Montserrat Anguera, PhD
@montserrat-anguera.bsky.social
Associate professor at Penn studying X-chromosome Inactivation & sex differences in the immune system. She/her.
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The PIs of third floor Old Vet / Rosenthal @montserrat-anguera.bsky.social @themodzlab.bsky.social @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The PIs of third floor Old Vet / Rosenthal @montserrat-anguera.bsky.social @themodzlab.bsky.social @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social
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Anyone that has been around a lab knows that the trainees really drive the research, while most professors just sort of guide the ship. Most innovation comes from our trainees.
Old professors like me will be able to survive these cuts, but our young scientists and our future will be destroyed.
Old professors like me will be able to survive these cuts, but our young scientists and our future will be destroyed.
June 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Anyone that has been around a lab knows that the trainees really drive the research, while most professors just sort of guide the ship. Most innovation comes from our trainees.
Old professors like me will be able to survive these cuts, but our young scientists and our future will be destroyed.
Old professors like me will be able to survive these cuts, but our young scientists and our future will be destroyed.
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New story up in Nature from @maxkozlov.bsky.social
NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE
Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE
Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New story up in Nature from @maxkozlov.bsky.social
NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE
Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE
Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Science is under attack. The NIH, the NSF, and our research universities.
So today, I have a message for America's scientists:
youtu.be/MeoZDPy5cIY?...
So today, I have a message for America's scientists:
youtu.be/MeoZDPy5cIY?...
A Message to Scientists
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
youtu.be
May 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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All the gratitude --
- to scientists who've reported their grants to grant-watch.us. Your willingness to share matters & has made a difference.
- to @aniloza.bsky.social for this article and many others that document the destruction of American science.
- to @noamross.net as the perfect teammate.
- to scientists who've reported their grants to grant-watch.us. Your willingness to share matters & has made a difference.
- to @aniloza.bsky.social for this article and many others that document the destruction of American science.
- to @noamross.net as the perfect teammate.
May 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
All the gratitude --
- to scientists who've reported their grants to grant-watch.us. Your willingness to share matters & has made a difference.
- to @aniloza.bsky.social for this article and many others that document the destruction of American science.
- to @noamross.net as the perfect teammate.
- to scientists who've reported their grants to grant-watch.us. Your willingness to share matters & has made a difference.
- to @aniloza.bsky.social for this article and many others that document the destruction of American science.
- to @noamross.net as the perfect teammate.
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Great article with lots of perspectives from scientists who are scared to speak out — and other scientists who are scared of what will happen if they don't. Trump & Musk & Kennedy are devastating U.S. research and setting progress back decades
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate
Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Great article with lots of perspectives from scientists who are scared to speak out — and other scientists who are scared of what will happen if they don't. Trump & Musk & Kennedy are devastating U.S. research and setting progress back decades
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
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“This no longer feels like the right place to raise a family and pursue a research career“
We spoke to five US-based researchers who are seeking, or moving to, jobs abroad because of the drastic changes imposed on US science by the Trump administration
https://go.nature.com/4knB9CX
We spoke to five US-based researchers who are seeking, or moving to, jobs abroad because of the drastic changes imposed on US science by the Trump administration
https://go.nature.com/4knB9CX
US brain drain: the scientists seeking jobs abroad amid Trump’s assault on research
Nature - Five US-based researchers tell Nature why they are exploring career opportunities overseas.
go.nature.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“This no longer feels like the right place to raise a family and pursue a research career“
We spoke to five US-based researchers who are seeking, or moving to, jobs abroad because of the drastic changes imposed on US science by the Trump administration
https://go.nature.com/4knB9CX
We spoke to five US-based researchers who are seeking, or moving to, jobs abroad because of the drastic changes imposed on US science by the Trump administration
https://go.nature.com/4knB9CX
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"NIH funding is gone, so you should pivot to private foundations for funding"
Meanwhile, private foundations:
Meanwhile, private foundations:
Having a hard time processing this. HHMI is pausing all competitions. Very demoralizing for early career scientists like me @hhmi.org
May 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"NIH funding is gone, so you should pivot to private foundations for funding"
Meanwhile, private foundations:
Meanwhile, private foundations:
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To be clear, these kinds of breakthroughs are going to come to a screeching halt with the current NIH funding cuts. This new treatment is only possible because of decades of basic research. What might be possible 20 years from now if we don't destroy basic research?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
World’s first personalized CRISPR therapy given to baby with genetic disease
Treatment seems to have been effective, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied.
