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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:

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The Assault On Science Funding Continues

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Juanma Schvartzman @schvartzman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

bit.ly/4evhaSR - fantastic defense of basic science. Pursuing seemingly esoteric knowledge is the engine of biomedical research. Despite myriads of basic discoveries sparking cures, we continue to defund curiosity driven research. Fund scientists to work on what they choose

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Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack

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Maya Emmons-Bell @maya-emmonsbell.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

@schvartzman.bsky.social and I wrote a perspective on how dynamic metabolite-protein interactions can shape cell biology, and the open questions this raises about the broad roles of metabolism. It was fun to dig into Zabala-Letona, Carracedo et al.'s story as an example of this! tinyurl.com/4tcnrydm

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Precision from broad strokes: How the non-specific interactions of metabolites and macromolecules can regulate biology

In a recent article in Nature, Zabala-Letona et al.1 propose that polyamines—small, positively charged metabolites—regulate RNA splicing by electrosta…

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Juanma Schvartzman @schvartzman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Thanks @nickburton.bsky.social and @vai.org for hosting me on a great day of science! Incredible people and science in an amazing institute

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Juanma Schvartzman @schvartzman.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I had a great conversation with Bowei Li (Meaning Medicine) on communicating science to different audiences, talking with patients about science and the increasing role of AI in medicine. Thanks Bowei for inviting me! whatisglobalhealth.podcasts.library.columbia.edu/podcast/mean...

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Meaning Medicine: Science Communication In and Outside the Doctor’s Office – What is Global Health

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Save Our Cures @saveourcures.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Today's research assistants, tomorrow's cure-finders: Federal funding helps train the next generation of biomedical scientists. By investing in researchers today means investing in decades of future discoveries. Speak up: fundresearch.org #SaveOurCures #ScienceEducation #FutureReady

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Lucas Sullivan @lucasbsullivan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Our work detailing the metabolic roles of serum for cancer cell proliferation is now out at JBC, @asbmbjournals.bsky.social! Congrats to Oliver and Eric and many thanks to the editor and reviewers for a thoughtful and efficient review process. See here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Defined media reveal the essential role of lipid scavenging in supporting cancer cell proliferation

Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is an undefined additive that is ubiquitous to mammalian cell culture media and whose functional contributions to promoting c…

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Juanma Schvartzman @schvartzman.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Check in at 12pm EST today @fnucleosome.bsky.social to hear our new story on how one metabolite regulates chromatin structure and function

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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

This Wednesday at #FragileNucleosome seminar, we are excited to host Ali Wilkening and @schvartzman.bsky.social to tell us about amazing work they are doing! Register here for upcoming session and the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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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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thedoctorisvin.bsky.social @thedoctorisvin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

If you’re at @theaacr.bsky.social don’t miss today’s session on 3D Topology & Cancer featuring giants of the field: Jane Skok @nyulangone.bsky.social & Brad Cairns @utah.edu Imposter syndrome at an all time high! 😬 Proud to represent @cohesinlab.bsky.social @columbiacancer.bsky.social #AACR25

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Juanma Schvartzman @schvartzman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

There are so many stories like this. A weird colony in a plate in the rubbish to penicillin, fly eyes to ras inhibitors, weird repetitive sequences in bacteria to CRISPR. We should have a daily column on how science made your life better. #fundscience

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.

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Cynthia Wolberger @cwolberger.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I was that woman! I have frequently told the story of how Jeremy responded after my second NIH rejection. He said, “Whatever you do, don’t stop spending. If you run out of startup, we’ll find more money for you.” I didn’t need it in the end, but knowing he had my back was huge. Thank you!

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Juanma Schvartzman @schvartzman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

A patient reminded me of science’s power: 2 doses of immunotherapy and a fatal cancer GONE. Immunotherapy exists BECAUSE of basic research—work that can seem esoteric or wasteful. Before dismissing it, ask a scientist why it matters. Or ask the Nobel who discovered immunotherapy.

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