I-75 Scientist
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“He’s just this guy, ya know”
Former Neuroscientist who traveled along I-75.
focused on biomed fellowships & trainee development.
Husband, dad x 4,🏊♂️ 🚴 🏃♂️🏋️♂️🍺🥃
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Former Neuroscientist who traveled along I-75.
focused on biomed fellowships & trainee development.
Husband, dad x 4,🏊♂️ 🚴 🏃♂️🏋️♂️🍺🥃
Opinions my own, Reposts not endorsments
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Open sessions are useful getting a sense of where priorities are and what changes could be coming. For those interested in training programs at NIGMS I recommend listening this morning.
February 5, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Open sessions are useful getting a sense of where priorities are and what changes could be coming. For those interested in training programs at NIGMS I recommend listening this morning.
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"Mass layoffs outlined by the likes of Amazon and UPS meant last month was the worst January for job cut announcements since the Great Recession, new data showed Thursday."
The Golden Age Of America!
👉 www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
The Golden Age Of America!
👉 www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
February 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
"Mass layoffs outlined by the likes of Amazon and UPS meant last month was the worst January for job cut announcements since the Great Recession, new data showed Thursday."
The Golden Age Of America!
👉 www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
The Golden Age Of America!
👉 www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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Meanwhile, Florida wants to make ID required for voting....this is about voter suppression! Florida is ceasing to give driving exams in any language except English.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"So Stupid": The Internet Is Absolutely Losing It Over Florida's Mind-Boggling New Law
Because clearly the DMV experience wasn't soul-sucking enough already...
www.yahoo.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Meanwhile, Florida wants to make ID required for voting....this is about voter suppression! Florida is ceasing to give driving exams in any language except English.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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People calling themselves the “father” or “godfather” of AI is so blasé and derivative.
I’m claiming the title of the “drunk, argumentative uncle who ruins Thanksgiving” of AI.
I’m claiming the title of the “drunk, argumentative uncle who ruins Thanksgiving” of AI.
February 5, 2026 at 10:49 AM
People calling themselves the “father” or “godfather” of AI is so blasé and derivative.
I’m claiming the title of the “drunk, argumentative uncle who ruins Thanksgiving” of AI.
I’m claiming the title of the “drunk, argumentative uncle who ruins Thanksgiving” of AI.
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Some butthurt white male MD, PhD is, instead of congratulating them, is complaining that newly matched #opthalmologists don’t look like him. have you seen the gender breakdown of current #medicalschool classes (heavily women everywhere with rare exceptions)
Biggest snowflakes in history
Biggest snowflakes in history
February 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Some butthurt white male MD, PhD is, instead of congratulating them, is complaining that newly matched #opthalmologists don’t look like him. have you seen the gender breakdown of current #medicalschool classes (heavily women everywhere with rare exceptions)
Biggest snowflakes in history
Biggest snowflakes in history
There are 2 sessions for council meetings. An open session where the IC director will give updates, staff will present new program ideas to councilors, councilors will provide assessment of different programs etc.
And a closed/private session where grants are discussed.
And a closed/private session where grants are discussed.
I had no idea you could watch and assumed they were done in private!
February 5, 2026 at 10:47 AM
There are 2 sessions for council meetings. An open session where the IC director will give updates, staff will present new program ideas to councilors, councilors will provide assessment of different programs etc.
And a closed/private session where grants are discussed.
And a closed/private session where grants are discussed.
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ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
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If you want to see what abject moral cowardice in the service of ambition looks like, here you go
Another batch of Trump's judicial nominees refused in their confirmation hearings today to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, which annoyed Sen. Richard Blumenthal enough for him to call them "monkeys" and "puppets"
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
If you want to see what abject moral cowardice in the service of ambition looks like, here you go
I know I know. We've all hear, 5 minutes early or your late. That does not apply to Teams meetings...
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I know I know. We've all hear, 5 minutes early or your late. That does not apply to Teams meetings...
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This is indirectly a consequence of the shutdown in that some institutes have been completely focused on catching up on non-competitive renewals. Study section delays and councils delays have no effect at this point.
