@dnascientist.bsky.social
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A true hero... She changed how we think about so many things...
BREAKING
Dr. Jane Goodall has died. She was 91.
It is impossible to sum up the impact she has had on our world and on science in a social media post.
She lived a long and incredible life but I am devastated.
Full Story: bit.ly/4pPcNFH
Dr. Jane Goodall has died. She was 91.
It is impossible to sum up the impact she has had on our world and on science in a social media post.
She lived a long and incredible life but I am devastated.
Full Story: bit.ly/4pPcNFH
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A true hero... She changed how we think about so many things...
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This guy cared so little he doesn't even remember it.
Only Republican lives matter.
And the entire world is now aware of it.
The evidence speaks for itself.
Only Republican lives matter.
And the entire world is now aware of it.
The evidence speaks for itself.
September 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
This guy cared so little he doesn't even remember it.
Only Republican lives matter.
And the entire world is now aware of it.
The evidence speaks for itself.
Only Republican lives matter.
And the entire world is now aware of it.
The evidence speaks for itself.
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My quote of the day
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My quote of the day
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Just did this for a Y5 that's 2.5 months late. It supports 60% of my (90% soft money) salary, so for the past few months I've been wondering if I still have a job or not.
So much riding on such absurd, cruel, and opaque practices with overworked NIH staff caught in the middle doing their best.
So much riding on such absurd, cruel, and opaque practices with overworked NIH staff caught in the middle doing their best.
Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.
3/4
3/4
September 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Just did this for a Y5 that's 2.5 months late. It supports 60% of my (90% soft money) salary, so for the past few months I've been wondering if I still have a job or not.
So much riding on such absurd, cruel, and opaque practices with overworked NIH staff caught in the middle doing their best.
So much riding on such absurd, cruel, and opaque practices with overworked NIH staff caught in the middle doing their best.
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This 👇🏾
“Why do they need masks? They’re federal officials, they’re paid by the taxpayers. They should be doing their jobs in a way that’s lawful and constitutional, and that’s part of the job.”
DC Mayor Bowser questions why so many federal officers in the capital continue to cover their faces.
“Why do they need masks? They’re federal officials, they’re paid by the taxpayers. They should be doing their jobs in a way that’s lawful and constitutional, and that’s part of the job.”
DC Mayor Bowser questions why so many federal officers in the capital continue to cover their faces.
August 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This 👇🏾
“Why do they need masks? They’re federal officials, they’re paid by the taxpayers. They should be doing their jobs in a way that’s lawful and constitutional, and that’s part of the job.”
DC Mayor Bowser questions why so many federal officers in the capital continue to cover their faces.
“Why do they need masks? They’re federal officials, they’re paid by the taxpayers. They should be doing their jobs in a way that’s lawful and constitutional, and that’s part of the job.”
DC Mayor Bowser questions why so many federal officers in the capital continue to cover their faces.
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The practical upshot is that justice delayed is justice denied; or to be more precise, a lab which had to fire all of its researchers and halt work on groundbreaking research isn't going to be able to ever restore itself to the same position it would have been without a multi-year pause in funding.
TL;DR: 5 justices say Trump doesn't have to immediately restore the funding, but 5 *also* signal that the underlying directives are unlawful.
That sends a fairly strong (if mixed) message that Trump will lose these cases *eventually,* but only once they're brought in the Court of Federal Claims.
That sends a fairly strong (if mixed) message that Trump will lose these cases *eventually,* but only once they're brought in the Court of Federal Claims.
Splitting 5-4 (with Chief Justice Roberts joining the three Democratic appointees in dissent), #SCOTUS grants *partial* stay to Trump administration in NIH funding case; holds that challenges to grant terminations (but *not* the underlying guidance) need to be filed in the Court of Federal Claims:
August 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The practical upshot is that justice delayed is justice denied; or to be more precise, a lab which had to fire all of its researchers and halt work on groundbreaking research isn't going to be able to ever restore itself to the same position it would have been without a multi-year pause in funding.
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Well, we were correct: the Supreme Court issued a stay, backing Trump.
No matter what differences the Court splits, the fact remains that it will be impossible to reconstruct labs and projects. It is a lawless power grab to allow these Trump grant terminations to go ahead now.
No matter what differences the Court splits, the fact remains that it will be impossible to reconstruct labs and projects. It is a lawless power grab to allow these Trump grant terminations to go ahead now.
The Supreme Court is reviewing a vitally important NIH case on its shadow docket.
It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok.
We must speak up now.
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It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok.
We must speak up now.
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Tell the Supreme Court: No Stay. Hands off NIH
The Supreme Court is poised to allow Trump to illegally terminate NIH grants. Let's speak out. There is not much time.
scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Well, we were correct: the Supreme Court issued a stay, backing Trump.
No matter what differences the Court splits, the fact remains that it will be impossible to reconstruct labs and projects. It is a lawless power grab to allow these Trump grant terminations to go ahead now.
No matter what differences the Court splits, the fact remains that it will be impossible to reconstruct labs and projects. It is a lawless power grab to allow these Trump grant terminations to go ahead now.
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My quote of the day
A woman's place is in the house - the House of Representatives.
Bella Abzug
A woman's place is in the house - the House of Representatives.
Bella Abzug
August 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My quote of the day
A woman's place is in the house - the House of Representatives.
Bella Abzug
A woman's place is in the house - the House of Representatives.
Bella Abzug
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This is a key point--terminations have hit every corner of the country.
See, e.g., the map below from our homepage at grant-witness.us
Awful lotta orange and yellow in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio. Even Missouri. UAB alone has lost over $18M in funds it was previously awarded.
See, e.g., the map below from our homepage at grant-witness.us
Awful lotta orange and yellow in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio. Even Missouri. UAB alone has lost over $18M in funds it was previously awarded.
August 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is a key point--terminations have hit every corner of the country.
See, e.g., the map below from our homepage at grant-witness.us
Awful lotta orange and yellow in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio. Even Missouri. UAB alone has lost over $18M in funds it was previously awarded.
See, e.g., the map below from our homepage at grant-witness.us
Awful lotta orange and yellow in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio. Even Missouri. UAB alone has lost over $18M in funds it was previously awarded.
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Trump's new executive order "looks like an explicit attempt to destroy peer review for federal science grants,” a physicist in Texas tells @dangaristo.bsky.social. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants
Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trump's new executive order "looks like an explicit attempt to destroy peer review for federal science grants,” a physicist in Texas tells @dangaristo.bsky.social. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Sending all our best wishes and solidarity to our colleagues at CDC. 💔
It is important at this moment to hold people accountable. The Supreme Court helped do this.
The Court conservatives share responsibility for every shooting in America. They rewrote the Second Amendment in 2008, in Heller v DC.
It is important at this moment to hold people accountable. The Supreme Court helped do this.
The Court conservatives share responsibility for every shooting in America. They rewrote the Second Amendment in 2008, in Heller v DC.
This was a terrifying two hours.
Shooter dead. Roybal campus - still shelter in place but so the police can make sure each building safe.
We are taking a break from posting to take a breath
But you can count we’ll be back in a few hours. Fuck politicians' thoughts & prayers - let’s talk gun control
Shooter dead. Roybal campus - still shelter in place but so the police can make sure each building safe.
We are taking a break from posting to take a breath
But you can count we’ll be back in a few hours. Fuck politicians' thoughts & prayers - let’s talk gun control
August 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sending all our best wishes and solidarity to our colleagues at CDC. 💔
It is important at this moment to hold people accountable. The Supreme Court helped do this.
The Court conservatives share responsibility for every shooting in America. They rewrote the Second Amendment in 2008, in Heller v DC.
It is important at this moment to hold people accountable. The Supreme Court helped do this.
The Court conservatives share responsibility for every shooting in America. They rewrote the Second Amendment in 2008, in Heller v DC.
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Great explainer from the North Caroline state AG on why this matters, using the $7B freeze at Dept of Ed as an example.
"Anytime we catch someone unscrewing a lightbulb in a dark alley...it's because they're about to do something they don't want us to see"
"Anytime we catch someone unscrewing a lightbulb in a dark alley...it's because they're about to do something they don't want us to see"
A federal agency - which controls an enormous amount of money - is breaking the law to hide its decisions from you and avoid accountability.
Hey OMB, see you in court.
Hey OMB, see you in court.
August 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Great explainer from the North Caroline state AG on why this matters, using the $7B freeze at Dept of Ed as an example.
"Anytime we catch someone unscrewing a lightbulb in a dark alley...it's because they're about to do something they don't want us to see"
"Anytime we catch someone unscrewing a lightbulb in a dark alley...it's because they're about to do something they don't want us to see"
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My quote of the day
I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.
John Lewis
I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.
John Lewis
August 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
My quote of the day
I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.
John Lewis
I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.
