Andrea Gonzalez
@andrealgonzalez.bsky.social
Science fan and grant geek. Mom of three.
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New Hamilton revival just dropped
October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New Hamilton revival just dropped
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"Mr. Kennedy said he would seek to prosecute medical journals under federal anti-corruption laws....`unless you come up with a plan right now to show how you’re going to start publishing real science.'"
I'm sure Jim Jordan will speak up against this blatant act of government intimidation.
I'm sure Jim Jordan will speak up against this blatant act of government intimidation.
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"Mr. Kennedy said he would seek to prosecute medical journals under federal anti-corruption laws....`unless you come up with a plan right now to show how you’re going to start publishing real science.'"
I'm sure Jim Jordan will speak up against this blatant act of government intimidation.
I'm sure Jim Jordan will speak up against this blatant act of government intimidation.
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“The Govt has not — & cannot — identify any rational connection between antisemitism & the medical, scientific, technological, & other research it has frozen that aims to save American lives, foster American success, preserve security, & maintain our position as a global leader in innovation.”
BREAKING: Harvard sues the Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants.
Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants
Harvard University has announced that it's suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.
bit.ly
April 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“The Govt has not — & cannot — identify any rational connection between antisemitism & the medical, scientific, technological, & other research it has frozen that aims to save American lives, foster American success, preserve security, & maintain our position as a global leader in innovation.”
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SciMaP: View Impact of Federal Health Research Cuts: click on your state scienceimpacts.org #RAdminsky #savetheNIH
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
scienceimpacts.org
April 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
SciMaP: View Impact of Federal Health Research Cuts: click on your state scienceimpacts.org #RAdminsky #savetheNIH
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Read the full piece here (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
NIH Grant Cuts Aren't Saving Money. They're Wasting It.
The Trump administration says the canceled funding is about cost efficiency, but data shows that the opposite is happening.
www.bloomberg.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Read the full piece here (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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For the next 2 weeks, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is asking for everyone to call their members of Congress about the cuts to and political interference at NIH by the Trump White House. 1/ 5calls.org/issue/nation...
Defend Scientific Progress and Protect the NIH ⭑ 5 Calls
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest sponsor of biomedical research in the world, driving essential innovations in disease detection …
5calls.org
April 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
For the next 2 weeks, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is asking for everyone to call their members of Congress about the cuts to and political interference at NIH by the Trump White House. 1/ 5calls.org/issue/nation...
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Trump and Musk now come for Harvard.
After Columbia did the cut and run, this was inevitable. The only answer for universities is to join together and say no.
Also, look at these lies. Anti-semitism is a pretext used because it draws some support from Democrats. This is an ATTACK on freedom.
After Columbia did the cut and run, this was inevitable. The only answer for universities is to join together and say no.
Also, look at these lies. Anti-semitism is a pretext used because it draws some support from Democrats. This is an ATTACK on freedom.
March 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump and Musk now come for Harvard.
After Columbia did the cut and run, this was inevitable. The only answer for universities is to join together and say no.
Also, look at these lies. Anti-semitism is a pretext used because it draws some support from Democrats. This is an ATTACK on freedom.
After Columbia did the cut and run, this was inevitable. The only answer for universities is to join together and say no.
Also, look at these lies. Anti-semitism is a pretext used because it draws some support from Democrats. This is an ATTACK on freedom.
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The Trump administration’s war on science is slashing funding, shutting down labs, and driving top researchers overseas. The cost? Medical breakthroughs, technological innovation, and America’s future. My latest
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
The Science Brain Drain
How Trump's Cuts Are Crippling American Innovation and Ceding the Future
adamkinzinger.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Trump administration’s war on science is slashing funding, shutting down labs, and driving top researchers overseas. The cost? Medical breakthroughs, technological innovation, and America’s future. My latest
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
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Why is Trump going after US science?
What's the endgame for these attacks?
Vance, Rufo, Trump and Republican elites are attacking NIH and manipulating its grants in order to attack American universities.
"It's bad, folks."
New contributed post at our blog.
Please share it w/ your 🧪 colleagues.
What's the endgame for these attacks?
Vance, Rufo, Trump and Republican elites are attacking NIH and manipulating its grants in order to attack American universities.
"It's bad, folks."
New contributed post at our blog.
Please share it w/ your 🧪 colleagues.
Trump is attacking NIH because politicizing funding can force universities to become conservative thinktanks
It's bad, folks. The real war is on free thought in the United States.
altnih4science.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Why is Trump going after US science?
What's the endgame for these attacks?
Vance, Rufo, Trump and Republican elites are attacking NIH and manipulating its grants in order to attack American universities.
"It's bad, folks."
New contributed post at our blog.
Please share it w/ your 🧪 colleagues.
What's the endgame for these attacks?
Vance, Rufo, Trump and Republican elites are attacking NIH and manipulating its grants in order to attack American universities.
"It's bad, folks."
New contributed post at our blog.
Please share it w/ your 🧪 colleagues.
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🧪 Update: Speaker list announced!
Includes former NIH chief of staff, former NSF program officer, NIH grantee who got a termination, and experts to give a legal overview (but not legal advice).
Spots may fill up (no joke: they did last Fri), so log in early tomorrow: aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Includes former NIH chief of staff, former NSF program officer, NIH grantee who got a termination, and experts to give a legal overview (but not legal advice).
Spots may fill up (no joke: they did last Fri), so log in early tomorrow: aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🧪 Update: Speaker list announced!
Includes former NIH chief of staff, former NSF program officer, NIH grantee who got a termination, and experts to give a legal overview (but not legal advice).
Spots may fill up (no joke: they did last Fri), so log in early tomorrow: aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Includes former NIH chief of staff, former NSF program officer, NIH grantee who got a termination, and experts to give a legal overview (but not legal advice).
Spots may fill up (no joke: they did last Fri), so log in early tomorrow: aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The Trump admin illegally impounded Congressionally-appropriated taxpayer $$ to extort a private university to deprive Americans of their civil liberties, jobs, & educations. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social capitulated.
Other universities, you’re next. Time to decide if you want to keep existing.
Other universities, you’re next. Time to decide if you want to keep existing.
Columbia is giving into President Trump’s demands in a battle over federal funding. School to ban masks, empower police and rein in controversial academic department
Exclusive | Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Trump admin illegally impounded Congressionally-appropriated taxpayer $$ to extort a private university to deprive Americans of their civil liberties, jobs, & educations. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social capitulated.
Other universities, you’re next. Time to decide if you want to keep existing.
Other universities, you’re next. Time to decide if you want to keep existing.
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It took since 1887 to build up the greatest biomedical research apparatus in the world. It’ll take a few ignorant dickheads a few months to tear its heart out.
Per a source (and similar post on Reddit, fwiw), NIH RIF plan may centralize and cut the number of institutes and centers by around half.
“This is the end of NIH as we know it.”
“This is the end of NIH as we know it.”
March 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It took since 1887 to build up the greatest biomedical research apparatus in the world. It’ll take a few ignorant dickheads a few months to tear its heart out.
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The co-president says speaking against Putin’s interests is akin to treason.
So I guess that’s where we are now.
So I guess that’s where we are now.
March 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The co-president says speaking against Putin’s interests is akin to treason.
So I guess that’s where we are now.
So I guess that’s where we are now.
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My latest post is now out.
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
Censor, purge, defund: how Trump following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities
I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come
christinapagel.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My latest post is now out.
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
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Frustrated that there seemed to be no large-scale pro-science movement coalescing, a graduate student took matters into her own hands
‘Get in Dorks’: Stand Up for Science rallies spread to 32 U.S. cities
Frustrated that there seemed to be no large-scale pro-science movement coalescing, a graduate student took matters into her own hands
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March 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Frustrated that there seemed to be no large-scale pro-science movement coalescing, a graduate student took matters into her own hands
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Every time you see what sounds like a wild claim about woke research, you can assume a) it will fall apart under the most basic of inspection, b) the person making the claim will never be held accountable for lying, and c) it is a cover to gut useful research that we benefit from.
Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.
Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research
President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.
www.rollingstone.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Every time you see what sounds like a wild claim about woke research, you can assume a) it will fall apart under the most basic of inspection, b) the person making the claim will never be held accountable for lying, and c) it is a cover to gut useful research that we benefit from.
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Up until now, I haven't marked study sections not meeting unless listed on CSR. Now that I can't trust CSR, I will be marking based on personal communication (highlighted orange). If you were scheduled to be on a SS this March and know it's not meeting, reach out! I will keep my informants anonymous
Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2025 Study section tracking
docs.google.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Up until now, I haven't marked study sections not meeting unless listed on CSR. Now that I can't trust CSR, I will be marking based on personal communication (highlighted orange). If you were scheduled to be on a SS this March and know it's not meeting, reach out! I will keep my informants anonymous
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Preliminary injunction in nationwide indirect cost rate case.
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments
A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead
www.statnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Preliminary injunction in nationwide indirect cost rate case.
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
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In the latest sign of upheaval at the National Institutes of Health, renowned geneticist and former agency Director Francis Collins announced his retirement on Saturday in a resignation statement that made a plea for defending NIH and its staff. scim.ag/4ishQaJ
Former NIH Director Francis Collins retires suddenly, makes plea to protect agency staff
Geneticist abruptly announced his resignation over the weekend
scim.ag
March 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In the latest sign of upheaval at the National Institutes of Health, renowned geneticist and former agency Director Francis Collins announced his retirement on Saturday in a resignation statement that made a plea for defending NIH and its staff. scim.ag/4ishQaJ
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Part I-The Grant Funding Freeze
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February 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Part I-The Grant Funding Freeze
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Part II-Blocking Federal Register Posting-1
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February 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Part II-Blocking Federal Register Posting-1
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Reminder no Councils = no $$ = no research. Advisory councils are a second level review of the results from the study sections. We need both to be happening! Keep calling your reps and telling your story!
#cansky #medsky #academicresearch #NIH #resist
#cansky #medsky #academicresearch #NIH #resist
The NIH press office finally responded to my inquiry — six days late — to confirm my reporting yesterday.
February 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reminder no Councils = no $$ = no research. Advisory councils are a second level review of the results from the study sections. We need both to be happening! Keep calling your reps and telling your story!
#cansky #medsky #academicresearch #NIH #resist
#cansky #medsky #academicresearch #NIH #resist