Brenton Graveley
@graveley.bsky.social
Scientist, Husband, Father, Potter, Athlete, bengal cat lover, Great Dane addict, dungeons and dragons fanatic. Hartford, CT
Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Associate Director Institute for Systems Genomics, UConn Health
Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Associate Director Institute for Systems Genomics, UConn Health
Zero chance Trump wins the peace prize tomorrow.
October 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Zero chance Trump wins the peace prize tomorrow.
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The President of the United States just stood in front of top military leaders and declared that there’s a “domestic enemy” days after he said he was “authorizing full force” against an American city. This entire country should be outraged, not apathetic because it’s Trump.
September 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The President of the United States just stood in front of top military leaders and declared that there’s a “domestic enemy” days after he said he was “authorizing full force” against an American city. This entire country should be outraged, not apathetic because it’s Trump.
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I said what I said.
September 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I said what I said.
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RFK Jr: “Research on vaccines and autism has been suppressed.”
PubMed: “Here’s over 1200 research papers on vaccines and autism…
…including this first one which is a meta-analysis showing that vaccines are not associated with autism.”
PubMed: “Here’s over 1200 research papers on vaccines and autism…
…including this first one which is a meta-analysis showing that vaccines are not associated with autism.”
September 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
RFK Jr: “Research on vaccines and autism has been suppressed.”
PubMed: “Here’s over 1200 research papers on vaccines and autism…
…including this first one which is a meta-analysis showing that vaccines are not associated with autism.”
PubMed: “Here’s over 1200 research papers on vaccines and autism…
…including this first one which is a meta-analysis showing that vaccines are not associated with autism.”
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“The law doesn’t matter anymore” is obeying in advance.
I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action
September 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“The law doesn’t matter anymore” is obeying in advance.
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The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
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They are literally canceling culture
September 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
They are literally canceling culture
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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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On the new acting CDC director. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
On the new acting CDC director. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.
August 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.
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🧪That’s not how it works.
Science doesn’t care about your feelings.
So essentially if the people don’t like science we should ignore the potential it has.
In his op ed in the WaPo, JB has proven that he should not be taken seriously. He’s DEFINITELY not a real scientist.
Science doesn’t care about your feelings.
So essentially if the people don’t like science we should ignore the potential it has.
In his op ed in the WaPo, JB has proven that he should not be taken seriously. He’s DEFINITELY not a real scientist.
Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH Director, thinks that if science isn’t popular it should be abandoned.
“No matter how elegant the science, a platform that lacks credibility among the people it seeks to protect cannot fulfill its public health mission”.
He is unfit for his job in every imaginable way.
“No matter how elegant the science, a platform that lacks credibility among the people it seeks to protect cannot fulfill its public health mission”.
He is unfit for his job in every imaginable way.
August 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
🧪That’s not how it works.
Science doesn’t care about your feelings.
So essentially if the people don’t like science we should ignore the potential it has.
In his op ed in the WaPo, JB has proven that he should not be taken seriously. He’s DEFINITELY not a real scientist.
Science doesn’t care about your feelings.
So essentially if the people don’t like science we should ignore the potential it has.
In his op ed in the WaPo, JB has proven that he should not be taken seriously. He’s DEFINITELY not a real scientist.
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If the Supreme Court rules for the Trump administration in this case, biomedical research is finished in this country.
The Supreme Court is reviewing a vitally important NIH case on its shadow docket.
It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok.
We must speak up now.
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It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok.
We must speak up now.
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Tell the Supreme Court: No Stay. Hands off NIH
The Supreme Court is poised to allow Trump to illegally terminate NIH grants. Let's speak out. There is not much time.
scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If the Supreme Court rules for the Trump administration in this case, biomedical research is finished in this country.
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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 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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)
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Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment. Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...
Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment
www.nytimes.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment. Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...
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CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten:
“American people don’t see this as a big, beautiful bill. They see it as a big, bad bill. They hate it, hate it, hate it! They think it’s awful, awful, awful!”
