NIH is apparently moving forward with a cap of 3 Research Project Grants (RPGs) per investigator.
Jennifer Mulle
@jmulle.bsky.social
Trained as a geneticist, trying to become a neuroscientist. Also raising two boys and three dogs, dogs are better behaved.
Went out tonight for some music (The Wandering Eye, a Ween tribute band), got to catch up with some friends, and get some hugs. This evening was a dopamine/serotonin/oxytocin boost that was very much needed ❤️
I am doing THE BEST science of my entire life….just in time for the entire US research enterprise to fall apart.
The Holmes Lab is #hiring a full-time research assistant/predoc! Our work focuses on functional brain networks-- how they change, how they are impacted in psychiatric illness, and much more! Please rt and reach out if you’re interested 👀 Find out more holmeslab.rutgers.edu
It’s “more cowbell” but replace “cowbell” with “gold” (I smell an SNL skit! Somebody get Walken on the phone)
Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · 12mo agoHe wants to starve you and your family, deny you healthcare, and intimidate your kids with jackbooted thugs while he builds a ballroom for himself and his pals, runs multibillion-dollar crypto scams, throws grotesque Great Gatsby-themed balls in Florida, and redecorates a House you pay for like this
I think it’s only fair that we get a “Have men ruined society?” op-ed
I KNOW, RIGHT? I forgot what hope feels like!
Kevin Mitchell@wiringthebrain.bsky.social · last yr.Man, I'd forgotten what it feels like to wake up to good news... 😀
Whew - my talk is done! Now I get to enjoy #WCPG2025. Come find me if you want to talk about CNVs, and the 3q29 deletion in particular!
Greetings #WCPG2025 from Cancun! If you’re at the meeting and looking for a postdoctoral or research scientist position, come find me at poster M66 tonight!
“Radioactive Wasps” is the Cocaine Bear sequel we didn’t know we needed. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/s...
‘Hot Wasps’ Found at Nuclear Facility in South Carolina
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
Good news! Although we are not able to offer the full Next Gen high school internship program this summer, we are planning a series of four in-person "boot camps", in which students will get a close-up look at what we do. More to come. #GeneSky
I feel seen. 90% of my job is: securing resources (grants mostly, also personnel) or administrative stuff, to keep the awesome 10% humming.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2y agoYup. This is every "dream job": 10% doing the thing, 90% doing everything else required to get to do that 10%.
My dear friend’s niece, who in October developed sepsis when a Georgia hospital refused her a D&C after a miscarriage, will be taken off life support tomorrow. I don’t know the names of the countless others who have suffered and will suffered because of anti-abortion laws. But her name was Haley.
Chuck, you should call your Congressman or Senator. Give your ZIP code. US Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121. Let us know how it turns out! @schumer.senate.gov
Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · 2y agoCongress must take action to restore the rule of law.
This is phenomenal geology humor (full video at www.instagram.com/reel/DHHL3fI...)
The thing we were most up in arms about last year is the least offensive government action lately
The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 2y agoThe bill, which was approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives and heads next to a Senate vote, includes 20 percent less BRAIN Initiative funding than last year. By @avaskham.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/funding/u-s-...
Soon it’ll be faster to list what isn’t collapsing.
Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪@altnih4science.bsky.social · 2y agoWow. Ruth Marcus is to the Washington Post as Larry Tabak is to the NIH — a longtime inside leader who was essential for institution operations for many years. WaPo is collapsing at the same time as NIH is collapsing.
“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.” ― Bette Davis Happy International Women's Day