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Christina Vyzas
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MD/PhD Candidate at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Developmental biology, congenital heart defects, lymphovenous valves

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nytimes.com
Two Rutgers University professors — frustrated by the Trump administration's cuts to research funding and efforts to dictate policy on some campuses — wrote a “mutual defense compact” that calls for Big Ten schools to support each other against pressure. Their effort is gaining steam.
This State University Has a Plan to Take on Trump
Two professors from Rutgers University in New Jersey went out on a limb to write a “mutual defense compact” for Big Ten schools. Their effort is gaining steam.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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science.org
These sea turtles dance for joy when they magnetically sense it’s snack time.

Learn more on #InternationalDanceDay: scim.ag/42VqsSz
April 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads: "BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"
March 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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labwaggoner.bsky.social
CD9 identifies and regulates IL-21 & IFN-γ-producing Tfh cells, shaping humoral immunity in infection and autoimmunity
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
CD9 Identifies and Regulates a Highly Functional T Follicular Helper (Tfh) Cell Subset Necessary for Promoting Antibodies During Infection
T follicular helper (Tfh) cells differentiate within T cell zones, B-cell follicles, and germinal centers (GCs), where they secrete cytokines such as IL-21 and
papers.ssrn.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
🚨 Over 70 graduate programs in the biological and biomedical sciences have frozen or slashed admissions.

The consequences are profound—how many brilliant minds are being shut out of research entirely? How much future discovery is being lost before it even begins?

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
docs.google.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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we stood up! great crowd in Washington Square Park today
March 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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NYC! 📣🗽☀️

We’re Standing Up for Science in Washington Square Park on March 7th from 12-3 PM!

Share with someone in NYC who should show up & support Science! ⬇️

#standupforscience2025
flyer for stand up for science with a blue statue of liberty drawing, and event details of the NYC stand up for science march at washington square park from 12-3 PM. More information is available at standupforscience2025.org!
March 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM