This is a fabulous paper by Dr. Kristy Zera in my lab. She shows how critical the interaction between VCAM1 on endothelium & VLA4 on immune cells is late after stroke. Blocking either prevents post-stroke cognitive decline & drives mature vessel formation, including pericytes and normal BBB function

How has stroke research evolved, and where is it headed? In today's episode, physician-scientist @marionbuckwalter.bsky.social shares how decades of scientific discovery shaped what we know about stroke and why continued research is key to future progress. neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/how-bas...

Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

A huge loss at FDA. Peter Marks originated rhe Operation Warp Speed Covid vaccine idea and has overseen so many essential biotech programs such as genome editing cures www.wsj.com/politics/top...

Nice!! This would be outstanding for science, and also for our state’s economy

NIH is likely cutting up to 25% of its workforce this week. NIH staff have substantial expertise, typically PhDs. And they really *believe* in the work. NIH's will not be able to meet its mission w/these cuts. The scientific threat is not just direct funding cuts www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n...

We are in a biotech space race, cutting off basic science via slashing NIH and NSF funding robs the US of our competitive advantage: early innovation.

Kidnapping an activist and jailing him in the middle of the night is a brazen act of authoritarianism. Punishing dissent by revoking legal status is a dangerous precedent to set.

A recent report showed that the destruction of just one USAID program, the anti-AIDS PEPFAR initiative, would lead to the deaths of one million people *every year* www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Palo Alto “Stand up for Science” March 7 2025!!

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

I currently have two fully-funded PhD opportunities in my lab - both providing a chance to work on the incredible LEAF data set that we have been collecting the last couple of years (220 children followed longitudinally from 10-30 months on measures of attention and early EF). Please share!

This is incredibly stressful to our Alzheimer's community (families and researchers). There are Alzheimer Disease Research Centers that are in limbo now - no council meetings means no notice of awards, means all the research we are doing to slow or prevent this disease is paused indefinitely.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

We are here. So infuriating and upsetting.

Well, the news dump for NIH this weekend was a Saturday evening news dump. We are hearing about scores of talented scientists and staff being fired via email tonight.

"the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees who had served for less than two years. That included researchers working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, said Thursday."

In their rush to destroy our government The Trump administration fired the workers who keep our nukes safe And-realizing how badly they screwed up Are trying to rehire them But can’t-because they don’t know how to get in touch with the fired workers The incompetence is unprecedented

Thank you, Mike Lauer, for your work. The fact that NIH is still cancelling study sections and Council meetings will hold up, or prevent, new discoveries and cures. This should not be buried.

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

COVID denial to attacks on NIH and universities now: yes, there is a direct line. Jay Bhattacharya is a living instantiation of that line. He's the Trump NIH director nominee *because* he denied science to help Republicans. And the same billionaires paid for both. 1/

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

JUST IN: New York health officials are instructing hospitals to subtype all influenza A-positive samples from hospitalized patients within 24 hours in order to detect any potential human cases of H5N1 bird flu.

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Given the dramatic changes wrought by all these executive orders and the attempted layoff of the federal workforce, with lots of chaotic fallout, I can’t help but think - who does the federal government work for? The people, right? Where are the checks and balances? This is unacceptably reckless.

With registrations from 50 countries (and counting!) the 2025 International Stroke Conference is living up to its name. Join us virtually to network with colleagues with endless combinations of expertise, experience and backgrounds at #ICS25.

A total of $12 million in grant funding is available to fund 3 investigators/investigative teams proposing novel uses of Artificial Intelligence to revolutionize cardiovascular and cerebrovascular/brain health and health care delivery. Learn more: professional.heart.org/en/research-...

Scientific advancements aside, this is economically irresponsible Every $1 spent by NIH generates $2.46 For example, in 2023, $47B in NIH spending generated ~$93B Halting NIH spending will LOSE the US a lot of money (and talent)

Strong data in favor of avoiding processed and ultra-processed food.

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

Amplifying. We can’t capitulate to loss of human rights, including democracy. We must stand up for those who are threatened and for our principles.