Jason C. Marvin, Ph.D. (he/they) 🏳️🌈
@jasoncmarvin.bsky.social
#BlackLivesMatter | Director of Outreach & Engagement @aimbe-official.bsky.social | Biomedical Engineer & Advocate for Science | Views Are My Own | 📍 D.C.
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I am excited to share that I've accepted a full-time position as the Director of Outreach & Engagement at the American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (@aimbe-official.bsky.social)!
Now more than ever, we need advocacy at the forefront of this evolving science policy landscape 📢🧪🧑🔬
Now more than ever, we need advocacy at the forefront of this evolving science policy landscape 📢🧪🧑🔬
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Spoke with a PI whose postdoc is trapped abroad because of social media vetting. It appears the postdoc missed disclosing one account and it's unclear if they can come back… ever.
This is the country we live in now.
This is the country we live in now.
February 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Spoke with a PI whose postdoc is trapped abroad because of social media vetting. It appears the postdoc missed disclosing one account and it's unclear if they can come back… ever.
This is the country we live in now.
This is the country we live in now.
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This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.
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Meanwhile: dailyiowan.com/2026/02/02/l...
Lack of student interest, scheduling issues delays UI Center for Intellectual Freedom
The Center for Intellectual Freedom, newly housed at the University of Iowa, postponed classes set to begin in January to March following issues with staff scheduling and a lack of student participati...
dailyiowan.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Meanwhile: dailyiowan.com/2026/02/02/l...
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Iowa closing the African American studies major during Black history month is diabolical.
This article is from 4 days ago, but it is now official. The minor will continue.
This article is from 4 days ago, but it is now official. The minor will continue.
Iowa universities reviewing low-enrollment majors, could close or merge programs
The University of Iowa is reviewing undergraduate majors with low enrollment – like African American studies and gender, women's, and sexuality studies – after the Board of Regents last year mandated ...
www.thegazette.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Iowa closing the African American studies major during Black history month is diabolical.
This article is from 4 days ago, but it is now official. The minor will continue.
This article is from 4 days ago, but it is now official. The minor will continue.
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Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
www.nsf.gov
February 5, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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A number of our students got the following comment back on a rejection for the NSF GFRP. They are in an eligible STEM field. Is this something people in other places are getting too? Is it a quirk or targeted?
January 29, 2026 at 2:19 PM
A number of our students got the following comment back on a rejection for the NSF GFRP. They are in an eligible STEM field. Is this something people in other places are getting too? Is it a quirk or targeted?
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Anyone dealt with challenging an "Ineligible" determination on a GRFP proposal?
A student's proposed was DQ'ed stating: "Applicants must select research in eligible STEM or STEM education fields."
However, Ecology is clearly listed in the solicitation. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Any wisdom?
A student's proposed was DQ'ed stating: "Applicants must select research in eligible STEM or STEM education fields."
However, Ecology is clearly listed in the solicitation. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Any wisdom?
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
January 27, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Anyone dealt with challenging an "Ineligible" determination on a GRFP proposal?
A student's proposed was DQ'ed stating: "Applicants must select research in eligible STEM or STEM education fields."
However, Ecology is clearly listed in the solicitation. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Any wisdom?
A student's proposed was DQ'ed stating: "Applicants must select research in eligible STEM or STEM education fields."
However, Ecology is clearly listed in the solicitation. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Any wisdom?
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New and Competitive renewals
These are still be made VERY slowly. Only 75 awards have been made through 1/23/26.
These are now from 7 institutes and centers (NIA (45), NINDS (16), NIDDK (5), NIDCR (4), NIDCD (2), NHLBI (1), and NCATS (1)).
3/3
These are still be made VERY slowly. Only 75 awards have been made through 1/23/26.
These are now from 7 institutes and centers (NIA (45), NINDS (16), NIDDK (5), NIDCR (4), NIDCD (2), NHLBI (1), and NCATS (1)).
3/3
January 29, 2026 at 12:11 PM
New and Competitive renewals
These are still be made VERY slowly. Only 75 awards have been made through 1/23/26.
These are now from 7 institutes and centers (NIA (45), NINDS (16), NIDDK (5), NIDCR (4), NIDCD (2), NHLBI (1), and NCATS (1)).
3/3
These are still be made VERY slowly. Only 75 awards have been made through 1/23/26.
These are now from 7 institutes and centers (NIA (45), NINDS (16), NIDDK (5), NIDCR (4), NIDCD (2), NHLBI (1), and NCATS (1)).
3/3
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The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office.
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
scim.ag
January 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office.
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8
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Last month, AIMBE submitted a response to the OSTP RFI on "Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise": aimbe.org/wp-content/u...
Thanks to input from our members, we highlighted opportunities to strengthen public-private partnerships and accelerate research translation into real-world impact.
Thanks to input from our members, we highlighted opportunities to strengthen public-private partnerships and accelerate research translation into real-world impact.
aimbe.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Last month, AIMBE submitted a response to the OSTP RFI on "Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise": aimbe.org/wp-content/u...
Thanks to input from our members, we highlighted opportunities to strengthen public-private partnerships and accelerate research translation into real-world impact.
Thanks to input from our members, we highlighted opportunities to strengthen public-private partnerships and accelerate research translation into real-world impact.
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Listening to his wife screaming with fear and grief and shock, and I think for those of us who have paid attention to police brutality and American history more broadly, it is painfully familiar and so hard to hear
I hope he comes home safe and soon.
I hope he comes home safe and soon.
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Listening to his wife screaming with fear and grief and shock, and I think for those of us who have paid attention to police brutality and American history more broadly, it is painfully familiar and so hard to hear
I hope he comes home safe and soon.
I hope he comes home safe and soon.
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
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Good news from NIH!
Michael Chiang has apparently been reappointed as Director of the National Eye Institute
www.nei.nih.gov/about/our-mi...
Michael Chiang has apparently been reappointed as Director of the National Eye Institute
www.nei.nih.gov/about/our-mi...
Michael F. Chiang, M.D. | National Eye Institute
Michael F. Chiang is director of the National Eye Institute, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
www.nei.nih.gov
January 21, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Good news from NIH!
Michael Chiang has apparently been reappointed as Director of the National Eye Institute
www.nei.nih.gov/about/our-mi...
Michael Chiang has apparently been reappointed as Director of the National Eye Institute
www.nei.nih.gov/about/our-mi...
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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AIMBE is hosting a workshop titled "A Collective Call to Action: The Importance of Advocacy and Avenues for Engagement in Biomedical Engineering" at the SFB Meeting on 3/25!
Join @dawnberaud.bsky.social, @jasoncmarvin.bsky.social, and our AIMBE Fellows for this important advocacy conversation 👇
Join @dawnberaud.bsky.social, @jasoncmarvin.bsky.social, and our AIMBE Fellows for this important advocacy conversation 👇
January 20, 2026 at 8:48 PM
AIMBE is hosting a workshop titled "A Collective Call to Action: The Importance of Advocacy and Avenues for Engagement in Biomedical Engineering" at the SFB Meeting on 3/25!
Join @dawnberaud.bsky.social, @jasoncmarvin.bsky.social, and our AIMBE Fellows for this important advocacy conversation 👇
Join @dawnberaud.bsky.social, @jasoncmarvin.bsky.social, and our AIMBE Fellows for this important advocacy conversation 👇
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For some reason, very few people these days will stand up and say it, but: the US federal bureaucracy is one of the great wonders of the world, staffed with incredibly diligent people who do their jobs well and care deeply.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
For some reason, very few people these days will stand up and say it, but: the US federal bureaucracy is one of the great wonders of the world, staffed with incredibly diligent people who do their jobs well and care deeply.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
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The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
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Another truly dark event for science.
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
January 18, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Another truly dark event for science.
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The Matilda Effect: what an infuriating but all too familiar narrative of credit for discoveries owed to women in science being *stolen* by male colleagues who then go on to reap the recognition/profits from it and behave so appallingly.
Not exactly shocking that a female scientist was not acknowledged for a key role in a breakthrough discovery (Google Matilda effect) but I hugely admire how she constantly fought back to get the recognition she deserved
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
My research helped invent Ozempic — then male scientists took all the credit
The work of the biochemist Svetlana Mojsov was instrumental in the development of the diet drugs that are now slimming the world. She tells Aimee Donnellan about her 40-year fight for recognition
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The Matilda Effect: what an infuriating but all too familiar narrative of credit for discoveries owed to women in science being *stolen* by male colleagues who then go on to reap the recognition/profits from it and behave so appallingly.
Reposted by Jason C. Marvin, Ph.D. (he/they) 🏳️🌈
Not exactly shocking that a female scientist was not acknowledged for a key role in a breakthrough discovery (Google Matilda effect) but I hugely admire how she constantly fought back to get the recognition she deserved
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
My research helped invent Ozempic — then male scientists took all the credit
The work of the biochemist Svetlana Mojsov was instrumental in the development of the diet drugs that are now slimming the world. She tells Aimee Donnellan about her 40-year fight for recognition
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Not exactly shocking that a female scientist was not acknowledged for a key role in a breakthrough discovery (Google Matilda effect) but I hugely admire how she constantly fought back to get the recognition she deserved
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
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Full survey results show American public have high levels of confidence in scientists while revealing some partisan differences (including on how to fund science), but statements asserting lost trust should be read instead as intentional efforts to degrade trust.
www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Full survey results show American public have high levels of confidence in scientists while revealing some partisan differences (including on how to fund science), but statements asserting lost trust should be read instead as intentional efforts to degrade trust.
www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
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Large shares of Americans say it's important that the country is a world leader in science. But the share of Democrats who say the U.S. is losing ground is up 28 percentage points since 2023. www.pewresearch.org/...
January 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Large shares of Americans say it's important that the country is a world leader in science. But the share of Democrats who say the U.S. is losing ground is up 28 percentage points since 2023. www.pewresearch.org/...
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Pew's first survey on trust in science under Trump's second term was published today
Democrats are worried about the US's role as a scientific leader. Republicans—not so much
www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/a...
Democrats are worried about the US's role as a scientific leader. Republicans—not so much
www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/a...
Democrats say America’s role as a scientific leader is slipping, while Republicans remain unworried
Among Americans, trust in science increased slightly between 2024 and 2025, according to a new Pew Research poll.
www.statnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Pew's first survey on trust in science under Trump's second term was published today
Democrats are worried about the US's role as a scientific leader. Republicans—not so much
www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/a...
Democrats are worried about the US's role as a scientific leader. Republicans—not so much
www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/a...