Rachel Krizek
@rachelkrizek.bsky.social
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Bore yourself with my talk at the Dengue Endgame meeting. Good for insomnia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAof...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAof...
Jason Rasgon, PhD. 2025 Dengue Endgame Summit
YouTube video by Dengue endgame summit
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December 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Bore yourself with my talk at the Dengue Endgame meeting. Good for insomnia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAof...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAof...
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Science has been kind of a shit show these last 8 months but days like this in the lab still make it worthwhile
September 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Science has been kind of a shit show these last 8 months but days like this in the lab still make it worthwhile
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Why are folks mad at the working mom with kids on Medicaid and SNAP rather than companies like Walmart that refuse to pay her a living wage and provide health insurance?
July 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Why are folks mad at the working mom with kids on Medicaid and SNAP rather than companies like Walmart that refuse to pay her a living wage and provide health insurance?
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Hanging with two of the cool stars of tonight’s episode of @pbs.org Human Footprint with colleague @vectorgen.bsky.social on left and co-Director @neillosin.bsky.social on right. Airing at 9pm EST tonight. #Wolbachia just made the big TV screen.
July 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hanging with two of the cool stars of tonight’s episode of @pbs.org Human Footprint with colleague @vectorgen.bsky.social on left and co-Director @neillosin.bsky.social on right. Airing at 9pm EST tonight. #Wolbachia just made the big TV screen.
This is our lab! Check the ~42 min mark of the episode!
This whole thing is good. But if you need a quick pick-me up, zoom ahead to minute 42 and enjoy the soundtrack they picked for @vectorgen.bsky.social 's walk-on. It has dramatically improved my day.
Human Footprint | The Enemy of My Enemy | Season 2 | Episode 2
We enlist allies from nature to fight in our battles. But is the enemy of an enemy always a friend?
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July 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is our lab! Check the ~42 min mark of the episode!
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Today's a great day for Vladimir Putin. He finally has an asset at the highest level of US intelligence, and he’s laughing. Tulsi Gabbard, known in Russia as "Putin's Girlfriend", is now in charge of our intelligence apparatus. America is being weakened by Trump and his administration.
February 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Today's a great day for Vladimir Putin. He finally has an asset at the highest level of US intelligence, and he’s laughing. Tulsi Gabbard, known in Russia as "Putin's Girlfriend", is now in charge of our intelligence apparatus. America is being weakened by Trump and his administration.
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On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NIH declares 15% indirects. This will decimate research universities. Budgets will be cut by 70%. Science in the US going down hill in this administration. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
NIH declares 15% indirects. This will decimate research universities. Budgets will be cut by 70%. Science in the US going down hill in this administration. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ STEM education more inclusive. scim.ag/3EtS0US
HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education
“Inclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions
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February 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ STEM education more inclusive. scim.ag/3EtS0US
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Just got word that our Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) Grant was being canceled. All 100+ institutions. So even private funding is susceptible to this administration’s unraveling of DEI initiatives
February 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Just got word that our Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) Grant was being canceled. All 100+ institutions. So even private funding is susceptible to this administration’s unraveling of DEI initiatives
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Extremely disappointed to see HHMI decide to kill their Inclusive Excellence program, including terminating the current IE3 awards to over a hundred institutions effective this year in the middle of a 6-year grant. I was hoping HHMI (and other private funders) would continue to lead the way.
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Extremely disappointed to see HHMI decide to kill their Inclusive Excellence program, including terminating the current IE3 awards to over a hundred institutions effective this year in the middle of a 6-year grant. I was hoping HHMI (and other private funders) would continue to lead the way.
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If anyone has the resources to resist, its HHMI. Ending this program with no notice and literally scrubbing evidence it ever existed from the website is shocking and dosappointing
February 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If anyone has the resources to resist, its HHMI. Ending this program with no notice and literally scrubbing evidence it ever existed from the website is shocking and dosappointing
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BREAKING NEWS:
In a massive lawsuit, the AFL-CIO has SUED the Treasury Department:
“for their unlawful…disclosure of personal and financial information…to Elon Musk and other members of the so-called ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE).”
In a massive lawsuit, the AFL-CIO has SUED the Treasury Department:
“for their unlawful…disclosure of personal and financial information…to Elon Musk and other members of the so-called ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE).”
