Daniel Gorelick
@danielgorelick.bsky.social
Science is real
gorelicklab.org
Editor-in-chief, BiO (Biology Open)
Opinions are my own, not my employers
gorelicklab.org
Editor-in-chief, BiO (Biology Open)
Opinions are my own, not my employers
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Me: Why did we outsource campus decisions to a corporate consultant?
HR: We haven’t outsourced anything. We’ve merely engaged a strategic partner to collaborate within our priorities and provide insights for our long-term goal of eliminating inefficiencies and streamlining our effective operations.
HR: We haven’t outsourced anything. We’ve merely engaged a strategic partner to collaborate within our priorities and provide insights for our long-term goal of eliminating inefficiencies and streamlining our effective operations.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Me: Why did we outsource campus decisions to a corporate consultant?
HR: We haven’t outsourced anything. We’ve merely engaged a strategic partner to collaborate within our priorities and provide insights for our long-term goal of eliminating inefficiencies and streamlining our effective operations.
HR: We haven’t outsourced anything. We’ve merely engaged a strategic partner to collaborate within our priorities and provide insights for our long-term goal of eliminating inefficiencies and streamlining our effective operations.
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I think about this post every day 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I think about this post every day 🧪
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
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the only "honor" Watson's getting from me is that i've built a lab full of outstanding students who are everything he hated: Black, Indigenous, female, trans, queer, neurodivergent, disabled, immigrant, and beyond.
he might be what the past of our field looks like- but the future looks like my lab.
he might be what the past of our field looks like- but the future looks like my lab.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
the only "honor" Watson's getting from me is that i've built a lab full of outstanding students who are everything he hated: Black, Indigenous, female, trans, queer, neurodivergent, disabled, immigrant, and beyond.
he might be what the past of our field looks like- but the future looks like my lab.
he might be what the past of our field looks like- but the future looks like my lab.
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Excited to launch an openRxiv partnership with the scientist-run AI review service qed (@qedscience.bsky.social), the brainchild of @odedrechavi.bsky.social 1/n
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
Enabling options for review: from training and transparency to author-centered AI tools - openRxiv
Peer review is widely viewed as a critical aspect of biomedical communication. Ideally, it provides authors with feedback so they can improve manuscripts and gives readers, particularly nonspecialists...
openrxiv.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Excited to launch an openRxiv partnership with the scientist-run AI review service qed (@qedscience.bsky.social), the brainchild of @odedrechavi.bsky.social 1/n
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...
Nov 2024 Univ of Texas announced plans to provide free tuition and fees to students from families earning <$100k. Republicans said makes "higher education in Texas more socialist than California." Let's see what they say when a conservative university does this www.chron.com/news/houston...
Why a conservative Texas university is going tuition-free
A $100 million gift will fund its pledge to "never charge tuition."
www.chron.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Nov 2024 Univ of Texas announced plans to provide free tuition and fees to students from families earning <$100k. Republicans said makes "higher education in Texas more socialist than California." Let's see what they say when a conservative university does this www.chron.com/news/houston...
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“When universities abandon faculty under attack, when they violate their own governance procedures, when they tell contradictory stories about their motivations, when they refuse basic transparency about their decision-making—they’re not protecting their institutions. They’re hollowing them out.”
My University Just Taught Extremists How to Eliminate Academic Programs They Don't Like
Texas Christian University handed its power to the people working hardest to dismantle learning itself.
www.texasobserver.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“When universities abandon faculty under attack, when they violate their own governance procedures, when they tell contradictory stories about their motivations, when they refuse basic transparency about their decision-making—they’re not protecting their institutions. They’re hollowing them out.”
Good leaders are open about their errors and correct them. This post inspires hope for me & hopefully serves as a positive example for others. We need more of this from current NIH leadership.
A New Thread on NIH Forward Funding
I recently posted an analysis of forward funding of NIH grants from 2015-25.
This analysis was flawed and should be ignored. I apologize for the misleading information
I present an analysis of my error and a revised analysis which I am confident is right.
1/25
I recently posted an analysis of forward funding of NIH grants from 2015-25.
This analysis was flawed and should be ignored. I apologize for the misleading information
I present an analysis of my error and a revised analysis which I am confident is right.
1/25
a cartoon moose in a tuxedo is standing next to a squirrel and saying this time for sure .
ALT: a cartoon moose in a tuxedo is standing next to a squirrel and saying this time for sure .
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November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Good leaders are open about their errors and correct them. This post inspires hope for me & hopefully serves as a positive example for others. We need more of this from current NIH leadership.
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Working in a biomed institute, its natural to think about health & medical impact of dev bio but there's more to dev bio
Agriculture is dev bio (plant growth, livestock breeding)
And dev bio is important to understand environment & climate impact. See e.g:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Agriculture is dev bio (plant growth, livestock breeding)
And dev bio is important to understand environment & climate impact. See e.g:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
In preprints: multiomics of low temperature acclimation in the era of intensifying temperature fluctuations
In a warming world, all life forms – endotherms and ectotherms alike – are finding their homeostasis being challenged. The environmental change is challenging at all stages of life. How different orga...
journals.biologists.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Working in a biomed institute, its natural to think about health & medical impact of dev bio but there's more to dev bio
Agriculture is dev bio (plant growth, livestock breeding)
And dev bio is important to understand environment & climate impact. See e.g:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Agriculture is dev bio (plant growth, livestock breeding)
And dev bio is important to understand environment & climate impact. See e.g:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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I’ve spent many years explaining/defending biorxiv’s “no reviews” policy.
