Derek Molliver
@derekmolliver.bsky.social
Neuroscientist studying chronic pain and metabolic plasticity in neurons. Member of the UNE Center for Pain Research. Director of the UNE Center for Cell Signaling Research.
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Defend Public Health’s Press Release on RFK Jr.’s ACIP.
“I have never personally witnessed more dangerous misinformation presented at a putative scientific meeting in my entire life”.
-Me
“I have never personally witnessed more dangerous misinformation presented at a putative scientific meeting in my entire life”.
-Me
ACIP Presentation on COVID Vaccines “Smoke and Mirrors, Designed to Cause Fear” | Defend Public Health
Defend Public Health called today’s attempt by officials under the direction of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. using this week’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meeting to cast doubt...
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September 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Defend Public Health’s Press Release on RFK Jr.’s ACIP.
“I have never personally witnessed more dangerous misinformation presented at a putative scientific meeting in my entire life”.
-Me
“I have never personally witnessed more dangerous misinformation presented at a putative scientific meeting in my entire life”.
-Me
From AAAS: "Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) sent a letter with 13 other Republican senators to OMB Director Russell Vought calling for full disbursement of already-appropriated National Institute of Health (NIH) funding for FY 2025."
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July 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
From AAAS: "Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) sent a letter with 13 other Republican senators to OMB Director Russell Vought calling for full disbursement of already-appropriated National Institute of Health (NIH) funding for FY 2025."
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We set out to map a detailed proteome of the human DRG and nerve using DIA-MS as a reference to the field, and I think we've succeeded! Lots of proteins (& lots of ion channels), with the data is fully searchable. It's also available on @sparc.science
sensoryomics.shinyapps.io/Proteomics/
sensoryomics.shinyapps.io/Proteomics/
May 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
We set out to map a detailed proteome of the human DRG and nerve using DIA-MS as a reference to the field, and I think we've succeeded! Lots of proteins (& lots of ion channels), with the data is fully searchable. It's also available on @sparc.science
sensoryomics.shinyapps.io/Proteomics/
sensoryomics.shinyapps.io/Proteomics/
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All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!
May 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!
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🧪 NIH grant rejections have more than doubled this year, with over 2,500 applications withdrawn. This surge follows the quiet closure of around 100 funding categories, impacting early-career and diverse researchers and adding to setbacks for medical research. #Academicsky
Exclusive: NIH grant rejections have more than doubled amid Trump chaos
At least 2,500 applications for research funding have been denied so far this year.
www.nature.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🧪 NIH grant rejections have more than doubled this year, with over 2,500 applications withdrawn. This surge follows the quiet closure of around 100 funding categories, impacting early-career and diverse researchers and adding to setbacks for medical research. #Academicsky
This brief ChatGPT-generated policy memo is designed to provide some historical context for the federal government's compact with universities to support biomedical research. Feel free to contribute.
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Copy of Biomedical Funding Memo
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April 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This brief ChatGPT-generated policy memo is designed to provide some historical context for the federal government's compact with universities to support biomedical research. Feel free to contribute.
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The Society for Historians of the Early American Republic is asking the public to help them track changes the Trump Admin is making to history-- in national parks, websites, wherever. Please share-- and please contribute! thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...
The Early Republic Tracker
The Early Republic Tracker documents instances where the federal government is removing facts and stories essential to the public’s understanding American history from public historical sites, muse…
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April 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Society for Historians of the Early American Republic is asking the public to help them track changes the Trump Admin is making to history-- in national parks, websites, wherever. Please share-- and please contribute! thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...
Our latest work using RNAseq to compare the human DRG-derived cell line to human primary sensory neurons and several hiPSC lines. This cell line, generated by Dinah Sah and colleagues many years ago, is a valuable addition to the pain neurobiologist's toolkit.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A transcriptomic comparison of the HD10.6 human sensory neuron-derived cell line with primary and iPSC sensory neurons
A key concern in early-stage analgesic discovery efforts is the extent to which mechanisms identified in rodents will translate to humans. To evaluate an alternative approach to the use of rodent diss...
www.biorxiv.org
April 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our latest work using RNAseq to compare the human DRG-derived cell line to human primary sensory neurons and several hiPSC lines. This cell line, generated by Dinah Sah and colleagues many years ago, is a valuable addition to the pain neurobiologist's toolkit.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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NEW: Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.)& Trump's former NatSec Advisor Matt Pottinger make the case that funding for scientific R&D isn't a gift to academia. It's vital to U.S. national security, as China, the United States' primary strategic adversary, is already investing heavily in R&D.
shorturl.at/PgUK0
shorturl.at/PgUK0
Opinion | Funding for R&D isn’t a gift to academia
Investing in scientific research and development is vital to U.S. security.
