Emme Bruns

You can now sign up for the lottery to speak at the next mtg of RFK's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice 9/18-9/19. Especially since they removed med orgs as liaisons, this is the only way they will receive critical feedback.

www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/aci...

There is a public comment period open until Aug 31 on the proposed closing of the USDA research facility in Beltsville Maryland (BARC). This is a massive research campus that also hosts the National Germplasm Resources Lab (among many, many other labs).

www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

‘This is bull——”: National Science Foundation employees protest HUD's takeover Dozens of National Science Foundation employees crowded the agency’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday to protest the news that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, w...

Another day testing the limits of resilience.

The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.

Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.

The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.

The Continuing Crisis, Part XV: The Horrendous Trump Budget

The administration’s budget proposal is a disaster in so many ways, but it is most certainly a direct assault on US science.

Nothing like it has ever been seen before, and it means that we will have voluntarily stepped aside from a leading role in the scientific progress of the entire human race.

Update to https://scienceimpacts.org to include terminated grants

Major update to #SCIMaP visualization of impacts of cuts to federally supported health research. Map now includes information on future economic losses (impact of proposed reduction of NIH IDC to 15%) and current economic losses (impact of terminated NIH grants).

scienceimpacts.org

You have 2 days left to comment (by May 23 at 11:59 pm)!

Go to the link if you don’t want your NSF or NIH program officers who took an oath to the constitution (not a political party) to instead be subject to the whims of a president and fired if they don’t “conform”.

We begin reviewing applications next week!

More great work by J. Weitz and colleagues.

Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.

An important story that needs more attention. Cuts to the National Plant Germplasm Repository (e.g. the nation's living crop seed bank) are increadibly short-sighted. This is NOT a money-saver. Plant diseases never sleep, and nor should we.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...

A promotional graphic for Botany 2025, themed "Botany Without Barriers," taking place in Palm Springs, CA, from July 26-30. The graphic features Aaron David, smiling outdoors against a mountainous backdrop with blooming flowers. He is identified as the Program Director of Plant Ecology at Archbold Biological Station and will be delivering the Emerging Leader Lecture. The design includes a QR code for more information and the website "www.botanyconference.org."

We’re excited to announce that Aaron David, Program Director of Plant Ecology at Archbold Biological Station, will deliver the Emerging Leader Lecture at #Botany2025 in Palm Springs, CA!

To learn more about Aaron, and all of the featured speakers, visit: www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html

A child has died in the Texas measles outbreak – the first US measles death since 2015 The death, confirmed as a school-age child, is the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015.

First measles death from the west Texas outbreak
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

A sign that the Trump admin is taking your egg price concerns very seriously www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

NSF accomplishes its mission primarily by giving grants. In a $10B budget request, NSF asked for $500M in 'Agency Operations and Award Management', so that's already HIGHLY EFFICIENT... >95% of funds go to research and STEM education programs nationwide.

nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00_NSF...