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Cherie Stabler
@cherie-stabler.bsky.social
Professor Biomedical Engineering at University of Florida | Type 1 diabetes researcher | Personal account
The FL Board of Governor’s rejection of Dr. Ono for president isn’t just about one person — it’s about the increasing politicization of our universities and the erosion of academic freedom. What’s happening at UF is part of a larger, deeply troubling trend across the country.
🚨 AIMBE is calling on the biomedical research community to take a minute to send our 3 new advocacy letters urging Congress to: 1. Protect the STEM Training Pipeline (e.g., NIH MOSAIC, T32s, MARC, etc.) 2. Oppose Indirect Cost Caps 3. Support Research Funding in FY2026 aimbe.org/advocate/wri...
As we start a new day, we remember that for several families in Tallahassee and beyond, they have begun to confront new horrors that we could never imagine. Let’s hold them in our hearts. America’s failed leadership and lax gun laws cost some #FSU families everything that ever mattered.
Tracking Ca2+ responses in pancreas just got better! Our latest preprint by Charles Lazimi and Austin Stis showcases CaMPARI 🍸 as a fixable functional marker in living pancreas slices. @cherie-stabler.bsky.social @linnemannlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #CalciumImaging #Diabetes
Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.
AIMBE's new fact sheets highlighting the NIH & NSF as economic engines have dropped at lnkd.in/ePRGWqnC! Did you know that every $1 in NIH research funding yielded $2.56 in new economic activity in the U.S.? NIH-funded research also supported over 400,000 jobs across the nation in FY2024!
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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New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts
Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees.
nbcnews.com
AIMBE is looking for biomedical researchers to share how recent policies have disrupted their grants/work: aimbe.wufoo.com/forms/qs9tsi... Your personal anecdotes are essential in helping us convey to Members of Congress the devastating impact of these changes. Your response can remain anonymous.
Detail your Research Disruptions for AIMBE
Please share how recent policies have disrupted your work. AIMBE will be collecting stories to share with Members of Congress and their staff.
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Metabo_Dave@metabodave.bsky.social · last yr.I still don't think it's sunk in to many that after February 20th, there ain't no study sections.
"As out of fashion as it is to talk this way, we are all really in this together. Academia and industry do different things most of the time, and we each benefit from that. And that’s why the silence from industry about what’s going on with the NIH et al. is so infuriating."
Derek Lowe@dereklowe.bsky.social · last yr.Biopharma companies and CEOs are keeping their heads down at their own peril. They should speak up about what’s happening to the NIH and other science agencies before it’s too late. Silence gives consent. And no one should consent to this.
Indirect costs are not wasteful overhead; they fund essential infrastructure that makes research possible—labs. Cutting these funds jeopardizes infrastructure that has made the US a global leader in scientific innovation. This is not just an academic concern—it is a matter of national security.
American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE)@aimbe-official.bsky.social · last yr.AIMBE has developed a new advocacy letter on the changes to NIH indirect cost rates: aimbe.org/advocate/wri... We urge the broader biomedical research community to customize this letter (<1 minute) to contact your congressional representatives about the severe consequences of this new policy 👇
AIMBE has developed a new advocacy letter on the changes to NIH indirect cost rates: aimbe.org/advocate/wri... We urge the broader biomedical research community to customize this letter (<1 minute) to contact your congressional representatives about the severe consequences of this new policy 👇
Write Your Lawmakers - AIMBE
aimbe.org
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
Instead of cutting costs for working families, Donald Trump is slashing the federal investments that fund their lifesaving care, fuel their local economy, and lower their health care costs. It’s cruel, short-sighted, and will cost jobs and devastate millions of families.
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
Researchers say it would hurt facilities that work on medical issues such as cancer research and heart disease. Elon Musk contends the old policy was ‘a ripoff.’
washingtonpost.com
part of the reason university administration has grown is because of the requirements imposed by the federal government. you can't ask reseachers to do all the things and then also do their research.
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
The impact of dropping the diversity focused NIH F31 graduate student fellowships from review drugmonkey.scientopia.org/2025/02/06/n...
NIH F31graduate student fellowships
One of the primary NIH training fellowships is the Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award for graduate students, aka, the F31. It is requested with individual ap…
drugmonkey.scientopia.org
AIMBE has posted a public statement on the impact of federal policy changes on biomedical research: aimbe.org/advocate/wri... Above, we have also developed an advocacy letter for members of the medical & biological engineering community to send to their congressional representatives on this matter.
Write Your Lawmakers - AIMBE
aimbe.org
And of course the quip that an “efficient” research program on polio would produce the best iron lung, but not a vaccine.
I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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Very cool work emerging from @eaphelps.bsky.social lab using live pancreas slices!
Ed Phelps@eaphelps.bsky.social · 2y agoCheck out our new preprint "Beta cell dysfunction occurs independently of insulitis in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis" featuring Ca2+ imaging and timelapse imaging of human T1D insulitis. Very proud of this massive effort by first-author @molliehuber.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Submit your research to a special issue in Biomedical Materials Research Part A (JBMR-A) called "Biomaterials for Women's Health" - super excited to guest edit with Jessica Weaver and working with Kent Leach to put together an exciting issue! 🧪 Learn more and submit your article: lnkd.in/gZRm8Zhs
1/ In two back-to-back papers, we present our de novo TRACeR platform for targeting MHC-I and MHC-II antigens TRACeR for MHC-I: go.nature.com/4gcLzn5 TRACeR for MHC-II: go.nature.com/4gj5OQk
76% of school shooters get their guns from the home. Parents: lock up your firearms.