Reposted by Joshua HuffinesStacey D. Smith @iochromaland.bsky.social · 05/05/2025On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n 371132391
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded. 26153573004
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23. Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... 6/nfederalregister.govImproving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil ServiceThe Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc... 10113140
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesGlen Dsouza @nonresidentdesi.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Excited about microbiomes and want to study them at the single-cell level? Join our team to pioneer research using microfluidics paired with automated timelapse microscopy. We're hiring motivated postdocs to push the boundaries of microbial ecology! Apply now: apply.interfolio.com/165601 36946
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesKevin Hall @kevinh-phd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology. 1412619599
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comACLU sues National Institutes of Health for ‘ideological purge’ of research projectsThe lawsuit says that NIH has canceled more than 670 research grants, which were due more than $1.1 billion in funding. 216143
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesVictor Ambros @vambros.bsky.social · 31/03/2025www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comRead the LetterResearchers at academic institutions nationwide say that U.S. science is being dismantled. 44325
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Got my dashboard a bit (more) organized. Ready to update and add more content. jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... 810229
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJohn Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · 20/03/2025We live in a world where powerful universities cower like congressmen, afraid to complain lest they lose the clout they are too afraid to fight for. So why not get an old Bama football player to put it down there where the goats can get it?al.comThis doctor and former Crimson Tide receiver says NIH chaos threatens UAB, America’s healthWe live in a world where powerful universities cower like congressmen, afraid to complain lest they lose the clout they are too afraid to fight for. 14417
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJon Rauch @jonrauch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled. 1592229389684
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 15/03/2025as I tell my Genetics class every year, this breakthrough is based on 70 years of NIH-funded, basic research, commercialized by biotech bsky.app/profile/need... 3328115
Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 15/03/2025At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n... via @statnews.comstatnews.comAt NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized controlAs the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said. 040
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesKLAB - finding a cure for GI dysmotility at #HarvardStrong @klab.bsky.social · 12/03/2025UMASS IS RESCINDING ALL GRAD POSITIONS FOR THIS YEAR 14425641263
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 12/03/2025🧪 The NSF director is lying to you. Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵 11485315
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Bluetorial: My NIH grant got funded; The money is in the bank What happens behind the scenes with NIH fund transfersmedia.tenor.coma cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks onALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on 332397
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesAndreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Our new review on microbiome-skin interaction: Role of Formyl Peptide Receptor 2 and Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Skin Barrier Function and Atopic Dermatitis - Journal of Investigative Dermatology www.jidonline.org/article/S002...jidonline.orgRole of Formyl Peptide Receptor 2 and Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Skin Barrier Function and Atopic DermatitisThe skin acts as a barrier against external threats and plays an important role in tissue repair. Skin cells, including keratinocytes, sense microbe-associated molecular pattern molecules released by ... 03010
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/03/2025ATTENTION: TALENT AVAILABLE It appears that termination of SROs from institute review branches at NIH is underway (or worse). There are also program officers and SROs who have been terminated over the past month. IF YOU HAVE POSITIONS FOR SKILLED SCIENTIST-ADMINISTRATORS, PLEASE POST INFO HEREmedia.tenor.coma red neon sign that says help wanted on a black background .ALT: a red neon sign that says help wanted on a black background . 1315192
Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 07/03/2025I hope to see y'all out and about for science! #StandUpForScience2025 #SUFS #Alabama #saveourscience 030
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Bluetorial: The announcement to move scientific review out of the institutes and centers into the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and its potential consequencesmedia.tenor.coma cartoon of homer simpson holding a cardALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card 4283140
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesACLU @aclu.org · 04/03/2025BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights. Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts. 3542491182
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesMegan Kiedrowski @microbiomegan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Kara Satalino, CF mom & advocate, will attend tonight's joint address to congress as a guest of Rep. John Larson (D-CT). Satalino is quoted in Rep. Larson's press release about the importance of continuing to support funding for research on diseases like CF. larson.house.gov/media-center...larson.house.govLarson Announces Berlin Resident Kara Satalino as His Guest for President Trump’s Joint Address to CongressWashington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced Berlin resident Kara Satalino as his guest for President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress on Tuesday. 001
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Good resource about your state... www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...unitedformedicalresearch.orgNIH In Your State - United For Medical ResearchSelect a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America. 613989