February 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
BREAKING NEWS:
In a massive lawsuit, the AFL-CIO has SUED the Treasury Department:
“for their unlawful…disclosure of personal and financial information…to Elon Musk and other members of the so-called ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE).”
In a massive lawsuit, the AFL-CIO has SUED the Treasury Department:
“for their unlawful…disclosure of personal and financial information…to Elon Musk and other members of the so-called ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE).”
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Not sure how to put it more clearly:
Vought is the coup.
Everyone who votes for Vought is doing a coup.
Vought is the coup.
Everyone who votes for Vought is doing a coup.
The Senate voted to advance Project 2025 architect Russell Vought as OMB director.
Vought has been quite clear that his intent is to dismantle the federal government.
Every Democrat voted NO, except for Fetterman who was absent.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Vought has been quite clear that his intent is to dismantle the federal government.
Every Democrat voted NO, except for Fetterman who was absent.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
February 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Not sure how to put it more clearly:
Vought is the coup.
Everyone who votes for Vought is doing a coup.
Vought is the coup.
Everyone who votes for Vought is doing a coup.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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🚨🚨OMG 😯
Am I reading this correctly? This is a
PAUSE /FREEZE on basically ALL FEDERAL ASSISTANCE starting tomorrow at 5.
Pass it on.
Am I reading this correctly? This is a
PAUSE /FREEZE on basically ALL FEDERAL ASSISTANCE starting tomorrow at 5.
Pass it on.
January 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🚨🚨OMG 😯
Am I reading this correctly? This is a
PAUSE /FREEZE on basically ALL FEDERAL ASSISTANCE starting tomorrow at 5.
Pass it on.
Am I reading this correctly? This is a
PAUSE /FREEZE on basically ALL FEDERAL ASSISTANCE starting tomorrow at 5.
Pass it on.
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Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.
January 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.
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This is a positive outcome, insofar as the court is not allowing Griffin to totally sidestep the statutory process for handling election contests. But three of the Republican justices on the court are previewing a potentially very bad outcome in their concurrences.
BREAKING: North Carolina Supreme Court denies Griffin's denies Griffin's writ of prohibition, says appeal must first go through Wake County Superior Court. Story to come. #ncpol
Order here--> drive.google.com/file/d/1FJ3V...
Order here--> drive.google.com/file/d/1FJ3V...
January 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This is a positive outcome, insofar as the court is not allowing Griffin to totally sidestep the statutory process for handling election contests. But three of the Republican justices on the court are previewing a potentially very bad outcome in their concurrences.
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Communications shutdown. Travel ban. Canceled study sections. Now a hiring freeze?
Shutting down the NIH indefinitely without stated cause is literally an act of sabotage.
Left: yesterday. Right: today.
Shutting down the NIH indefinitely without stated cause is literally an act of sabotage.
Left: yesterday. Right: today.
January 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Communications shutdown. Travel ban. Canceled study sections. Now a hiring freeze?
Shutting down the NIH indefinitely without stated cause is literally an act of sabotage.
Left: yesterday. Right: today.
Shutting down the NIH indefinitely without stated cause is literally an act of sabotage.
Left: yesterday. Right: today.
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Two things concerned scientists can do:
1. Call your members of Congress and explain how disruptions in funding would be disastrous for jobs and research in their district/state.
2a. Call your dept. chair and express your concern. The goal is to end the convo w/…
1. Call your members of Congress and explain how disruptions in funding would be disastrous for jobs and research in their district/state.
2a. Call your dept. chair and express your concern. The goal is to end the convo w/…
January 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Two things concerned scientists can do:
1. Call your members of Congress and explain how disruptions in funding would be disastrous for jobs and research in their district/state.
2a. Call your dept. chair and express your concern. The goal is to end the convo w/…
1. Call your members of Congress and explain how disruptions in funding would be disastrous for jobs and research in their district/state.
2a. Call your dept. chair and express your concern. The goal is to end the convo w/…
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NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
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If you're upset about all the executive orders that have been launched in the last few days you should call your Senators and tell them not to confirm Russell Vought. He's likely one of the primary authors behind many of them.
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda
Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.
www.propublica.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If you're upset about all the executive orders that have been launched in the last few days you should call your Senators and tell them not to confirm Russell Vought. He's likely one of the primary authors behind many of them.
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
www.propublica.org/article/vide...