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dad, professor, chemistry, biology Chemical biologist working on small molecules, peptides, and biotechnology. orcid.org/0000-0003-2878-6781 chem.tufts.edu/kritzer-lab

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 7h
Good end-of-FY coverage by the Times. The amount of unspent funds has wiggled but it was pretty clear for some time now that NSF was simply not going to spend a substantial portion of its congressional appropriation this year.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not enough people take seriously "funding delays"/"bureaucratic nonsense can kill people" but here it is right here. If I was mad when a patient died because it took a few extra months for lawyers to try to look for a legal basis for an international data transfer, I'm incandescent, now.
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NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't have
A delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options.
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Rep. Kelly Morrison @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🩺 OBGYN here -- Estrogen patches help millions of women manage menopause symptoms. These patches are life changing for many women. A shortage with no plan from FDA is unacceptable, RFK Jr. needs to give us answers.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 29/09/2026
Whoa, for the 50th anniversary of Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder has released four additional songs from that recording session. “We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it.” [pitchfork.com]
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Stevie Wonder Unvaults Four Songs in the Key of Life Tracks
“We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it,” says Wonder
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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
WE GOT THERE WE'RE HERE DECADES LATER AND IT IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST LOVELY AND AFFIRMING BITS OF TRANS STORYTELLING IN A GENRE SHOW
The "Curzon, my beloved old friend" scene from DS9
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
People sleep on CUNY but it is one of the absolute JEWELS of U.S. Higher Ed and has been for decades. And what's the thanks the system gets??? It has to fight for its life every single year because it has been systematically defunded.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 25/09/2026
FYI to everyone submitting this October NIH cycle You need to re-certify your ScienCV AFTER Sept 26 (tomorrow) for your application or it may not be accepted. Great timing!
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
David Quammen's essay in The New York Times today closes with this paragraph. It's both a scientific falsehood, and an incredibly dangerous narrative. If you're willing to give me five minutes of your time, I'd like to explain why.
The Ebola virus doesn’t need to spill back. It abides in its reservoir host, and awaits its next opportunity. A virus can’t climb out of a bat or a monkey and fly off in search of human prey. It can only spill over. If humans left the reservoir host alone — not hunting it, not capturing it, not eating it, not exporting it live, not disturbing its forest habitat — the virus wouldn’t re-emerge in humans. It would remain where it is, harming no one. But of course that’s not what happens. And when viruses spill, they often spill into us, because the human population is such a big, busy target.
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Science peeps: Looks like SciENcv updated the digital certificate used to sign Biosketch and Current & Pending documents without notification. The old certificate expires Saturday, September 26, 2026. SciENcv docs before that date may fail validation in eRA Commons delaying or blocking submission.
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Catherine Dulac @dulaclab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am highly humbled to be this year recipient of the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize for outstanding women in biomedical research: its first awardee was my PhD advisor Nicole Le Douarin, an extraordinary scientist and mentor! Importantly, this award also recognizes the amazing scientists from my lab.
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today is #WorldCancerResearchDay ⚕️🧪🔬 A day to recognise researchers and clinicians, and reflect on all those affected by cancer - both patients and their families And a reminder of why we do what we do, and why everyone in our lab is devoted to understanding these diseases and improving outcomes 🙏
Group photo of Joyce lab members
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Brilliant mathematician Emmy Noether was initially barred from teaching at University of Göttingen because she was a woman. She taught for 4 years as a "guest lecturer" under David Hilbert's name. Hilbert, exasperated at the stupidity of the rule: "Gentlemen, this is not a bathing establishment."
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From Algebra to Airplane Crashes, Emmy Noether’s Lasting Influence on Mathematics
Emmy Noether, whom some consider the “Mother of Modern Mathematics,” continues to shape modern research and the studies of mathematicians today; including research into the investigation of airplane c...
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WIRED @wired.com · 21/09/2026
WIRED asked 634 women what they really think about working in tech. They told us about harassment, bias, unequal treatment, and the everyday indignities that still shape life in the industry. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-...
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Christina Larson @christina-larson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m thrilled to share my first feature story for American Archaeology magazine. The article traces the history of North America’s original caffeinated brew — Yaupon holly tea, sometimes called Black Drink — a ceremonial beverage prepared by many Indigenous nations before Europeans contact.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 20/09/2026
“The arrangement would give Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, a direct role in determining how NIH distributes its $48 billion in congressionally-appropriated money.” Bypassing the many checks and balances at NIH on grant funding decisions.
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is my favorite vaccine poster. Make your flu shot appointment before Halloween. It's sPoOkY to not get your flu shot!
A ghost shining a light on with a flashlight and it says boo to the flu. Get your flu vaccine by October 31.
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Ceridwen Anne @ceridwenanne.com · 20/09/2026
What did the test designers *tell the AI to do*? What behavior were they hoping for? How did the prompt by the test engineers end in hacking behavior if hacking behavior wasn't part of the test? Looks an awful lot like they were trying to quietly hack something, and the AI just did it loudly.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 19/09/2026
This miracle is the fruit of generations of enormous and bipartisan investments of public research support for our universities. Future versions of this miracle are what we are currently losing, due to the US Administration’s decision to shatter the public’s partnership with our universities. 
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026
When someone claims that a mistake just happens in the system, and it's always the same kind of mistake, and it always benefits the person who set up the system... It's not a mistake. It's happening on purpose.
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Samer Hattar @samerhattar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Seeing scientific friends in meetings is what makes my scientific life so rich. Bryan showed some amazing images and Sam showed some incredible remodeling in the retina even before any rods degenerate. I hope we will continue to do great science in the USA.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I graduated med school in 2014. I was taught-and saw-how hard melanoma was to treat, like a death sentence Since then, new treatments have made it possible for people w/ the most advanced melanoma, like Jimmy Carter, to live to 100! We are killing ourselves by letting them destroy American science
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Meet Derek.
An AI add with a stickfigure using a computer: "Meet Derek. AI every day. Always hitting a wall. Then he found evenfall. Private AI chat. No ads. No behavioural tracking. More room to create.Screenshots from "The Good Place" of Jason Mantzoukas (Derek) saying: Well I wasn't technically designed for this. But to be fair, I wasn't designed for anything."
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The White House budget proposal for FY27 slash NSF funding by more than 50% and would drastically reduce support for PhDs, postdocs & investigator-initiated research. Selling something is not the same as doing something. Science is hard. This 'new golden age' won't make it easier.
US NSF announces

"Science: A New Golden Age Summit"

Washington
Discover the frontier
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/09/2026
Humaning.
A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"
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Kevin A. Scott, PhD @sculpturatus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
found at ucsf
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Eligible voters of the United States! Happy National Voter Registration Day! Not sure how to register to vote in the midterms? Or want to check your registration status? We have a guide for you at npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Luke Sjulson @lukesjulson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With the beginning of the new academic year, I'm reposting the info for our free online neuroscience methods course. If you're starting a PhD in neuroscience, or just want a refresher, this is for you!
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a VERY significant decision, given the impact of the rule change, which was set to upend the student visa process which has been in place for the last half-century. Colleges and universities said the rule would impose millions in costs and cause a big drop in enrollment.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026
This colossal new tax will likely be charged to the university (!). Few universities — obviously — will pay. That will mean a collapse in access to OPT. That in turn will kneecap international enrollment at US universities, because the bridge OPT provides is a major reason students come—>
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OPT Reforms and the Relative Supply of STEM Skills
(May 2026) - Since the late 2000s, reforms to the optional practical training (OPT) program have allowed international STEM graduates to work in the United States for up to three years after graduatio...
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Did you know that your Attorney General's office can help you get a refund from an airline? A resident was wrongfully charged $600 in baggage fees. After months of no reply, we stepped in and got the airline to issue a refund. When a big company takes advantage, your AG has your back.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ultimately, this letter from NSF is an announcement that universities will be funded a lot less and politically-connected industry will be funded a lot more. Fancy words around old-fashioned corruption.
