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Researchers did not mince words about this purge of senior NIH leadership:
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says @mtosterholm.bsky.social.
These cuts come on Jay Bhattacharya's first day as NIH director.
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says @mtosterholm.bsky.social.
These cuts come on Jay Bhattacharya's first day as NIH director.
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Researchers did not mince words about this purge of senior NIH leadership:
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says @mtosterholm.bsky.social.
These cuts come on Jay Bhattacharya's first day as NIH director.
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says @mtosterholm.bsky.social.
These cuts come on Jay Bhattacharya's first day as NIH director.
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I really don't care much what anyone thinks the exact right label is to describe where we are. This is outrageous and acutely dangerous. They are disappearing people in broad daylight for nothing but political speech. If this isn't a frontal assault on the rule of law and free democracy, what is?
March 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I really don't care much what anyone thinks the exact right label is to describe where we are. This is outrageous and acutely dangerous. They are disappearing people in broad daylight for nothing but political speech. If this isn't a frontal assault on the rule of law and free democracy, what is?