John Travis
@john-travis.bsky.social
Science journalist (Science's managing news editor), Michigander, Detroiter, beer and biking entusiast
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John Travis
@john-travis.bsky.social
· Nov 14
This biologist aims to solve the cell’s biggest mystery. Could it help cancer patients, too?
Four decades after his lab found odd, massive particles inside cells, Leonard Rome is still determined to figure out what “vaults” do
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For my first post here I'll highlight my first feature in years and a weird biology story I have followed for decades--what's the function of odd cellular structures known as vaults? www.science.org/content/arti...
Here's an unlikely story that combines a fake neuroscientist, multiple lawsuits, Jeffrey Epstein, optical illusions, Nobel laureates, and the most famous picture of DNA. Another wild @science.org yarn with exclusive details from Jon Cohen www.science.org/content/arti...
After bizarre journey, prized history of molecular biology archive finds new home
Science History Institute makes public multimillion-dollar collection, including Rosalind Franklin’s famous DNA image, assembled by fake scientist
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September 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Here's an unlikely story that combines a fake neuroscientist, multiple lawsuits, Jeffrey Epstein, optical illusions, Nobel laureates, and the most famous picture of DNA. Another wild @science.org yarn with exclusive details from Jon Cohen www.science.org/content/arti...
I always like the marriage of science and art--and this story by one of our interns adds in some Peter Gabriel so there's a rock undertone. Amazing images. www.science.org/content/arti...
Using electrons to make art, this scientist’s biology images grace rock albums and stamps
Steve Gschmeissner’s electron microscope image of liver cholesterol won a Wellcome Photography Prize this year
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August 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I always like the marriage of science and art--and this story by one of our interns adds in some Peter Gabriel so there's a rock undertone. Amazing images. www.science.org/content/arti...
Senior biomedical reporter position open here at Science. One of the best crews in science journalism. Join us! Job details at bit.ly/44Rk8uR
July 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Senior biomedical reporter position open here at Science. One of the best crews in science journalism. Join us! Job details at bit.ly/44Rk8uR
Latest scoop from my colleagues: Trump exec order on gain of function GOF work spurs NIH to suspend pathogen studies www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: NIH suspends dozens of pathogen studies over ‘gain-of-function’ concerns
Trump executive order leads to pauses on U.S.-funded research into TB, influenza, COVID-19, and other diseases, dismaying some scientists
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July 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Latest scoop from my colleagues: Trump exec order on gain of function GOF work spurs NIH to suspend pathogen studies www.science.org/content/arti...
We're still puzzling over this new FDA/NIH directive. Can anyone identify what clinical trials or research the agencies might mean. Something where CAR T cells are made in china or stem cells of some type? Seems very niche if it's not obvious what it refers to. www.nih.gov/news-events/...
FDA halts new clinical trials that export Americans’ cells to foreign labs in hostile countries for genetic engineering
Trials failed to inform participants about the international transfer.
www.nih.gov
June 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We're still puzzling over this new FDA/NIH directive. Can anyone identify what clinical trials or research the agencies might mean. Something where CAR T cells are made in china or stem cells of some type? Seems very niche if it's not obvious what it refers to. www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Minor but real fear about proposed NIH reorganization: being forced to use the acronym NICWHSDC for a new National Institute for Child and Women's Health, Sensory Disorders and Communication.
June 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Minor but real fear about proposed NIH reorganization: being forced to use the acronym NICWHSDC for a new National Institute for Child and Women's Health, Sensory Disorders and Communication.
Reposted by John Travis
Exclusive: Kathleen Neuzil, an infectious disease and vaccine specialist who was head of the Fogarty International Center, received an e-mail notice today from the Department of Health and Human Services that immediately put her on administrative leave.
Chief of NIH’s international center is latest director to lose job under Trump
Kathleen Neuzil had led the Fogarty International Center for less than 1 year
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April 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Exclusive: Kathleen Neuzil, an infectious disease and vaccine specialist who was head of the Fogarty International Center, received an e-mail notice today from the Department of Health and Human Services that immediately put her on administrative leave.
Unfortunate exclusive xenotransplant update as pig kidney fails--but patient is ok (just back on dialysis) www.science.org/content/arti...
