Sam Porter
@samporter.bsky.social
Postdoc at the University of Michigan.
Dengue/Zika virologist.
Dengue/Zika virologist.
Reposted by Sam Porter
Like science integrity researchers denounced distortion of their work by the Trump administration, I'd like to hear academic lab leakers call out the destruction of US science under the pretext of the origin of SARS-CoV-2.
Great to read this: "Sleuths “should call out” when their work is used out of context to “advance agendas that harm science”" 🧪
Some sleuths fear that the business of cleaning up flawed studies is being weaponized against science itself
go.nature.com/3TwCNXA
go.nature.com/3TwCNXA
August 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Like science integrity researchers denounced distortion of their work by the Trump administration, I'd like to hear academic lab leakers call out the destruction of US science under the pretext of the origin of SARS-CoV-2.
Reposted by Sam Porter
It's being portrayed as an attempt to wipe out US crops, but the disease is already there which is why it needs to be researched.
They may have broken import rules, but this would be a weird form of bioterrorism.
www.ars.usda.gov/midwest-area...
They may have broken import rules, but this would be a weird form of bioterrorism.
www.ars.usda.gov/midwest-area...
Fusarium head blight in the U.S. : USDA ARSResearch : USDA ARSLock
www.ars.usda.gov
June 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It's being portrayed as an attempt to wipe out US crops, but the disease is already there which is why it needs to be researched.
They may have broken import rules, but this would be a weird form of bioterrorism.
www.ars.usda.gov/midwest-area...
They may have broken import rules, but this would be a weird form of bioterrorism.
www.ars.usda.gov/midwest-area...