I am deeply saddened and angered by news that more NIH RIFs may happen next week. This is unacceptable, especially after NIH staff have worked nights & weekends to dig out from the backlog created by this admin's incompetence. Tell your Congress people NIH needs its staff to keep delivering cures

My last grant was an R25 focused on introducing undergraduates to aging research to motivate them to address these gaps, be it in research or clinical careers. It was terminated b/c “DEI is bad.”

My co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I talk with the great @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/science-un...

📣 New preprint from the SCIMaP team! Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8 osf.io/preprints/ps...

Call for Papers! 🧵 The Public's Science–A New Social Contract for American Research Policy a Special Issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Editors: Alondra Nelson (IAS) and Jenny Reardon (UC, Santa Cruz) Abstract Deadline: Sept 19 www.ias.edu/stsv-lab/pub...

But yeah, reading that also made me feel even more grateful for preprints!

My reason for sharing this is not that editors make wrong decisions, but that such long delays in publications also delay other people from building on work, or could lead to people just giving up and working on other projects instead. That seems like it would've been very unfortunate in this case

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Something on my mind a lot these days

Over 20 years after Julius’s lab and mine cloned TRPM8, it is rewarding to see this science helping patients. The TRPM8 agonist Tryptyr treats dry eye by increasing tear production. A reminder that NIH-funded curiosity-driven research translates to medicines. tryptyr.myalcon.com?gad_source=1...

As federal support vanishes for research addressing the root causes of health disparities in the United States, we are left with a dangerous void and an urgent need to rethink science funding, says Vani Pariyadath go.nature.com/4mlvEGo

“In an interview after the hearing, Britt told STAT, “I think about what it would be like if my child had a rare disease or was looking for a diagnosis. I would want every single tool in my toolbox available to help my baby, to help my kid… And in my mind, that’s exactly what NIH research is doing.”

This is a summary of it - much faster read www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n... via @statnews.com

🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost! Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%). "Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov. ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.

A family doctor reflects on how physicians no longer have the weight of the medical establishment behind them, due to the cuts at NIH and CDC. A perspective I hadn't considered but is sadly and awfully true.

The erosion of expertise and integrity www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...

I’m thrilled to share this story that “we” just published! The STING pathway drives noninflammatory neurodegeneration in NGLY1 deficiency url: rupress.org/jem/article/...

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

The Things We Will Never Know (if proposed science funding cuts are enacted)

An insightful neuroscience framework to make sense of what we are feeling.

Open Science - still much more to do, but it's important to reflect on what amazing progress has been made #preprints #openscience

In this essay in Hopkins Magazine, I talk about how NIH budget cuts will delay or stop the translation of basic science to the clinic and impact kids with intellectual disability, autism, and epilepsy. hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...

What a great #scicomm #scipolicy panel this week with @ellenkuwana.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @drkiki.bsky.social @abankston.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social watch the video & see resources we discussed here: biotechnetworks.org/sos #scimap #NIH #NSF

Love to see this! Fascinating work.

Congratulations Sarah Naguib @liganlab.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social

Maybe a bad time to watch this spectacular and prescient film 🎥 #fluoridation

I spoke with Jade Hindmon, host of @kpbssandiego.bsky.social Midday Edition, about the consequences of the current administration’s cuts to science funding. Please share to help spread the word and raise awareness. www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...

"More than 200 business leaders signed an open letter calling on the Trump administration to reverse its moves against colleges and universities, arguing that funding cuts and restrictions on student visas threaten America’s economic competitiveness" 🧪⚒️💸 www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

The Administration’s proposed FY26 budget includes deep cuts to science funding. The numbers are deeply concerning, but this isn’t the end. Join us June 16 at 2 pm for a briefing from the AAAS Office of Government Relations and learn how to share your story with elected officials. buff.ly/c7Vxauk

This is a fantastic piece that should be read and shared by everyone.

Respect and funding for science in the US are in danger: do sign the letter below to support the brave NIH folks ringing the alarm bell and please repost!

so sad 💔 such a genius www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...

“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

Talked to @KateZernike at @nytimes about my journey and the current moment for scientists in the U.S. “Ardem Patapoutian’s story is not just the American dream, it is the dream of American science.” Read the article here. No subscription required: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

Excellent piece. Thank you @labonnelab.bsky.social

This piece in the NY Times correctly hones in on why international students are vital to US interests Kicking them out will destroy the research & development pipeline that has propelled the US into global leadership in science & tech

One of the reasons I love this piece is that, in clearly showing why the administration’s attacks on medical research funding are so devastating, it also makes one of the clearest cases for why that funding has always mattered. unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Yes Lisa is my new best friend

More excellent choices. Can't debate Sunset Boulevard or Rashomon or Shadow of a Doubt

This is true. Has the structure of research funding incentivized scientists and science institutions to work alone, in competition with one another?

The Courage Project is a bold new initiative honoring everyday acts of civic bravery — the quiet, often unseen actions that uphold our shared values as Americans and strengthen democracy at the community level. thecourageproject.org

Here's the first episode of my new podcast about the science of aging. I talk to two scientists who have a long-running bet about whether someone alive today will live to 150. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... & Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0o4P...

🚨ATTENTION SCIENTISTS🚨 👀 Are you looking for a way to connect with the press to share your story? 📰 We are excited to announce the *safe and secure* SUFS Press Connect System. Whether you are looking to be a face or stay anonymous--we have you covered. actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

Perhaps in all the challenging news about federal funding, the hardest is to stand by and see fellowships, training grants and opportunities being yanked for ideological reasons from students. It is truly vile and cruel.

While this may be true for terminated NSF grants, at NIH they are cutting all grants for FOAs aimed at underrepresented groups (diversity supplements, diversity F31s, at risk investigators). That's literally equivalent to saying "let's cut all these grants because the PIs are URMs"

In good news, the pope seems to be a fan of somitogenesis and the segmentation clock! Olivier Pourquié! Dev Bio! Genuflect! hms.harvard.edu/news/meet-tw...

Yes. The entire Diversity F31 NOFO was terminated. It's not just NIDA. It's not just NIDDK. It's not just NIGMS. They are all being terminated. Reminder: Do not question your self worth! You earned a competitive, merit based training fellowship.