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Mete Civelek

@metecivelek.bsky.social

Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. Systems Genetics | Cardiovascular Disease | Smooth Muscle Cells | Obesity | Adipose Tissue | FAHA | FAIMBE| he/him | 🌈| https://civeleklab.org

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Paul Graf@paulginva.bsky.social · last yr.

Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years. What are we doing?

Ardem Patapoutian's story is not just the American dream, it is the dream of American science. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1986 at age 18 after fleeing war-torn Lebanon. He spent a year writing for an Armenian newspaper and delivering Domino's at night to become eligible for the University of California, where he earned his undergraduate degree and a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience. He started a lab at Scripps Research in San Diego with a grant from the National Institutes of Health, discovered the way humans sense touch, and in 2021 won the Nobel Prize. But with the Trump administration slashing spending on science, Dr. Patapoutian's federal grant to develop new approaches to treating pain has been frozen. In late February, he posted on Bluesky that such cuts would damage biomedical research and prompt an exodus of talent from the United States. Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to "any city, any university I want," he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.
Mete Civelek@metecivelek.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to my amazing graduate student, Noah Perry, for earning his PhD degree from the University of Virginia Biomedical Engineering Department. He is an outstanding scientist, colleague, and a mentor. Watching him grow has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career.

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American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE)@aimbe-official.bsky.social · last yr.

The 3/14 deadline to finalize the FY2025 budget is fast approaching! ⌛ AIMBE has developed a new advocacy letter (<1 min to send) for the scientific community to urge Congress to support our federal science agencies, including NIH, NSF, FDA, ARPA-H, CDMRP, and more 👇 takeaction.io/aimbe/suppor...

Support Strong FY25 Funding for Biomedical Research by March 14

Use AIMBE's letter template below, edit as needed, or create your own message to your Members of Congress on issues that matter. Enter your contact information on the left, and your letter will be rou...

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Mete Civelek@metecivelek.bsky.social · last yr.

In an alternative universe, every scientist who submits an NIH grant would deliberately use the forbidden words in their applications so that all grant submissions are flagged and this stupid system breaks down.

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

From an NIH source re. grant terminations "These searches are pulling in things based on 'other support' sections and biosketches, so science may be held up just because someone mentions that they serve on a DEIA committee, or has a completely different grant that uses a 'problematic' word. (cont)

Mete Civelek@metecivelek.bsky.social · 2y ago

Associate Professor no more! I have been promoted to Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. I am grateful to my all my previous and current trainees, my colleagues at @UVA and elsewhere, my letter writers, and my family. 🙏

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Mete Civelek@metecivelek.bsky.social · 2y ago

Congratulations to my wonderful postdoc fellow, Dr Kelsey Watts. She not only received a fundable score on her F32 application but also received the ⁦‪@AHAScience‬⁩ postdoc fellowship. She is co-mentored by ⁦‪@prodriguezmd

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Mete Civelek@metecivelek.bsky.social · 2y ago

Of course, this is obvious bigotry from the South Carolina Representative Mace. But leaving that aside, how does one enforce this rule of banning transgender women from using women’s bathrooms? Are they going to ask for sex chromosome tests from everyone who wants to use women’s bathrooms?

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2y ago

Sarah McBride was elected as the first transgender representative and now Republicans trying to ban her from the bathroom.

The text in the image reads: "Transgender women to be banned from Capitol Hill female bathrooms under new House GOP proposal Rep Nancy Mace wants provision included in next House rules package" By Elizabeth Elkind | Fox News Published November 18, 2024 5:30pm EST"**