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Joshua Huffines

@joshuahuffines.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology | Gray Lab at UAB | Neglected Spicy Molecules and Polymicrobial Interactions | Bacterial Physiology | Husband of a PhD | Father of two future PhDs | Views are my own

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Stacey D. Smith @iochromaland.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
On 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
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The 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/n
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Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The 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...
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Glen Dsouza @nonresidentdesi.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Excited 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
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Kevin Hall @kevinh-phd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
After 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.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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ACLU sues National Institutes of Health for ‘ideological purge’ of research projects
The lawsuit says that NIH has canceled more than 670 research grants, which were due more than $1.1 billion in funding.
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Victor Ambros @vambros.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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Read the Letter
Researchers at academic institutions nationwide say that U.S. science is being dismantled.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Got my dashboard a bit (more) organized. Ready to update and add more content. jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
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John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We 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?
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This doctor and former Crimson Tide receiver says NIH chaos threatens UAB, America’s health
We 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.
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Jon Rauch @jonrauch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
A 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.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
as 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...
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Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n... via @statnews.com
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At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control
As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.
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KLAB - finding a cure for GI dysmotility at #HarvardStrong @klab.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
UMASS IS RESCINDING ALL GRAD POSITIONS FOR THIS YEAR
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Dr. 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. 🧵
Long letter from NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, available here: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Letter-to-the-Community.pdf
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Bluetorial: My NIH grant got funded; The money is in the bank What happens behind the scenes with NIH fund transfers
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Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Our 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...
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Role of Formyl Peptide Receptor 2 and Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Skin Barrier Function and Atopic Dermatitis
The 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 ...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
ATTENTION: 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 HERE
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Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I hope to see y'all out and about for science! #StandUpForScience2025 #SUFS #Alabama #saveourscience
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Bluetorial: The announcement to move scientific review out of the institutes and centers into the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and its potential consequences
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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/03/2025
BREAKING: 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.
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Megan Kiedrowski @microbiomegan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Kara 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...
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Larson Announces Berlin Resident Kara Satalino as His Guest for President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress
Washington, 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.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Good resource about your state... www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We 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.org
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/03/2025
5 DAYS UNTIL WE STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! 🧬 🌎☀️🧪📣
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/02/2025
Of 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...
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Extending my grant update this morning. Here are data limited to new and competitive renewal applications. The Pause is dead, Long live the Pause...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/02/2025
ONE WEEK!
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Science 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
A quote by H. Holden Thorp, Editor-in-chief of Science journals, reads: "The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced." The text is presented on a black background with white lettering.
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Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
It is official! Stand Up For Science 2025 is in Alabama!
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I 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.
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Although 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.org
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Caitlyn Sebastian @csebastianbio.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
With 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)
A screenshot of a web page of the NIH Postbac Program. The message on the page reads “The NIH Intramural Program has paused the recruitment of IRTAs, CRTAs, and Visiting Fellows in all training programs pending guidance from Health and Human Services. Check back daily for updates.”
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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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Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I 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...
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Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Here 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.
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Nature @nature.com · 20/02/2025
Almost 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
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Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
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Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
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Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders
A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 17/02/2025
No 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...
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Document 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...
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Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"Silence like a cancer grows." -Simon & Garfunkel
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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
HHS 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
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Amelia 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 🧪
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Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature
Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.
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mcmonkey.bsky.social @mcmonkey.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Don'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)
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
A new thread for news coverage regarding NIH
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Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
For the people in Alabama: sign.moveon.org/petitions/al...
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Alabama 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...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
ATTENTION (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.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Thanks 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
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Katie Sandlin @kmsandlin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I 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!!
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