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Heather Caslin

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Assistant Prof in Exercise Science. Immunometabolism researcher and toddler mom! Views my own.

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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interested to hear what other people look for when reviewing a review article: if there’s a topic that’s a high focus of a paper, do you expect the authors to cite all the relevant literature (when it’s less than like 12 total papers)? Or is citing a few articles sufficient?
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
JOIN US TODAY! With @aaup.org and @aft.org
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
One last week to submit a comment regarding the new proposed OMB changes. You can draft a response with the FASEB tool here: www.faseb.org/science-poli... This is helpful as the administration must respond to every comment and this tool helps to identify what may be your main points of concern!
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Defend Research
We advance health and well-being by promoting research and education in biological and biomedical sciences through collaborative advocacy and service to our societies and their members.
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"I have enough money to do research," says Shu, laughing. Meanwhile HHS shut off the NIH grant that funded related work on gene therapy for deafness at Harvard Medical School, because “woke” or something like that Shu trained in the very same lab that HHS defunded
Getting results in Shanghai 

In China, it's a different story.

"I have enough money to do research," says Shu, laughing.

China is pouring huge resources into developing all sorts of biological research, including gene therapy, aiming to curb its reliance on the West and become an even bigger world superpower. This spring, the country pledged billions in additional science funding. Shu, who trained at Harvard Medical School and is working on solving the same problems as David Corey, has plenty of staff in his lab, all the supplies he needs and can just get more done. "My lab is growing bigger and bigger," he says. And it's far bigger than his lab when he was in Boston, training under Corey and his mentees.

