Stephen Kissler
@skissler.bsky.social
Infectious disease epidemiologist / computer science professor @ CU Boulder. Trying to figure out how to keep us all healthy and fed.
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And now NextStrain as well.
Next up, will GISAID start charging open-source community tools to have access?
That would completely shaft users who contributed to GISAID, where we never agreed to that and assumed GISAID would be good custodians of the data we contributed. They're not.
Next up, will GISAID start charging open-source community tools to have access?
That would completely shaft users who contributed to GISAID, where we never agreed to that and assumed GISAID would be good custodians of the data we contributed. They're not.
October 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
And now NextStrain as well.
Next up, will GISAID start charging open-source community tools to have access?
That would completely shaft users who contributed to GISAID, where we never agreed to that and assumed GISAID would be good custodians of the data we contributed. They're not.
Next up, will GISAID start charging open-source community tools to have access?
That would completely shaft users who contributed to GISAID, where we never agreed to that and assumed GISAID would be good custodians of the data we contributed. They're not.
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I'm workshopping my AI & Society course for next semester, and in particular what I've been calling the "conscientious objector" path through the class (though I've given it another name). Thoughts?
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm workshopping my AI & Society course for next semester, and in particular what I've been calling the "conscientious objector" path through the class (though I've given it another name). Thoughts?
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Ever read a paper & think, "wow 🤩 that was well written"?
Learn how to write your own *wow* paper with @midas-network.bsky.social trainees on Thurs 9/25 @ noon ET.
We'll hear from @jdrakephd.bsky.social on strategies for crafting & communicating a good story.
🔗 georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Learn how to write your own *wow* paper with @midas-network.bsky.social trainees on Thurs 9/25 @ noon ET.
We'll hear from @jdrakephd.bsky.social on strategies for crafting & communicating a good story.
🔗 georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Ever read a paper & think, "wow 🤩 that was well written"?
Learn how to write your own *wow* paper with @midas-network.bsky.social trainees on Thurs 9/25 @ noon ET.
We'll hear from @jdrakephd.bsky.social on strategies for crafting & communicating a good story.
🔗 georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Learn how to write your own *wow* paper with @midas-network.bsky.social trainees on Thurs 9/25 @ noon ET.
We'll hear from @jdrakephd.bsky.social on strategies for crafting & communicating a good story.
🔗 georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Now out in NEJM. Kudos to @dhelekal.bsky.social and @tatumdmortimer.bsky.social : www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
July 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Now out in NEJM. Kudos to @dhelekal.bsky.social and @tatumdmortimer.bsky.social : www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
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"Let it rip" is always a bad idea for containing epidemics. It's a REALLY bad idea for containing H5N1 in chickens. Besides the obvious biosafety issues, it has terrible ecological, economic, & food security consequences as well.
Must-read in @science.org today 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Must-read in @science.org today 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The consequences of letting avian influenza run rampant in US poultry
The approach proposed by a high-ranking US government official would be dangerous and unethical
www.science.org
July 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"Let it rip" is always a bad idea for containing epidemics. It's a REALLY bad idea for containing H5N1 in chickens. Besides the obvious biosafety issues, it has terrible ecological, economic, & food security consequences as well.
Must-read in @science.org today 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Must-read in @science.org today 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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⚠️ New preprint ⚠️: Two new antibiotics are likely coming for gonorrhea 💊. How should we deploy them in the US to minimize drug resistance? @kroster.bsky.social @dhelekal.bsky.social Eva Rumpler @yhgrad.bsky.social [1/10]
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Comparing Strategies to Introduce Two New Antibiotics for Gonorrhea: A Modeling Study
Introduction Drug resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an urgent public health threat. The anticipated approval of two new antimicrobials for gonorrhea prompts the need for evidence-based rollout st...
www.medrxiv.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
⚠️ New preprint ⚠️: Two new antibiotics are likely coming for gonorrhea 💊. How should we deploy them in the US to minimize drug resistance? @kroster.bsky.social @dhelekal.bsky.social Eva Rumpler @yhgrad.bsky.social [1/10]
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Just few days left to apply to one of these postdoc positions in my infectious disease modelling Unit at @pasteur.fr in Paris!
