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Ryan Tomlinson
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Bone is best. Associate Professor. Philadelphia.
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM).

Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).

Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.

hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
ryanet.bsky.social
Science brings people together - sometimes with data, sometimes with birthdays, always with food! Fun lunch with Dr. Freeman & Dr. Collins’ labs celebrating three of our #orthoresearch lab members who share the same October birthday! #OrthoResearch @orssociety.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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boghuma.bsky.social
Just here to remind everyone that while the federal government is shutdown, all study sections at the NIH are currently on hold. Another blow to science and to early career scientists like myself with young labs and research groups. Very hard to remain positive about this career path.
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
READ ⬇️ Stand Up For Science Statement on Compact Corrupting Higher Education.
10/2/2025: Stand Up For Science Statement on Compact Corrupting Higher Education. Washington, D.C. — Today, the administration has unveiled their proposed "compact" for higher education. This document is antithetical to the free academic inquiry that forms the foundation of American excellence in higher education. Further, while the compact is framed as a way to promote fairness in higher education, this compact runs counter to the scientific method by prioritizing federal grant funding to go to universities who have signed, rather than proposals that have been selected by experts. We call on university leaders to unite and reject this overreach of executive power by the White House. The compact lies in the context of an ongoing and multi-pronged attack on the integrity of the American scientific ecosystem, but this also tangibly represents the President seizing control of public spaces and higher education. Each university represents a beacon of free thought, vibrant educational empowerment, and public enrichment, and we must demand President Trump stay out of dictating universities. "Trump's compact is yet another form of attack on the American institutions that provide evidence that counter's the core belief of MAGA — racism, misogyny, and regression of the human race to name a few. If universities agree to these terms, academic freedom in America will be over," says Colette Delawalla Founder and Director of Stand Up For Science. She continues "when the White House takes over what is defined as 'truth' regardless of scientific evidence, we are no longer in a free nation. Universities must understanding the seriousness of this moment and respond accordingly." Stand Up For Science will reliably sound the alarm when science and scientists are under attack, and our platform empowers scientists to speak out and organize against corruption of American science. The proposing of this document represents an extreme authoritarian escalation for American higher education. It is crucial that university leaders, congress and the public stand together to protect higher education from this attack.
October 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
ryanet.bsky.social
Another great option at #ASBMR2025 is the Daily Dozen in the Pike Place Market. Go cinnamon! #donutRIG
September 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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rachelmenegaz.bsky.social
Thanks to @asbmr.bsky.social for hosting a fantastic session on effective science communication today. My slides and resources can be found below. Please share with your research groups!
tinyurl.com/tku9xnfx
2025 ASBMR Science Communication - Google Drive
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September 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
ryanet.bsky.social
Friends, if you are at #ASBMR2025 and support the #donutRIG, Top Pot Doughnuts cannot be missed! One of my top 5 donut places - not gimmicky like some others (👀).
September 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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kairyssdal.bsky.social
Hello. The president's continued insistence that the BLS numbers are rigged, political, or otherwise manipulated is a lie. Please stop saying 'baseless claim.' Thank you.
August 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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aimbe-official.bsky.social
AIMBE is hosting a symposium titled "The Importance of Advocacy in Biomedical Research" at the @amsocbiomech.bsky.social Meeting on 8/14!

Join @dawnberaud.bsky.social and our Fellows @troy-biomechlab.bsky.social, Kate Saul, and Jill Higginson for this important conversation on advocacy 👇
A flyer of the upcoming symposium for the 2025 ASB Annual Meeting – AIMBE Symposium: The Importance of Advocacy in Biomedical Research.Thursday, August 14 | 9:00-10:30 AM | Open to all career stages.The speakers are Dawn Beraud, Karen Troy, Katherine Saul, and Jill Higginson.
August 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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barrlab.bsky.social
From @aaas.org check-in with Sudip Parikh: a letter by 14 Republican senators urge the Office of Management and Budget to release NIH funding. If this includes your state (AL, ME, WV, SC, KY, KS, AR, PA, NC, IN, AK), Sudip recommends contacting & thanking them for being American science leaders.
Director Vought: We write to ask you to fully implement the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, including funds appropriated for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The continuing resolution supp011s NIH initiatives across a range of critical research areas­cancer, cardiovascular disease, rare pediatric disorders, and more. These vital efforts are not only necessary to Make America Healthy Again, but also have a direct impact on American families, biomedical innovation, our economy, and competing with Communist China. We are concerned by the slow disbursement rate of FY25 NIH funds, as it risks undermining critical research and the thousands of American jobs it supports. Suspension of these appropriated funds - whether formally withheld or functionally delayed - could threaten Americans' ability to access better treatments and limit our nation's leadership in biomedical science. It also risks inadve11ently severing ongoing NIH-funded research prior to actionable results. We share your commitment to ensuring NIH funds are used responsibly and not diverted to ideological or unaccountable programs. We are confident Secretary Kennedy and Director Bhattacharya are well positioned to uphold gold standard research by ensuring that NIH awards are grounded in transparency, scientific merit, and a clear alignment with national interests. Our shared goal is to restore public trust in the NIH precisely because its work is focused on results, accountability, and real-world impact. Withholding or suspending these funds would jeopardize that trust and hinder progress on critical health challenges facing our nation. Ultimately, this is about finding cures and seeing them through to fruition. We respectfully request that you ensure the timely release of all FY25 NIH appropriations in accordance with congressional intent. Doing so will ensure continued momentum in curing disease, supp011ing American innovation, and delivering result… Sincerely, Katie Boyd Britt John Boozman Shelly Moore Capito Bill Cassidy Susan Collins Lindsey O. Graham David H. McCormick Mitch McConnel Jerry Moran Lisa Murkowski Thom Tillis Todd Young Dan Sullivan Tim Scott
July 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
New analysis shows Trump's budget would slash basic science research by roughly 34 percent.

