On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n

NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.

The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.

Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology.

Got my dashboard a bit (more) organized. Ready to update and add more content.

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We live in a world where powerful universities cower like congressmen, afraid to complain lest they lose the clout they are too afraid to fight for.

So why not get an old Bama football player to put it down there where the goats can get it?

A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

as I tell my Genetics class every year, this breakthrough is based on 70 years of NIH-funded, basic research, commercialized by biotech
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At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n... via @statnews.com

UMASS IS RESCINDING ALL GRAD POSITIONS FOR THIS YEAR

🧪 The NSF director is lying to you.

Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵

Bluetorial: My NIH grant got funded; The money is in the bank

What happens behind the scenes with NIH fund transfers

Our new review on microbiome-skin interaction:

Role of Formyl Peptide Receptor 2 and Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Skin Barrier Function and Atopic Dermatitis - Journal of Investigative Dermatology www.jidonline.org/article/S002...

ATTENTION: TALENT AVAILABLE

It appears that termination of SROs from institute review branches at NIH is underway (or worse).

There are also program officers and SROs who have been terminated over the past month.

IF YOU HAVE POSITIONS FOR SKILLED SCIENTIST-ADMINISTRATORS, PLEASE POST INFO HERE

I hope to see y'all out and about for science!

#StandUpForScience2025 #SUFS #Alabama #saveourscience

Bluetorial:

The announcement to move scientific review out of the institutes and centers into the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and its potential consequences

Landscaping my yard and activism!

BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights.

Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.

Kara Satalino, CF mom & advocate, will attend tonight's joint address to congress as a guest of Rep. John Larson (D-CT). Satalino is quoted in Rep. Larson's press release about the importance of continuing to support funding for research on diseases like CF. larson.house.gov/media-center...

Good resource about your state...

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