Dr. Kyle A. Floyd @lifeofpili.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The first Floyd Lab manuscript has officially hit bioRxiv!! Check it out to learn about how temperature and salinity impact type IV MSHA pili in Vibrio cholerae. Here's hoping for a smooth review process 😜 011
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydDr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives. Today, in response, we brought our own graphs. We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered. 269100463458
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”, With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr. He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3 339109803203
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Here is the Priorities document (long thread) 1/n 98046
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Important note from inside NIH New grants policy terms may lead to terminations after October 1st. Don't panic, but do realize that this is a possibility.media.tenor.coma close up of a brown surface with a few spotsALT: a close up of a brown surface with a few spots 36234
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. Floyd2025 10th ASM Conference on Biofilms @asmbiofilms2025.bsky.social · 08/08/2025What to expect at the ASM Biofilms Conference #ASMBiofilms 022
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 08/08/2025“Grant review by political appointees will further impede the work of the scientific community to provide solutions and fight public health threats. With strong and responsible oversight, we need to harness—not suppress—all perspectives and approaches in the effort to solve these problems.” 0147
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Well, this is a huge Executive Order power grab... www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 1/3whitehouse.govImproving Oversight of Federal GrantmakingBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal 52430240
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/08/20251. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years. Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.whitehouse.govImproving Oversight of Federal GrantmakingBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal 25996539
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydIan L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Public pressure works. The Senate proposed FY26 funding for the NIH that is being voted on today includes a $400 million increase. Keep up the great work everyone, call your house representatives and make sure this passes through the full Senate.appropriations.senate.govSenator Murray Opening Remarks at Full Committee Mark Up of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Bills | United States Senate Committee on AppropriationsUnited States Senate Committee on Appropriations 14311
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 30/07/2025Let's please keep the remaining staff at NIH, NSF, etc in our thoughts even as you lose sleep over your own lab and scientific career. They are enduring pure chaos to try to hold the fort. See snapshot from wapo.st/4feKKuu (gift 🔗) saying they are "barely holding it together" 118879
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. Floyd2025 10th ASM Conference on Biofilms @asmbiofilms2025.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Just a reminder - The abstract submission deadline for the 10th ASM Conference on Biofilms (11/09-13) is August 6! Get yours submitted soon! #ASMBiofilmsasm.orgASM Conference on BiofilmsBiofilms have a tremendous impact on industrial, clinical and natural environments. The ASM Conference on Biofilms will provide an interdisciplinary platform to discuss the latest biofilm research. 033
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydNature @nature.com · 23/07/2025These members of the NIH Council of Councils are voicing serious concerns about NIH grant terminations, restructure, and budget cuts go.nature.com/46Vr8t2go.nature.comProtect the integrity of the US National Institutes of HealthLetter to the Editor 16636
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Well, this happened yesterday... www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce... I assume that this pertains only to applications that focus on therapeutic development and not those addressing fundamental biology or mechanism. But I am wary about making assumptions... 1/2drugdiscoverytrends.comNIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies - Drug Discovery and DevelopmentDrug Discovery and Development covers strategies and technologies related to pharmaceutical research and development and drug formulation. 208541
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 29/06/2025Starting July 1, researchers funded by the US National Institutes of Health will be required to make their scientific papers available to read for free as soon as they are published in a peer-reviewed journal. Nature asks experts what researchers need to know about the NIH policy. #Academicsky 🧪 go.nature.comNIH-funded science must now be free to read instantly: what you should knowUS biomedical agency’s public-access policy kicks in on 1 July. Nature talks to specialists about how to comply. 16124
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydDr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 15/06/2025.............. 🧪 5329
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydSenator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 03/06/2025Harvey Milk served his country honorably — first in uniform, then in public office. Taking his name off this Navy ship sends a clear message, and it’s one of disrespect and cruelty. 762162814152
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydASM @asm.org · 02/06/2025ASM maintains the critical need for a budget agreement that supports funding levels that will allow the U.S. to maintain its position as a scientific leader and address the public health needs of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...asm.orgASM Calls on Congress: Reject Drastic Science & Health CutsThe American Society for Microbiology urges Congress to reject the proposed steep cuts to scientific research and public health in the President’s FY2026 budget. 03023
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 01/06/2025commemorating pride from the clinical microbiology lab 15513
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 02/06/2025JAMA Forum on the proposed NIH budget… jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comCutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care CatastropheThis JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha... 27151
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 19/05/2025Bacterial biofilms are important for disease development. This study develops imaging tech to probe spatiotemporal patterns of #Vibrio cholerae #biofilm gene expression, showing that temporal & spatial patterns are established by QS & c-di-GMP, respectively @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3Fga1GX 1132
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydRachael French @drrachaelf.bsky.social · 16/05/2025OMG, this. One thing I keep saying, as a department chair with like 10 untenured faculty to support, is that telling people to spend their very limited time applying for grants they have near-zero chance of getting is cruel and suggests a lack of empathy. 0133
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/05/2025There’s been some “advice” coming from some quarters for scientists not to focus on DEI-related funding cuts. I wholly reject this concept. Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally. 231496338
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. Floydsahareeti.bsky.social @sahareeti.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Thank you for pushing me consistently, to think, to learn and execute. Everything that I know today is because of you My Guardian Angel, My BOSSS! Thank you for the incredible mentorship. You are the best!!!! @lifeofpili.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Well this is truly insane... 36820
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydOnisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Who saw this coming? 😐 "The lab-leak narrative is now the justification used to shut down infectious-disease research" www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTrump freezes ‘gain of function’ pathogen research ― threatening all US virology, critics sayAn executive order suspends the use of federal funds for certain experiments on pathogens with pandemic potential. Critics say low-risk science could be affected too. 53411
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. Floyd2025 10th ASM Conference on Biofilms @asmbiofilms2025.bsky.social · 07/05/2025The ASM Biofilminar which was held on Wednesday April 23 was recorded, and this is now freely available on the ASM Biofilms website. #ASMBiofilms Fantastic biofilm talks from our 4 guest speakers, Akos Kovacs, Juliet Johnston, Raphael Dias Teixeira, and Boo Shan Tseng. asm.org/events/asm-b...asm.orgASM Conference on BiofilmsBiofilms have a tremendous impact on industrial, clinical and natural environments. The ASM Conference on Biofilms will provide an interdisciplinary platform to discuss the latest biofilm research. 064
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. Floydsahareeti.bsky.social @sahareeti.bsky.social · 08/05/2025@lifeofpili.bsky.social Deeply grateful to you, BOSS, for not only the science but also for being my anchor during life's storms. Your mentorship has been invaluable. 3yrs of building the lab from scratch to having 3 manuscripts in pipeline now, Floyd lab has come a long way! 041
Dr. Kyle A. Floyd @lifeofpili.bsky.social · 07/05/2025A very big CONGRATULATIONS to the first alum of The Floyd Lab. Anindita Saha successfully defended her MS thesis today!!! Wishing her all the best as she moves forward in her science journey!!! #greatvibs #floydlab #ISU 030
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydASM @asm.org · 06/05/2025The American Society for Microbiology is committed to ensuring that scientific research is conducted adhering to strict standards for biosafety and biosecurity, but pausing research is not the path forward. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...asm.orgPausing Research Not a Path to Better Biosafety & BiosecurityThe American Society for Microbiology is committed to ensuring that scientific research is conducted adhering to strict standards for biosafety and biosecurity. 216274
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Now that the policy is out, we've rolled out an updated version of the story. bsky.app/profile/maxk... 0199
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/05/2025🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comExclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing onesUS science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’. 4589430
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydRichard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 02/05/2025"A report by economists at American University in Washington DC estimates that a 50% reduction in federal science funding would reduce the US gross domestic product by approximately 7.6%." Science is an amazing engine of economic activity and progress for the US ... or at least it was. 1118105
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydASM @asm.org · 28/04/2025Call for Abstracts now open for the 2025 ASM Conference on Biofilms! Submit your abstract and showcase your innovative research to a global audience of peers and professionals. 📢 Submit your research: asm.social/2o5 065
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/nmedia.tenor.coma cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above himALT: a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him 251037916
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/04/2025They're going after the accreditation of universities and threatening to revoke the ability of accreditors if they don't crack down on DEI and LGBTQ people in academia. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govReforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher EducationBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. 642135791
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydLori L. Burrows @dr-lori-burrows.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Nifty - circular pilins! Cryo-EM structure of the conjugation H-pilus reveals the cyclic nature of the TrhA pilin | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 061
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I received this letter, sent to 11 Republican members of Congress this weekend from anonymous NIHers. 1/n . 8250115
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025NIH just posted a Notice with the new Terms and Conditions... grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...grants.nih.govNOT-OD-25-090: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of AwardNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-090. NIH 16135124
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydAnimalcules @bacteriophile.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Co-zorbs: Motile, multispecies biofilms aid transport of diverse bacterial species | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgCo-zorbs: Motile, multispecies biofilms aid transport of diverse bacterial species | PNASBiofilms are three-dimensional structures containing one or more bacterial species embedded in extracellular polymeric substances. Although most bi... 148
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025STAT article out about the passback budget and the NIH organization and proposed budget cuts. www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/t...statnews.comTrump budget draft proposes NIH consolidation and 40% spending cutDraft Trump budget proposes a $20 billion NIH budget cut in 2026 and a sweeping consolidation 52726
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Next up: Cornell and Northwestern... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...nytimes.comTrump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern (Gift Article)The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges. 26534
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/04/2025A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942. 5044209812552
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydNature @nature.com · 28/03/2025“The general public thinks that if you’re a college professor, you get paid by the school,” says Zoe McElligott, who studies neural circuits at a state university. But for 'soft money' faculty members, that’s not the case. go.nature.com/4jcrDSAgo.nature.comThese US labs risk imminent closure after Trump cutsUS researchers who must forage for their own salary by finding grants fear they will be the first to go as federal research dollars disappear. 011536
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025From my perspective, this document shows such profound misunderstandings of NIH and science I really don't know what to say It is a collection of bad ideas strung together around irritation around the response to the Covid pandemic (which NIH actually had little to do with) Overall Impact Score: 9 916030
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Powerful new Washington Post story up... wapo.st/426d9fT (Gift link) 1/nwapo.stTrump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science.NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump officials say they’re reviewing the agency. 6340146
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydAnnika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 27/03/2025How do I even put "my doctoral students could not achieve their full scientific potential because they had to worry ICE would abduct them off the street while getting to lab" into a tenure impact statement? 12941152
Reposted by Dr. Kyle A. FloydeLife @elife.bsky.social · 27/03/2025You can now explore all seven articles in our 'Science Under Threat in the US' collection and our thread below 👇 #StandUpForScience elifesciences.org/collections/...elifesciences.orgScience Under Threat in the USThe new administration in the US is conducting an assault on science and scientists – how should the scientific community respond? 068