Megan Burger
@meganburgerphd.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Knight Cancer Institute | T cell dysfunction and immunotherapies for lung cancer
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“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025.
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025.
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Happy Halloween from the Burger Lab!
November 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Happy Halloween from the Burger Lab!
Huge day @OHSUKnight! A ✌️two billion gift from Phil and Penny Knight that will be transformative for cancer care at the time it is most needed! The Burger Lab is doing their part to answer the calling of curing cancer as we know it and is incredibly grateful for this generosity!
August 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Huge day @OHSUKnight! A ✌️two billion gift from Phil and Penny Knight that will be transformative for cancer care at the time it is most needed! The Burger Lab is doing their part to answer the calling of curing cancer as we know it and is incredibly grateful for this generosity!
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The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:
How Scientific Empires End
And what it means for America
bit.ly
August 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:
Two new PhD candidates in the Burger lab! Congrats Alyssa Granados and Rohan Chaudhari! A great way to celebrate summer! 🎉
July 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Two new PhD candidates in the Burger lab! Congrats Alyssa Granados and Rohan Chaudhari! A great way to celebrate summer! 🎉
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Current situation at Harvard Medical School for NIH grants view.u.hms.harvard.edu?qs=3ed8c01b9...
Harvard Medical School
view.u.hms.harvard.edu
May 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Current situation at Harvard Medical School for NIH grants view.u.hms.harvard.edu?qs=3ed8c01b9...
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It’s the economy stupid- “There is no better investment than one that saves lives, supports local economies and drives America’s global leadership in biomedical innovation” www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
It’s the economy stupid- “There is no better investment than one that saves lives, supports local economies and drives America’s global leadership in biomedical innovation” www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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Urgent! The U.S. House will vote TOMORROW on a bill that includes a 57% CUT to the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), including #lungcancerresearch. Contac your rep NOW and tell them to vote NO on these harmful cuts. www.votervoice.net/LUNGevity/ca... #TakeAction
LAN News | LUNGevity Foundation
www.votervoice.net
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Urgent! The U.S. House will vote TOMORROW on a bill that includes a 57% CUT to the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), including #lungcancerresearch. Contac your rep NOW and tell them to vote NO on these harmful cuts. www.votervoice.net/LUNGevity/ca... #TakeAction
Big turnout today to #StandUpForScience in Salem, OR. Scientists work tirelessly every day to generate life saving medicines. All drugs have their origins in science funded from the NIH & this funding has over a 2.4-fold financial ROI. NIH funding should be increased, not cut!
March 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Big turnout today to #StandUpForScience in Salem, OR. Scientists work tirelessly every day to generate life saving medicines. All drugs have their origins in science funded from the NIH & this funding has over a 2.4-fold financial ROI. NIH funding should be increased, not cut!
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This is a positive development. But a lot of work remains to correct the potential damage that could be caused and prevent new attacks on science and biomedicine. thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This is a positive development. But a lot of work remains to correct the potential damage that could be caused and prevent new attacks on science and biomedicine. thehill.com/regulation/c...
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A US Senator Joins the Fray. Thank you
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
Senator Murray Blasts Trump & Elon for Illegally Paralyzing Lifesaving Research Again, Threatening to Extinguish Ongoing and Groundbreaking Work - Senator Patty Murray
ICYMI: Murray Blasts Trump and Musk Decimating HHS, Risking Americans’ Health and Livelihoods Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and...
www.murray.senate.gov
February 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A US Senator Joins the Fray. Thank you
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
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Already bruised by the Trump administration’s first round of firings of federal workers, employees at NIH faced more bad news. NIH’s 27 institute directors were told this week that the agency must cut staffing back to 2019 levels, or at least 10% below its 2024 tally. scim.ag/3EP8gjy
More NIH job cuts coming? Agency's scientists already reeling after week of firings
NIH is appealing loss of some lab leaders among in-house research program while bracing for the next actions from the Trump administration
scim.ag
February 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Already bruised by the Trump administration’s first round of firings of federal workers, employees at NIH faced more bad news. NIH’s 27 institute directors were told this week that the agency must cut staffing back to 2019 levels, or at least 10% below its 2024 tally. scim.ag/3EP8gjy
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Join me in standing up for science on March 7. in Salem, Oregon!
Tell your friends and bring them too!! This is a nation wide event, with every state having at least one gathering. We need to show up strong!!!
standupforscience2025.org
Tell your friends and bring them too!! This is a nation wide event, with every state having at least one gathering. We need to show up strong!!!
standupforscience2025.org
February 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Join me in standing up for science on March 7. in Salem, Oregon!
Tell your friends and bring them too!! This is a nation wide event, with every state having at least one gathering. We need to show up strong!!!
standupforscience2025.org
Tell your friends and bring them too!! This is a nation wide event, with every state having at least one gathering. We need to show up strong!!!
standupforscience2025.org
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ICYMI: a post about why the firings at NIH this weekend devastated cancer research. And other biomedical research too.
Building a science lab is like building a new company: it takes years to put together the right team. Many lab groups are now broken.
altnih4science.subst...
Building a science lab is like building a new company: it takes years to put together the right team. Many lab groups are now broken.
altnih4science.subst...
February 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
ICYMI: a post about why the firings at NIH this weekend devastated cancer research. And other biomedical research too.
Building a science lab is like building a new company: it takes years to put together the right team. Many lab groups are now broken.
altnih4science.subst...
Building a science lab is like building a new company: it takes years to put together the right team. Many lab groups are now broken.
altnih4science.subst...
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IMPORTANT ACTION in response to the illegal firings of scientists and public health workers at HHS, NIH, CDC, and other federal agencies by the Trump administration.
Rally at HHS this Wed, Feb 19 at 12 pm. Show your support!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
@nihfellowsunited.bsky.social
Rally at HHS this Wed, Feb 19 at 12 pm. Show your support!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
@nihfellowsunited.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
IMPORTANT ACTION in response to the illegal firings of scientists and public health workers at HHS, NIH, CDC, and other federal agencies by the Trump administration.
Rally at HHS this Wed, Feb 19 at 12 pm. Show your support!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
@nihfellowsunited.bsky.social
Rally at HHS this Wed, Feb 19 at 12 pm. Show your support!
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
@nihfellowsunited.bsky.social
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Get ready to #standupforscience in 2.5 weeks!
February 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Get ready to #standupforscience in 2.5 weeks!
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@katherinejwu.com getting straight to the ❤️ of the crisis. This current attack on science must be stopped to protect all Americans.
An absolute must-read from @katherinejwu.com on the rapid destruction of American science: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Erasing of American Science
How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?
www.theatlantic.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@katherinejwu.com getting straight to the ❤️ of the crisis. This current attack on science must be stopped to protect all Americans.
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A US judge has blocked a policy that would have, beginning today, slashed billions of dollars of funding annually for US research institutions, including universities and hospitals.
https://go.nature.com/4hvSeto
https://go.nature.com/4hvSeto
‘Devastating’ cuts to NIH grants by Trump’s team put on hold by US judge
The ruling temporarily halts a policy slashing research overhead costs in 22 states, which filed a lawsuit against the biomedical agency.
go.nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A US judge has blocked a policy that would have, beginning today, slashed billions of dollars of funding annually for US research institutions, including universities and hospitals.
https://go.nature.com/4hvSeto
https://go.nature.com/4hvSeto
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This is a list of blockbuster drugs in 2024. Guess how many can trace their origins to NIH funded research?
All of them.
All of them.
February 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This is a list of blockbuster drugs in 2024. Guess how many can trace their origins to NIH funded research?
All of them.
All of them.
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This will kill science in the US. This is how China wins. Why is this not on the news? Why are people not more upset about this?
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This will kill science in the US. This is how China wins. Why is this not on the news? Why are people not more upset about this?
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Review @natrevimmunol.bsky.social @laurenrodda.bsky.social @georgecelis.bsky.social
B cells in non-lymphoid tissues
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
B cells in non-lymphoid tissues
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
B cells in non-lymphoid tissues - Nature Reviews Immunology
B cells are major drivers of systemic immunity, but they also act locally in non-lymphoid organs. This Review highlights new insights into mechanisms of tissue B cell function as well as efforts to le...
www.nature.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Review @natrevimmunol.bsky.social @laurenrodda.bsky.social @georgecelis.bsky.social
B cells in non-lymphoid tissues
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
B cells in non-lymphoid tissues
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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IL-27 elicits a cytotoxic CD8+ T cell program to enforce tumor control
@nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
February 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
IL-27 elicits a cytotoxic CD8+ T cell program to enforce tumor control
@nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
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The gears of the grantmaking machinery at NIH have begun moving again, after a 2-week standstill following a controversial ban on communications imposed by President Donald Trump. scim.ag/4aLQ0U6
NIH eases freeze on grant reviews imposed after Trump communications pause
Meetings of study sections and closed portion of councils back on track as agency also deals with diversity-related executive orders
scim.ag
February 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The gears of the grantmaking machinery at NIH have begun moving again, after a 2-week standstill following a controversial ban on communications imposed by President Donald Trump. scim.ag/4aLQ0U6
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In HCC patients treated with anti-PD-1 and lenvatinib, a circulating effector memory CD8+ T cell population is critical for treatment efficacy
www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...
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January 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In HCC patients treated with anti-PD-1 and lenvatinib, a circulating effector memory CD8+ T cell population is critical for treatment efficacy
www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...
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@cp-cancercell.bsky.social
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@cp-cancercell.bsky.social
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Breaking @cp-cancercell.bsky.social 'Preview' from Peter Matulich & @meganburgerphd.bsky.social on exciting new #Immunotherapy #ImmuneCheckpointInhibitor + #Lenvatinib #Tcells #Tregs Study |
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Circulating T cells fuel anti-PD-1 and lenvatinib efficacy
The mechanisms underlying synergy between checkpoint blockade and anti-angiogenic
therapy remain elusive. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Guo et al. analyze hepatocellular
carcinoma patients treated wit...
www.cell.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Breaking @cp-cancercell.bsky.social 'Preview' from Peter Matulich & @meganburgerphd.bsky.social on exciting new #Immunotherapy #ImmuneCheckpointInhibitor + #Lenvatinib #Tcells #Tregs Study |
www.cell.com/action/showP...
www.cell.com/action/showP...