Kate MacNamara
@macnamaralab.bsky.social
blood & bone marrow, immunology 💫, inflammation, resolution, infection, and aging 🔬 Professor, DIMD, Albany Medical College. Plant enthusiast. [views my own]
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Thanks for all the supportive comments from folks in the chat - it means a lot.
I want to address the comment from the anonymous HHS official.
Is it “radically leftist” to believe NIH policies should not harm research participants?
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I want to address the comment from the anonymous HHS official.
Is it “radically leftist” to believe NIH policies should not harm research participants?
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November 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Thanks for all the supportive comments from folks in the chat - it means a lot.
I want to address the comment from the anonymous HHS official.
Is it “radically leftist” to believe NIH policies should not harm research participants?
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I want to address the comment from the anonymous HHS official.
Is it “radically leftist” to believe NIH policies should not harm research participants?
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
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No Kings-Chicago, IL
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
No Kings-Chicago, IL
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Holy fuck! No Kings protesters are marching through Center City in Philadelphia. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
October 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Holy fuck! No Kings protesters are marching through Center City in Philadelphia. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
October 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Nobel Prize given for showing the importance of investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth. Basically the opposite of what the US is doing. 😭
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
go.nature.com/4hj9NNV
go.nature.com/4hj9NNV
Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
go.nature.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Nobel Prize given for showing the importance of investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth. Basically the opposite of what the US is doing. 😭
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.
The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak
Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.
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marrazzo is one of the most respected and accomplished physician scientists/public health experts in the world
“In her complaint, the scientist, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who had directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, objected to Trump administration actions, alleging that they had endangered research subjects, defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.”
Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
marrazzo is one of the most respected and accomplished physician scientists/public health experts in the world
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Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding
Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.
www.nature.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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According to news reports, NIH is on track to award nearly all of its FY25 budget. Program officers—working long hours despite staff losses—made it possible. Take a moment to thank your PO for their dedication.
September 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
According to news reports, NIH is on track to award nearly all of its FY25 budget. Program officers—working long hours despite staff losses—made it possible. Take a moment to thank your PO for their dedication.
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Jamie Raskin FTW.
September 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Jamie Raskin FTW.
A fun list to inspire.
So you're a scientist about to face a government shutdown?
Have you considered becoming a rock star?
It's easy AND profitable! 🎸🧪
Let's list off five scientists who turned rockers:
Have you considered becoming a rock star?
It's easy AND profitable! 🎸🧪
Let's list off five scientists who turned rockers:
September 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A fun list to inspire.
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I'm hiring a computational biologist interested in complex trait genetics using deep learning approaches. Reach out to me, if interested.
September 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm hiring a computational biologist interested in complex trait genetics using deep learning approaches. Reach out to me, if interested.
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I am advertising for a #postdoc for a 3 year BBSRC-funded project exploring the role of macrophages in salivary gland development. The successful candidate will be based at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social at @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social. Closing date: 9th Oct. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Emmerson lab within the Institute for Regeneration and Repair at the University of Edinburgh. This three year, BBSRC-funded postdoctoral research associa...
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September 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I am advertising for a #postdoc for a 3 year BBSRC-funded project exploring the role of macrophages in salivary gland development. The successful candidate will be based at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social at @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social. Closing date: 9th Oct. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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“If a new pandemic began today, mRNA vaccines are currently the only type of vaccine that could be developed quickly enough to disrupt its spread”
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/h...
How RFK Jr.’s misguided science on mRNA vaccines is shaping policy − a vaccine expert examines the false claims | CNN
At a Sept. 4, 2025, hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced heated questions from numerous senators about his vaccine policies, inc...
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September 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
“If a new pandemic began today, mRNA vaccines are currently the only type of vaccine that could be developed quickly enough to disrupt its spread”
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/h...
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www.latimes.com/obituaries/s... RIP David Baltimore. A true giant of biomedical research. Made so many fundamental discoveries: Reverse transcriptase; NF-kB; Rag genes (among others) Also shut down his lab for a week in 1970 to protest the US invasion of Cambodia.
David Baltimore, Nobel Prize-winning scientist and former Caltech president, dies at 87
Baltimore played a role in virtually every important national debate over the use and potential misuse of the science of genetic engineering.
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September 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
www.latimes.com/obituaries/s... RIP David Baltimore. A true giant of biomedical research. Made so many fundamental discoveries: Reverse transcriptase; NF-kB; Rag genes (among others) Also shut down his lab for a week in 1970 to protest the US invasion of Cambodia.
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Big news! As experimental hematology evolves, so do we. ISEH has been hard at work creating a new website that reflects who we are today — modern, mobile-friendly and built for you.
🚀 The new ISEH website launches next week — get ready for a fresh, streamlined experience!
🚀 The new ISEH website launches next week — get ready for a fresh, streamlined experience!
September 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Big news! As experimental hematology evolves, so do we. ISEH has been hard at work creating a new website that reflects who we are today — modern, mobile-friendly and built for you.
🚀 The new ISEH website launches next week — get ready for a fresh, streamlined experience!
🚀 The new ISEH website launches next week — get ready for a fresh, streamlined experience!
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This is RFK Jr.'s doing. He must go. He's coming for your children's vaccines next. The US is going to be one, big Petri dish soon enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is RFK Jr.'s doing. He must go. He's coming for your children's vaccines next. The US is going to be one, big Petri dish soon enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
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I stand with Joachim Frank. I would hope that others would have had a better understanding of history.
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August 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I stand with Joachim Frank. I would hope that others would have had a better understanding of history.
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Demetre Daskalakis' resignation letter. One for the history books. www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-resign...
The Resignation Letter Of Dr. Demetre C. Daskalakis Of The Centers For Disease Control
"FIRE HIM"- wrote Senator Patty Murray tonight about the deeply malevolent Robert Kennedy after a day of extraordinary chaos
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August 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Demetre Daskalakis' resignation letter. One for the history books. www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-resign...
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New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
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August 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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ASM, ASBMB, ASCB & FASEB are deeply disappointed in the Supreme Court ruling allowing cancellation of $800M in NIH grants, threatening labs, jobs, and early-career scientists. Stable funding is vital for U.S. science.
Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...
Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...
Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in American Public Health Association v. NIH - ASCB
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and the Federation of American Societies ...
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August 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
ASM, ASBMB, ASCB & FASEB are deeply disappointed in the Supreme Court ruling allowing cancellation of $800M in NIH grants, threatening labs, jobs, and early-career scientists. Stable funding is vital for U.S. science.
Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...
Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...