Nadine Hempel
@nadinehempel.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh. Research Interests: Ovarian Cancer, Redox Signaling, Mitochondria
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🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost!
Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%).
"Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov.
ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.
Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%).
"Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov.
ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.
Full Committee Markup of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Acts | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
July 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost!
Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%).
"Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov.
ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.
Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%).
"Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov.
ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.
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Registration is live for the 1st ever Midwest Metabolism & TRiMAD dual meeting, hosted jointly by VAI + U of M in Ann Arbor, MI November 10-11, 2025! We have some exciting speakers but most will come from abstracts so submit your best #mitochondria & #metabolism research! www.vai.org/event/2025-m...
2025 Midwest Metabolism Meeting
Join us for 2025 Midwest Metabolism Meeting at Van Andel Institute Stay informed about exciting upcoming events and activities.
www.vai.org
March 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Registration is live for the 1st ever Midwest Metabolism & TRiMAD dual meeting, hosted jointly by VAI + U of M in Ann Arbor, MI November 10-11, 2025! We have some exciting speakers but most will come from abstracts so submit your best #mitochondria & #metabolism research! www.vai.org/event/2025-m...
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Science is under threat in the US. @elife.bsky.social have commissioned a series of articles discussing the implications and what we can do. The first three articles are now live. More to follow:
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Science Under Threat in the United States: How scientists and institutions should respond
Individual researchers and university leaders need to make the case for science to their elected representatives and to the public at large.
elifesciences.org
March 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Science is under threat in the US. @elife.bsky.social have commissioned a series of articles discussing the implications and what we can do. The first three articles are now live. More to follow:
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Call your senators TODAY and let them know they should pay attention to this meeting. Affects $s to their states www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-r...
NEW: Baldwin, Welch Announce Former NIH Director, Researchers, Clinical Trial Patients as Witnesses for Forum on Trump’s NIH Cuts | U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) announced the...
www.baldwin.senate.gov
March 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Call your senators TODAY and let them know they should pay attention to this meeting. Affects $s to their states www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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I’m curious if there are any scientific journals that are running special issues or pieces from scientists who are losing their funding or being fired. It needs to go down on the permanent record for the people who come after us.
March 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’m curious if there are any scientific journals that are running special issues or pieces from scientists who are losing their funding or being fired. It needs to go down on the permanent record for the people who come after us.
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The story of ozempic - besides saving millions of lives and saving billions for the healthcare system - ozempic is a scientific breakthrough everybody should know about - it was discovered because someone studied the spit of a lizard that only eats 6 times a year the Gila monster - so first 🧵
March 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The story of ozempic - besides saving millions of lives and saving billions for the healthcare system - ozempic is a scientific breakthrough everybody should know about - it was discovered because someone studied the spit of a lizard that only eats 6 times a year the Gila monster - so first 🧵
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This is why all NIH-funded scientists simultaneously trying to diversify their science funding portfolios is not a real solution.
March 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is why all NIH-funded scientists simultaneously trying to diversify their science funding portfolios is not a real solution.
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Penn announces hiring freeze. Pitt has done the same thing. Harvard also announced one today. This will devastate departments and future missions www.inquirer.com/education/up...
Penn, bracing for federal funding cuts, orders a hiring freeze and other changes
In an email to Penn staff, officials said the full impact of federal funding cuts and policy changes will not be known for several months.
www.inquirer.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Penn announces hiring freeze. Pitt has done the same thing. Harvard also announced one today. This will devastate departments and future missions www.inquirer.com/education/up...
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Imagine this: The same young scientists now trying to get into PhD programs, facing reduced admissions and uncertainty over whether labs can take them on due to NIH funding cuts, also survived high school during peak COVID and navigated college through a pandemic. 😥😒 #standupforscience
March 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Imagine this: The same young scientists now trying to get into PhD programs, facing reduced admissions and uncertainty over whether labs can take them on due to NIH funding cuts, also survived high school during peak COVID and navigated college through a pandemic. 😥😒 #standupforscience
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Good idea to refresh on your rights as a protester in prep for this Friday's @standupforscience.bsky.social
h/t to @jacasiegel.bsky.social for sharing this
#academicsky #psychscisky
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
h/t to @jacasiegel.bsky.social for sharing this
#academicsky #psychscisky
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU
The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...
www.aclu.org
March 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Good idea to refresh on your rights as a protester in prep for this Friday's @standupforscience.bsky.social
h/t to @jacasiegel.bsky.social for sharing this
#academicsky #psychscisky
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
h/t to @jacasiegel.bsky.social for sharing this
#academicsky #psychscisky
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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Let me tell you as a German - if your reputation is ruined it takes a long, long time to gain trust as a nation again. Germans were for the longest time considered Nazis a priori.
Americans are on the best way to get that experience.
Americans are on the best way to get that experience.
March 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Let me tell you as a German - if your reputation is ruined it takes a long, long time to gain trust as a nation again. Germans were for the longest time considered Nazis a priori.
Americans are on the best way to get that experience.
Americans are on the best way to get that experience.
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So excited to see how quickly #StandUpForScience has grown from a single rally to rallies in 32 cities in 27 states and counting! Let's go! Thank you for your leadership @standupforscience.bsky.social!
They also opened up a donation page 🧪
standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
They also opened up a donation page 🧪
standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
Local Event Information
Below are the state capitals and major cities (alphabetized by state) hosting official Stand Up for Science events. If your city is listed, a confirmed site leader—backed by our core team—is active…
standupforscience2025.org
February 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So excited to see how quickly #StandUpForScience has grown from a single rally to rallies in 32 cities in 27 states and counting! Let's go! Thank you for your leadership @standupforscience.bsky.social!
They also opened up a donation page 🧪
standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
They also opened up a donation page 🧪
standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
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The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters."
The USDA fired staffers working on bird flu. Now it's trying to reverse course
The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters."
www.npr.org
February 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters."
Reposted by Nadine Hempel
A freeze on meetings of expert panels that peer review grant proposals at the National Institutes of Health is kicking in this week.
Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi
Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi
Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits, and U.S. science in chaos
Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally
scim.ag
February 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A freeze on meetings of expert panels that peer review grant proposals at the National Institutes of Health is kicking in this week.
Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi
Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi
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Attention scientists! Wondering what else can you can do to advocate for research funding?
Let's all submit Programmatic Requests to Members of Congress next month, and flood the zone in a show of public support for #NIH and #NSF! !
#SciComm #Science #Medicine #MedSky 🧬🔬🧪
Details below⤵️ 🧵
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Let's all submit Programmatic Requests to Members of Congress next month, and flood the zone in a show of public support for #NIH and #NSF! !
#SciComm #Science #Medicine #MedSky 🧬🔬🧪
Details below⤵️ 🧵
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February 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Reposted by Nadine Hempel
Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.
Reposted by Nadine Hempel
The cost-saving claims don’t hold up. Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity, research shows—a total of $93 billion in 2023 alone.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
America will pay dearly for the NIH’s mindless war on wokeness and DEI
Colleges, businesses, patients, students, workers, and US excellence will all suffer—and for what?
www.motherjones.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The cost-saving claims don’t hold up. Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity, research shows—a total of $93 billion in 2023 alone.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
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We are hearing that there is a meeting of all NIH IC directors happening now. We are also hearing, from several sources, rumors about director and assistant director level removals coming soon.
The impact of this wld be enormous.
IC directors have all grantmaking authority for each institute. 🧪
The impact of this wld be enormous.
IC directors have all grantmaking authority for each institute. 🧪
February 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We are hearing that there is a meeting of all NIH IC directors happening now. We are also hearing, from several sources, rumors about director and assistant director level removals coming soon.
The impact of this wld be enormous.
IC directors have all grantmaking authority for each institute. 🧪
The impact of this wld be enormous.
IC directors have all grantmaking authority for each institute. 🧪
@standupforscience.bsky.social Are societies aware and on board? @theaacr.bsky.social @faseborg.bsky.social @asbmb.bsky.social @aaas.org @acs.org etc…..(please forward to your societies)
February 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
@standupforscience.bsky.social Are societies aware and on board? @theaacr.bsky.social @faseborg.bsky.social @asbmb.bsky.social @aaas.org @acs.org etc…..(please forward to your societies)
Are you applying to #graduateschool?
The Oncology Graduate Program at the University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center offers comprehensive training in #CancerResearch and a $40K yearly stipend, which are just some of the perks. Applications due Dec 15. bit.ly/45GusF9
The Oncology Graduate Program at the University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center offers comprehensive training in #CancerResearch and a $40K yearly stipend, which are just some of the perks. Applications due Dec 15. bit.ly/45GusF9
November 8, 2023 at 12:09 AM
Are you applying to #graduateschool?
The Oncology Graduate Program at the University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center offers comprehensive training in #CancerResearch and a $40K yearly stipend, which are just some of the perks. Applications due Dec 15. bit.ly/45GusF9
The Oncology Graduate Program at the University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center offers comprehensive training in #CancerResearch and a $40K yearly stipend, which are just some of the perks. Applications due Dec 15. bit.ly/45GusF9
To all interested in mitochondrial research, the VMI at the University of Pittsburgh is hosting the TRiMAD-X meeting on Nov 6-7. Great forum for scientific interactions for trainees and PIs.
Registration now open:
vmi.pitt.edu/trimad/
Registration now open:
vmi.pitt.edu/trimad/
September 14, 2023 at 1:21 PM
To all interested in mitochondrial research, the VMI at the University of Pittsburgh is hosting the TRiMAD-X meeting on Nov 6-7. Great forum for scientific interactions for trainees and PIs.
Registration now open:
vmi.pitt.edu/trimad/
Registration now open:
vmi.pitt.edu/trimad/
Do you have talented undergrads interested in #CancerResearch? The Hillman Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh has a new Oncology Graduate Program. Applications open September. @airdlab.bsky.social
https://hillmanresearch.upmc.edu/training/phd-graduate/oncology-graduate-program/
https://hillmanresearch.upmc.edu/training/phd-graduate/oncology-graduate-program/
Oncology Graduate Program | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
The Oncology Graduate Program provides comprehensive training opportunities for the next generation of cancer researchers.
hillmanresearch.upmc.edu
August 29, 2023 at 8:13 PM
Do you have talented undergrads interested in #CancerResearch? The Hillman Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh has a new Oncology Graduate Program. Applications open September. @airdlab.bsky.social
https://hillmanresearch.upmc.edu/training/phd-graduate/oncology-graduate-program/
https://hillmanresearch.upmc.edu/training/phd-graduate/oncology-graduate-program/
@danirabaiotti.bsky.social could you please add me to the What’s Science feed?
August 25, 2023 at 1:23 AM
@danirabaiotti.bsky.social could you please add me to the What’s Science feed?
Hi Bluesky! Looking for fellow scientists. Hoping this forum will help to restore the part about social media that was actually enjoyable, finding out about cool new papers and celebrating science!
August 24, 2023 at 9:42 PM
Hi Bluesky! Looking for fellow scientists. Hoping this forum will help to restore the part about social media that was actually enjoyable, finding out about cool new papers and celebrating science!