Jon Boyle
@boylelab.bsky.social
Professor of Biology at University of Pittsburgh. Toxoplasma evolution placenta interactions virulence development. tragically a pirates fan can’t help it
Today I submitted a grant and I’m also getting a tooth pulled today which do yall think will be worse
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Today I submitted a grant and I’m also getting a tooth pulled today which do yall think will be worse
This is the fucking best. Rip city forever indeed
October 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is the fucking best. Rip city forever indeed
Hello lab my old friend.
October 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hello lab my old friend.
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“I’m a transgender service member and today was my last day in uniform. After 11 years, eight months and 1 day I’m taking the uniform off for good.
I will always be yours bc this rank, these skills, this name will always be me.”
~Technical Sargent Altesse Aurum
#TransInMilitary 🫡 🏳️⚧️
@altessaurum
I will always be yours bc this rank, these skills, this name will always be me.”
~Technical Sargent Altesse Aurum
#TransInMilitary 🫡 🏳️⚧️
@altessaurum
May 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“I’m a transgender service member and today was my last day in uniform. After 11 years, eight months and 1 day I’m taking the uniform off for good.
I will always be yours bc this rank, these skills, this name will always be me.”
~Technical Sargent Altesse Aurum
#TransInMilitary 🫡 🏳️⚧️
@altessaurum
I will always be yours bc this rank, these skills, this name will always be me.”
~Technical Sargent Altesse Aurum
#TransInMilitary 🫡 🏳️⚧️
@altessaurum
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Today, we received notice that our team’s last remaining NSF grant was terminated. For the first time since 2009, when I received an NSF Fellowship for Graduate Research, I have no active NSF grants.
May 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Today, we received notice that our team’s last remaining NSF grant was terminated. For the first time since 2009, when I received an NSF Fellowship for Graduate Research, I have no active NSF grants.
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Heartbreaking effects of NSF, Americorps cuts to Pittsburgh’s after school programs that support and enrich our city’s kids.
The need and benefits of these programs is obvious. Isn’t this what we pay taxes for? Doubt philanthropy can take over.
www.publicsource.org/federal-fund...
The need and benefits of these programs is obvious. Isn’t this what we pay taxes for? Doubt philanthropy can take over.
www.publicsource.org/federal-fund...
Pittsburgh after-school programs left scrambling as federal funding cuts hit the region
Pittsburgh-area programs reel with recent federal grant terminations from the National Science Foundation.
www.publicsource.org
May 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Heartbreaking effects of NSF, Americorps cuts to Pittsburgh’s after school programs that support and enrich our city’s kids.
The need and benefits of these programs is obvious. Isn’t this what we pay taxes for? Doubt philanthropy can take over.
www.publicsource.org/federal-fund...
The need and benefits of these programs is obvious. Isn’t this what we pay taxes for? Doubt philanthropy can take over.
www.publicsource.org/federal-fund...
This, more than anything else they are doing with funding levels etc, will ruin US Science and innovation.
tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.
Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
May 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This, more than anything else they are doing with funding levels etc, will ruin US Science and innovation.
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Just called Gillibrand and Schumer to demand they not only vote against the murderous Republican budget bill, but that they deny unanimous consent at every opportunity and do everything else they can to gum up the works. This is intolerable.
Find your senators here and make your own calls: reps.fyi
Find your senators here and make your own calls: reps.fyi
cis people: please call your senators today. Please please please. this is so critical. we’re begging you
May 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just called Gillibrand and Schumer to demand they not only vote against the murderous Republican budget bill, but that they deny unanimous consent at every opportunity and do everything else they can to gum up the works. This is intolerable.
