🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us. WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️

Know who profits from ICE's cruelty. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/

So which lawmaker is going to write the Renee Good Act to disarm ICE? @thedemcoalition.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @robertgarcia.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @crockett.house.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov ?

Border Patrol officers arrived at a Minneapolis high school while students were leaving and tackled, sprayed chemical irritants, and handcuffed parents and teachers. Public high schools in Minneapolis have canceled classes for the rest of the week following the incident.

This. A government agency who is able to kill anybody with impunity is able to kill any of us with impunity

Doctors who care for children’s brains know this: Childhood vaccines save lives. They significantly reduce serious illness and death in children and help protect entire communities. 🔗 Read our full statement: https://ow.ly/qU4O50XSeSm

A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that the Trump administration could not make drastic cuts to the federal funding supporting much of the country’s medical and scientific research, reaffirming a lower court’s ruling from early last year.

We see that Bhattacharya's opinion is highly valued within HHS. "Dr. Koroshetz's performance as Director has been exceptional; however the Department of Health and Human Services elected to pursue a leadership transition." Not even the integrity for anyone (e.g. RFK, Jr.) to claim responsibility.

This settlement is the best case scenario for these applications at this point. Pushing back matters but real damage still done by illegal actions by the current NIH leadership. Thanks to everyone who helped make this settlement happen!

I believe this meme speaks for most in healthcare, science, public health, global health, research, and anyone wanted a return to precedented times.

Great pre-doc opportunities at @econ.uzh.ch in Zurich for aspiring PhD candidates from low- & middle income countries or with a refugee/asylum seeker background. Predoctoral Program Global Talent Common Application: www.facultyhiring.oec.uzh.ch/auth/Apply/0... Please share widely in your networks!

Out today! Taking the diagnostic challenges from clinic into the lab bench to learn from our rare disease patients Thanks to David Yule and his team for partnering with us in this project www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

New paper from @zhixingchen2.bsky.social's lab! It turns out that, in addition to its very low phototoxicity, PKmito Deep Red (PKMDR) directly reports on mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) in live cells through its lifetime! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sometimes I sit and think about what it means that our nation has so completely tied health insurance to working and that is: “If you can’t work and aren’t independently wealthy, you can just go ahead and die!” And it’s so messed up.

Proud to contribute to this effort to expand our knowledge of the underlying mechanisms for CASK with a great team

Of babies infected w/Hepatitis B, 90% develop chronic infection. Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE. They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves. One we can avoid w/ vaccination. .

Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine. If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again. #sciencematters

Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up. Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.

We are excited to host a social in San Diego during the Society for Neuroscience conference for the Científico Latino community! 💙🏄️ We will gather in the beginning of the conference on Saturday, Nov 15 at 5:30 PM. RSVP for location. See you there!! 🔗 cientificolatino.com/sfn2025 #sfn2025

Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal

LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.” What are we doing?

Mitophagy updates of last week 🪫🗑️ biomed.news/bims-tofagi/... Highlights: -two papers on the beneficial effects of mitophagy in CD8+ T cells -VPS35 mutations in PD affect PINK1/Parkin mitophagy selectively -review on selective autophagy initiation Thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social for pre-sorting

November is #epilepsyawareness month. 3.4M Americans live with epilepsy, and 1/3 of people living with epilepsy are not controlled by medication. Help fund critical #epilepsy research that will improve outcomes for generations to come: aesnet.org/give/give

An AP investigation found that more than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses this year, part of a campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. https://to.pbs.org/43dxCkD

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Congrats @pennngg.bsky.social students Briana and Leonardo! we were happy to collaborate on defining this novel human disease association for BCAT1

Please read. #NIH #shutdown

The future is visiting again! We are seeking applicants for the 7th season of MITOchats. Deadline for submission is October 17th. Visit www.mitotalks.org for details or submit your application at forms.gle/5D6vWE92yYCi...

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you… Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest. The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

To be clear, there are no data that provide a link between short-term use of Tylenol during pregnancy and autism. In fact, one of the best prospective studies w/ sibling controls, if anything, pointed to a protective effect for use less than 7 days acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child. RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua

This is what happens without vaccinations. The ducks are adorable. The hospitalized child with a respirator is tragic. And now preventable.

This week (Sept 15 to 21, 2025) is Mitochondrial Disease Week -a chance to shine light on mitochondrial disorders and the people living with them. Light up green for mito on 20th, September.

There’s more than one way to do science 🧠💼 Join us for #BlackInNeuroAltCareers: Beyond the Bench at #BINW25 — featuring Black scientists thriving in tech, policy & beyond. 🗓 Sept 11 | 🕒 3–4 PM ET
 #5YearsOfBIN

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Great set of follows here. Diverse perspectives on all this [waves arms wildly]...

Here's a no brainer (pun intended) petition to sign!

We asked researchers across the country how federal funding changes have affected them and their labs. Their responses indicate a sense of doom and an existential crisis for science in the US: “The ship is going down and we are powerless.” Importantly, there’s still time to fix this. 1/2

New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is stepping up to fund some of the health equity grants that were fed to the wood-chipper. If your racial/indigenous health equity grant was funded, then that funding was rescinded, consider applying! 🧪 www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...

Also important this week: A trustworthy guide to childhood vaccine schedules, from actual pediatricians (many of whom saw these diseases before they could be vaccinated against). * pin it & share it * Ps: no, pediatricians are not pharma shills, don’t @ me www.healthychildren.org/English/safe...

The UAW/ACLU/APHA are seeking details on NIH grant applications that were delayed or withdrawn. The previous deadline of August 4 has been extended to August 25. I’ll include screenshots of FAQs in the replies. Please share widely! www.aclu.org/APHAvNIHform

Nature story about the Executive Order... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Deaf guy tried to show ICE his ID. An agent grabbed it and didn't return it. So he tried to type a message about his disability but an agent grabbed his phone. He was left w/ no way to communicate w/ the men seizing him. He was a DACA recipient (a "dreamer"). He spent nearly a month in detention.

Rare disease research has been caught up in a Trump administration crackdown on NIH grants being used to support international collaborations www.statnews.com/2025/08/06/n...

Qué triste noticia: Muere el gigante del piano, Eddie Palmieri. Descanse en paz, maestro www.elnuevodia.com/entretenimie...

Govt Accountability Office (GAO) determines Trump admin broke the law by withholding billions in new NIH awards. Full GAO report: www.gao.gov/assets/890/8... NYT article (no paywall): archive.is/202508051916...

Rediscovering Pasteur because apparently some forgot history (not to mention science)

Humility is not a lack of confidence. Humility is a lack of arrogance. Arrogance says "I can do great things and you can't, so I'm better than you." Confidence says "I can do great things and so can you, let's work together." It's possible to own your skills without diminishing those of others.