@tomyoung.bsky.social
Plant Biology Masters Student at Iowa State University | NSF NRT D4 Fellow
Crazy how “they didn’t fill out the APHIS import form” becomes ‘agroterrorism’ and a ‘scheme’ when the students are Chinese. Guess they’re not called ‘Trumped up’ charges for no reason, huh?
A potent mixture of bio-scare and yellow-peril here, so far as I can tell.
Foreign scientists take Fusarium graminearum spores to a lab where they've been studying Fusarium graminearum for decades.
To find ways of tackling the crop disease.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Foreign scientists take Fusarium graminearum spores to a lab where they've been studying Fusarium graminearum for decades.
To find ways of tackling the crop disease.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Crazy how “they didn’t fill out the APHIS import form” becomes ‘agroterrorism’ and a ‘scheme’ when the students are Chinese. Guess they’re not called ‘Trumped up’ charges for no reason, huh?
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Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"Eco-vandals target gene-edited Chardonnay in Italy"
by @annameldolesi.bsky.social
mycrispr.blog/2025/02/16/e...
The second #PlantGMO field trial destroyed in Italy in the past months.
#PlantScience #PlantNGTs #SustainableAg #Agriculture
by @annameldolesi.bsky.social
mycrispr.blog/2025/02/16/e...
The second #PlantGMO field trial destroyed in Italy in the past months.
#PlantScience #PlantNGTs #SustainableAg #Agriculture
Eco-vandals target gene-edited Chardonnay in Italy
On the night of February 12-13, unknown vandals broke into a small experimental vineyard at the University of Verona in northern Italy to uproot Chardonnay vines that had been gene-edited to resist…
mycrispr.blog
February 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
"Eco-vandals target gene-edited Chardonnay in Italy"
by @annameldolesi.bsky.social
mycrispr.blog/2025/02/16/e...
The second #PlantGMO field trial destroyed in Italy in the past months.
#PlantScience #PlantNGTs #SustainableAg #Agriculture
by @annameldolesi.bsky.social
mycrispr.blog/2025/02/16/e...
The second #PlantGMO field trial destroyed in Italy in the past months.
#PlantScience #PlantNGTs #SustainableAg #Agriculture
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⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
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 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?