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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Sep 6

🦴 🏃‍♀️ Take steps for your musculoskeletal health!
#WhiteSneakers
#ASBMR2025

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Sep 6

🦴 Congratulations to Deepak Vashishth on receiving Adele L Boskey Award from @asbmr.bsky.social
#ASBMR2025

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · May 31

“Much of U.S. power & influence is derived from our science & technology supremacy”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/w...

World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts

www.nytimes.com

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · May 31

The eviceration of US biomedical and engineering research…for what purpose?

“At Johns Hopkins University, a bastion of scientific research, officials announced the layoffs of more than 2,000 people after losing $800 million in government grants”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/w...

World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts

www.nytimes.com

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · May 31

🎥 Livestream in hour 68 now!

⛅️ Dr Clare Singer
claresinger.github.io

#SaveAmericasForecasts

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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 7

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis

While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...

www.propublica.org

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 8

Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · May 8

#ResearchAtRisk

Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · May 8

Devasting that clinical trial for Jim's PediaFlow baby heart pump is on hold due the stop on all DOD funding at Cornell.

Funded by DOD CDMRP, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, yet White House stopped Congress funds

#ResearchSavesLives #Standup4Science
youtu.be/a7aUBvBcPV4

Research at Risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies

YouTube video by Cornell University

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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 7

1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.

These are their stories 🧵

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Apr 28

@kleach5.bsky.social is leading a fantastic
#NIH_T32 training program
#CoolDude 😉

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Apr 28

Really appreciate the lovely visit! Impactful science presented by @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social MSK research trainees!
#NIHFundingMatters #MSKresearch

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Apr 23

Please read & act now!

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 23

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM

Implementation of Schedule F

This is what a lot of us have been worried about.

This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.

BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...

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the word alert is in a purple circle

ALT: the word alert is in a purple circle

media.tenor.com

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Mar 19

“This assault [on universities] is part of a broader endeavor, an attempt to take over every key institution in America and make each a vehicle to impose right-wing ideology. If they have to sacrifice cures for disease, so be it.”🚨
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@paulwaldman.bsky.social 💯 gets it.
paulwaldman.substack...

The Real Goal of Trump's War on Universities

It isn't about stopping antisemitism. It's about power.

paulwaldman.substack.com

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Mar 14

🥧 Happy Pi Day!
Yummy early celebration yesterday thanks to @vdmlab.bsky.social
#PiDay

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Mar 8

I'm just a small-town professor. I'll never be a provost or chancellor. But here's some free advice: we're about to hold the most watched college sports event in 🇺🇸. Every college president should be all over TV, at every game, explaining why the March Madness of federal budget cuts is a huge crisis.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Mar 8

👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.

Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · Mar 8

The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history.

We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Feb 11

Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science!

Proud of the many amazing scientists who’ve been mentors, collaborators, colleagues, protégés, friends, etc
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInScience
#IDWGS

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Feb 11

“Unity through our shared passion for research”
Looking forward to leadership from Suzanne Maher, new president of @orssociety.bsky.social

#ORS2025 #OrthoScience
#CornellHSSCameo

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Feb 8

Inspiring to be in a room full of orthopaedic researchers for the start of #ORS2025
@orssociety.bsky.social

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · Feb 7

“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...

Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere (Gift Article)

The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.

www.nytimes.com

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · Feb 7

Here’s a story with some numbers. The proposed cuts are unfathomable: a 60% reduction to NSF would be the end of American science as we know it.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Feb 6

This article--on the systematic dismantling of the NIH, NSF, and CDC--is a must-read not only for researchers and clinicians but for anyone who has ever gotten a vaccine, taken medication, read the results of a research study, or gotten tested for Covid, flu, or STIs.
www.science.org/content/blog...

Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF

www.science.org

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Feb 6

“A huge gift to the PR of China” what abolishing USAID accomplishes globally.
Listen to @samanthapower.bsky.social explain on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social, courtesy of @latenightercom.bsky.social

LateNighter @latenightercom.bsky.social · Feb 5

A month ago Samantha Power wouldn't have sounded like much of a get for late-night show, but in yet another indication of the shifting sands that have accompanied Donald Trump's first 16 days in office, she was Stephen Colbert's lead guest Tuesday night on The Late Show.

Stephen Colbert Hosts Former USAID Head Samantha Power

A month ago Samantha Power wouldn't have sounded like much of a get for late-night show, but in yet another indication of the shifting sands that have accompanied Donald Trump's first 16 days in office, she was Stephen Colbert's lead guest Tuesday night…

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Feb 6

“Leaders in the Foxhole”We’re all waiting for our leaders to emerge …
Excellent piece on need for authentic #AcademicSky leadership from @holdenthorp.bsky.social in @insidehighered.com

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · Feb 4

Opinion | Leaders in the Foxhole

Holden Thorp writes that the public response from college presidents to the Trump administration’s orders has been quiet so far—but he expects that to change. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/40ZKRV9

College leaders in the foxhole (opinion)

Holden Thorp writes that the public response from college presidents to the Trump administration’s orders has been quiet so far—but he expects that to change.

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Marjolein van der Meulen @mchvdm.bsky.social · Feb 6

🔬🦴 @vdmlab.bsky.social looks forward to sharing & talking science at #ORS2025

vdM Lab @vdmlab.bsky.social · Feb 3

We are so excited for ORS next weekend! Come check out our posters on Monday night at the poster reception!!

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