“American people don’t see this as a big, beautiful bill. They see it as a big, bad bill. They hate it, hate it, hate it! They think it’s awful, awful, awful!”
June 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten:
“American people don’t see this as a big, beautiful bill. They see it as a big, bad bill. They hate it, hate it, hate it! They think it’s awful, awful, awful!”
“American people don’t see this as a big, beautiful bill. They see it as a big, bad bill. They hate it, hate it, hate it! They think it’s awful, awful, awful!”
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Absolutely this 👇
Courage. Now more than ever. These NIH staffers just stood up to Trump, RFK Jr., Bhattacharya. We need to have their backs. The administration will come for each of them, one and all now. apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Absolutely this 👇
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US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war arstechnica.com/science/2025...
US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war
Facing an extreme budget, the National Academies hosted an event that ignored it.
arstechnica.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
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What a sad story in @science.org
How Trump upended science
A chaotic 100-day push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences
www.science.org/content/arti...
How Trump upended science
A chaotic 100-day push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences
www.science.org/content/arti...
The 100 days that shook U.S. science
Trump’s chaotic push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences
www.science.org
June 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
What a sad story in @science.org
How Trump upended science
A chaotic 100-day push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences
www.science.org/content/arti...
How Trump upended science
A chaotic 100-day push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Make no mistake. This is an extinction level event for American scientific dominance.
May 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Make no mistake. This is an extinction level event for American scientific dominance.
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The American public is being subjected to a disinformation campaign by our own government.
The HHS Secretary, NIH Director, and FDA Director are knowingly and willingly passing along utterly false information about vaccines.
Every Republican supports this, without exception.
The HHS Secretary, NIH Director, and FDA Director are knowingly and willingly passing along utterly false information about vaccines.
Every Republican supports this, without exception.
May 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The American public is being subjected to a disinformation campaign by our own government.
The HHS Secretary, NIH Director, and FDA Director are knowingly and willingly passing along utterly false information about vaccines.
Every Republican supports this, without exception.
The HHS Secretary, NIH Director, and FDA Director are knowingly and willingly passing along utterly false information about vaccines.
Every Republican supports this, without exception.
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*International students represent about 15% of all higher ed students.
*They subsidize US students, so expect domestic student costs to increase
*Trump complains about tariffs but he is destroying an industry where the US is a huge net exporter
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
*They subsidize US students, so expect domestic student costs to increase
*Trump complains about tariffs but he is destroying an industry where the US is a huge net exporter
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
May 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
*International students represent about 15% of all higher ed students.
*They subsidize US students, so expect domestic student costs to increase
*Trump complains about tariffs but he is destroying an industry where the US is a huge net exporter
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
*They subsidize US students, so expect domestic student costs to increase
*Trump complains about tariffs but he is destroying an industry where the US is a huge net exporter
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
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More Trump attacks on universities in thr name of fighting antisemtism. Not good for america and not good for Jews. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Trump team pauses new student visa interviews as it weighs expanding social media vetting
It’s the latest salvo against universities, many of whom rely heavily on foreign students for funds.
www.politico.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
More Trump attacks on universities in thr name of fighting antisemtism. Not good for america and not good for Jews. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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“Harvard is prohibited from having any aliens on F- or J-nonimmigrant status”
To be clear, this includes international postdocs as well as international students. (I was at Harvard on a J-1 visa for two years.)
Thinking of all my fabulous colleagues over in Cambridge, Mass.
To be clear, this includes international postdocs as well as international students. (I was at Harvard on a J-1 visa for two years.)
Thinking of all my fabulous colleagues over in Cambridge, Mass.
May 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“Harvard is prohibited from having any aliens on F- or J-nonimmigrant status”
To be clear, this includes international postdocs as well as international students. (I was at Harvard on a J-1 visa for two years.)
Thinking of all my fabulous colleagues over in Cambridge, Mass.
To be clear, this includes international postdocs as well as international students. (I was at Harvard on a J-1 visa for two years.)
Thinking of all my fabulous colleagues over in Cambridge, Mass.