Christine Dunham
@dunhamlab.bsky.social
Structural biologist, biochemist | Prof @EmoryChem | Protein synthesis, RNA, toxin-antitoxins | https://dunham.emorychem.science/
Collins issues statement on rumors of Executive Order taking control of NIH funding - please keep pressure on. There can be no trust here but it is also the case that she should hear that this statement will be welcomed if it is accompanied by action www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
Sen. Collins: OMB Should Not Be Involved in Agency Decisions on Grant Awards | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Well, I just spent an hour updating my claims for the Anthropic data theft class action lawsuit 4 editions of my Biochem book, 4 editions of the Biochem Short Course, Principles of Bioinorganic Chem, and the quaint How the NIH Can Help Get You Funded A pain, but any funds recovered will be useful
A long 🧵 about my former Hopkins colleague... Jon Lorsch is the NIH's Deputy Director for Extramural Research (DDER). He is the individual most responsible for overseeing the NIH grants program. He was formerly the Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. 1/21
Just to be clear, I reported an exhaustive piece about the allegations against Max Miller on July 18. The New York Times published their story, without crediting me, on July 28. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
motherjones.com
Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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In an outspoken attack on the “incredibly profitable” but “completely unregulated” scientific publishing industry, Thomas Südhof...said he wanted to see US or European Union agencies establish minimum standards for journals that wish to describe themselves as “peer reviewed”. 1/3
‘Broken journal system’ needs government oversight, says Nobelist
Federal authorities should enforce minimum standards for peer review in ‘unregulated’ journal sector, argues Thomas Südhof
timeshighereducation.com
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a father of three who built houses in Houston, started his own business, and raised his family here for 35 years. His son became a teacher. ICE agents killed him in cold blood. 🧵
Great inspiration from @hormiga.bsky.social. I’m working on mine this weekend. . .
Submit your OMB comment this weekend.
This one is important. It's due on Monday.
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🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 3 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/J92d9
I just submitted my formal comment on the disastrous proposal to transform essentially all U.S. federal grantmaking--affecting every sector of American science, technology, education, & health--into an overtly partisan political process. Full text here: weatherwest.com/wp-c...
Tired of AI-generated figures? I asked our talented scientific illustrator Manon Zuurmond to draw some of the instruments and lab equipment we missed in NIH's otherwise fantastic BioArt resource. First batch now available as CC BY. Free for everyone to use in publications: github.com/Center-for-P...
Years ago, a friend reached out for advice: she was in a chat group with nine women who had all been sexually harassed by the same colleague. Even with all of them having found each other, it took weeks for them to muster the courage to speak up, and they very nearly didn’t do it. This is why 👇
Kate Clancy@kateclancy.bsky.social · 3mo agoI've been doing sexual harassment and assault research and advocacy work since 2012. If there's one thing people need to understand is that everything, literally everything, is stacked against the victim. Every one who comes forward risks their reputation, identity, safety, and more. 1/2
RIP 🕊🕯 Martha Ann Lillard (6/8/48 – 6/26/26) was an American polio survivor who, following Paul Alexander's death, became the last known person who still relied on an iron lung. She contracted polio in 1953, when she was 5 yrs old. Lillard died from complications of long COVID-19 at the age of 78.
Martha Lillard - Wikipedia
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Cumulative xG plot great way to see how the red card changed the game
markstatsbot@markstatsbot.bsky.social · 3mo agoUSA 2 : 0 Bosnia ▪ xG: 0.93 - 0.35 ▪ xThreat: 1.37 - 0.52 ▪ Possession: 48.7% - 51.3% ▪ Field Tilt: 56.6% - 43.4% ▪ Def Action Height: 49.9 - 38.8
NEW: The six opinions in the birthright citizenship ruling have a lot to teach us about the U.S. today. The 5-4 decision was the least the court could do to keep the United States of America on a constitutional path. Tonight, at Law Dork:
The six opinions in the birthright citizenship ruling have a lot to teach us about the U.S. today
The 5-4 decision was the least the court could do to keep the United States of America on a constitutional path.
lawdork.com
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville reached a $1.9 million settlement with Tamar Shirinian, a former professor who was fired after she criticized Charlie Kirk. Shirinian claimed that the school violated her constitutional rights.
Professor reaches $1.9 million settlement after being fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk
The former University of Tennessee at Knoxville anthropology professor, who sued the school on First Amendment grounds, is the latest person to prevail in such litigation.
washingtonpost.com
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council will provide the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) with $323.8 million, its highest-ever yearly appropriation as part of the city’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget.
NYC Mayor Mamdani Approves Record $323M Funding for Culture
The overall city budget also establishes a "Cultural Stability Fund" for struggling arts organizations.
hyperallergic.com
Those allegations did tremendous damage — to our reputations, to grant funding for work in our field, to the broader discourse about what "free speech" means and whose speech is protected. The team who did this work at Stanford was dissolved. Our funding took a big hit. But our work at UW continues.
Structural insights into RNA recognition by the Staphylococcus aureus exoribonuclease YhaM pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42301784/ #cryoEM
I love everything about this editorial by @dereklowe.bsky.social. Silence won't save anyone in the end. www.science.org/content/blog... "So the CEOs have decided to lie very still and hope that no one notices them.... But will it work? Only so long as Trump and his creatures see a benefit in it..."
Speaking Up: Who Is, and Who Isn't
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This was a really fun collaboration with the Yap lab at Northwestern @ribo1214.bsky.social. Congrats to Jacob Mattingly who led our structural biology efforts and Anna Lipońska from the Yap lab who performed the virulence assays! @pnas.org @emorycollege.bsky.social
Frances Yap@ribo1214.bsky.social · 3mo ago🧪 #MicroSky #RNASky Great collaboration with @dunhamlab.bsky.social lab on solving the unusual hexameric structure of a bifunctional nuclease YhaM in complex with 2 distinct RNA substrates. Check out Dunham's summary at www.linkedin.com/posts/christ...
This is a tremendous piece by Judy Stone at @forbes.com. This new OMB rule is going to hurt communities from coast to coast. Federal grants are not just about research! www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
How The OMB Rule Could Hurt You And Your Town
The OMB proposal threatens scientific research and ALL federal funding for states, cities, and nonprofits. It politicizes ALL funding. Call your reps and write an objection.
forbes.com
🔥 Published today, and just in time for summer conferences, here are your guidelines for presenting badly www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fqa92
"Right now, in some underfunded lab, a scientist is chasing a question that sounds pointless...a century of experience says that funding people to do this work is a good bet. If we stop making that bet, we will pay for it in cures no one will know to miss."
Victor Ambros@vambros.bsky.social · 3mo agoA column by Jeff Coller: “The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
A column by Jeff Coller: “The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack
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Please share this gift article from The New York Times with friends, family, sceptics, and People who think that studying weird things is a waste of money. Then follow up with meaningful discussion about what I call 'free range science'. Free without subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack
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