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cells, cell ecosystems, cancer, heterogeneity, molecular & cellular technologies, professor, mom^5, gardening, books & more books, racing sailboats
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So the contents of every US research grant proposal are also now likely available to “malign foreign actors”. Any universities or companies talking about this point?
altcdc.altgov.info Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Feb 24
Guidance from HHS has finally arrived, and we are pleased that someone, somewhere, possessed a spine. TL;DR - HHS employees do not have to respond to the "What did you do last week email", and if they choose to anyways, "assume that what you write will be read by MALIGN FOREIGN ACTORS".
Screenshot of an email that says: "HHS Employees - on Saturday, you received an email from OPM entitled, "What did you do last week". The directive stated that employees were to submit five bullets detailing their accomplishments in the past week. In discussions with OPM Officials yesterday and today OPM has no rescinded that mandatory requirement. There is no HHS expectation that HHS employees respond to OPM and there is no impact to your employment with the agency if you choose not to respond. That said, if you choose to respond, here are the guidelines you should follow: -Respond to the email by the deadline established (today @ 11:59PM) -Keep your response at a high level of generality and describe your work in a manner to protect sensitive data, personally identifiable information, and applicable privileges to the extent possible. Do not (1) identify, by name or title, any other HHS employees with whom you have been working; (2) identify, by case name or otherwise, matters you are working on, or (3) identify any specific grants or contracts, or any specific grantees or contractors. -If you are engaged in scientific research or reviews, do no identify by name any drugs, devices, biologics, therapeutics, or similar items in your response. If you are engaged in any scientific experiments, research, or reviews, do not provide information that could allow anyone to identify the precise nature of your work. -Respond by replying to the OPM HR email as instructed, with a cc: to your supervisor. -Assume that what you write will be ready by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly."
February 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Today, send a note to your NIH program officers to thank them for the amazing work they have done to support your research. They have been critical in making this country a leader in life sciences.

Do it now.
February 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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I’m on NIH study section in one week & have not (yet) received any communication about cancellation. Just throwing my data point out there.
January 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Excited to share this preprint as a 1st post 🦋. Here we redesign our cell barcode tech to map cell-cell fusion events in cancer cells.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Mapping cell-cell fusion at single-cell resolution
Cell-cell fusion is a tightly controlled process in the human body known to be involved in fertilization, placental development, muscle growth, bone remodeling, and viral response. Fusion between canc...
www.biorxiv.org
December 20, 2024 at 10:12 PM