Jacqueline Kimmey
@jkimmey.bsky.social
Microbiologist at UC Santa Cruz. Streptococcus pneumoniae, circadian rhythms, pneumonia, inflammation. www.kimmeylab.com
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“The loss to state economies would be about 40% greater than the federal savings, as losses ripple through state and local economies. In other words, for every $1 the federal government saves, state and local economies would lose $1.40.”
mediarelations.gwu.edu/new-research...
mediarelations.gwu.edu/new-research...
New Research: Proposed CDC Budget Cuts Harm Public Health | Media Relations | The George Washington University
A new report by George Washington University researchers finds that proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if enacted, would endanger public health an...
mediarelations.gwu.edu
September 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“The loss to state economies would be about 40% greater than the federal savings, as losses ripple through state and local economies. In other words, for every $1 the federal government saves, state and local economies would lose $1.40.”
mediarelations.gwu.edu/new-research...
mediarelations.gwu.edu/new-research...
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A global perspective on autoinducer-2-mediated cell communication in prokaryotes
- in @cp-iscience.bsky.social
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
- in @cp-iscience.bsky.social
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
A global perspective on autoinducer-2-mediated cell communication in prokaryotes
Biological sciences; Molecular biology; Microbiology
www.cell.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A global perspective on autoinducer-2-mediated cell communication in prokaryotes
- in @cp-iscience.bsky.social
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
- in @cp-iscience.bsky.social
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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🧪 BREAKING (good news): Senate subcommittee says NO! to Trump's proposed slashes to NASA & NSF funding.
Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24.
See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it.
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Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24.
See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it.
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Subcommittee Markup of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
July 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🧪 BREAKING (good news): Senate subcommittee says NO! to Trump's proposed slashes to NASA & NSF funding.
Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24.
See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it.
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Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24.
See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it.
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My quote of the day
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
Annie Besant
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
Annie Besant
July 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My quote of the day
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
Annie Besant
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
Annie Besant
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New @neal-lab.bsky.social team photo! ❤️ Leaning on each other more than ever during these times & grateful for this resilient, inspiring group. #NealLab
June 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New @neal-lab.bsky.social team photo! ❤️ Leaning on each other more than ever during these times & grateful for this resilient, inspiring group. #NealLab
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Thrilled that our latest paper showing that DCs undergo either pyroptosis or apoptosis upon bacterial blockade of host translation to restrict Legionella is now online at the @asm.org journal mBio! Congrats to 1st author @vvazquez.bsky.social & co-authors! 🎉 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Dendritic cells activate pyroptosis and effector-triggered apoptosis to restrict Legionella infection | mBio
The innate immune system senses bacterial pathogens by employing pattern recognition
receptors that detect pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and guard proteins
that monitor pathogen disru...
journals.asm.org
June 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Thrilled that our latest paper showing that DCs undergo either pyroptosis or apoptosis upon bacterial blockade of host translation to restrict Legionella is now online at the @asm.org journal mBio! Congrats to 1st author @vvazquez.bsky.social & co-authors! 🎉 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Wondering if your grant will be reinstated from Monday's ruling? Check here.
Plaintiffs have uploaded a list of 848 (of the ~2400 total terminated) they say are covered because they're to institutions in the states aforementioned or a part of APHA/UAW.
The judge must approve the list first.
Plaintiffs have uploaded a list of 848 (of the ~2400 total terminated) they say are covered because they're to institutions in the states aforementioned or a part of APHA/UAW.
The judge must approve the list first.
storage.courtlistener.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Wondering if your grant will be reinstated from Monday's ruling? Check here.
Plaintiffs have uploaded a list of 848 (of the ~2400 total terminated) they say are covered because they're to institutions in the states aforementioned or a part of APHA/UAW.
The judge must approve the list first.
Plaintiffs have uploaded a list of 848 (of the ~2400 total terminated) they say are covered because they're to institutions in the states aforementioned or a part of APHA/UAW.
The judge must approve the list first.
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The Trump administration froze Northwestern’s research funding. It hasn’t offered the school a way to get it back.
How Trump Blew Up Northwestern’s Business Model
The federal government froze the university’s research funding. It hasn’t offered the school a way to get it back.
www.wsj.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Trump administration froze Northwestern’s research funding. It hasn’t offered the school a way to get it back.
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Some positive news in troubled times: New preprint by Vincent de Bakker, Xue Liu @jonbakerlab.bsky.social Infection-mimicking conditions+transcriptomics/proteomics/'essentialomics'/lipidomics shows many cool things!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Multi-omics profiling reveals atypical sugar utilization and identifies a key membrane composition regulator in Streptococcus pneumoniae
The human body comprises many different microenvironments, each with their own challenges for microorganisms to overcome in order to survive, and possibly cause infection. The human pathogen Streptoco...
www.biorxiv.org
June 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Some positive news in troubled times: New preprint by Vincent de Bakker, Xue Liu @jonbakerlab.bsky.social Infection-mimicking conditions+transcriptomics/proteomics/'essentialomics'/lipidomics shows many cool things!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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2030STEM in partnership with Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is building a new, catalytic resource to advance the careers of early to mid-career STEM researchers and professionals who are motivated to build an inclusive STEM ecosystem.
