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The Parker Lab

@theparkerlab.bsky.social

Professor, University of Michigan, Bioinformatics, Human Genetics, Biostats. Opinions my own.

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Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 12mo ago

1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years. Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

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@pankbase.bsky.social · last yr.

PanKbase #ADA spotlight: PanKbase PI, Dr. Jie Liu, Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Michigan Medical School will be presenting during the session "Decoding Diabetes—AI-Driven Advances in Genetic Research". June 23rd 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM. Look forward to seeing you there!

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Science Homecoming@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social · last yr.

Steve Parker, professor of Computational Medicine, writes to NC ⛰️: “The stunning landscapes & kind-hearted people make this place magical” but a looming threat to federal science funding could undermine both their health & economy. 🧪🏠 @theparkerlab.bsky.social www.reflector.com/opinion/edit...

Stephen C.J. Parker: NIH funding critical to North Carolina economy

My home-grown roots and education drive my love for North Carolina, but new executive orders that block federal science funding have me deeply concerned about the health and economy of

reflector.com

Science Homecoming@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social · last yr.

Biomedical research is an American success story. Alabama native 🏴‍☠️ & NIH-funded researcher Will King warns that science cuts threaten American breakthroughs that save lives—advances that have come so far since his grandmother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. www.timesdaily.com/opinion/comm...

America First: Protect home-grown ingenuity

When my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in the mid-1990s, there were few options for therapies and treatments. As her disease progressed over the next decade, there was little

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Vaughn Smider, MD, PhD@vvsmider.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m a biomedical researcher who lost his wife to cancer. Finding cures is personal to me. What’s happening at the NIH is devastating. Here’s my editorial in my hometown newspaper. www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...

DOGE ends America’s golden age of biomedical research

Biomedical research impacts all of us. I became curious about how drugs work after my mom was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was a small boy. She received “gold shots” as treatment, which ...

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Drug Monkey@drugmonkey.bsky.social · last yr.

I keep saying this and I keep violating it and I keep reminding myself. If you are pointing your gun at other academic scientists instead of at the rising fascist regime, this is not helping.

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The Parker Lab@theparkerlab.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m a professor at University of Michigan with roots in North Carolina, so I wrote about importance of NIH funding to health and economy of the state. Hope you’ll read and decide to stand with me in standing up for science. Thanks Daily Reflector for publishing: www.reflector.com/opinion/edit...

Stephen C.J. Parker: NIH funding critical to North Carolina economy

My home-grown roots and education drive my love for North Carolina, but new executive orders that block federal science funding have me deeply concerned about the health and economy of

reflector.com

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · last yr.

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science

48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

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