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March 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
NEW: Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.)& Trump's former NatSec Advisor Matt Pottinger make the case that funding for scientific R&D isn't a gift to academia. It's vital to U.S. national security, as China, the United States' primary strategic adversary, is already investing heavily in R&D.
shorturl.at/PgUK0
shorturl.at/PgUK0
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Great leadership from CMU. Pitt, it’s time to step up! www.cmu.edu/leadership/p...
Navigating a Shifting Landscape - Leadership - Carnegie Mellon University
Across higher education and beyond, we are witnessing a time of profound change — challenges that test us and opportunities that demand our boldest ideas. I know that we are all contemplating what thi...
www.cmu.edu
March 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Great leadership from CMU. Pitt, it’s time to step up! www.cmu.edu/leadership/p...
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Our program manager extraordinaire, Ayesha Ahmad, is leaving us, so we have an exciting position open to take on her role. jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/28956 In addition to this being an exciting position, you will also get to learn from Ayesha before she departs.
Program Manager I
This position will be responsible for managing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Human Nociceptor and Spinal Cord Molecular Signature Center under the direction of Dr. Ted Price. Key dut...
jobs.utdallas.edu
March 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Our program manager extraordinaire, Ayesha Ahmad, is leaving us, so we have an exciting position open to take on her role. jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/28956 In addition to this being an exciting position, you will also get to learn from Ayesha before she departs.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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I hope a lot of elected representatives and international media are following your posts and are watching this site for all of what is happening
Got a DM from Congress:
“I’m from Rep [X]’s office. Thanks for what you’re posting, it’s honestly been very useful for us.”
Our great pleasure. If we can inform people about what’s happening at NIH and what the political agendas are behind attacks on science, we are achieving our goals.
“I’m from Rep [X]’s office. Thanks for what you’re posting, it’s honestly been very useful for us.”
Our great pleasure. If we can inform people about what’s happening at NIH and what the political agendas are behind attacks on science, we are achieving our goals.
March 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I hope a lot of elected representatives and international media are following your posts and are watching this site for all of what is happening
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China’s shipbuilding capacity is more than *200* times that of the U.S. To remain competitive, we need to give our shipyards every possible advantage.
Despite touting their supposed commitment to strengthening U.S. shipbuilding, the Administration’s recent hiring freeze does the exact opposite.
Despite touting their supposed commitment to strengthening U.S. shipbuilding, the Administration’s recent hiring freeze does the exact opposite.
U.S. House Dems to Trump, Hegseth: 'Extreme concern' for shipyards
Fourteen Democrats are speaking up to President Trump in support of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and other U.S. shipyards, citing national defense.
www.seacoastonline.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
China’s shipbuilding capacity is more than *200* times that of the U.S. To remain competitive, we need to give our shipyards every possible advantage.
Despite touting their supposed commitment to strengthening U.S. shipbuilding, the Administration’s recent hiring freeze does the exact opposite.
Despite touting their supposed commitment to strengthening U.S. shipbuilding, the Administration’s recent hiring freeze does the exact opposite.
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more great writing from @dereklowe.bsky.social, this time on the madness around banning work on mRNA vaccines, which I hope many people have realized has the potential to go far beyond infectious disease - www.science.org/content/blog...
The Continuing Crisis, Part VIII: mRNA Vaccines Under Attack
www.science.org
March 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
more great writing from @dereklowe.bsky.social, this time on the madness around banning work on mRNA vaccines, which I hope many people have realized has the potential to go far beyond infectious disease - www.science.org/content/blog...
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From PBS: 5 reasons federal cuts are hitting veterans especially hard www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
5 reasons federal cuts are hitting veterans especially hard
For the past month, the Trump administration has been cutting federal spending, causing numerous hardships for government employees, the agencies they work for and the people they serve. But veterans ...
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March 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
From PBS: 5 reasons federal cuts are hitting veterans especially hard www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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A Houston-area midwife has been arrested on allegations she performed illegal abortions, the first criminal charges brought under the state’s near-total abortion ban. From The Texas Tribune: bit.ly/41xFETK
Houston-area midwife arrested for allegedly providing illegal abortions
This represents the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A Houston-area midwife has been arrested on allegations she performed illegal abortions, the first criminal charges brought under the state’s near-total abortion ban. From The Texas Tribune: bit.ly/41xFETK
"Researchers applying for NIH funding have been urged to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications.”
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March 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"Researchers applying for NIH funding have been urged to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications.”
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