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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026

Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this.

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Uwe Ohler @uweohler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our #genome still holds many mysteries… Want to help figuring out what is actually translated into proteins and how it is regulated? Our research network #ORFeus is looking for motivated #PhD students to join projects across Europe. Deadline is soon (Oct 22), have a look! www.orfeus-dn.eu/apply/

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Apply to ORFeus — 15 fully funded PhD positions

15 fully funded PhD positions across Europe, starting 2027. Applications open 1 October and close 22 October 2026. Rank up to three projects.

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Liana Lareau @lianafaye.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My department, Berkeley bioengineering, is looking for an assistant professor in cell engineering. It's a truly lovely place to launch your career. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05476

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Assistant Professor - Cell Engineering and Regenerative Medicine - Department of Bioengineering

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 27/08/2026

Why your doctor can't give you a cure tomorrow: how effective treatments are discovered and developed. Part 1 🧪 🧵 #science #news #education #health #research

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Clip Art > Science > Failure > Cute My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.

Title:
Clip art > science > failure > cute

Image:
A series of science-related items (glassware, robots, fires, scientists) with smiley faces labelled this:

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Huge faculty recruitment effort at the University of Chicago -- a division-wide, open-rank search looking to hire about 20 faculty across 5 research areas in biology. Come be our colleague! Full announcement: uchicago.app.box.com/s/ckih9zv3rj...

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Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481

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Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/07/2026

Yesterday the US Administration supercharged its explicit effort to bar international students from staying in the US after graduation. All Americans should know: 1/3 of *all* STEM PhDs working in the US are immigrants who graduated from US universities, then stayed. www.piie.com/index%2Ephp/...

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Emily Bruce @brucelab.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

My friend's NSF CAREER received the highest possible score (Excellent, Excellent, Excellent: High Priority) and it was rejected today. This would have been my friend's first extramural award, 5 years after starting their lab, exactly when grant $ is make or break for an Assistant Professor's career.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"Right now, in some underfunded lab, a scientist is chasing a question that sounds pointless...a century of experience says that funding people to do this work is a good bet. If we stop making that bet, we will pay for it in cures no one will know to miss."

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Jeff Coller @jmcoller.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A Federally funded doctor was curious about a lizard's biology. That work became Ozempic. The administration just proposed a rule requiring grants to "advance the president's policy priorities." The lizard would never have been studied. My piece in today's NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...

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Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

“The Auburn University Board of Trustees on Friday gave itself complete control over course offerings, curriculum, degree requirements and academic credentials while eliminating shared governance at the Alabama land-grant university… The policy leaves many questions unanswered”

insidehighered.com

Auburn Board Takes Curricular Control, Dissolves Senate

The policies mirror the directives laid out in HB 580, which doesn’t take effect until October and doesn’t apply to the institution.

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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The ADA called the cops on attendees--one of them a former ADA president--for distributing reprints of an article pulblished in the ADA's flagship journal. "Failing to meet the moment" is starting to feel like the understatement of the century when it comes scientific organizations in the US.

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Olga Anczukow @olgaanczukow.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

What is the role of #poison-exon in regulating splicing factors in stem cells and development? Check out new work from Nathan Leclair and Mattia Brugiolo and many others in my lab @jax.org #RNA #splicing www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

If not now, when? This is an emergency.

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Action! Action Now.

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Scott Rich, Ph.D. @richcompneuro.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Top story on the @nytimes.com app. A big sign that this all-important story is breaking into mainstream consciousness.

Top story on the NYT app regarding science funding.

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This is what has me scared the most- the dry language that attempts to justify a legal sounding framework to do again what they have already tried- to ban entire institutions from receiving Federal funds and to reward "red" states and punish "blue" ones.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This Vought policy is an attempt to choke out American higher education. America's fascists view its institutions of higher ed—and the people who staff them—as existential enemies of the purified nation

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This is the horror cherry on top of the egregious fraud, waste, and abuse sundae. DOGE fired the people who send NIH money to research labs—which is a complicated process—so now even more labs are going to go under. All while Jay Bhattacharya goes on a podcast and says no NIH funding was cut.

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Richard Ferro, MD MSc @richferro.com · 13/05/2026

The groundbreaking research into the KRAS protein that led to the development of daraxonrasib was funded in part by the NIH. Public funding is the bedrock of pharmaceutical research.

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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

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F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I take Lexapro. I have taken Lexapro for over two decades. The times that I have discontinued taking Lexapro have ended very badly for me. RFKJ is trying to kill millions of Americans like me. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

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Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 27/04/2026

The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Jay Bhattacharya has ordered that a paper showing the effectiveness of COVID19 vaccines in preventing severe disease and hospitalization be suppressed and hidden. This man has been crying nonstop about political censorship for 6 years. But he’s the one who is actually doing it.

