the topics listed in the link below, please consider submitting! 🦠🧪🪰

Happy #microscopymonday! Here is a collaborative project I started in ~2018, looking at different cells stained for actin and DNA and all set to the same scale. More info (and poster printouts!) here: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science/prin...

Have you ever thought to yourself… how can I make my #rstats plot UGLIER? Well, look no further, cuz it’s good plot-bad plot time! My students made plots that will make you want to laugh, cry, and throw your computer out the window. Which one do you think is the worst? 🧵🧪

NIAID releases alternative to BioRender, all illustrations freely available in public domain bioart.niaid.nih.gov

Want evidence that sculpin are predators on #stickleback? Look what we caught in a seine Those pectoral spines we causing the sculpin some trouble.

Steinel lab undergrad and grad students attended the New England Assoc of Parasitologists meeting for the first time yesterday! #NEAP

If you are recent PhD, looking for a marine microbial ecology postdoctoral position, the Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology is a great way to join us here in Tucson! We have a variety of marine projects. Click through for details. open.substack.com/pub/carinila...

In a new paper in @asn-amnat.bsky.social, we ask if trait covariances (P matrices) show parallel or non parallel changes during replicated evolution. In 16 independent lake-stream pairs of stickleback, lake vs stream P show some consistent changes www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... …

I know @greatesttrek.bsky.social and @benjaminahr.bsky.social will appreciate my bday gift from HWIM: a graded Yeager. I’m only a little bit embarrassed. #greatestgen #greatesttrek

I started my group in 2020, in lockdown, without induction/mentorship bc of the chaos of the pandemic. New PI slack single-handedly kept me sane & grounded, & reminded me I wasn't alone. If you're a new PI, this article is great;my #1 tip is to join this amazing community newpislack.wordpress.com. 🧪

Happy Halloween from the UML biological science dept!

Come join our department!! UML Biol Sci is hiring a tenure track position in Ecology, Organismal, or Environmental Biology. We are a fast growing, scientifically diverse, and dynamic dept with a fantastic student population.

So happy to be back in beautiful Roscoff for the CNRS meeting on host pathogen co-evolution!!

Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now: - record and video store clerk - marketing researcher at a call center - daycare teacher

Prospective Evolutionary Bio PhD students: One of our new & incoming faculty members, Dr. Andrius Dagilis, at UConn EEB, isn't on social media but is looking for graduate student applicants. You can find info about Andrius here: adagilis.github.io Please spread the word on his behalf!

New Big Biology podcast episode featuring Andrew Hendry and Katie Peichel talking about our massive 9 whole-lake multi-generation experimental evolution study in Alaska. www.bigbiology.org/episodes/202... (Funded by NSF Bio Rules of Life grant)

The perfect lab Halloween decoration doesn’t exi-

Hey everybody! The CDC has a bridge program to get people no or reduced-cost COVID vaccines if you don’t have insurance (or have shitty insurance). Open to everyone 18 and older! www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pro...

When universities are evaluated for value added, UMass Lowell comes out as the top public uni in Massachusetts (by a lot) and ahead of some high dollar private unis. www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/06/m...

A reminder that the Stickleback Stock Center www.sticklestock.com exists to supply researchers with eggs, fish, microbes, and advice and information to facilitate research using stickleback. Reach out if you are curious whether you are currently working w stickleback or considering adopting them

Seems wrong to be joining bluesky on such a gloomy gray sky day, but excited to join the party. 🎉🎉 Thanks @snickclunk.bsky.social for the code!