Eric Lau (Le-Lau)
@ericlaulab.bsky.social
SF➡️SD➡️TPA➡️PDX (He/Him 🏳️🌈) Cancer Biologist/Rare Tropical Plant Enthusiast/Associate Prof studying all things Fuc, Fuk, & Futs. Champion for community support and advocacy. Ally. Views are my own.
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Sign the petition NOW: Help defend cancer research against devastating funding cuts. Without leaving the comfort of your own home (or office…or lab!)!
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Sign the petition to tell Congress cancer research funding isn't optional – it’s essential
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October 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Sign the petition NOW: Help defend cancer research against devastating funding cuts. Without leaving the comfort of your own home (or office…or lab!)!
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Nonsense legislation by those who TOTALLY LACK ANY UNDERSTANDING of the US education system but have clear DISCRIMINATORY intentions. Limiting F visas to 4 yrs will cause trouble for students working for their PhDs, which rarely take <4 yrs. Contact your representatives!
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08...
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08...
Trump Administration Proposes New Rule To End Foreign Student Visa Abuse | Homeland Security
The Trump Administration announced a proposed rule that, if finalized, would limit the length of time certain visa holders – including foreign students– are allowed to stay in the United States.
www.dhs.gov
August 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Nonsense legislation by those who TOTALLY LACK ANY UNDERSTANDING of the US education system but have clear DISCRIMINATORY intentions. Limiting F visas to 4 yrs will cause trouble for students working for their PhDs, which rarely take <4 yrs. Contact your representatives!
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08...
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08...
Watch the video. Share far and wide. Now is NOT the time to be complacent if we want to have long and healthy lives.
First thing on their list was to gut medical science research, All research really. And they have succeeded. Until we start putting balls to the fire, these few individuals will continue their destructive spree. 🧪
The @NYTimes has done a fantastic job on explaining what the Trump administration’s savage
cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
August 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Watch the video. Share far and wide. Now is NOT the time to be complacent if we want to have long and healthy lives.
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We have to stop Trump well before the 2026 midterms, or there will be no free and fair elections.
The CR fight in September is the next chance for Congress to act. Democrats: be ready.
The CR fight in September is the next chance for Congress to act. Democrats: be ready.
August 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
We have to stop Trump well before the 2026 midterms, or there will be no free and fair elections.
The CR fight in September is the next chance for Congress to act. Democrats: be ready.
The CR fight in September is the next chance for Congress to act. Democrats: be ready.
What an unexpected and amazing gift to protect and promote the ongoing fight against cancer! Thank you Mr. And Mrs. Knight for your generosity, vision, and humanity!
Because: “This is not a job. This is our life. Cancer does not discriminate. Neither will we.”
#GiveCancerHell
Because: “This is not a job. This is our life. Cancer does not discriminate. Neither will we.”
#GiveCancerHell
Phil and Penny Knight announced today a record-breaking $2 billion gift to the Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute to transform the future of cancer care and set a new standard globally.
Thank you to Phil and Penny Knight for their incredible generosity.
#GiveCancerHell
Thank you to Phil and Penny Knight for their incredible generosity.
#GiveCancerHell
August 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
What an unexpected and amazing gift to protect and promote the ongoing fight against cancer! Thank you Mr. And Mrs. Knight for your generosity, vision, and humanity!
Because: “This is not a job. This is our life. Cancer does not discriminate. Neither will we.”
#GiveCancerHell
Because: “This is not a job. This is our life. Cancer does not discriminate. Neither will we.”
#GiveCancerHell
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Finally, a Democrat who gets what's going on and who has enough of a spine to do what needs to be done.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "It's the rule of Don, no longer the rule of law. And people need to understand the lines that are being redrawn in Texas are not about party. They're about power. And you've got to meet fire with fire and power needs to be asserted in blue states, not just red states."
August 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Finally, a Democrat who gets what's going on and who has enough of a spine to do what needs to be done.
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This goes out to all the people who won’t shut up about optimism and what a great opportunity this is to “fix” science by gutting the training pipeline and eliminating peer review
I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This goes out to all the people who won’t shut up about optimism and what a great opportunity this is to “fix” science by gutting the training pipeline and eliminating peer review
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A gaggle of geese joined Portlanders in the national "No Kings" protest at the waterfront.
Read more about the protest: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/06/people-protest-against-the-trump-administration-in-portland-and-across-the-nation.html
🎥: Amaris Sachs
Read more about the protest: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/06/people-protest-against-the-trump-administration-in-portland-and-across-the-nation.html
🎥: Amaris Sachs
June 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A gaggle of geese joined Portlanders in the national "No Kings" protest at the waterfront.
