“For the last 75 yrs, the NIH has been the biggest funder of biomedical research in the world. Most advances in medicine were seeded by NIH funding. When we became scientists, we just bought into this system. This is how it works. — @tuthill.bsky.social 🧵 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... - ThreadSky

greennoise.bsky.social • 3 days ago

“For the last 75 yrs, the NIH has been the biggest funder of biomedical research in the world. Most advances in medicine were seeded by NIH funding. When we became scientists, we just bought into this system. This is how it works. — @tuthill.bsky.social 🧵

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/trump-nih-funding-scientists

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greennoise.bsky.social•3 days ago

“I’m not a professor yet. I’m not a full fledged independent scientist yet. So, us losing these grants is like an entire generation of scientists not being able to continue.” — @hpopal-brain.bsky.social

dennisplusannsmith.bsky.social•3 days ago

How devastating!!!

greennoise.bsky.social•3 days ago

“In my personal case, to be frank, I’m concerned that as a transgender scientist, I will be discriminated against because of who I am,” — @pilowsky.me

greennoise.bsky.social•3 days ago

“I don’t want to induce panic. I want to be very clear that there is a lot of uncertainty about bird flu,” Pilowsky said, before admitting that if it starts transmitting from human to human, it could be more dangerous than Covid.

greennoise.bsky.social•3 days ago

From my latest for @theguardian.com 🧪

wowt.news•3 days ago

Well, at least we’ll have vaccines for bird flu very quickly because we already…

Oh. Right. We have a roided out geezer who thinks vaccines are evil in charge of the funding that will be needed to produce them, and he can also stop their importation from sane countries.

unkledak.bsky.social•2 days ago

Never in my life have I been more happy to be in Canada than upon reading your post and realizing it’s truth and significance.

rsbell07.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sounds positive….

omg1957.bsky.social•2 days ago

Don't panic, the Clauries do have ZOONOSES since ever.

flentrop.bsky.social•3 days ago

Gimme dem grants. I want my grants. Gotta have my grants.
What's wrong with you people? I deserve my grants.

nancynichole17.bsky.social•3 days ago

And now students who want to study stem will be looking for opportunities to go to university in other countries.

irishblood.bsky.social•2 days ago

Let them come to Canada, they’ll love it here just like many of your doctors who just moved here! They fit in perfect! Respected and supported! They get to live in a free open minded progressive country with lots of fresh air, water, natural resources, beautiful people and safe heathy communities!

flentrop.bsky.social•3 days ago

Science needs dough and plenty of it. That rat Trump better understand that.

studar.bsky.social•2 days ago

You kinda sound like a troll

cupcakekitty09.bsky.social•3 days ago

Anti-knowledge thugs.

nduzgunes.bsky.social•3 days ago

Unfortunately, the reality is that the great majority of scientists in the U.S. already cannot obtain funding for their research. So the recent freeze in funding will only affect the minority of scientists who happen to be funded (and in some cases funded in excess).

iansudbery.bsky.social•1 day ago

For the vast majority of active research scientists, if your not funded you don't get to keep your job, so I don't see how your statement that most are unfunded can possibly be true.

ricecp.bsky.social•3 days ago

House Committee investigating the firings at NIH

https://democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-leaders-lofgren-and-stevens-statement-on-nsf-employee-firings-by-doge

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