Clarissa Durie
@clarissachemist.bsky.social
Asst Prof, University of Missouri, Biochemistry ❤️ Structure-Function of Protein Complexes. CryoEM. Enzyme Kinetics. Advocate for Underrepresented Minorities and Women in STEM
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Calling all scientists-join @faseborg.bsky.social on their August recess advocacy challenge. You don’t need to be a member to participate. Congress doesn’t seem willing to cut science funding as deeply as the White House wants but needs to hear from you 🧪 www.faseb.org/journals-and...
a man says call your senators with his hands folded
Alt: a man says call your senators with his hands folded
media.tenor.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Calling all scientists-join @faseborg.bsky.social on their August recess advocacy challenge. You don’t need to be a member to participate. Congress doesn’t seem willing to cut science funding as deeply as the White House wants but needs to hear from you 🧪 www.faseb.org/journals-and...
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"Nature has learnt that, as a result, some staff members are screening candidates’ social-media presences to check whether they have expressed negative views about the Trump administration or been involved in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts...at their institutions." 🧪
NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities
The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.
www.nature.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"Nature has learnt that, as a result, some staff members are screening candidates’ social-media presences to check whether they have expressed negative views about the Trump administration or been involved in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts...at their institutions." 🧪
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I wrote an op-ed for my local paper (The Sentinel in Carlisle, PA) about the impact of science funding cuts.
cumberlink.com/opinion/edit...
Thank you to @cornellasap.bsky.social and @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social to get my writing out there as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative!
cumberlink.com/opinion/edit...
Thank you to @cornellasap.bsky.social and @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social to get my writing out there as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative!
Guest Editorial: Invest in science, invest in the future
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest,” wrote Pennsylvania’s own Benjamin Franklin — words that have only grown more powerful in today’s world.
cumberlink.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Thank you so much to all #McClintockLetters participants!
Please share your published piece with us so we can feature you: forms.gle/HmKcky11RJxX...
Anyone who is still working on their piece or needs help finding an outlet, please reach out to us!
#SciComm #Scientists #SaveNSF #DefendResearch
Please share your published piece with us so we can feature you: forms.gle/HmKcky11RJxX...
Anyone who is still working on their piece or needs help finding an outlet, please reach out to us!
#SciComm #Scientists #SaveNSF #DefendResearch
June 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Thank you so much to all #McClintockLetters participants!
Please share your published piece with us so we can feature you: forms.gle/HmKcky11RJxX...
Anyone who is still working on their piece or needs help finding an outlet, please reach out to us!
#SciComm #Scientists #SaveNSF #DefendResearch
Please share your published piece with us so we can feature you: forms.gle/HmKcky11RJxX...
Anyone who is still working on their piece or needs help finding an outlet, please reach out to us!
#SciComm #Scientists #SaveNSF #DefendResearch
I wrote a letter to my local paper! You can read it here. www.columbiamissourian.com/opinion/gues...
Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' will devastate science research and funding
Without federal support, researchers will not be able to do the work that has kept America at the forefront of scientific progress.
www.columbiamissourian.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I wrote a letter to my local paper! You can read it here. www.columbiamissourian.com/opinion/gues...
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Keep in mind: these are AWARDED grants, with Notice of Awards. The federal government is not honoring existing contracts with this university, refusing to reimburse for costs charge on awarded grants.
Funding freeze at Northwestern from Emma Mairson at
grant-watch.us. Data from USAspending. Normally, ~$70 M per month. Now, bupkis.
Northwestern is keeping research moving and must be spending ~$40 M per month. Clearly not sustainable for too long.
grant-watch.us. Data from USAspending. Normally, ~$70 M per month. Now, bupkis.
Northwestern is keeping research moving and must be spending ~$40 M per month. Clearly not sustainable for too long.
June 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Keep in mind: these are AWARDED grants, with Notice of Awards. The federal government is not honoring existing contracts with this university, refusing to reimburse for costs charge on awarded grants.
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We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
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To be clear, if this bill passes, it will end all scientific research & medical training in the US. It will close hospitals. It will be economically devastating. Millions will lose their jobs.
Call your representatives & tell them to vote fuck no on 15% IDC rates & the rest of this horror show.
Call your representatives & tell them to vote fuck no on 15% IDC rates & the rest of this horror show.
May 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
To be clear, if this bill passes, it will end all scientific research & medical training in the US. It will close hospitals. It will be economically devastating. Millions will lose their jobs.
Call your representatives & tell them to vote fuck no on 15% IDC rates & the rest of this horror show.
Call your representatives & tell them to vote fuck no on 15% IDC rates & the rest of this horror show.
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"Look for private foundation funding..."
Having a hard time processing this. HHMI is pausing all competitions. Very demoralizing for early career scientists like me @hhmi.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Look for private foundation funding..."
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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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Wow!
Women are principal investigators (PI) in approximately 1/3 of federal grants.
But when you look at nearly 1400 terminated grants at NSF, those led by women as PIs count for nearly 2/3!
Rampant sexism when getting these grants, rampant sexism when losing them…
Women are principal investigators (PI) in approximately 1/3 of federal grants.
But when you look at nearly 1400 terminated grants at NSF, those led by women as PIs count for nearly 2/3!
Rampant sexism when getting these grants, rampant sexism when losing them…
"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 4:31 AM
Wow!
Women are principal investigators (PI) in approximately 1/3 of federal grants.
But when you look at nearly 1400 terminated grants at NSF, those led by women as PIs count for nearly 2/3!
Rampant sexism when getting these grants, rampant sexism when losing them…
Women are principal investigators (PI) in approximately 1/3 of federal grants.
