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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 8d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 16d

To be clear, there are no data that provide a link between short-term use of Tylenol during pregnancy and autism. In fact, one of the best prospective studies w/ sibling controls, if anything, pointed to a protective effect for use less than 7 days
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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Sep 6

In the wise words of my 9 year old:
“Mom, your lab isn’t a group of good people…they are AWESOME people”
#luckyPI

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Amanda Fanniff, PhD @amandafanniff.bsky.social · Sep 3

@juliametraux.bsky.social is looking for scientists and medical doctors to discuss how inflammation is being misused under the MAHA umbrella. #academicsky #medsky #sciencesky #immunology #publichealth #hiscisky

Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm starting to look into how inflammation is being misused by MAHA types in a way that very much distracts from chronic illness-inflammation problems people actually have. If you're an academic, doctor, immunologist etc with thoughts on this, please be in touch at [email protected]

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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Aug 26

Excited to introduce the first ‘Dr.’ from the Gibson Lab! Congrats Dr. Mehl
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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Aug 26

www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Transient gene melting governs the timing of oligodendrocyte maturation

Oligodendrocyte maturation is governed by an SOX6-dependent gene-melted chromatin state at multiple immaturity loci. Reducing SOX6 accelerates maturation, offering a potential strategy to regenerate m...

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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Aug 13

Really going all-in for the ‘Worst NIH Director’ Award

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 13

A truly disgraceful op-ed in the Washington Post from "NIH Director" Bhattacharya

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines

As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 11

I listened to Bhattacharya on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast.

If you want to know how it went, see the following email that I just sent.

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Dear Dr. Bhattacharya:

I have listened to your performance on the “War Room” podcast with Steve Bannon. The segment begins with a discussion of Secretary Kennedy’s recent cancellation of $500M worth of contracts related to mRNA vaccines.

You say “You can’t have a platform where such a large percentage of the population distrusts the platform as we use it for vaccines and expect it to work.” Later, you make comments that might explain why a large segment of the percentage distrusts this platform. For example, you say that the vaccine was not protective against contracting COVID and cite your own case on COVID after being vaccinated. However, you fail to cite the evidence for the clinical trials that led to the Emergency Use Authorization.

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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Aug 7

It’s Thursday…these things are supposed to happen on Fridays. Don’t they remember their schedule of screwing over science!

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 7

Well, this is a huge Executive Order power grab...

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

www.whitehouse.gov

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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Aug 7

www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Reconstructed cell-type-specific rhythms in human brain link Alzheimer’s pathology, circadian stress, and ribosomal disruption

Hollis, Sharma, et al. examine cell-type-specific diurnal rhythms in control and Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-affected human brains. They find that AD preserves core clock function but disrupts output rhy...

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · Jul 29

This NIH grant Multi-Year Funding ploy really makes you wonder what equally obscure and equally harmful stuff Vought is advancing across all the other functions of federal government, doesn’t it?

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · Jul 26

Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.

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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Jul 16

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mitochondrial origins of the pressure to sleep - Nature

Research on Drosophila neurons shows links between the need to sleep and aerobic metabolism, indicating that the pressure to sleep may have a mitochondrial origin.

www.nature.com

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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Jul 15

It isn’t even Friday….

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jul 14

NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding.

NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.

Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities

The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.

www.nature.com

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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jul 1

"At FDA we're accelerating drug approvals so that you don't need to use primates or even animal models. You can do the drug approvals very, very quickly with AI."

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Jul 1

This is a catastrophe in the making

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RFK Jr. Says AI Will Approve New Drugs at FDA 'Very, Very Quickly'

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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Jul 1

An important reminder as to why basic research is important! We can’t get to clinical breakthrough without it! @marionbuckwalter.bsky.social

stanfordbrain.bsky.social @stanfordbrain.bsky.social · Jun 26

How has stroke research evolved, and where is it headed? In today's episode, physician-scientist @marionbuckwalter.bsky.social shares how decades of scientific discovery shaped what we know about stroke and why continued research is key to future progress.

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From Our Neurons to Yours, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University

Marion Buckwalter, MD, PhD, is a professor of neurology and neurological sciences and of neurosurgery at Stanford medicine, and a deputy director of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.

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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Jun 23

Being part of the myelin field has been the most rewarding aspect of my scientific career ❤️

stanfordbrain.bsky.social @stanfordbrain.bsky.social · Jun 23

Stanford research by Dr Barres changed our understanding of myelin—once seen as static insulation, now linked to learning & memory. Learn how @michellemonje.bsky.social, @erinmgibson.bsky.social, @bradzuchero.bsky.social & others continue to shape the field: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/underst...

A dark ring of myelin in a black and white image of a cell. Image courtesy of Michelle Monje.

Erin Gibson examines an electron microscope image of rings of myelin surrounding an axon.

Michelle Monje’s lab has used electron microscopy to study rings of myelin surrounding an axon.

Brad Zuchero (wearing a Ben Barres T-shirt) and Husniye Kantarci

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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Jun 13

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Myelin–axon interface vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease revealed by subcellular proteomics and imaging of human and mouse brain - Nature Neuroscience

In Alzheimer’s disease (AD), disruptions in myelin and axonal structures occur, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here the authors show that, at the myelin–axon interface, axon–glial ...

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Erin Gibson @erinmgibson.bsky.social · Jun 3

Are you kidding me 🤬 that is so wrong

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Jens Hjerling Leffler @hjerling-leffler.bsky.social · Jun 2

Postdoc positions available in my lab @ki.se Sweden - exciting science, fantastic environment and great quality of life. I take mentoring seriously - 7/7 postdocs that left my lab has faculty positions today. Existing datasets and funds to build new ones available. ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Postdoc in Single Cell Genomics, Jens Hjerling-Leffler group, Karolinska Institutet

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The position is located within The Division of Molecular Neurobiology in the lab of Professor Jens Hjerling-Leffler at the Department of Medi

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · May 31

How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

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NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · May 25

Major strides in pediatric cancer treatments and cures, the results of decades of federal investment in basic biomedical research 💪

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · May 25

85 percent of children diagnosed with cancer are alive at least five years later, according to the National Cancer Institute. Survivors can face lifelong complications from their treatments — something oncologists are working to improve.

More kids are beating cancer. Improving the rest of their lives is next.

“There’s an entire population of kids who didn’t exist before. Now we need to figure out how to best support them,” one expert says.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · May 22

For anyone not familiar with GRFPs: these are fellowships awarded TO THE STUDENT. They're NOT awarded to an institution or tied to a particular project. Many GRFPs are earned with an application written before a student has submitted any grad school applications.

Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · May 22

All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · May 18

According to a 2021 report, the University of California system:

• generated $82B in economic activity in California

• supported 529K jobs in the state

• generated $21 in economic output for every $1 received

Public divestment from higher ed makes no sense, even in the narrowest economic terms.

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · May 18

There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.

University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · May 18

A must read

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