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Everybody needs to read what is going on inside the NIH. This is what independent journalism looks like, talking to real sources in the middle of a conflict; and not the billionaire-fluffing press paying influential op-ed writers to normalize and whitewash the actions of the current administration.

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

If you have some ~cool sounds~ and you’re okay with them being used as stimuli for research, we’re collecting natural sound recordings for a project! Bonus points if they’re sampled at 192kHz or higher 😊 send me a message if you have something like this we’d love to use it!

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Good morning ☀️

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

NSF GRFPs terminated for those in graduate school and already attending Harvard, too.

submitted 38 days ago • 5 comments

I had SO much fun speaking about how amazing hearing is at Philly’s @pintofscience.us last night!! Thank you to my amazing lab @geffenlab.bsky.social & @mikelhaggadone.bsky.social for coming out to support! 🧠 🍺

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

Pint of science with @audreydrotos.bsky.social, Dmitrios Boufidis, & Jacqui Barker - all there to celebrate brains & brain research. Sold out; packed house. So fun!

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

The Supreme Court could rule that today is Friday May 16 and Alito and Thomas would dissent

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

I am a proud HHMI Gilliam Fellow alumn. The HHMI funded me at a critical time in my career - a real inflection point that made me realize that I had a place and future in science. I always looked to the HHMI as a safety net to those historically excluded by academia, 1/4

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Everything seems terrible in the world but this is Marvin, a scared little shelter pup we adopted last week. We love him and his little tail wags and sweet kisses and goofy mannerisms so much. Thanks for bringing us a lot of joy in such a hard time, little buddy ❤️

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Heartbroken to hear that the @hhmi.org Hanna Grey fellowship competition is being cancelled this year. I poured so much work and creativity into this app and am very grateful for everyone who helped me revise. It is such a difficult time to be a young scientist.

submitted 44 days ago • 7 comments

Philadelphia friends! We SO NEED to celebrate science. Let's raise a glass to brains. Join us Wed, 5/21 for Pint of Science. I'll be opening for headliners Dimitris Boufidis, @audreydrotos.bsky.social, & Jacqui Barker. 😊 Tickets (to support the org, $2): pintofscience.us/events/phila...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion. Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more. If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.

submitted 58 days ago • 54 comments

Scientists work together with others across all sectors of our communities, including public health. This week, we’re bringing you an article from Alyssa Maturen, who leads a vaccine coalition & discusses how vaccines build strong, healthy communities for everyone. You can read & subscribe below:

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Pretty amazing graphic to go with the @financialtimes.com article about the cost of Trump's attack on US science NIH is HUGE! www.ft.com/content/67fd...

submitted 67 days ago • 5 comments

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

submitted 74 days ago • 660 comments

The US National Institutes of Health has terminated nearly 800 research projects at a breakneck pace, wiping out significant chunks of funding to entire scientific fields Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/3EuFRPV

submitted 72 days ago • 5 comments

boston globe editorial board: harvard is making the right decision, and universities should band together to fight. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/o...

submitted 74 days ago • 292 comments

Having so much fun at Max Planck this week learning about cutting edge neural techniques & so much incredible science (and meeting Nobel laureates!) 🧠

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

Harvard will not comply. “No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” — Harvard President Alan M. Garber www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

submitted 76 days ago • 19 comments

Washington Post: 'NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.' 'A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.' www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

submitted 84 days ago • 11 comments

Today we released our fourth article for @your.neighborhoodscientist.org! During this time when my future and the future of US science is uncertain, I’m finding a lot of comfort in my colleagues who continue to do beautiful work and Francesca’s words resonate deeply with me. Read & subscribe below:

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

submitted 89 days ago • 616 comments

“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history” 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 89 days ago • 18 comments

Philly friends: Save the date! @audreydrotos.bsky.social (& I ++) will be sharing the good word with Pint of Science on the evening of 5/19 - details to come.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

This program has existed for 30+ years, through multiple administrative transition and with bipartisan support. The canceling of these programs is executive overreach by this administration.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 94 days ago • 68 comments

Every academic should be making noise about this right now. Your research is not more important than what's happening. This is it. The fight has come to our doorstep and we have to acknowledge it.

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS

submitted 96 days ago • 56 comments

This is wildly cool. (The data and the visualization.) We should all know that #NIH has made a HUGE investment in cryo-EM over the past decade. Killing NIH, as Trump is doing, hugely sets back studies like this.

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

Instead of letting Trump pick them off one by one, American universities need to band together and fight back. Even being Trump's alma mater did not save UPenn from massive cuts.

submitted 102 days ago • 4 comments

If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.

submitted 102 days ago • 185 comments

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

submitted 106 days ago • 733 comments

Please contact me right away with stories about researchers and patients who have been adversely impacted by firings, disruptions to research, or discontinuation of treatment. [email protected]. I'm gathering this information for the congressional HELP Committee. Thanks.

submitted 113 days ago • 2 comments

“Our ability to conduct research, teach, & speak freely is under threat. This may be an existential moment for higher education. Colleges & universities are a key part of the fabric of American society. What we do is critical to the U.S. economy, technology, public health, & scientific advancement”

submitted 107 days ago • 3 comments

My piece for @your.neighborhoodscientist.org on the importance and value of basic science research. I’m proud of the work we do as scientists and hope to share this pride with the taxpayers who make our research possible. Please subscribe to the YNS newsletter and amplify their advocacy. 🙏

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

You can read @mikelhaggadone.bsky.social’s beautiful piece about the importance of basic science research (and all the cool things we have learned from it!) on our website! 🧪🔬

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments