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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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.
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They’re basically the Stephen Millers and Kristi Noems of biology and medicine.
It's hard for regular people to understand how fundamentally batshit crazy and malevolent the team running HHS/NIH is right now. More of this please. Much, much more.
I'd say it's less outrageous than simply absurd but it's those too. I mean, you go into NIH and you close down the ability to review or issue grants, send out stop work orders and then fire half the people. That's probably going to have an impact on research and patient care.
February 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
They’re basically the Stephen Millers and Kristi Noems of biology and medicine.
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I appreciate how easy it is to use. I also think SciENcv is a great equalizer: it makes everyone's CV look like garbage. Win-win for ease and equity!
February 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I appreciate how easy it is to use. I also think SciENcv is a great equalizer: it makes everyone's CV look like garbage. Win-win for ease and equity!
Dragons are friends, not food…
February 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Dragons are friends, not food…
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That is false. Hundreds of trials were suspended bc of the COVID-19 pandemic, but trials were not terminated en masse due to changes in "agency priorities" — that happened for the first time under the Trump administration and Bhattacharya's watch.
February 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
That is false. Hundreds of trials were suspended bc of the COVID-19 pandemic, but trials were not terminated en masse due to changes in "agency priorities" — that happened for the first time under the Trump administration and Bhattacharya's watch.
Sup Gator nation.
Universities that tout the benefits of AI without advocating hard for the changes required for our planet to support AI (read: rapid shift to 100% renewable energy, strict water reclamation and reuse rules) are not helping humanity
February 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Sup Gator nation.
and canceling the approvals of a number of folks that had almost finished their clearance review.
An NIH staff member texted me immediately: "His answer was bullshit btw. It implied that the fault was in NIH not nominating people quick enough rather than the administration not doing their part" to review the slates that agency staff had already submitted.
February 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
and canceling the approvals of a number of folks that had almost finished their clearance review.
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An NIH staff member texted me immediately: "His answer was bullshit btw. It implied that the fault was in NIH not nominating people quick enough rather than the administration not doing their part" to review the slates that agency staff had already submitted.
February 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
An NIH staff member texted me immediately: "His answer was bullshit btw. It implied that the fault was in NIH not nominating people quick enough rather than the administration not doing their part" to review the slates that agency staff had already submitted.
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Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night, has died.
Chuck Negron, lead singer on 'Joy to the World' and other Three Dog Night hits, dies at 83
Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night, has died. Negron sang lead on such hits as “One” and “Just an Old Fashioned Love Song” and hollered the immortal opening line “Jeremiah was a bullfrog!”
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night, has died.
Furlough is like being on Jersey shore. Just laundry and working out :
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Furlough is like being on Jersey shore. Just laundry and working out :
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Patty Murray talking about all the terminated clinical trials, will the NIH continue to terminate trials in such a haphazard way? He of course will commit to no such thing
February 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Patty Murray talking about all the terminated clinical trials, will the NIH continue to terminate trials in such a haphazard way? He of course will commit to no such thing