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RNA biochemist turned worm geneticist. Professor and Vice Chair for Outreach in BMB Dept. at UMass Chan. Part time singer songwriter. Proud parent of two wonderful children. Believer in compassion, kindness, mutual respect. Happy to be helpful when I can
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This is a helpful set of actions to take from someone who seems to be on the inside. www.reddit.com/r/academia/c...

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Here is the comparison between 2017, 2021, 2025. I have plotted these in terms of 2017 dollars corrected for inflation. I was going to plot these in terms of the fraction of the NIH appropriation but, of course, there is not enacted 2025 appropriations, because, you know, Congress...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Federal judge Angel Kelly has extended her hold on the NIH's overhead cut. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

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Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com

submitted 5 days ago • 32 comments

"How much money does it take to redirect your moral compass". This exact question has been weighing on my heavily. I would wager that Chan Zuckerberg, like HHMI, have the resources to challenge an illegal investigation in a court of law. If they won't, who will?

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On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

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This...

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"The abrupt termination of critical USAID-funded clinical trials, with insufficient time to safeguard the welfare of people who are participating, is profoundly unethical and utterly inexcusable" www.statnews.com/2025/02/16/u... via @statnews.com

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

IMPORTANT ACTION in response to the illegal firings of scientists and public health workers at HHS, NIH, CDC, and other federal agencies by the Trump administration. Rally at HHS this Wed, Feb 19 at 12 pm. Show your support! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/... @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

How amazing would it be if not one NIH employee showed up on Tuesday. #sickday #sickofthechaosday

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Amazing cartoon by @zezvaz.bsky.social. So powerful, like a hard right hook to the gut.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Republicans in Congress certainly do not care that the NIH's cuts to research infrastructure are illegal. And they may not care that the policy is a $2 billion tax on Massachusetts' Eds & Meds enterprise. youtu.be/b__wJ4IwB5k

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

Well this is very interesting and is welcome news for all of us NIH grantees: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants We can relax, for at least a moment open.substack.com/pub/populari...

submitted 10 days ago • 15 comments

Any of my homies make Ted Cruz's list of #woke #NSF grants? I'd consider it a badge of honor. We don't get to many NSF awards at the medical school, so nothing from my school. ps. I'm sick and tired of the word "woke". www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Please share!

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Google has bended the knee.

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Get in dorks, we're going protesting! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025 WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL Because science is for everyone! Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

submitted 12 days ago • 49 comments

Total NIH funding cuts by state. This can be helpful when talking to your representatives www.datawrapper.de/_/Y0Pnk/

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

Made some slides for scientists to talk about what's been happening & what we should do next. There are probably many people better qualified than me to talk about these issues. If that's you, please, please, please consider holding some virtual advocacy training sessions for researchers this week.

submitted 13 days ago • 18 comments

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.

submitted 14 days ago • 547 comments

I was harassed online yesterday for being the parent of a non-binary child. It bothered me more than I care to admit. If such language is directed at me, what must my child be experiencing? That thought keeps me up at night. I'll be cold and dead before I let someone hurt my kid.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

My new favorite website: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

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The latest attack on science—capping indirects on NIH grants—is a politically motivated travesty designed to break the US research enterprise. www.aamc.org/news/press-r...

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I'm new to blue sky. Help me find people to follow, please and thank you. I'm looking for #scientists, New England area #Folk and #Americana musicians, and groups / people reporting on and taking action against the Musk-driven #coup happening in the United States.

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