More than 60% of Australian medical researchers left active research roles between 2019 & 2024 because they could not make ends meet - while my costings from the PBO suggest the govt could more than double annual spending from the MRFF without any effect on its base level of funding.

Up to $1.4 billion in medical research remains unused under government cap

Researchers say securing funding has become increasingly tough, with many left with no choice but to spend a disproportionate amount of time applying for grants.

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Exciting announcement: Mary Cushman has been elected as ISTH President for the 2028–2030 term. 💬 “I look forward to collaboratively advancing the ISTH’s mission globally and ensuring scientific advances reach patients” said Cushman

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ― Anne Frank

“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends Rotavirus Hepatitis A & B Meningitis Influenza RSV I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis. We all are going to be caring for a lot more now. In our already overflowing hospitals

In honor of Blood's 80th Anniversary, Editor in Chief Dr. Andrew Roberts reflects on eight decades of hematology research and looks to the future of the journal. Read Dr. Roberts' editorial here: ashpublications.org/blood/articl...

Blood: flowing stronger than ever after 80 years

Blood was first published in 1946, so 2026 represents the 80th anniversary of the premier journal of hematology. Ten years ago, the 11th editor-in-chief, B

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🩸 Cryopreserved platelets did not meet noninferiority versus RTP. But given the shelf life of 2 years versus 7 days, is there room for CSP as a contingency component? #hemesky #platelets

JAMA@jama.com · 8mo ago

Among adults undergoing cardiac surgery at high risk of bleeding and platelet transfusion, cryopreserved platelets did not meet noninferiority for controlling postoperative bleeding and were less effective than liquid-stored platelets. #CCRdownunder ja.ma/4rEC06z

Highly recommended and should be read by all (future) group leaders! Thanks for sharing your personal struggles also @jenheemstra.bsky.social 🧪

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The harassment tax

A senior faculty member asked me into his office. I assumed it was to talk about agricultural data. It was the fall of 1991 and I was untenured, 32 years old, and 7 months pregnant. He was in his 60s ...

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#Medsky🧪 #IDSky #immunosky #publichealth Studies have shown that elderly individuals who have recovered from #COVID have a significantly higher and longer-lasting rate of #apoptosis (programmed cell death) in their #peripheralbloodmononuclearcells (PBMCs) vs to age-matched controls.

Daily small portion almonds and 🍫 lowers heart attack risk 🧪

@jkj193741.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Effects of Dark Chocolate and Almonds on Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Randomized Controlled‐Feeding Trial | Journal of the American Heart Association www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....

Last days of Italian food...

So inspiring to have watched her in Sydney years ago, one of THE nature trailblazers of our time & 1st #womeninSTEM It's a sad day but her legacy will 4ever continue Dr. Goodall 🦸‍♀️👩‍🔬

Jeanne Brennan@jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

PSA: Your period should not 🩸last > 7 days 🩸interfere with your life 🩸happen consistently > than monthly 🩸require product changes more than every 2 hours 🩸have clots larger than a quarter 🩸cause debilitating pain 🩸require double product coverage 🩸make you anemic

"Clopidogrel versus aspirin for secondary prevention of coronary artery disease: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Clopidogrel versus aspirin for secondary prevention of coronary artery disease: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

These findings add to the evidence that clopidogrel monotherapy is superior to aspirin monotherapy for MACCE prevention with no increase in the risk of bleeding, and support the preferential use of cl...

thelancet.com

"Impact of Race on Profiles of Platelet Reactivity and Clinical Outcomes in Clopidogrel-Treated Participants" ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Impact of Race on Profiles of Platelet Reactivity and Clinical Outcomes in Clopidogrel‐Treated Participants

Black individuals undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) experience higher rates of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) than non-Black individuals. This study assessed the racial ...

ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

'Home' sweet Home, a few phone snaps. Looking forward to taking my Nikon camera for a spin 😊

MORE SCIENCE TALK ON BLUESKY: "During August, there were twice as many posts about science 🧪 each day compared with July and more than triple the number from March" www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Related, growing Bluesky chatter about this study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lest we forget

The #ISTH2025 recorded sessions are now available via the ISTH Academy. @ISTH.org members can view the content freely and non-members can purchase access separately on the ISTH Academy. Learn more: isthcongress.org/on-demand Note: Some presenters did not allow their presentations to be archived.

⏳Early career researchers: Time is running out to apply for the ISTH Claire McLintock Award! This award offers $20,000 USD to support groundbreaking research in women’s health and thrombosis or hemostasis. Apply today: www.isth.org/page/McLintockAward

I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...

I’m an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding.

The “Mozart of Math” tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.

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This year the ASH Bridge Grant is funding 25 scientists with $3.75M, 5X more than last year, to keep hematology research moving forward. Congratulations to the recipients! https://bit.ly/3HJ51Ma #HemeSky #MedSKy #ASHAwards

ADAMTS13's conformational regulation is crucial for enzymatic function & pathophysiology of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Open ADAMTS13 has emerged as a novel biomarker for acute & subclinical iTTP, aiding in prediction of early relapses during patient follow-up 👉https://bit.ly/40BpoS2 #TTP

Thrilled to share our latest work in @natcomms.nature.com ! MICAL1 mediates shear-dependent actin remodeling, enabling GPIb-IX-V mechanotransduction and platelet function, and reveals a previously unrecognized role for actin oxidation #mical1 #platelets #cytoskeleton #vwf #gpib

Alex K@alexkzis.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Excited to share that our paper is out in @natcomms.nature.com 🔗 rdcu.be/ez3Gt We uncover how MICAL1 regulates actin dynamics to enhance VWF–GPIbα binding in platelets. Big thanks to all co-authors & collaborators ! @hithlabinserm1176.bsky.social @echardlab-pasteur.bsky.social

🚨 Reminder! Apply for the ASH Global Research Award for funding, mentorship and global connections. New: Explorer Pathway supports applicants from lower-income countries with added resources. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4kR2Tkx #Hematology #ASHAwards #MedSky #HemeSky

🤓 📰 @nature.com

Mini hearts, lungs and livers made in lab now grow their own blood vessels

These sophisticated models will be used for human-development studies and drug testing.

nature.com

Had a nice little chat about thrombocytosis with some very cool TPO physiology, and a special appearance by Geraldine (back by unpopular demand) wherever you get your podcasts #hemesky #platelets #blood #itsalwaysirondeficiencybutyoucanstillcallus www.bloodyminded.com.au/allepisodes/...

Episode 53 - PlateLOTS | Approaching Thrombocytosis — Bloody Minded

There’s a problem with billionaires at the moment. Every day, you make a hundred billion platelets. For some in our society, even that colossal quantity isn’t nearly enough. They strive ever onward fo...

bloodyminded.com.au

We’re in this together. Let’s keep hematology moving forward. #Fight4Hematology Donate now. donate.hematology.org/s/

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Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding. NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.