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Heather Caslin

@heathercaslin.bsky.social

Assistant Prof in Exercise Science. Immunometabolism researcher and toddler mom! Views my own.

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Heather Caslin @heathercaslin.bsky.social · 4w ago

One last week to submit a comment regarding the new proposed OMB changes. You can draft a response with the FASEB tool here: www.faseb.org/science-poli... This is helpful as the administration must respond to every comment and this tool helps to identify what may be your main points of concern!

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad.bsky.social · last mo.

"I have enough money to do research," says Shu, laughing. Meanwhile HHS shut off the NIH grant that funded related work on gene therapy for deafness at Harvard Medical School, because “woke” or something like that Shu trained in the very same lab that HHS defunded

Getting results in Shanghai In China, it's a different story. "I have enough money to do research," says Shu, laughing. China is pouring huge resources into developing all sorts of biological research, including gene therapy, aiming to curb its reliance on the West and become an even bigger world superpower. This spring, the country pledged billions in additional science funding. Shu, who trained at Harvard Medical School and is working on solving the same problems as David Corey, has plenty of staff in his lab, all the supplies he needs and can just get more done. "My lab is growing bigger and bigger," he says. And it's far bigger than his lab when he was in Boston, training under Corey and his mentees. For decades, the U.S. has brought the smartest people in the world — like Yilai Shu — to its shores. Many have stayed. Shu wanted to, but family and a scientific opportunity, with lots of funding, drew him back home. That decision was rewarded when his team had a successful trial on a single injection that can restore hearing.
NPR@npr.org · last mo.

Two researchers — one in Massachusetts and one in Shanghai — hoped for the same breakthrough: a gene therapy for deaf children. New Chinese investment in science propelled the one who got there first. n.pr/4weVi49

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2mo 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”

Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting

Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions

medpagetoday.com

Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪@altnih4science.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Must-read. Everything that Vought has done to science in the past 16 months is now laid bare as a plan to “cripple science research.” Five-alarm fire and all of us must respond. Speak out, focus on Vought.

John Timmer@jtimmer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

And my own take on some of the key points in what OMB/Vought is trying to do here: "If you wanted to cripple science research and were disappointed that Congress continued to fund it, this is the sort of document you would produce."

Noam Ross@noamross.net · 4mo ago

"Instead of canceling grants en masse, as the N.I.H. did in the first year of this Trump presidency, it is now vetting them before approval with a 'computational text analysis tool' that scans for terms including 'racism,' 'gender' and 'vaccination refusal'..." 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...

A line graph titled "N.I.H. Funds Fewer New and Competitive Grants," showing the cumulative number of grant awards by fiscal year. The gray line representing the 2021-2024 average shows the highest cumulative number of awards. The light blue line for 2025 follows a similar trajectory but remains significantly below the 2021-2024 average. The dark blue line for 2026 shows a much slower pace of awards, trailing drastically behind both the 2025 and 2021-2024 benchmarks as of April.
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Of the many many lies that the MAGA & MAHA activist Jay Bhattacharya has spewed—a guy who has been Trump & RFK Jr’s most loyal ally—one of the most ridiculous lies is that he “stays out of politics” He’s Guest Speaker at CPAC, the annual gathering of conservative activists He is “apolitical” lol!

Greg Folkers@gregfolkers.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Confirmed: Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya for CPAC USA 2026, March 25-28, in Grapevine, Texas. science and politics don't mix🤔

Dave Baltrus 🦦@surtlab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Keep thinking that it’s not just “longevity research”, it’s “controllable longevity for one specific person research” Because we could increase human longevity on average just by better healthcare access everywhere

Caroline Bartman@cbartman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

we want to do some pilot experiments doing gene editing of a mammalian cell line using guide-plasmid transfection in cas9-expressing cells. do you have a favorite cell line that transfects easily? pls re-ski

Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 5mo ago

BREAKING: @delauro.house.gov announces at a House Oversight hearing with NIH director Jay Bhattacharya that OMB approved the agency's apportionment last night. That means the agency should have access to its appropriated funds — 42 days after its spending bill passed.

Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS@dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez are named as the murderers of Alex Pretti. Both with enough experience that the excuse of a new agent panicking won’t fly. These guys are supposedly elite (one was on a SWAT team). Yet they pumped 10 bullets into a man they had just disarmed. Justice will come.

Jon Collins@jcollins.bsky.social · 6mo ago

ProPublica reports that "agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם)@bestonetx.bsky.social · 6mo ago

ICYMI, Rice University students have developed a free online map to track ICE activity throughout the country. Find it here: www.icemap.dev. Gift link to @houstonchronicle.com story about it: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Rice students create nationwide ICE tracker to monitor immigration enforcement

The students had been teaching weekly children's classes as volunteers. One day, the kids stopped showing up.

houstonchronicle.com

John Pfaff@johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If I were a blue state governor, I’d be looking into adding a bunch of tenure lines at my state schools. I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.” Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.

Dan Gillmor@dangillmor.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The governor of Texas is rapidly turning world-class universities into minor regional ones. Example: