“They called the government’s actions exploitative and manipulative, arguing that the Trump administration had cynically used the scourge of antisemitism as a cudgel to attempt a remaking of higher education that adheres to the president’s political stances”

Is this why we have suddenly been seeing status updates that read “Award Prepared” when expecting an NOA?

Jerry ⚡️💔⚡️

~~~without love in the dream it’ll never come true~~~

“universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs… NIH-funded basic science has contributed to the development of more than 90% of new medicines, vaccines, and devices… 75% of scientists in America were considering leaving the country.” www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...

This is so embarrassing.

You know you’re winning when you post “We are NOT the Gestapo!”

Academic workers across the country are calling 📞 Legislators to ask them to sign on to bipartisan letters ✉️ in support of robust NIH funding and opposing the 15% indirect cost caps. Take 5 minutes to call your legislators today. Deadline is May 19th. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Heading home from the fantastic #EFI2025 meeting in beautiful Prague. So proud of my lab members who gave three terrific talks, including in the Best Abstract session! #immunogenetics

Please and thank you

Let’s Remember Why There’s a System of Federal Research Grants to Universities talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lets-...

He’s been auditioning for this for five years

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

This is all very stupid.

He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.

The sheer volume of time and energy being spent by thousands of university-based researchers in *every* field right now to figure out if their funding will exist next month or next year, if their careers can even continue… just citing dollar values doesn’t do it justice, it is full-scale upheaval.

Great point, do you know anybody in a position of power who can do something about this?

Latest from my lab, congrats to PhD student Jacquie Williams on her first first author paper 🎉🎉🎉

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

I do know what is hitting me harder: The insanity of this or the anguish of trying to figure out what is next.

📣New today! 📄Human leukocyte antigen variation is associated with cytomegalovirus serostatus in healthy individuals

Delighted to share our paper examining the association of HLA with CMV serostatus, out today in @ajhgnews.bsky.social 🧪🧬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Waiting for it, as I have an NIH R01 with “diversity” in the title. “Natural Killer Cell Diversity in Multiple Sclerosis Risk..” that is, but probably doesn’t matter at this point. www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

Important editorial: the "existential moment requiring careful and consistent action to preserve the values and ambitions of science." "The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced" By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country

Immune-induced TCR-like antibodies regulate specific T cell response https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.03.636362v1

TCR-peptide-HLA ternary structures define molecular mechanisms of TCR cross-reactivity toward natural influenza variants @sciimmunology.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Science has been moving from Twitter, a downward trend on X, to start to establish itself on BlueSky.

Reposting for more 🧪 visibilty-please share widely

What if, I don't know, there was good news. Have we thought about doing that.

A look at recent events from inside the NIH 🧪 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Strength and durability of indirect protection against #SARS-CoV-2 infection through vaccine and infection-acquired immunity The results show that both vaccine-derived and infection-acquired immunity can reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission #VaccinesWork #COVID #vaccines www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are hiring! Seeking postdoc (or equivalent) with interest and experience in T cell immunology/immunogenomics/bioinformatics (multiple positions open) to work on projects related to infectious and neurodegenerative disease. Come join our collaborative and diverse team at UCSF! DM for details.

Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai

Shouting into the void, and a bit late to the party- but I’m here!