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Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 7h

Prepping my RPPR and it seems like “my NCBI” is currently non functioning due to shutdown? Anyone else having issues?

Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 5d

Successful presentations to our Joint Drosophila Group Meeting celebration excuse. W @vickylopez.bsky.social and Ian Peasley

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Maria Paz Fernandez @mariadelapax.bsky.social · 7d

Come join us!
Applications to the GCDB Biology Doctoral program at IU are due December 1st.

@iubiology.bsky.social
@alizeemalnoe.bsky.social @rhcalderon.bsky.social @lesleynweaver.bsky.social @hoosierflyman.bsky.social @tennessenlab.bsky.social @flyeyelab.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social

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Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 20d

Beautiful city!

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Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 20d

Ya

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Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 20d

Poster prize for my student Ian Peasley at the Maggot Meeting!

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Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 21d

So many great talks at the Maggot Meeting in Leipzig!

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Hunter Schone @hunterschone.bsky.social · Aug 21

Now out in @natneuro.nature.com

What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?

Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation

www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7

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Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · Aug 15

Whatever you do, don’t criticize the University in class. www.ipm.org/news/2025-08...

IU professor sanctioned for violating ‘intellectual diversity’ law

An Indiana University professor was formally reprimanded for violating Indiana’s intellectual diversity law.

www.ipm.org

Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · Aug 12

We fly folks had a good run while it lasted. This is such awful news

Dr Sian Gramates @drglam.bsky.social · Aug 11

I just got the notice that all the FlyBase people at Harvard, including me, will be laid off on October 12. I'm devastated.

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Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · Jul 10

I am now officially “I put my wallet in the lower pocket of my cargo shorts” years old.

Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hahaha not in this instance

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Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · Jul 8

Flies are not considered to be animals according to NIH guidelines. Shhhhh.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Jul 8

I’m all for more NAMS, but it has its limits. There are no LLMs or organs-on-a-chip that can model viral pathogenesis, vaccine efficacy, or candidate drugs. We only use animals when there is no other choice.

This will only stop more lifesaving research.
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...

NIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies - Drug Discovery and Development

Drug Discovery and Development covers strategies and technologies related to pharmaceutical research and development and drug formulation.

www.drugdiscoverytrends.com

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Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · Jul 8

I didn’t understand the attack by Visma given that UAE could just sit on wheels, but then it seemed like the plan was for Matteo to go for the stage all along. Tricky!

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · Jul 1

The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress.

www.ascb.org/science-poli...

The "Big Beautiful Bill" is Not the Budget - ASCB

If you’ve read recent news about Congress trying to pass “the budget,” you may have noticed that even Washington, D.C. reporters don’t always have a firm grasp on the details of what they’re covering....

www.ascb.org

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · Jun 25

@warnock.senate.gov -I absolutely agree cuts to NIH are devastating for patients fighting life-threatening diseases like cancer. We must fight the Trump administration’s cuts to save lives and ensure Americans get the care they deserve.

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · Jun 23

Cuts to NIH mean Georgians living with Stage IV cancer, like Richard Schlueter, can’t get the care they desperately need.

Unconscionable.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Jun 25

Statement from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Ranking Member on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee):

“The Trump administration’s egregious, corrupt, and disgraceful abuse of power continues, this time by kicking dedicated scientists out of their building so HUD Secretary Turner can have a penthouse dining suite. For an administration so obsessed with claiming that it's cutting spending, how can Trump justify the tax-payer dollars it will take to meet Turner’s ridiculous demands, like a gym for his exclusive use or parking spaces for his five cars? Instead of investing in our future, the Trump Administration is investing in private perks for Secretary Turner. Where will NSF staff go? What is the Trump administration’s plan? Once again, science loses, the American taxpayer loses, and our competitors, like China, win.”

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Jun 24

NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.

NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Jun 26

Very VERY excited to see this addition to the SCIMaP project.
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social

BOTTOM LINE: Proposed NIH cuts are estimated to result in ~50b in economic losses and over 200k job losses.

But hey! How are those egg prices??

scienceimpacts.org/fy26

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research

Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

scienceimpacts.org

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Dr. Sarah Signor @signor-molevol.bsky.social · Jun 22

Is this C. amoena?

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Joost @almodozo.bsky.social · Jun 7

Hell of a photo

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jun 8

We could have had her, America.

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Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · Jun 3

😂😂🙏🏻

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Jun 3

I personally know 5 early career and trainee level academic scientists who have changed jobs/ career paths in the last month. They did not see a sustainable future with ongoing cuts and attacks.
The scale of decimation of the pipeline that the scientific workforce in U.S. faces is staggering.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · Jun 3

I asked Secretary McMahon if she had done ANY analysis about how the Department of Education would be able to perform its basic obligations under the law before firing HALF of its staff.

NO analysis was done. None.

These people want to take a CHAINSAW to public education with a BLINDFOLD on.

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