@dr-tedward.bsky.social
Post-doc at Northwestern University developing high-throughput protein stability measurements.
@ewpod.bsky.social that Bob Nutting comment ☠️
July 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
@ewpod.bsky.social that Bob Nutting comment ☠️
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America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
FIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
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“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”
June 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”
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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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One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies | Cornell Chronicle
After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.
news.cornell.edu
May 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
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Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
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So, all they’ve got from 5 years of intelligence gathering is this circumstantial weak-as drivel, much of which is untrue and entirely ignorant of where the actual science points. Well done leakers, you’ve truly poisoned the science well.
The White House has turned COVID.gov from a public health resource into a politically charged platform promoting the lab-leak theory and attacking specific scientists and the pandemic response in general. Let’s fact check its 5 headline claims… 🧵
April 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
So, all they’ve got from 5 years of intelligence gathering is this circumstantial weak-as drivel, much of which is untrue and entirely ignorant of where the actual science points. Well done leakers, you’ve truly poisoned the science well.
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The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. This is catastrophic. Reduction to 8 centers. 40% cut in budget. 15% IDC cap. This will decimate science across America open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
April 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. This is catastrophic. Reduction to 8 centers. 40% cut in budget. 15% IDC cap. This will decimate science across America open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
The American research endeavor would be absolutely gutted if this came to be.
Budgets are statements of values or lack thereof.
This is what the Trump admin does not care about.
NIH: "The proposal would reduce the more than $47 billion budget of the NIH to $27 billion — a roughly 40 percent cut."
+ Head Start, CDC, rural programs + ... a brief 🧵 + 🎁 link
wapo.st/42gLz0Z
This is what the Trump admin does not care about.
NIH: "The proposal would reduce the more than $47 billion budget of the NIH to $27 billion — a roughly 40 percent cut."
+ Head Start, CDC, rural programs + ... a brief 🧵 + 🎁 link
wapo.st/42gLz0Z
Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts
HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget.
wapo.st
April 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The American research endeavor would be absolutely gutted if this came to be.
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Excited to share our preprint on the molecular architecture of heterochromatin in human cells 🧬🔬w/ @jpkreysing.bsky.social, @johannesbetz.bsky.social,
@marinalusic.bsky.social, Turoňová lab, @hummerlab.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
🔗 Preprint here tinyurl.com/3a74uanv
@marinalusic.bsky.social, Turoňová lab, @hummerlab.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
🔗 Preprint here tinyurl.com/3a74uanv
April 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Excited to share our preprint on the molecular architecture of heterochromatin in human cells 🧬🔬w/ @jpkreysing.bsky.social, @johannesbetz.bsky.social,
@marinalusic.bsky.social, Turoňová lab, @hummerlab.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
🔗 Preprint here tinyurl.com/3a74uanv
@marinalusic.bsky.social, Turoňová lab, @hummerlab.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
🔗 Preprint here tinyurl.com/3a74uanv
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perhaps its time for a redo of your conclusions in the Studies Show Pod episode on science and politics, @tomchivers.bsky.social ?
NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts.
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts
Nature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations.
www.nature.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
perhaps its time for a redo of your conclusions in the Studies Show Pod episode on science and politics, @tomchivers.bsky.social ?
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Human Rights Watch, an extremely cautious organization when it comes to international law conclusions, confirms that the people sent to El Salvador have been subjected to enforced disappearance: www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
US/El Salvador: Venezuelan Deportees Forcibly Disappeared
The governments of the United States and El Salvador have subjected more than 200 Venezuelan nationals to enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention, Human Rights Watch said today.
www.hrw.org
April 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Human Rights Watch, an extremely cautious organization when it comes to international law conclusions, confirms that the people sent to El Salvador have been subjected to enforced disappearance: www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
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"Ethnic cleansing through deportation" really does capture the intent behind what's happening.
April 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"Ethnic cleansing through deportation" really does capture the intent behind what's happening.
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A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology explores the potential of several environmental and personal factors that might accelerate cognitive decline in older adults and discusses promotion and prevention strategies that might reduce dementia risk in the long term.🔒
Updating risk and protective factors for dementia in older adults - Nature Reviews Psychology
Researchers have identified several environmental and personal characteristics that might accelerate cognitive decline in older adults but that are not yet listed as established risk factors for dementia. In this Review, Rodriguez et. al. explore the potential of these less well-established factors to prevent dementia and foster healthy cognitive ageing.
go.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology explores the potential of several environmental and personal factors that might accelerate cognitive decline in older adults and discusses promotion and prevention strategies that might reduce dementia risk in the long term.🔒
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This hasn't gotten much attention—but new National Science Foundation grants have dropped by almost half since Trump took office, an analysis by @davidimiller.bsky.social shows. www.science.org/content/arti...
