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Leon Zhao @huailang.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

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Leon Zhao @huailang.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

📷 Expansion microscopy turns 11 — and our comprehensive Primer is now live in @natrevmethodsprimers.nature.com ! A decade of ExM, 1000+ papers, and still accelerating. Co-authored with the father of the field, @eboyden3.bsky.social , + Ha Vo & Rong Xu. 📷 Free to read: rdcu.be/fdQPH

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Nature Reviews Methods Primers - Expansion microscopy enhances conventional imaging by physically enlarging samples within a hydrogel matrix, surpassing diffraction limits. In this Primer, Vo et...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

It was true a month ago and it’s even more true now. Please consider going to NIH RePORTER to look up how much money your state gets from NIH funding, and then write to your elected representatives about the impact that ending NIH grant review will have. No NIH study section==no NIH funding.

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Scientific advancements aside, this is economically irresponsible Every $1 spent by NIH generates $2.46 For example, in 2023, $47B in NIH spending generated ~$93B Halting NIH spending will LOSE the US a lot of money (and talent)

An image of NIH campus. Text says : With annual budget of more than $47 billion, NIH is the largest single public funder of biomedical and behavioural research in the world. In fiscal year 2023, NIH funding generated an estimated $92.89 billion in economic activity

Every state and almost every congressional district received a share of NIH investment
Each year, NIH awards over 60,000 grants that directly support more than 300,000 researchers at more than 2,500 different institutions
In fiscal year 2023, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.46 of economic activity

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

NIH funding supports the vast majority of all biomedical research in the United States. Virtually every advance in American medicine and biological science comes from NIH. This is a blow against American science. Call Congress, 202-224-3121.

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Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her) @liebschutz.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/01/2025

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

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Leon Zhao @huailang.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

✨ Expansion Microscopy turns 10! Grateful to see Nature recognize our work—developing Magnify and spinning off Magnify Biosciences to deliver easy-to-use kits. It’s so intuitive my then-9-year-old son expanded and imaged a brain slice! 🌍🔬https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00059-6

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