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Please widely share this letter template with your family and loved ones! @lolauic.bsky.social @orssociety.bsky.social @bmes-cmbe.bsky.social @aapmhq.bsky.social @asbmr.bsky.social @acadrad.bsky.social @ceschmidt2024.bsky.social @settonlab.bsky.social @tejaladesai.bsky.social @farsh-g.bsky.social

AIMBE has launched our new Citizen Advocate for Science Letter: takeaction.io/aimbe/scienc... We ask the broader scientific community to widely share this letter (✍️ <1 minute) with friends, family, and other concerned citizens to urge their elected officials to protect biomedical research funding 👇

Congratulations to AIMBE President, @lolauic.bsky.social, on her well-deserved election to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences! 👏 Dr. Eniola-Adefeso is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Dean of Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago. today.uic.edu/engineering-...

The time is now for your voice to be loud and clear. Congress must defend science.

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

Congratulations to our former President and Director-Counsel, Elaine Jones, on being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Elaine has played a critical role in the fight for justice and equality, and we're excited to see the contributions she will continue to bring to the Academy.

Happening now: AIMBE President @lolauic.bsky.social and Executive Director @dawnberaud.bsky.social holding the New Fellow Orientation! #AIMBE2025

If you are attending #SFB, please consider joining our Biomaterials Network Meeting!

Important for funding of science research. Now NIH is said to be stopping research on mRNA vaccines, like the COVID vaccines. These vaccines are extremely safe & have saved millions of lives. Send a letter (1 min) by March 14. #StandUpForScience #DefendResearch #ScienceNotSilence

The 3/14 deadline to finalize the FY2025 budget is fast approaching! ⌛ AIMBE has developed a new advocacy letter (<1 min to send) for the scientific community to urge Congress to support our federal science agencies, including NIH, NSF, FDA, ARPA-H, CDMRP, and more 👇 takeaction.io/aimbe/suppor...

RFK Jr. has had all of his own children vaccinated (he confirmed this 3 weeks ago). He just wants other people to not vaccinate their children. Especially Black people for some reason… He even required his guests to get COVID vaccines before coming to his party. www.thedailybeast.com/robert-f-ken...

The few things that bring joy these days...

Last night, every single swing district Republican voted to cut Medicaid so they can shovel cash to their billionaire backers. If you’ve got an R representative, call now to let them know you’re furious: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Proud to be one of the signatories of this letter. We cannot remain silent on the face of tyranny

SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...

Yesssssss go Boston! Thank you Mayor Wu!

DEI initiatives remain lawful under federal law and Supreme Court precedent - see public memo nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Indirect costs are not wasteful overhead; they fund essential infrastructure that makes research possible—labs. Cutting these funds jeopardizes infrastructure that has made the US a global leader in scientific innovation. This is not just an academic concern—it is a matter of national security.

I just talked with a PhD student who will graduate in June this year. She has been gearing up to start a postdoc this fall and has had SEVERAL opportunities tell her they can’t guarantee anything because of all the NIH and NSF funding chaos. This is both within and outside academia #academicsky

Please join my cell biology colleagues and CALL Congress. emails are not as impactful. Here is a simple sample script

Indirect costs are not wasteful overhead; they fund essential infrastructure that makes research possible—labs. Cutting these funds jeopardizes infrastructure that has made the US a global leader in scientific innovation. This is not just an academic concern—it is a matter of national security.

TY @aimbe-official.bsky.social for making it easy to prepare a letter to my House and Senate representatives, reminding them of the importance of investments in medical research, engineering innovation, and our science workforce that are under threat in the new administration.

Excited to introduce the HUB and our free inaugural Annual Meeting! Attending this meeting offers an opportunity for $100k pilot grants for faculty! The new innovative program is also great for students and post docs. Register TODAY by clicking the link below: forms.gle/fdviGSeY1epo...

Please widely share our statement and advocacy letter template with your colleagues. @lolauic.bsky.social @orssociety.bsky.social @termisam.bsky.social @bmes-cmbe.bsky.social @aapmhq.bsky.social @ceschmidt2024.bsky.social @settonlab.bsky.social @tejaladesai.bsky.social @farsh-g.bsky.social

AIMBE has posted a public statement on the impact of federal policy changes on biomedical research: aimbe.org/advocate/wri... Above, we have also developed an advocacy letter for members of the medical & biological engineering community to send to their congressional representatives on this matter.

If you are planning on attending SfB in Chicago, consider joining us!

I recently reposted a former congressional staffer who said that when an issue got 20-30 calls it would get representatives freaked out and ready to do something. It takes less than you’d think, because so few people actually take that kind of action

If you are planning on attending SfB in Chicago, consider joining us!

Human neutrophils exhibit markedly different behavior with deformable particles than other phagocytic immune cells www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

“Just write better grants.”

So excited to see this out yesterday! #Neutrophils. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

But of course!

Woohoo! Our latest preprint, from @madhura0327.bsky.social, is out today on bioRxiv! YAP regulates periosteal expansion in fracture repair. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

this is the best musical performance i've seen on a tv show in I don't even know how long www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggg4...

News from Ann Arbor: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb... Not a surprising situation in academia. At least they have a mechanism to address it (if only for the last 3 yrs)

Introducing the Humanity Unlocking Biomaterials (HUB) national coordinating center. Opportunity to become involved with an incredible community, $100k research grants, core resources, and much more. Come join us! See more at our new website, here: www.humanityunlockingbiomaterials.org

The fall 2024 issue of our #UIC_Engineering RISE Magazine is here! Catch up on all the fantastic things the College of Engineering has been doing over the last six months! Explore the latest issue here:https://engineering.uic.edu/about/coe-news/rise/rise-fall-2024/

This starter pack is in honor of Assistant Professor Antentor Hinton Jr (AJ) at Vanderbilt School of Medicine - Basic Sciences. AJ curated the first 100 Inspiring Black Scientists in America list and in collaboration with the Community of Scholars expanded this list to the 1000. go.bsky.app/DsJrwR

The fall 2024 issue of our #UIC_Engineering RISE Magazine is here! Catch up on all the fantastic things the College of Engineering has been doing over the last six months! Explore the latest issue here:https://engineering.uic.edu/about/coe-news/rise/rise-fall-2024/

I am so excited about the future of this HUB coordinating center. Particularly the new perspectives on science and mentorship that will be centered by our purpose and praxis. Thank you @lolaumich.bsky.social and @kellystevens.bsky.social for your vision and leadership. Check it out and join!

“Compared to white men, men of color are less likely to negotiate, but women of color have no significant difference,” he said. “That’s why it’s so dreadful that it’s women of color who are most likely to report no adjustments.” Meaning they get 'No's. record.umich.edu/articles/stu...

The lab is getting stoked for BMES! Come see presentations by our awesome trainees

Real talk: If you invite someone for an interview, be transparent about what they should expect. Leaving candidates in the dark will only weaken your recruiting process. #PublishTheHiddenCurriculum.

🧪 Strategies to implement equitable hiring practices for faculty are important to share and improve on. Such a pleasure to be part of this team (incl @lolaumich.bsky.social )! Link: https://rdcu.be/djsRp

What a horrific leadership team at A&M. Just when you think the story can't get any worse. Total dumpster fire https://www.chronicle.com/article/we-dodged-a-bullet-texts-between-texas-a-m-president-and-dean-show-how-faculty-hire-fell-apart