(Story by @policyhound.bsky.social)
(Story by @policyhound.bsky.social)
NSF has awarded almost 50% fewer grants since Trump took office
The reasons aren’t clear—and the agency’s director claims the president’s policies haven’t slowed grant awards
www.science.org
April 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This hasn't gotten much attention—but new National Science Foundation grants have dropped by almost half since Trump took office, an analysis by @davidimiller.bsky.social shows. www.science.org/content/arti...
(Story by @policyhound.bsky.social)
(Story by @policyhound.bsky.social)
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I’m no economist or business expert, but I do have a lot of experience with science & public health funding in the US, as well as with the value of research to communities.
I wholeheartedly agree with this. Government funds & workers drive local economies. A thread of my accounting below 👇🏻
I wholeheartedly agree with this. Government funds & workers drive local economies. A thread of my accounting below 👇🏻
I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
March 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I’m no economist or business expert, but I do have a lot of experience with science & public health funding in the US, as well as with the value of research to communities.
I wholeheartedly agree with this. Government funds & workers drive local economies. A thread of my accounting below 👇🏻
I wholeheartedly agree with this. Government funds & workers drive local economies. A thread of my accounting below 👇🏻
Awful, dark times for our country.
RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
March 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Awful, dark times for our country.
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A hate crime against who?? Teslan-Americans??
DC Metro Police have announced they're investigating the defacement of Teslas as potential hate crimes.
Their news release (faces obscured by me):
Their news release (faces obscured by me):
March 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A hate crime against who?? Teslan-Americans??
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Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.
March 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.
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8/x And yet, my grant gets pulled b/c it no longer aligns with NIH priorities. Excuse me? Preventing suicide isn't a priority anymore? Bullshit. Given that these grant terminations aren't based in logic or scientific reasoning, what explanations are left for why these grants are getting terminated?
March 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
8/x And yet, my grant gets pulled b/c it no longer aligns with NIH priorities. Excuse me? Preventing suicide isn't a priority anymore? Bullshit. Given that these grant terminations aren't based in logic or scientific reasoning, what explanations are left for why these grants are getting terminated?
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On this day in 1879, Maud Menten was born in Port Lambton, Ontario.
In her work as a medical researcher, she became a leading expert in histochemistry and enzyme kinetics while fighting against sexism in her field.
Let's learn more about her life!
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In her work as a medical researcher, she became a leading expert in histochemistry and enzyme kinetics while fighting against sexism in her field.
Let's learn more about her life!
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March 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
On this day in 1879, Maud Menten was born in Port Lambton, Ontario.
In her work as a medical researcher, she became a leading expert in histochemistry and enzyme kinetics while fighting against sexism in her field.
Let's learn more about her life!
🧵1/10
In her work as a medical researcher, she became a leading expert in histochemistry and enzyme kinetics while fighting against sexism in her field.
Let's learn more about her life!
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Say it with me: HIGHER ED IS AN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL ENGINE FOR OUR COUNTRY
ESPECIALLY PUBLIC HIGHER ED
ESPECIALLY PUBLIC HIGHER ED
‘“The people who are attacking higher education are talking nonstop,” said Holden Thorp, a chemist and former university administrator who runs the Science family of journals. “And the people leading higher education are not saying very much.”’
Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Say it with me: HIGHER ED IS AN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL ENGINE FOR OUR COUNTRY
ESPECIALLY PUBLIC HIGHER ED
ESPECIALLY PUBLIC HIGHER ED
Garbage timeline.
Head of EPA, Lee Zeldin: “Today is the largest deregulatory announcement in U.S. history. Today the green new scam ends, as the E.P.A. does its part to usher in a golden age of American success.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...
E.P.A. Declares ‘Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen’ (Gift Article)
Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, reframed his agency’s mission, saying it is to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Garbage timeline.
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🧪 The NSF director is lying to you.
Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵
Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🧪 The NSF director is lying to you.
Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵
Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵
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I assembled a team of experts to write this how-to guide for how scientific professional societies can improve their diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. It's structured around my society's budgets and bylaws, but is broadly applicable.
Please share. 🧪
www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...
Please share. 🧪
www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...
Frontiers | What Can Professional Scientific Societies Do to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Case Study of the American Elasmobranch Society
Scientific professional societies are reviewing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices and policies in response to recent calls for much-needed cha...
www.frontiersin.org
March 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I assembled a team of experts to write this how-to guide for how scientific professional societies can improve their diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. It's structured around my society's budgets and bylaws, but is broadly applicable.
Please share. 🧪
www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...
Please share. 🧪
www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...