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Mike Schultz @michael-schultz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Join me on Saturday in Federal Plaza, Chicago to stand up for science! 📍Federal Plaza, 230 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60604 🗓️ Saturday, March 7th, 1pm 🔗 More information and RSVP www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

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Anna Vlasits @annaintegrated.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Hey #chicago! We're joining the national Day of Action on March 7 to Stand Up for Science @standupforscience.bsky.social It's time again to show your support for science in the US!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 15/04/2025

Tax Day - round 3 - NIH 🩻🧠🧬 🧬 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $105/year to NIH, helping fund: • Cancer & rare disease breakthroughs • Pandemic preparedness • Children’s health • Medical tech innovation • Mental health science & more NIH powers the science behind the healthcare we rely on.

A serious medical scene shows a healthcare worker in surgical scrubs standing in a hospital corridor. Bold white text overlays the image, reading: “Curing cancer. Preventing pandemics. What’s it worth?”

A dark blue graphic with white text centered over a soft-focus medical background. The message reads: “Just $105 per year from the average taxpayer funds the national institute of health. That’s all it takes to help save lives improve care, and fight disease”

A clean, square infographic with a dark blue background and light blue accents. The header reads, “What does that money actually do? Your $105 helps fund:” followed by six icons and descriptions:
1. Mental Health Research – Depression, PTSD, addiction
2. Cancer & Rare Disease Studies – From early detection to lifesaving treatments
3. Pandemic Preparedness – Vaccines, virus tracking, prediction and prevention
4. Children’s Health – Brain development, neonatal and pediatric care
5. Medical Innovation – Imaging, prosthetics, diagnostics
6. Basic Biomedical Science – Foundational research for future cures

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Mike Schultz @michael-schultz.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Sustained support for the NIH, NSF, FDA, and other science agenices is what has made American the best place in the world for biomedical innovation. It's important that we preserve it. Watch Portal's John Flavin on CNBC!

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Portal Innovation's Founder on the impact of NIH funding cuts on long-term drug development

John Flavin, Portal Innovations Founder & CEO, joins 'Fast Money' to talk how NIH funding cuts could be detrimental for the U.S. pharmaceutical industry and drug development.

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Mike Schultz @michael-schultz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

In light of disruptions to federally-funded science, one program with bipartison support has fallen through the cracks. In December, Congress let the priority review voucher program expire. The PRV program incentives companies to develop drugs for pediatric rare diseases.

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Don't Put Sick Kids on Hold

On the importance of the rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program

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Mike Schultz @michael-schultz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Thank you to the 1,500+ people who battled the wet snow to attend the @standupforscience.bsky.social Chicago rally! If you weren't able to attend, watch the rally here: lnkd.in/gRhwH9nW

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Without NIH funding for research, "your mother's cancer will wait for a cure. Your child's genetic disorder will wait for a breakthrough. The research that could save lives may be delayed or never come." ~Melissa Byrn, UChicago @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience2025

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

If you want a great nation, you don't eliminate research - medical, agricultural, across the board. Research looks into the future and gives us hope. We need to stand together! ~US Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience2025

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Mike Schultz @michael-schultz.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Join us, tomorrow (Friday)! @standupforscience.bsky.social 📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago 🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM 📋 Register: lnkd.in/gguRyePu 🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org

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Mike Schultz @michael-schultz.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Thank you Chicago Sun-Times for featuring me and some of my co-organizers of Stand Up for Science Chicago. It's critical we advocate for protecting federally-funded science and highlight what's at stake for patients.

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Chicago scientists reel from Trump funding cuts: 'We are just going to abandon all those discoveries'

On Friday, scientists will leave their labs to protest cuts to research in Chicago and across the country.

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Mike Schultz @michael-schultz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I'm helping to organize this. Spread the word. Reach out to me to get involved. 📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago 🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM 🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org

standupforscience2025.org

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Mike Schultz @michael-schultz.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The NIH funding crisis has been stressful and potentially damaging to US science. America has the best innovation ecosystem in the world, and for any complex ecosystem, disruption can have cascading effects. Read this piece by my colleague Steven Lehmann on how the innovation landscape might change.

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Navigating a Shifting Biotech Ecosystem

The foundations of the biomedical research are shifting beneath our feet.

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Laura White @laurakwhite.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

There’s no argument that should reassure anyone enough to go back to business as usual, because none of these actions are happening in isolation. The war on US science won’t end with a court order on indirects.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This is the former dean of Harvard med school. He defended several pandemic misinformation doctors from “uncivil” tone, while dunking on those of us who tried to sound the alarm about misinformation agents. I tried to warn him and he got furious with me.

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Drew Berry wehi.tv @drewberry.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Happy Holliday Junction for those who celebrate

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

unusual for NIH directors — most have experience in basic, translational, and/or clinical research not to mention records of leading large biomedical research enterprises, pioneering their field of study, and a combination of visibility and service to the research community

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Kavita Patel MD @drkavitapatel.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Aside from how horrible this is for public health this might be the only time you will see words like “neocortex” or “mitochondrial mutations” in a statement from Trump

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Mike Schultz @michael-schultz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I was surprised a Biotech Investor starter pack wasn’t available, so I made one. Please help grow this community. go.bsky.app/GV6usnz

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Mike Schultz @michael-schultz.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Earlier this week had had our 2nd ever Portal Innovations book club on Breaking Through, the autobiography of Katalin Karikó who won a Nobel Prize for her work on modified mRNA that enabled the COVID vaccines.

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Mike Schultz @michael-schultz.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

So glad to see a critical mass of a science community here! 🧬🔬🧫 ❌ to X Blue skies ahead! ☀️

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