Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NIH funding decisions should be made by scientific experts, not political appointees. Protecting rigorous peer review safeguards public trust, biomedical progress and U.S. scientific leadership. ➡️Learn more: www.asbmb.org/advocacy/pos... #ScienceServesUsAll #ASBMBAdvocates 01915
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDPBS News @pbsnews.org · 24/08/2026When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy. www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/he-was-…pbs.orgHe was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him.Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, was arrested after leaving his house to take his car to the mechanic, according to his wife, Argelia Aviles. She said her husband, a handyman in Key West, Florida, has a permit... 25497203
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it 595165427120
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDJack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comOne Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE DetentionMy husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare. 11835222210
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDPaul Bleicher @pbleic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.nytimes.comFDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago. 16328291508
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026"The National Institutes of Health admitted to using an internal search tool to flag UC grants that mentioned 'health equity,' 'work force diversity,' 'structural racism,' and 'sexual orientation.' " apnews.com/article/cali... 1/3apnews.comWhite House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grantsFederal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV... 513185
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDMorgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 16/07/202628 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration. 463158275971
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/07/2026Cheer up, USA. One of your soccer teams has won 4 World Cups. 6887001641
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDScience Magazine @science.org · 01/07/2026The 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/4ePQfjfscim.agNIH likely to award fewer grants as it races to spend 2026 budgetGovernment shutdown, staff shortages have complicated effort to meet 30 September deadline to spend funds 02812
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 25/06/2026This is a tremendous piece by Judy Stone at @forbes.com. This new OMB rule is going to hurt communities from coast to coast. Federal grants are not just about research! www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...forbes.comHow The OMB Rule Could Hurt You And Your TownThe OMB proposal threatens scientific research and ALL federal funding for states, cities, and nonprofits. It politicizes ALL funding. Call your reps and write an objection. 4166114
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/06/2026Striking to me how little reporting there is on this rule proposal, which is maybe the biggest change to American governance in almost a century. And this reporting is … weak. www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...npr.orgPresident Trump seeks control of science fundingThe White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science. 9382211
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism & poverty and saved the sight of millions of people. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment, 1986; it was patented in 1988. She co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, 1976. She died #OTD in 2019. #WomenInSTEM 143114582708
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDReese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026TL;DR: We've identified more than 100 cases of apparent manipulation in Thermo Fisher Scientific's antibody verification data. @sholtodavid.bsky.social @johanduchene.bsky.social reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...reeserichardson.blogHow much of Thermo Fisher’s antibody data has been manipulated?We’ve documented more than 100 instances of apparent data manipulation in Thermo’s catalog 23591312
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDWhitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Most Americans support science research…and don’t realize the ways it’s being methodically smothered “Flagged grants address cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, H.I.V., heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, nutrition & prenatal care...” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...nytimes.comPace of N.I.H. Funding Slows Further in Trump’s Second Year 112
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDMike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026My face when someone says, “the data are trending.” 4435
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDChild Neurology Society @childneurosoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Did you know 1 in 35 U.S. children has autism? This Autism Awareness Month, the Child Neurology Society celebrates the unique strengths of individuals with autism and calls for awareness, inclusion, and high-quality care for every child. #AutismAwarenessMonth 011
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDJ Cruz @jcruz-78.bsky.social · 13/04/2026To be fair, my doctor also heals me by placing his hand on my forehead while holding a glowing orb in his other hand. I can tell the healing is working when my forehead also glows. He is also usually accompanied by angels, eagles and usually a fighter jet I can totally see how he’d confuse the two 291
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 10/04/2026Exciting new work from the team @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social on a multi-respiratory pathogen vaccine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgMucosal vaccination in mice provides protection from diverse respiratory threatsTraditional vaccines target specific pathogens, limiting their scope against diverse respiratory threats. We describe an intranasal liposomal formulation combining toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 and 7/8 ligands with a model antigen, ovalbumin, that provided ... 1299
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Just watched the NIH Strategic Planning input session... Some observations: (1) I am glad that NIH is doing this (although I do remain skeptical about how seriously they will take input which challenges their existing intentions). PEOPLE SHOULD STILL COMMENT! grants.nih.gov/news-events/... 1/4grants.nih.govNIH Seeks Input on Framework for Next NIH-Wide Strategic Plan | Grants & Funding 25420
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 08/04/2026They should have called it Straight of Schrödinger: it is both open and closed depending on whom you talk to and when. 6637
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDAmerican Epilepsy Society @amepilepsysoc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Epilepsy organizations are united behind the bipartisan #NationalPlan4Epilepsy Act (S.494 / H.R. 1189). We need your help to keep building momentum. Take 5 minutes to contact your members of Congress & ask them to sign on. Your voice matters. Take action: bit.ly/NP4E 012
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Cancelling continuous submission for reviewers seems like just about the worst possible idea. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... Unless of course breaking the system is the point. Many PIs are already quietly boycotting review. Some not wanting to lend credibility to an increasingly corrupted NIH…grants.nih.govNOT-OD-26-064: Update of NIH Late Application Submission Policy and End of Continuous SubmissionNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Update of NIH Late Application Submission Policy and End of Continuous Submission NOT-OD-26-064. NIH 25018
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/03/2026This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo...daylightsandiego.orgSan Diego woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was in ICE custodyHanne Engan, whom ICE arrested at her green card appointment, said her diabetes quickly escalated while at Otay Mesa Detention Center due to medical negligence. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited... 4598684436
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDJonathan Wosen @jonathanwosen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Mariya Sweetwyne, an assistant prof at the University of Washington, is down to just 1 lab member after NIH rescinded a grant program through which she'd sought funding. She's reduced her mouse colony by half. Each morning, her daughter hands her a few coins and asks, “Is this going to be enough?” 13412
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Just a year ago, we heard reducing the deficit was so important Elon Musk had to fire as many scientists, forest rangers and Black women on the government’s payroll that he could find. Now? 🤷🏾♂️ 8345851769
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDEthan Goldberg @ethangoldberg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026We are recruiting to a Research Tech II position in the lab: careers.chop.edu/us/en/job/10... Please consider sharing the link. This is a great position for someone interested in working for a few years prior to applying to M.D., Ph.D., or M.D./Ph.D. programs, or transitioning to industry.careers.chop.eduResearch Technician II - BEAMS Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America | Research at Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaApply for Research Technician II - BEAMS Facility job with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 032
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDTravels with Darwin @robertmdawley.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Stand Up for Science at Philadelphia, the original American city of science. #standupforscience # Philadelphia 115225
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted. What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards. Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science. 18698420
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Very excited to be speaking at the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally in Pittsburgh on Saturday. I am speaking just prior to Dr. Rachel Levine 1/2 414533
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?nytimes.comNetflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover 17923874316417
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDChild Neurology Society @childneurosoc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Join us today, February 24, for Ex Vivo Gene Therapy in Leukodystrophies at 3 pm CT. Learn about FDA-approved ex vivo gene therapies for X-ALD & MLD, including eligibility, risks, and early diagnosis. Register: ow.ly/BKzt50Yac5A 001
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Check this out straight from the NIH website, acknowledging that multiyear funding was likely responsible for a 20% decrease in early stage investigators. And that it was expected. A strange approach for someone so committed to the next generation of scientists. grants.nih.gov/news-events/... 212359
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDDr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 20/02/2026There’s a seven year old boy hospitalized in Greenville, South Carolina with measles encephalitis. He can’t walk or talk or feed himself. This didn’t have to happen. Please vaccinate. 491046466
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/02/2026In a country with a bad president, be a Bad Bunny. [Cartoon by Matt Davies] 11082121968
Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhD @drxilma.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Any resemblance with academia is pure coincidence 000
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDKim Mukerjee, MD @kimmukerjee.bsky.social · 10/02/2026As pediatricians, we’re speaking out on the harms of aggressive immigration enforcement and detention on children. Our kids deserve safety and protection. See our piece in USA Today:usatoday.comWe're pediatricians. We see how ICE is harming children. | OpinionLiam Ramos is one of more than 1,700 children to have been put in family detention centers since 2025. We call for these centers to close. 075
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/02/2026BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. (1/2 🧵) 6864662153
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDAndrew Hardaway @andrewhardaway.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Because of technical issues with the SciENcv website, NIH is extending a period of leniency accepting old format biosketches through May 2026 (see FAQ #5): grants.nih.gov/faqs#/common...grants.nih.govFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) | Grants & Funding 62118
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/01/2026The scale of the loss is unimaginable. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgU.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took officeA Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies 115545
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime. 6293562112734
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDEsther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The heartbreak is that we all know those nurses: the ones who don’t compartmentalize to the hospital, but are always caring for the people around them. 2677
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Minnesota is the best of us. 651421709584
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026🧪IMPORTANT! This graphic explains how science all over the US is funded. Congress approved a 2% increase in the #NIH budget for FY 26. Buried in the bill- Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr. Russel Vought is behind this. 10211142
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDtmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 18/01/2026#MLK 28039
Reposted by Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez MD PhDStatus Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 14/01/2026🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us. WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️ 1032191448904