Kendall Shaffer
@kendallshaffer.bsky.social
Microbiology PhD student studying co-infection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in the cystic fibrosis lung 🧫🫁 | Birket Lab | UAB Graduate Biomedical Sciences | UNC Chapel Hill alumna | dog mom | she/her
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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A lot to chew on in these results. Scientists still relatively trusted, but conflicting views on the role of scientists in policy deliberations and public values. www.pewresearch.org/science/2024...
Public Trust in Scientists and Views on Their Role in Policymaking
Americans’ trust in scientists is slightly higher than it was last year, but remains lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.pewresearch.org
November 16, 2024 at 1:46 PM
A lot to chew on in these results. Scientists still relatively trusted, but conflicting views on the role of scientists in policy deliberations and public values. www.pewresearch.org/science/2024...
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sometimes I enjoy being a scientist but then there are also the horrors (bioinformatics)
November 23, 2024 at 12:09 AM
sometimes I enjoy being a scientist but then there are also the horrors (bioinformatics)
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With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of vaccines. THREAD👇
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
November 9, 2024 at 2:26 PM
With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of vaccines. THREAD👇
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
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What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.”
HUMANS!
HUMANS!
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 AM
What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.”
HUMANS!
HUMANS!
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i would describe my personality as a golden retriever with rabies
April 9, 2024 at 4:32 PM
i would describe my personality as a golden retriever with rabies