Read more about the protest: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/06/people-protest-against-the-trump-administration-in-portland-and-across-the-nation.html
🎥: Amaris Sachs
Read more about the protest: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/06/people-protest-against-the-trump-administration-in-portland-and-across-the-nation.html
🎥: Amaris Sachs
The Lau lab representin’ at the combined grad research retreat! @ohsunews.bsky.social @ohsuknight.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Lau lab representin’ at the combined grad research retreat! @ohsunews.bsky.social @ohsuknight.bsky.social
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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Happy Pride!
I’m proud to stand with our LGBTQ+ fam in TX-30 and beyond.
In the face of attacks, y’all keep showing up. Loud, proud, and unshakable.
Your rights, your joy, and your lives matter. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I’m proud to stand with our LGBTQ+ fam in TX-30 and beyond.
In the face of attacks, y’all keep showing up. Loud, proud, and unshakable.
Your rights, your joy, and your lives matter. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Happy Pride!
I’m proud to stand with our LGBTQ+ fam in TX-30 and beyond.
In the face of attacks, y’all keep showing up. Loud, proud, and unshakable.
Your rights, your joy, and your lives matter. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I’m proud to stand with our LGBTQ+ fam in TX-30 and beyond.
In the face of attacks, y’all keep showing up. Loud, proud, and unshakable.
Your rights, your joy, and your lives matter. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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It’s almost like it’s a personal grudge or something.
May 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It’s almost like it’s a personal grudge or something.
So…this is now a dictatorship right? Just want to be clear about the precise nature of operations…
NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executiv...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So…this is now a dictatorship right? Just want to be clear about the precise nature of operations…
40% cuts to NIH budget, while the Republicans are proposing nearly $1 billion in bonuses for ICE agents?!
Something definitely reeks of “waste, fraud, and abuse”, but it certainly IS NOT biomedical research.
Please contact and pressure your representatives now!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Something definitely reeks of “waste, fraud, and abuse”, but it certainly IS NOT biomedical research.
Please contact and pressure your representatives now!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science
Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.
www.nature.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
40% cuts to NIH budget, while the Republicans are proposing nearly $1 billion in bonuses for ICE agents?!
Something definitely reeks of “waste, fraud, and abuse”, but it certainly IS NOT biomedical research.
Please contact and pressure your representatives now!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Something definitely reeks of “waste, fraud, and abuse”, but it certainly IS NOT biomedical research.
Please contact and pressure your representatives now!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Mortifying…this is not what being American is about.
May 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Mortifying…this is not what being American is about.
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Suicide is the second leading cause of death among LGBTQ youth.
It's indefensible that RFK Jr. is reportedly planning to remove LGBTQ-specific youth counseling from the national 988 suicide hotline.
It's indefensible that RFK Jr. is reportedly planning to remove LGBTQ-specific youth counseling from the national 988 suicide hotline.
April 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among LGBTQ youth.
It's indefensible that RFK Jr. is reportedly planning to remove LGBTQ-specific youth counseling from the national 988 suicide hotline.
It's indefensible that RFK Jr. is reportedly planning to remove LGBTQ-specific youth counseling from the national 988 suicide hotline.
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April 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
‘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.
www.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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This is terrible…😞
April 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is terrible…😞
what on earth…how does rescinding policy on scientific integrity help anyone except those peddling misinformation and junk “science”?
This is just so embarrassing. The NIH rescinded a policy on SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY to be more aligned with this administration's idiocy. #medsky #saveourscience
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 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
what on earth…how does rescinding policy on scientific integrity help anyone except those peddling misinformation and junk “science”?
New anti-vax NIH head founded a “scientific journal”, Journal of the Academy of Public Health. The board is all political appointees & anti-vaxxers. Only members of the new Academy of Public Health can submit articles; all are published & open access. Dissemination of misinformation. bit.ly/3XFlmGB
New journal co-founded by NIH nominee raises eyebrows, misinformation fears
The Journal of the Academy of Public Health claims to open up scientific communication. But its unusual editorial policies have some scientists concerned
bit.ly
March 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
New anti-vax NIH head founded a “scientific journal”, Journal of the Academy of Public Health. The board is all political appointees & anti-vaxxers. Only members of the new Academy of Public Health can submit articles; all are published & open access. Dissemination of misinformation. bit.ly/3XFlmGB