Moe Mahjoub and I are heading to CSH Asia meeting in Suzhou China

Thanks to Susan Collins and Patty Murray for leading the effort to fund NIH. Aldo thanks to the members of the appropriation committee for their support of science.

Dr. Sudip Parikh, the CEO of AAAS, spoke to the Senate Appropriation Committee today about the importance of both basic and clinical research funded by NIH and NSF.

Barry Sleckman testified today to the Senate Appropriations Committee chaired by Senator Collins about the important role of NIH and NCI in therapies for cancer. Take a listen.

On April 24, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Department of Genetics at Washington University. We heard about its history from Bob Waterston and Eric Green and how the former trainees are moving science forward.
NHGRI has great resources for those interested in the history of Genomics.

Seven of my great Wash U colleagues were elected as AAAS fellows (American Association for the Advancement of Science). 🎉🎉🎉

Data from Jeremy Berg’s Dashboard. Reductions across the board for NIH funding

Standup for Science in St Louis today