Change the textbooks. Trans-splicing as a means to diversify the proteome. Many congrats to Ruaidhri Jackson and Olivia Venezia on this remarkable discovery. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How many salary dollars will a university spend to get a weird $0.02 outstanding balance paid on an order from 2020?

Job alert from BARI! Seeking a passionate, highly motivated person to lead community building across our aging biology network. If you love connecting people and advancing the science of aging, this could be your role! Know someone perfect? Share or apply here: careers.ucsf.edu/careers/JobD...

First preprint from the lab 🚨 We asked when and how global chromatin organization emerges during early development 🐟

bioRxiv Developmental Biology@biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 3w ago

RNA-dependent chromatin organization during development https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.14.744931v1

My view is that this proposal coming out now cannot be considered in a vacuum. It should be considered a tool to subvert peer review of NIH proposals. The statements in the RFI about impact scores are actually correct- they are imperfect measures. But reporting them maintains transparency.

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 3w ago

‼️NIH is proposing to change NIH Peer Review outcomes. Instead of impact scores they propose 3 categories: "Most competitive" "Competitive", or "Not discussed" This RFI link will accept your comments/feedback on this proposal until 10/13/26. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Taylor Farms makes salsa?

Important that everyone remembers this lawsuit was brought by faculty association members, not UC. The faculty association had to sue the university to gain access to the DOJ letter.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last mo.

"The National Institutes of Health admitted to using an internal search tool to flag UC grants that mentioned 'health equity,' 'work force diversity,' 'structural racism,' and 'sexual orientation.' " apnews.com/article/cali... 1/3

Having chaired an NIH review panel, I know how much effort is put into peer review by everyone involved. This piece lays out the current attack on this system amd why it’s bad for American scientific leadership. It’s exceptionally well written and worth the read. It’s also a call to action.

Lisa Schiff@lschiff.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Such a detailed, powerful accounting by @27unihted.bsky.social of how this administration is destroying the U.S. research enterprise: 27unihted.substack.com/p/the-quiet-... #science #resist #censorship #PeerReview #NIH #Action

I haven't seen any coverage on this! Time to submit another comment! www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

Jeffrey Mervis@policyhound.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If someone doesn't like your research grant, the US government may soon be able to help them sue you. www.science.org/content/arti...

Instead of hearing about this and thinking “how dare he take 3 months off!” consider thinking that 3 months’ paid leave for inpatient depression treatment could be available for everybody if people like Rep. Tom Kean (R-NJ) chose to pass a law that said so

CNN@cnn.com · 2mo ago

GOP Rep. Tom Kean announces depression diagnosis after mysterious monthslong absence from Congress. https://cnn.it/440CV6S

I donated to Advocates for Trans Equality today transequality.org When things are shitty, push back by putting good back into the world, whatever that looks like and for whatever cause(s) that make most sense for you.

Homepage | A4TE

A4TE was founded in 2024 as the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), two long-time champions for the trans community, merged togeth...

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Send this article to your Rep and Senators. Demand action. Keep the pressure on!

Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since early 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like? What is being flagged? I spent a month digging into leaked docs and emails. We've published the 235-word list that are being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵

If your rep is not on the list of signatories, call them and ask why not! tinyurl.com/y73tpn5m

Rep. Jamie Raskin@raskin.house.gov · 2mo ago

Public health research at world-class institutions like the NIH is an important public good. Rep. Suzan DelBene, Rep. Lori Trahan and I are leading 122 of our colleagues to oppose the Trump Administration’s efforts to give partisan political appointees final say over health research grants.

We have their attention, need to keep the pressure on! 🧪 thehill.com/newsletters/...

Democrats demand OMB rescind grant rule

Presented by Planned Parenthood{beacon} Health Care Health Care   PRESENTED BY  The Big Story Lawmakers raise alarms about NIH grant changes  A group of House Democrats is calli…

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Rode a bike in a place that didn't allow cars and now I'm convinced we need this everywhere

I woke up still in disbelief that a scientific society had police forcibly remove scientists from a scientific meeting for handing out printed copies of an editorial published in their own journal

This is an example of a scientific association censoring its members, real scientists, for defending attacks on science. The police were called to remove the scientists for handing out hard copies of this editorial. diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!

The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent

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Jeremy Faust, MD@jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Incredibly disturbing story broken by @medpagetoday.com team. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

WHAT IS GOING ON?!?! @amdiabetesassn.bsky.social

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"They physically grabbed us, forced us out of the conference center, & now are telling us we can no longer attend this meeting. They're taking our lanyards," Kelly said. "It really has come to this in America. Censorship is real…America needs to stand up. Scientists, stand up. Physicians, stand up”

Even just the trailer gives me chills and makes me proud to be a scientist! I can't wait for a screening near me!

Shruti Naik@drshrutinaik.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What if the next breakthrough never comes? The trailer for The Endless Frontier, a new documentary, by two time Emmy Winning Director Marilyn Ness. @nycures.bsky.social @standupforscience.net @aai.org @aaas.org @nature.com @sciam.bsky.social @statnews.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ6s...

• Submit a comment opposing the destruction of 🇺🇸 science; • Pressure every org, professional body, association, uni, etc. you are affiliated with to submit the strongest possible comment opposing this calamity (highest ROI move for most of us) • Make sure your electeds see those comments 🧪

Trump's Russ Vought Is Trying To Kill American Science. We Can Try To Stop Him, | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland

Trump's Russ Vought Is Trying To Kill American Science. We Can Try To Stop Him, by Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland on Patreon. Join Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland...

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5 more years of funding! Thanks NIGMS! If you are interested in pursuing a postdoc in the Galligan Lab, please reach out!

This Means that opposition can work www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...

Trump Withdraws Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General

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Just a reminder that you can join the AAUP even if the faculty at your university aren't unionized. At minimum, it's a monthly donation to an organization that is actually fighting for academics

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Shout out to @aaup.org for speaking up against the Trump administration's attack on science. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/u... No one claims academia is perfect. *Least of all those working inside it.* But the Trump admin has weaponized its imperfections to justify its destruction.

Does the new math the admin is trying to roll out mean that I can say the measles vaccine is 3300% effective?

Happy to support a program to brings dignity and generosity to end-of-life care

Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS@thanh-neville.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I need a favor. A donor has agreed to give the @3wishesprogram.bsky.social $10,000 if we are able to show that >100 people believe in this program & willing to make a donation by 4/29/26. $5, $10, amount does not matter. Please help, I would be so grateful. bruingivingday.ucla.edu/campaigns/3-...

🚨 PI in the lab 🚨

I’m looking for an automated way to read others’s scientific data without giving credit or acknowledgement, and also claim full credit for insights from it. And I want it to have a fitting name OAI: say no more

OpenAI {bot}@openaibot.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Introducing GPT-Rosalind, our frontier reasoning model built to support research across biology, drug discovery, and translational medicine. Video: https://twitter.com/openai/status/2044861690911850863

I'm at the American Association for Immunologists #IMMUNOLOGY2026 meeting for the 1st time! I was worried about being out of place as a neuroimmunologist but it turns out I will fit right in! I was thrilled to see this badge ribbon. Come by my lab's PLCG2 poster 709 Friday!

If news outlets want to (rightfully) celebrate photos from Artemis II, they should be required to talk about the govt funding cuts that threaten all of scientific research

A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.