But when you look at nearly 1400 terminated grants at NSF, those led by women as PIs count for nearly 2/3!
Rampant sexism when getting these grants, rampant sexism when losing them…
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All right, scientists. 🧪
The Trump administration is trying to break scientific expertise in the civil service. This will affect #NIH program staff. Red 🚨.
It's your job to submit comments by 5/23 saying that's a terrible idea!
This group has info: www.friendsofbls.org/comment-temp...
The Trump administration is trying to break scientific expertise in the civil service. This will affect #NIH program staff. Red 🚨.
It's your job to submit comments by 5/23 saying that's a terrible idea!
This group has info: www.friendsofbls.org/comment-temp...
![Comment Template
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May 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
All right, scientists. 🧪
The Trump administration is trying to break scientific expertise in the civil service. This will affect #NIH program staff. Red 🚨.
It's your job to submit comments by 5/23 saying that's a terrible idea!
This group has info: www.friendsofbls.org/comment-temp...
The Trump administration is trying to break scientific expertise in the civil service. This will affect #NIH program staff. Red 🚨.
It's your job to submit comments by 5/23 saying that's a terrible idea!
This group has info: www.friendsofbls.org/comment-temp...
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“However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.”
Read, share, respond. Call your representatives.
The health and well-being of Americans & America's innovation economy are at stake.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Read, share, respond. Call your representatives.
The health and well-being of Americans & America's innovation economy are at stake.
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’
After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding
www.science.org
May 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.”
Read, share, respond. Call your representatives.
The health and well-being of Americans & America's innovation economy are at stake.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Read, share, respond. Call your representatives.
The health and well-being of Americans & America's innovation economy are at stake.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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With the data from NIH Reporter from yesterday, I can now look at the loss of funding up to April 1st budget start dates.
It totals $1.62 B for non-competitive renewals.
This is less than last month as some more awards have been made (late).
1/n
It totals $1.62 B for non-competitive renewals.
This is less than last month as some more awards have been made (late).
1/n
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
With the data from NIH Reporter from yesterday, I can now look at the loss of funding up to April 1st budget start dates.
It totals $1.62 B for non-competitive renewals.
This is less than last month as some more awards have been made (late).
1/n
It totals $1.62 B for non-competitive renewals.
This is less than last month as some more awards have been made (late).
1/n
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Correct. NIH, and the cancer and other medical cures it generates, is being burned to the ground.
And we’d add: with that goes the whole US tech and biotech economy. Silicon Valley is in the US not elsewhere because of NSF, ARPA, NIH.
That word isn’t getting out widely.
And we’d add: with that goes the whole US tech and biotech economy. Silicon Valley is in the US not elsewhere because of NSF, ARPA, NIH.
That word isn’t getting out widely.
This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
I would be making a big deal out of this if I were an elected Democrat
April 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Correct. NIH, and the cancer and other medical cures it generates, is being burned to the ground.
And we’d add: with that goes the whole US tech and biotech economy. Silicon Valley is in the US not elsewhere because of NSF, ARPA, NIH.
That word isn’t getting out widely.
And we’d add: with that goes the whole US tech and biotech economy. Silicon Valley is in the US not elsewhere because of NSF, ARPA, NIH.
That word isn’t getting out widely.
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It's Hands Off Day!
Make sure you review protest safety before you hit the streets today: standupforscience2025.org/protest-safe...
Find an event near you here: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=s...
And don't forget to share your signs and tag us on socials!
#HandsOffOurScience @indivisible.org
Make sure you review protest safety before you hit the streets today: standupforscience2025.org/protest-safe...
Find an event near you here: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=s...
And don't forget to share your signs and tag us on socials!
#HandsOffOurScience @indivisible.org
April 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It's Hands Off Day!
Make sure you review protest safety before you hit the streets today: standupforscience2025.org/protest-safe...
Find an event near you here: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=s...
And don't forget to share your signs and tag us on socials!
#HandsOffOurScience @indivisible.org
Make sure you review protest safety before you hit the streets today: standupforscience2025.org/protest-safe...
Find an event near you here: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=s...
And don't forget to share your signs and tag us on socials!
#HandsOffOurScience @indivisible.org
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Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.
March 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.
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NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
grants.nih.gov
March 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Analysis of Terminated NIH Grants with Word Clouds
First, using the titles of grants not to Columbia...
Gender and DEI predominate
First, using the titles of grants not to Columbia...
Gender and DEI predominate
March 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Analysis of Terminated NIH Grants with Word Clouds
First, using the titles of grants not to Columbia...
Gender and DEI predominate
First, using the titles of grants not to Columbia...
Gender and DEI predominate
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“The result is going to be the systematic removal of women and people of color from the act of research. At the end of this, we’re going to end up with an academy that is more white, more wealthy, more male, more cisgender, and it’s going to reinforce the same problem.”
SCOOP: The NIH just officially killed diversity statements in its grant applications. Read the whole story here⬇️
The NIH just officially killed diversity statements in its grant applications
"I think we will lose a lot as an agency," an agency employee told Mother Jones.
www.motherjones.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“The result is going to be the systematic removal of women and people of color from the act of research. At the end of this, we’re going to end up with an academy that is more white, more wealthy, more male, more cisgender, and it’s going to reinforce the same problem.”
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Got my dashboard a bit (more) organized. Ready to update and add more content.
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
March 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Got my dashboard a bit (more) organized. Ready to update and add more content.
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
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March 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Standing up for science in Missouri @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Standing up for science in Missouri @standupforscience.bsky.social
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2 DAYS until we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!
More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️
#standupforscience2025
More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️
#standupforscience2025
March 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
2 DAYS until we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!
More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️
#standupforscience2025
More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️
#standupforscience2025