David Cabrera
@cabreradm.bsky.social
Chief of Staff, Van Andel Institute
Science, Birds, The Outside
Science, Birds, The Outside
Rally For Medical Research Hill visit with #michigan contingent and Rep. Hillary Scholten #RallyMedRes @theaacr.bsky.social @glcaspet.bsky.social @vai.org #RallyForNIHH
September 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Rally For Medical Research Hill visit with #michigan contingent and Rep. Hillary Scholten #RallyMedRes @theaacr.bsky.social @glcaspet.bsky.social @vai.org #RallyForNIHH
Rally For Medical Research Hill visit with #michigan contingent and Elissa Slotkin Office #RallyMedRes @theaacr.bsky.social #ASPET @vai.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Rally For Medical Research Hill visit with #michigan contingent and Elissa Slotkin Office #RallyMedRes @theaacr.bsky.social #ASPET @vai.org
Rally For Medical Research Hill visit with #michigan contingent and Sen. Gary Peters office RallyMedRes @theaacr.bsky.social #aspet @vai.org
September 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Rally For Medical Research Hill visit with #michigan contingent and Sen. Gary Peters office RallyMedRes @theaacr.bsky.social #aspet @vai.org
Rally For Medical Research Hill visit with #michigan delegation #RallyMedRes @AACR @ASPET @VAInstitute
September 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Rally For Medical Research Hill visit with #michigan delegation #RallyMedRes @AACR @ASPET @VAInstitute
Rally For Medical Research walk to reception #RallyMedRes @AACR @ASPET @VAInstitute @lempradllab.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Rally For Medical Research walk to reception #RallyMedRes @AACR @ASPET @VAInstitute @lempradllab.bsky.social
Rally For Medical Research begins at National Press Club with networking and talks #RallyMedRes @AACR @ASPET @VAInstitute @lempradllab.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Rally For Medical Research begins at National Press Club with networking and talks #RallyMedRes @AACR @ASPET @VAInstitute @lempradllab.bsky.social
This new Executive Order is concerning. Inserting political oversight over what scientists can study and underfunding research is not a way to keep this country’s science strong. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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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August 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This new Executive Order is concerning. Inserting political oversight over what scientists can study and underfunding research is not a way to keep this country’s science strong. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
I had the opportunity to speak about careers in science policy at #ASPET2025 Career Connections. Great questions and discussion with the audience! #sciencepolicy @ASPET @VAInstitute
April 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I had the opportunity to speak about careers in science policy at #ASPET2025 Career Connections. Great questions and discussion with the audience! #sciencepolicy @ASPET @VAInstitute
I took the big stage again to co-chair A Tour of the Dopamine Receptors #ASPET2025 #pharmacology #dopamine #basicresearch #fundbasicresearch
April 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I took the big stage again to co-chair A Tour of the Dopamine Receptors #ASPET2025 #pharmacology #dopamine #basicresearch #fundbasicresearch
#ASPET2025 Opening Session Director of Government Affairs and Science Policy Carter Alleman and I updated the membership on the current Federal environment for pharmacology and biomedical research and translation. We shared tools policy, advocacy and with Congress. #pharmacology #sciencepolicy
April 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
#ASPET2025 Opening Session Director of Government Affairs and Science Policy Carter Alleman and I updated the membership on the current Federal environment for pharmacology and biomedical research and translation. We shared tools policy, advocacy and with Congress. #pharmacology #sciencepolicy
About to take the big stage at #aspet2025 to talk about our current science policy environment. Because biomedical research is important for our country #aspet #pharmacology #science
April 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
About to take the big stage at #aspet2025 to talk about our current science policy environment. Because biomedical research is important for our country #aspet #pharmacology #science
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"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
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April 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
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We are three people away from 100 registrations for Midwest worm meeting! We can do this worm community! (Also thanks so much for signing up all, a big year!)
Website and registration for the 11th annual Midwest Worm Meeting on April 18th is now live. Great opportunity for trainees who might not be able to attend the bigger meetings. Also if you'd like to visit VAI or see a great Keynote by Prof. Frank Schroeder this year. - www.vai.org/event/2025-m...
2025 Midwest C. elegans Meeting
Join us for 2025 Midwest C. elegans Meeting at Van Andel Institute Stay informed about exciting upcoming events and activities.
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March 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We are three people away from 100 registrations for Midwest worm meeting! We can do this worm community! (Also thanks so much for signing up all, a big year!)
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This is the fellowship program I went through at NIH (specifically the NIH partner program to PMF). What this administration is doing is removing good people and destroying opportunities for the next generation.
This is the fellowship program I went through at NIH (specifically the NIH partner program to PMF). What this administration is doing is removing good people and destroying opportunities for the next generation.
