KenOliveLab
@kenolivelab.bsky.social
Ast. Dean for Graduate Curricula and Asc. Prof. of Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Comments are my own and do not reflect Columbia positions.
Dedicated to educating scientists and curing pancreatic cancer.
Dedicated to educating scientists and curing pancreatic cancer.
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The language on multiyear funding (MYF) is ineffective.
Final bill anchors MYF to 2025 instead of 2024. This means MYF will likely continue at the same rate we saw last year, where NCI's payline from ~10% to 4%.
This is incredibly harmful to the US research workforce - especially early career.
Final bill anchors MYF to 2025 instead of 2024. This means MYF will likely continue at the same rate we saw last year, where NCI's payline from ~10% to 4%.
This is incredibly harmful to the US research workforce - especially early career.
The final LHHS bill with funding for Health and Human Services is out this morning! At first glance, it looks similar to the Senate bill with a roughly 1% increase in total funding for the NIH. While it doesn't match inflation, it avoids many of the problems in the presidential budget request. 1/n
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The language on multiyear funding (MYF) is ineffective.
Final bill anchors MYF to 2025 instead of 2024. This means MYF will likely continue at the same rate we saw last year, where NCI's payline from ~10% to 4%.
This is incredibly harmful to the US research workforce - especially early career.
Final bill anchors MYF to 2025 instead of 2024. This means MYF will likely continue at the same rate we saw last year, where NCI's payline from ~10% to 4%.
This is incredibly harmful to the US research workforce - especially early career.
Reposted by KenOliveLab
🧪IMPORTANT! This graphic explains how science all over the US is funded. Congress approved a 2% increase in the #NIH budget for FY 26.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
January 22, 2026 at 1:25 AM
🧪IMPORTANT! This graphic explains how science all over the US is funded. Congress approved a 2% increase in the #NIH budget for FY 26.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
Reposted by KenOliveLab
The NIH's MYF policy in 2025 resulted in 4000 fewer grants and fellowships that touched every area of biology and medicine; continuing it in 2026 would be disastrous for science, technology and health in the United States 🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 20, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The NIH's MYF policy in 2025 resulted in 4000 fewer grants and fellowships that touched every area of biology and medicine; continuing it in 2026 would be disastrous for science, technology and health in the United States 🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
It is a PROBLEM that the new MANDATORY ScienCV platform does not (as far as I can tell) enable one to indicate co-first or co-senior authorship in your bibliography. This is a massive disincentive to collaborative science and it needs to be fixed.
January 19, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It is a PROBLEM that the new MANDATORY ScienCV platform does not (as far as I can tell) enable one to indicate co-first or co-senior authorship in your bibliography. This is a massive disincentive to collaborative science and it needs to be fixed.
NIH - you can ONLY use our proprietary system to generate your biosketch. Simply typing it up isn't allowed. Ready GO! Everyone has to start using it RIGHT NOW!
Also NIH - what do you mean they ScienCV is barely functional and hangs every time you use it? no idea what your talking about...
Also NIH - what do you mean they ScienCV is barely functional and hangs every time you use it? no idea what your talking about...
January 6, 2026 at 10:33 PM
NIH - you can ONLY use our proprietary system to generate your biosketch. Simply typing it up isn't allowed. Ready GO! Everyone has to start using it RIGHT NOW!
Also NIH - what do you mean they ScienCV is barely functional and hangs every time you use it? no idea what your talking about...
Also NIH - what do you mean they ScienCV is barely functional and hangs every time you use it? no idea what your talking about...
Dear journal editors, what do we think about including summary figures in a cover letter? I've never done this, but a co-author wants to include one for our latest manuscript. Helpful in illustrating the case? Weird and gauche? What say ye?
October 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Dear journal editors, what do we think about including summary figures in a cover letter? I've never done this, but a co-author wants to include one for our latest manuscript. Helpful in illustrating the case? Weird and gauche? What say ye?
Dr. Glaucomflecken Explains: Screening for Prostate Cancer with PSA and MRI
YouTube video by NEJM Group
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
100% this
As stressful as it is to run a laboratory in the US right now, my thoughts are often with the NIH staff living in the awful chaos trying to preserve the whole enterprise. I’m grateful for every moment they choose not to give up. These people are the only thing keeping it from entirely collapsing.
July 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
100% this
Finally, a huge thanks to all of our incredible students at #CSHLPDAC25. This was a standout class who leaned into the science, the questions, and... UNO! Look forward to seeing you all at meetings for many years to come!
June 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Finally, a huge thanks to all of our incredible students at #CSHLPDAC25. This was a standout class who leaned into the science, the questions, and... UNO! Look forward to seeing you all at meetings for many years to come!
So, I dropped the ball in my #CSHLPDAC25 posts. Huge shout out to all of the instructors I didn't get to highlight with photos, including: Ingunn Stromnes (Immunology I), David DeNardo (Immunology II), Bryson Katona (Epidemiology and Early Detection)...
