Dylan Clyne
dclyne.bsky.social
Dylan Clyne
@dclyne.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and educator
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I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.
a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt .
Alt: a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt , scene from Notting Hill
media.tenor.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you listen, you can hear whispers of “Karma Police”blowin’ in the wind tonight as a prophesized falling out has fallen.
June 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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There is no aborted fetus debris in the MMR vaccine, or in any vaccine at all.

It is worth noting that the Catholic Church, one of the most staunch anti-abortion organizations in the world, has a formal policy that encourages all vaccinations.
May 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Protesters are out in Budapest, Hungary today demanding the resignation of pro-Putin Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Love it!
March 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.

Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region. We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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What can and may well happen to US science?

Well, prediction is hard, especially about the future, but this Nature report on science in Argentina under Trump's BFF Milei suggests one plausible outcome:

Even if we avoid total collapse (which seems likely to me) the damage will be huge and lasting.
‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina
One year into Javier Milei’s presidency, scientists are exiting the country in the face of big budget cuts.
www.nature.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” ― Aldous Huxley. This rings so true these days.
March 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Join us in Hartford on March 7, 12-6pm
February 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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CT folks! Let’s come together and make signs for #standupforscience! @luskinglab.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
March 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.
February 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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BREAKING: StatNews reports that more than 5,000 HHS employees across NIH, CDC and other public health and research agencies will be fired this afternoon. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies
The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years.
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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‘Shortsighted’ and ‘Dangerous’: Colleges Warn of Budget Cuts After NIH Slashes Medical Research Funding

Federal officials said the change would save up to $4 billion. College leaders argue the cut will slow advances for millions of patients in need... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3WTTXjW
Higher ed leaders warn of dire consequences after NIH cut
Federal officials said the change would save up to $4 billion. College leaders argue the cut will slow advances for millions of patients in need of critical breakthroughs.
bit.ly
February 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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#scienceunderattack
Connecticut folks!
Almost 7000 jobs, over 2000 businesses, and 1.7B in economic activity in our state from medical research.
#supportscience
Find your state here:
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-pdf/?sta...

❤️‍🩹Call your representatives to advocate for science!
February 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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A thread on what you can do to push back against the cuts to biomedical research at NIH.
My #Yale colleague Harlan Krumholz explains why the cuts to indirect costs are a disaster for biomedical research in the United States. Want to do something about it? I'll list those who have to hear from us below. Share, recruit friends and family to help. 1/ www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/n....
The NIH’s drastic cut to indirect cost rates is a critical threat to U.S. research infrastructure
The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.
www.statnews.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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💉POLIO VACCINE SUCCESS💉

The use of the polio vaccine has prevented millions of cases of paralysis and death worldwide.
February 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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In Connecticut -

NIH FUNDING:
$770M

JOBS SUPPORTED:
6609

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$1.68B
February 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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DECIMATION OF SCIENCE—Trump WH has announced it will slash NIH indirect grant support across the board to 15%… from previously 50-70% for big universities. ➡️This is what normally keeps the lights on & subsidizes tuition at major scientific institutions.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
The NIH said Friday night that it would slash support for indirect costs on all existing and future grants to 15%
www.statnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Very concerning report that - "Nearly one in four leading UK universities are slashing staff numbers and cutting budgets, with up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses." #highered #uk

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls
Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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#FossilFriday The story of #MaryAnning and her famous fossil finds features in many children's books (over 100 in the last 30 years), and did so during her life as well, such as in Maria Hack's popular book 'Geological Sketches and Glimpses of the Ancient Earth', first published in 1832.
January 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The US breathed a sigh of relief that our President did not commit the great sin of empathy at his press briefing yesterday. /s
January 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM