Our Pitt Microbiology and Molecular Genetics department in the School of Medicine is recruiting.. Microbiologists! 🧫🦠🔬🧪 Please apply to join our faculty and enjoy these views 👀 while doing great science cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

#BornThis Day in 1896, Gerty Cori was the first American woman to receive the 1947 #NobelPrize in #Physiology or Medicine (with scientist-husband Carl). Their work: How the body metabolizes sugar. More from @jwaonline.bsky.social: ow.ly/7YBR50WFiWz#BornThis#NobelPrize#Physiology#ISpyPhysiology 🧪

The George M. O’Brien Kidney Resource Alliance announces its 3rd Opportunity Pool Program, supporting pilot grants (up to a maximum of $50,000 total costs) that address scientific and technological gaps in kidney research and promote new collaborations. www.uab.edu/okra/funding...

NIH is considering changes in supporting publication costs--some ideas are quite radical and would endanger our ability to publish at all. I don't love the cots from the big for-profits but it does cost$ to run a journal. Please repost. Comment at: osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form....

Urine sodium (Urine Na) levels post-saline infusion in differentiating non-edematous hyponatremia ca. 2025 #Nephpearls #NephSky 👉🏼 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40775013/

Coming up at APS: • NCAR Lifetime Achievement Lecture: The Extended Autonomic System 9/4 • W/ @aurorascientific.bsky.social: Redox Regulation of Skeletal Muscle 9/9 • W/ @scireq.bsky.social: Critical Role of Pericytes in Pulmonary Circulation 9/16 Learn more: ow.ly/WEWs50WuRYU 🧪

I don’t know why people are so confused by the idea of 1500% price decrease. If a drug originally cost $100 you’ll now get in free in a packet also containing $1400. Even I would vote for that.

Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

Breaking: The Gates Foundation said it would commit $2.5 billion through 2030 to support women’s health initiatives, its largest funding commitment ever to the issue. www.statnews.com/2025/08/04/b...

TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.

"We assert that these cuts and restructuring plans, developed without Congressional or stakeholder expertise, will essentially dismantle NIH as we know it." APS and 100+ more associations urge Congress: Exercise oversight for National Institutes of Health: ow.ly/mMpe50WmmnA #advocacy 🧪

Find some great language for your comment about the need for community input, need for rigorous validation of NAMs & importance of animal research at @faseborg.bsky.social ‘s statement : www.faseb.org/getmedia/9ee... 🧪

The House Appropriations Subcommittee for HHS markup is scheduled for July 21 and full comm July 24. Not much time. Make those calls ☎️ to your congressional leaders NOW 🚨! Make sure they hear the devastation that will happen to research 🔬, training 👩🏽‍🔬 and health 🩺 if the proposed cuts go forward.

📢TIME IS RUNNING OUT! Submissions for the Physiology Essay Contest are due by Tuesday, July 15. ✍️What big open question in the field of physiology are you most excited about and why? Submit today! ow.ly/KR7X50VR4e6

READ: From @forbes.com, "How To Stay Focused At Work When Everything Feels Uncertain": ow.ly/N0cX50WgNZn #ProfDev 🧪

If you're concerned about #biomedical research funding, it's time to raise your voice and take action. Sign up for APS Action Alerts to help elevate the collective voice and impact of the #physiology community: ow.ly/7gIr50WfGmX#biomedical#physiology#SciPol #advocacy #FundScience 🧪

Robert F Kennedy Jr is not a vaccine skeptic. Reporters and editors who’ve decided it’s somehow more fair to call him one instead of the anti-vaccine activist and lawyer he is should stop mischaracterizing him so… in the pursuit of accuracy.

If you are interested in support for #NIH funding, the Subcomm hearing on the HHS budget is happening TUESDAY 👇👇

"For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

RFK Jr. spouted dangerous vaccine falsehoods on national TV. As a parent and infectious diseases doctor, I couldn't stay silent. Here's what the data actually shows. 🧵

If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May. 4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May. The total funded was 99! Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments. 1/2

The vehicle associated phosphoprotein REPS1 identified as a convergence point for #insulin and #exercise signaling, presenting a potential therapeutic target for treating individuals with #insulin resistance @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

On May 23, President Trump signed an executive order he’s calling a “restoration of gold standard science.” But don’t be fooled, this is not about scientific integrity. It’s about political control. The order gives Trump’s political appointees sweeping power over federal science. They can now:

Join us for SfRBM conference in November 19-22 at Washington, DC sfrbm.org/meetings/sfr...