Find your senators here and make your own calls: reps.fyi
Find your senators here and make your own calls: reps.fyi
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⚖️Heartbroken but proud to stand with fellow researchers in court today⚖️
NIH’s sudden grant cuts:
🚫 Silence lifesaving health equity work
⏳ Undermine years of progress
⚠️ Put vital discoveries at risk
We won’t stop fighting for science & justice 🧪
👇More details from our @aclu.org representation👇
NIH’s sudden grant cuts:
🚫 Silence lifesaving health equity work
⏳ Undermine years of progress
⚠️ Put vital discoveries at risk
We won’t stop fighting for science & justice 🧪
👇More details from our @aclu.org representation👇
‘Devastated’ and ‘Hopeless.’ Researchers Speak Out on Funding Cuts | ACLU
www.aclu.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
⚖️Heartbroken but proud to stand with fellow researchers in court today⚖️
NIH’s sudden grant cuts:
🚫 Silence lifesaving health equity work
⏳ Undermine years of progress
⚠️ Put vital discoveries at risk
We won’t stop fighting for science & justice 🧪
👇More details from our @aclu.org representation👇
NIH’s sudden grant cuts:
🚫 Silence lifesaving health equity work
⏳ Undermine years of progress
⚠️ Put vital discoveries at risk
We won’t stop fighting for science & justice 🧪
👇More details from our @aclu.org representation👇
Amazing super cool and IMPOSSIBLE without a) NIH funding and b) ANIMAL RESEARCH
Today "a milestone in the evolution of personalized therapies for rare & ultra-rare inborn errors of metabolism"
—the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing
—from decades of NIH funded research
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
—the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing
—from decades of NIH funded research
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
May 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Amazing super cool and IMPOSSIBLE without a) NIH funding and b) ANIMAL RESEARCH
Ok so I agree re: HIM but sadly what he’s saying here is “do your own research and be skeptical of experts”.
Kennedy adds: “I don’t think people should be taking advice, medical advice, from me.”
May 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ok so I agree re: HIM but sadly what he’s saying here is “do your own research and be skeptical of experts”.
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The canceled grants aren't a perfect 1:1 with DEI-related projects, but what a reminder of who is and isn't doing the work to make science more equitable.
May 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The canceled grants aren't a perfect 1:1 with DEI-related projects, but what a reminder of who is and isn't doing the work to make science more equitable.
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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The intense racial and gender segregation of science funding will be even more pronounced going forward. This was always the intent.
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
May 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The intense racial and gender segregation of science funding will be even more pronounced going forward. This was always the intent.
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they put french fries in sandwiches rich
that is what the heck is going on in pittsburgh
i am all for it tbh
that is what the heck is going on in pittsburgh
i am all for it tbh
May 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
they put french fries in sandwiches rich
that is what the heck is going on in pittsburgh
i am all for it tbh
that is what the heck is going on in pittsburgh
i am all for it tbh
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EvolvingSTEM in action at Pittsburgh Perry HS
@evolvingstem.bsky.social
www.wtae.com/article/pitt...
@evolvingstem.bsky.social
www.wtae.com/article/pitt...
Federal freezes threaten Pitt's STEM outreach in high schools
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh have been teaching inside local high schools for ten years through the Evolving-STEM program, which now faces potential federal funding cuts.
www.wtae.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
EvolvingSTEM in action at Pittsburgh Perry HS
@evolvingstem.bsky.social
www.wtae.com/article/pitt...
@evolvingstem.bsky.social
www.wtae.com/article/pitt...
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I had an NSF grant on AI education canceled yesterday. I wasn’t given any kind of reason but I have a theory and it’s just as stupid as you might think.
(I will probably have more to say on this once I have more details but for right now just: 😡 )
(I will probably have more to say on this once I have more details but for right now just: 😡 )
April 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I had an NSF grant on AI education canceled yesterday. I wasn’t given any kind of reason but I have a theory and it’s just as stupid as you might think.
