Dan Tracey
@hoosierflyman.bsky.social
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Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
Prepping my RPPR and it seems like “my NCBI” is currently non functioning due to shutdown? Anyone else having issues?
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Prepping my RPPR and it seems like “my NCBI” is currently non functioning due to shutdown? Anyone else having issues?
Successful presentations to our Joint Drosophila Group Meeting celebration excuse. W @vickylopez.bsky.social and Ian Peasley
October 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Successful presentations to our Joint Drosophila Group Meeting celebration excuse. W @vickylopez.bsky.social and Ian Peasley
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Come join us!
Applications to the GCDB Biology Doctoral program at IU are due December 1st.
@iubiology.bsky.social
@alizeemalnoe.bsky.social @rhcalderon.bsky.social @lesleynweaver.bsky.social @hoosierflyman.bsky.social @tennessenlab.bsky.social @flyeyelab.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
Applications to the GCDB Biology Doctoral program at IU are due December 1st.
@iubiology.bsky.social
@alizeemalnoe.bsky.social @rhcalderon.bsky.social @lesleynweaver.bsky.social @hoosierflyman.bsky.social @tennessenlab.bsky.social @flyeyelab.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Come join us!
Applications to the GCDB Biology Doctoral program at IU are due December 1st.
@iubiology.bsky.social
@alizeemalnoe.bsky.social @rhcalderon.bsky.social @lesleynweaver.bsky.social @hoosierflyman.bsky.social @tennessenlab.bsky.social @flyeyelab.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
Applications to the GCDB Biology Doctoral program at IU are due December 1st.
@iubiology.bsky.social
@alizeemalnoe.bsky.social @rhcalderon.bsky.social @lesleynweaver.bsky.social @hoosierflyman.bsky.social @tennessenlab.bsky.social @flyeyelab.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
Poster prize for my student Ian Peasley at the Maggot Meeting!
September 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Poster prize for my student Ian Peasley at the Maggot Meeting!
So many great talks at the Maggot Meeting in Leipzig!
September 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
So many great talks at the Maggot Meeting in Leipzig!
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Now out in @natneuro.nature.com
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
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What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
🧵1/18
August 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Now out in @natneuro.nature.com
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
🧵1/18
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
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Whatever you do, don’t criticize the University in class. www.ipm.org/news/2025-08...
IU professor sanctioned for violating ‘intellectual diversity’ law
An Indiana University professor was formally reprimanded for violating Indiana’s intellectual diversity law.
www.ipm.org
August 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Whatever you do, don’t criticize the University in class. www.ipm.org/news/2025-08...
We fly folks had a good run while it lasted. This is such awful news
I just got the notice that all the FlyBase people at Harvard, including me, will be laid off on October 12. I'm devastated.
August 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We fly folks had a good run while it lasted. This is such awful news
I am now officially “I put my wallet in the lower pocket of my cargo shorts” years old.
July 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I am now officially “I put my wallet in the lower pocket of my cargo shorts” years old.
Flies are not considered to be animals according to NIH guidelines. Shhhhh.
I’m all for more NAMS, but it has its limits. There are no LLMs or organs-on-a-chip that can model viral pathogenesis, vaccine efficacy, or candidate drugs. We only use animals when there is no other choice.
This will only stop more lifesaving research.
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...
This will only stop more lifesaving research.
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...
NIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies - Drug Discovery and Development
Drug Discovery and Development covers strategies and technologies related to pharmaceutical research and development and drug formulation.
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Flies are not considered to be animals according to NIH guidelines. Shhhhh.
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The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress.
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
The "Big Beautiful Bill" is Not the Budget - ASCB
If you’ve read recent news about Congress trying to pass “the budget,” you may have noticed that even Washington, D.C. reporters don’t always have a firm grasp on the details of what they’re covering....
www.ascb.org
July 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress.
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
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@warnock.senate.gov -I absolutely agree cuts to NIH are devastating for patients fighting life-threatening diseases like cancer. We must fight the Trump administration’s cuts to save lives and ensure Americans get the care they deserve.
Cuts to NIH mean Georgians living with Stage IV cancer, like Richard Schlueter, can’t get the care they desperately need.
Unconscionable.
Unconscionable.
June 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
@warnock.senate.gov -I absolutely agree cuts to NIH are devastating for patients fighting life-threatening diseases like cancer. We must fight the Trump administration’s cuts to save lives and ensure Americans get the care they deserve.
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Statement from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Ranking Member on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee):
June 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Statement from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Ranking Member on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee):
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NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
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Very VERY excited to see this addition to the SCIMaP project.
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social
BOTTOM LINE: Proposed NIH cuts are estimated to result in ~50b in economic losses and over 200k job losses.
But hey! How are those egg prices??
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social
BOTTOM LINE: Proposed NIH cuts are estimated to result in ~50b in economic losses and over 200k job losses.
But hey! How are those egg prices??
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
scienceimpacts.org
June 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Very VERY excited to see this addition to the SCIMaP project.
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social
BOTTOM LINE: Proposed NIH cuts are estimated to result in ~50b in economic losses and over 200k job losses.
But hey! How are those egg prices??
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social
BOTTOM LINE: Proposed NIH cuts are estimated to result in ~50b in economic losses and over 200k job losses.
But hey! How are those egg prices??
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Is this C. amoena?
June 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Is this C. amoena?
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We could have had her, America.
June 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We could have had her, America.
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I personally know 5 early career and trainee level academic scientists who have changed jobs/ career paths in the last month. They did not see a sustainable future with ongoing cuts and attacks.
The scale of decimation of the pipeline that the scientific workforce in U.S. faces is staggering.
The scale of decimation of the pipeline that the scientific workforce in U.S. faces is staggering.
June 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I personally know 5 early career and trainee level academic scientists who have changed jobs/ career paths in the last month. They did not see a sustainable future with ongoing cuts and attacks.
The scale of decimation of the pipeline that the scientific workforce in U.S. faces is staggering.
The scale of decimation of the pipeline that the scientific workforce in U.S. faces is staggering.
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I asked Secretary McMahon if she had done ANY analysis about how the Department of Education would be able to perform its basic obligations under the law before firing HALF of its staff.
NO analysis was done. None.
These people want to take a CHAINSAW to public education with a BLINDFOLD on.
NO analysis was done. None.
These people want to take a CHAINSAW to public education with a BLINDFOLD on.
June 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I asked Secretary McMahon if she had done ANY analysis about how the Department of Education would be able to perform its basic obligations under the law before firing HALF of its staff.
NO analysis was done. None.
These people want to take a CHAINSAW to public education with a BLINDFOLD on.
NO analysis was done. None.
These people want to take a CHAINSAW to public education with a BLINDFOLD on.
The Flybase grant at Harvard has been canceled by Trump. Bloomington and Cambridge canceled too. Flybase is on life support. Please donate to keep it alive.
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 6:23 PM
The Flybase grant at Harvard has been canceled by Trump. Bloomington and Cambridge canceled too. Flybase is on life support. Please donate to keep it alive.
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#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
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 4:15 PM
#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
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Every organism's research community aspires to have a resource like FlyBase. Let’s help!
#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
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 5:35 PM
Every organism's research community aspires to have a resource like FlyBase. Let’s help!
Reposted by Dan Tracey
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 5:00 PM
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...