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Mad Scientist DSPAN-F99/K00 Scholar: Postdoctoral Stage Neuro-Psycho-Endocrinologist: Heavy on the Psycho Interdisciplinary researcher in all things race, gender, and the stress response system.
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.

This message needs to be heard widely.

Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia. Immunotherapies? Gene therapy for rare diseases? Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines? Vaccines? Novel cancer treatments? Psychiatric medicines? You betcha. 1/

Things are so grim, but seeing the #DSPAN fam stay strong, supportive, motivated, and united is a beacon of hope. They can cancel our program, but they can’t cancel the community we’ve formed.

Relieved that the MOSAIC K99/R00 grants.gov page is no longer expired (updated today), and it sounds like people are able to submit apps again 🧪

Just saying…

F99/R00 AND K99/R00 DIVERSITY AWARD APPLICANTS If you have applied for a F99/R00 or K99/R00 Diversity award and the study section for review is not listed on your eRA Commons page, please reach out to me. DM me, email [email protected], Signal jeremymberg.78 THANK YOU

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

Per an NIH source: “Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”

So how’s it going so far?

"All I did was look around at the problems we're neglecting now and give them about 30 years to grow into full-fledged disasters." — Octavia E. Butler on "predicting the future" Y'all coulda listened at any time.

The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...

Now this is important. We knew, but this most reliable confirmation is devastating.

Tokens get spent 🤷🏽‍♀️

Good.

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

In addition to the NIH halt, this order aims to create (among other things) a list of all federally funded grants that involve DEIA "under whatever name they appear". They're coming for research involving health equity, social determinants of health, centering marginalized populations, etc.

Oh no that’s horrible. I sure hope no one else sends fake reports to [email protected].

NOW: More than 98% of #Costco shareholders have just rejected an anti-DEI measure The attempt to force Costco to audit their #DEI work was by an anti-inclusion lobby group: "The proponent's broader agenda is not reducing risk for the Company but abolition of diversity initiatives." - Costco Board

Thou shalt accept that DEI didn't hold your career back -- you're just mid, bro.

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

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

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ISPNE is hosting a webinar series on hormone research led by the early career researchers committee. If interested, please register at ispne.memberclicks.net/events #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky