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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 9d

📣Magnifying a new initiative from MASC (Multi-national Arabidopsis Steering Committee) to support colleagues in need
tinyurl.com/MASC-initiat...
Please read the document and return comments to Thorsten Hamann ([email protected]) by Oct. 15th. Please share.
#arabidopsis #community #plantscience

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 13d

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.

The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io

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lreiser.bsky.social @lreiser.bsky.social · Aug 9

Another nail in the US science coffin
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · May 31

It’s Fustilarian Friday again.

This week: NSF all but abolished in the President’s proposed budget.

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 30

Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

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lreiser.bsky.social @lreiser.bsky.social · May 16

Hmmm 45 million could fund a lot of research…..this seems like
the kind of
wasteful government spending that the DOGE bro’s should be cutting.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u...

Military Parade in Capital on Trump’s Birthday Could Cost $45 Million, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · May 13

#ASPBPlantCellTuesday #ICYMI

The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · May 12

📣 Join us on May 30 at 9 EDT, for a The Plant Cell panel discussion focusing on “Translational Research from Arabidopsis to Crop Plants and Beyond".🌱

👉Learn more and register at blog.aspb.org/may-30-plant....

#plantscience

Image Text: Panel Discussion: Translating from Arabidopsis. Speakers: Federico Ariel, Michael Bevan, Anna Stepanova, and Xiaolan Zhang. Host: Adrienne Roeder and Cris Argueso. Featuring Speaker photos and ASPB and The Plant Cell logos on themed-background.

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · May 11

The costs of disinvestment in science: nondefense government R&D yields returns of 150% to 300% & accounts for roughly a QUARTER of American productivity growth since World War II. The authors conclude:“Our findings point to a misallocation of public capital & substantial underinvestment in R&D.”

Wallace Marshall @wallaceucsf.bsky.social · May 9

www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

The NSF Is Being Dismantled — With Broad Implications For The American Economy

The economic consequences of cuts to the National Science Foundation and restricting scientific inquiry on this scale could be far-reaching.

www.forbes.com

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · May 9

📜 In defense of funding foundational plant science

🧑‍🔬 @jfriesner.bsky.social, @cargueso.bsky.social, @plantteaching.bsky.social, Shuang Wu, @roederlab.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social

🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

#️⃣ #PlantScience

In defense of funding foundational plant science

Abstract. Plants are essential for life as we know it on Earth. They oxygenate the atmosphere, regulate the climate, and comprise much of the primary produ

academic.oup.com

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lreiser.bsky.social @lreiser.bsky.social · May 10

The dismantling of the National Science Foundation is a disaster and disgraceful.

Foolish people doing stupid things.

www.science.org/content/arti...

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring

Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

www.science.org

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Nature @nature.com · May 1

Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature.

https://go.nature.com/44Ugf9V

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

go.nature.com

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · May 2

Earlier today, ASBMB joined three other scientific societies in leading a substantial, 22-page amicus curiae brief in support of the plaintiffs in American Public Health Association v. NIH. This is a formal public submission to the court.
➡️Read our full message: bit.ly/3RJnWbp.

Text reads: A message to ASBMB members. The background is an illustration of the neurotransmitter glutamate being transported by synaptic vesicles to the presynaptic membrane.

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Dr. Suzanne Le Menestrel @drsl.bsky.social · May 2

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.

www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

www.spencer.org

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Apr 28

Here is a link to the full @60minutes.bsky.social segment!

👀 a nice surprise at 5:25 AND one of our very own, Kristin Weinstein makes an appearance at 9 mins.

#StandUpforScience
#scienceforall
#saveourscience

www.cbsnews.com/news/scienti...

Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations

Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans' health.

www.cbsnews.com

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lreiser.bsky.social @lreiser.bsky.social · Apr 25

www.science.org/content/arti...

This is terrible news. Even the resignation letter posted on the NSF is censored. Compare to the whole letter he wrote published here. Knocking down all of the pillars that made American science great.

Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy

“I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020

www.science.org

lreiser.bsky.social @lreiser.bsky.social · Apr 17

Thank you @josedinneny.bsky.social and all the organizers of the first Bay Area Plant Hub Symposium. It was great to hear from so many young scientists and wise mentors who shared their research and vision for better future. Fantastic and inspiring.

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lreiser.bsky.social @lreiser.bsky.social · Apr 16

With @tairnews.bsky.social at the first ever plant bio hub meeting. Excited to hear the talks and to hang out with old friends and new.

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lreiser.bsky.social @lreiser.bsky.social · Apr 8

@biocurator.bsky.social ISB 2025 has been a fantastic meeting. Great talks, excellent colleagues. Lots of discussion on AI powered biocuration. Happy to be sharing updates from @tairnews.bsky.social and AgBioData here.

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · Mar 14

Gonna nerd: "This is not a moment, it's a movement." The article shows the widespread care & concern about our nation's public data. Much will be lost unless we preserve the data AND speak about its importance. This isn't an issue for academia. It is for all of us.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge

Can librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from DOGE?

www.newyorker.com

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lreiser.bsky.social @lreiser.bsky.social · Mar 7

what better way to spend day off work with your colleagues …

lreiser.bsky.social @lreiser.bsky.social · Mar 7

getting ready

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Mar 4

Perspective
𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟎: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭🌱
Sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome 25 years ago transformed plant biology. The 4th MASC roadmap drives innovations to tackle global challenges
👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70047
🧵👇

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Gene Ontology @geneontology.bsky.social · Mar 3

The PAN-GO #Functionome was announced last week in @nature.com-but do you know how to use it?

Here's how to find functions for a selected human #gene:
➡️ community.alliancegenome.org/t/8353

ICYMI, more on the PAN-GO Functionome:
💡 community.alliancegenome.org/t/8343

🧪🧬 #science #research #human