We are officially an NIH-funded lab!! Super grateful for my NIA K22 Career Transition Award 🥳 It will support setting up the initial research program in our new lab at Rutgers, investigating the fascinating biology of big tau. As always, big thanks to my mentors/collaborators 🙏

I’m excited to share that I'll be joining the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Rutgers University-New Brunswick as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in January 2026! Thrilled to launch my independent lab and be part of this vibrant research community 💖 #newPI

Our annual summer potluck celebrating Huda's birthday 🥰 always delightful with so much great food and company!

Announcing an official fundraising campaign to support my lab’s research on APOE4 and Alzheimer’s disease: joinus.cuimc.columbia.edu/participant/.... This campaign is itself an experiment of sorts. But mostly, it's an attempt to save my lab during an unprecedented time of turmoil in academia. 1/9

Today "a milestone in the evolution of personalized therapies for rare & ultra-rare inborn errors of metabolism" —the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing —from decades of NIH funded research www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

Huge congratulations to Professor Bess Frost on receiving your well-deserved Rainwater prize at #Tau2025🎉👏👏👏 Loved hearing your journey and resolve to dig in deeper when naysayers may have prevented your innovative discoveries rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/honoring-exc...

Honoring Excellence: Dr. Bess Frost Receives 2025 Rainwater Prize - Rainwater Charitable Foundation

The Rainwater Charitable Foundation (RCF) is proud to award Bess Frost, Ph.D., Brown University, with the 2025 Rainwater Prize for Innovative Early-Career Scientist of $200,000. The Rainwater PrizeTM ...

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Yesterday was our dear JP’s 10-year anniversary in the #ZoghbiLab 🥳🥳 congrats JP and thank you so much for everything you do for the lab!

Join Dr Grinberg’s team at Mayo Clinic exploring sleep dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases, with advanced training and exceptional career prospects. Closing date: 25th May www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Fellow: Neuroscience - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER

Join Dr Grinberg’s team at Mayo Clinic exploring sleep dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases, with advanced training and exceptional career prospects.

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People gathered in front of the TMC Commons in Houston today to voice our support for scientific research 🧬🧠🧪 because it saves lives! #standupforscience2025

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Stand Up For Science! We are ready to go 💪🏻

Stand Up For Science! We are ready to go 💪🏻

FINAL LOCATION UPDATE: Stand Up for Science 2025 The final location for Stand Up for Science on 3/7 is Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI). Please disregard announcements about TMC Commons. Join us at NRI: maps.app.goo.gl/y6DbDuFMr4CK... Looking forward to seeing you there!

I wrote an opinion column for the local newspaper in southern NH where I am from. Thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for the inspiration! Please consider doing this in your hometown! #SciAdvocate 🧪👩‍🔬 www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinio...

Robyn St. Laurent: Why science funding matters more than you think

Cutting funding to NIH and and NSF does more than take away career paths for our upcoming generations; it threatens the well-being of people.

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Join us in Houston for Stand Up for Science 2025 on March 7 at 12:00 PM in Texas Medical Center Commons. This event is organized in solidarity with scientists nationwide. #StandUpForScience2025 #ScienceAdvocacy

Congratulations to Dr. Eder Xhako of the Zoghbi lab on your successful dissertation! Eder’s dissertation is the “Study of the Contributions of Wildtype Ataxin-1 to the Pathogenesis of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1.” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

From reddit: a letter from a postdoc who survived the Bolsonaro years. This is helpful framing for how to science in this administration. 🧪 www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...

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Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk "Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."

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Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068)

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This is a list of blockbuster drugs in 2024. Guess how many can trace their origins to NIH funded research? All of them.

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Happy belated Seollal 🌕 finally made 떡국 last night to properly celebrate Korean Lunar New Year 😋

My NIH study section that was to meet tomorrow was one of those canceled. This represents many months of work by the applicants and by the NIH staff and reviewers. Devastating is the correct word.

Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her)@liebschutz.bsky.social · 2y ago

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring

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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

I can’t believe it snowed this much in Houston!! Thankfully we didn’t lose power this time unlike during 2021 snow storm. Stay warm everyone ❄️

Koreans often go watch the sunrise on January 1, preferably by the ocean or at the mountaintop, to make wishes on the first “light” of the year 🌅 There’s no real mountain near me (Houston problem lol) so I drove to Kemah this morning. Lucky it wasn’t cloudy. Happy New Year everyone! 🥰

Hello #SciSky 👋 I'm a postdoc at Dr. Huda Zoghbi's lab at Baylor College of Medicine, working on tau/Alzheimer's disease. Trying to slowly migrate here from 🐦 let's see how it goes! Also, I made my personal website in the meantime (?) 😂 feel free to check it out! www.dchloechung.com