Administrative review is probably playing a substantial part.
Administrative review is probably playing a substantial part.
That line for new and competitive renewals is frighteningly flat - is this primarily a combo of shutdown, delay in study sections and delayed council meetings? [NINDS is not until mid-March].
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
This is indirectly a consequence of the shutdown in that some institutes have been completely focused on catching up on non-competitive renewals. Study section delays and councils delays have no effect at this point.
Administrative review is probably playing a substantial part.
Administrative review is probably playing a substantial part.
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Your time for doing science waxes and wanes throughout your career. Don’t let anybody tell you that you’re doing it wrong. You get to decide what’s right for you (as long as you meet your basic commitments). 🧪
Don't let anybody tell you what your academic-life balance is supposed to be
You do you. And please stay healthy.
scienceforeveryone.science
February 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Your time for doing science waxes and wanes throughout your career. Don’t let anybody tell you that you’re doing it wrong. You get to decide what’s right for you (as long as you meet your basic commitments). 🧪
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Wow.
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Wow.
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Since someone floated this up, some data! A little birdy sent me a slide deck FOIA’d from CSR. Costs for a normal recent operating year (FY24) of one in-person meeting, two remote, per standing study section. $13.15M in reviewer payments. $7.25M in hotel and $4.38M airfare
I wonder if #NIHgrant peer reviewers who did the work preparing for now-cancelled study section meetings will receive their $400 honorarium this time.
February 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Since someone floated this up, some data! A little birdy sent me a slide deck FOIA’d from CSR. Costs for a normal recent operating year (FY24) of one in-person meeting, two remote, per standing study section. $13.15M in reviewer payments. $7.25M in hotel and $4.38M airfare
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Evergreen
(came up today because I'm sharing slides with class, and instead of uploading a Powerpoint file like a normal person I'm sending them links to quarto-published html files on github)
xkcd.com/974/
(came up today because I'm sharing slides with class, and instead of uploading a Powerpoint file like a normal person I'm sending them links to quarto-published html files on github)
xkcd.com/974/
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Evergreen
(came up today because I'm sharing slides with class, and instead of uploading a Powerpoint file like a normal person I'm sending them links to quarto-published html files on github)
xkcd.com/974/
(came up today because I'm sharing slides with class, and instead of uploading a Powerpoint file like a normal person I'm sending them links to quarto-published html files on github)
xkcd.com/974/
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When you hear politicians use the word “reform”…
La Migra has *always* been like this, & they’ve been ordered to “reform” before.
In 1992 students & teachers from Bowie High in El Paso (TX) were tired of harassment & profiling so they sued the Border Patrol…
1/
www.tpr.org/news/2025-12...
La Migra has *always* been like this, & they’ve been ordered to “reform” before.
In 1992 students & teachers from Bowie High in El Paso (TX) were tired of harassment & profiling so they sued the Border Patrol…
1/
www.tpr.org/news/2025-12...
Bowie High's Landmark Border Patrol Case offers lessons amid Trump administration crackdown
The Trump administration's push for mass deportations and removing protections for "sensitive locations" resonates decades after Bowie High School students sued the Border Patrol over racial profiling...
www.tpr.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM
When you hear politicians use the word “reform”…
La Migra has *always* been like this, & they’ve been ordered to “reform” before.
In 1992 students & teachers from Bowie High in El Paso (TX) were tired of harassment & profiling so they sued the Border Patrol…
1/
www.tpr.org/news/2025-12...
La Migra has *always* been like this, & they’ve been ordered to “reform” before.
In 1992 students & teachers from Bowie High in El Paso (TX) were tired of harassment & profiling so they sued the Border Patrol…
1/
www.tpr.org/news/2025-12...
NIGMS will have council meeting tomorrow. You can watch the open session here. nigms.nih.gov/node/145911
February 2026 National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council Meeting | National Institute of General Medical Sciences
nigms.nih.gov
February 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
NIGMS will have council meeting tomorrow. You can watch the open session here. nigms.nih.gov/node/145911
Sort of temps where I’d rather be in the water instead of standing on deck coaching
February 4, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Sort of temps where I’d rather be in the water instead of standing on deck coaching
“We” need to spend a little more time verifying stories out of Florida…
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 AM
“We” need to spend a little more time verifying stories out of Florida…
It was a hard day of doing not much, but I still don’t want to cook dinner
February 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
It was a hard day of doing not much, but I still don’t want to cook dinner
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YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHH!
Thanks to all of you who called your representatives, and worked behind and in front of the scenes to keep biomedical science in America from being destroyed.
Also: Do not underestimate how much labor went into keeping NIH functional in the face of massive staff cuts.
Thanks to all of you who called your representatives, and worked behind and in front of the scenes to keep biomedical science in America from being destroyed.
Also: Do not underestimate how much labor went into keeping NIH functional in the face of massive staff cuts.
Both chambers of Congress have now passed the FY26 minibus with NIH provisions. The President will sign.
(1) $48.7 billion for NIH
(2) Full IDC recovery
(3) No more multi-year funding
(4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.
(1) $48.7 billion for NIH
(2) Full IDC recovery
(3) No more multi-year funding
(4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.
February 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM
YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHH!
Thanks to all of you who called your representatives, and worked behind and in front of the scenes to keep biomedical science in America from being destroyed.
Also: Do not underestimate how much labor went into keeping NIH functional in the face of massive staff cuts.
Thanks to all of you who called your representatives, and worked behind and in front of the scenes to keep biomedical science in America from being destroyed.
Also: Do not underestimate how much labor went into keeping NIH functional in the face of massive staff cuts.
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To be fair, I honestly don't think he's much acquainted with the extramural side either.
February 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
To be fair, I honestly don't think he's much acquainted with the extramural side either.
Yeah, I’ve plenty of grad students that will disagree about not having their awards terminated.
And a bunch of PIs of GRISE, URISE and IMSD grants.
Those just being the ones I manage:
And a bunch of PIs of GRISE, URISE and IMSD grants.
Those just being the ones I manage:
One observation: Several senators brought up terminated grants. Bhattacharya kept saying the agency hasn't cut any funds. That is false.
When he says no funds have been cut, he means NIH spent all its allocated money, as required by law. In fact, a watchdog found NIH illegally impounded funds.
When he says no funds have been cut, he means NIH spent all its allocated money, as required by law. In fact, a watchdog found NIH illegally impounded funds.
February 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Yeah, I’ve plenty of grad students that will disagree about not having their awards terminated.
And a bunch of PIs of GRISE, URISE and IMSD grants.
Those just being the ones I manage:
And a bunch of PIs of GRISE, URISE and IMSD grants.
Those just being the ones I manage:
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Or the people who have literally profited the most from society could pay their taxes to ensure its continuation.
February 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Or the people who have literally profited the most from society could pay their taxes to ensure its continuation.
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geographic concentration leads to "group think" but I guess no other dimension of homogeneity of funding leads to such group think?
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
geographic concentration leads to "group think" but I guess no other dimension of homogeneity of funding leads to such group think?
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lol. To entertain the possibility he's asking in good faith, the very simple answer is that Boston is one of, if not the, largest hubs in the nation for scientific research with several of the nation's top research institutions. From 2025 RePORTER data, I count 205 research orgs in MA vs 23 in IN.
JIM BANKS (R-Indiana): Massachusetts, which is virtually the same size as my state (?!), received nearly $3 billion last year.
Can you explain why schools on the coast seem to get more NIH funding than schools like my state, which is doing a lot of research as well?
Can you explain why schools on the coast seem to get more NIH funding than schools like my state, which is doing a lot of research as well?
February 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
lol. To entertain the possibility he's asking in good faith, the very simple answer is that Boston is one of, if not the, largest hubs in the nation for scientific research with several of the nation's top research institutions. From 2025 RePORTER data, I count 205 research orgs in MA vs 23 in IN.