ASM, ASBMB, ASCB & FASEB are deeply disappointed in the Supreme Court ruling allowing cancellation of $800M in NIH grants, threatening labs, jobs, and early-career scientists. Stable funding is vital for U.S. science. Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...

Science matters

Register by Monday and save $150! Organizers like @prrobinson.bsky.social can't wait to see you at this year's conference to explore the newest research on photoreceptors, disease mechanisms, & vision restoration. Save your space: buff.ly/hGzcii4

Hooded another PhD from the Robinson lab UMBC

A big send off to 35 outstanding UMBC U-RISE scholars today. The last of 28 years of MARC/U-RISE funding as all nIH training grants targeted to under represented groups were cancelled as the do not represent the current administration’s priorities.

Old North Church in Boston last night on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride.

Organizers @prrobinson.bsky.social and Peter Calvert want your research abstracts by April 27 for a short talk or poster presentation. Explore the newest research on photoreceptors, disease mechanisms, & vision restoration. Register and save your space: buff.ly/8kWq77S

When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed

NIH yesterday sent out a stop work order ie cancelled UMBC’s U-RISE program. They shut down the entire national program . We are loosing a generation of young ambitious scientists.

CDC webpages go dark as Trump targets public health information

To all my scientist friends and friends who support science one small thing you can do is flood yr senators’ and rep’s office with messages about supporting science funding Even reps from blue states need to know what is important to their voters and please Do Not obey in advance

As a NIH funded scientist I am worried we have entered a dark period for truth and science we need to organize and protest this slide into the dark ages .

Susan Wood, FDA official who resigned over Plan B ruling, dies at 66

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Happy Holidays rest up so we can fight autocracy in 2025

Not a day passes that someone doesn’t tell me that they are exhausted or, more candidly, afraid. It is okay to be tired and understandable to be afraid. Courage doesn’t come from being well rested and feeling safe. It is found in overcoming those emotions. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...

Send inquiries to me and Rich: @richkramerlab.bsky.social. Apply here: www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

The international retinal protein meeting in Interlaken was a great success. Good science in a beautiful setting