Pearl Magala
@pearlmagala.bsky.social
Scientist at the University of Washington | Studying protein dynamics & allostery for drug discovery.
****All views expressed here are solely my own and do not reflect those of my employer or affiliates.
****All views expressed here are solely my own and do not reflect those of my employer or affiliates.
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Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social
Definitely worth a read!
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
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Definitely worth a read!
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
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NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.
www.the-scientist.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social
Definitely worth a read!
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
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Definitely worth a read!
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
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"For our scientists" 🧪
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September 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"For our scientists" 🧪
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By ellecordova on Instagram
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Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
August 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
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Listed are some of the many NIH research training programs that were terminated! Together, these programs supported thousands of trainees, whose careers are now in limbo. Such a great loss for discovery and innovation. We must protect our next generation of scientists!
#HandsOffNIH #ProtectScience
#HandsOffNIH #ProtectScience
We LOVE our trainees ! From @nihvigils.bsky.social today ❤️❤️
August 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Listed are some of the many NIH research training programs that were terminated! Together, these programs supported thousands of trainees, whose careers are now in limbo. Such a great loss for discovery and innovation. We must protect our next generation of scientists!
#HandsOffNIH #ProtectScience
#HandsOffNIH #ProtectScience
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Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH Director, thinks that if science isn’t popular it should be abandoned.
“No matter how elegant the science, a platform that lacks credibility among the people it seeks to protect cannot fulfill its public health mission”.
He is unfit for his job in every imaginable way.
“No matter how elegant the science, a platform that lacks credibility among the people it seeks to protect cannot fulfill its public health mission”.
He is unfit for his job in every imaginable way.
August 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH Director, thinks that if science isn’t popular it should be abandoned.
“No matter how elegant the science, a platform that lacks credibility among the people it seeks to protect cannot fulfill its public health mission”.
He is unfit for his job in every imaginable way.
“No matter how elegant the science, a platform that lacks credibility among the people it seeks to protect cannot fulfill its public health mission”.
He is unfit for his job in every imaginable way.
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Very Hard times for our HIV team in Uganda. We’ve reduced incidence of new infections by over 90%. We know how to stop transmission and end AIDS. We were close to zero. What we need now is the will. @rhsp-ug.bsky.social #HIV #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Uganda #EndAIDS #PEPFAR
On the Cusp of Eliminating HIV | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
The Rakai Health Sciences Program transformed global AIDS policies and cut new cases by 90%. How will its storied research and clinical legacy continue?
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu
May 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Very Hard times for our HIV team in Uganda. We’ve reduced incidence of new infections by over 90%. We know how to stop transmission and end AIDS. We were close to zero. What we need now is the will. @rhsp-ug.bsky.social #HIV #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Uganda #EndAIDS #PEPFAR
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"If science is to honour one of its core values — a commitment to the truth wherever it might lead — scientists must stand up when DEI matters"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Don’t wait out four hard years: speak truth to power
The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by.
www.nature.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"If science is to honour one of its core values — a commitment to the truth wherever it might lead — scientists must stand up when DEI matters"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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“The most proximate cause of contemporary tuberculosis deaths is not M. tuberculosis, but Homo sapiens”
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social on why the U.S. withdrawal of foreign aid for fighting diseases like tuberculosis will haunt us
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@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social on why the U.S. withdrawal of foreign aid for fighting diseases like tuberculosis will haunt us
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The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again.
www.theatlantic.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“The most proximate cause of contemporary tuberculosis deaths is not M. tuberculosis, but Homo sapiens”
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social on why the U.S. withdrawal of foreign aid for fighting diseases like tuberculosis will haunt us
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@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social on why the U.S. withdrawal of foreign aid for fighting diseases like tuberculosis will haunt us
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This is devastating. We’ve stopped training the next generation of scientists.
PhD student mentoring is the most rewarding part of being a professor. You get to be part of building the future. And now we aren’t able to admit a new class next year.
Heartbreaking is exactly the right word.
PhD student mentoring is the most rewarding part of being a professor. You get to be part of building the future. And now we aren’t able to admit a new class next year.
Heartbreaking is exactly the right word.
This is my institution. These are the people I work with making these decisions. The situation is heartbreaking. Public medical schools have no other choice; there is no other source of funding, and everyone in academia is at extreme risk right now.
March 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is devastating. We’ve stopped training the next generation of scientists.
PhD student mentoring is the most rewarding part of being a professor. You get to be part of building the future. And now we aren’t able to admit a new class next year.
Heartbreaking is exactly the right word.
PhD student mentoring is the most rewarding part of being a professor. You get to be part of building the future. And now we aren’t able to admit a new class next year.
Heartbreaking is exactly the right word.
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My latest: you can't fear a government shutdown when the government is already shut down... www.joyannreid.com/p/the-daily-...
The Daily Reid: The government is already shut down
How do you shut down a government that's already being dismantled? Call your Senator and tell them to stop playing and put an end to the Trump, Elon, doge madness.
www.joyannreid.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
My latest: you can't fear a government shutdown when the government is already shut down... www.joyannreid.com/p/the-daily-...
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We are in a biotech space race, cutting off basic science via slashing NIH and NSF funding robs the US of our competitive advantage: early innovation.
China is poised to dominate biotechnology in the 21st century - The Hill
March 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We are in a biotech space race, cutting off basic science via slashing NIH and NSF funding robs the US of our competitive advantage: early innovation.
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Once again, I have to ask. What is it about destroying the high quality of USA universities, which of course will happen if funding and staff are reduced, that makes America Great? Surely, it just diminishes it both at home and globally?
www.timeshighereducation.com/world-univer...
www.timeshighereducation.com/world-univer...
World University Rankings
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 include 1,799 universities across 104 countries and regions, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date.
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Once again, I have to ask. What is it about destroying the high quality of USA universities, which of course will happen if funding and staff are reduced, that makes America Great? Surely, it just diminishes it both at home and globally?
www.timeshighereducation.com/world-univer...
www.timeshighereducation.com/world-univer...