Kim Thomas
@kim-thomas-phd.bsky.social
immunologist dabbling in transfusion medicine🩸
~ budding platelet afficionado ~
🐾dog lover & 🧶 bar knitter
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8152-9974
~ budding platelet afficionado ~
🐾dog lover & 🧶 bar knitter
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8152-9974
Reposted by Kim Thomas
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
Reposted by Kim Thomas
Lifting this freeze is crucial:
Ok scientists & those who love science 🧪: here is another exhortation. Call Congress TODAY about the freeze on NIH Council Meetings and Study Sections. Emphasize that this means NO new grants are being funded & labs will soon start to shut down and fire employees. Phone numbers are at:
5calls.org
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Lifting this freeze is crucial:
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The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
February 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
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@sethklamann.bsky.social @denverpost.com datawrapper.dwcdn.net/l0ZqA/8/ Amount that will be lost to the CO economy in a single year from 5 public institutions with NIH funding if indirects are reduced to 15%: $139,960,942. That’s jobs and services that keep research institutions open.
Estimated Single Year Loss of NIH Funding if 15% Indirect Cost Rate is Imposed
Based on analysis of 2024 NIH funding data. Sums are totals of losses in funding to programs if indirect costs had been capped at 15%
datawrapper.dwcdn.net
February 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@sethklamann.bsky.social @denverpost.com datawrapper.dwcdn.net/l0ZqA/8/ Amount that will be lost to the CO economy in a single year from 5 public institutions with NIH funding if indirects are reduced to 15%: $139,960,942. That’s jobs and services that keep research institutions open.
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The Globe and Mail recently published an article highlighting the life and legacy of the late Dana Devine, PhD, former chief scientist at Canadian Blood Services and a former AABB president. tgam.ca/3Daqifh
Scientist Dana Devine helped modernize transfusion practices in Canada
In the years after the tainted blood crisis, she became a leader in her field, using research to help safeguard and improve the national blood and plasma supply system
tgam.ca
December 10, 2024 at 1:40 PM
The Globe and Mail recently published an article highlighting the life and legacy of the late Dana Devine, PhD, former chief scientist at Canadian Blood Services and a former AABB president. tgam.ca/3Daqifh