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.orgstandupforscience2025.orgSTAND UP FOR SCIENCEMarch 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone. 6404399912016
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/03/20255 DAYS UNTIL WE STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! 🧬 🌎☀️🧪📣 014833
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/02/2025Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house researchPolicy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs 23972322661
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Extending my grant update this morning. Here are data limited to new and competitive renewal applications. The Pause is dead, Long live the Pause... 12292162
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesScience Magazine @science.org · 24/02/2025"… it is the words and actions of all members of the scientific community … that form the collective voice of science …," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4hR6ux0 727489
Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 26/02/2025It is official! Stand Up For Science 2025 is in Alabama! 1173
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesDr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 25/02/2025I worked hard to get here, to start and maintain the programs I run, and to help the people I can. To those who think I got here because I'm Black and a so-called DEI hire (which is used as a slur), you will put some respect on my titles. I earned them. Not without help, but I did earn them. 1212
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesDr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Although we are not federally funded for this summer, WE WILL STILL RUN The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) in 2025. We remain committed to the work that needs to be done and will continue to meet people where they are. 1/4 nsurp.orgnsurp.orgNSURP.orgNational Summer Undergraduate Research Project 4257110
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesCaitlyn Sebastian @csebastianbio.bsky.social · 22/02/2025With everything going on I went to check the NIH Postbac Program and was sadden to see this on the main page. For those who don’t know, I was an NIH IRTA Postbac and I attribute so much of my training from this program. I did not get much research experience during my undergraduate. (1/7) 1106
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesNPR @npr.org · 22/02/2025The 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.npr.orgNIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research fundsThe 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. 16135471474
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesCarolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comGraduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025) 38460331
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Here are some data documenting the funding "pause" pulled from NIH Reporter. Current results (FY25) (Red) are compared with results from FY21 (first year of Biden Administration) and FY24. Note that data from Reporter lag behind release of NoAs by ~1 week. I will be tracking this going forward. 618688
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesNature @nature.com · 20/02/2025Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget. go.nature.com/4gM6oW4 go.nature.comRevealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump orderThe Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo. 8290237
Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...nytimes.comTrump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health LeadersA core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs. 000
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 17/02/2025No new NIH study sections have been announced in the Federal Register since Jan 21. But I hear that colleagues have been asked to serve. Does your meeting appear in these announcements? If this applies to you, please check and reply here with info! www.federalregister.gov/documents/se...federalregister.govDocument Search Results for 'center for scientific review'Search, browse and learn about the Federal Register. Federal Register 2.0 is the unofficial daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as e... 213031
Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 17/02/2025"Silence like a cancer grows." -Simon & Garfunkel 120
Reposted by Joshua Huffines@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 17/02/2025HHS blocked posting indefinitely. Not enough press is being given to this back door approach to blocking NIH grants. If and when it is lifted will still be 35 days before study sections can be held 78964
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesAmelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 16/02/2025@nature.com “Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? Tell Nature” www.nature.com/articles/d41... via Signal: Max Kozlov: mkozlov.01; Dan Garisto: dgaristo.72; Heidi Ledford: hledford.01; Jeff Tollefson: jtollefson.11; Alexandra Witze: alexwitze.01; General Nature: naturenews.61 🧪nature.comAre the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact NatureUse this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage. 04053
Reposted by Joshua Huffinesmcmonkey.bsky.social @mcmonkey.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Don't write to your Senators. It will just get logged under a general category in their tracking system. Calling is much more effective, even if you are just leaving a message. I'm a former Senate staffer (and current biologist) 311835
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025A new thread for news coverage regarding NIHmedia.tenor.coma muppet is sitting at a news desk with the words here is a muppet news flash behind himAlt: a muppet is sitting at a news desk with the words here is a muppet news flash behind him 17317
Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 16/02/2025For the people in Alabama: sign.moveon.org/petitions/al...sign.moveon.orgAlabama needs NIH funding! Please sign this letter to protect the vital NIH funding that supports groundbreaking medical research, creates thousands of jobs, and fuels our state's economy. By signing, you're advocating fo... 022
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE) If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread. There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.media.tenor.coma poster that says if life gives you lemon make lemonade on itALT: a poster that says if life gives you lemon make lemonade on it 92514446
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78) I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine 1/n 8799395
Reposted by Joshua HuffinesKatie Sandlin @kmsandlin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!! 665114394045