Dr. Ari Kozik

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YouTube video by BBC Studios High-pitched voice theory - Neanderthal - BBC science

Wrong. It is, and always will be, this.

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when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

Thrilled to share the first preprint from my group! Prevotella are predominant but understudied members of the respiratory microbiome. They have a reputation for being hard to work with, but understanding them is likely important for understanding how they contribute to respiratory health. 🧫🔬

The text of the poem “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - And sore must be the storm - That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm - I’ve heard it in the chillest land - And on the strangest Sea - Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all. /Fin

FYI: The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Staff, is trying to get more info on the impact of recent research grant terminations.

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Wolfgang Amadeus indeed. I think you are thinking of Confutatis, which is absolutely the next track I listened to 😆

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Playlist was on random and Lacrimosa from Mozarts Requiem came on…and I had to just turn it up and let him cook because what is this timeline.

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…..there’s a lesson in here somewhere.

Were you postdoc on the faculty job market May 2024 - May 2025? Are you a new assistant professor who landed your position (any field!) in the past year? We want to hear from you about your experience on the faculty job market.

This. And that’s IF you can afford to be away for 5 days and you have enough support to keep things going while away. I can only sometimes manage this once per year unless the location is nearby. My spouse does not have the same kind of flexibility with his job and that’s a big deal.

Congratulations!!!!!🎉🎊 We love to see it!

"We’re talking about biomedical research as a whole. Here there’s no question of false hope or over-promising. We’ve been at this for 80 years...It’s no hyperbole to say that wrecking biomedical research now will leave many of us without cures or treatments in the future. It’s close to a certainty."

life-saving treatments. AND, we must continue to support and invest in scientific research and researchers like the talented individuals training in my laboratory. Science may move slowly, and it move behind the scenes of day to day life, but it absolutely saves lives.

This year's theme is "make inhaled treatments accessible for ALL!" Chances are, you know someone affected by asthma. It is one of the most common non-infectious conditions -- affecting over 260 million people. We need to work across sectors to ensure that people across the globe have access to

Colorful graphic that says World Asthma Day, May 6, 2025. Make inhaled treatments accessible for ALL! Global Initative for Asthma. ginasthma.org @ginasthma

Today is World Asthma Day! I am a respiratory microbiome scientist partly because of my specific interest in understanding asthma. It is a condition that asserts the interconnectedness of our bodies with our environment. It is complex, dynamic, and life-altering.

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"I would not have dared to dream that metastatic melanoma would become a treatable disease in my lifetime. Yet here we are today, with 43% of people diagnosed with metastatic melanoma living 10 years or more, due to treatments that we broadly refer to as cancer immunotherapy." Barry P. Sleckman, UAB

Nice to hear AAAS talk about the cuts to Graduate Fellowships.

I don’t want to know do I?

Dealing with this in my lab as well. 😒

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Grant funding updates and progress on the dashboard concept

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Good morning!!

Remember that the only way to get bullies to leave you be is to stand up to them.

If Democrats won't act like an opposition party, we will.

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]"

16 April 1963

My Dear Fellow Clergymen:

While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. …

Viewpoint: Scientific research is not waste. Funding cuts will harm Michiganders, economy In 2024, over $1 billion in NIH funding went to Michigan, supporting $2.57 billion in economic activity, according to United for Medical Research.

Science funding is not government waste - see my opinion piece in the Lansing State Journal about why cuts to science funding are bad for Michigan. @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinio...

This is a really important read. Everything is changing and we can’t keep grasping onto a system that doesn’t exist. We must adapt. 💯

Scientists standing in front of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics holding signs "#StandUpForScience"

#StandUpForScience👩‍🔬👨‍🔬📢Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, including our managing director, show solidarity with our colleagues in the US who are protesting against the attacks of the current US administration.
@standupforscience.bsky.social @maxplanck.de