For decades, the U.S. has brought the smartest people in the world — like Yilai Shu — to its shores. Many have stayed. Shu wanted to, but family and a scientific opportunity, with lots of funding, drew him back home. That decision was rewarded when his team had a successful trial on a single injection that can restore hearing.
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
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Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!
The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent
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Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Sad events here at #ADA26 - ADA has chosen the side of this administration - pretending it's unsafe to an invited federal speaker to hand out an editorial - over supporting its own leadership who've dedicated countless volunteer hours to the org's right to protest. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...
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Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"They physically grabbed us, forced us out of the conference center, & now are telling us we can no longer attend this meeting. They're taking our lanyards," Kelly said. "It really has come to this in America. Censorship is real…America needs to stand up. Scientists, stand up. Physicians, stand up”
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Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Must-read. Everything that Vought has done to science in the past 16 months is now laid bare as a plan to “cripple science research.” Five-alarm fire and all of us must respond. Speak out, focus on Vought.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I heard from several sources yesterday that NIH is planning to release a Request for Information (RFI) that apparently will include this: Scores and percentiles for NIH grant applications will not be shared with applicants although they will be provided to NIH program officers and staff. 1/3
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Huh Kermit
ALT: Huh Kermit
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Good story from Stephanie Lee at the Chronicle of Higher Education on dealing with funding uncertainty with very highly rated grant proposals. www.chronicle.com/article/they... 1/2
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They Got the Best NIH Scores of Their Careers. A Year Later, They Still Don’t Have Funding.
The NIH’s spending on new medical research is significantly slower than in previous years, leaving confused scientists in the lurch.
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 22/04/2026
"Instead of canceling grants en masse, as the N.I.H. did in the first year of this Trump presidency, it is now vetting them before approval with a 'computational text analysis tool' that scans for terms including 'racism,' 'gender' and 'vaccination refusal'..." 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...
A line graph titled "N.I.H. Funds Fewer New and Competitive Grants," showing the cumulative number of grant awards by fiscal year. The gray line representing the 2021-2024 average shows the highest cumulative number of awards. The light blue line for 2025 follows a similar trajectory but remains significantly below the 2021-2024 average. The dark blue line for 2026 shows a much slower pace of awards, trailing drastically behind both the 2025 and 2021-2024 benchmarks as of April.
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/the-execut...
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The Executive Orders Blocking Your NIH Grant
This image was generated by Google AI (Gemini)
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blackinimmuno.bsky.social @blackinimmuno.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Next Monday!!! Spread the word!
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
AAI Immunology, we’re here! Will visit @robsorozco.bsky.social’s session later today. Who else can I say hi to?
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Prof. Shane Crotty @profshanecrotty.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My new comprehensive review of Immune Memory to Vaccines is out! It has an emphasis on human vaccines. It is also accompanied by a full video lecture. Enjoy! @lji.org @cp-immunity.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Pancreatic cancer pill shown to nearly double overall survival time, drug company says thehill.com/policy/healt...
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Pancreatic cancer pill shown to nearly double overall survival time, drug company says
The company reports the drug showed “clinically meaningful improvements” in overall survival.
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Hey immuno friends, please share with your networks and anyone you think might want to get involved with BII!
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With (@with.bsky.social)
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Of the many many lies that the MAGA & MAHA activist Jay Bhattacharya has spewed—a guy who has been Trump & RFK Jr’s most loyal ally—one of the most ridiculous lies is that he “stays out of politics” He’s Guest Speaker at CPAC, the annual gathering of conservative activists He is “apolitical” lol!
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Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Keep thinking that it’s not just “longevity research”, it’s “controllable longevity for one specific person research” Because we could increase human longevity on average just by better healthcare access everywhere
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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
we want to do some pilot experiments doing gene editing of a mammalian cell line using guide-plasmid transfection in cas9-expressing cells. do you have a favorite cell line that transfects easily? pls re-ski
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
BREAKING: @delauro.house.gov announces at a House Oversight hearing with NIH director Jay Bhattacharya that OMB approved the agency's apportionment last night. That means the agency should have access to its appropriated funds — 42 days after its spending bill passed.
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Tcellogic (Sue Kaech) @tcellogic.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
@aai.org is working to protect you from preventable diseases…AAI contributed to the brief that helped the court in this ruling: Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...
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Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I am just a scientist asking other scientists to stop quoting Andrew Huberman as if he’s an expert- especially in areas he’s not an expert in (which is now most of what he podcasts about)
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
TX, it’s primary season! Early voting begins today for the March 3rd election!
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
LolPI moment of the week was talking to a trainee about the Super Bowl halftime show and mentioning Ricky Martin and realizing they had no clue what I was talking about 🤣
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Peg Kerr @pegkerr.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
People line up on a sidewalk at dusk in a line, holding lighted candles.
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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
It's long past time to stop indulging people who think you can meaningfully defend science without also defending democracy and academic freedom and opposing authoritarianism. It's the same fight, otherwise all you're defending is your own status.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez are named as the murderers of Alex Pretti. Both with enough experience that the excuse of a new agent panicking won’t fly. These guys are supposedly elite (one was on a SWAT team). Yet they pumped 10 bullets into a man they had just disarmed. Justice will come.
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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
ICYMI, Rice University students have developed a free online map to track ICE activity throughout the country. Find it here: www.icemap.dev. Gift link to @houstonchronicle.com story about it: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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Rice students create nationwide ICE tracker to monitor immigration enforcement
The students had been teaching weekly children's classes as volunteers. One day, the kids stopped showing up.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
If I were a blue state governor, I’d be looking into adding a bunch of tenure lines at my state schools. I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.” Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.
CNN: Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost assaulted at Sundance Film Festival event, police say
By Aleena Fayaz
Updated Jan 24, 2026NBC News: Man lunges at Ilhan Omar during town hall and tries to spray her with unknown substance
January 27, 2026
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Lots of information about places to donate if anyone is still looking for ways to help MN
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RayHether @rayhether.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
ICE OUT MN MARCH AND RALLY
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Jaded_In_Montana🐸🩵🇺🇲 @jadedinmontana.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Minneapolis, MN The resistance! 1/23/26
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
So all colleges and universities will bring back the DEI stuff they cut when obeying in advance right...............................................................................................................................................right?
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Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
ICE shot a man in Glen Burnie and the story they told was contradicted by: 1. ICE’s own photos 2. Bystander video 3. Lawyer for another immigrant at the scene 4. Anne Arundel County Police Now ICE is revising its story. The latest from Alex Mann: www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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ICE changes story on Christmas Eve shooting by agents in Glen Burnie
Federal officials changed their account of the Christmas Eve shooting by ICE agents in Glen Burnie.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10/01/2026
Minnesota today
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 24/12/2025
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
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Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Yall will be so interested in all of the immunology articles I have open that I swear I will read at a later date… 🤣
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Clinical trials are so vital!!! cuts to NIH grants disrupted more than 380 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants!!
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
New review with @lab-williams.bsky.social out today! One of the most enjoyable things about being a new PI has been making new collaborations and seeing projects advance through the pipeline. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Mechanisms of Innate Immune Modulation by High-Fat Diet: Implications for Obesity and Asthma - Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
Purpose of the Review The innate immune system plays a critical role in mediating many of the physiological consequences of high-fat diet consumption. Dietary lipids, and specifically saturated fatty ...
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 07/11/2025
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
😭 there’s no way this is a good thing
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
harvard medical school got bombed yesterday and it barely made news
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Daniel Kim, MD, DrPH @socialepi.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Socioeconomic roots of academic faculty Tenure-track faculty are up to 25 times more likely to have a parent with a Ph.D. Moreover, this rate nearly doubles at prestigious universities and is stable across the past 50 years. #AcademicSky
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Socioeconomic roots of academic faculty - Nature Human Behaviour
Studying socioeconomic backgrounds and intergenerational transmission in the US academia, Morgan et al. find that faculty have a parent with a Ph.D. degree a striking 25 times more often than the gene...
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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Is being a PI just updating mouse protocols every month?
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
On this trajectory, science has no future.
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