/2 Per @statnews.com:
At [NHGRI], the entire comms office was eliminated Tu, along w/the offices of policy, science education, procurement, & the whole division of management..
Bonham’s dismissal leaves the institute w/o anyone in charge or able to offer the final sign-off on issuing new grants.

What are they doing? And why? @dahlialithwick.bsky.social

Added. Thanks, @trishaclare.bsky.social. For folks unfamiliar with eRA Commons (public.era.nih.gov), it is the online system that allows users to manage grants for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While it is down, the NIH grants process will be further curtailed.

Thanks for the shout out. The real heros are the folks who submit data and the dedicated folks at NCBI GEO and NLM who maintain the data resources. We are reminded that such resources are not to be taken for granted....

I've embraced these new technologies as both a student (aren't we all?) and an educator (of adults), encouraging students to experiment, share their experiences transparently, and understand that active learning can take many forms. Not all candy canes and roses, but this stuff is here to stay.