Ammonium excretion is increased during metabolic acidosis if kidney function is not reduced, as seen in CKD, leading to impaired ammonium excretion. The urine AG serves as a rough marker for evaluating hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis. bit.ly/CJASN0742 #ASNCJASN

Great news! The @who.int adopts the resolution on kidney health spearheaded by @theisn.org apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf... (PDF at link) #NephSky #PublicHealth

K issues #NephJC www.nephjc.com/news/salt-su... Podcast www.nephjc.com/freelyfilter... K switch mechanism pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38081406/ in @ajkd.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37772757/ from @amjhypertension.bsky.social journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.... #WorldHypertensionDay

As the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) cuts billions of dollars of research grants and contracts, one entity has emerged as the driving force behind these unprecedented changes — billionaire Elon Musk’s US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). https://go.nature.com/4k8TJit

DEI Antonym: DIE Discrimination Inequity Exclusion

Beautiful

Amiloride was noninferior to spironolactone in lowering home systolic blood pressure at 12 weeks. https://ja.ma/42XMGD9

In the Advance-HTN trial of the aldosterone synthase inhibitor lorundrostat in participants with uncontrolled hypertension, lorundrostat was associated with greater reductions in blood pressure than placebo. Full trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/4ipbCIf #MedSky #CardioSky

Here is an article about how NIH cuts are impacting research on rare genetic disorders like autism. hub.jhu.edu/2025/05/14/r...

"'The consequences are enormous,' said Drew Weissman, director of the Institute for RNA Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania and a 2023 Nobel laureate in medicine for the discoveries that enabled the mRNA Covid vaccines. 'It has so much potential for other therapies.'"

Present your research at APS New Trends in Sex Differences and Women’s Health Research (#APSSexDiff2025) 10/23–25 in New Orleans. Abstracts due 6/12: www.physiology.org/p...#APSSexDiff2025) Don’t miss the chance to be part of this inspiring program. #WomensHealthResearch #APSWomensHealth #SABV 🧪

important historical perspective on the value of federal funding of basic research at universities: "These are the building blocks of America's extraordinary strength, created over the last 100 years, and they are now being dismantled in 100 days" 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qk4...

The Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy (AQLM) course has come to a close. For two weeks, researchers examined the theory of image formation and the subtle interactions between light and a specimen. Learn more about this and other courses here! bit.ly/3GMpPSn

The need for a strong and united community among scientists has never been greater. Renew your APS membership (or join if you're not a member) to remain in a powerful network working together to protect and advance the future of science: ow.ly/QaZB50VQ60i #MembershipMonday 🧪

My favorite Equation:

The @supertifurgalab.bsky.social studies #MembraneTransporters & their roles in metabolism, drug transport & signaling. In this #EquationsForLife story, they use the #NernstEquation to understand the electrochemical forces involved in membrane transport. 🔎 tinyurl.com/CeMMRR2024-G...

And this is how to interview Bhattacharya and Makary. As them tough, but fair questions. They are in charge and we deserve honesty and transparency from them.

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

#APS2025 attendees: We hope you've had a great Summit! Stick around for our morning programming and closing keynote speakers. Thanks for joining us in Baltimore. See you next year in Minneapolis! 🧪

APS members are meeting with staff for the representative for Maryland’s second congressional district today in D.C. #APSHillDay #advocacy #SciPol #FundScience #WomensHealthResearch #APSWomensHealth #APS2025 @pawellingmd.bsky.social 🧪

APS members: ICYMI, you should have received the News Update and Science Policy News in your email this week. Check out the latest in awards, webinars and @APSPublications news, and learn how to raise your voice for science. #SciPol #advocacy 🧪

Letter from Zoe Lofgren, Ranking member of Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...

“The preliminary plan would slash the National Institutes of Health’s budget by more than 40% ….” if this happens, it will destroy the US Biomedical Enterprise. I hope Congress will not let it happen. www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/p...

East Coasters: We'd love to see you in Baltimore for #APS2025! Can't make it for the whole meeting? Buy a single-day pass at the convention center for Fri. or Sat. for $275. 🧪 • Travel info: ow.ly/gl0h50Vw3qH • Reg: ow.ly/Q0HW50Vw3qI#APS2025!

Don’t miss this #APS2025 game-changer session on inflammation and immunology! Explore ecoimmunology, the #microbiome and immune cell membrane physiology at the cutting edge of research: ow.ly/re7z50VlL5M#APS2025#microbiome#WeArePhysiology 🧪

#APS2025 attendees: Meet our closing keynote speaker Holly Ingraham! She'll be giving the closing keynote presentation "How Brain-body Crosstalk Sculpts Facets of Female Physiology" Sun. 4/27. Learn more: ow.ly/wnVw50VxsHb#APS2025#WeArePhysiology CC: @faseborg.bsky.social 🧪