(I will probably have more to say on this once I have more details but for right now just: 😡 )
(I will probably have more to say on this once I have more details but for right now just: 😡 )
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Just one example: In the past 2 weeks, NIH has terminated dozens of programs to support students pursuing scientific careers. These MARC or U-RISE (T34) grants provide rising undergraduates with opportunities and stipends to participate in science. Where are these programs? Not in the Ivy league:
April 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just one example: In the past 2 weeks, NIH has terminated dozens of programs to support students pursuing scientific careers. These MARC or U-RISE (T34) grants provide rising undergraduates with opportunities and stipends to participate in science. Where are these programs? Not in the Ivy league:
Ai to predict how a specific monoclonal antibody will distribute throughout the body 👍
April 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Ai to predict how a specific monoclonal antibody will distribute throughout the body 👍
Here’s how they’ll do it:
1. Say a lot of people are faking it
2. Vaccines
3. Food
1. Say a lot of people are faking it
2. Vaccines
3. Food
April 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Here’s how they’ll do it:
1. Say a lot of people are faking it
2. Vaccines
3. Food
1. Say a lot of people are faking it
2. Vaccines
3. Food
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Finally got the notice. Very sad day for the MOSAIC program that supported some of the most amazing scientists I know, as well as some of the awesome people on my lab.
April 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Finally got the notice. Very sad day for the MOSAIC program that supported some of the most amazing scientists I know, as well as some of the awesome people on my lab.
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Given today's onslaught on HHS, I'm resharing my OpEd in @elife.bsky.social.
You are not alone, and you do have an important voice!
Many colleagues remain unaware that the foundation of US biomedical research is crumbling under attack. Tell them!
Full text 🔗 elifesciences.org/articles/106...
You are not alone, and you do have an important voice!
Many colleagues remain unaware that the foundation of US biomedical research is crumbling under attack. Tell them!
Full text 🔗 elifesciences.org/articles/106...
April 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Given today's onslaught on HHS, I'm resharing my OpEd in @elife.bsky.social.
You are not alone, and you do have an important voice!
Many colleagues remain unaware that the foundation of US biomedical research is crumbling under attack. Tell them!
Full text 🔗 elifesciences.org/articles/106...
You are not alone, and you do have an important voice!
Many colleagues remain unaware that the foundation of US biomedical research is crumbling under attack. Tell them!
Full text 🔗 elifesciences.org/articles/106...
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Banning diversity, equity, and inclusion - say it out loud - is catastrophic for US science. It attacks the core of the inclusive strengths of 🇺🇸 science - red or blue, rich or poor - despite the long road ahead. Thank you @stacyfarina.bsky.social for leading!
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Banning DEI Is Catastrophic for U.S. Science (opinion)
An attack on DEI is an attack on science itself, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Stacy C. Farina, Parvin Shahrestani, Vaughn S. Cooper and Gilda A. Barabino write.
www.insidehighered.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Banning diversity, equity, and inclusion - say it out loud - is catastrophic for US science. It attacks the core of the inclusive strengths of 🇺🇸 science - red or blue, rich or poor - despite the long road ahead. Thank you @stacyfarina.bsky.social for leading!
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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What people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.
March 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.
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My OpEd in @elife.bsky.social
“It feels as if we are trying to fight a series of attacks on science with one arm tied behind our back and our lips half sewn shut.”
“Yet we are not beaten, and some of us are downright energized.”
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
“It feels as if we are trying to fight a series of attacks on science with one arm tied behind our back and our lips half sewn shut.”
“Yet we are not beaten, and some of us are downright energized.”
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Science Under Threat in the United States: Feeling abandoned but energized
Many individual researchers are frustrated by the response - or the lack of a response - from universities to a growing crisis.
elifesciences.org
March 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
My OpEd in @elife.bsky.social
“It feels as if we are trying to fight a series of attacks on science with one arm tied behind our back and our lips half sewn shut.”
“Yet we are not beaten, and some of us are downright energized.”
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
“It feels as if we are trying to fight a series of attacks on science with one arm tied behind our back and our lips half sewn shut.”
“Yet we are not beaten, and some of us are downright energized.”
elifesciences.org/articles/106...