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Fiona Hollis @fionahollis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Small update to the email signature over here. I'm so grateful for the incredible mentors, colleagues, trainees, friends & family who've supported me, my science & occasionally my sanity along the way. I've been incredibly fortunate—and hope to pay that support forward in this next chapter. ❤️

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Maggie WW @maggieww.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I keep thinking I’m done being shocked. It is abundantly clear there is a vendetta against anything that gives joy or laughter and helps people. I cannot believe the brilliant researchers who have been targeted and criminalized. Easy to demolish, hard to rebuild. www.npr.org/2026/05/21/n...

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Researchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science

Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The NIH has been holding back grants from funds Congress has already approved. www.wsj.com/opinion/get-...

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Opinion | Get the Federal Science Money Flowing

The NIH has been holding back grants from funds Congress has already approved.

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · 12/02/2026

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Excited to have my piece on perimenopause published @thetransmitter.bsky.social "Perimenopause: An important—and understudied—transition for the brain" We need more studies & better education -we need this to be mainstream- knowledge is power! #WomensHealth www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...

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Perimenopause: An understudied transition for the brain

We know little about the mechanisms underlying well-known perimenopause symptoms in the brain. More research—in animals and humans—is essential.

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Fiona Hollis @fionahollis.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I'm excited to share a new manuscript from the lab, out on bioRxiv and submitted to Clinical Science. So proud of Alexia Crockett for her efforts in her 1st first-author research article. Synopsis below.

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Marcy Kaptur @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

The GOP plans to slash $2.1 Billion from the National Science Foundation. It won’t just hurt labs—it hurts students, startups, and the future economy. From clean energy to advanced manufacturing, these are jobs of tomorrow. These cuts hand American jobs and opportunity to our foreign competitors.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

🧪 After the workshop on 7/7, the FDA and NIH are asking for public comments on implementing novel methodologies and other strategies to reduce the use of animal testing by 7/14: www.fda.gov/news-events/...

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FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing

The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.

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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

NEW: I wrote about scientists who have been ghosted by the NIH. The agency has disappeared dozens of grant applications. Not rejected them, but shoved them out of the peer-review pipeline into an administrative no-man’s land. And there’s no clear exit. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

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The Scientists Who Got Ghosted by the NIH

Under Trump, their grant applications disappeared. What now?

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/06/2025

Trump’s NIH cuts aren’t just numbers. They are delayed cures, abandoned treatments, futures stolen, lives that will be lost. This is why we Stand Up For Science. #StandUpForScience #SummerFightForScience

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

There's a lot of polling that Americans in general are in favor of things like international students, federal science funding, climate action, etc. This is good & important, but I do worry the right-wing mediasphere will be amping up attacks on these things, so we need to push back just as loudly

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Micah @rincewind.run · 31/05/2025

something that stands out about this is just how cheap it is for us to have world-leading scientific capacity we spent ~6.75 trillion last year, and the combined budgets for NIH, NSF and NASA are barely more than 1% of that what an incredible waste to lose it all for a drop in the bucket

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation. This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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NPR @npr.org · 06/05/2025

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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Fiona Hollis @fionahollis.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

So proud of these students! AmeliaC, MercyM, Emily G, Arshaam, GabbieW, and Hannah B. They gave great poster presentations yesterday at #DiscoverUSC2025 Special thanks to @uscresearch.bsky.social OUR and Honors college and our own USCSomC for their support!

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Fiona Hollis @fionahollis.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Great advocacy tool in the works! While some searches (e.g., postpartum depression) might still pull up an error, this is just what we needed to start conversations with people about the value of NIH-funded science.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved

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Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Good morning, US colleagues! In Switzerland, we'll speak up for you and #science everywhere! #Standupforscience walkout in #Geneva So many came even with little notice ☺️ We'll stay with you, and we'll only grow 🙏🏼 to the great leadership of #unige #ScienceSky #MedSky #EpiSky

Photo shows a Swiss scientist holding a flyer for Stand Up for Science.

Photo shows Swiss scientists holding flyers for Stand Up for Science.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

“If you've ever used a GPS system, you have the Defense Department's research to thank. What about your smartphone? Although the government didn't directly fund the exact phone you own, NASA, the National Science Foundation (NSF)…” stacker.com/stories/busi...

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50 inventions you might not know were funded by the US government

Stacker compiled information on 50 inventions funded by the United States government using government and scientific reports, and news articles.

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Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences @mpicbs.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

How the #MenstrualCycle shapes #heart and #brain health - @jellinap.bsky.social together with Julia Sacher @cogneuroend.bsky.social & Arno Villringer describe how these naturally occurring variations might influence #stress, mood, and long-term #womenshealth: tinyurl.com/35pu6447

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How the menstrual cycle shapes heart and brain health

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.

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Fiona Hollis @fionahollis.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

eRA commons still down as of this morning.

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Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Studying plant diversity helps secure more resilient food systems. Scientists have been doing groundbreaking research, “and then you get flagged and blacklisted because there is a word like ‘female’ in your project” www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

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A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”

The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...

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Fiona Hollis @fionahollis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

“Congress must end the politicization of NSF funding and restore integrity to scientific research." - Ted Cruz as he releases his new NSF "hit list" of "questionable" research projects. Why am I not surprised that he's behind the list of "flag" terms, including 'female' 😮‍💨🤦

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Fiona Hollis @fionahollis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I'm participating in the #economicBoycott tomorrow in the hopes that together, we can be heard and these cruel policies stopped. Here's hoping that we show out in force. #resist

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

"Memoli had no choice, he insisted: He was following the direction of three HHS officials—Dorothy Fink, then the acting secretary; Heather Flick Melanson, chief of staff; and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy—who told him, in no uncertain terms, that the pause was to continue..." /1

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Inside the Collapse at the NIH

Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

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Fiona Hollis @fionahollis.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is a great read. I hate that we're here thinking about these things, but knowledge is power. By studying the past, we can gain insights for the future.

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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan prospect.org/health/2025-...

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VA Research Funding Slashed

Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.

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Fiona Hollis @fionahollis.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

“without knowing how the sexes are alike and different, function similarly or differently, and respond to treatments similarly or differently, our knowledge base is incomplete,” SABV is a core part of science that should not be cast aside!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/02/2025

Healthcare is a human right, and this is unacceptable. $2,000,000,000,000. Two TRILLION Dollars. That's an incredible amount of lost healthcare. Call your representatives today. Email your representatives today. Speak out. www.house.gov/representati...

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Find Your Representative | house.gov

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Jessica Hartman @drjhartman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Trying to get the word out to colleagues in SC - still need a leader! I'm going to #standupforscience2025 in DC on March 7 because science helps everyone, regardless of their political views.

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NPR @npr.org · 22/02/2025

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

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NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

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Fiona Hollis @fionahollis.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Anyone in SC up for leading (I currently can't but can help). I've heard we have enough volunteers and just need a confirmed leader.

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NPR @npr.org · 20/02/2025

More than 10,000 federal employees who had yet to complete their probationary periods have been fired by the Trump administration, including those who work to protect American agriculture.

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A military vet and a scientist were securing America's food system. Trump fired them

More than 10,000 federal employees who had yet to complete their probationary periods have been fired by the Trump administration, including those who work to protect American agriculture.

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Fiona Hollis @fionahollis.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

An excellent resource for scientists to advocate for research with actionable ideas!

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