Karen Kulju Mckee
@mckeekk48.bsky.social
PhD Molecular and Cellular Biologist, Biochemist. I love puzzling out the role of laminin and extracellular matrix. Also avid reader, mom, and political junkie
So thankful to receive our NOA today. Grateful to all those that made this happen. #NIH#NIAMS🧪🔬
August 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So thankful to receive our NOA today. Grateful to all those that made this happen. #NIH#NIAMS🧪🔬
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The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. This is catastrophic. Reduction to 8 centers. 40% cut in budget. 15% IDC cap. This will decimate science across America open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
April 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. This is catastrophic. Reduction to 8 centers. 40% cut in budget. 15% IDC cap. This will decimate science across America open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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After wreaking havoc at NIH and other critical agencies, Musk, Trump and minions are dismantling NSF. Where is congress and when will they intervene? 🧪
NEW: Today, NSF "disestablished" most of its scientific advisory committees.
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders
Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.
www.nsf.gov
April 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
After wreaking havoc at NIH and other critical agencies, Musk, Trump and minions are dismantling NSF. Where is congress and when will they intervene? 🧪
I have no words😕
NEW — After putting all Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) employees on administrative leave Monday, I'm told DOGE is canceling congressionally-appropriated grants to state libraries across the entire country. Libraries are getting notice that funding was canceled as of 4/1.
More here:
More here:
EveryLibrary Condemns the Trump Administration's Termination of IMLS Grants as an Attack on Libraries, Museums, and Archives Everywhere.
State Library Agencies and other grant recipients across the country began receiving official notices from the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services terminating their grants,...
www.everylibrary.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have no words😕
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Some CSR sessions are scheduled to be posted to the Federal Register tomorrow.
cc @jeremymberg.bsky.social
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
cc @jeremymberg.bsky.social
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
March 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Some CSR sessions are scheduled to be posted to the Federal Register tomorrow.
cc @jeremymberg.bsky.social
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
cc @jeremymberg.bsky.social
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
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the good news this morning? nih, pubmed, pubmed central and MeSH are all back up and accessible again.
would love to know who fatfingered that one yesterday.
would love to know who fatfingered that one yesterday.
March 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
the good news this morning? nih, pubmed, pubmed central and MeSH are all back up and accessible again.
would love to know who fatfingered that one yesterday.
would love to know who fatfingered that one yesterday.
???
So here we are…
Someone shared this, posted here about 3 weeks ago, based on what happened at/to USAID. Anything sound familiar?
/fin (for now)
Someone shared this, posted here about 3 weeks ago, based on what happened at/to USAID. Anything sound familiar?
/fin (for now)
March 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
???
Helpful info on #NIH grants
I am not going to call this a Bluetorial, because I do not want to sully that term (which, at least I, find joyful).
Let’s call it a Orwellial.
Let’s call it a Orwellial.
a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
media.tenor.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Helpful info on #NIH grants
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I am not going to call this a Bluetorial, because I do not want to sully that term (which, at least I, find joyful).
Let’s call it a Orwellial.
Let’s call it a Orwellial.
a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
media.tenor.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I am not going to call this a Bluetorial, because I do not want to sully that term (which, at least I, find joyful).
Let’s call it a Orwellial.
Let’s call it a Orwellial.
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Please fold this into stories about Trump’s little performance yesterday.
EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
therecord.media
March 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Please fold this into stories about Trump’s little performance yesterday.
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" “They are firing some of our best people, not our worst,” says the NIH scientist from the large institute. HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said the department had no comment; the White House has said term-limited positions should not be renewed to help downsize the federal workforce."
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
" “They are firing some of our best people, not our worst,” says the NIH scientist from the large institute. HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said the department had no comment; the White House has said term-limited positions should not be renewed to help downsize the federal workforce."
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Confirmed (by many sources) news about 50 NIH Study Sections being allowed to announce meetings in the Federal Register.
As usual, MANY more questions than answers...
1/2
As usual, MANY more questions than answers...
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a muppet news anchor says " and now a muppet news flash " while holding a piece of paper
ALT: a muppet news anchor says " and now a muppet news flash " while holding a piece of paper
media.tenor.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Confirmed (by many sources) news about 50 NIH Study Sections being allowed to announce meetings in the Federal Register.
As usual, MANY more questions than answers...
1/2
As usual, MANY more questions than answers...
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UPDATE: NIH CSR will soon be able to publish a small set of Federal Register Notices (FRNs) - 50 or so. The lead time between notice and meeting will be reduced back to 30 days (from 35).
ICs might be allowed to resume publishing FRNs next week. An "indefinite hold" on Councils remains.
ICs might be allowed to resume publishing FRNs next week. An "indefinite hold" on Councils remains.
NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal scholars say is illegal.
Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled.
All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled.
All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
www.nature.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
UPDATE: NIH CSR will soon be able to publish a small set of Federal Register Notices (FRNs) - 50 or so. The lead time between notice and meeting will be reduced back to 30 days (from 35).
ICs might be allowed to resume publishing FRNs next week. An "indefinite hold" on Councils remains.
ICs might be allowed to resume publishing FRNs next week. An "indefinite hold" on Councils remains.
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Please share:
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
2025 Federal Financial Assistance Freeze
On Monday, January 27th, 2025, President Trump issued an order to freeze virtually all of approved and legally required federal funding.
delauro.house.gov
February 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Please share:
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
Heartbreaking!
I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
docs.google.com
February 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Heartbreaking!
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Bluetorial: The path to a new pain medication with little potential for addiction
Perhaps a good story to share with folks who want to learn about how biomedical research works and where advances come from.
Perhaps a good story to share with folks who want to learn about how biomedical research works and where advances come from.
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Bluetorial: The path to a new pain medication with little potential for addiction
Perhaps a good story to share with folks who want to learn about how biomedical research works and where advances come from.
Perhaps a good story to share with folks who want to learn about how biomedical research works and where advances come from.
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If you slash NIH funding, this is what you’re slashing: life saving research
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
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February 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you slash NIH funding, this is what you’re slashing: life saving research
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Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.
https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
go.nature.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.
https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
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While Musk/Trump trying to crush public education is terrible for US in how we learn, making the world a better place & because it is one of best exports & it is the pipeline that makes our tech sector dominant. But, also: public universities are one of the top employers in basically every state.
February 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
While Musk/Trump trying to crush public education is terrible for US in how we learn, making the world a better place & because it is one of best exports & it is the pipeline that makes our tech sector dominant. But, also: public universities are one of the top employers in basically every state.
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A long post about what’s happening to the science funding agencies in the US and why. As mentioned, this one just kept getting longer even as I kept stripping curse words from it.
www.science.org/content/blog...
www.science.org/content/blog...
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A long post about what’s happening to the science funding agencies in the US and why. As mentioned, this one just kept getting longer even as I kept stripping curse words from it.
www.science.org/content/blog...
www.science.org/content/blog...
