Anne Stone
@acstone.bsky.social
Professor, anthropological geneticist, gardener, mom of 1. I dabble in stained glass, embroidery, and print making in my copious free time. Opinions my own
In case anyone wants to downplay the seriousness of diarrheal diseases... "Diarrhoea is a leading killer of children, accounting for approximately 9 per cent of all deaths among children under age 5 worldwide in 2021."
Diarrhoea - UNICEF DATA
Diarrhoea is a leading killer of children, accounting for approximately 9 per cent of all deaths among children under age 5 worldwide in 2021. This translates to over 1,200 young children dying each d...
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After moving my parents into semi-assisted living, I am driving a small truck from SC to AZ and the Science Wise podcast has been a great listen along the way! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe
The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.
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OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. In unusual move, NSF issued a request for information on plan to conform grant policies to the proposed (unfinalized) OMB rule. Plan includes changes to grant termination provisions & disallowing publication costs. Comments due August 24. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; National Science Foundation Proposal/Award Information-NSF Guidance on Financial Assistance
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to renew and revise its collection for its financial assistance policies and procedures. In accordance with the requirements of the Paper...
federalregister.gov
New: The National Science Foundation is preparing to claw back some $500 million in funds from some of its core science programs in physics, math, computer science, and engineering in order to fund a project from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative
A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency’s budget is already squeezed and it struggling to clear a backlog of grant applications.
nature.com
Have you done your part to comment on the OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)? See Elizabeth Ginexi's excellent post (elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...) about how to write your comment!!!
winking uncle sam
Alt: Uncle Sam pointing at YOU to say that YOU need to do something about the proposed OMB rule (every comment helps!)
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REMINDER: Next 🍝PAASTA🍝 talk this Wednesday! Message us for the link 🔗
PAASTA Community@paastacommunity.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur upcoming PAASTA Talk Series seminar by Ioannis Patramanis has been rescheduled. 🗓 New Date: Wednesday, 8 July 2026 🕒 Time: 15:00 CET 📍 Location: Zoom (DM us for the link) We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you can join us on the new date.
I asked a (brilliant female) colleague about the apparent gender gap in AI uptake in our field and she suggested that it was driven by women being more likely to be judged as incompetent if they use AI. This resume study suggests, sadly, that she may be correct codeforgoodnow.com/wp-content/u...
Thanks to my terrific students and colleagues who nominated me for the #SMBE2026 lifetime achievement award. You make science fun!
@acstone.bsky.social getting 2026 #SMBE life time contribution award 😍😍😍🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂 congrats Anne !!!
What’s going on in that ancient S. American canid ‘s mouth? @mbravolo.bsky.social is looking into their oral microbiomes with @cegamorim.bsky.social & @hunemeier.bsky.social! #SMBE2026
Have you done your part to comment on the OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)? See Elizabeth Ginexi's excellent post (elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...) about how to write your comment!!!
winking uncle sam
Alt: Uncle Sam pointing at YOU to say that YOU need to do something about the proposed OMB rule (every comment helps!)
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In a new Science editorial, NAS President-elect @neilshubin.bsky.social reflects on the Academy's 1863 founding by Lincoln and Congress during the Civil War, and why that same long-term investment in knowledge matters just as much today. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Photo: @christophermichel.com
Great talk by @mbravolo.bsky.social at #ICP2026 on genomic reconstruction of pathogens from living and historic chimpanzees from Gombe!
NSF's grantmaking is miserly when compared to recent years, but when compared it to the historical record, we see it's a radical break from the long-term consensus of investing in scientific innovation. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF 🧪
The NSF is on Track for its Worst Year in Generations – Grant Witness
Throttling of science funding is utterly unprecedented and radical when compared to the past 50 years.
grant-witness.us
Wrote a short piece about the opportunities and challenges of pushing ancient pathogen genomics into a new frontier: the zooarchaeological record. Pretty excited about what is going to come. www.science.org/eprint/MSG3Z...
Tracking the roots of zoonoses
Ancient pathogen DNA from animals elucidates the origin and evolution of infectious diseases
science.org
"More than a century ago, Louis Pasteur said that chance 'favors only the prepared mind.' Public money pays for the trained person, the prepared mind, to be paying attention when a lucky accident happens." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack
nytimes.com
Isn't science amazing... The drops in cervical cancer mortality in England reported here are incredible. 🧪🛟😷🧭 Sociology demography idsky
Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data
Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...
thelancet.com
If you're you have experience in working in animal / pathogen #aDNA and are interested in a postdoctoral position as part of my ERC Project HERDPATH, please DM/email me kevin[at]palaeome.org
In other news this past week, I managed (with the help of amazing students and collaborators) to turn in 2 grant proposals (to NIJ and NIH) and also successfully encouraged my parents (both with dementia) to decide to move to a retirement community!
Completely Exhausted
Alt: Completely Exhausted
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I’m pleased to be able to share some good news about something horrible
Lives saved by sociologist’s fix for skin tone bias
A two-dollar badge is saving lives in hospitals around the world. The product, groundbreaking but simple, is a scale of colors that reflects a more complete range of human skin tones. Developed by Pro...
current.fas.harvard.edu
🚨The OMB rule will be the end of science as we know it. MARK YOU CALENDAR for the @standupforscience.net EMERGENCY SCIENCE MEETING June 2nd, 4pm et. We will be giving an overview & assigning EVERY SCIENTIST IN AMERICA their marching orders. REGISTER: events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...
Emergency Science Meeting by Stand Up for Science
[discussing OMB-2026-0034?]
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This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵
elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo agoSummary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhite House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
