Reposted by Kim ToliasSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 04/09/2026We already have special research funds for diseases that impact our military. Hegseth has requested a $1.5 TRILLION budget. Still, the DOD is diverting funds for medical research at NIH. Stopping lifesaving treatments & cures to help wage foreign wars. This must end. 25393197
Reposted by Kim ToliasJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026NPR story about multi-year funding, few NOFOs, and delays with me, Elizabeth Ginexi, and @docsirianni.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/05/05/n...npr.orgThe Trump administration is finding new ways to withhold federal funding for scienceBillions in funding were cut under President Trump were restored in 2026. Now, watchdogs say the administration is finding other ways to withhold money – and scientists are feeling the consequences. 15432
Kim Tolias @kimtolias.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Excited to share that I've joined Stanford as Professor in Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine! After ~20 wonderful years at Baylor College of Medicine, I'm deeply grateful to my outstanding trainees, colleagues, collaborators, and staff. Looking forward to this next chapter at Stanford! 050
Reposted by Kim ToliasForbes @forbes.com · 06/05/2026California Bill Would Create A $23 Billion Fund For University Researchforbes.comCalifornia Bill Would Create A $23 Billion Fund For University ResearchA California bill would give voters the chance to vote on whether the state should create a $23 billion bond that would be used to award grants to university researchers. 922993663
Reposted by Kim ToliasMaureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 30/03/2026On my CV and biosketch, I list motherhood (2000, 2002, 2004 - present). Then I wanted my reviewers/critics to know. Now I want ECR women to know. Ask for help. Find your support network. It is critical that us senior women in science support and advocate for ECR #womeninSTEM. PAY IT FORWARD 16517
Reposted by Kim ToliasJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Good story from Vox on falling numbers of new and competitive renewal R01 grants. [Gift Link] www.vox.com/future-perfe... 1/5vox.comThe US slashed research for cancer, Alzheimer’s, mental health — and nearly everything elseRevealed in one chart. 411865
Reposted by Kim ToliasMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇nature.comWhite House stalls release of approved US science budgetsThe US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed. 221130758
Reposted by Kim ToliasWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today 9534967214279
Reposted by Kim ToliasRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Under Trump, the NIH is giving fewer grants to fewer scientists. The grants awarded are smaller and scientists have less time to spend them. Projects in cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorder, and more are going unfunded. “Make America Healthy Again.”nytimes.comThe U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and MedicineA quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science. 28721303
Reposted by Kim ToliasFabian Sinz @sinzlab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025🔬 Exciting PostDoc Opportunity! 🐁🧠 We - the @sinzlab.bsky.social (sinzlab.org) and @trose-neuro.bsky.social (troselab.de) Labs - are seeking an experimental postdoc to work at @unibonn.bsky.social with cutting-edge miniature 2-photon microscopy and gaze tracking in freely behaving mice. 2166
Reposted by Kim ToliasJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 20/11/2025"Women at Harvard deserve educators who respect them." 5563105
Reposted by Kim ToliasAaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it. 13005945936325
Reposted by Kim ToliasMark Histed @markhisted.org · 13/11/2025A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions. A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪 16689442
Reposted by Kim ToliasPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025🧪This is a must watch. Please watch tonight's episode @60minutes.bsky.social. Joan Brugge is an eminent scientist that was one of the first pioneers of 3D culture in breast cancer. She had two of her grants canceled last spring. We used her protocols to develop our own for our research. 341301608
Reposted by Kim ToliasJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Very well done story on 60 Minutes about the harms of grant terminations and freezes at Harvard with Joan Brugge, Don Engbar, David Liu, and a very compelling young cancer patient, now cured with Liu's technology. Transcript and video here www.cbsnews.com/news/researc...cbsnews.comBattle between Trump and universities hurting scientific research in need of federal fundingFederal research funding to universities has fueled breakthroughs for years. The White House is pressuring universities to align with the president's political agenda, or risk losing their funding. 315060
Reposted by Kim ToliasNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 07/11/2025Scientists point to a long list of findings that emerged out of fundamental research, the type of studies the US government is cutting, and went on to change the world. Nature lists a few of their examples. 🧪 go.nature.com7 basic science discoveries that changed the worldOzempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government. 06535
Reposted by Kim ToliasThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Edward Kravitz, a Harvard biochemist who proved GABA's inhibitory power, passed away last month. He will "be remembered for his humanity, for his social conscience and his desire to help those less fortunate than he,” says Ronald Harris-Warrick. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social bit.ly/479Ggmobit.lyRemembering GABA pioneer Edward KravitzThe biochemist, who died last month at age 92, was part of the first neurobiology department in the world and showed that gamma-aminobutyric acid is inhibitory. 15024
Reposted by Kim ToliasCurrent Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Sad news: Jane Goodall has died. She did more than any other human for our understanding and appreciation of our closest relatives, the chimpanzees. That chimpanzees are Endangered tells you everything about our species and about what made her so exceptional. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...nytimes.comJane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 18821
Reposted by Kim ToliasWaggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 01/08/2025‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.com‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budgetSenate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law. 37929
Reposted by Kim ToliasBertoglio lab (FMC/UFSC) @bertogliolab.bsky.social · 22/07/2025A functional perspective on astrocyte heterogeneity www.cell.com/trends/neuro...cell.comA functional perspective on astrocyte heterogeneityAstrocytes are glial cells of the central nervous system (CNS) that perform an array of diverse functions that are essential for brain activity. Studies on the functional diversity of astrocytes sugge... 054
Reposted by Kim ToliasJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2025My quote of the day A Video Quote Medical miracles don't happen overnight. You have to invest in them. Our investments are in trouble. (From Francis Collins on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, July 16, 2025) 422474
Reposted by Kim ToliasArdem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 19/06/2025I spoke with Jade Hindmon, host of @kpbssandiego.bsky.social Midday Edition, about the consequences of the current administration’s cuts to science funding. Please share to help spread the word and raise awareness. www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...kpbs.orgNobel laureate on how Trump's cuts are hurting scienceNeuroscientist, biologist and 2021 Nobel Prize winner Ardem Patapoutian joined Midday Edition to talk about how the Trump administration's effort to cut back on science spending is impacting researche... 2185123
Reposted by Kim ToliasI-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Yas! Parent F32 (PA-25-423) and F30s (PA-25-426, PA-25-425) are also published. simpler.grants.govsimpler.grants.govSimpler.Grants.govSimpler.Grants.gov is improving how you discover, post, and apply for federal discretionary funding on Grants.gov. 13111
Reposted by Kim ToliasJeff Leek @jtleek.bsky.social · 04/06/2025These are not just grants. This is thousands of people who devoted their lives and careers - taking pay cuts, working long hours, living with uncertainty - all for the chance to try to make people's lives a bit better for you and your loved ones. This breaks my heart. 210248
Reposted by Kim ToliasIgor Brodsky @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social · 03/06/2025www.nature.com/articles/s41... Every $1 spent on NIH funding returns nearly $3 to the economy - an almost 200% return on investment💰. Also 99% of drugs developed 2010-2019 were funded by NIH ‼️🤯 Cutting NIH funding not only hurts the economy but will hurt families and patients 😔💔nature.comNIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment - Nature Human BehaviourNature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment 12488156
Reposted by Kim ToliasPaul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years. What are we doing? 9033451414
Reposted by Kim ToliasRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Senator Ossoff speaking the truth. We need real action 19585362551
Reposted by Kim ToliasMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 31/05/2025It is hard to conceive of a more anti-American policy choice for US innovation and prosperity in the 21st century. 023769
Reposted by Kim ToliasJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 31/05/2025ASSIGNMENT: COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F 1 week left to comment about Schedule F, potentially making NIH institute and center director essentially political appointees. www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP... 1/nregulations.govRegulations.gov 69887
Kim Tolias @kimtolias.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Huge congratulations to @franciscoblanco.bsky.social (PhD) and Topher Cronkite (MD/PhD) for earning their degrees! Mentoring such outstanding students has been a true honor! Can't wait to see the amazing things they'll do next! @bcmneurosci.bsky.social @bcm-mstp.bsky.social #BCMGraduation 081
