Abraham Palmer

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

“Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.”

RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement focuses on animal welfare Last week, the National Institutes of Health announced it had secured $87 million for a new research center.

RFK Jr. insanely moves MAHA to end animal testing, with NIH securing $87M for a center shifting to 3D tissue models. An 80% poll backs the phaseout. PETA applauds. A research group warns of risks. Grants can fund the rehoming of lab animals.

The pedestrian and bicycle bridge at the edges of that photo happens to be the site of the worst bicycle accident I’ve ever had. Aug 9, 2013.

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The fiscal year is over.

So how was the NIH appropriation committed?

A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.

Does anyone understand how NIMH is using RF1 and UF1s?

He's telling us what he's doing. Using the military to suppress protest. At some point the opposition needs to listen to him and adjust strategy.

Consistent with this, I’ve heard (secondhand) that program officers from NIGMS are telling applicants who got outstanding scores that their R01s that they won’t be funded because they’re not MIRAs.

Yellow roses and city buildings, a classic Portland view from in front of the art museum

The Hawthorne bridge looking downtown, under perfect blue skies

A classic car and old craftsman homes in late summer light on Portland's east side

A woman cycling down a rainbow painted street in front of a condo building on Portland's east side

*banjo picking and sporadic musket fire* dearest martha, the horrors of war-torn portland cannot even be described

Yes, in five years, it would reach equilibrium, where universities were getting the same overhead as before, but it would be a very painful transition.

Trying again: instead of awarding 5 grants that spend all of their year 1 money that year, they award only 1 grant which will only spend a 1/5th of its money that year. So the total overhead collected by universities is 1/5th. (Overhead is only collected when universities submit invoices).

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Another consequence is that although the same amount of money is committed, only 20 or 25% (4 or 5 year grants) of the money will be spent in year 1. Thus the overhead flowing to universities will drop dramatically, even if the overhead rate stays the same.

I believe that is the intended purpose.

A graph showing nearly 500 million dollars of NIH investment in 4-year R01s since July 2025.

Here is a plot of 4-year multi-year funded new R01s for 2015-2025. NIH has made some 4-year R01s late in the fiscal year to invest the last of the appropriation, but what is happening this year is quite different.

I estimate that these new R01s are ~25% of the multi-year funding since July 1.

A word cloud with dominant words "equity", "disparity", "diverse", and similar words.

Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.

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Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

Open Rank, Tenure Track Position – Metabolic Physiology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with University of Utah, Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology | 12844064 The Department of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology (NUIP) at the University of Utah seeks a Tenure Track faculty member at the rank of Assistant...

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becasue if you do, you will be condemned to repeat it

Today, in my hellhole home of #Chicago, I walked to the farmers market with my family and bought flowers, cheese, honey, fruit, and tomatoes.

Then we went to the local park to enjoy the 70s and breezy weather we have been blessed with.

Comic-Con was last month and in a different city.

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JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.

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In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on

Could you do a freedom of information act request to get more data about this?

Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with Université de Montréal | 12843808 Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry involved in the production of complex behaviors

🚨Another PI job opening in the Neuroscience dept. at @umontreal.ca ! 🚨

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Excited to finally share this collaborative effort led by Philip Boone, Michael Talkowski and @abepalmer.bsky.social!

Senator Britt has been very vocal about protecting the NIH, I appreciate that.

Important- if you had an illegally terminated grant that was reinstated, you might not be safe. Staff are being told that grants *may* be canceled after October 1st, 2025 if not "in line with agency priorities". POs are being muzzled and can't tell grantees directly.

#NIH #NIH_funding

I got to interview one of my academic heroes 😎🧠🍄

Read the interesting conversation on Psychedelic Alpha!

This is a terrible loss for NIH.

From Huxley to Heffter: Mark Geyer Reflects on a Life in Psychedelic Research - Psychedelic Alpha Dr. Alaina Jaster speaks with Dr. Mark Geyer in a discussion that traces his path to psychedelics research, the field’s scientific and cultural shifts, and the role of the Heffter Research Institute.

From Huxley to Heffter: Mark Geyer Reflects on a Life in Psychedelic Research

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