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Tony Ferrante

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Dad, husband, doctor, scientist and teacher

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Tony Ferrante @tonyferrante.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Cover of The Best Dogs, a collections of essays about our furry friends, edited by Alice Hoffman
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 31/08/2026
NIH's Aug 2026 proposal would scrap exact scores and percentiles for three broad bins (top = top 25%). With funding rates at 5% or lower, too much then rides on administrative discretion. It devalues peer review and is a deterrent to engage. Tell NIH before Oct 13. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 06/08/2026
Throughout history, persecuting scientists for saving lives is a frightening marker for the collapse of a society.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/07/2026
RESPECT Every politician should be doing this. Mayor Coffman has spent every Friday night since February sleeping at Aurora, Colorado’s homeless center, serving breakfast in the morning, and learning firsthand what works and what doesn’t.
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Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today we welcome the 21st president of Columbia University, Jennifer L. Mnookin. As she becomes part of our community, join her for a look at Columbia’s spirit of discovery. Read President Mnookin's message: president.columbia.edu/news/first-d…
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A First Day Message From President Jennifer L. Mnookin | Office of the President
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Tony Ferrante @tonyferrante.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Happy National Library Week! 💙📚
Support these data centers: SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, BOOKSTORES
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
How many people will die from diseases that would otherwise have been preventable
NIH grantmaking plummeting under Trump
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/04/2026
American science is shrinking. 
A Post analysis found that, halfway through this fiscal year, the number of competitive grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health is down by more than half compared with the same period last year. wapo.st/3OgoHKV
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For U.S. medical researchers, shrinking labs and bare budgets are the new reality
The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.
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FundNYScience @fundnyscience.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
‪Today we stood together with researchers @kaitlinmurtha.bsky.social @stepsbystef.bsky.social, students, educators, and supporters at the Stand Up for Science rally in NYC. This is what collective action for science looks like.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Mathematician & NASA 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 Katherine Johnson died #OTD in 2020. She was instrumental in the success of the first US manned spaceflights, calculating complex trajectories enabling humans to reach orbit & land on the moon. Her story was told in 𝘏𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 (book/movie). #WomenInSTEM #BHM
A split-image portrait of Katherine Johnson, the pioneering Black NASA mathematician: On the left, a black-and-white historical photo from her NASA career in the 1960s shows a smiling middle-aged woman wearing cat-eye glasses and a light-colored dress with white collar and trim, seated at her desk with a globe and papers in the background. On the right, a color photo from 2015 depicts an elderly Katherine Johnson (in her late 90s) seated in a wheelchair during the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, wearing glasses, a dark suit jacket, an orange top, a blue ribbon with the medal, and holding a green item in her lap, as she looks directly at the viewer with a gentle expression. The side-by-side images contrast her youthful professional life with her honored later years.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 11/02/2026
“Success in US science has come from sustained funding and welcoming the best talent from around the world, yet both of these advantages are in decline” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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China turns the tables in biotech
For at least a century, major scientific research initiatives have reliably occurred in the United States, usually in response to geopolitical competition. This helped establish the country’s status a...
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I'm at the Willard Hotel where I've been denied entry and kicked out of the Reclaiming Science event with NIH director Bhattacharya & other top agency leaders. @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Jane Richardson was born #OTD in 1941 + Developed the Richardson (ribbon) diagram to represent proteins' 3D structure (becoming a standard representation for protein structures) + MacArthur Fellow, 1985 + Elected, Nat'l Academy of Sciences, 1991 + President, Biophysical Society, 2012 #WomenInSTEM
Vibrant color portrait of Jane S. Richardson, the visionary biophysicist and artist who revolutionized structural biology with her invention of ribbon diagrams. She gazes warmly at the camera with a bright, knowing smile that radiates quiet brilliance and decades of curiosity. Her silver-blonde hair woven with gentle waves. Large, elegant dangling earrings catch the light, and she wears a richly patterned brown blouse embroidered with intricate turquoise paisley motifs and delicate beadwork that echoes the molecular elegance she has spent her life depicting. Behind her floats a luminous, dreamlike backdrop of glowing molecular structures--interlocking hexagonal and ribbon-like forms in electric blues, teals, and greens--blending science and art in a single, living canvas.Hand-drawn and hand-colored (by Jane Richardson) scientific artwork known as a Richardson ribbon diagram (or “ribbon model”), one of the iconic visual inventions of Jane Richardson that transformed the way we see and understand protein structures. A graceful, three-dimensional tangle of protein backbone ribbons twists and spirals through space, rendered in soft pencil lines and luminous watercolor hues. Smooth golden-brown coils represent α-helices that curl like elegant ribbons, while broad teal-green arrows trace the flat, pleated strands of β-sheets slicing through the molecule with directional purpose. Thin, looping golden threads connect the secondary structures, creating a delicate, almost dance-like choreography of biology’s hidden architecture. The entire form is framed by a simple olive-green mat and dark border, giving the drawing the quiet dignity of both fine art and precise scientific illustration—a timeless bridge between molecular reality and human imagination.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Given recent events, here are seven essential reads, all 🎁 linked. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o... 1/7
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Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.
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Tony Ferrante @tonyferrante.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
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Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada
Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News
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FundNYScience @fundnyscience.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
"NY State has a long history as a leader in biomedical research and training and the proposed EBRI will allow us to continue to build this legacy by ensuring steady research and training funds that never hamper scientific progress." Matty Lesko, Grad. Student Researcher @sunyofficial.bsky.social
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Dr. Stefano Cataldi (he/him) @stepsbystef.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Lobbying in Albany with @uaw.org and @cpw-uaw4100.bsky.social for the Empire Biomedical Research Institute. Learn more: @fundnyscience.bsky.social.
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Tony Ferrante @tonyferrante.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
As a doctor and scientist working to advance health, science, and economic growth in NY, I’m urging @governor.ny.gov to invest in the Empire Biomedical Research Institute to keep the state competitive, sustain jobs, and grow our life science economy. @gothamist.com reports: tinyurl.com/5fab5k7u
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NY medical schools press Gov. Hochul to put up billions for scientific research
The request comes amid continuing uncertainty over federal funding, with research and thousands of jobs on the line.
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Tony Ferrante @tonyferrante.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
“Geographic balancing” at NIH sounds like giving money for subpar grants to make politicians in many red states look and feel good. It’s bad for science, bad for our health and bad for the country. nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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In Massachusetts visit, Trump’s NIH chief defends move to prioritize funding research in places like Iowa, Nebraska - The Boston Globe
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told the Globe that he wants "scientists at every institution to be able to compete on the same level playing fields with the brilliant scientists here in Massachusetts."
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I don’t know all the details, and I do think course descriptions should be accurate and that faculty should be transparent about syllabi &readings. But a university president cannot say that they “support, academic freedom“ while firing someone for what they teach or an erroneous course description.
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An Update from President Mark A. Welsh III | Office of the President | Texas A&M University
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Tony Ferrante @tonyferrante.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
American science has transformed the world in the last 80 years. There is almost nothing in our modern lives that can’t be traced back to an experiment or engineering project funded by the federal government at our universities. All of it and our future are at risk.
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Tony Ferrante @tonyferrante.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
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Columbia Got Most of Its Research Funding Back. The Damage Goes Deeper.
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Tony Ferrante @tonyferrante.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 17/07/2025
Many warned me about the risks of speaking up publicly for science. I’m here to say I’ve faced no retaliation. On the contrary, I’ve received support, appreciation, and even some positive outcomes. Do what you can to save 🧪
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