Kevin Bonham
@kevinbonham.com
Assistant Professor at Tufts Medicine studying microbes, brains, and the immune system 🚽🦠🧠
Fermenter, gardener, Zen Buddhist. Ask me about #julialang!
🎙️: https://audiommunity.org
🌎: https://blog.bonham.ch
💻: https://GitHub.com/kescobo
Fermenter, gardener, Zen Buddhist. Ask me about #julialang!
🎙️: https://audiommunity.org
🌎: https://blog.bonham.ch
💻: https://GitHub.com/kescobo
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ALERT: Congress may flat-fund science, but Vought, Bhattacharya, Memoli & RFK still have a bag of dirty tricks: impoundment, multi-year funding, termination of programs, appointment of cronies to leadership, changes in scientific review to ratfuck research in America. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:50 AM
ALERT: Congress may flat-fund science, but Vought, Bhattacharya, Memoli & RFK still have a bag of dirty tricks: impoundment, multi-year funding, termination of programs, appointment of cronies to leadership, changes in scientific review to ratfuck research in America. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
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Excited to share our new study out in Nature Communications. We mapped the composition of the human breast #milk #microbiome and showed that microbes present in breast milk directly contribute to the assembly of the #infant gut microbiome in the first months of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Excited to share our new study out in Nature Communications. We mapped the composition of the human breast #milk #microbiome and showed that microbes present in breast milk directly contribute to the assembly of the #infant gut microbiome in the first months of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is undoubtedly a good thing. But a big part of me wonders if it matters when they're trying to put a bigger thumb on in the review process 🧪
Trump Administration Cannot Slash NIH Research Funding, Court Rules #SciPol www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Trump administration cannot slash NIH research funding, court rules
District Judge Angel Kelley last year blocked the cuts, and on Monday the appeals court agreed.
www.reuters.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
This is undoubtedly a good thing. But a big part of me wonders if it matters when they're trying to put a bigger thumb on in the review process 🧪
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Has anyone managed to generate a new form biosketch for NIH? Hearing a lot about the issues with sciencv, and wondering what the nature of the digital verification on the generated PDFs is 🧪
January 8, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Has anyone managed to generate a new form biosketch for NIH? Hearing a lot about the issues with sciencv, and wondering what the nature of the digital verification on the generated PDFs is 🧪
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It might be a lot of tedious work, but at least it doesn’t solve a real problem.
January 7, 2026 at 1:15 AM
It might be a lot of tedious work, but at least it doesn’t solve a real problem.
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We're collecting examples of funded F31 and F32 grants in Psych/Neuro that folks are comfortable sharing for a new section of our Resources website, please email me if you'd be willing to share! Small token and eternal gratitude if you do! [email protected]
a man with a beard is asking for help
ALT: a man with a beard is asking for help
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:04 AM
We're collecting examples of funded F31 and F32 grants in Psych/Neuro that folks are comfortable sharing for a new section of our Resources website, please email me if you'd be willing to share! Small token and eternal gratitude if you do! [email protected]
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oh no *unsparing criticism* (this is an excellent thread btw)
You did, in fact, cite a derogatory quoted phrase from the UK’s Rowling 1st, in graf 4, of your Nov ‘24 piece about US politics. The story had a highly biased lede that I’ll leave here for all to judge
“To get on the wrong side of transgender activists is often to endure their unsparing criticism”
“To get on the wrong side of transgender activists is often to endure their unsparing criticism”
January 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
oh no *unsparing criticism* (this is an excellent thread btw)
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💥New paper alert!💥 What’s better than starting 2026 with an @annualreviews.bsky.social #Immunology, often a once-in-a-life honor ❤️?! Check it out if you want to know everything about type III interferons #IFN! Thanks to my wonderful team for their amazing work 🤗 doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Molecular, Cellular, Tissue, and Organismal Functions of Type III Interferons
Type III interferons are essential immune mediators playing pleiotropic roles during health and disease. In this review, we highlight the molecular and cellular pathways that lead to the production of...
doi.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
💥New paper alert!💥 What’s better than starting 2026 with an @annualreviews.bsky.social #Immunology, often a once-in-a-life honor ❤️?! Check it out if you want to know everything about type III interferons #IFN! Thanks to my wonderful team for their amazing work 🤗 doi.org/10.1146/annu...
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1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
"Autism doesn’t destroy families.
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.
Especially when it comes packaged in a suit with a microphone and a claim to public good."
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.
Especially when it comes packaged in a suit with a microphone and a claim to public good."
"You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That they’ll never pay taxes or write poems. That they are, in essence, collateral damage. I’d like to introduce you to my daughter." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter Is a Tragedy
Our 11th most-read article of 2025. - - -Dear Mr. RFK Jr., (The “dear” is tradition. Don’t mistake it for affection.) You said autistic children a...
buff.ly
January 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
"Autism doesn’t destroy families.
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.
Especially when it comes packaged in a suit with a microphone and a claim to public good."
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.
Especially when it comes packaged in a suit with a microphone and a claim to public good."
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Not arguing with anything in this post and also now I feel compelled to write a novel entitled "The Nipples of Grimdark"
It’s a white guy who has never read anything in the genre absolutely outraged nobody comes up to the booth he set up in the corner of the book fair to sell his self published fantasy book “the nipples of grimdark” for 30 dollars per signed copy
December 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Not arguing with anything in this post and also now I feel compelled to write a novel entitled "The Nipples of Grimdark"
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and the winner of the "2025 best thing on Internet" has just arrived
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
Size of Life
From an amoeba to a blue whale
neal.fun
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
and the winner of the "2025 best thing on Internet" has just arrived
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
@woodrufflab.bsky.social says, if you want science to work, you can't have political hacks telling the scientists what to do. Perhaps that should be obvious, but these days, maybe not 🧪
youtube.com/shorts/ltq3Y...
youtube.com/shorts/ltq3Y...
To make it work, you can't tell scientists what to do
YouTube video by Audiommunity
youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
@woodrufflab.bsky.social says, if you want science to work, you can't have political hacks telling the scientists what to do. Perhaps that should be obvious, but these days, maybe not 🧪
youtube.com/shorts/ltq3Y...
youtube.com/shorts/ltq3Y...
Most of what the government invests in scientific research pays off - if not in nature papers, then in workforce training and education. Considering how small a percentage of the budget it is, it's a pretty remarkable return 🧪
youtube.com/shorts/q8nOE...
youtube.com/shorts/q8nOE...
Funding science is a good investment
YouTube video by Audiommunity
youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Most of what the government invests in scientific research pays off - if not in nature papers, then in workforce training and education. Considering how small a percentage of the budget it is, it's a pretty remarkable return 🧪
youtube.com/shorts/q8nOE...
youtube.com/shorts/q8nOE...
Creating a starter pack for science podcasts 🧪🎤 - I'm sure there are a lot that I missed! Share your recommendations!
go.bsky.app/GmXrMYz
go.bsky.app/GmXrMYz
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Creating a starter pack for science podcasts 🧪🎤 - I'm sure there are a lot that I missed! Share your recommendations!
go.bsky.app/GmXrMYz
go.bsky.app/GmXrMYz
We mostly try to be positive about papers, but this one was tough. I even went and wrote a bunch of code to prove my points... sorry for the snark! 🧪
In this episode, Matt and Kevin stick with the brain, this time looking at the immunological implications of a variant of a gene called APOE that has been linked to Alzheimer's.
audiommunity.org/episodes/epi...
It's a long one, and we get snarky in this one folks! Buckle up! 🧪🎤
audiommunity.org/episodes/epi...
It's a long one, and we get snarky in this one folks! Buckle up! 🧪🎤
Episode 50 - Kevin has learned a tautology
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December 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We mostly try to be positive about papers, but this one was tough. I even went and wrote a bunch of code to prove my points... sorry for the snark! 🧪
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
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NSF
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
December 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
NSF
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
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@typst.app really is as good as the hype.
December 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
@typst.app really is as good as the hype.
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🧪What an impressive track record!
The introduction of vaccines to children caused a ~99% decrease in cases of whooping cough, measles, mumps, diphtheria, rubella & polio.
Via unbiasedscipod on IG
Sack the Quack
Impeach RFK Jr.
The introduction of vaccines to children caused a ~99% decrease in cases of whooping cough, measles, mumps, diphtheria, rubella & polio.
Via unbiasedscipod on IG
Sack the Quack
Impeach RFK Jr.
December 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🧪What an impressive track record!
The introduction of vaccines to children caused a ~99% decrease in cases of whooping cough, measles, mumps, diphtheria, rubella & polio.
Via unbiasedscipod on IG
Sack the Quack
Impeach RFK Jr.
The introduction of vaccines to children caused a ~99% decrease in cases of whooping cough, measles, mumps, diphtheria, rubella & polio.
Via unbiasedscipod on IG
Sack the Quack
Impeach RFK Jr.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Can confirm. Also studies headbutting animals for reasons that are even more compelling than you might first imagine 🧪
youtu.be/y32pOGgK6u0?...
youtu.be/y32pOGgK6u0?...
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Can confirm. Also studies headbutting animals for reasons that are even more compelling than you might first imagine 🧪
youtu.be/y32pOGgK6u0?...
youtu.be/y32pOGgK6u0?...
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I made a small wrapper library for reading slow5/blow5 files in #julialang based on the C slow5lib. If anyone working with #Nanopore sequencing is interested, you can find it here: https://codeberg.org/mzdravkov/Slow5.jl
Slow5.jl
A Julia wrapper for slow5lib
codeberg.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I made a small wrapper library for reading slow5/blow5 files in #julialang based on the C slow5lib. If anyone working with #Nanopore sequencing is interested, you can find it here: https://codeberg.org/mzdravkov/Slow5.jl
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5. Most VAERS reports are incomplete or rejected after investigation
When serious events are reported, investigators request medical records, death certificates, etc
Most ultimately found to be unrelated to vaccination. But raw database does not reflect these outcomes.
[6/9]
When serious events are reported, investigators request medical records, death certificates, etc
Most ultimately found to be unrelated to vaccination. But raw database does not reflect these outcomes.
[6/9]
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
5. Most VAERS reports are incomplete or rejected after investigation
When serious events are reported, investigators request medical records, death certificates, etc
Most ultimately found to be unrelated to vaccination. But raw database does not reflect these outcomes.
[6/9]
When serious events are reported, investigators request medical records, death certificates, etc
Most ultimately found to be unrelated to vaccination. But raw database does not reflect these outcomes.
[6/9]