Longest human transplant of pig kidney fails
In latest xenotransplant test, Towana Looney’s body rejects gene-edited organ after more than 4 months
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April 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Unfortunate exclusive xenotransplant update as pig kidney fails--but patient is ok (just back on dialysis) www.science.org/content/arti...
Just when you thought it couldn't get any...stranger (to be diplomatic). NIH firings were a mistake,,, www.science.org/content/arti...
After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work
Neuroscience institutes tells 10 scientists placed on leave it’s working on a “long-term” solution to officially reinstating them
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April 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Just when you thought it couldn't get any...stranger (to be diplomatic). NIH firings were a mistake,,, www.science.org/content/arti...
What's some expected to be a Valentine's Day massacre is now an April Fool's one, except this is no joke: Trump administration purges leaders at NIH, FDA, and CDC amid an even greater reduction in force at the agencies. Fresh, exclusive details from my colleagues www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump administration purges U.S. health agency leaders
Reassignment letters come as reduction in force begins
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April 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What's some expected to be a Valentine's Day massacre is now an April Fool's one, except this is no joke: Trump administration purges leaders at NIH, FDA, and CDC amid an even greater reduction in force at the agencies. Fresh, exclusive details from my colleagues www.science.org/content/arti...
Any conservative/Trump-voting federal scientists who have been fired and are willing to discuss their views on that whatever they may be?--or can others suggest people in that situation we should reach out to? Contact the News from Science team www.science.org/content/page...
Got a tip?
Got a tip for Science’s news department? Our reporters would like to hear from you. Here are ways to contact us.
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February 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Any conservative/Trump-voting federal scientists who have been fired and are willing to discuss their views on that whatever they may be?--or can others suggest people in that situation we should reach out to? Contact the News from Science team www.science.org/content/page...
Latest update: How the mass scientists firings are being justified—and appealed:
“It's bad, but I'm not gonna lay down and roll over. I'm going to do my due diligence. … Got to stay positive.”
Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits and U.S. science in chaos www.science.org/content/arti...
“It's bad, but I'm not gonna lay down and roll over. I'm going to do my due diligence. … Got to stay positive.”
Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits and U.S. science in chaos www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits and U.S. science in chaos
Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally
www.science.org
February 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Latest update: How the mass scientists firings are being justified—and appealed:
“It's bad, but I'm not gonna lay down and roll over. I'm going to do my due diligence. … Got to stay positive.”
Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits and U.S. science in chaos www.science.org/content/arti...
“It's bad, but I'm not gonna lay down and roll over. I'm going to do my due diligence. … Got to stay positive.”
Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits and U.S. science in chaos www.science.org/content/arti...
Depending on your perspective it's a good/bad week for @science.org's news team to launch our Trump Tracker. Were recent NIH resignations voluntary? Will RFK Jr start firing scientists today? Why did a judge unfreeze U.S. foreign aid needed for clinical trials? www.science.org/content/arti...
Welcome to Trump Tracker
Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally
www.science.org
February 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Depending on your perspective it's a good/bad week for @science.org's news team to launch our Trump Tracker. Were recent NIH resignations voluntary? Will RFK Jr start firing scientists today? Why did a judge unfreeze U.S. foreign aid needed for clinical trials? www.science.org/content/arti...
Federal scientist taking the Trump buyout offer? Feel free to reach out, directly to me or via Science's news tip options. We're curious about what led to your decision and what/who your department or agency may be losing. Tips on other topics welcome too! www.science.org/content/page...
Got a tip?
Got a tip for Science’s news department? Our reporters would like to hear from you. Here are ways to contact us.
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Federal scientist taking the Trump buyout offer? Feel free to reach out, directly to me or via Science's news tip options. We're curious about what led to your decision and what/who your department or agency may be losing. Tips on other topics welcome too! www.science.org/content/page...
For my first post here I'll highlight my first feature in years and a weird biology story I have followed for decades--what's the function of odd cellular structures known as vaults? www.science.org/content/arti...
This biologist aims to solve the cell’s biggest mystery. Could it help cancer patients, too?
Four decades after his lab found odd, massive particles inside cells, Leonard Rome is still determined to figure out what “vaults” do
www.science.org
November 14, 2024 at 7:15 PM
For my first post here I'll highlight my first feature in years and a weird biology story I have followed for decades--what's the function of odd cellular structures known as vaults? www.science.org/content/arti...