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Shot: first measles death in the US in a decade Chaser: March FDA meeting on flu vaccine design cancelled www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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RNA xkcd.com/3056

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DEI and merit are not antonyms

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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD

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“they simply do not care how many peoples' lives and work are ruined as they go on the attack, cutting into these agencies with all the care and forethought of a three-year-old left alone with a reciprocating saw. These are the people you're cozying up to?” well said

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"the concept of a teach-in — wherein a panel of college professors or experts on a subject hold a discussion around a relevant social or political issue — originated in the University in 1965 to protest the war in Vietnam."

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the equivalent would be if Tesla stopped producing cars and claimed the decrease in manufacturing expenses as “savings” - these aren’t errant expenses, they’re critical for US health, sustainability, humanity, and leadership

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this is why I brought an American flag to the protests on Presidents’ Day - my ancestors fought and died to proudly defend the flag, which my children pledge means liberty and justice for all. It’s insulting to veterans and citizens for rich oligarchs to recklessly dismember what we the people built

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this website from the House Democrats on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee is surveying the impact of the Administration’s mass firings of federal employees from science agencies—share with friends you know have been affected

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Pitched a piece to my hometown paper and they responded within like 10 minutes saying they definitely want to see it. So yeah, I think this has potential

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No Kings What do we do? Stand Up Fight Back

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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

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Attending #BPS2025? Want to know more about tangible steps you can take to challenge the attacks on science in the U.S.? Please attend an Emergency Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday at 1:30! @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social @blackinbiophys.bsky.social Please spread the word!

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BAY AREA: Not My Presidents' Day protests planned all over tomorrow. Get up, get out, and get something! San Francisco: www.indybay.org/newsitems/20... Oakland: www.indybay.org/newsitems/20... San Jose: www.indybay.org/newsitems/20... Or take it to the capital: www.indybay.org/newsitems/20...

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pssssst - lemme tell you about the "root cause" of vaccine-preventable pathogens

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bad science, bad for humanity, and bad business - if trial populations are not diverse and adverse events happen outside the trial population post launch, it could end an approved drug. pharma companies that ignore human diversity do so at their peril

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earthquakes, 50mph winds, and pouring rain - fitting vibe for the day RFK is confirmed

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Biopharma companies and CEOs are keeping their heads down at their own peril. They should speak up about what’s happening to the NIH and other science agencies before it’s too late. Silence gives consent. And no one should consent to this.

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who wore it better

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Effective today, new regulations on #NIH grants will gut UC research funding by hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The University strongly opposes this directive and has submitted a declaration in support of California Attorney General Rob Bonta's suit to block these cuts. bit.ly/3QfhNTv

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Just got the dreaded email. University of Iowa is halting all NIH grant submissions. Losing a generation of scientists here will send the state backwards. What a travesty.

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thanks Kendrick Lamar for an incredible halftime show - so necessary

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not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl. can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities

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laid out with Flu A right now, which I know from a Lucira rapid test. Lucira was founded using UC Berkeley IP and supported by the NSF through an STTR. I'm sick now, but am optimistic since I was vaccinated against the flu, which typically halves the risk of hospitalization. thanks #science #nsf

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Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.

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hope

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The medical school piece is crucial: indirect costs also apply to clinical research, supporting clinical trials and the discovery of new medicine along with the general function of academic medical centers (hospitals) - which care for the sickest Americans

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universities use indirect costs to pay for ancillary costs of research - accounting, HR, electricity, etc. most universities have one revenue lever: tuition as universities have committed to contracts and salaries based on committed indirects, expect tuition increases & perhaps layoffs 1/

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F31-diversity proposals are similar enough to F31 proposals that it would be straightforward for NIH to transfer these to the F31 instead of refusing to review them

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the wave of bankrupt orgs downstream of these illegal blocks on federal spending is going to be spectacular to behold, both for its impact on science and other businesses and on unemployment of Americans

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wow - just wow. scientific societies censoring language from an already-published article without even notifying the author? This is literally Orwellian 1984 “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.” - the Party slogan

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#HigherEd, head’s up: two of the plaintiffs here are AAUP and the national association of DEI offices. they’re suing trump + the whole cabinet. one to watch.

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this thread detailing political attacks censoring various words in federal grant applications is an unprecedented attack on American science, innovation, and it’s people - it cannot stand

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Fruitful collaboration between our team & Sven Jager/Ziv Bar Joseph's team @Sanofi published today @narjournal.bsky.social: a language model that learns the grammar of all regions of an mRNA from head to tail!! Can be fine-tuned on all of your favorite mRNA-related tasks -- a successor of CodonBERT.

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leadership by scientific organizations: demonstrating what federal funding does, lobbying congress on behalf of federal agencies, supporting people who are missing paychecks, etc failure by scientific organizations: this. sad

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The Internet Archive is one of my favorite things (and bonus: their headquarters is full of adorably creepy statues of everyone who's worked there!). I just sent a donation their way.

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