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Ruby Lam
@rubymlam.bsky.social
Neuroscience Postdoc @MIT
A site dedicated to tangible benefits that came from federally-funded research.
Browse the examples, or add another!
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Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.
A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Reposted by Ruby Lam
Turns out, two of pain’s most famous messengers — Substance P and CGRPα — might not be so essential after all. Mice missing both still felt pain just fine, challenging decades of assumptions about how pain signals travel.
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April 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Reposted by Ruby Lam
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NIH "has become suffocatingly toxic. 'People are being screamed at, bullied, harassed,' one official told me. Some that once protested have since relented—perhaps because they now know that the immediate future will bring only more of the same."

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The NIH’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’
The Trump administration is rapidly canceling hundreds of grants, in the most aggressive attack yet on American science.
www.theatlantic.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Reposted by Ruby Lam
We are back! STANDING UP FOR SCIENCE! Thursday at 9:30pm Eastern on www.twitch.tv/philososcien...
philososcienceing - Twitch
Join us for philosophizing about science (philososciencing) for a bit!
www.twitch.tv
March 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Ok Boston area peeps! Lab coats off Friday afternoon. Bring your stick-free posters, some warm clothes, snacks and water. See you there! standupforscience2025.org/boston-ma/
Boston, MA
Location: Massachusetts State House 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA, United States Address: 24 Beacon St., Boston, MA, 02133 Time: 12-4 PM Important information: Please do not fully block the sidewalk, st…
standupforscience2025.org
March 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reposted by Ruby Lam
I wrote an opinion column for the local newspaper in southern NH where I am from. Thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for the inspiration! Please consider doing this in your hometown! #SciAdvocate 🧪👩‍🔬

www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinio...
Robyn St. Laurent: Why science funding matters more than you think
Cutting funding to NIH and and NSF does more than take away career paths for our upcoming generations; it threatens the well-being of people.
www.seacoastonline.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM