Short-form video (~8 mins) on threats to science from @evidentmedia.org, an Emmy-winning nonprofit newsroom, featuring takes from @cdelawalla.bsky.social, @drstarbird.bsky.social & me. Ongoing efforts by OMB are another indication of the ongoing existential threats to American leadership in science.

Inside the Collapse of U.S. Science Funding

The Trump administration cut or froze more than $3 billion in approved research grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation in 2025.

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NIH ORWH has a new Data Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Women's Health. See more info here: www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/...

There hasn't previously been a treatment vs pancreatic cancer this successful. Striking improved (a doubling) survival results @nejm.org and @ascocancer.bsky.social published today with daraxonrasib, which also became available via an FDA-approved early access program nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Oncologists and researchers at the ASCO 2026 conference give a standing ovation after the experimental drug daraxonrasib nearly doubles survival in a metastatic pancreatic cancer trial! #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...

And, here, in much more detail. This is an absolutely critical read for all federally funded scientists and institutions. Now is not the time to sit in the corner, hoping you won't be noticed - now is the time for action. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule

Russell Vought is going destroy American Science

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wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@helenbranswell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I find this unsettling: A new study in #Lancet shows that the number of faux citations in scientific articles is on the rise, and #AI is likely to blame. @aniloza.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/l...

2017-24: Of studies w both sexes, 83% report sample sizes by sex, yet only 44% conduct sex-based analyses. Sex-based analyses are more common in articles w/ women 1st authors. Articles w/ women as 1st & last authors are significantly more likely to analyze data by sex. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Incorporation of the National Institute of Health (NIH) sex as a biological variable policy by R01 grant awardees - Communications Medicine

Warden et al. analyze 574 NIH-funded publications (2017–2024) to assess implementation of the Sex as a Biological Variable policy. They find that most studies include both sexes, but fewer than half a...

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NIH-funded research lags in reporting sex differences, new study finds. Lack of data makes it hard to know whether results apply equally to men and women. www.statnews.com/2026/04/27/n... via @statnews.com

NIH-funded research lags in reporting sex differences, new study finds

Fewer than half of papers published by NIH-funded researchers analyze or report their data by sex, a new study found.

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In spirit of open conversation, a few current* and recent NIHers prepared some Qs for Bhattacharya during his #NASEM fireside chat. We will submit these on the NASEM Slido this afternoon. Let's see if they get asked! *in personal capacity 🧵1/7

Let me get this straight, we exclude women from biomedical research for decades & then defund hundreds of NIH grants mentioning women? And after ignoring AND defunding them, we wonder why our maternal mortality rate is so high? Why women don’t *want* to become pregnant? Shocking.

Spending on new medical research by the National Institutes of Health has fallen roughly $1 billion behind the pace of years past, delaying thousands of scientific projects. Story by Ben Mueller & @irenatfh.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/4ctOSqM

For folks working in women's health. CALL FOR PAPERS Genome Medicine is calling for submissions to a new Collection on omics advancements in women's health. Submission deadline: 27 November 2026 link.springer.com/collections/...

Wow.

Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 4mo ago

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c

So... A friend was supposed to give a PURELY SCIENTIFIC talk at NIH within the next couple of weeks and it was cancelled because of a "new process" where all speakers/talks have to be CLEARED BY A POLITICAL APPOINTEE.

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The annual naming of the city snow plow contest is a Chicago tradition. Many great name suggestions as usual, but "Abolish ICE" seems a perfect one to land on. Love this city!

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 5mo ago

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced “Abolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a “full and complete” endorsement.

Also, recall that I examined grant title changes for evidence of “remediation” and found 777 grants with titles changed from 2024 to 2025. Here is a word cloud of the removed words.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New stories out about Official NIH Policy about "remediating" NIH applications so that they can be considered for funding. First, a story in STAT... www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/n... 1/9

The Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge invites expressions of interest from early career researchers who wish to be sponsored for external fellowships to establish an independent research group. ➡️For further details see the link below www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/group-l...

This symposium at JHU today looks fantastic! Great line up of speakers, and I love the idea of brainstorming solutions during a 'pitch a problem' session.

Alexis Battle@alexisbattle.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Loving the “Pitch a problem” session at the Johns Hopkins Symposium on Engineering in Healthcare. Lots of animated conversations! @jhumceh.bsky.social

People have have asked me what is going on in Chicago right now. The ICE situation is worse than you imagine. People are being violently detained, bystanders gassed, protesters assaulted. On the flip side, concerned citizens are mobilizing. Read this summary to learn more: aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

One of the highlights of #ASHG25 was reading the "I Advocate for Science Because..." wall

An astonishingly large crowd! Chicago

Wow! Chicago definitely turned out.

Brendan Gutenschwager@bgonthescene.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Happening Now: Thousands out for a “No Kings” protest in Chicago

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

@sarahtishkoff.bsky.social: "This community is stronger when we stand together." Amen! Love that ASHG opened with a talk about the importance of diversity. Way to set the tone of the conference 👏 #ASHG25

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry@sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10mo ago

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals. In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed. Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph... 1/4

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Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

Absolutely thrilled to see @audreyhendricks.com receive the ASHG Education award! We in @cubiomedinfo.bsky.social at @cuanschutz.bsky.social are lucky to have her as a colleague, mentor, and advocate for genetics and genomics education for all. Congratulations Audrey!

Audrey Hendricks@audreyhendricks.com · last yr.

I am very honored to have received the ASHG Education award! Grateful to work with so many amazing people to provide opportunities to folks that may not have even known that genetics and biomedical research was a career! Lots more work to do, but together we do make a difference!

The Max Planck Society @maxplanck.de today launched its Transatlantic Program, aimed at strengthening scientific collaboration with US partners, while at same time creating new opportunities for talented researchers at multiple career stages, from PhD through to group-heads & directors. More info 👇🧪

Max Planck Transatlantic Program

With its new Transatlantic Program, the Max Planck Society aims to strengthen collaboration and partnerships between its Institutes and leading U.S. institutions. At the same time, it seeks to counter...

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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.