Lisa
@meandertail.bsky.social
occasional genomics, mostly not. these are my own views, my employer does not care about my NYT crossword gold star streak
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Read about our efforts in the NHGRI's GREGoR Consortium to tackle some of the hardest-to-solve rare disease diagnoses. Online now www.nature.com/articles/s41...
GREGoR: accelerating genomics for rare diseases - Nature
The GREGoR consortium provides foundational resources and substrates for the future of rare disease genomics.
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Read about our efforts in the NHGRI's GREGoR Consortium to tackle some of the hardest-to-solve rare disease diagnoses. Online now www.nature.com/articles/s41...
apparently I am going back to work tomorrow for the first time in SIX WEEKS. I worked so hard to learn everyone’s name at the weather office that is hosting me, and now I’m going to be starting all over 🫠
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
apparently I am going back to work tomorrow for the first time in SIX WEEKS. I worked so hard to learn everyone’s name at the weather office that is hosting me, and now I’m going to be starting all over 🫠
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"In September, Riley pushed for the near-dissolution of the NIH’s CSR, a roughly 500-person division that reviews grant applications at the health research agency, POLITICO learned. [...]almost all the positions in the division were slated for elimination."
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
DOGE holdover who pushed for deep cuts at HHS is headed to the Navy
Rachel Riley, a former McKinsey partner, helped execute sweeping layoffs at the health department this spring. Behind the scenes, her methods sparked turmoil.
www.politico.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"In September, Riley pushed for the near-dissolution of the NIH’s CSR, a roughly 500-person division that reviews grant applications at the health research agency, POLITICO learned. [...]almost all the positions in the division were slated for elimination."
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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I actually had heard the the potential NIEHS appointment 2 days ago and broke the news about it at the STAT Summit. I did not share any details since I did not have confirmation.
Eric Green shared his views about the importance of process and applicant quality.
1/5
Eric Green shared his views about the importance of process and applicant quality.
1/5
October 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I actually had heard the the potential NIEHS appointment 2 days ago and broke the news about it at the STAT Summit. I did not share any details since I did not have confirmation.
Eric Green shared his views about the importance of process and applicant quality.
1/5
Eric Green shared his views about the importance of process and applicant quality.
1/5
After 16+ years working remotely for the NIH, today is my last day in my home office. To meet the new requirement of reporting to a federal office 5 days a week, I’m going to be working out of the local office of the National Weather Service (super grateful to all the fed agencies hosting our staff)
September 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
After 16+ years working remotely for the NIH, today is my last day in my home office. To meet the new requirement of reporting to a federal office 5 days a week, I’m going to be working out of the local office of the National Weather Service (super grateful to all the fed agencies hosting our staff)
Corners first then outer. Inner only once you’ve eaten all the best parts.
tavern style pizza is the best because it's the only pizza where slice preference (outer, inner, or corner) reveals whether you are good or evil
July 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Corners first then outer. Inner only once you’ve eaten all the best parts.
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I have an opportunity to hire a staff scientist for my lab. Looking for someone with outstanding skillset in ML/statistics, genomics applications; interest in mentoring, strong publication record, PD experience required.
Email CV to me+cc my assistant (see 'contact' on my website). Ad to follow.
Email CV to me+cc my assistant (see 'contact' on my website). Ad to follow.
June 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I have an opportunity to hire a staff scientist for my lab. Looking for someone with outstanding skillset in ML/statistics, genomics applications; interest in mentoring, strong publication record, PD experience required.
Email CV to me+cc my assistant (see 'contact' on my website). Ad to follow.
Email CV to me+cc my assistant (see 'contact' on my website). Ad to follow.
And likely Program Staff.
ASSIGNMENT: COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F
1 week left to comment about Schedule F, potentially making NIH institute and center director essentially political appointees.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP...
1/n
1 week left to comment about Schedule F, potentially making NIH institute and center director essentially political appointees.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP...
1/n
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
June 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
And likely Program Staff.
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If you want a real glimpse into what is happening inside the National Institutes of Health under Trump 2.0, check out our latest from Important Context/ @accountabilityji.bsky.social
A dozen people working at the agency spoke out candidly on the condition of anonymity.
A dozen people working at the agency spoke out candidly on the condition of anonymity.
NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
“Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya
Widespread dissatisfaction over the NIH’s “continuous free fall” has people speaking out.
www.importantcontext.news
June 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you want a real glimpse into what is happening inside the National Institutes of Health under Trump 2.0, check out our latest from Important Context/ @accountabilityji.bsky.social
A dozen people working at the agency spoke out candidly on the condition of anonymity.
A dozen people working at the agency spoke out candidly on the condition of anonymity.
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Who's calling the shots at NIH?
Sworn testimonies and internal e-mails reveal for the first time the breadth of DOGE's control over the world's largest public biomedical funder.
DOGE has provided lists of hundreds of grants to cut, and DOGE is now reviewing ALL NIH awards before they're released
Sworn testimonies and internal e-mails reveal for the first time the breadth of DOGE's control over the world's largest public biomedical funder.
DOGE has provided lists of hundreds of grants to cut, and DOGE is now reviewing ALL NIH awards before they're released
NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE
Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.
www.nature.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Who's calling the shots at NIH?
Sworn testimonies and internal e-mails reveal for the first time the breadth of DOGE's control over the world's largest public biomedical funder.
DOGE has provided lists of hundreds of grants to cut, and DOGE is now reviewing ALL NIH awards before they're released
Sworn testimonies and internal e-mails reveal for the first time the breadth of DOGE's control over the world's largest public biomedical funder.
DOGE has provided lists of hundreds of grants to cut, and DOGE is now reviewing ALL NIH awards before they're released
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More info on proposed Schedule F: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Institutionalizing politicized science
The opening months of the Trump administration represent a historic disruption to America’s scientific agencies. Staff have been fired or reassigned in the name of efficiency, resulting in chaos. Gran...
www.science.org
May 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
More info on proposed Schedule F: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
May 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
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RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
May 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
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With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond.
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond.
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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New, from me: I am dorky enough to actually read (ok, skim) budgets, and have never seen anything like Trump’s, which has converted a formal and professional document into a propagandistic screed to justify draconian cuts.
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
Budgets as Propaganda
Trump's budget proposal formalizes the paranoid style as government policy
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New, from me: I am dorky enough to actually read (ok, skim) budgets, and have never seen anything like Trump’s, which has converted a formal and professional document into a propagandistic screed to justify draconian cuts.
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
Lets take a look. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
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this antivax stuff is genuinely bewildering. like what do you mean you don’t know if vaccines are safe? why exactly do you think child mortality rates have plummeted since the beginning of the 20th century? why is it that you are not worried about getting polio or smallpox anymore?
April 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
this antivax stuff is genuinely bewildering. like what do you mean you don’t know if vaccines are safe? why exactly do you think child mortality rates have plummeted since the beginning of the 20th century? why is it that you are not worried about getting polio or smallpox anymore?
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
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I went to LensCrafters and was talked into a pair of glasses that I didn’t love but they’re for the computer so okay
Then I went into LensCrafters today to return them because a) I look like an owl and b) my eyelashes keep hitting the lens and I somehow got talked into giving them another chance
Then I went into LensCrafters today to return them because a) I look like an owl and b) my eyelashes keep hitting the lens and I somehow got talked into giving them another chance
April 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I went to LensCrafters and was talked into a pair of glasses that I didn’t love but they’re for the computer so okay
Then I went into LensCrafters today to return them because a) I look like an owl and b) my eyelashes keep hitting the lens and I somehow got talked into giving them another chance
Then I went into LensCrafters today to return them because a) I look like an owl and b) my eyelashes keep hitting the lens and I somehow got talked into giving them another chance
I’m a vegetarian but I really see the appeal of A1 so I can understand her getting sidetracked
For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
April 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I’m a vegetarian but I really see the appeal of A1 so I can understand her getting sidetracked
100% 👇
It's 100% understandable and reasonable that the layoffs of scientists/researchers and the gutting of programs that directly helped prevent/treat diseases have gotten the most attention. Those cuts are going to have *enormous* impact. But I want to explain why the comms cuts are also important. 2/x
Kennedy Guts Teams That Share Health Information With the Public (Gift Article)
The health secretary had promised “radical transparency,” but fired communications teams in the Health and Human Services Department.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
100% 👇
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So long, NIH. The place I grew up in and discovered my passion for science communication.
I found a true calling to help take innovative genomics research and make it accessible, interesting and fun for wider audiences.
I'm so devastated that my whole team got laid off today.
I found a true calling to help take innovative genomics research and make it accessible, interesting and fun for wider audiences.
I'm so devastated that my whole team got laid off today.
April 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
So long, NIH. The place I grew up in and discovered my passion for science communication.
I found a true calling to help take innovative genomics research and make it accessible, interesting and fun for wider audiences.
I'm so devastated that my whole team got laid off today.
I found a true calling to help take innovative genomics research and make it accessible, interesting and fun for wider audiences.
I'm so devastated that my whole team got laid off today.
Every time I go to a conference I get people coming up to me telling me how much they love NHGRI’s social media. They’ve (deservedly) won awards for this. They were all let go this morning. (social media is only one of the many great contributions of this office)
April 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Every time I go to a conference I get people coming up to me telling me how much they love NHGRI’s social media. They’ve (deservedly) won awards for this. They were all let go this morning. (social media is only one of the many great contributions of this office)
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In emails that began arriving late Monday, senior leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were put on administrative leave and offered reassignment to remote locations at the Indian Health Service as other employees began receiving layoff notices.
Massive layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies
The move comes after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement of a sweeping reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In emails that began arriving late Monday, senior leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were put on administrative leave and offered reassignment to remote locations at the Indian Health Service as other employees began receiving layoff notices.