An early protective effect of IL-9 in murine systemic lupus erythematosus @immunohorizons.bsky.social @statfourwork.bsky.social academic.oup.com/immunohorizo...
Mark Kaplan
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Microbiology/Immunology; voted funniest chair in the field, two years in a row. Profkap.substack.com
The editorial that started the incident at the ADA conference. Don’t let the attempt at quashing free speech distract from the important points made in the editorial. If you read nothing else today, read this. 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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"Read the editorial. Circulate the editorial. Make it the most read/downloaded/shared article that Diabetes Care has ever seen. By an order of magnitude." --Mark Kaplan, Annoyed Scientist "They're gonna regret this." --Barbra Streisand @statfourwork.bsky.social 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
diabetesjournals.org
Welcome to the Fascist States of America, where the EiC of a leading journal is forcibly removed by police for passing out his own editorial at the annual meeting of the field’s association…because it’s “too political” (read: it calls on scientists to speak out & stand up). We are here. This is it.
MIT president: Why so many optimistic scientists are losing heart www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s... via @statnews.com
MIT president: Why so many optimistic scientists are losing heart
“This erosion of our strength is a loss for the nation,” writes MIT President Sally Kornbluth.
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In my last post of 2025, I review some of what science, and humanity, have lost in the last year open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
What have we lost in the last year
Loss from a science perspective
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The CDC pages have now been hijacked for state sponsored disinformation. It is terrible to see this happening. This is ideology, unscientific, over facts, data and the scientific method.
Tis the season where the joy of faculty review permeates all of academia. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
It’s review season
Make sure you submit your materials
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In my latest post I share a look back on my Substacking for the last year. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
Anniversary Post
It's been quite a year
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My latest raving on leadership, decency and academia. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
Have you no decency?
It's time to start asking questions
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In this weeks post, my (faux) interview with a new university president who share an interesting vision for the university's future. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
Interview with The President
The Two-Stadium Solution
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🎼 How many deanlets do we have to remove before we are finally free? The answer my friend is blowing in a zoom, the answer is blowing in a zoom. An approach to answering this question in my latest post. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
The Unscientific Method
I have my hypothesis!
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I want to go back to living in precedented times. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
The chaotrope in our midst
Caught in a maelstrom of crisis
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With the current state of censorship, I'm really asking "What can I say?" open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
What can I say?
I’m really asking.
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In my latest post I discuss the problems with mainstream media and how scientists might be useful as trained discriminators of truth and fiction. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
I’m fed up and I’m not going to take it anymore!
Time to eat the press.
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Even if time is money, spend a little reading my latest post on efficiency in academia. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
Time is money
And academia seems to be running out of both
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Agreed, but... I wish this sort of coverage had been more timely. We need preventative care or early treatment, not documentation of an autopsy.
Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 12mo agoThe @NYTimes has done a fantastic job on explaining what the Trump administration’s savage cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Communication in science is critical. But top down communication in universities has been lacking. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
Communication Breakdown
Getting the word from on high.....or not.
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Has University micromanaging gotten out of hand? open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
University Policy Update
How much do you use?
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The attacks on science are so unbelievable that I often think I'm in an episode of the Twilight Zone, as I describe in my latest post. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
The Obsolete Man
I used to have a purpose
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There’s been so much resistance to accepted scientific fact, it was inevitable that a group of people would question the benefit of breathing. In this post, I talk to some of these folks, as they hold their breath. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
Breaking News - Oxygen: Is it REALLY good for you??
Following quickly after the recent cancellations of funding for mRNA vaccination technology that, in addition to infectious diseases, might have impacted the treatment of various cancers and autoimmun...
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We've been surrounded by so much evil lately that I thought I'd focus on cartoon evil in my latest Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
Defining an Evil Genius
There’s been so much evil in the news of late, I thought I’d take a break from raving about the evil attacks on science (and scientists) and instead focus on some cartoon evil.
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Cysteinyl leukotrienes are important drivers of the anaphylactic response to ingested food antigens @science.org Comment: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... on @rmedzhitov.bsky.social @stephanieeisen.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Opening the gateway to food-induced anaphylaxis
Cysteinyl leukotrienes are important drivers of the anaphylactic response to ingested food antigens
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A short history of anti-sciencism and where we are in the US. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
Light in the Age of Anti-Sciencism
Maybe there was some good news this week.
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Science in America is Dying. We Need Your Help to Keep it Alive. America can’t be great without support for the sciences. medium.com/p/99f78ab122ee
Science in America is Dying. We Need Your Help to Keep it Alive.
America can’t be great without support for the sciences.
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News reporting, in an effort to be fair and balanced, often distorts the facts. This has become normal and there are social media accounts dedicated to satirizing this trend. But sometimes I read something that is so blatant I can’t stand it. I read this today…. 1/
In my latest post I discuss efforts to take the P out of the EPA by dismantling the research division. open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
Breathe deep the gathering gloom
As the attacks on science continue in the country, it’s challenging to keep track of all that has been affected.
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A few thoughts about one of my late-night heroes open.substack.com/pub/profkap/...
Late Night
When a comedic talent is canceled
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