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Rogatsky Lab @rogatskylab.bsky.social · Aug 29

It's been a great & productive summer, we had fantastic #undergraduates :) but September is HERE and we are looking for new #POSTDOCS - effective immediately! please spread the word and if interested - let us know! We are into #transcription #inflammation #epigenomics #NuclearReceptors #macrophages

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jul 8

New hair-raising piece from CNN about the National Cancer Institute...

www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...

World’s premier cancer institute faces crippling cuts and chaos | CNN

The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research have caused unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, the storied federal government research hub that has spearheaded ...

www.cnn.com

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · Jun 9

Today, @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social staff sent a powerful letter to the NIH Director outlining serious concerns about the agency’s direction. Thousands have already signed in support—add your name. – Mary Munson, ASCB President www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Support NIH Staff Now!

www.standupforscience.net

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Rogatsky Lab @rogatskylab.bsky.social · Jun 9

Honored to be a new Honorary Fellow of
@aaas.org - #AAAS some pix from the ceremony in Washington!

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Rogatsky Lab @rogatskylab.bsky.social · May 30

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Marija Dacic!!!

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · May 21

Who's calling the shots at NIH?

Sworn testimonies and internal e-mails reveal for the first time the breadth of DOGE's control over the world's largest public biomedical funder.

DOGE has provided lists of hundreds of grants to cut, and DOGE is now reviewing ALL NIH awards before they're released

NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE

Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.

www.nature.com

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Rogatsky Lab @rogatskylab.bsky.social · May 2

Our spectacular @wcm-imp.bsky.social 1st year Immunology grad students Kasra Askari, Andrew Lim, Isabelle Johnson and Riley Outen wrapped up their 3rd rotation :) Awesome talks!

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Rogatsky Lab @rogatskylab.bsky.social · May 2

We had our little moment today having received 3%-ile (!!) on our #NIH #NIDDK grant application. Let's hope there is actually some $$ because we sure need it! :-)

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Science Magazine @science.org · Apr 24

Exclusive: The director of the National Science Foundation announced his resignation today, 16 months before his 6-year term ends, in a letter to staff obtained by Science. scim.ag/42vc3fn

Exclusive: ‘I have done all I can’: NSF director announces he is resigning

Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led the agency since 2020, leaves amid mass firings and grant terminations

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Rogatsky Lab @rogatskylab.bsky.social · Apr 11

this article reports the ** reversal of the ban ** actually. I've seen that news reported elsewhere as well.

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Rogatsky Lab @rogatskylab.bsky.social · Apr 6

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Rogatsky Lab @rogatskylab.bsky.social · Apr 6

REPRESENT at yesterday's massive #HANDSOFF march in #NYC

Rogatsky Lab @rogatskylab.bsky.social · Apr 6

REPRESENT at yesterday's massive #HANDSOFF march in #NYC

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Science Magazine @science.org · Apr 3

Ten principal investigators who were fired from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as part of the massive reduction in force at federal agencies on Tuesday are back at work, at least for now, Science has learned.

After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work

Neuroscience institutes tells 10 scientists placed on leave it’s working on a “long-term” solution to officially reinstating them

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Mar 27

This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

www.nature.com

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Mar 27

Science is being actively destroyed, and it feels like no one cares. www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump officials will screen NIH funding opportunities

Staff at biomedical agency worry about political interference in setting priorities

www.science.org

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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · Mar 27

Just want to say again I’m grateful for the people doing their best to hold it down at the NIH despite the chaos and uncertainty. I see you 🙌🏾

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Rogatsky Lab @rogatskylab.bsky.social · Mar 27

It's quite an honor!! We should celebrate! #AAAS @hspecialsurgery.bsky.social

Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis (IMP) Program @wcm-imp.bsky.social · Mar 27

🎉 Congratulations to IMP Faculty Inez Rogatsky on being inducted as an AAAS Fellow! This prestigious honor recognizes her outstanding contributions to science and research!

Learn more: www.aaas.org/fellows

AAAS Honorary Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

www.aaas.org

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Martin Enserink @martinenserink.bsky.social · Mar 27

A "chilling" new level of political interference: NIH's solicitations for grant proposals will from now on be reviewed to check if they align with Trump's priorities.

www.science.org/content/arti... (by @sarareardon.bsky.social)

Trump officials will screen NIH funding opportunities

Staff at biomedical agency worry about political interference in setting priorities

www.science.org

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Mar 24

This is what breaks my heart. These young people who are so eager and full of promise and who are the next generation of Nobel Prize winners, scientists inventors, teachers. #Trump and #Musk have destroyed it all. www.wired.com/story/the-ch...

The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling

As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, the path to a science career for students and researchers just got a whole lot harder.

www.wired.com

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Science Magazine @science.org · Mar 21

IMLS, the primary source of federal support for U.S. libraries and museums, is one of seven independent agencies that President Donald Trump wants to dismantle because he believes what they do is “unnecessary.” scim.ag/4iryNlY

Trump order could wipe out federal support for U.S. science museums

Institute of Museum and Library Services now run by Department of Labor as part of proposed dismantling

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Eva Estébanez-Perpiñá, Ph.D. @estebanezlab.bsky.social · Mar 22

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Mar 22

Women are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as men. A feature in Nature Medicine reports how the changes to the female brain during menopause, along with social and cultural factors, might affect disease risk. #medsky #alzsky 🧪

Women twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease as men - but scientists do not know why - Nature Medicine

Changes to the female brain during menopause, together with social and cultural factors, might affect disease risk.

go.nature.com

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Rogatsky Lab @rogatskylab.bsky.social · Mar 14

Huge congratulations to Ketsia Seide, our #postbac fellow, who is heading to Graduate School at #SUNYBuffalo this summer! We will miss you but we are so proud of you!!!

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · Mar 11

This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · Mar 11

I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.

This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.

Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.

USDA halts more than $100M in funding for University of Maine System programs

The move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp...

www.pressherald.com

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Santosh Vardhana @santoshvardhana.bsky.social · Mar 12

This disinformation will literally kill children. So is the new HHS secretary too incompetent to limit preventable child deaths, or immoral enough not to care?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 12

RFK Jr: "It used to be that everybody got measles. And the measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection. The vaccine doesn't do that ... it used to be that very young kids were protected by breast milk. Women who get vaccinated do not provide that level of immunity."

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