Very exciting that our new paper on the forces exerted by the Rad51-Rad54 homology search complex is now online. This was a collaborative effort with the Wang here at Cornell, and this work performed primarily by a graduate student, Mitch Woodhouse genesdev.cshlp.org/content/earl...

Very proud of this tour de force from two former students, Stephanie Tanis and Leah Simon, with help from a huge team, including @charlesdanko.bsky.social highlighting a novel-overlooked intervention point for male contraception www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Grant terminations had deep impacts on all early career scientists, running counter to Bhattacharya’s stated interest in supporting them. The terminations disproportionately harmed early career women. www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih...

OMB has posted the full-year apportionments for NIH. openomb.org/file/11511545 I believe this means that NIH now has the spending authority to fund grants! There may be nuances and I will be tracking these as best I can.

Delighted to see a @cornellrepro.bsky.social alumna, Dr. Jordana Bloom, back at Cornell talking about her postdoctoral work on menopause.

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

BREAKING (AGAIN): The White House said it has fired CDC director Susan Monarez, who clashed with @seckennedy.govpeeps.us over vaccine policy. Confirmed by the Senate, she had refused to resign unless the WH fired her. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

A hero. I got to meet Dr. Daskalakis at the White House when he was the deputy coordinator of the White House Mpox Response. His public service made the country safer. RFK must resign.

CDC WRAPUP: A White House spokesman emailed me at 9:30 p.m. to say that Susan Monarez, the CDC director, has been fired. This came after days of back-and-forth in which RFK Jr. tried to force her out and she refused. 4 other top CDC officials have quit. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

I signed!

Substantial update to Fifty Shades of Jay jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... More to come...

Several people have suggested that I compile my emails to Bhattacharya and I am delighted to do so. Announcing the first cut of "Fifty Shades of 'Jay' jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... This contains just the first few exchanges. I will be adding more as time permits.

Shout out to the WSJ journalists who reported on Vought’s impoundment by footnote, causing the White House to walk it back. Impact journalism!!

This is insane - all NIH funding halted and then restarted within 5 hours. The ship is being steered by morons!

Today #NIH leadership were told no funds can go out for research project grants, R&D contracts or training grants. We have just a couple weeks to get funds out the door before Russel Vought attempts a #PocketRescission on Aug 15. Even if this ends up being temporary, it’s time we don’t have.

STAT Story www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t... 1/n

WSJ story about OMB blocking NIH spending and grant making www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 1/n

NCI’s 4%ile payline *may* be just a one time thing to absorb the multi-year funding mandate. But what if this is the new normal, combined with 6-apps limits?

The #BethesdaDeclaration stories are now up on the front pages of both the New York Times and the Washington Post. Thanks again to the brave folks at NIH who stood up and worked together to make this happen. 1/n

True portraits in courage!

I couldn’t be more proud of this tremendous work by Dr @awood2.bsky.social in my lab, co-led by myself and @idwolff.bsky.social. Anna worked tirelessly to conduct a comprehensive analysis of female meiosis, showing that CNTD1 plays role in crossover designation and checkpoint regulation in females.

Exceptionally proud to have hood four new Cohen lab PhDs yesterday. Go out into the world and continue to do amazing things, Drs. Wood, Tanis, Simon, and Carr! I am so so proud of you all! @awood2.bsky.social

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

Two possible reasons for this are: 1.) Women, POC and/or disabled people are more likely to do equity oriented work 2.) Women, POC and/or disabled people have been marked as DEI regardless of what they do The government will try to point to the former reason when it is in reality the latter

Bernie Sanders' office has put out a report this morning on Trump's NIH cuts: "Trump officials effectively cut $2.7 billion in [NIH] funding in the first three months of 2025 – including a 31 percent cut to cancer research through March, compared to the same timeframe last year."

Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of CA issues the below order. It pauses all RIF-related actions across the gov’t for two weeks, because she concludes that these RIFs likely illegally usurp Congress’ authority by reorganizing agencies. Hearing in 2 wks to consider a prelim injunction.

ATTENTION New crowdsourced site collecting and sharing stories of public impact of research publicusaresearchbenefits.com Take a look and consider contributing. Let's make this as powerful as possible!

As a follow-up to the Kaiser interview, here is my exchange with Dr. Bhattacharya starting Sunday evening... 1/n

President Trump's "skinny" budget request absolutely eviscerates scientific research funding. The @aaas.org estimates the request would constitute an 82.5% reduction in research spending (and that's just the agencies named in the request).

In which the Senate-confirmed director of the National Institutes of Health - talks down to the highly experienced @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social - says "it's not me personally" who cancels agency grants - claims @nature.com is spreading rumors, hours before he confirms said rumors

(2/3) MAKE NOISE: 1. Share your story. Post how NSF funding has impacted your research or your life. Use #WithoutNSF to raise your voice. 2. Share your story on the Federal Freeze Tracker to help lawmakers and the public understand what’s at stake: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#MAYosis25 starts next Wednesday! If you are interested in ageing oocytes, condensins, crossovers, meiotic drive, transcription regulation in meiosis, recombination rate and evolution, register here : tinyurl.com/2mtkvtpc tinyurl.com/yad3bf3z Spread the word!

Excellent piece. The broader public will be on the side of good in all of the issues. We need to let them know what is going on...

This top line--"nearly 800 NIH grants"--was made possible by every scientist who reported their terminated grant to us. 🙏 Small acts add up, and the country is finally learning the full scope RFK's vandalism. And don't stop now! Report your terminated NIH grant here: forms.gle/FnGLkUtK3M58...

Critically, Republicans have terminated ~800 NIH grants over 8 weeks. But that's only half the story. *Republicans have also cancelled nearly 1,000 NSF grants in 8 *days*. The work continues. Report your terminated NSF grant here: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

Deeply concerning!

Don't forget to register ! ⏰ 4 weeks to go before the 1st event ⏰ --> ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Better late than never, congratulations to Dr Anna Wood (@awood2.bsky.social) for successful defending her thesis in my lab just 2 weeks ago with an incredible seminar and B exam! I could not be prouder of all that she has achieved during her time with us. Best of luck at Yale, Anna - you will soar!

So excited to have Masahito Ikawa as our Fourth Annual Stuart Moss Memorial Lecturer at Tri-Repro

Tri-Repro @Penn is underway! #cornellreproduction

This is horrific - the news coming out is that the number of women on the NIH Boards of Scientific Counsellors (BSC) has been reduced from 35% to 10%! @needhibhalla.bsky.social is an outstanding scientist and an incredible leader of the scientific community - an ideal member of any BSC!

Got my dashboard a bit (more) organized. Ready to update and add more content. jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

Democrats can't lay down, play dead and wait for the midterms. If Dem leaders think that's a good strategy they are incompetent and irresponsible, and should be replaced. New piece up at Washington Monthly on that topic: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/11/l...

As we Stand Up for Science today, let's all stay focused on why we do what we do. My lab does #devbiol because birth defects are the single most lethal and most expensive diseases in American kids. 🧵👇

Sending buckets full of solidarity from Montpellier, France to the #StandUpForScience movement. Officially, with support from my institute #FRBiodiv @frbiodiv.bsky.social - and less formally with my #Cesab crew ✊🔬🌐🗽