Against the Dismantling of the PMF Program- Alumni Sign On Letter
On February 19th, 2025 the current administration put forth an Executive Order “Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy”. One provision is to terminate the Presidential Management Fellowsh...
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March 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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This is the fellowship program I went through at NIH (specifically the NIH partner program to PMF). What this administration is doing is removing good people and destroying opportunities for the next generation.
This is the fellowship program I went through at NIH (specifically the NIH partner program to PMF). What this administration is doing is removing good people and destroying opportunities for the next generation.
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DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million (government press release) www.gsa.gov/about-us/new...
DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced that through their coordinated efforts they would i...
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March 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million (government press release) www.gsa.gov/about-us/new...
Yesterday, the Attorneys General of 22 States filed a complaint in United District Court seeking relief from the wrongheaded NIH 15% F&A cap.
Later in the day a temporary retraining order was granted.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Later in the day a temporary retraining order was granted.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Federal judge temporarily blocks NIH rate cut
University officials argued in court filings that the effects of the policy change “will be immediate and devastating.”
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February 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Yesterday, the Attorneys General of 22 States filed a complaint in United District Court seeking relief from the wrongheaded NIH 15% F&A cap.
Later in the day a temporary retraining order was granted.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Later in the day a temporary retraining order was granted.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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“I think it’s going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that.” Story by @by-cjewett.bsky.social on the new NIH policy that will shrivel support for research. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets (Gift Article)
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
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February 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“I think it’s going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that.” Story by @by-cjewett.bsky.social on the new NIH policy that will shrivel support for research. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
This is a terrible decision. While on the face of it it might seem like cost cutting, these costs are real. Scientists don’t do their work in the garage and administering science is complicated and requires skilled people in administration to support the operations of the science.
NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
The NIH said Friday night that it would slash support for indirect costs on all existing and future grants to 15%
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February 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is a terrible decision. While on the face of it it might seem like cost cutting, these costs are real. Scientists don’t do their work in the garage and administering science is complicated and requires skilled people in administration to support the operations of the science.
I recently returned from a week long trip to Panama’s El Valle Antón for some birding. Here are some of the birds (and more to follow). Spectacled Owl, Collared Aracari and Lesson’s Motmot
February 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I recently returned from a week long trip to Panama’s El Valle Antón for some birding. Here are some of the birds (and more to follow). Spectacled Owl, Collared Aracari and Lesson’s Motmot
Congressional Appropriations letter from US Reps. Rosa DeLauro and Patty Murray to Acting OMB Director on freezing federal grants and funding.
January 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Congressional Appropriations letter from US Reps. Rosa DeLauro and Patty Murray to Acting OMB Director on freezing federal grants and funding.
Congratulations to our President and Chief Scientific Officer Peter Jones, Director’s Scholar Steve Baylin (Johns Hopkins) and Andy Feinberg (Johns Hopkins)!
Congratulations to VAI's Dr. Peter Jones, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and VAI’s Dr. Stephen Baylin, and Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Dr. Andrew Feinberg, who will receive the Harvey Prize for their groundbreaking work in cancer epigenetics! Read more: vai.org/harvey-prize
December 9, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Congratulations to our President and Chief Scientific Officer Peter Jones, Director’s Scholar Steve Baylin (Johns Hopkins) and Andy Feinberg (Johns Hopkins)!
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Our institute is hiring for a new faculty to join my department at any level! Incredible research support, a great community, a chance to build something while still being at a place already producing top tier research. We start reviewing apps in 2 weeks! vai.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/VAICar...
Faculty Position in Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
Van Andel Institute (VAI), a world-class biomedical research institute, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is dedicated to improving human health. We are pioneers in the fight against cancer, Parkinso...
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November 15, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Our institute is hiring for a new faculty to join my department at any level! Incredible research support, a great community, a chance to build something while still being at a place already producing top tier research. We start reviewing apps in 2 weeks! vai.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/VAICar...
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Congratulations to VAI's Dr. Russell Jones and Dr. @peterwlaird.bsky.social for being named to this year's Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list — a distinction that marks them as leaders in their fields. #HighlyCited2024
Van Andel Institute scientists named to prestigious Highly Cited Researchers list – Van Andel Institute
VAI scientists Russell Jones, Ph.D., and Peter W. Laird, Ph.D., are included in this year’s Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list, a distinction marking them as leaders in their fields.
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November 19, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Congratulations to VAI's Dr. Russell Jones and Dr. @peterwlaird.bsky.social for being named to this year's Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list — a distinction that marks them as leaders in their fields. #HighlyCited2024
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October 2, 2023 at 3:20 PM