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joshuasweitz.bsky.social
Professor of Biology & Institute for Health Computing, U of Maryland; explores how viruses impact human and environmental health; 'Asymptomatic' (JHU Press, 10/22/2024) & 'Quantitative Biosciences' (Princeton U Press, 3/2024) & 'Science Matters' substack.
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So about that @dangaristo.bsky.social scoop... It would seem the "New Golden Age of HUD" now supersedes "Restoring Gold Standard Science".

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Now in @sciam.bsky.social Via Jesus Soriano, NSF employee union president: "NSF’s management 'learned this afternoon [from HUD]' that ... 'HUD will take over the NSF building' and that the science agency was not involved in the decision." www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

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Midway through a full week, early career focused event at University of Maryland. Ever more excited for what could be in the study of phage dynamics across scales. Many thanks to all the lecturers, student/postdoc participants, lab instructors, and support. weitzgroup.umd.edu/workshops/

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"[A] sleeper issue is the proposed 40 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health, in the White House’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year." Perhaps injecting some economic impact data may help awaken what should not be a sleeper issue... @prospect.org scienceimpacts.org/fy26

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An anti-science administration hellbent on uprooting and dismantling 75+ years of American leadership in science. Why? To what ends? Who benefits when the White House makes it ever harder, if not impossible, to retain talent, advance use-driven research, and train the next generation of innovators?

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Today @science.org published White House OSTP Director Kratsios' opinion: 'Sound policy demands sound science' accusing critics harboring what he terms "reactionary attitudes" as "allowing politicization to creep into the nation’s scientific enterprise." a 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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🚨RFK jr. is currently testifying before the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee. We're keeping a close watch. Follow along for updates HERE ⬇️ (🧵):

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Amidst the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee hearing, it may be relevant to take stock of what is likely to happen to economies and jobs in communities throughout the US if medical research $ is slashed, on top of halted trials, research and programs. scienceimpacts.org/fy26

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The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget. Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide. Interactive map and shareable report: scienceimpacts.org/fy26 a 🧵

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After six years, a controversial bid to mine next door to Georgia’s famed Okefenokee Swamp is no more. An extraordinary deal just halted a project that scientists feared could irreparably damage North America’s largest blackwater swamp. #gapol ajc.com/business/202...

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