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

This is a really important paper in an area that is hard to study. I would recommend any student read this preprint to see how confounding issues arise even in clever assays. Internal Ribosome Entry Sites (IRES) are very interesting because they bypass normal translation initiation mechanisms. 1/

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Last Will and Testament Moss @williammoss.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

This is quite something from Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, in an interview with Reuters. The end of the post-war order, diagnosed in technocratic language. www.mfa.gov.sg/newsroom/pre...

A screenshot with a block of text:

Minister: The US is now a revisionist power. For 80 years, the US was the underwriter for a system of globalisation based on UN Charter principles, multilateralism, territorial integrity, sovereign equality. It actually heralded an unprecedented and unique period of global prosperity and peace. Of course there were exceptions. And of course, the Cold War was still in effect for at least half of the last 80 years. But generally, for those of us who were non-communists, who ran open economies, who provided first world infrastructure, together with a hardworking disciplined people, we had unprecedented opportunities. The story of Singapore, with a per capita GDP of 500 US dollars in 1965.
Now, lit is| somewhere between 80,000 to 90,000 US dollars. It would not have happened if it had not been for this unprecedented period, basically Pax Americana and then turbocharged by the reform and opening of China for decades. It has been unprecedented. It has been great for many of us. In fact, I will say, for all of us, if you look back 80 years. But now, whether you like it or not, objectively, this period has ended. There is no point trying to assign blame or pejorative adjectives. That is not helpful. Basically, the underwriter of this world order has now become a revisionist power, and some people would even say a disruptor. But the larger point is that the erosion of norms, processes, and institutions that underpinned a remarkable period of peace and prosperity; that foundation has gone. What you are seeing now, whether you watch the war in Ukraine, in the Middle East or elsewhere, including in Asia, to me these are symptoms of the underlying tectonic rupture. Big powers and even lesser powers have a more narrow definition of national interest.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 16/03/2026

Writing out a conversation I’ve been having a lot at this conference: Things in US science are far, far worse than people know. Far worse than even other scientists know. 1/

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Genuinely just bonkers to watch the USA do this to one of the most successful and innovative hubs of scientific research the world has ever seen. All those years of Free Speech On Campus debates and it turns out they actually wanted less cancer research. Absurd.

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Liana Lareau @lianafaye.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I’ve spent all my free time this month thinking about training and data leakage in protein/RNA models. What models learn vs what you think they learn. You can find interesting and powerful things if you do it carefully. Looking forward to reading this.

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Mom, come pick me up, the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.

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Irene Beusch @pauletteoctopus.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We have an open position for a #PhD student (last week to apply!) & a lab technician/TA. For more information see: www.beuschlab.org/join-us Interested in understanding post-transcriptional regulation and how #RNA #splicing decisions are made? Then take a look or share with people who might be! 🧪🧫

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RNA Splicing Lab - JOIN US

Are you interested in investigating basic mechanisms in splicing regulation and gene expression? Our research group was launched in September 2024 and is hosted at the Institute of Molecular Infection...

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Congress 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. 🧵👇

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White House stalls release of approved US science budgets

The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

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Liana Lareau @lianafaye.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This is my love letter to mRNA: an Ignite talk I gave as a fundraiser for the Lawrence Hall of Science. Custom mRNA cancer vaccines could be a game changer, but anti-science policies make their future so uncertain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUlu...

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Decoding mRNA: How AI & Vaccines Cure Cancer | Liana Lareau | Ignite Talk

YouTube video by Ignite Talks - Smart Ideas From Around the World

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study. The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Of so many things to be infuriated about, this is perhaps my biggest gripe. Pancreatic cancer patients, who face a future without hope, are being denied a potential game-changing therapy www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...

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In Early-Phase Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial, Investigational mRNA Vaccine Induces Sustained Immune Activity in Small Patient Group

Learn how MSK researchers are deploying mRNA vaccines against pancreatic cancer.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 13/02/2026

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · 12/02/2026

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 12/02/2026

Let's celebrate #DarwinDay by reminding ourselves that everyone has moments when they feel worse for wear. Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell in 1861: "But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything." www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-L... So, hang in there, #academicsky! 🧪🌏🐵

Handwritten note saying: "But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything."

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 11/02/2026

“Success in US science has come from sustained funding and welcoming the best talent from around the world, yet both of these advantages are in decline” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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China turns the tables in biotech

For at least a century, major scientific research initiatives have reliably occurred in the United States, usually in response to geopolitical competition. This helped establish the country’s status a...

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...

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Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application

The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.

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Irene Beusch @pauletteoctopus.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Do you want to understand how RNA #splicing decisions are made? We‘ve got a PhD position open for you (see 👇👇)!! Please share #RNAsky and RT! tinyurl.com/4ztu9cb9

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses? People

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Liana Lareau @lianafaye.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I love absolutely everything about this piece about life after college in Davis Square, Somerville. It's 15 years before my time but every single thing rings true. "I wanted to be edgy but I had no edges at all. I was a blur." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Living in Tracy Chapman’s House

Fresh out of college, we were a bunch of misfits in a chaotic, run-down communal home, desperately trying to figure out who we were meant to be.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
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FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35

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