Margaret A. McNulty
@drmamcnulty.bsky.social
Comparative anatomist, medical educator #MedEd #vetmed, advocate for #OneHealth, ortho researcher, crazy horse girl 🦄, lover of animals and nature, hater of hypocrisy.
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Like us, horses can injure their tendons and ligaments & often don't recover full tendon or ligament strength. Diane Little, et al. explore preclinical tendon & ligament animal models for developing better treatment: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ORSxDerby #ORSSMC @jorthopres.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Like us, horses can injure their tendons and ligaments & often don't recover full tendon or ligament strength. Diane Little, et al. explore preclinical tendon & ligament animal models for developing better treatment: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ORSxDerby #ORSSMC @jorthopres.bsky.social
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The Indiana General Assembly just passed HB 1515 and at the last minute slipped in a provision that all allied health professional schools must be on an A-F or similar merit system
93% of medical schools have left the A-F system because it does not improve learning
This is really really bad
93% of medical schools have left the A-F system because it does not improve learning
This is really really bad
April 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The Indiana General Assembly just passed HB 1515 and at the last minute slipped in a provision that all allied health professional schools must be on an A-F or similar merit system
93% of medical schools have left the A-F system because it does not improve learning
This is really really bad
93% of medical schools have left the A-F system because it does not improve learning
This is really really bad
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Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
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This might be a bit of a hot take, but can organizations that write press releases for new studies please include a link for the actual paper.
Scientists love to read the original articles and sometimes it can be frustrating in tracking them down.
🌎🧪🦇🐦🦋🐟
Scientists love to read the original articles and sometimes it can be frustrating in tracking them down.
🌎🧪🦇🐦🦋🐟
April 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This might be a bit of a hot take, but can organizations that write press releases for new studies please include a link for the actual paper.
Scientists love to read the original articles and sometimes it can be frustrating in tracking them down.
🌎🧪🦇🐦🦋🐟
Scientists love to read the original articles and sometimes it can be frustrating in tracking them down.
🌎🧪🦇🐦🦋🐟
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2025. Horses, donkeys and zebras have adaptations that break normal genomic rules phys.org/news/2025-03...
Horses, donkeys and zebras have adaptations that break normal genomic rules
A genetic mutation in horses that would typically halt protein production has become a molecular asset. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and Vanderbilt University have identified a rare instanc...
phys.org
April 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
2025. Horses, donkeys and zebras have adaptations that break normal genomic rules phys.org/news/2025-03...
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Twenty-four hours into his time, Sen. Booker just passionately defended public science and universities-- which, at their best, are cornerstones of democracy and a powerful tool for collective liberation (which is why they've been so aggressively attacked).
Thank you, Senator.
Thank you, Senator.
April 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Twenty-four hours into his time, Sen. Booker just passionately defended public science and universities-- which, at their best, are cornerstones of democracy and a powerful tool for collective liberation (which is why they've been so aggressively attacked).
Thank you, Senator.
Thank you, Senator.
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The threat is so big that even Red-state GOP politicians are starting to crack.
IN Sen Young wrote in WaPo that "basic research isn’t a federal handout to help sustain academia.... it is a vital ingredient in our innovation future, economic and geopolitical competitiveness, and national security."
IN Sen Young wrote in WaPo that "basic research isn’t a federal handout to help sustain academia.... it is a vital ingredient in our innovation future, economic and geopolitical competitiveness, and national security."
Some of the stats in here are really striking. Per one paper, federal investments in R&D account for at least a fifth of all productivity gains in the U.S. economy since World War II. And the societal return for every $1 invested in the sciences is *conservatively* estimated at $5.
March 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The threat is so big that even Red-state GOP politicians are starting to crack.
IN Sen Young wrote in WaPo that "basic research isn’t a federal handout to help sustain academia.... it is a vital ingredient in our innovation future, economic and geopolitical competitiveness, and national security."
IN Sen Young wrote in WaPo that "basic research isn’t a federal handout to help sustain academia.... it is a vital ingredient in our innovation future, economic and geopolitical competitiveness, and national security."
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Writing an op-ed is not illegal activity. They are revoking visas for thought crimes and for constitutionally protected expression.
State Department spox Tammy Bruce just blatantly lies and says that students are getting visas revoked for "illegal activity" (Rumeysa Ozturk was not charged with a crime)
March 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Writing an op-ed is not illegal activity. They are revoking visas for thought crimes and for constitutionally protected expression.
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The majority of farmers supported the firing of scientists. That included scientists from the CDC and veterinarians. This is the trickle down. This is why people who do not have degrees in a field shouldn’t be in charge of anything. It is dangerous.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The majority of farmers supported the firing of scientists. That included scientists from the CDC and veterinarians. This is the trickle down. This is why people who do not have degrees in a field shouldn’t be in charge of anything. It is dangerous.