John Lewis
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“If you cut out these diversity measures, you're going to make science full of people that are very elite…Full of people who have grown up with a large amount of privilege, who were able to work in a lab in high school because their dad was a prof at Cornell.” 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
How Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts Are Hurting Rural White Americans Too
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“If you cut out these diversity measures, you're going to make science full of people that are very elite…Full of people who have grown up with a large amount of privilege, who were able to work in a lab in high school because their dad was a prof at Cornell.” 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
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Rein Ulijn @asrc-gc.bsky.social is one of only 29 semifinalists in the NSF RIE competition! www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-adv...
NSF advances 29 semifinalists in the second NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition
The U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program announced the 29 semifinalists advancing to the next stage of the second…
www.nsf.gov
July 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Rein Ulijn @asrc-gc.bsky.social is one of only 29 semifinalists in the NSF RIE competition! www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-adv...
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Dr. Maeva Coste @asrc-gc.bsky.social is an Activate Fellow!
Working across 14 industries, the 39 companies comprising Activate Cohort 2025 represent 29 cities in 9 US states. www.activate.org/biowraptor
Working across 14 industries, the 39 companies comprising Activate Cohort 2025 represent 29 cities in 9 US states. www.activate.org/biowraptor
BioWraptor — Activate
BioWraptor packages fragile biomolecules into robust microparticles, enabling storage without refrigeration, cutting costs and emissions, and expanding access to essential biologics.
www.activate.org
July 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Dr. Maeva Coste @asrc-gc.bsky.social is an Activate Fellow!
Working across 14 industries, the 39 companies comprising Activate Cohort 2025 represent 29 cities in 9 US states. www.activate.org/biowraptor
Working across 14 industries, the 39 companies comprising Activate Cohort 2025 represent 29 cities in 9 US states. www.activate.org/biowraptor
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Brutal day for democracy and basic human decency. History will not look on America in 2025 kindly.
I just want to acknowledge that some days absolutely suck. Some days you look at the way things are going and think “oh dear god this is very bad.”
And it is, there’s no sugar coating it.
AND YET
I just want to acknowledge that some days absolutely suck. Some days you look at the way things are going and think “oh dear god this is very bad.”
And it is, there’s no sugar coating it.
AND YET
July 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Brutal day for democracy and basic human decency. History will not look on America in 2025 kindly.
I just want to acknowledge that some days absolutely suck. Some days you look at the way things are going and think “oh dear god this is very bad.”
And it is, there’s no sugar coating it.
AND YET
I just want to acknowledge that some days absolutely suck. Some days you look at the way things are going and think “oh dear god this is very bad.”
And it is, there’s no sugar coating it.
AND YET
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This would fund 22 years of NSF’s *entire* current budget.
Instead, we are taking people off healthcare to pay for concentration camps.
Instead, we are taking people off healthcare to pay for concentration camps.
Where we are as a country:
"The funding in the bill will make ICE the largest jailer in the world, with $200 billion at their disposal."
newrepublic.com/article/1975...
"The funding in the bill will make ICE the largest jailer in the world, with $200 billion at their disposal."
newrepublic.com/article/1975...
The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp
The Republicans are proudly calling it “Alligator Alcatraz.” Let’s call it what it is.
newrepublic.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This would fund 22 years of NSF’s *entire* current budget.
Instead, we are taking people off healthcare to pay for concentration camps.
Instead, we are taking people off healthcare to pay for concentration camps.
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✨ Today we honor the memory of Marie Skłodowska–Curie, a pioneer who broke barriers in science and passed away on this day in 1934.
🏆🏆 Winner of two Nobel Prizes: Physics (1903) & Chemistry (1911).
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#MarieCurie #NobelPrize #WomenInStem
🏆🏆 Winner of two Nobel Prizes: Physics (1903) & Chemistry (1911).
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#MarieCurie #NobelPrize #WomenInStem
July 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
✨ Today we honor the memory of Marie Skłodowska–Curie, a pioneer who broke barriers in science and passed away on this day in 1934.
🏆🏆 Winner of two Nobel Prizes: Physics (1903) & Chemistry (1911).
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#MarieCurie #NobelPrize #WomenInStem
🏆🏆 Winner of two Nobel Prizes: Physics (1903) & Chemistry (1911).
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#MarieCurie #NobelPrize #WomenInStem
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real glad we spent two fucking years pretending the real antisemitism was students asking their colleges to divest from apartheid
"No death tax, no estate tax, no going to the banks and borrowing from, in some cases, a fine banker. And in some cases, shylocks and bad people."
July 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
real glad we spent two fucking years pretending the real antisemitism was students asking their colleges to divest from apartheid
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I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget
June 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget
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Not gonna lie, I’m kind of turned on right now
June 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Not gonna lie, I’m kind of turned on right now