June 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
So, I dropped the ball in my #CSHLPDAC25 posts. Huge shout out to all of the instructors I didn't get to highlight with photos, including: Ingunn Stromnes (Immunology I), David DeNardo (Immunology II), Bryson Katona (Epidemiology and Early Detection)...
Computational biologist extraordinaire Dr. Elana Fertig @fertiglab.bsky.social asks "what's your QUESTION?" Please be nice to your friendly neighborhood computational scientist!
June 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Computational biologist extraordinaire Dr. Elana Fertig @fertiglab.bsky.social asks "what's your QUESTION?" Please be nice to your friendly neighborhood computational scientist!
In our second talk on cancer-associated fibroblasts, Dr. Mara Sherman from MSKCC digs into the functional relationships of CAFs with other cells in pancreatic cancer at #CSHLPDAC25.
June 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In our second talk on cancer-associated fibroblasts, Dr. Mara Sherman from MSKCC digs into the functional relationships of CAFs with other cells in pancreatic cancer at #CSHLPDAC25.
Next up, course director (and fellow Hedgehog pathway afficianado) Dr. Marina Pasca de Magliano from UMich gave the first of two lectures on fibroblasts in the pancreas, preneoplasia, and PDAC.
June 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Next up, course director (and fellow Hedgehog pathway afficianado) Dr. Marina Pasca de Magliano from UMich gave the first of two lectures on fibroblasts in the pancreas, preneoplasia, and PDAC.
Dr. Laura Wood gave a fascinating lecture on precursor lesions and the spectacular 3D pathology tools that she and her extended team at JHU have developed to quantify pancreatic pathology.
June 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Dr. Laura Wood gave a fascinating lecture on precursor lesions and the spectacular 3D pathology tools that she and her extended team at JHU have developed to quantify pancreatic pathology.
Kicking off the morning with end-to-end coverage of gastroenterology for #PDAC, from the inimitable Dr. Ben Stanger @benstanger01.bsky.social! #CSHLPDAC25
June 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Kicking off the morning with end-to-end coverage of gastroenterology for #PDAC, from the inimitable Dr. Ben Stanger @benstanger01.bsky.social! #CSHLPDAC25
Radiology and Radiation Oncology - Dr. Eugene Koay from MD Anderson tells us they both are RAD!
June 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Radiology and Radiation Oncology - Dr. Eugene Koay from MD Anderson tells us they both are RAD!
Now a masterclass on the medical oncology of #pdac from Dr. Andrew Aguirre at DFCI, highlighting the coming wave of RAS inhibitors in PDAC. #cshlpdac25
June 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Now a masterclass on the medical oncology of #pdac from Dr. Andrew Aguirre at DFCI, highlighting the coming wave of RAS inhibitors in PDAC. #cshlpdac25
Next up, an overview of pancreatic cancer surgery from suregon-scientist Dr. Fil Bednar @filbednar.bsky.social (a former student in our class!). #cshlpdac25
June 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Next up, an overview of pancreatic cancer surgery from suregon-scientist Dr. Fil Bednar @filbednar.bsky.social (a former student in our class!). #cshlpdac25
First up, Dr. Aatur Singhi @pancpathologist.bsky.social at U. Pittsburgh with an overview of pancreatic cancer pathology
June 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
First up, Dr. Aatur Singhi @pancpathologist.bsky.social at U. Pittsburgh with an overview of pancreatic cancer pathology
Excited to welcome a whole new class of students to the 2025 Cold Spring Harbor course on pancreatic cancer #CSHLPDAC25! This year we have twenty two course instructuors reach to share their expertise on all aspects of PDAC biology, medicine, and research. Ready for an exciting week!
June 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Excited to welcome a whole new class of students to the 2025 Cold Spring Harbor course on pancreatic cancer #CSHLPDAC25! This year we have twenty two course instructuors reach to share their expertise on all aspects of PDAC biology, medicine, and research. Ready for an exciting week!
Look what bloomed in my office today! Finally got this one healthy enough to bloom annually.
May 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Look what bloomed in my office today! Finally got this one healthy enough to bloom annually.
And now for postdoc #2 at #aacr2025, our very own Dr. Marie Hasselluhn! @columbiacancer.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And now for postdoc #2 at #aacr2025, our very own Dr. Marie Hasselluhn! @columbiacancer.bsky.social
Big day today at #aacr2025! @alvarocuriel.bsky.social is presenting his work on BMAL2, a master regulator of PDAC hypoxic response (poster 2570) and Dr. Marie Hasselluhn is presenting her work on role of CAF/myeloid crosstalk in PDAC immunosuppression in PDAC (poster 1501). Come check them out!
April 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Big day today at #aacr2025! @alvarocuriel.bsky.social is presenting his work on BMAL2, a master regulator of PDAC hypoxic response (poster 2570) and Dr. Marie Hasselluhn is presenting her work on role of CAF/myeloid crosstalk in PDAC immunosuppression in PDAC (poster 1501). Come check them out!