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Yale can 💯 afford to defend academic freedom, and its educational and research mission www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
Opinion | Universities Can Afford to Fight Trump (Gift Article)
Every university president will face a choice similar to Columbia University’s in the coming months.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Yale can 💯 afford to defend academic freedom, and its educational and research mission www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
If anyone in Indiana’s 5th Congressional district has the time, please attend this town hall and ask Rep. Spartz why she supports the NIH cuts to IU… her district is chock full of IU employees who will be negatively affected! I desperately wish I could attend but will be in Portland for a meeting 😫
March 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If anyone in Indiana’s 5th Congressional district has the time, please attend this town hall and ask Rep. Spartz why she supports the NIH cuts to IU… her district is chock full of IU employees who will be negatively affected! I desperately wish I could attend but will be in Portland for a meeting 😫
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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Spring is springing so here’s your regular reminder LILIES WILL KILL YOUR CAT. Even the tiniest sniff of pollen or licking a tiny bit of it off of their coat can cause kidney failure *quickly*. If you have cats you should keep lilies out of your house.
March 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Spring is springing so here’s your regular reminder LILIES WILL KILL YOUR CAT. Even the tiniest sniff of pollen or licking a tiny bit of it off of their coat can cause kidney failure *quickly*. If you have cats you should keep lilies out of your house.
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Fresh data have bolstered the discovery that dark energy, the mysterious force that makes galaxies accelerate away from each other, has weakened over the past 4.5 billion years.
https://go.nature.com/4hmYWB6
https://go.nature.com/4hmYWB6
Is dark energy getting weaker? Fresh data bolster shock finding
Physicists had long assumed that the elusive force has constant strength. But the latest results from a project to map the Universe’s expansion challenge this idea.
go.nature.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Fresh data have bolstered the discovery that dark energy, the mysterious force that makes galaxies accelerate away from each other, has weakened over the past 4.5 billion years.
https://go.nature.com/4hmYWB6
https://go.nature.com/4hmYWB6
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Super-important point — HHS/NIH pay to train doctors. It’s not just research funding.
The funding for residency programs is also being weaponized by Trump and Musk. Trump and Musk want your kid to not have a doctor.
The funding for residency programs is also being weaponized by Trump and Musk. Trump and Musk want your kid to not have a doctor.
But basically, if they kill CMS residency training funding, without dramatically changing how things are reimbursed, ain’t none of you gonna have a pediatrician (or internal med doc or specialist) in 30 years.
March 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Super-important point — HHS/NIH pay to train doctors. It’s not just research funding.
The funding for residency programs is also being weaponized by Trump and Musk. Trump and Musk want your kid to not have a doctor.
The funding for residency programs is also being weaponized by Trump and Musk. Trump and Musk want your kid to not have a doctor.
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NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying why some people are hesitant to receive vaccines or evaluating strategies that could encourage vaccine uptake. scim.ag/4how23i
NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines
Move reflects vaccine skepticism of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
scim.ag
March 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying why some people are hesitant to receive vaccines or evaluating strategies that could encourage vaccine uptake. scim.ag/4how23i
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Public health is under attack in America.
Maternal and child health is under attack in America.
Health research is under attack in America.
Ultimately it won't just cost us in advancements, it'll cost us lives.
Maternal and child health is under attack in America.
Health research is under attack in America.
Ultimately it won't just cost us in advancements, it'll cost us lives.
Trump’s funding cuts are hitting early-career researchers the hardest
Doctoral students at the University of Illinois Chicago say vital work on maternal health is threatened by Trump’s research funding cuts.
www.wbez.org
March 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Public health is under attack in America.
Maternal and child health is under attack in America.
Health research is under attack in America.
Ultimately it won't just cost us in advancements, it'll cost us lives.
Maternal and child health is under attack in America.
Health research is under attack in America.
Ultimately it won't just cost us in advancements, it'll cost us lives.
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The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials.
Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.
Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.
March 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials.
Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.
Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.
I was unable to attend the Indy @standupforscience.bsky.social march today because I had already committed to a horse show in Ohio with my daughter. But my beloved Oliver 🦄 still helped me resist in our own way. #standupforscience (spoiler alert: we even won our class 💪🏻)
March 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I was unable to attend the Indy @standupforscience.bsky.social march today because I had already committed to a horse show in Ohio with my daughter. But my beloved Oliver 🦄 still helped me resist in our own way. #standupforscience (spoiler alert: we even won our class 💪🏻)
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Our paper is out, and it is distressing.
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century
Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...
www.science.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Our paper is out, and it is distressing.
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”….
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”….
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Herding cats: It’s past time to include pets in disease surveillance www.statnews.com/2025/03/04/h... via @statnews.com
Herding cats: It’s past time to include pets in disease surveillance
These veterinarians, flu scientists, and biosecurity experts are watching with growing concern the rise in H5N1 avian influenza in cats.
www.statnews.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Herding cats: It’s past time to include pets in disease surveillance www.statnews.com/2025/03/04/h... via @statnews.com