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NSF leadership in a new golden age of science
The U.S. National Science Foundation was established in 1950 to keep American discovery at the frontier. That mission has not changed. The science and technology ecosystem around it has...
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"NSF's role is to create conditions for exceptional science to happen more often and more frequently, and this remains our priority" You literally *halved* the number of grants you funded in 2026.
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"We are embracing a portfolio approach that delivers the highest return on our investments" Not NSF's mandate. Period.
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The National Science Foundation has not had a director since April 2025, but is undertaking very significant structural changes in how it funds US science. No permanent leadership appears anywhere in sight.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026
Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).
A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.
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tante @tante.cc · 08/09/2026
The most surprising realization I had in the last years was how important it is to be public about your refusal to participate in harmful acts therefore giving others "permission" to do so as well. It really matters.
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 09/09/2026
There’s still time to register & to join us for the one-hour webinar today on the challenged facing pregnant chemists & what working safely can look like. Anna Slater & Mary Kate Lane will discuss the support needed for pregnant chemist at 3pm today. #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/wor...
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Working safely through pregnancy: a conversation for chemists and lab leaders
How safe is the lab when you're pregnant? Join our conversation on 9 September
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 08/09/2026
She was only six years old. In 1960, Ruby Bridges helped desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, escorted by federal marshals. That little girl turns 72 today. Happy Birthday, Ruby Bridges. ♥️ #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Side-by-side photos of Ruby Bridges as an adult and as a six-year-old child. The childhood image shows Ruby smiling in the doorway of William Frantz Elementary School in 1960, wearing a plaid dress and light-colored jacket.
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ChemKritzer @chemkritzer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
👍🤷‍♂️🤣 but for real grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-114: Continuation of Modifications to Peer Review Practices
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Continuation of Modifications to Peer Review Practices NOT-OD-26-114. NIH
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ChemKritzer @chemkritzer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This continues of the practice where NIH reviewers are forced to stamp 2/3 of all grants as "competitive." This decreases the influence of scientific merit in the funding process, and increases influence of the whims of political appointees. Not acceptable. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-114: Continuation of Modifications to Peer Review Practices
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Continuation of Modifications to Peer Review Practices NOT-OD-26-114. NIH
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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I think I have to get Dewey’s credo tattooed onto my forehead: “I believe education is a process of living, not a preparation for future living.” Easy-hard is a stupid dimension along which to think about education. Meaningful-meaningless is better. (comment on original text in the black box)
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Get your own! www.etsy.com/listing/4557...
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Chemistry Mug Special American Cthulhu Society Mug - Etsy
This Mugs item is sold by TheChemScrapesShop. Ships from Charlotte, NC. Listed on Aug 23, 2026
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026
It’s actually ok to be a person who does not enjoy doing research but then you should not be doing research for pay
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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
crazy how the whole “exercise makes you feel better” thing is true tbh.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 04/09/2026
We already have special research funds for diseases that impact our military. Hegseth has requested a $1.5 TRILLION budget.   Still, the DOD is diverting funds for medical research at NIH.   Stopping lifesaving treatments & cures to help wage foreign wars. This must end.
‘Outrageous’: Pentagon Secretly Working to Divert Billions From National Institutes of Health

“These funds were provided for lifesaving medical research, not as extra money for the Department of Defense,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
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mareikejordan.bsky.social @mareikejordan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Check out our preprint on the structural mechanisms of how LEM2 and ESCRTs seal the nuclear envelope. Awesome collaboration with @karenpalacior.bsky.social who brought my structures to life 💃🔬❄️🌀 @hummerlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Woohoo!! My minicomic as syllabus for my new Comics in Education class is live!! Took forever. I put everything I could into it & thrilled how it all came together. Class is off to a great start & excited for where we're headed! Download/print your own on my site spinweaveandcut.com/comics-in-ed...
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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I want younger people in politics too, but not transphobic capitulating losers.
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Senator Ed Markey, 80, Turns Back Younger Challenger in Massachusetts (Gift Article)
The oldest senator in Massachusetts history used a progressive message to beat Representative Seth Moulton, 47, defying calls for generational change.
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