www.nature.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
To be clear, these kinds of breakthroughs are going to come to a screeching halt with the current NIH funding cuts. This new treatment is only possible because of decades of basic research. What might be possible 20 years from now if we don't destroy basic research?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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May 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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In a new #ScienceEditorial, Donald Moynihan and Pamela Herd address concerning impacts of “Schedule F” increasing the number of political appointees at federal agencies like the National Science Foundation. scim.ag/4kcAnIX
May 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In a new #ScienceEditorial, Donald Moynihan and Pamela Herd address concerning impacts of “Schedule F” increasing the number of political appointees at federal agencies like the National Science Foundation. scim.ag/4kcAnIX
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President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. A feature in Nature examines the long-term impacts for the US and the world. #Academicsky 🧪
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. What are the long-term impacts for the United States and the world?
go.nature.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. A feature in Nature examines the long-term impacts for the US and the world. #Academicsky 🧪
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Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
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It was a privilege to help tell the stories of U.S. scientists whose lives have been upended during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration in this recent piece for @science.org
U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories
As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures
www.science.org
May 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It was a privilege to help tell the stories of U.S. scientists whose lives have been upended during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration in this recent piece for @science.org
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Yeah, take that, you freeloading newborns.
One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies | Cornell Chronicle
After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.
news.cornell.edu
May 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Yeah, take that, you freeloading newborns.
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NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executiv...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. A feature in Nature examines the long-term impacts for the US and the world. #Academicsky 🧪
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. What are the long-term impacts for the United States and the world?
go.nature.com
May 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. A feature in Nature examines the long-term impacts for the US and the world. #Academicsky 🧪
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Musk and SpaceX are among the biggest winners in Trump’s 2026 spending plan. Trump is delivering on Musk’s wish list at both NASA and the Pentagon, reshaping federal space spending to funnel billions of dollars in new business directly to him.
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Musk and SpaceX are among the biggest winners in Trump’s 2026 spending plan. Trump is delivering on Musk’s wish list at both NASA and the Pentagon, reshaping federal space spending to funnel billions of dollars in new business directly to him.
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President Donald Trump today asked Congress to make massive and unprecedented cuts to the 2026 budgets of major federal science agencies. scim.ag/3Yszqnm
Trump’s proposed budget would mean ‘disastrous’ cuts to science
Key research budgets would shrink by one-third to one-half in 2026 spending plan
scim.ag
May 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
President Donald Trump today asked Congress to make massive and unprecedented cuts to the 2026 budgets of major federal science agencies. scim.ag/3Yszqnm
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Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts for US science in next fiscal year
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science
Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts for US science in next fiscal year
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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#AImmSRC 2025 is here. Join speakers Carola Vinuesa, MD, PhD and Mark Davis, PhD, for the newest in emerging research for treating autoimmune diseases. Expand your network by meeting organizers like @montserrat-anguera.bsky.social. Check out the agenda and save your space: buff.ly/k4qMuOz
April 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#AImmSRC 2025 is here. Join speakers Carola Vinuesa, MD, PhD and Mark Davis, PhD, for the newest in emerging research for treating autoimmune diseases. Expand your network by meeting organizers like @montserrat-anguera.bsky.social. Check out the agenda and save your space: buff.ly/k4qMuOz
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And here is a 60 Minutes Extra (Overtime) segment on YouTube.
This did not air tonight, as we understand it.
youtube.com/watch?v=nKJM...
This did not air tonight, as we understand it.
youtube.com/watch?v=nKJM...
Medical research brain drain: Why scientists could flee the U.S.
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
youtube.com
April 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
And here is a 60 Minutes Extra (Overtime) segment on YouTube.
This did not air tonight, as we understand it.
youtube.com/watch?v=nKJM...
This did not air tonight, as we understand it.
youtube.com/watch?v=nKJM...