The logic was always that opening Word and opining is a far lower barrier than doing actual research, so noise’d be >> signal and we didn’t want to make subjective quality judgements.
LLMs mean it makes even more sense 1/2
The logic was always that opening Word and opining is a far lower barrier than doing actual research, so noise’d be >> signal and we didn’t want to make subjective quality judgements.
LLMs mean it makes even more sense 1/2
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I’ve spent many years explaining/defending biorxiv’s “no reviews” policy.
The logic was always that opening Word and opining is a far lower barrier than doing actual research, so noise’d be >> signal and we didn’t want to make subjective quality judgements.
LLMs mean it makes even more sense 1/2
The logic was always that opening Word and opining is a far lower barrier than doing actual research, so noise’d be >> signal and we didn’t want to make subjective quality judgements.
LLMs mean it makes even more sense 1/2
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Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Wonder if the staff at these journals gets paid commensurate with the journal's revenue
Scientific Reports meanwhile on course to publish 40K papers = >$100M pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov?term=%22Scie...
October 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Wonder if the staff at these journals gets paid commensurate with the journal's revenue
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Love the sense of humor from those in RFK Jr's neighborhood! Happy #Halloween.
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Love the sense of humor from those in RFK Jr's neighborhood! Happy #Halloween.
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In the past 10 years, CZI has given $7.2B or so to science.
That's great.
But, the White House has proposed *cutting* NIH's budget by $18B in FY 2026 alone.
That's another level.
Supporting a national network of health R&D requires sustained federal investment.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
That's great.
But, the White House has proposed *cutting* NIH's budget by $18B in FY 2026 alone.
That's another level.
Supporting a national network of health R&D requires sustained federal investment.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
In the past 10 years, CZI has given $7.2B or so to science.
That's great.
But, the White House has proposed *cutting* NIH's budget by $18B in FY 2026 alone.
That's another level.
Supporting a national network of health R&D requires sustained federal investment.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
That's great.
But, the White House has proposed *cutting* NIH's budget by $18B in FY 2026 alone.
That's another level.
Supporting a national network of health R&D requires sustained federal investment.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Eliminating DEI & hiring your friends www.science.org/content/arti...
JD Vance officiated the wedding of new head of NIH environmental institute
Unusual hiring process raises fears of political favoritism
www.science.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Eliminating DEI & hiring your friends www.science.org/content/arti...
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#IZFS #Webinar TODAY! Join us for 'Regulatory Mechanisms of Tissue Regeneration', presented by Ken Poss, PhD, (@kenposs.bsky.social) tomorrow, October 23, 2025 10:00am EDT! IZFS webinars are free to members, and only $25 for non members. Register here today:
IZFS Member Center - International Zebrafish Society
The IZFS was formed as the successor to the “Society for Zebrafish Research” (SZR), an entity that provided a framework for funding and grant support for the International Conferences on Zebrafish…
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October 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
#IZFS #Webinar TODAY! Join us for 'Regulatory Mechanisms of Tissue Regeneration', presented by Ken Poss, PhD, (@kenposs.bsky.social) tomorrow, October 23, 2025 10:00am EDT! IZFS webinars are free to members, and only $25 for non members. Register here today:
Fears of political favoritism? We’ve seen months of actual political favoritism. www.science.org/content/arti...
JD Vance officiated the wedding of new head of NIH environmental institute
Unusual hiring process raises fears of political favoritism
www.science.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Fears of political favoritism? We’ve seen months of actual political favoritism. www.science.org/content/arti...
Fascinating inside baseball NIH history
A short Bluetorial on the dismantling of the National Center of Research Resources
A demonstration that my email's to Director Bhattacharya is not new behavior.
A demonstration that my email's to Director Bhattacharya is not new behavior.
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Fascinating inside baseball NIH history
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Been a rough year for federally funded scientists, and I hate to add another tab to this spreadsheet. So far, the shutdown has resulted in cancellation of 161 CSR study sections. 🧪https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lLEx14q7HKrlYahQYJaN6aHKpMqSMJwX4aenyL5g_ZU/edit?usp=sharing
2025 Study section tracking
docs.google.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Been a rough year for federally funded scientists, and I hate to add another tab to this spreadsheet. So far, the shutdown has resulted in cancellation of 161 CSR study sections. 🧪https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lLEx14q7HKrlYahQYJaN6aHKpMqSMJwX4aenyL5g_ZU/edit?usp=sharing
Literally had this convo with colleagues today.
"This AI does literature search for me, and finds new experiments! But, then go and check just in case! But it's good! It saves me so much time!"
Seriously some of you should listen to yourselves 🧪
Seriously some of you should listen to yourselves 🧪
October 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Literally had this convo with colleagues today.
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Btw for those interested in figuring out how many NIH study sections are being cancelled, the Federal Register announcements are useful
www.federalregister.gov/documents/se...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/se...
Document Search Results for '"national institutes of health" and "study section"'
Search, browse and learn about the Federal Register. Federal Register 2.0 is the unofficial daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as e...
www.federalregister.gov
October 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Btw for those interested in figuring out how many NIH study sections are being cancelled, the Federal Register announcements are useful
www.federalregister.gov/documents/se...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/se...