Carmen Mannella, PhD
@carmmann.bsky.social
A biophysicist fascinated by our parts but mystified by our whole.
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Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Right.
And we cannot overstate how important this is for scientists.
RFK and MAHA is fundamentally a political operation — which redirected the public’s understandable rage at insurance companies and healthcare difficulty into destroying US science and public health.
And we cannot overstate how important this is for scientists.
RFK and MAHA is fundamentally a political operation — which redirected the public’s understandable rage at insurance companies and healthcare difficulty into destroying US science and public health.
I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it
July 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Right.
And we cannot overstate how important this is for scientists.
RFK and MAHA is fundamentally a political operation — which redirected the public’s understandable rage at insurance companies and healthcare difficulty into destroying US science and public health.
And we cannot overstate how important this is for scientists.
RFK and MAHA is fundamentally a political operation — which redirected the public’s understandable rage at insurance companies and healthcare difficulty into destroying US science and public health.
Overhearing conversations in an NCI designated cancer center yesterday it’s clear patients want cures. Now! But they are oblivious to any connection with the massive cuts in federal funding and attacks on institutions like NIH and Dana Farber / Harvard. We are failing, folks.
May 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Overhearing conversations in an NCI designated cancer center yesterday it’s clear patients want cures. Now! But they are oblivious to any connection with the massive cuts in federal funding and attacks on institutions like NIH and Dana Farber / Harvard. We are failing, folks.
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The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
February 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
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Centers for Disease Control cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health in U.S
EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Centers for Disease Control cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health in U.S
EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
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Varmus: "the executive branch is waging war on America’s scientific enterprise...nominating leaders hostile to science and unqualified for their roles...This is not a fight that our country can afford to lose." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Opinion | American Science is Under Attack
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Varmus: "the executive branch is waging war on America’s scientific enterprise...nominating leaders hostile to science and unqualified for their roles...This is not a fight that our country can afford to lose." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
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Trump and Musk are killing cancer research AND they want you and your kids to get sick and die.
They have killed the Epidemic Intelligence Service AKA “the disease detectives.” These are the experts on the frontlines protecting us from new and old infectious disease threats. Gone. In tbe stroke of a pen.
February 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Trump and Musk are killing cancer research AND they want you and your kids to get sick and die.
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I’m just sitting in shock processing this. Mike Lauer stood up for us and got fired. This is very sad to read and also I admire him so much for the heroic act of sending that memo. 😞
It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this:
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
NEW: In a further sign of turmoil at the NIH, Mike Lauer, who oversees the agency's $39 billion extramural budget that goes to research outside the NIH, has resigned effective tomorrow.
This comes after top NIH official Larry Tabak abruptly retired yesterday.
This comes after top NIH official Larry Tabak abruptly retired yesterday.
February 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I’m just sitting in shock processing this. Mike Lauer stood up for us and got fired. This is very sad to read and also I admire him so much for the heroic act of sending that memo. 😞
The beautiful super res imaging of crista dynamics and junctions might make you wonder about how membrane topology affects mitochondrial function. If so, computational modeling provides some clues:
February 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The beautiful super res imaging of crista dynamics and junctions might make you wonder about how membrane topology affects mitochondrial function. If so, computational modeling provides some clues:
Is it merely a coincidence that TCM has a lineup of Nazi Germany movies today? The Mortal Storm makes me want to ski into Canada. ⛷️
January 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Is it merely a coincidence that TCM has a lineup of Nazi Germany movies today? The Mortal Storm makes me want to ski into Canada. ⛷️
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#Organelles closely interacting within a #cell videoed under a microscope
Love how the mitochondria (orange) crawl on top, & are almost embedded within the nucleus (cyan)
(rendered with ChimeraX @www.cgl.ucsf.edu)
@focalplane.bsky.social @dgz.bsky.social @cellcommlab.bsky.social #Scisky #scicomm
Love how the mitochondria (orange) crawl on top, & are almost embedded within the nucleus (cyan)
(rendered with ChimeraX @www.cgl.ucsf.edu)
@focalplane.bsky.social @dgz.bsky.social @cellcommlab.bsky.social #Scisky #scicomm
January 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
#Organelles closely interacting within a #cell videoed under a microscope
Love how the mitochondria (orange) crawl on top, & are almost embedded within the nucleus (cyan)
(rendered with ChimeraX @www.cgl.ucsf.edu)
@focalplane.bsky.social @dgz.bsky.social @cellcommlab.bsky.social #Scisky #scicomm
Love how the mitochondria (orange) crawl on top, & are almost embedded within the nucleus (cyan)
(rendered with ChimeraX @www.cgl.ucsf.edu)
@focalplane.bsky.social @dgz.bsky.social @cellcommlab.bsky.social #Scisky #scicomm
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My one constructive criticism on BlueSky, as a community: we need to “like” less and “retweet” more. In the absence of an algorithm, that’s the way we find each other and reward good content.
November 24, 2024 at 2:08 PM
My one constructive criticism on BlueSky, as a community: we need to “like” less and “retweet” more. In the absence of an algorithm, that’s the way we find each other and reward good content.