Mike White
@genologos.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Genetics at Washington University in St. Louis. I write about genomics at https://www.thisgenomiclife.org
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Final point here: this post is from an anonymous NIH employee, and it feels critical to raise these voices precisely because the Trump administration has silenced credible NIH officials and their leadership is not representing them.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
April 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Final point here: this post is from an anonymous NIH employee, and it feels critical to raise these voices precisely because the Trump administration has silenced credible NIH officials and their leadership is not representing them.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
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What can you do? Make noise.
The ask is “Leave NIH funding at last year’s (FY24) level. No DOGE cuts. No recission to codify cuts. Hands off NIH.”
If they are going to vote to cut cancer research, lets make that clear.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
The ask is “Leave NIH funding at last year’s (FY24) level. No DOGE cuts. No recission to codify cuts. Hands off NIH.”
If they are going to vote to cut cancer research, lets make that clear.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
April 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
What can you do? Make noise.
The ask is “Leave NIH funding at last year’s (FY24) level. No DOGE cuts. No recission to codify cuts. Hands off NIH.”
If they are going to vote to cut cancer research, lets make that clear.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
The ask is “Leave NIH funding at last year’s (FY24) level. No DOGE cuts. No recission to codify cuts. Hands off NIH.”
If they are going to vote to cut cancer research, lets make that clear.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
Do you have suggestions for how to write effective comments to proposed rules?
April 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Do you have suggestions for how to write effective comments to proposed rules?
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The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
6/n
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
6/n
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
April 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
6/n
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
6/n
In Missouri legislators introduced a bill that would require any meat from livestock treated with mRNA vaccines to be labeled as a "gene therapy product." Fortunately the bill died.
www.riverfronttimes.com/news/critics...
www.riverfronttimes.com/news/critics...
Critics of Missouri's Anti-Vax Food Labeling Bill Say They Were Harassed
The bill died in committee, but some say the bill's supporters issued death threats
www.riverfronttimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
In Missouri legislators introduced a bill that would require any meat from livestock treated with mRNA vaccines to be labeled as a "gene therapy product." Fortunately the bill died.
www.riverfronttimes.com/news/critics...
www.riverfronttimes.com/news/critics...
The image seems to suggest Trump leaked from a lab
April 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The image seems to suggest Trump leaked from a lab
How completely lacking in patriotism do you need to be to write that dek?
April 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
How completely lacking in patriotism do you need to be to write that dek?
And prosecute those who broke the law.
April 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And prosecute those who broke the law.
Interesting to read the above side-by-side with Google's new AGI safety paper:
blog.google/technology/g...
blog.google/technology/g...
Read Google DeepMind’s new paper on responsible artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), AI that’s at least as capable as humans at most cognitive tasks, could be here within the coming years. It has the power to transf…
blog.google
April 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Interesting to read the above side-by-side with Google's new AGI safety paper:
blog.google/technology/g...
blog.google/technology/g...
Nobody starting a career in STEM in 2025 should skip learning about AI. Take a formal class if you can, but anyone can reinvent themselves to work with AI intelligently. I have some suggestions for how to teach yourself, even if your math is limited:
www.thisgenomiclife.org/p/how-to-tea...
www.thisgenomiclife.org/p/how-to-tea...
How to teach yourself about AI
Recommended reading from easy to graduate level.
www.thisgenomiclife.org
April 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Nobody starting a career in STEM in 2025 should skip learning about AI. Take a formal class if you can, but anyone can reinvent themselves to work with AI intelligently. I have some suggestions for how to teach yourself, even if your math is limited:
www.thisgenomiclife.org/p/how-to-tea...
www.thisgenomiclife.org/p/how-to-tea...
A 2024 open access review of recent progress towards ASO treatment of cancer. The real challenge is figuring out how to deliver RNA or DNA to the proper tissue. The challenge is being met.
doi.org/10.1016/j.om...
doi.org/10.1016/j.om...
April 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A 2024 open access review of recent progress towards ASO treatment of cancer. The real challenge is figuring out how to deliver RNA or DNA to the proper tissue. The challenge is being met.
doi.org/10.1016/j.om...
doi.org/10.1016/j.om...