Reposted by Michelle BbioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Remodeling of cholesterol metabolism in melanoma progression regulates nuclear membrane mechanics. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 024
Reposted by Michelle BMichael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 17/09/2026Honestly, it was scary to think about being named. As I sat with the opportunity more, I thought that there aren’t a ton of moments to act and set up a better future for science. We’ve all been through a lot. Even though I’m at a vulnerable stage of my career, I also have relative privilege… 11476115
Reposted by Michelle BJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Please join me in thanking the named plaintiffs in this lawsuit, including @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd & @jddaw.bsky.social These brave scientists are taking on risk to protect science, scientists & beneficiaries of science (all of us). www.aclu.org/press-releas...aclu.orgResearchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties UnionClass action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research 6355123
Reposted by Michelle BIvy L. Xiong @ivyxiong.bsky.social · 02/09/2026#DynamicsClub in September: 𝗔𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 will share his work with Valentina Greco on calcium dynamics in micro-vasculature. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42335226/ Sep 9 (Wednesday) at 1pm PT / 4pm ET Join us on Zoom: lingyunxiong.github.io/DynamicsClub/ 001
Reposted by Michelle BJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 26/07/2026This 🧵is definitely worth a read. Thanks @melodyschreiber.com and @gregggonsalves.bsky.social 0278
Reposted by Michelle BJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026If you want an example of why having political appointees deeply involved in grantmaking... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...nytimes.comTrump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election. 310756
Reposted by Michelle BJournal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 23/07/2026In their Perspective article, Marintia Nava-García @marintianava.bsky.social, Michelle Baird @michelleabaird.bsky.social and colleagues discuss the emerging roles of lipids in nuclear function and homeostasis. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... 076
Reposted by Michelle Belizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/u...nytimes.comWhite House Faces Stiff Pushback on Subjecting Grants to Political Review (Gift Article)Academics, city leaders and congressional lawmakers number among the thousands to urge the Trump administration to reconsider a plan to assert more control over grants. 13510
Reposted by Michelle BAnkita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Excited to share our new paper, now published in Nature Cell Biology! 🎉 We asked a fundamental question in cell biology: How do cells maintain polarity while migrating? Especially how do cancer cells navigate confined spaces? www.nature.com/articles/s41556-026-01981-1nature.comCD44 restricts EGFR mobility to polarize cytoskeletal signalling modules driving bleb-based migration - Nature Cell BiologyJha et al. show that the transmembrane protein CD44 restricts EGFR mobility to maintain an EGFR–PI3K–Rac gradient during bleb-based cell migration. 68732
Reposted by Michelle BMichael Okun @michael-okun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Over the last month I saw that human editors are now stripped of control. I could no longer stop the system from auto-inviting "reviewers" with zero relevant expertise. Even worse - the AI began actively revoking the invitations I manually sent out to actual, qualified experts. 141177272
Reposted by Michelle BVickySanzMoreno @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Delighted to share our latest views on our favourite cancer cells Well done @ritoghose.bsky.social 👏 @icr.ac.uk @breastcancernow.bsky.social Amoeboid cancer cells at a glance journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...journals.biologists.comAmoeboid cancer cells at a glanceSummary: Amoeboid cancer cells exploit actomyosin contractility, metabolic adaptability and immune evasion to drive metastasis, representing a distinct and therapeutically targetable state within the ... 0156
Reposted by Michelle BDenis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Federal funding for US biomedical research is moribund. Since October 1 2025, NIH is -80% in new grants and -70% in values (total dollars). Labs are closing down and researchers are leaving science. To what end? 57156
Reposted by Michelle BJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Please stop saying the bill allows "no more multi-year funding" - or at least be clear the 'more' is in reference to disastrous FY25 levels. The bill allows 39% MYF, same as in FY25, which contributed substantially to a 24% drop in new research. The bill has some wins. MYF is not one of them. 610550
Reposted by Michelle BTakashi Akera Lab @takashiakeralab.bsky.social · 03/02/2026vilcek.org/news/breakin...vilcek.orgBreaking Fundamental Biological Law: Research by Takashi Akera Investigates Selfish DNA - Vilcek FoundationWinner of the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise, Akera’s novel research findings have huge implications for infertility and chromosomal disorders. 105714
