Black-eyed peas soaking, grapes eaten, and lemon pig shrine constructed. Get fucked, 2025!

What I’ve been saying since they were originally reinstated…and says nothing of the grants that were never reinstated to begin with

BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.

started a new sweater and feeling pretty good about the floats

Marty Supreme was very fun, but man why are movie crowds so DULL these days???

Merry Christmas from Percy whose feelings about this wrapping paper mirror my feelings about 2025

lmao @ these two bellyaching about obsequence and orthodoxy

I hope the next bev trend is low caffeine….I want to be able to have coffees out on the town without my heart exploding

To me, this was the most memorable talk at Biology of Genomes this year! A very cool tour de force of genetics

Starting now — come join to hear from our great speakers!

Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed. She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.

I just learned about this amazing program that matches high schoolers interested in STEM with mentors, including many past and present NIH trainees. These types of programs are even more important in this day and age. If you're able to help support it, they have a gofundme.

Oh and one last thing: it provides a SKILL based argument for things like the PDEP and contributions to DEI statements, critically illustrating that these were NOT ideological statements but competencies that more diverse training environments required for the benefit of all trainees

Had a nice time at #ASHG25 sharing my science and catching up with friends/colleagues (and applying for faculty positions late into the night 😅)

Can’t believe #ASHG25 is finally here! Excited to share what I’ve been working on as lead analyst for the Global Lipids Genetics Consortium 🧬👩‍💻 Join me at the Plenary Session on Friday, Oct 17 (5–6:30 PM) — I’ll be presenting some unpublished results from our genome-wide interaction study 👀

You can totally tell when someone unqualified to effectively manage people is wielding Management 101 strategies to cosplay managing. She is so cooked (complimentary)

For every Nobel that goes to a criminally under-recognized woman scientist (Brunkow, Karikó), or fails to go (Candy Lee), a week of mourning and reform for an academic system wherein you can do Nobel-prize-worthy-work and still end up without a conceivable path to being a professor.

I love the south and its glorious strip malls. Cremation Society of Virginia smack dab between a Dunkin’ and a nail salon

No more postdocs on H1B visas, that would seem to be an obvious outcome. Probably not at the professor level either. m.economictimes.com/nri/work/tru...

the people who loudly proclaim your kids shouldnt go to college all went to yale and duke. the people who are working tirelessly to ensure your children work in factories send their own kids to stanford and give them control of their own investment banks in their 20s

Registration is now open for the Mutational Scanning Symposium!! This is one not to miss. Invited speakers include @mehurles.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @maitreya.bsky.social @uwgenome.bsky.social #VariantEffect26 Register soon for the early bird rate! ℹ️➡️https://www.mss2026.org

One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall. It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?

If you run a life science lab where research has either significantly slowed or shut down completely due to Trump administration policies, I’d like to hear your story. I'm a biotech and life sciences reporter for @statnews.com, and you can reach me at [email protected] #journorequest

I got my COVID and flu shots at CVS totally without incident today…I was even offered a free bag of popcorn

Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award. 3/4

[Looks up from coding] [Sees updates] [Goes back to coding]

I am super excited to share that I will be joining the Hypothalamic Center at University of Texas Southwestern as an Assistant Professor this February 2026 🤘🏿🤠! This is such a dream job working with the best colleagues.

I’m to the “build a miniature greenhouse model” phase of faculty app procrastination

Frankly, this is the only thing that will lead to change at this point. And further, scientists, both in healthcare, academia, and industry, need to do the same. Let's see how well the country functions when the college classrooms, labs, and hospitals are empty.

We LOVE our trainees ! From @nihvigils.bsky.social today ❤️❤️

Listed are some of the many NIH research training programs that were terminated! Together, these programs supported thousands of trainees, whose careers are now in limbo. Such a great loss for discovery and innovation. We must protect our next generation of scientists! #HandsOffNIH #ProtectScience

“We feel like the lost generation.” A story on the collapse of US science, which is hitting young scientists hardest www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

I'm team "stay and fight for better for all academic workers"

We want to call attention to a few sections of this post from @safa-science.bsky.social from a few weeks ago: "My grant wasn’t affected in this case. Why will this [ruling] affect me?" "Don't we need to respect SCOTUS to protect rule of law?" and "But if SCOTUS says it's legal, how can we argue?"

Percy honoring the age-old tradition of falling asleep during sports

I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail. 1/14

AAMC: “Make no mistake: This was a decision critical to the future of the nation, and the Supreme Court made the wrong choice. History will look upon these mass National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant terminations with shame.” www.aamc.org/news/press-r...

Exactly what I expected, but disappointing nonetheless

to the PIs, is it advisable going on job market this fall when things are seemingly falling apart, or riding the postdoc wave for longer (while funding lasts) for some semblance of stability?

Why yes! You can watch previous Variant Effects Seminar Series talks on our YouTube channel! ℹ️ www.varianteffect.org/previous-sem... 📺 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Genomics #Seminar #EarlyCareerResearchers #ScientificSeminar #PrecisionMedicine

This orbweaver moved into our backyard last weekend. Every evening I watch her spin a web across our sliding glass door, and every morning before I leave for work I look for her tucked into the doorjamb

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

Deeply insulting to see this as the first listed priority, not just because of my own experiences with a grant termination, but coming on the heels of the AAMC’s report released today (www.aamc.org/about-us/mis...). Pg 2 shows a ~25% reduction in training/career dev $$ in 2025 compared to 2024

Happy to get to contribute to this perspective in JEM!

I collected something like 350 samples this morning (no spills, no sample swaps), so I’m gonna take a brief mid-day nap by the fountain outside the office

/fin

I’m pleased to share the open access content for the inaugural Health AI in R workshop I led earlier this week at NTNU. github.com/bnwolford/He...

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

I really like it when scam journal “editors” email me and say, “I hope you’re doing good & great”