New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June.
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
Postdoctoral positions in epidemic mathematical/statistical modelling - Research
Job description We are recruiting postdocs to contribute to research projects in the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, at Institut Pasteur in Paris. The candidates will be expected t...
research.pasteur.fr
June 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Just few days left to apply to one of these postdoc positions in my infectious disease modelling Unit at @pasteur.fr in Paris!
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Project 2025 said they’d be doing this and it’s here.
@altusda.altgov.info this one's for you. "They called it modernization. Farmers recognized it for what it was: subtraction." 1/2
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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They Took the Aid. Then They Took the Land.
What the collapse of public farming says about who this country feeds—and who it leaves behind.
substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Project 2025 said they’d be doing this and it’s here.
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Who is excited about #EEID2025? Huge shout out to the organizers and helpers. If you see one of them, give them a wink, nod, high five, tip of the hat to show your appreciation!
June 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Who is excited about #EEID2025? Huge shout out to the organizers and helpers. If you see one of them, give them a wink, nod, high five, tip of the hat to show your appreciation!
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I got the opportunity to speak with Science about my individual research fellowship being terminated. I was awarded the NSF GRFP before I chose Harvard for graduate school, but I still got cut. I study how we can improve treatments for a common antibiotic resistant bacteria, so this is sad to see
After 73 years, is NSF's graduate research fellowship program circling the drain? www.science.org/content/arti...
Will NSF’s flagship training program survive under Trump?
Despite 50 Nobelists and 75,000 alumni, NSF’s graduate research fellows could be a vanishing breed
www.science.org
May 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I got the opportunity to speak with Science about my individual research fellowship being terminated. I was awarded the NSF GRFP before I chose Harvard for graduate school, but I still got cut. I study how we can improve treatments for a common antibiotic resistant bacteria, so this is sad to see
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I appreciate the offers from other scientists to help Harvard (students, labs, etc) through this attack, but what would be most helpful is for you to use your position to contact your elected representatives and make it clear this fight isn't just Harvard, it will affect you, and their districts too
May 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I appreciate the offers from other scientists to help Harvard (students, labs, etc) through this attack, but what would be most helpful is for you to use your position to contact your elected representatives and make it clear this fight isn't just Harvard, it will affect you, and their districts too
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Calling medical journals "corrupt," Kennedy says gov't scientists may be barred from publishing in Lancet, NEJM, etc going forward. #NIH may establish its own journals, he said.
Meanwhile #CDC 's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal is on the budget chopping block. www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/r...
Meanwhile #CDC 's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal is on the budget chopping block. www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/r...
‘Corrupt’ medical journals have to change, RFK Jr. says, or the NIH will publish in-house
The criticism of The Lancet, NEJM and JAMA is not new, but the health secretary may use his position to influence research that journals publish.
www.statnews.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Calling medical journals "corrupt," Kennedy says gov't scientists may be barred from publishing in Lancet, NEJM, etc going forward. #NIH may establish its own journals, he said.
Meanwhile #CDC 's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal is on the budget chopping block. www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/r...
Meanwhile #CDC 's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal is on the budget chopping block. www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/r...
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Announcing the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease www.bwfund.org/news/announc... #bwfpath
Announcing the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wellcome Fund
DURHAM, N.C. – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund proudly announces the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award recipients. This year’s cohort represents a diverse group of…
www.bwfund.org
May 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Announcing the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease www.bwfund.org/news/announc... #bwfpath
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Brief victory celebration and NEW ASSIGNMENT
More than 27,000 comments posted regarding Schedule F implementation!
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More than 27,000 comments posted regarding Schedule F implementation!
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a white and orange cat is standing on its hind legs on a tiled floor .
ALT: a white and orange cat is standing on its hind legs on a tiled floor .
media.tenor.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Brief victory celebration and NEW ASSIGNMENT
More than 27,000 comments posted regarding Schedule F implementation!
1/n
More than 27,000 comments posted regarding Schedule F implementation!
1/n
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New preprint. After years of increases, gonorrhea diagnosis rates dropped in the US in 2022 and 2023. While the news is promising, understanding WHY is key to sustaining progress.
dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/427...
dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/427...
Why are gonorrhea diagnoses declining in the US?
After a decade of rising cases, the US CDC reported a decline in the rate of gonorrhea diagnoses for two years in a row in 2022 and 2023, especially among young adults. Primary and secondary syphilis ...
dash.harvard.edu
May 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New preprint. After years of increases, gonorrhea diagnosis rates dropped in the US in 2022 and 2023. While the news is promising, understanding WHY is key to sustaining progress.
dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/427...
dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/427...
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These are grant TO THE STUDENTS, not to the institution, so this is just straight-up punishing students for choosing the institution
All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated
May 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
These are grant TO THE STUDENTS, not to the institution, so this is just straight-up punishing students for choosing the institution
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Harvard today, your institution tomorrow.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
May 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Harvard today, your institution tomorrow.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
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NSF GRFPs terminated for those in graduate school and already attending Harvard, too.
All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated
May 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NSF GRFPs terminated for those in graduate school and already attending Harvard, too.
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Please consider a comment today if you are in the US. See the advice (shared from an email I received) in the follow-up posts below this one. Tomorrow is the deadline. This is an important part of scientific freedom in this country.
Time Sensitive: Public comment on Schedule F (removing civil service protections for many federal employees INCLUDING THOSE WITH AUTHORITY OVER GRANTS) ends tomorrow. Notice is here: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/... . Comment here (green button) www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... .
www.govinfo.gov
May 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Please consider a comment today if you are in the US. See the advice (shared from an email I received) in the follow-up posts below this one. Tomorrow is the deadline. This is an important part of scientific freedom in this country.
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An easily overlooked consequence of research funding cancellations: completed research these days requires hundreds to several thousand dollars to be published due to publication fees from journals. Without support for these fees many pieces of scientific work will be near invisible.
May 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
An easily overlooked consequence of research funding cancellations: completed research these days requires hundreds to several thousand dollars to be published due to publication fees from journals. Without support for these fees many pieces of scientific work will be near invisible.
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Important public service reporting from @statnews.com on how people are getting their NIH grants reinstated www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/r...
Scientists are pushing to get their grants reinstated — and some are winning
The grant termination letters say there are no appeals. Yet dozens of appeals have succeeded as biomedical researchers lobby and sue to restore funding.
www.statnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Important public service reporting from @statnews.com on how people are getting their NIH grants reinstated www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/r...
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"I'm still in shock. I know that there have been political issues around Harvard in recent weeks, but antibiotic resistance isn't one of them." My conversation with Harvard microbiologist @baym.lol, one of many researchers there who just lost millions in fed. grants. www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
Antibiotic research at Harvard lab threatened by federal funding cuts
Microbiologist Michael Baym studies antibiotic resistance at Harvard Medical School. He lost millions in federal funding this week.
www.wbur.org
May 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"I'm still in shock. I know that there have been political issues around Harvard in recent weeks, but antibiotic resistance isn't one of them." My conversation with Harvard microbiologist @baym.lol, one of many researchers there who just lost millions in fed. grants. www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
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With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive
May 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive
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Grants are not gifts; they are work for hire
—> gov sets research priorities
—> puts out RFP
—> everyone around the country competes
—> work is awarded
—> deliverables and reporting requirements
—> gov sets research priorities
—> puts out RFP
—> everyone around the country competes
—> work is awarded
—> deliverables and reporting requirements
May 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Grants are not gifts; they are work for hire
—> gov sets research priorities
—> puts out RFP
—> everyone around the country competes
—> work is awarded
—> deliverables and reporting requirements
—> gov sets research priorities
—> puts out RFP
—> everyone around the country competes
—> work is awarded
—> deliverables and reporting requirements