I’m hearing this from many people - now is a REALLY GOOD TIME to submit proposals, to show there is persistent demand for grant funding

NSF funding allocations to divisions get adjusted based on numbers of proposals; if we opt out of submitting proposals because of threats of cuts, it can cause future years budgets to divert money out of our divisions.

A short thread about the people in my lab who will present posters and give rapid talks at #ASMmicrobe: 🧵

Start every day with this reality: EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined. #LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable ballotpedia.org/United_State...

I’ll say this and then I’m gonna step back b/c 2026 IS THE ONLY NATIONAL ELECTION THAT’S IMPORTANT NOW. No Dem presidential candidate wins w/o high Black turnout & vote. So stop making it like Black voters are expendable or that you can serve up any candidate chosen by Pelosi, Clooney or MSM & win.

Maxine Berg shows how the “nimble fingers” stereotype first arose in the early Industrial Revolution as a way for managers to de-skill the labor of women workers. It was also used to exoticize labor of Navajo semiconductor manufacturers at Shiprock in the 60s. The term has a long sordid history.

Public pressure works! Keep it going.

The fantastically successful NIGMS MIRA R35 "expired" on May 17, after the most recent deadline--these removals are the most aggressive attack on American science in the current series of devastating actions 🧪

#Microsky 🦠

Join us for a two-day workshop on preparing your promotion and tenure file for community-based research! July 16 & 17 2025, free, and probably a little bit fun. Sponsored by CLEAR and the IndigeLab Network www.indigelabnetwork.com/test-worksho...

One of the things I love about my job: forming a mutual aid network with other native academic aunties. #IndigeLab

This is not a screenplay. For some, these will be life or death situations. For many, these natural disasters will yield devastating loss. We should have a FEMA ready, able and fully staffed to support the American public when it needs it most.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

Because of the layoffs at NIOSH, multiple lifesaving programs have been shut down even though they’re required by law.

Here's an important article from Indigenous researchers in our Global Indigenous Network. www.theverge.com/features/664...

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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

BREAKING: FEMA’s most senior official Cameron Hamilton has been FIRED and walked out of the building, an agency source confirms. He testified just yesterday that he didn’t think the agency should be eliminated, per Trump and DHS Sec. Kristi Noem’s wishes. Apparently the wrong answer.

Have y'all heard of the Project 2025 Heat Map that outlines how 1/3 of the goals have already been achieved? Check out this site and follow: www.project2025.observer Call your representatives and ask them if they are aware of this site and how much of their plans have been implemented.

🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar. Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

4 out of 5 Indigenous Women experience violence in their lifetime. 1 in 3 are sexually assaulted. Murder is the 3rd leading cause of death for Indigenous Women & Girls. 10 times higher than all other ethnicities. #MMIW #MMIR #MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenRelatives

Last week, Hawaiʻi and Michigan were sued by the Trump administration for their plans to take Big Oil companies to court. Instead of backing down, they clapped back. 👏 Read more here: climateintegrity.org/news/view/un...

Next Wednesday, join the #ECOPWebinar We will share exciting development opportunities for students and early career researchers offered by ASLO 🌊🧪👩🏻‍🔬 #AcademicSky #Limnology #Oceanography @aslo.org @geolatinas.bsky.social

The taxation of trade routes is in dispute and turmoil has engulfed our Republic. But there is a new hope. We must band together and resist the dark side. Do or do not. There is no try. #StarWarsDay

A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.

10 hours left. Not sure what to say. This isn’t hopeless. We are not helpless. If this team—themselves starving and facing the unimaginable every second—hasn’t given up, how can you? How can you even begin to choose hopelessness? Last check, SO close, 574/700. chuffed.org/project/save...

FYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...

Probably every single woman in science in the United States under the age of 50 has been positively impacted by the NSF ADVANCE program in some way. As I hear stories of ADVANCE cancellations, it's hard to really fully grasp the tremendous damage the end of that one program is doing. 🧪

I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs. Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng Custom Lab Hardware Turn Key Genetic Design Please repost for reach 💚

None. Of. This. Is. Relevant. At all. You could find video of him feeding puppies into a woodchipper tomorrow, and he would still need to cone back.

Even when the political winds shift, science must keep moving forward. That’s why @AGU and @ametsoc are stepping up with a first-of-its-kind special collection on climate change in the U.S.—across 29+ peer-reviewed journals. 🌍📚 Read all about it: buff.ly/6G05hQD

the government won't tell you this but germ theory is real

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported

I know yall are calling your congressional representatives regularly- please add this to your list of concerns.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Exclusive: The Pentagon will resume gender-affirming care for transgender service members, according to a memo we obtained.

Did not realize how much I needed #YoungScientistNetworking But I did. And you do too. Follow along for amazing superhero origin stories

Y'all know which Secretary of Defense did not DM secret war plans in a Signal group chat ✨twice✨

A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...

I am considering having a class dedicated to “busting microbiological/molecular biological myths”. Please comment with ideas! Concepts should be things we all are/were told but in reality are more complicated. Example: “Eukarya have their DNA within a separate membrane bound compartment,…

I am a professor at Columbia University. All of the student NIH training grants have been canceled and now there are reports that ALL funding will be frozen. Why are Universities not banding together and speaking out publicly and forcibly about governmental attacks on biomedical research?

If you abduct someone and send them involuntarily and without recourse to a country where they've never lived to be imprisoned, that isn't deportation, it's human trafficking

Hi followers. If you are interested in the work my lab does, this is a great introduction

These programs are so important and I encourage us all to push our institutions too develop and communicate their plans to appeal these terminations

"Private investors in the life sciences tell C&EN that their coffers don't compare to a juggernaut like the NIH, with its nearly $48 billion budget. Even if they did, industry players say their role is to fund science with immediate applications" cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...

Had so much fun yesterday! And I made it to class on time too ;)