Reposted by Kim ToliasCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 24/05/2025David Liu @harvard.edu beautifully articulates the criticality of basic science funding for developing revolutionary therapeutics like life-saving base editors 👏 youtu.be/8YhJM6zxYDw?...youtu.beBreakthrough Prize-Winning Biochemist on the Deadly Cost of Funding Cuts | Amanpour and CompanyYouTube video by Amanpour and Company 1240102
Reposted by Kim ToliasCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/05/2025Harvard today, your institution tomorrow. It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America. All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter. 461513628
Reposted by Kim ToliasAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2025DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research? RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research D: I just read them to you! R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them 2466246007390
Reposted by Kim ToliasAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18/05/2025say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage 6547951843
Reposted by Kim ToliasDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 09/05/2025On why we need the NIH. www.physiology.org/publications...physiology.orgWhy We Need the National Institutes of HealthNIH has historically received bipartisan support. We should all be advocating for continued federal funding for biomedical research. 01910
Reposted by Kim ToliasDenis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international) We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc. Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... 3193139
Reposted by Kim ToliasNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 05/05/2025"The biomedical research cuts when they’re polled are like 70-30 or 80-20 against. But it’s only on the edges of the news. You want to push it to the center of the news...Let’s have that vote. Push this issue to the top of the news feed and make Republicans own these cuts." 15832
Reposted by Kim ToliasDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time. 652659946
Reposted by Kim ToliasDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/05/2025The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion. Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more. If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do. 5437471156
Reposted by Kim Toliasboehninglab @boehninglab.com · 02/05/2025Budget released today: 40% cut to NIH 50% cut to NSF If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem 18576243
Reposted by Kim ToliasDelia Milliron @deliamilliron.bsky.social · 29/04/2025This is chilling. The slowing of grant funding to a crawl could, through recission later this year, result in drastically reduced FY25 funding that provides the excuse for drastically reduced science funding going forward. The copy-paste of this strategy to #NSF and others seems likely. 🧪#ChemSky 28250
Reposted by Kim ToliasPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025The trope that universities are "dependent" on the federal government fundamentally misunderstands how vital this partnership has been for the US. The private sector can't replace it. If we kill it, we're all worse off. From @donmoyn.bsky.social and me: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/are-univer... 171116345
Reposted by Kim ToliasNihil Dev 🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦🇵🇸 @nihildev.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival. www.ourhealthroi.comourhealthroi.comOur Health ROIExplore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research. 28420325
Reposted by Kim ToliasSophia Sanborn @naturecomputes.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Join me, @andreastolias.bsky.social, and many of the incredible MICrONS team members in an AI-driven approach to neuroscience discovery Apply here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42... Or email us at recruiting@enigmaproject.ailinkedin.comEnigma hiring Research Engineer: Multi-Modal Modeling in Stanford, CA | LinkedInPosted 11:42:35 PM. The modeling team at Enigma is seeking ML Research Engineers to build and scale the next generation…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn. 0126
Reposted by Kim ToliasAndreas Tolias @andreastolias.bsky.social · 11/04/2025After 7 years, thrilled to finally share our #MICrONS functional connectomics results! We recorded activity from ~75K neurons in the visual cortex of a single mouse, then mapped its wiring using electron microscopy. nature.com/immersive/d42859-025-00001-w/index.htmlnature.comThe MICrONS ProjectAn unprecedented dataset of high resolution anatomical images of individual cells in mouse visual cortex, mapped on to their responses. This integrated view of function and structure lays a foundation... 14814
Reposted by Kim ToliasAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025This is the way to fight back. Not just rejecting illegal demands, but also arguing affirmatively for the value of university research. 330964
Reposted by Kim ToliasSarah Ross @sarahross1.bsky.social · 29/03/2025McCormick and Fetterman were supposed to do a book tour appearance in Pittsburgh, but canceled at the last minute because they heard people would be protesting. We showed up anyway. The book is about mentoring. As mentors, we are concerned. With @ahmarilab.bsky.social and @goldpainlab.bsky.social 38521