KB McCrum
@mccrumkb.bsky.social
Ph.D. Candidate in Plant Biology
Local adaptation, plant-microbe interactions, climate change
Local adaptation, plant-microbe interactions, climate change
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I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost
I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.
June 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost
Nayna did such a great job writing this! I love seeing this mock cover for her article
AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
🚨Undergraduate research🚨
Fungal Endophyte Communities Differ Between Leaves and Roots of Agave utahensis
@yyachung.bsky.social et al
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#PlantScience
Photo credit: John Brew
🚨Undergraduate research🚨
Fungal Endophyte Communities Differ Between Leaves and Roots of Agave utahensis
@yyachung.bsky.social et al
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#PlantScience
Photo credit: John Brew
June 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Nayna did such a great job writing this! I love seeing this mock cover for her article
Reposted by KB McCrum
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.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
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.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Reposted by KB McCrum
“They are butchering the gold standard merit review process that was established at NSF over decades” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“They are butchering the gold standard merit review process that was established at NSF over decades” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by KB McCrum
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January 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
📢 EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE NOT LAW
👏DO 👏 NOT 👏 COMPLY 👏 IN ADVANCE 👏
This is the number one thing you can do to support trans people and to stop Trump.
👏DO 👏 NOT 👏 COMPLY 👏 IN ADVANCE 👏
This is the number one thing you can do to support trans people and to stop Trump.