Hi science tweeps, Thought experiment: If you were to (have to) replace a BD FACS Aria III sorter, what would you replace it with? A new BD or a sturdy alternative? Needs to be multi user, for multiple applications and tissues and organisms because that’s how we roll. Comments open for tips!

This was me. Terminated from #NIMHBSC with no explanation. Complete gov interference in the #NIH intramural research program oversight and review - telling NIH researchers what science they can do and who can do it. Not a positive outlook for scientific discovery, innovation, or health. 👇👇

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last yr.

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Hundreds showed up in the freezing cold at the I70 overpass near Denver to support #HandsOff today! Hands off NIH 🧬, Hands off our research 🧠, Hands off US health! 🥼🔬👩🏽‍🔬

Hiring! Postdoc position in Human Metabolism! Join us to explore the metabolic underpinnings of human brain & behavior; focusing on anxiety & motivation Outstanding interdisciplinary environment @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social at EPFL in Lausanne Switzerland Info here: www.fens.org/careers/job-...

THIS is outrageous and scary! RFK making his own journal that appears to be associated with a medical society.There is no such thing as the Academy of Public Health! They can use this to make false claims in medicine and science, including for vaccines. These are not peer reviewed nor scientific!

Thx Angie @avaskham.bsky.social and @thetransmitter.bsky.social for paying attention to what’s happening to 🧠 research in and outside NIH. This all got personal real fast.

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · last yr.

At least four neuroscientists received termination letters this week dismissing them from NIH advisory boards. “This is unusual and unprecedented,” says @thebalelab.bsky.social, one of the terminated board members. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social @avaskham.bsky.social #neuroskyence bit.ly/4hM0Xa3

Not good for the future of academia or research. We will lose our younger talent to other careers. Unclear what the endgame is here 👇

‘All this is in crisis’: US universities curtail staff and spending as Trump cuts take hold

Furloughs and more staff reductions loom as academic institutions contend with the prospect of even deeper cuts to federal funding.

nature.com

Trainees and early career scientists have endured the chaos and stress of the pandemic and now this. How can we possibly think this career and how it’s being destroyed every single day could look appealing to them? I can barely breathe - cannot imagine how they feel looking at the future of science👇

Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · last yr.

This doesn't look good, folks www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I wrote a piece for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen... With the fate of NIH-funded research uncertain, it is extra important that the work we do now is most likely to benefit everyone. Adhering to SABV in the lab and in grant & paper review is the right thing to do.

Amid NIH upheaval, how to keep sex as a biological variable

Even in the absence of formal instruction to do so, we should continue to hold our colleagues accountable for SABV practices.

thetransmitter.org

I'm ready to go #SemiParis! Moving forward for @fens.org, #neuroscience and in celebration of my father who passed away from #ParkinsonsDisease. A big thank🙏you to my GoFundMe (bit.ly/4kAVcys) supporters! Stay tuned for 2026 - a #FENSTeam effort is brewing!🤗

#NCI - how is ‘obesity’ controversial in research and now a flagged term? 👇👇👇

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last yr.

The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials. Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.

It’s going to be snowing ❄️ and chilly 🥶 here in Denver on Friday but we’ll be 🧬🧠🔬#StandingUpForScience at the capitol. Bring your gloves and goggles, friends! 👩🏽‍🔬🥽☃️ See you there! @cuanschutz.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last yr.

2 DAYS until we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️ #standupforscience2025

THIS is not OK. The USA does not decide where Ukraine begins & ends — and no deal can be made WITHOUT UKRAINE AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE!!! www.cbsnews.com/news/us-russ...

U.S., Russia agree to "begin working on a path" to end Ukraine war, in meeting in Saudi Arabia with no Ukrainians

Senior officials from the U.S. and Russia meet in Saudi Arabia on improving ties and ending the war in Ukraine - but Ukraine isn't invited.

cbsnews.com

Heading home from a truly inspirational #Winter Conference in Developmental Psychobiology. Fantastic to have the opportunity to present as well as to meet, connect and learn from the work of new colleagues in the most amazing setting in St Kitts @talliezee.bsky.social @milennavandijk.bsky.social

Happy to share that our work on the impact of stress on human milk microbiome is now published in BBI! Great work lead by Hannah Juncker!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Maternal stress in the early postpartum period is associated with alterations in human milk microbiome composition

Maternal stress is associated with negative early-life development and (mental)health outcomes. There is recent evidence that maternal stress in the p…

sciencedirect.com