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"The proposal would reduce the more than $47 billion budget of the NIH to $27 billion — a roughly 40 percent cut. It would consolidate NIH’s 27 institutes and centers into just eight."

submitted 61 days ago • 8 comments

The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. This is catastrophic. Reduction to 8 centers. 40% cut in budget. 15% IDC cap. This will decimate science across America open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

submitted 61 days ago • 62 comments

The regulations they got rid of are the reason you have never had to worry about mercury poisoning, just to give one tiny example. The only ones who benefit from deregulation are corporations that want to poison you so they can make even more money.

submitted 96 days ago • 26 comments

Hi! Former measles researcher here. Everything this person says is a lie or some extremely twisted version of the truth

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

I am thrilled to present the Mosquito Cell Atlas! We analyzed 367K nuclei from 19 tissues in male & female mosquitoes, creating a comprehensive resource for vector biology & infectious disease research. Plus we made some surprising discoveries! 🦟🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n

submitted 104 days ago • 6 comments

Calling all Illinoisans and Chicagoans, if you believe in science, benefit from science, and stressed out abt current Federal Research Funding Cuts/Stalling- Join us on March 7th, in DOWNTOWN Chicago or Springfield. Follow #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social 🧪 #AcademicSky

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Great thread from @kgandersen.bsky.social about a new bill submitted to the US Senate that looks to ban some virology research. Its a nightmare read based on its vague description of "gain of function" and its application to live virus as well as other methods to study viral proteins.

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.” I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.

submitted 119 days ago • 45 comments

Breaking news: 22 states are suing to block NIH’s cutting of indirect costs. See our updated story on the Friday night news and its aftermath. scim.ag/4hTJQ6v

submitted 127 days ago • 6 comments

Government isn't a business. The goal isn't to save money. Success isn't measured by budget surplus. The goal is to spend money, investing in society. Every dollar spent on education, healthcare, and science is an investment in our collective wellbeing.

submitted 128 days ago • 2 comments

I’m surprised there hasn’t been a collective lawsuit from the biggest and most well-equipped universities for a freeze on this cut to overhead costs. Now isn’t the time to “monitor the situation” or comply

submitted 127 days ago • 1 comment

Science has always been political and that’s evident now more than ever

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

I am starting this morning by reaching outside of my science echo chamber (posting on facebook) to explain why the NIH matters and why the new indirect rate policy will be catastrophic to everyone

submitted 129 days ago • 4 comments

Changes to NIH indirect rate will affect every state in the US. NIH funding doesn’t just enable research that finds cures—it supports jobs. Visit here to see how much in direct benefits your state receives reporter.nih.gov

submitted 129 days ago • 2 comments

Here's a very important update from the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) on the proposed cuts to NIH Indirect costs: "Every year since 2017, the annual spending bill that funds NIH has included language prohibiting the Administration from making changes to F&A cost rates" 1/2 🧪

submitted 129 days ago • 5 comments

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

submitted 129 days ago • 73 comments

NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research. #Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

submitted 129 days ago • 174 comments

New news analysis from me: The prospect of legal challenges to President Trump’s purges may be a feature, not a bug, for adherents of sweeping presidential authority. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...

submitted 138 days ago • 23 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 138 days ago • 3729 comments

The US Constitution does not grant the President this unilateral authority. In Illinois, we will stand against unlawful actions that would harm millions of working families, children, and seniors.

submitted 140 days ago • 301 comments

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments

Especially now, with H5N1 influenza infections increasing and so many unknowns that need to be addressed through scientific research, this is not the time to halt virology research. Gift article: www.wsj.com/health/trump...

submitted 145 days ago • 1 comment

In #biotech #stocks news, Donald Trump’s return to the White House is already having a big impact at the $47.4 billion U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), with the new administration imposing a wide range of restrictions, including the abrupt cancellation of grant review panels.

submitted 145 days ago • 2 comments

Obviously in addition to the loud of scientific advancement. But you have to meet these people where they’re at

submitted 144 days ago • 0 comments

Shutting down medical research — not just within NIH, but everywhere that’s funded by NIH — will have long-term effects on medicine & short-term effects on state, higher education & hospital budgets. This affects all of us, not just researchers.

submitted 145 days ago • 85 comments

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

submitted 145 days ago • 598 comments

Universities are often the biggest employers in cities/states. Cutting NIH funding that pays for many of those employees will have major economic consequences. Call your representatives.

submitted 145 days ago • 0 comments

Never imagined I’d have to say this, but if you want to have a look at NIH RePORTER to see how much NIH funding your state receives so you can write to your elected representatives, you’d better do it now, and get a screenshot.

submitted 145 days ago • 81 comments

If you're upset about all the executive orders that have been launched in the last few days you should call your Senators and tell them not to confirm Russell Vought. He's likely one of the primary authors behind many of them. www.propublica.org/article/vide...

submitted 145 days ago • 11 comments

NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions

submitted 145 days ago • 316 comments

This move erodes US ability to criticize China for its transparency during COVID. We should serve as global leader for providing clear, actionable, timely and transparent data and information. This is what democracies should do.

submitted 146 days ago • 1 comment

“I think if RFK follows through on his intentions, and I believe he will, and I believe he can, it will cost lives in this country,” ⁦‪@scottgottliebmd.bsky.social said www.statnews.com/2024/11/29/s...

submitted 199 days ago • 0 comments

We are proud to announce a collaboration with UK Biobank to create the world’s first large-scale #epigenetic dataset of 50k participants. The dataset will unlock crucial insights into how #epigenetics drives disease & the breakthroughs to treat them. Read more: nanoporetech.com/news/oxford-...

submitted 202 days ago • 1 comment

The HPV vaccine has been recommended in the US since 2006. New study out today shows that cervical cancer deaths in young women in the years that followed have plummeted, decreasing 15% per year from 2013-2015. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 201 days ago • 99 comments

Odd number of panels that done tile into a rectangle…….. HELP

submitted 205 days ago • 0 comments

🎨 In case anyone need… The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of free professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏! Check it out 👇 bioart.niaid.nih.gov

submitted 206 days ago • 45 comments

ASV 2025 July 14 - 17, 2025 (Monday - Thursday) Palais des congrès de Montréal Montréal, Québec (CA) asv.org/asv2025/ ASV's VISA Info page: asv.org/asv2025/visa... Find out if you need a VISA ircc.canada.ca/english/visi...

submitted 210 days ago • 1 comment

It was a long time coming but some work I did during undergrad in Craig Montell’s lab is out! We made deaf mosquitoes www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

submitted 207 days ago • 0 comments

Recent paper (Nature)-why are males more vulnerable to severe infections (ex acute #COVID), while females suffer more from autoimmunity (SLE, MS etc and also #LongCovid)? X/Y or hormones? We study adaptation of immune systems in gender-affirming testosterone treatment: nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 212 days ago • 20 comments

Since we’re all new here and getting to know each other, I’d like to plug my first first-author paper from my PhD which came out earlier this year. We looked at peripheral immune responses to CNS-restricted viral infection journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

submitted 211 days ago • 0 comments

A starter pack for all virologists out there on the blue side ! Might be missing some people but it’s a good start ! go.bsky.app/DmphBCT

submitted 212 days ago • 36 comments

The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/

submitted 213 days ago • 205 comments

Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list! go.bsky.app/SinqoJU

submitted 219 days ago • 112 comments

Wonderful to see the #immunology community growing here. The first starter pack is full (they cap at 150), so I created a second one. Let me know if you'd like to be added go.bsky.app/PY5tCas go.bsky.app/FmERUoD

submitted 214 days ago • 136 comments