Don't miss research in our latest issue by @wmwuest.bsky.social, Kevin P. C. Minbiole & co. @villanovapr.bsky.social & @emoryuniversity.bsky.social investigating octenidine and isooctenidine analogs as potential disinfectants #medchem Check out the full article below👇

Extending the architecture of bolaamphiphilic disinfectants: an investigation of octenidine and isooctenidine analogs

Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) have been used in commercial disinfectants since the mid-1900s due to their strong antimicrobial activity and relatively low toxicity to eukaryotic cells.…

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All for more women in science being in politics but would it be so hard to fact check your logo to make sure it was scientifically accurate? #lefthandedhelix @stuartcantrill.com 19thnews.org/2026/05/geor... via @19thnews.org

Jasmine Clark is poised to be the first Black woman Ph.D. scientist in Congress

Rep. Jasmine Clark is poised to become the first Black woman Ph.D. scientist to serve in Congress from Georgia’s 13th Congressional District.

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The 70% of faculty who voted for this change could have already limited the number of A's in their classes to 20% if they wanted right? What if faculty viewed their class GPA as a proxy of their teaching ability, maybe they would view it differently? Grades communicate content mastery not ranking!

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3mo ago

Breaking news: Harvard faculty voted to cap the number of A grades given to undergraduates, hoping to reverse years of grade inflation. The vote is the most prominent change at elite schools, where some are concerned by the increasing number of A’s.

On the top of review panels, has anyone heard if the NSF GRF review panels met this year? Curious if we are on schedule, as much as that can be or way behind.

New NSF GRFP announcement is out. MAJOR CHANGE: Only senior UG and 1st year grad students appear to be eligible..... Why the change? Anyone know?

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

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Has anyone else received manuscript reviews that were AI-assisted? We got our 1st one. Text raised suspicions & was "verified" by GPTzero as 90% AI. Assuming that our manuscript had to be uploaded to a system to then be reviewed raises copyright and privacy concerns. Are there any repurcussions?

Sounds like there might be plans to award additional fellowships from the HM list down the road. Perhaps they wanted to get out the UG specific awards ASAP to allow for grad school accepts? Perhaps I am being too optimistic....

Bill Wuest@wmwuest.bsky.social · last yr.

NSF GRFP Awards by the Year: 2021 - 2074 2022 - 2193 2023 - 2555 2024 - 2036 2025 - 1000 Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US....... @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social

NSF GRFP Awards by the Year: 2021 - 2074 2022 - 2193 2023 - 2555 2024 - 2036 2025 - 1000 Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US....... @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social

Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.

Recently engaged, beloved barber arrested by ICE | How his immigration story is questioning the system

Rodney Taylor, a Georgia barber, has been pursuing permanent residency for years. Now, he faces deportation to Liberia despite being in the U.S. since childhood.

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Closing the department of education will clearly be disastrous but what is not as obvious is how it will impact higher ed. Pell grants, federal loans, etc are all distributed through this organization. Without staffing, few, if any loads will be given. Universities are taking it on all fronts.

If you found the antibiotic work I blogged about today interesting and useful, then gosh, that’s too bad. Because as it stands Elon Musk’s child army is ripping all that stuff to bits.

Aaron and the Hoskins Lab at UW Madison@uwmadisonrna.bsky.social · last yr.

"This work was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, grants R01-AI168228 (A.G.M.) and R21-AI163466 (Y.S.P.); National Institute of General Medical Sciences, grants R35-GM151957 (Y.S.P.) and R01-GM132302 (Y.S.P.)..."

Closing the department of education will clearly be disastrous but what is not as obvious is how it will impact higher ed. Pell grants, federal loans, etc are all distributed through this organization. Without staffing, few, if any loads will be given. Universities are taking it on all fronts.

Good story up on funding lag from WESA, an NPR station in Pittsburgh. www.wesa.fm/health-scien... 1/2

As research universities head to court, WESA analysis finds NIH grants lagging during Trump admin

Experts in education research funding, former NIH staffers and researchers themselves said it’s hard to narrow down one cause for the delay, but they all agreed that confusion created by a flurry of e...

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While this is bad, I am more concerned with the 4 ESI MIRA panels that are upcoming in the next two weeks. These panels will review the top junior faculty in the country, which likely result in their first major federal grant. Delaying these reviews will be even more damaging to the future.

ChemKritzer@chemkritzer.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Chemical Biology & Probes study section (formerly SBCB, one of two NIH panels that reviews chemistry #chemsky 🧪) was abruptly POSTPONED w/no specific plans for rescheduling, less than 24h before start. If this affects you call your reps & senators, talk to local news, make your voice heard 📢 👩‍🔬

🚨 Chemical Biology & Probes study section (formerly SBCB, one of two NIH panels that reviews chemistry #chemsky 🧪) was abruptly POSTPONED w/no specific plans for rescheduling, less than 24h before start. If this affects you call your reps & senators, talk to local news, make your voice heard 📢 👩‍🔬

That fact that serious fungal infections are still treated with Amphotericin B (approved in 1958) is solid evidence here.

Keith Hornberger@krhornberger.bsky.social · last yr.

And if folks think it’s a tough situation with antibacterials, wait until they see what it looks like with antifungals!

I have opinions about the NIH and the Philadelphia Inquirer published them. Last July I was diagnosed with a progressive, incurable neurodegenerative disease. Writing an equation on the blackboard had become impossible, tying my shoes a challenge. 1/ 3 🧵

Sabrina Vourvoulias@followthelede.bsky.social · last yr.

A really smart piece from @michellefrancl.bsky.social at the @inquirer.com today! share.inquirer.com/CU62mm

"Make America Great Again. Make America Healthy Again. These were promises made by candidate Trump in his campaign to be president of the United States of America. What in this campaign platform should have prepared us for a war on discovery?"

Guest column: “The war on discovery” is antithesis of campaign pledge to make America great again - Wisconsin Technology Council

By Jo Handelsman MADISON, Wis. – Make America Great Again. Make America Healthy Again. These were promises made by candidate Trump in his campaign to be president of the United States of America. What...

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Well said @dereklowe.bsky.social. Academia produces two vital products: (1) knowledge, and (2) human capital that knows how to use it. If we can’t train enough young creative US scientists to fulfill biopharma industry needs… “I think they're being short-sighted, because fear does that to you.”

Derek Lowe@dereklowe.bsky.social · last yr.

Biopharma companies and CEOs are keeping their heads down at their own peril. They should speak up about what’s happening to the NIH and other science agencies before it’s too late. Silence gives consent. And no one should consent to this.

Finally read popular.info/p/trump-main... "Between February 3, 2024, and February 10, 2024, the NIH issued 513 grant awards totaling $218,273,053. Between February 3 and February 10 this year, the NIH issued just 11 grant awards totaling $4,981,089." No wonder I didn't many responses about NoAs...

Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order

The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.

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Huge loss for the chemistry community. Absolutely loved my time at UPenn. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for Amos’ mentorship and the friends I made in the group

Penn Chemistry@pennchemistry.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are deeply saddened to share that our friend and colleague Professor Amos B. Smith III has passed away. Amos joined Penn in 1973 and was a mainstay in our organic chemistry division. He recently celebrated 50 years of service to @upenn.edu @pennsas.bsky.social.

Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better… -For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return. -Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)

I’m scrolling through news a day after the Trump admin shut down coms, travel, and function from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and I don’t see any mainstream media coverage for an impact upon our society & economy that is going to be multiples of 100s of billions and science and health.

Hey, #EconSky! We are uniquely prepared to make the case that scientific research has economic impact. I'd love to get a thread going below with papers you're aware of that show the economic impact of research as a resource for journalists and to support colleagues across disciplines.