Reposted by Michelle BJournal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Our Editors will be attending #CellBio2025 @ascbiology.bsky.social @embo.org. Reach out to @seemagrewal.bsky.social and Amelia Glazier to discuss JCS, @focalplane.bsky.social and our other @biologists.bsky.social initiatives. 02218
Reposted by Michelle BKerry Howley @kerryhowley.bsky.social · 02/12/2025I wrote about the private, intimate, often ridiculous agonies of working for a man who think you’re a monster nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comDoughnuts and Bullets: The Absurdity of Working for RFK Jr.What happens when your new boss thinks you’re a child killer? 615453
Reposted by Michelle BReuters @reuters.com · 17/11/2025US colleges see 17% drop in newly enrolled international students, report finds reut.rs/47XVtWLreut.rsUS colleges see 17% drop in newly enrolled international students, report findsThe number of newly enrolled international students at U.S. colleges and universities dropped by 17% this autumn following new restrictions on student visas and other Trump administration policies, according to a report released on Monday. 73820
Reposted by Michelle BDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 17/11/2025This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 771791565
Reposted by Michelle BJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/tiktok.comI guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave. TikTok video by Jenna 14431185
Reposted by Michelle BJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Jenna Norton, an outspoken signer of the Bethesda Declaration. was welcomed back to work by being placed on Administrative Leave (for No Disciplinary Reason). www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/ 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬tiktok.comI guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave. TikTok video by Jenna 24823
Reposted by Michelle BJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Can confirm! As of 2pm today I am on “non disciplinary” admin leave. I was given no reason. I was told it came down from HHS. I was given the name of an HHS attorney I could contact with questions. Haven’t gotten there. Will be updating! 14712
Reposted by Michelle BIvy L. Xiong @ivyxiong.bsky.social · 13/11/2025#DynamicsClub in November - SfN: 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶 will share his work with Nir Grossman on bifurcation dynamics underlying falling asleep (PMID: 41152637) www.nature.com/articles/s41... Nov 20 (Thursday) at 3pm PT / 6pm ET Join us at UCLA or on Zoom: lingyunxiong.github.io/DynamicsClub/ 001
Reposted by Michelle B@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Dear all, A scientist from UNC Chapel Hill, Paul Maddox, is running for congress in NC for a seat currently held by a republican. If you care about science (and democracy) please consider donating to his campaign #Standupforscience secure.actblue.com/donate/paul-...secure.actblue.comDonate to Paul Maddox for Congress in NC 11Paul is running for Congress because there’s a sickness in Washington, and no one is working to cure it. 67441
Reposted by Michelle BNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 23/10/2025@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"nature.comScaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talentNature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases... 6271173
Reposted by Michelle BAAUP @aaup.org · 16/10/2025🚨🚨🚨 And THREE stood up! Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact. When we join together and fight back, WE WIN! No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent. LET’S GO! #DefendHigherEd @aaup-penn.bsky.socialthedp.comPenn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatmentWith the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer. 427092
Reposted by Michelle B👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/10/2025this is indeed a direct response to that person who said we should abandon trans folk because “ppl won’t die on that hill, it’s not a winning political strategy” Me. I will die on that hill. We leave nobody on the tracks. 924319
Reposted by Michelle BAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2025Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me." 17782211956
Reposted by Michelle BAlt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 25/08/2025Nothing says democracy like agitprop. Teddy - who believed in breaking trusts, not the working man - must be turning in his grave. 207119
Reposted by Michelle BAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/08/2025A government agency bragged about destroying posters protected by the First Amendment. 2052467839
Reposted by Michelle BStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 14/08/2025🚨URGENT: SIGN AND SHARE OUR PETITION TO DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL OF SEC. HHS RFK. JR🚨 🔗 zurl.co/oDKJkstandupforscience.netSign the IMPEACH RFK Citizens' Petition to Congress — STAND UP FOR SCIENCEJoin with us to sign our Citizens' Petition to the US Congress to choose the people over Trump and Impeach RFK Jr Now! 39150
Reposted by Michelle BErika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 02/08/2025It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation. 1147217584343
Reposted by Michelle BElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker 7634081187
Reposted by Michelle BGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Oh my god, Russell Vought is a straight up sociopath. There is no rationale for this than a profound sadism. And this man calls himself a Christian. Like Torquemada I guess. How did he get to be so damaged? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comTrump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research FundingThe National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction. 47686227
Reposted by Michelle BJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 29/07/2025New Science story about multi-year funding and it potential catastrophic consequences www.science.org/content/arti... 1/nscience.orgOdds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays biteFunding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards 310986
Reposted by Michelle BJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 29/07/2025www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgOdds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays biteFunding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards 03418
Reposted by Michelle BMarine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 28/07/2025We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki. His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬 Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1mbit.lyMBL Announces Largest Ever Gift for Its Renowned Biological Education and Research Programs | Marine Biological LaboratoryCell Biology Researcher Mark Terasaki’s $25 Million Unrestricted Gift Will Support Operations and Infrastructure Contact: Samantha Cummis scummis@mbl.edu; 973.800.4119 212723
Reposted by Michelle BPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 28/07/2025NIH budgets are complicated because NIH funding varies from year to year, but they need to support projects that typically last at least 5 years (good science takes a while!). The sudden departure from the longstanding year by year model, and the budgetary chaos that will ensue, is bad. 15223
Reposted by Michelle BAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Political scientist specializing in constitutional rights: “We are [past] a constitutional crisis… we are in failure.” Every US scientist must get comfortable with this: the system is currently failing. The US science system is breaking apart. 1/ 219865
Reposted by Michelle BAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 28/07/2025this ends with a description of what YOU can do. Please get involved now. Everyone can take one of these actions. 21314
Reposted by Michelle BAltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 02/05/2025The press has been all over this shit but not a single fucking one has broken what a placebo trip would look like so, lets. 🧵🧵 www.reuters.com/business/hea...reuters.comRobert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reportsU.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS. 34538253
Reposted by Michelle BPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o... Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health securitynytimes.comOpinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States. 18473299
Reposted by Michelle BScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 02/04/2025🚨🚨 Here we go! 🚨🚨 @protectdemocracy.org, @cspi.bsky.social, and @aclu.org have sued RFK and his cronies at HHS to halt illegal grant terminations. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69835... 151101263
Reposted by Michelle BChrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I earned my place in science, we do important work and we will not be deterred. In the meantime if you do want to support our lab, we have a donation page that links directly to our lab fund where you can make a tax deductible donation. www.starbirdlab.com/donatestarbirdlab.comDonate – The Starbird Lab 17921
Reposted by Michelle BChrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Finally got the notice. Very sad day for the MOSAIC program that supported some of the most amazing scientists I know, as well as some of the awesome people on my lab. 4121585
Reposted by Michelle BCoalition for Life Sciences @c4lifesciences.bsky.social · 02/03/2025NIH website and all of its subsites are down. NSF and CDC remain up. 1119
Reposted by Michelle BAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊ 440472757362
Reposted by Michelle BAltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 28/02/2025President Zelenskyy showed more backbone and self-respect in one Oval Office meeting than the entire GOP has collectively demonstrated over the last 9 years. He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours. 301989372
Reposted by Michelle BNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Yes! We need to speak up for those who cannot (like all our friends right now at NIH). 02917
