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Senator Durbin noted that some (I believe Republican Senators) had indicated the US had been doing more than its share of biomedical research and it was time for other countries take a turn. I felt I had to interrupt to respond...

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All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

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I just did this, thanks to @napaaqtuk.bsky.social. My comment wasn't particularly eloquent or long, nor did it need to be. Just write that you oppose the proposed rule and particularly its application to research program officers. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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More than the freezing of individual grants at Northwestern, I hope it breaks through that all NIH money to Northwestern is stopped even for grants that have not been frozen or terminated. The university has received $0 from NIH since March.

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Trump/Musk and the entire GOP has spent the last four months systematically liquidating disease cure research in the United States. Lots of critical cure studies shuttered mid-way through. Research shutdown everywhere. It's all hands on deck to prevent new treatments for cancer, ahlzeimers etc.

submitted 5 days ago • 78 comments

Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025

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This is a follow up to my post about how to save biomedical research. It responds to one of the most common questions I've gotten about that post. And get into why it's the communities rather than the organizations that are key to focus on. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-fol...

submitted 6 days ago • 14 comments

I've pitched versions of this idea to a number of NIH scientists, as well as university researchers over the last six weeks or so. So I decided to put it together into a post.

submitted 7 days ago • 37 comments

A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-pat...

submitted 8 days ago • 23 comments

Congrats, @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social !

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

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🚨BREAKING: Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate in the 2024 North Carolina state Supreme Court election, finally conceded six months after losing the race to incumbent Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, the Associated Press reported. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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🎶…HE DRINKS A WHISKEY DRINK HE DRINKS A VODKA DRINK HE DRINKS A LAGER DRINK HE DRINKS A CIDER DRINK…🎶

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Great piece.

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Matt Yglesias, Nate Silver, and Gavin Newsom: all DEAD WRONG about whether or not deportations and disappearances are a “distraction.” www.offmessage.net/p/kilmar-abr...

submitted 30 days ago • 31 comments

1/2 Many people have already mentioned this, but just to rub it in: Let's start with terrible click-bait headline on this NYT piece. As always, no bylines or attribution for headlines, subheds, framing, or "social sell" — even though that is all most readers will ever see. Then...

submitted 35 days ago • 12 comments

WATCH: Dr. Kevin Hall is departing NIH after 21 years at his “dream job.” He says his research findings were being censored under RFK Jr. "What is it going to be like if they want to start actually meddling in the research itself?"

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Thanks to @jaketapper.bsky.social for inviting me on his show yesterday! www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/h...

submitted 37 days ago • 16 comments

My story about @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, nutrition and metabolism scientist at N.I.H., who felt compelled to take early retirement after experiencing censorship of his work under the new administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...

submitted 38 days ago • 20 comments

After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology.

submitted 38 days ago • 145 comments

Academics, join today! Sliding dues scale, based on salary. www.aaup.org/membership/j...

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Done!

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Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

submitted 46 days ago • 15 comments

Support organizations standing up to the administration.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Normally I follow dogs/rescues on other social media and science/politics here. But this pittie in Gaston County, North Carolina has totally stolen my heart because she reminds me of Shiloh (if we let Shiloh eat to her heart’s desire). She is 6-8 yo, dog friendly, and she is running out of time.

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