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Cohen Lab @Cornell @cohenlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We are so incredibly proud of the new Cornell Masters in Fundamental and Translational Reproductive Medicine, a program 3 years in the making! Accepting applications in January 2027 for Fall 2027. Sign up for updates using the QR code below

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Cohen Lab @Cornell @cohenlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Announcing our new Masters program in fundamental and translational reproductive medicine, a 2-year research intensive program that emphasizes networking, career development and exploration across the breadth of reproductive medicine for human and animal health. Sign up for updates: lnkd.in/gYCcUWHG

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Cohen Lab @Cornell @cohenlab.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

So honored to have been named a top ten finalist in Life Sciences for the Falling Walls Global Science Breakthroughs 2026. The winner will be announced in September and will be presenting at the #FallingWalls #ScienceSummit26. falling-walls.com/science-summ...

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Falling Walls Science Summit

All details in one place: your guide to the Falling Walls Science Summit.

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Cohen Lab @Cornell @cohenlab.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If you’re heading to the GRC/GRS mammalian reproduction meeting this week, check out these presentations from outstanding CoRe trainees!

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Science Magazine @science.org · 01/07/2026

The NIH expects to make up for a grantmaking lag and spend its full budget by 30 September. But because it plans to fund many multiyear grants up front as a lump sum, the agency will likely award fewer new grants and competitive renewals. scim.ag/4ePQfjf

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NIH likely to award fewer grants as it races to spend 2026 budget

Government shutdown, staff shortages have complicated effort to meet 30 September deadline to spend funds

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Sharing this screen grab from a friend at NIH (with permission). This is a checklist program officers have to complete before a grant can be awarded. The first question: "Is this grant All Clean/Clear in the NIH Text analysis Tool?" 🧵1/3

Screen grab of an NIH grants checklist showing the first question is: "1. Is this grant All Clean/Clear in the NIH Text analysis Tool?"

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Cornell Reproductive Sciences Center @cornellrepro.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Tri-Repro 2027 has been amazing! 270 attendees from across the US (and UK!), supported by our co-host institutions, Penn, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers. Congrats to the Trainee Committee for an outstanding program, and thanks to our 5th Stuart Moss Memorial Lecturer, @schindlerlab.bsky.social!

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Cohen Lab @Cornell @cohenlab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The 2027 Tri-state Symposium on reproductive sciences has begun! We have 270 attendees from our sister Tri-Repro institutions @upenn.edu, @mageewomens.bsky.social, and @rutgersupress.bsky.social, as well as Yale, NIH, UMassC Syracuse U, Nottingham U, etc. @cornellrepro.bsky.social welcomes you all!

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brookscrickard1.bsky.social @brookscrickard1.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Very exciting that our new paper on the forces exerted by the Rad51-Rad54 homology search complex is now online. This was a collaborative effort with the Wang here at Cornell, and this work performed primarily by a graduate student, Mitch Woodhouse genesdev.cshlp.org/content/earl...

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The eukaryotic homology search complex distorts donor DNA structure to probe for homology

A biweekly scientific journal publishing high-quality research in molecular biology and genetics, cancer biology, biochemistry, and related fields

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Grant terminations had deep impacts on all early career scientists, running counter to Bhattacharya’s stated interest in supporting them. The terminations disproportionately harmed early career women. www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih...

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NIH grant cuts hit women, early-career scientists the hardest: analysis

Last year’s funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) disproportionately impacted women and early-career researchers, according to a | Last year’s funding cuts at the National Institutes...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

OMB has posted the full-year apportionments for NIH. openomb.org/file/11511545 I believe this means that NIH now has the spending authority to fund grants! There may be nuances and I will be tracking these as best I can.

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National Library of Medicine and 24 other accounts | 11511545

Apportionment file 11511545 (National Library of Medicine and 24 other accounts) retrieved from OMB public records

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Cohen Lab @Cornell @cohenlab.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Delighted to see a @cornellrepro.bsky.social alumna, Dr. Jordana Bloom, back at Cornell talking about her postdoctoral work on menopause.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

My resignation letter from CDC.

Dear Dr. Houry,

I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business. I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested.

This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough.

While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people. This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles.

The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people. The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership. This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a “frequently asked questions” document written to support the Secretary’s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors. Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people.

It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC. The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense. Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function. Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC.

Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc.

I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again. I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season. Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of “Making America Healthy Again.” We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us. Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources. At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him. To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information.

The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer. I believe in nutrition and exercise. I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability. Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun.

The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud. I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his and his colleagues’ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed.

For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics. I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision.

Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest.

I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically.

Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution. If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.

