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Epigenetics Society
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The Epigenetics Society (ES) is almost 30 years old, and our membership consists of principal investigators, postdoctoral fellows, and students who all share a great enthusiasm for the field of epigenetics. https://epigeneticssocietyint.com/home
‪@unbreaking.org‬‬
We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January: unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
‪@chrisgeidner.bsky.social‬‬
BREAKING: Cornell University caved [to the US administration]. Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
@katiephang.bsky.social‬‬
NEW: In April, the Trump admin withheld $250 million in federal research funding from Cornell, accusing it of committing civil rights violations. Cornell just settled for $60 million: $30 million to the Trump Admin & $30 million in research the Government wants it to do.
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
‪Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research‬‬ ‪@jcchildsfund.bsky.social‬‬
We're excited to support the Everyday Scientists project, connecting scientists with a general audience to share THEIR cutting-edge research. Jamie Garcia, PhD, kicks it off with an intro video: youtu.be/gUsg5JMq7LM?...
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We would like to congratulate the 2025 Epigenetics Society Conference poster winners.
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We thank Epigenomes for funding travel awards that allowed graduate students and postdocs to attend the conference and present their excellent research.
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
One of the fantastic presentations was by Harshini Vemula, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Srinivas Vinod Saladi's lab at the University of Toledo. She talked about KDM4A in Mesothelioma.
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
‪@jeremymberg.bsky.social‬‬
#StandUpForScience
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
‪@jeremymberg.bsky.social‬‬
#StandUpForScience
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
‪@jeremymberg.bsky.social‬‬
New story up on the non-existent banned words from NIH grants (based on my grant title, word cloud analysis) www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n... #DefendScience
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
‪@jeremymberg.bsky.social‬‬
Story in Being Patient about Alzheimer's disease funding noting the decrease in the funding of number of new projects due, in part, to the number of multiyear funded grants from the National Institute on Aging. beingpatient.com/alzheimers-r... #StandUpForScience
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We would like to thank our sponsors for supporting our conference.
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Epigenetics Society held its 2nd international conference, showcasing cutting-edge research. Presentations featured model organisms—from plants & ants to honeybees, mice & humans & multiomic approaches to deliver unprecedented insights into epigenetic regulation. www.esconference25.com/program
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Arizona Rejects Compact
Arizona was 1 of 9 colleges offered preference for federal research funding if they overhaul admissisions & hiring, cap internatl enrollment, revise academics, stop criticism of conservatives, freeze tuition. MIT, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn, USC, Arizona & Virginia declined.
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
‪@annikabarber.bsky.social‬‬
Been a rough year for federally funded scientists & I hate to add another tab to this spreadsheet. The shutdown has resulted in cancellation of 161 CSR study sections. 🧪https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lLEx14q7HKrlYahQYJaN6aHKpMqSMJwX4aenyL5g_ZU/edit?usp=sharing
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
‪@dangaristo.bsky.social‬‬
University of Arizona also rejects, albeit in a conciliatory manner. No comments about academic freedom, just concern that preferential treatment by the government would be anti-merit. 7 of 9 initially contacted universities said no. president.arizona.edu/sites/defaul...
October 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
So how did NIDA get away with ignoring the Multi-Year Funding mandate?
Jeremy Berg‬ ‪@jeremymberg.bsky.social‬‬
Here is NIDA They were relatively effective in maintaining R01 numbers with little or no multi-year funding, but substantially increased UG1, UG3, and U24 cooperative agreements.
October 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Science matters "It is not perfect It is only a tool" "It has no rules" (Carl Sagan, 1985)
October 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
‪Jeremy Berg‬‬ ‪@jeremymberg.bsky.social‬‬ Former NIGMS director, Former EiC of Science magazine, Stand Up for Science advisor.
Here are the data by NIH institute and center for 2025. All amount in millions of dollars.
#StandUpForSCience #DefendResearch
September 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
‪@drugmonkey.bsky.social‬‬
This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research. What if NIH had been 40% smaller? Under that scenario, NIH-funded research on more than half of 557 drugs approved 2000-2023 would have never happened!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
‪@princess-vimentin.bsky.social‬‬

Did you know that America is known for cancer research b/c of the National Cancer Act 1971. Mary Lasker took her cause to congress & the American public as a leading proponent of the National Cancer Act. She said "If you think research is expensive, try disease!"
September 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
‪@rweingarten.bsky.social‬‬
This is a big victory for research and innovation. But we have a lot more work to do to stop the weaponization of grant funding for all colleges & universities. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h..
September 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
‪@laskerfdn.bsky.social‬‬
2025 #LaskerAward winner Lucy Shapiro asked: How do organisms translate information from a linear genetic code into 3D structures? With that, she opened a new field. Also studied bacterial DNA methylation & gene expression.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2519777122
September 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
‪BK. Titanji‬‬ ‪@boghuma.bsky.social‬‬
The pre-vaccine era was HELL for kids. We have already failed them on gun safety, we cannot fail them on the issue of vaccines. #VACCINES cause Adults!
September 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
‪@altnih4science.bsky.social‬‬
A wonderfully-done depiction of what America is losing by destroying science. This isn’t just a story about these scientists, it is a story about how Russ Vought and MAGA are killing medical cures. That will touch everyone. #StandUpForScience #DefendResearch
August 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM