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R Marcucio

@mcfunny.bsky.social
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When the culture wars end, we should all go to a drag show and have fun. oh...Developmental Biology, Tissue Regeneration, and recently paligenosis.

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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
our new paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Shared genetic basis and structure of syndromic and normal facial variation
The question of how gene mutations of large effect and common variants of small effect relate to phenotypic variation dates from the origins of geneti…
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Metamorphasis is just a story about a guy who doesn't want to get out of bed for work in the morning. I don't know why Kafka needed 70 pages to say that he hated alarms.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Just 10 people have already poured $617 MILLION into this year’s midterm elections. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. This is not sustainable. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Russell Vought is an evil man. This plan is nothing short of a personal take-over of federal grant making. It will affect ALL of us. Political commissars will now be in charge of all agencies, reporting to him. But we are not powerless. See what you can do below. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Russell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify You
A proposed new rule changing the way the federal government hands out money could be absolutely devastating for every single person in this country.
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Trainees, consider attending the GRS immediately before the MSK GRC. www.grc.org/musculoskele...
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2026 Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering (GRS) Seminar GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Seminar on Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering (GRS) will be held in Andover, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Join us at the MSK Gordon Conference this summer in Andover, NH. "Retaining and Restoring Musculoskeletal Function to Unlock Whole Body Health Span" Details including the program and registration info is below. The deadline to register is July 5th. www.grc.org/musculoskele...
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2026 Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering will be held in Andover, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The great Nancy Krieger in @thelancet.com on the proposed OMB rule. Act now: oppose a new threat to US federally funded work. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Act now: oppose a new threat to US federally funded work
The global medical and public health community needs to be aware of a dire threat—and of the opportunities to challenge it—posed by a new rule proposed on May 29, 2026, by the second Trump administrat...
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Virginia S. O'Possum, but scary @virginiaopossum.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The worst thing about Musk's destruction of USAID is that it killed and is killing millions of people. But the most grotesque thing about it is that he personally could have funded USAID for 43 years and was fucking gleeful about destroying it, comparing it to "parties" he could have attended.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
You thought Elon Musk and DOGE were bad? Russell Vought now wants to codify political control over ALL federal grant-funding, killing grants at will on anything from road repair to rural hospitals, cancer research and schools. Write to Congress! Share, share, share. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...
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Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees
On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
We ALL need to comment on these proposed rule changes substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The OMB Rule That Makes the Funding Cuts Legal
For the past eighteen months, the Trump administration’s approach to federal grants has followed a familiar pattern: announce a cancellation, face a lawsuit, sometimes lose.
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Just saw "Obsession" What a good movie.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"What OMB is proposing is not a reform of grants management. It is a complete political control apparatus layered over every stage of the federal science funding lifecycle.” - Elizabeth Ginexi, former NIH official: www.eenews.net/articles/tru... via @kevinbogardus.bsky.social
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Trump targets science in OMB’s grants revamp
A new administration proposal is part of a larger campaign by the president to exert political control over the federal scientific enterprise.
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
NEW: Our latest report breaks down how OMB Director Russell Vought is weaponizing federal funding for disaster aid, education, food, health, transportation, and other essential programs to punish and coerce Trump’s political enemies, hurting millions of people in the process. Read it here⬇️
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V for Vampire Vought's Vendetta | Revolving Door Project
This report summarizes how OMB Director Russell Vought is weaponizing federal funding for education, food, health, transportation, and other life-affirming programs to punish and coerce Trump’s politi...
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Does anyone have a list of NIH study sections that are being disbanded after May Council?
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
From here on earth From my small place I ask of You Way out in space Please tell all men In every land What You and I Both understand Please tell all men That Peace is Good That's all That need be understood In every world In Your great sky We understand. Both You and I-T. Geisel
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
ACIP member admitting the vote in HepB vaccine was political Where is the open, Gold Standard Science we were promised? This is a joke
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Dr. Hoeg: I would pay to see the debate between Dr. Meissner and you. Note: She is an anti-vaccine activist, and she just showed it. Not a regulator. She does not have the qualifications, not the ability, and she is just biased.
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
check out this issue of DD anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970177...
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Special Issue: The Establishment, Maintenance, and Breaking of Symmetry: Developmental Dynamics: Vol 254, No 8
<em>Developmental Dynamics</em> is a developmental biology journal publishing novel discoveries that advance our understanding in development, morphology, evolution, and disease.
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
In a world full of Stephen Millers, be a Terry Moran.
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
All of these problems we are facing every single day are completely manufactured by the incompetence and vengefulness of this administration. NONE of these problems existed 6 months ago.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
People don’t realize just how much damage this administration is doing to American science—and confidence in American science globally. Everyone I speak with inside is horrified…
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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Downstream branches of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling act interdependently to shape the face
Background Previously we found that increasing fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling in the neural crest cells within the frontonasal process (FNP) of the chicken embryo caused dysmorphology that.....
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
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PBX1 and PBX3 transcription factors regulate SHH expression in the Frontonasal Ectodermal Zone through complementary mechanisms
Author summary Facial development is orchestrated by complex molecular interactions among signaling molecules and transcription factors, a class of proteins that regulate gene expression. Disruption o...
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Jessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Mainstream media needs to stop pointing out what "RFK Jr. gets right," because there are many, many trained public health officials who get the same things right without all the batshit crazy eugenics and woo.
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🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · 13/05/2025
This is particularly worrisome when professional medical societies & associations use what "RFK Jr gets right" to justify their own silence about what "he gets wrong" & to confirm their willingness to work with him. They act like nobody knew before about diet, exercise & other lifestyle changes.
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Julia Fine @finejulia6.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Beautiful and powerful memorial at the NIH today for what’s been lost through the cuts. This will be a weekly occurrence.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 02/05/2025
RFK plans to look for measles treatments. "Public health experts were baffled by Mr. Kennedy’s decision to hunt for new treatments, rather than endorse shots that have decades of safety and efficacy data." Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...
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RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination (Gift Article)
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
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STAT @statnews.com · 01/05/2025
NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
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NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths
NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This is a full-on assault on science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policy
Move by US biomedical agency threatens thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.
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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Proud to announce that I am one of @acog.org 's "Immunization Champions" for this year. www.acog.org/programs/imm...
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ACOG’s Immunization Champions
Obstetrician–Gynecologist Immunization Champions are considered leaders in maternal and adult immunization. They have demonstrated exceptional progress in increasing immunization rates among adults an...
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
We are looking for a new post-doc to join us. If anyone is interested, please contact me.
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Ed Hagen @edhagen.net · 23/03/2025
1. What's at risk by disrupting NIH? With only a bit of hyperbole: a mechanistic understanding of life itself, & therefore better treatments for cancer, dementias, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, birth defects, aging & more 🧪 Notes on a revolution interrupted 🧵
Illustration of a cell depicting locations of various proteins
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Kurt Ronn @kronn.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I was in the process of hiring a post-doc from Europe. Overnight I got an email saying that they won't be coming to the US, b/c of the mess we are in.
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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Congratulations to Paul Trainor @aussiebiologist.bsky.social for receiving the prestigious Henry Grey Scientific Achievement Award from @anatomyorg.bsky.social, introduced by @mcfunny.bsky.social . Well done Paul!
Ralph Marcucio introducing Paul Trainor, 2025 Henry Grey AwardeePaul Trainor giving his Henry Grey Award lecture.A seeming surprised Paul Trainor with his Henry Grey Award plaque.
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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
In celebration of the upcoming @anatomyorg.bsky.social conference we're pleased to share a joint virtual issue "Connecting organ development, evolution, and physiology" with our sibling journals @asejournal.bsky.social & @devdynamics.bsky.social. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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American Association for Anatomy @anatomyorg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
📆 April 16 | ⏰ 12:00 PM ET - Discover how Dr. Adam Jennings is revolutionizing anatomy education at TCU’s Burnett School of Medicine through immersive 3D visualization. Sign up for the webinar today! ow.ly/IrYH50Vnzhm #anatomy #science #research #education #AAA
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American Association for Anatomy @anatomyorg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This is an appreciation post to our outgoing Board members who finished their last Board meeting! Don’t forget to thank them for all their hard work if you see them at #AnatomyConnected25 !!🫀🧠 #Anatomy25 #anatomy #education #research #science #aaa #portlandoregon #scientificmeeting #annualmeeting
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Gary J. Bassell @basselllab.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Inspirational keynote talk @carlzimmer.com @anatomyorg.bsky.social #AnatomyConnected25 for our research community committed to science and education. Scholarship on the history of science so necessary for confronting current #ScienceDenial
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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Good morning, #AAA2025! Stop by our booth in the vendor area to learn more about the @anatomyorg.bsky.social journal family and pick up some fun journal swag.
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Dr Lisa MJ Lee @llcoolprof.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Neural crests, mesenchyme, osteoprogenitors, placodes, craniofacial development, oh my! Gold mine of symposium for embryology educators & enthusiasts @anatomyorg.bsky.social #anatomyconnected25
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American Association for Anatomy @anatomyorg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
We’re ready for YOU at #AnatomyConnected25!! We hope everyone made it here safely and is ready for a fun, anatomy filled weekend!🫀🧠 #Anatomy25 #anatomy #education #research #science #aaa #portlandoregon #scientificmeeting #annualmeeting
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American Association for Anatomy @anatomyorg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Interested in becoming a AAA member?! Stop by Anatomy Central to talk to Liz, other AAA staff, or the ambassador committee to learn more!🫀🧠 #Anatomy25 #anatomy #education #research #science #aaa #portlandoregon #scientificmeeting #annualmeeting #joinnow
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R Marcucio @mcfunny.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Imagine thinking that diversity, equity and inclusion are bad things.
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
NIH is the best investment there is. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/03/2025
BREAKING: The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University has reneged on their commitment to host the @sciencewriters.org annual conference and withdrew their entire financial support. The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.
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