Sally Jacob
@sallyjacob.bsky.social
Biotech/biopharma and life sciences communications professional
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Just how much are we spending on AI?
Compared to other massive infrastructure projects, AI is the sixth largest in US history, so far.
Compared to other massive infrastructure projects, AI is the sixth largest in US history, so far.
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Just how much are we spending on AI?
Compared to other massive infrastructure projects, AI is the sixth largest in US history, so far.
Compared to other massive infrastructure projects, AI is the sixth largest in US history, so far.
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For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Trying to wade through disparate datasets, decided to see if ChatGPT could save me time by synthesizing/summarizing key trends in (drug) biotech over past 50 years. Its response was "This is hard. There are a lot of disparate datasets out there. You'll need to hire a consultant and pay around $50K."
September 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trying to wade through disparate datasets, decided to see if ChatGPT could save me time by synthesizing/summarizing key trends in (drug) biotech over past 50 years. Its response was "This is hard. There are a lot of disparate datasets out there. You'll need to hire a consultant and pay around $50K."
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Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
August 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
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wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them?
This is an insane person.
This is an insane person.
August 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them?
This is an insane person.
This is an insane person.
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few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history
Now do the Department of Defense budget, Andrew.
“Washington has thrown billions at NIH for decades with little accountability and few measurable outcomes,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Future Pulse.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
“Washington has thrown billions at NIH for decades with little accountability and few measurable outcomes,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Future Pulse.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
NIH spending battle’s ripple effect
www.politico.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history
Write or call your congressperson NOW to express your views on this matter.
Not getting much attention, except in a recent NYTimes story, is a provision to increase the tax on university endowments and those of other nonprofits.
May 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Write or call your congressperson NOW to express your views on this matter.
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Quietly backtracking now that the publicity has died down www.newscientist.com/article/2481...
Colossal scientist now admits they haven’t really made dire wolves
Despite a huge media fanfare in which Colossal Biosciences claimed to have resurrected the extinct dire wolf, the company's chief scientist now concedes that the animals are merely modified grey wolve...
www.newscientist.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Quietly backtracking now that the publicity has died down www.newscientist.com/article/2481...
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Please make a comment on this NOW (they are due tomorrow). We can't let NIH and NSF POs and division directors become political appointees--this will completely destroy science.
🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
May 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Please make a comment on this NOW (they are due tomorrow). We can't let NIH and NSF POs and division directors become political appointees--this will completely destroy science.
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
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The migration of MedTwitter, along with a large cohort of science journalists, to BlueSky is striking in its scale and rapidity. In a short time, this shift has effectively transformed BlueSky into the essential hub for breaking medical news and vibrant scientific discourse.
November 17, 2024 at 8:21 PM
The migration of MedTwitter, along with a large cohort of science journalists, to BlueSky is striking in its scale and rapidity. In a short time, this shift has effectively transformed BlueSky into the essential hub for breaking medical news and vibrant scientific discourse.