Just wanted to send up the bat signal that we are hosting an exciting meeting on neurogenomics that will be of interest to folks studying the genetics of psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases! Sept 16-18, 2026 coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/genomi...

Update on funding curves and late non-competitive renewals. First, funding curves for new and competitive renewals. 1/n

Hi y'all, I am on the job hunt due to a recent layoff. I have expertise in virology, neuroimmunology, and drug discovery. I am passionate about performing creative hypothesis-driven research to make discoveries that will benefit human health and quality of life. Pls reach out if you'd like to chat!

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Rightfully, the cuts to Medicaid (over 10M people will lose their health care) and the tax cuts for the rich have been the story of the disastrous Republican budget bill. But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about. 1/ A quick🧵

Good thread that does not even include the NIH director disbanding the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors

Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10

Hello Community! Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

“We speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education.” Colleges are finally standing up to Trump, taking their lead and nerve from Harvard, whose sharp response clearly stunned the White House.

The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23. Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... 6/n

It has taken decades to get to this point, but stem cells for Parkinson's disease showing promise in 2 clinical trials nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/s41... nature.com/articles/s41...

I am beyond thrilled to highlight @mbfneuro.bsky.social's thesis work! I've learned so much through his studies and am excited to take this project in new directions!

I’m so proud and beyond thrilled to share the final product of my thesis work from @sinaibrain.bsky.social , now published in @nature.com! Here, we explored the complex functional impact of rare neurexin-1 deletions across human glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thank you to @booker.senate.gov for standing up and speaking for so many Americans.

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

A picture is worth a thousand words. The administration says they're cutting a trillion in government spending. So far, 2025 spending is $1.89 trillion. It was $1.76 trillion at the same time last year. Spending is on pace to increase by 7.4% from last year. www.marketwatch.com/story/despit...

🚨 Over 70 graduate programs in the biological and biomedical sciences have frozen or slashed admissions. The consequences are profound—how many brilliant minds are being shut out of research entirely? How much future discovery is being lost before it even begins? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The NIH plans to resume posting notices of new solicitations for grant proposals. But there’s a catch: The HHS and DOGE will review each draft notice to ensure the research that will be funded aligns with the priorities of President Trump’s administration, Science has learned. scim.ag/3DJsafL

A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

MIT offering travel advice (or rather do not travel advice) for international visitors and green card holders. If folks at other institutions are receiving similar guidance, please consider sharing here. Please be as safe as you can.

Free Mahmoud Khalil. It's important to protect speech, even, perhaps especially, when we don't agree what's being said. If we don't support other people's First Amendment rights, then who will protect ours? We have to all be in this together.

Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.

NIH just posted this news announcement. "Today the National Institutes of Health is announcing plans to centralize peer review of all applications for grants, cooperative agreements and research and development contracts within the agency’s Center for Scientific Review (CSR)"

BREAKING: Federal judge issues a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking NIH from implementing its "Rate Change Notice" that would dramatically cut payments under grants. Judge Angel Kelley had previously issued a TRO blocking the change. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I'm pleased to share the first paper I've worked on during my PhD in @kristenbrennand.bsky.social's lab led by the amazing Carina Seah with @laurahuckins.bsky.social on the implications of gene x environment interactions for PTSD @wutsaiyale.bsky.social @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social

I am not going to call this a Bluetorial, because I do not want to sully that term (which, at least I, find joyful). Let’s call it a Orwellial.

Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I completely missed that Republicans introduced a bill to increase the endowment tax from 1.4% to 21%. If passed, Harvard would go from paying ~$35m to $525m/yr in federal taxes (that’s 8.2% of its current operating expenses)

Nice to see New Haven on this list!

The City of Boston is leading 40+ mayors, cities, and counties in an amicus brief against the Trump Administration's drastic and illegal cuts to federal research funding—cuts that will lead to immediate job losses nationwide.

Re-sharing – now without the editorializing! “On Friday, Penn notified department chairs that it will cut admissions across graduate programs, a decision faculty members say was made after programs had already accepted students.”

New York Times article now up on Federal Register stuff. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s... 1/n

If you're looking to understand HOW the Trump administration is effectively pausing grant funding (direct and indirect), this is a great read.

Quick story on this and some other things I've heard from inside NIH:

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for the motor-neuron condition while in the womb. https://go.nature.com/41a7Zzj

TOMORROW (WED): Rallies are being held across the country to protest the funding cuts to science and the illegal firing of federal workers. Please join if you can. We need to show that many people oppose these destructive attacks on science and healthcare. Details: labor4highered.org

A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter. By @avaskham.bsky.social bit.ly/3X8ngz8

ACTION THIS WEDNESDAY: Researchers from New York universities are holding a rally to protest the funding cuts at Washington Square Park at 4 pm. This will be part of a national day of action, with rallies at HHS in DC and all around the country. RSVP HERE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This is a big loss for our future scientists. I have mentored many students trained through this program.

This is wild- I didn't realize how this all works. The NIGMS council meeting for Feb 6 (register entry below) can only be rescheduled after being put on the Federal Register. I guess I have a new website to compulsively check now... www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Thank you @geneticssociety.bsky.social for standing up for science!

Thank you @neuronline.sfn.org for standing up for science!

The ACNP has joined forces with other brain and behavior organizations in opposition of the NIH imposed standard indirect cost rate. acnp.org/about-us/st...

The NIH’s new imposed standard indirect cost rate threatens life-saving brain & behavior research that benefits millions of Americans. SfN, with other scientific organizations,urge reversal of this policy & implore Congress to protect critical research infrastructure. Full statement: bit.ly/4jVJnCL

Beyond cuts to NIH, pay attention to what is happening at the Department of Education. This affects admissions, student groups, and so much more more.

*This is the most important story of the weekend.* It creates a mechanism to withhold federal funding from some universities (blue states?) but restore it to others (red states?). It comes just before congress needs to pass a budget. Ask yourself why. www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

📢FUND DON’T FREEZE!📢 Join researchers and academics in DC on February 19th at 12 PM to stand up for research, education, and jobs! Federal attacks on science and academia put all of our futures at risk - let’s show them we won’t back down! RSVP Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Wow. I’m heartbroken to hear this. At the individual level, so much unnecessary pain and upheaval to talented young scientists (and some senior ones too). And at the institutional level, it will take years to recover, if ever.

I really just cannot brag enough about how good this new @indivisible.org resource on next week's congressional recess is. If you're looking for practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus