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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The FASEB Cytoskeletal Systems meeting has been a fantastic conference! The cytoskeleton community is doing such cutting edge and inspiring research. I was happy to share the work from our lab and I’ll be going home with a ton of new ideas! The organizers did an excellent job. 🤩

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 27/06/2025

Juhi Narula and Sarah Wignall (@sadiewignall.bsky.social) identify a new role for the conserved kinase PLK-1 in suppressing centrosome maturation in oocytes, which surprisingly is opposite to its role in mitosis. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #CellCycle #Genetics #Cytoskeleton #Development

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Sadie Wignall @sadiewignall.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

New paper from my lab published today in JCB - congratulations to first author and graduate student/recent PhD Juhi Narula on this beautiful story!

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I helped explain to the Chicago Tribune the enourmous and irrational damage the NIH funding freeze is causing at Northwestern. “You’re at risk of losing an entire next generation of scientists" "it’s terrifying; it’s completely senseless." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/07/w...

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Worried Northwestern lab directors describe ‘bleak’ atmosphere in wake of Trump research funding freeze

The Trump administration’s freezing of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left concerned lab directors without key grants and forced the university to spend mi…

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Funding freeze at Northwestern from Emma Mairson at grant-watch.us. Data from USAspending. Normally, ~$70 M per month. Now, bupkis. Northwestern is keeping research moving and must be spending ~$40 M per month. Clearly not sustainable for too long.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Keep in mind: these are AWARDED grants, with Notice of Awards. The federal government is not honoring existing contracts with this university, refusing to reimburse for costs charge on awarded grants.

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Gc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

It is beyond disturbing when the NIH and HHS Directors do not understand that animal models are essential in research www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/a...

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There is no replacement (yet) for animal models in medical research

The NIH is “reducing animal use in research.” But there is no replacement for animal models.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 02/05/2025

NIH's work saves lives—& Trump is gutting it. Straight from D.C. I headed to Seattle Children's to hear from researchers & patients alike about the importance of NIH funding—it's not just about lines in a budget, it's about lifesaving discoveries. We ALL need to speak up to save it.

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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 03/05/2025

NIH, NSF, NASA, NEA, NEH If it funds thought it’s under attack

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Melissa Bates @batesphysio.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

If you haven’t called your congressperson to advocate for NIH, today’s the day.

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IBiS Northwestern @ibisatnu.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

It has been a busy time for IBiS! With the Lane-Petersen Happy Hour on the 11th, a CV/Resume workshop from Dr. Aubrey Korenta of the Career Center last Tuesday, and DRiLS Speaker Dr. Markita Landry visiting us last Thursday, we’ve had lots of learning, fun, and community building!

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Canceling awarded research grants isn’t something universities can fix with endowments. Most endowment funds are legally restricted and can't be used freely. When the government terminates a research grant, it kills a scientific project that peer scientists already evaluated as valuable.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/04/2025

RFK Jr.’s lies about autism are disgraceful — and I won't share them to spread misinformation. He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths. In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.

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Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su

A beeswarm chart of canceled NIH grants showing the years into each project when the funding was pulled. Each dot represents a terminated grant and is colored by the number of publications associated with the project: none, one to four or five or more. The grants are separated into thee rows based on the award type (R01, U01, U54). RO1 research projects had the most terminations, which occurred at all stages of research, from the project onset to 7+ years in. Most grants were canceled short of the 4-5 year lifespan of a typical grant, and 40% of R01s had no publications at the time of termination. Projects that had been active for longer had more publications, suggesting that more findings are disseminated in the later stages of these grants.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I was listening to the excellent interview with President Eisgruber from Princeton on The Daily podcast. Some key points: Interviewer: You said “Once you make concessions once, it’s hard not to make them again.” So I’d like to know, did what Columbia did make your job harder…?” 1/n

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/04/2025

of all the things the administration is doing, i am a little mystified by this effort to completely destroy the science, technology and medical research sector in the united states

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky @schakowsky.house.gov · 09/04/2025

Make no mistake about it: Trump's reported decision to freeze funding at Northwestern University will put life-saving cures and critical research at risk. This freeze won't protect the Jewish students Trump claims to defend, it will instead undermine their academic endeavors.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

What a day. What a country! 💪

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

This is Chicago. We filled Daley Plaza. We filled the streets. We rallied and marched in the name of democracy, human rights, civil rights, people's livelihoods, people's lives, our planet, peace and justice in our country and around the world. #HandsOff @indivisible.org

View from a window in a high rise office building looking down on Chicago's Daley Plaza and streets, all completely filled with people at rally

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MoveOn @moveon.org · 05/04/2025

The people are awake. The people are angry. And the people are organized. 📍 Chicago, Illinois #HANDSOFF

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AiR - Activists in Resistance @air-chicago.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Today was proof - the fighting spirit is alive and it’s beautiful. Each sign, all the voices said the same thing loud and clear - #Handsoff our #democracy We’re just getting started! #chicago #usa #event #protest #50501Chicago #april5 #werise #trump #elonmusk #rights #peace #love

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 05/04/2025

It's midnight in Washington, and in case you're catching up... So far tonight, Republicans have blocked amendments that would: – Remove tariffs hurting families – Protect disaster response and recovery - Secure Social Security benefits - Preserve federal lands (Thread 🧵)

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Krystle J McLaughlin @biophyskrys.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Yesterday's announcement canceling MARC, PREP, IMSD & IRACDA finally broke me. Spent most of the morning in my office crying. I think I'd been clinging to a glimmer of hope, but as an IRACDA alum,watching the the scale of loss for young scientists was heartbreaking. 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.

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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Excited to post our new preprint on how MOS/MAPK signaling impacts the egg transcriptome! Great collaboration with Britt Goods and lab!

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

“America shouldn’t take scientific progress in medicine, artificial intelligence, energy and more for granted. If the youngest, brightest minds aren’t soon reassured that the US can support their work — and that scientific inquiry will be protected from political interference — they will walk away.”

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 26/03/2025

Banning diversity, equity, and inclusion - say it out loud - is catastrophic for US science. It attacks the core of the inclusive strengths of 🇺🇸 science - red or blue, rich or poor - despite the long road ahead. Thank you @stacyfarina.bsky.social for leading! www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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Banning DEI Is Catastrophic for U.S. Science (opinion)

An attack on DEI is an attack on science itself, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Stacy C. Farina, Parvin Shahrestani, Vaughn S. Cooper and Gilda A. Barabino write.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/03/2025

To anyone living in a state that doesn't respect you for who you love or who you are: Illinois has a place for you. You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

If you'd like the statistics on how much NIH funding supports your specific Congressional district, you can get that info here: report.nih.gov/award/index.... This may be especially important if your representative is Republican 🧪

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NIH Awards by Location and Organization - NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT)

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Nice to see the NIH funding crisis finally getting real news coverage. Stories from the last couple of days: PBS (3/22): www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... ABC News (3/23): abcnews.go.com/Health/scien... Wired (3/24): www.wired.com/story/the-ch... NY Times (3/24): www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...

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The effect of NIH funding cuts on vaccine access and hesitancy research

The National Institutes of Health has terminated dozens of grants for scientific research projects related to vaccine use and hesitancy, informing researchers that their studies no longer aligned with...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 16/03/2025

Libraries and museums are integral to scientific advancement and to our core mission of #scienceforall. Stand Up for Science stands with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social! Please call your representatives and let them know you STRONGLY oppose this attack on access to knowledge. #standupforscience

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Cancer research has never been a partisan issue. Diabetes research has never been a partisan issue. Offering hope to families struggling with disease has never been a partisan issue. Until now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Johns Hopkins to lose 2,000 jobs after Trump’s $800m cut in USAid funding

University says cut in funding ‘forcing us to wind down critical work’ as academics rally against job losses

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

What happens after we have demonized everyone who doesn’t look, move, or pray exactly like we do? What happens when fascism takes over? We are not doomed to repeat our history. We can learn from it, and we can reject hate and authoritarianism.

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Marcelo Bonini, Ph.D. @mbonini.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The story of ozempic - besides saving millions of lives and saving billions for the healthcare system - ozempic is a scientific breakthrough everybody should know about - it was discovered because someone studied the spit of a lizard that only eats 6 times a year the Gila monster - so first 🧵

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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. 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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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Dear all, Because of your help shining light on this all 15 were reinstated today. This is a huge win for science - When We Fight We Win!!!

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Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🧪 The attack on science could have a generational effect. We risk losing a wave of early-career researchers to these cuts. And biomedical science in the US will be less ambitious, less competitive & lead to fewer breakthroughs. So much is at stake. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):

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NIH Cuts Create a Lost Generation of Scientists

Trump administration attacks on the National Institutes of Health mean biomedical research will become less ambitious, less competitive and result in fewer breakthroughs.

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Valerie Horsley @valeriejhorsley.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Faculty: have you joined the AAUP? They are fighting for us and your membership will allow them to fight for us in the courts, in the ivory towers, and support us in the streets. Sign up here: www.aaup.org/membership/d...

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See dues rates categories based on your annual academic income. Show your support with a lifetime membership! Please contact membershipservices@aaup.org with any questions.

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Sadie Wignall @sadiewignall.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Chicago scientists and science advocates braved a wet and snowy day to #StandupforScience - was proud to be one of them! @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Our fearless #standupforscience2025 leaders! We are ready!!! Thank you for mobilizing us! @standupforscience.bsky.social

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

Trump & Musk are going after science. We say no! At Friday's Stand Up for Science 2025 rally in Chicago, we'll hear from people who've devoted their lives to science and from leaders who support it. Friday, March 7th, 12:00 pm, Federal Plaza. Info/sign-up: www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

Graphic with with these words: Stand Up for Science 2025 Chicago. Speakers: Sen. Dick Durbin. Anna Lisa Somera. Melissa Byrn. Madeleine Vessely. Dr. Tim Koh. Dr. Luella Allen-Walker. Dr. Tessa Bonney. Elizabeth Menig. Dr. Will Conrad. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, and more!

March 7th, 2025. Federal Plaza, Chicago. 12 pm

The graphic shows photos of the first six names.

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Sadie Wignall @sadiewignall.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Excited to Stand up for Science in Chicago with friends and colleagues. Potential snow in the forecast won’t stop us - bundle up Chicago!

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 05/03/2025

Quick shoutout to the labs, departments, and scientists cancelling / rescheduling lab meetings, seminars and more to give students and others the chance to defend science for @standupforscience.bsky.social

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Donald Trump is lying to you.

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