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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

BREAKING (AGAIN): The White House said it has fired CDC director Susan Monarez, who clashed with @seckennedy.govpeeps.us over vaccine policy. Confirmed by the Senate, she had refused to resign unless the WH fired her. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

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New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, Trump Administration Says

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 28/08/2025

A hero. I got to meet Dr. Daskalakis at the White House when he was the deputy coordinator of the White House Mpox Response. His public service made the country safer. RFK must resign.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

CDC WRAPUP: A White House spokesman emailed me at 9:30 p.m. to say that Susan Monarez, the CDC director, has been fired. This came after days of back-and-forth in which RFK Jr. tried to force her out and she refused. 4 other top CDC officials have quit. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

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New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, Trump Administration Says

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Substantial update to Fifty Shades of Jay jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... More to come...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Several people have suggested that I compile my emails to Bhattacharya and I am delighted to do so. Announcing the first cut of "Fifty Shades of 'Jay' jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... This contains just the first few exchanges. I will be adding more as time permits.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Shout out to the WSJ journalists who reported on Vought’s impoundment by footnote, causing the White House to walk it back. Impact journalism!!

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Cohen Lab @Cornell @cohenlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

This is insane - all NIH funding halted and then restarted within 5 hours. The ship is being steered by morons!

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Today #NIH leadership were told no funds can go out for research project grants, R&D contracts or training grants. We have just a couple weeks to get funds out the door before Russel Vought attempts a #PocketRescission on Aug 15. Even if this ends up being temporary, it’s time we don’t have.

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

NCI’s 4%ile payline *may* be just a one time thing to absorb the multi-year funding mandate. But what if this is the new normal, combined with 6-apps limits?

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The #BethesdaDeclaration stories are now up on the front pages of both the New York Times and the Washington Post. Thanks again to the brave folks at NIH who stood up and worked together to make this happen. 1/n

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

True portraits in courage!

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Cohen Lab @Cornell @cohenlab.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I couldn’t be more proud of this tremendous work by Dr @awood2.bsky.social in my lab, co-led by myself and @idwolff.bsky.social. Anna worked tirelessly to conduct a comprehensive analysis of female meiosis, showing that CNTD1 plays role in crossover designation and checkpoint regulation in females.

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Cohen Lab @Cornell @cohenlab.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Exceptionally proud to have hood four new Cohen lab PhDs yesterday. Go out into the world and continue to do amazing things, Drs. Wood, Tanis, Simon, and Carr! I am so so proud of you all! @awood2.bsky.social

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Two possible reasons for this are: 1.) Women, POC and/or disabled people are more likely to do equity oriented work 2.) Women, POC and/or disabled people have been marked as DEI regardless of what they do The government will try to point to the former reason when it is in reality the latter

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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Bernie Sanders' office has put out a report this morning on Trump's NIH cuts: "Trump officials effectively cut $2.7 billion in [NIH] funding in the first three months of 2025 – including a 31 percent cut to cancer research through March, compared to the same timeframe last year."

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of CA issues the below order. It pauses all RIF-related actions across the gov’t for two weeks, because she concludes that these RIFs likely illegally usurp Congress’ authority by reorganizing agencies. Hearing in 2 wks to consider a prelim injunction.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

ATTENTION New crowdsourced site collecting and sharing stories of public impact of research publicusaresearchbenefits.com Take a look and consider contributing. Let's make this as powerful as possible!

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Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.

A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

As a follow-up to the Kaiser interview, here is my exchange with Dr. Bhattacharya starting Sunday evening... 1/n

A letter from Jeremy Berg to NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya about the need to award grants promptly.

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

President Trump's "skinny" budget request absolutely eviscerates scientific research funding. The @aaas.org estimates the request would constitute an 82.5% reduction in research spending (and that's just the agencies named in the request).

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

In which the Senate-confirmed director of the National Institutes of Health - talks down to the highly experienced @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social - says "it's not me personally" who cancels agency grants - claims @nature.com is spreading rumors, hours before he confirms said rumors

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‘It’s been a tough period’: NIH’s new director speaks with Science

Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors”

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/05/2025

(2/3) MAKE NOISE: 1. Share your story. Post how NSF funding has impacted your research or your life. Use #WithoutNSF to raise your voice. 2. Share your story on the Federal Freeze Tracker to help lawmakers and the public understand what’s at stake: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Federal Funding Freeze: Share Your Story

Trump's funding freeze is causing chaos and harming Americans. Share your story to build the movement.

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MAYosis @mayosis.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

#MAYosis25 starts next Wednesday! If you are interested in ageing oocytes, condensins, crossovers, meiotic drive, transcription regulation in meiosis, recombination rate and evolution, register here : tinyurl.com/2mtkvtpc tinyurl.com/yad3bf3z Spread the word!

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MAYosis 2025

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Excellent piece. The broader public will be on the side of good in all of the issues. We need to let them know what is going on...

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

This top line--"nearly 800 NIH grants"--was made possible by every scientist who reported their terminated grant to us. 🙏 Small acts add up, and the country is finally learning the full scope RFK's vandalism. And don't stop now! Report your terminated NIH grant here: forms.gle/FnGLkUtK3M58...

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Critically, Republicans have terminated ~800 NIH grants over 8 weeks. But that's only half the story. *Republicans have also cancelled nearly 1,000 NSF grants in 8 *days*. The work continues. Report your terminated NSF grant here: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

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