The disastrous budget “would essentially end America’s longstanding role as the world leader in science,” warns the Association of American Universities.

zurl.co/Sy7dI

#CutsCostLives
#StandUpForScience
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July 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
ryanet.bsky.social
Ugh
July 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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"Science is an investment.

We will put forward a new 500 million package for 2025-2027 to support the best and the brightest researchers and scientists from Europe and around the world."

— President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at the ‘Choose Europe for Science' event at La Sorbonne 🇫🇷
May 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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science.org.au
Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...
July 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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elisewang.bsky.social
So this phrase “able-bodied” has clearly been on the most recent list of R talking points. It comes from the first round of English labor laws, which were instituted after the Black Death.

A mini medieval story time!
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 8
Jim Jordan: "If there's an able-bodied adult out there now who is in our welfare system, guess what -- that person is going to have to work ... that is far from immoral."
July 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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westernu.ca
To attract top global talent, #WesternU is doubling the number of Postdoctoral Fellowship Program awards and launching the new US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Awards. #CdnPSE #HigherEd
Western expands PhD and postdoc funding - Western News
Western is boosting funding for postdoctoral fellows and PhD candidates from the U.S. and other countries with expanded and new award programs.
news.westernu.ca
July 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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maxkozlov.bsky.social
I've received additional confirmation, as well as an email I can share publicly.

See the directive NIH grants management staff received from Michelle Bulls, director of extramural policy at NIH:
April 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...
Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.

This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
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Front-page-style graphic titled “BREAKING NEWS” with photos of RFK Jr. and Dr. Bhattacharya in front of a government hearing chamber. Text reads: “NIH Scientists Sound the Alarm as Health Research Faces Historic Threat” and “NIH Employees Send Trump Cronies Scathing Wake-Up Call.”
June 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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needhibhalla.bsky.social
Every scientist should discuss the consequences of the NIH and NSF grant terminations and delays and failure to fund at their home institution at the end of a talk or seminar. Even if a scientist’s own funding is not threatened, I GUARANTEE there is someone at their institution affected.
ctmurphy1.bsky.social Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · Jun 1
It's breaking my brain to hear amazing talks that show treatments that help patients developed out of fundamental research, while temporarily ignoring the backdrop of the American science funding disaster
June 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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The biggest scandal in U.S. history is hiding in plain sight. The president and his family are boosting their wealth by $1 billion every month, selling the power and prestige of the White House.

Giving this a name - Cryptogate - and a concise guide. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
Your guide to Cryptogate, Trump’s $4 billion corruption scandal that’s 10 times bigger than Watergate | Will Bunch
Here's an in-depth guide to the key players, companies, and deals behind Donald Trump's scheme to cash in on his presidency.
www.inquirer.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Phenomenal piece by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social here.

(Gift link)
If there were justice in the world, Musk would never be able to repair his reputation, at least not without devoting the bulk of his fortune to easing the misery he's engendered. Musk's sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character - a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty, and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he's seen for the rest of his public life
May 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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framptongeraci.bsky.social
“Being in sync with what this administration is trying to accomplish” is not, in fact, a core tenet of any academic discipline.
May 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
ryanet.bsky.social
But … why?
angrystaffer.bsky.social Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · May 28
RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals — the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc.

It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.
May 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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bwjones.bsky.social
This is almost 3.5 times what we spend on biomedical research in America.

Where are American priorities?
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · May 24
Aside from cutting health care for the elderly & poor, the Republican budget steers $160 BILLION to enrich private prisons + quadruple the size of Trump’s American Gestapo ICE — while making them immune from prosecution.

TLDR: You are not alarmed enough.
www.wola.org/analysis/160...
May 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM