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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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The fantastically successful NIGMS MIRA R35 "expired" on May 17, after the most recent deadline--these removals are the most aggressive attack on American science in the current series of devastating actions 🧪

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Probably every single woman in science in the United States under the age of 50 has been positively impacted by the NSF ADVANCE program in some way. As I hear stories of ADVANCE cancellations, it's hard to really fully grasp the tremendous damage the end of that one program is doing. 🧪

submitted 23 days ago • 14 comments

Are you able to mentor a summer student and have a good project that can be virtually administered, sign up to be an NSURP mentor today! If you can't, hit that share button please and thank you! #NoLabNoProblem #NSURP uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

A forthcoming policy from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will target — and at least temporarily stop — funding to laboratories and hospitals outside the United States. https://go.nature.com/4cXQpnA

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM. They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone. www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

submitted 24 days ago • 779 comments

TV watching recommendations The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration. 1/2

submitted 28 days ago • 20 comments

Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the past 50 years. A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives. #VaccinesWork bit.ly/wiw2025

submitted 28 days ago • 5 comments

Our set of new prokaryote-optimized fluorescent proteins is now published ! #microbiology #microsky #microscopy 🧫🦠🔬 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 32 days ago • 8 comments

🔥 Open postdoc position in human inflammation-driven control of infection! 🔥 Join me at the University of Geneva, Switzerland this summer as I’m moving my Wellcome-funded research activity to the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine! (1/5) Please share!

submitted 42 days ago • 9 comments

Join our team! The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor tenure-track faculty position in the field of environmental microbiology. Review of applications begins April 15, 2025. jobs.montana.edu/postings/45680

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The first paragraph of this article could have been written by me, or so many others. 😥 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

If anyone has had an NIH/NIAID R13 grant awarded since January, please reach out to me. Ours scored well, has been approved by advisory council but is stuck because of the Diversity Statement. I want to know if this roadblock has been successfully circumnavigated by others, and if so, how......

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Excitement plus!! The full program is online for the upcoming GRC Salmonella Biology and Pathogenesis meeting. There is still some room in the schedule for short talks, which will be chosen from submitted abstracts. Submit your abstract, if you haven't done so already. www.grc.org/salmonella-b...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 Big news! Infection and Immunity is now open access! 🌍🔬 That means wider visibility & impact for your research. Worried about fees? 💸 Check out how IAI stacks up against other journals—you might be surprised. #OpenAccess #SciComm #Microbiology

submitted 51 days ago • 5 comments

There is nothing wrong about enjoying a sunny Greek island while learning the latest research and methods in microbiology. 🌞 The application deadline for The New Microbiology FEBS/EMBO Lecture Course has been extended to April 7th! 📍 Venue: Spetses Island, Greece 🏞️✨ 📅 Date: September 3–11, 2025

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

I am walking 800km of the Camino de Santiago to raise funds for cardiovascular research—the world’s largest killer! ❤️‍🩹 This journey is not just a personal adventure, but a mission to make a real difference in fighting heart disease. Check out the link to learn more www.justgiving.com/campaign/cam...

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

We are looking for a PhD candidate starting on the 01-10-2025. The project aims to understand how the host cells use copper and oxidative species to fight Salmonella infection and how this pathogen evades this antimicrobial response. SHORT DEADLINE ! 20-04-2025 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-25517

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

Comments regarding NIH announcing what was already obvious regarding diversity considerations... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 60 days ago • 2 comments

14 pages of terminated NIH grants--everyone should read through the list. The sweep is VERY broad, including "The Impact of the Herpes Zoster Vaccine on Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus" & "Mitochondrial-based Determinants of Sex Differences in Acute Kidney Injury"🧪 1/n taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...

submitted 60 days ago • 25 comments

I got the news this morning on two COVID related grants that were being terminated because its no longer seen as a research priority by Health and Human Services. My people have been given their notice. I have no words to express my feelings. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

submitted 60 days ago • 15 comments

Job alert ‼️ 2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social - ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...

submitted 60 days ago • 2 comments

🧬23andMe is bankrupt 🧬To delete your genetic data and your actual DNA sample before it is sold to another company, follow instructions from the Atty Gen of California: buff.ly/Qmg4Vy1 1. Start by destroying your DNA sample. 2. Then revoke permission for research. 3. Then DELETE account. #medsky 🧪

submitted 59 days ago • 3 comments

My department, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology at Texas A&M College of Medicine is searching for a new Department Head- apply and potentially become our next awesome leader and colleague! apply.interfolio.com/163491

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Please consider signing sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon.

submitted 72 days ago • 4103 comments

We have some quick and easy advice for those attempting to cut wasteful government spending: Stop letting Donald Trump make the government pay his own resorts so he can golf. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

submitted 74 days ago • 20 comments

THE MOST PROMISING TREATMENT TO SAVE MY LIFE IS A VACINE. For those of you that voted for this man- my death is on you. I have fought to stay alive for nearly 6 years only to see the train get derailed now.

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Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.

submitted 81 days ago • 671 comments

📸 No one follows more etiquette rules than the Royal Family—but notice how King Charles didn’t make any smart-ass or demeaning comments about Zelensky’s attire today. Why? Because respect isn’t about clothes—it’s about character. And that’s something money can’t buy.

submitted 84 days ago • 1028 comments

As of today, at least 73 study sections have not met. If they review 50 applications, plus 30 triaged, 10% funding rate = 8 grants per SS. That's 584 fundable grants on hold. Probably 5000 researchers affected in those teams composed of our best and brightest. SABOTAGE.

submitted 88 days ago • 4 comments

In case you were wondering how Fox News is covering the proposed cuts at the NIH:

submitted 91 days ago • 12 comments

We are recruiting @ox.ac.uk @dunnschool.bsky.social for a joint project between Kevin Foster's group and mine! Cluster hire of two postdocs interested in: 1) Mucosal immunology and oral vaccine development my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... 2) Microbiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Please share!

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Join me in standing up for science on March 7. in Salem, Oregon! Tell your friends and bring them too!! This is a nation wide event, with every state having at least one gathering. We need to show up strong!!! standupforscience2025.org

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

Brian is a talented scientist and thought leader at the University of Kentucky whose research explores the mechanisms underlying Lyme disease, for which new treatments and prevention strategies are badly needed

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

It’s becoming apparent to me through multiple conversations with people over the last 3 days that NIH funding mechanisms that have not already gone through review and council will be delayed by AT LEAST 6 months.

submitted 94 days ago • 9 comments

If the block on the Federal Register isn’t removed in the next few months, I fear a majority of labs will close within a year. This small procedural wrench has the power to kill US science indefinitely, losing an entire generation of discovery and innovation.

submitted 95 days ago • 24 comments

Glad to see this post getting some traction, because the Federal Register is the WHOLE ballgame, folks. To drive this point home, a recent EO declares that all posts to FR now must be approved by the White House. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

submitted 94 days ago • 5 comments

The Univ of California Office of the President sent this petition out today for any researchers, anywhere in the country to sign. Please take just 1 min to sign it and distribute to other researchers before the hearing on Friday regarding indirects. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment