Welcome to the Fascist States of America, where the EiC of a leading journal is forcibly removed by police for passing out his own editorial at the annual meeting of the field’s association…because it’s “too political” (read: it calls on scientists to speak out & stand up). We are here. This is it.

MIT president: Why so many optimistic scientists are losing heart www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s... via @statnews.com

In my last post of 2025, I review some of what science, and humanity, have lost in the last year open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

The CDC pages have now been hijacked for state sponsored disinformation. It is terrible to see this happening. This is ideology, unscientific, over facts, data and the scientific method.

Tis the season where the joy of faculty review permeates all of academia. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

In my latest post I share a look back on my Substacking for the last year. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

My latest raving on leadership, decency and academia. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

In this weeks post, my (faux) interview with a new university president who share an interesting vision for the university's future. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

This is a great ending to a terrible story #Indiana #IU #Purdue #fascism

🎼 How many deanlets do we have to remove before we are finally free? The answer my friend is blowing in a zoom, the answer is blowing in a zoom. An approach to answering this question in my latest post. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

🧬 Do you know how your immune system works every day? Immunology Explained, a new initiative from the @aai.org, makes it simple to understand how it impacts everyday health with clear, science-backed info. Check it out: immunologyexplained.aai.org #ImmunologyExplained #ImmuneSystem #Science

I want to go back to living in precedented times. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

With the current state of censorship, I'm really asking "What can I say?" open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

In my latest post I discuss the problems with mainstream media and how scientists might be useful as trained discriminators of truth and fiction. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

Even if time is money, spend a little reading my latest post on efficiency in academia. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

Agreed, but... I wish this sort of coverage had been more timely. We need preventative care or early treatment, not documentation of an autopsy.

Communication in science is critical. But top down communication in universities has been lacking. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

Has University micromanaging gotten out of hand? open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

The attacks on science are so unbelievable that I often think I'm in an episode of the Twilight Zone, as I describe in my latest post. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

There’s been so much resistance to accepted scientific fact, it was inevitable that a group of people would question the benefit of breathing. In this post, I talk to some of these folks, as they hold their breath. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

We've been surrounded by so much evil lately that I thought I'd focus on cartoon evil in my latest Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

Cysteinyl leukotrienes are important drivers of the anaphylactic response to ingested food antigens @science.org Comment: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... on @rmedzhitov.bsky.social @stephanieeisen.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A short history of anti-sciencism and where we are in the US. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

Science in America is Dying. We Need Your Help to Keep it Alive. America can’t be great without support for the sciences. medium.com/p/99f78ab122ee

News reporting, in an effort to be fair and balanced, often distorts the facts. This has become normal and there are social media accounts dedicated to satirizing this trend. But sometimes I read something that is so blatant I can’t stand it. I read this today…. 1/

In my latest post I discuss efforts to take the P out of the EPA by dismantling the research division. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

A few thoughts about one of my late-night heroes open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

It’s hard being a scientist these days and I’ve captured that indescribable feeling that we are all facing in a new word!! open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

BLIMP1 controls GC B cell expansion and exit through regulating cell cycle progression and key transcription factors BCL6 and IRF4 @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @luoweicool.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

What if….Dorothy was a microbiologist and she had to meet with the Dean of Clause. Read the conclusion to the Dean of Clause and get acquainted with Dean-splaining!! open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

Taking a break from all the insanity with some fiction. The First part of The Dean of Clause. It’s a story that answers the burning question “What if Dorothy was an academic microbiologist when she visits a land like Oz?” open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

In my latest post on Substack I share an inspiration to an upcoming story. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

Recognizing the threats to science and their many forms is essential to planning a strategy to survive. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

In my latest post, I share a story inspired by one of my colleagues. But is it truth or fiction? profkap.substack.com/p/the-freeze...

If you have benefited from science and live in the US, please consider signing @standupforscience.bsky.social open letter regarding the EO issued on May 23rd! www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...

In these uncertain times, I am certain about my uncertainty. In my latest Substack post, the current anxiety in science. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

We should have been doing this when the Tea Party first reared its ill-informed head. Free civics courses from Harvard including how to recognize fascism. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

The FDA is allowing comments on this change for TWO MORE DAYS. I’m doing this today and you should too ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FDA-2025-N-1146-0001

Sometimes technology is not up to the task. In my latest post, I share some mis-captioning at a recent conference. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

My Substack post on retreats following our latest retreat. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

Honored to have been named a Distinguished Fellow by @aai.org Congrats to all in the 2025 Distinguished Fellow Class #AAI2025

7 AM tomorrow! Science waits for no one! Join us bright and early for the RNA Regulation in Immunity session at #AAI2025 in Room 313C—because your immune system doesn’t sleep in!

Even the great stuff fades over time. My latest ravings on impact and transience. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

Demand his resignation and initiate impeachment proceedings you feckless cowards

What does a science PhD really teach you? The ability to say “I don’t know, but I can find out.” open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

When governments interfere in the non-partisan publication of science, the current crisis gets even more dire, as I describe in my latest post. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...

The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.

The Brodeur Lab is hiring! If anyone knows of an immunologist or reproductive biologist looking for a staff scientist position, I would be thrilled to be put in touch! (Must love the Midwest or be willing to for 3+ years).

If you’ve ever interacted with a dean, you’ve probably had to try to see something through dean goggles. I discuss the lenses for this level of vision in my latest post. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...