Get more informarion at 2030stem.org/fellowship-1
Get more informarion at 2030stem.org/fellowship-1
June 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
2030STEM in partnership with Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is building a new, catalytic resource to advance the careers of early to mid-career STEM researchers and professionals who are motivated to build an inclusive STEM ecosystem.
Get more informarion at 2030stem.org/fellowship-1
Get more informarion at 2030stem.org/fellowship-1
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1,600 names needed toward the next 12,800 target. Support NIH and research
Stand up for science and sign your name in support of NIH staff and The Bethesda Declaration: A Call for NIH and HHS Leadership to Deliver on Promises of Academic Freedom and Scientific Excellence.
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ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
actionnetwork.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
1,600 names needed toward the next 12,800 target. Support NIH and research
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Reminder for when we talk about improving NIH grant review. Huberman brought blind review up with Bhattacharya.
“redaction caused applications from White scientists to score worse” elifesciences.org/articles/71368
“redaction caused applications from White scientists to score worse” elifesciences.org/articles/71368
An experimental test of the effects of redacting grant applicant identifiers on peer review outcomes
Redaction, intended to obscure personal and institutional identity, reduced the gap between Black vs. White applicants in simulated review of real NIH scientific grant applications, thus providing qua...
elifesciences.org
June 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Reminder for when we talk about improving NIH grant review. Huberman brought blind review up with Bhattacharya.
“redaction caused applications from White scientists to score worse” elifesciences.org/articles/71368
“redaction caused applications from White scientists to score worse” elifesciences.org/articles/71368
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June 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🚨Incredible opportunity alert!! 🚨
#microbiology
#microbiology
New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
DMF: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology - Site des postulations FBM
wwwfbm.unil.ch
June 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🚨Incredible opportunity alert!! 🚨
#microbiology
#microbiology
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RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
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This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
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TBC this freezing of reimbursements to some institutions, like Northwestern, have not been accompanied by ANY terms or requests.
They are simply holding this funding hostage illegally
They are simply holding this funding hostage illegally
JB: Working on resolutions with those paused grants. Hopeful that universities will come to terms with the Administration.
Durbin: Disappointed. We have made a big difference together, and you are wiping this out. You are wiping out hope.
Durbin: Disappointed. We have made a big difference together, and you are wiping this out. You are wiping out hope.
June 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
TBC this freezing of reimbursements to some institutions, like Northwestern, have not been accompanied by ANY terms or requests.
They are simply holding this funding hostage illegally
They are simply holding this funding hostage illegally
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Query from Slack: Does anyone have good recommendations for antibodies that label mitochondrial DNA encoded proteins and work well in #zebrafish? #AskZebrafish
June 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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New NIH Notice rescinding the no DEI, no Israeli boycott term and condition added to NIH grants (covers the whole university)
This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-25-124: Notice of Rescission of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Rescission of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-124. NIH
grants.nih.gov
June 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New NIH Notice rescinding the no DEI, no Israeli boycott term and condition added to NIH grants (covers the whole university)
This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NEW at grant-watch.us: Emma Mairson and Marian Jarlenski report on funding freezes at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern, that have received zero payments for #NIH grants since the start of April: grant-watch.us/posts/trends...
June 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
NEW at grant-watch.us: Emma Mairson and Marian Jarlenski report on funding freezes at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern, that have received zero payments for #NIH grants since the start of April: grant-watch.us/posts/trends...
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Funding freeze at Northwestern from Emma Mairson at
grant-watch.us. Data from USAspending. Normally, ~$70 M per month. Now, bupkis.
Northwestern is keeping research moving and must be spending ~$40 M per month. Clearly not sustainable for too long.
grant-watch.us. Data from USAspending. Normally, ~$70 M per month. Now, bupkis.
Northwestern is keeping research moving and must be spending ~$40 M per month. Clearly not sustainable for too long.
June 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Funding freeze at Northwestern from Emma Mairson at
grant-watch.us. Data from USAspending. Normally, ~$70 M per month. Now, bupkis.
Northwestern is keeping research moving and must be spending ~$40 M per month. Clearly not sustainable for too long.
grant-watch.us. Data from USAspending. Normally, ~$70 M per month. Now, bupkis.
Northwestern is keeping research moving and must be spending ~$40 M per month. Clearly not sustainable for too long.
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There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."
Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
June 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."
With all our recent graduations, we’re hiring!! Interested in supporting a lab of diverse scientists studying microbiology and circadian clocks? Must be willing to work with animals - beyond that, there are several open projects. See thread #srbr #zebrafish
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01905
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01905
Lab Specialist - (Zebrafish, Microbiology, Circadian Biology)
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
May 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
With all our recent graduations, we’re hiring!! Interested in supporting a lab of diverse scientists studying microbiology and circadian clocks? Must be willing to work with animals - beyond that, there are several open projects. See thread #srbr #zebrafish
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01905
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01905
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This also means that all international postdocs were just fired.
May 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This also means that all international postdocs were just fired.
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Appeal from colleagues at Harvard:
"...we also call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students., including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes."
"...we also call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students., including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes."
May 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Appeal from colleagues at Harvard:
"...we also call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students., including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes."
"...we also call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students., including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes."