Reposted by @marthacyert.bsky.socialAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · 04/12/2025NIH supported more than 407,000 jobs in 2024. Research funding strengthens communities. Join ASBMB in highlighting the value of basic research: www.asbmb.org/advoca.... #ScienceServesUsAll #ASBMBAdvocates 075
Reposted by @marthacyert.bsky.socialGeo Santiago-Martínez @geosantiagom.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Thank you to the @asbmb.bsky.social for standing up for science and scientists! #ScienceServesUsAll #ASBMBAdvocates 083
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 05/12/2025I had a great day on the hill yesterday with ASBMB advocating for funding for research and training in molecular life sciences 1104
Reposted by @marthacyert.bsky.socialKevin Gardner @nmrkaygee.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Can't agree with this more strongly – from creating jobs to training our brightest young scientists to laying the foundations for tomorrow's cures & research tools, NIH support for basic research has been the bedrock of U.S. biomedical science. It's too important to jeopardize – 063
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Met with congressional staff yesterday with Ed Eisenstein to talk about the importance of stable predictable funding for fundamental research and to thank our representatives and senators for their support. #ASBMBAdvocates #ScienceServesUsAll 000
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Just received a NOA today for the renewal of the R35 MIRA grant that supports my lab. Parent grant ended 3/31 and this new one start Aug1--4 month delay and years off my life. Very relieved and grateful for NIH staff that made this happen! 110
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Hard to argue with the data. HOW is this being done ie HOW exactly are POs being prevented from sending out NOAs? Including mine? 000
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Has anyone heard from their PO about funding for a NIGMS R35 competitive renewal? Mine is listed as “pending administrative review “ but PO telling me NOTHING. Someone else heard unofficially from PO that their R35will be funded but 40% cut. WTF? I submitted 1 year ago. Just want to know SOMETHING 100
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 13/05/202532 impact score. Fundable in the past. My PO is not giving me any guidance official or otherwise 010
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 17/04/2025To your knowledge, have any NOAs gone out?media.tenor.comHaveahappyday Yay GIFALT: Haveahappyday Yay GIF 000
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Congratulations to this amazing group of scientists and people!! 011
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Congratulations to you and the other ASBMB fellows So great to see your many contributions honored! 011
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 16/04/2025So much great science and such a great community! Thank you #ASBMB! 122
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 16/04/2025You are inspiring at so many levels! Thanks for your amazing talk at ASBMB meeting! 010
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Great to catch up on pseudokinases!!! 010
Reposted by @marthacyert.bsky.socialJoAnn Trejo @joann-trejo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Need grant writing advice - checkout the IMAGE grant writing workshop sponsored by @asbmb.bsky.social - June 12 -14, 2025. www.asbmb.org/career-resou...asbmb.orgIMAGE grant writing workshop 012
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Thank you for being a trusted source of information during this chaotic time! 020
Reposted by @marthacyert.bsky.socialMIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 08/04/2025We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.thereader.mitpress.mit.eduThe Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief." 182883912
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Looking forward to these exciting talks! 032
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 29/03/2025It sounds like more grant cancellations will be coming for any grant that mentions climate change. Please respond if you know anything more about this situation. Has this already happened? Advice for grants in limbo that say ‘climate change’? Resubmit? eos.org/research-and...eos.orgNIH Cancels Climate and Health Research Grants - EosThe Trump administration’s intentions toward addressing climate change are clear: Federal agencies purged mentions of the climate crisis from their websites and slashed funding for mitigation tools su... 000
Reposted by @marthacyert.bsky.socialCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 09/03/2025Wow, major breakthrough in the development of broadly neutralizing bispecific antibody therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2, led by @stanford-chemh.bsky.social institute scholar @cobarnes27.bsky.social 😃 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgBispecific antibodies targeting the N-terminal and receptor binding domains potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concernBispecific antibodies incorporating a cross-reactive NTD-specific antibody are resilient to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. 227570
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Congratulations to all especially my colleague @cobarnes27.bsky.social Amazing work! 000
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Thank you for doing this critical work! 021
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Congratulations on these beautiful papers! 010
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Looking forward to meeting up with lots of women in biochemistry and molecular biology at ASBMB meeting in Chicago in April. Just had a great conversation with the WiBMB committee. Come join their events and get engaged with a super supportive community of brilliant women scientists! 063
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Looking forward to this great meeting! 010
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Thanks! "PEDP plans included in applications under review will not be evaluated or considered in funding decisions." Do you know if grants scored with a PEDP back in October are still eligible for approval by AC? I've asked my PO but hearing crickets. At least NIGMS AC meeting 5/22 is in Fed Reg. 000
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 26/03/2025YAY! NIGMS council meeting 5/22 is in Fed Register! My R35 competitive renewal is listed as 'pending council review'. NIH says"PEDP plans included in applications under review will not be evaluated or considered in funding decisions". My grant was scored with the PEDP in Oct. Can it be approved? 000
Reposted by @marthacyert.bsky.socialJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-r...baldwin.senate.govNEW: Baldwin, Welch Announce Former NIH Director, Researchers, Clinical Trial Patients as Witnesses for Forum on Trump’s NIH Cuts | U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of WisconsinWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) announced the... 08030
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Personally I am happy to see Jon Lorsch there—great person of high integrity 030
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 20/03/2025This is unbelievably petty and ridiculous treatment for a dedicated and rational man who kept us safe during the pandemic 000
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Here is the op ed www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I Used to Run the N.I.H. Here’s What Worries Me. (Gift Article)The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health. 020
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Amazing conversation with an amazing scientist and leader: Nobel prize winner and former director of NIH, Harold Varmus explaining economics of dismantling NIH. Also see op ed he wrote for NYT. Every dollar NIH spends yields > 2X in economic activity. But if you are reading this you already know.. 000
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 19/03/2025wow that is awesome! No good news for me. Still 'pending council review' BUT now it says AC meeting is May 22. For the longest time it still listed the AC meeting as Feb 6. NIGMS 120
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Great!! Please fight to protect universities and biomedical research as well!! Just as important. 000
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Thank you for this news. Do you know if grants that included a PEDP in the scoring can still be approved at ac?My R35was scored well in October 2024 with required PEDP. Was supposed to be approved at 2/6/25 AC for NIGMS. I’m still in limbo and PO is not communicating 020
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Last week Nature published an NIH document with different categories of DEI work www.nature.com/articles/d41... Any updates on this? If you have an R35 pending AC approval where SS scored the required PEDP, where does that leave us? Can this grant ever be funded? Is resubmission necessary?nature.comExclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grantsStudies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature. 000
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 10/03/2025So grants that have a DEI component can theoretically be funded? Still waiting on approval of my NIGMS R35 Mira renewal ( at AC on May 22??) But it included a PEDP (diversity plan). Its hard to keep track of all the reasons why my grant may not get funded even after favorable SS review in Oct 24. 010
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Was amazing that rep Scott peters highlighted pioneering Alzheimer’s research at UCSD. You have tons of disease related breakthroughs happening at Stanford in your district and we are educating the next generation of Dr.s and researchers. Come visit my lab in Biology Dept anytime! 010
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Yes there is literally one meeting posted ????? 100
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 04/03/2025That is really amazing! I’d like to se my representative Sam Liccardo highlight important NIH funded research at stanford. Hard to choose with so many options. Very grateful for science advocacy on such a public stage 000
marthacyert.bsky.social @marthacyert.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Powerful article by Elliot White about his experiences with racism in STEM and at Stanford. Our 2021 DEI climate survey revealed many problems. Is stanfords doing enough to protect these values on our campus and working with other universities to push back? 021
