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Scientific Director of the Henry Ford Pancreatic Cancer Center. Cellular Plasticity is my jam.
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Shout it from the mountaintops!

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

Nothing like having grants approved for funding by expert reviewers, get a couple of years into the work, publish some cool papers, then have these already funded grants undergo re-review by some power mad tech bros who couldn’t hold a pipetman properly if they tried…to brighten up your weekend

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world. www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 22 hours ago • 217 comments

Tenuously Glad It’s Friday. Wordle 1,350 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 21 hours ago • 5 comments

I had a head in the sand evening. Now I’m nervous about what I missed. Wordle 1,349 4/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Quick and green. Wordle 1,348 3/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

I'm looking to see if the cuts & chaos at CDC and NIH have affected any clinical trials or research for drugs for the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or other serious diseases. If you know anything, please contact me at DavidCorn.99 at Signal. Or if you have any other good stories.

submitted 4 days ago • 293 comments

Could have been faster. Wordle 1,347 5/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Monday, blah, blah, blah Wordle 1,346 4/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

TO NIHers OUT THERE It appears that folks from different ICs are getting quite different guidance about whether to respond to the "HR" email. I don't know how, but try to share information with one another to avoid some folks making themselves targets. You can reach me on Signal (jeremymberg.78)

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

REMEMBER: THIS Friday, February 28. NOT 1 PENNY SPENT. We can DO this. I'm IN, are YOU?

submitted 5 days ago • 613 comments

Grateful for this weekend of relative peace. Wordle 1,345 4/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

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submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments

Letter chase. Wordle 1,344 4/6* ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Three weeks ago, I stood in front of my entire (diverse) center to tell everyone that I have their backs no matter how bad things get. I will do whatever it takes to keep that promise, but I’ll be damned of they’re not trying everything they can to make a liar out of me.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

It’s this kind of bullshit that makes it harder for the rest of us fight the dismantling of our scientific infrastructure. Stand together or fall alone, people.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Grit your teeth, gird your loins…do whatever you need to get ready for today’s massacre. Looking at the signs, I’m guessing there will be no institute directors by day’s end. But that’s just the start…

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I remember a time when we used to look forward to Friday. Wordle 1,343 4/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

And the story we’ve all been buzzing about here is starting to be reported: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 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 9 days ago • 25 comments

“No one has ever seen a [presidential] transition in which one of the most valuable parts of our government enterprise is being taken apart," says Harold Varmus, former NIH director. Our latest, from the @nature.com reporters covering Trump 2.0: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

I’ve now heard the number: 41/47 study sections will not be meeting. Another end around to being forced to unfreeze the funds

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Ok, lots more study sections shut down with 24 hours notice or less. But not the one I’ll be sitting on in a couple of hours, apparently. I know it’s a fool’s errand to try to see a pattern in this nonsense, but it’s an unfortunate reflex.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Quickie Wordle 1,342 3/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments