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An important read showing that info sharing produces meaningful effects on support for medical research! #FundNIH

Business Leaders Affirm Universities Are Critical to America’s Competitiveness — Leadership Now Project 200+ CEOs warn that federal attacks on universities threaten U.S. competitiveness. Read the open letter urging Congress to restore funding and visa access.

Business leaders stand up for Univ - "...letter underscores the essential role of higher education in sustaining US competitiveness & calls for restored research funding, due process & academic independence." Corporate & Univ must partner for our trainees. www.leadershipnowproject.org/universities

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Trump declared overnight that he will not allow masks at protests going forward.

Ironic since ICE and agents of Homeland Security, aka sanctioned terrorists, wear masks. What are they hiding if they’re doing nothing wrong?!

Protesters wore masks because they were getting tear gassed!

Could be huge. Especially for those terminated in the anti-DEI purge.

"...NIH will allow individuals whose mentored career development awards prematurely ended on or after January 1, 2025, to be eligible to apply for a new mentored career development award"

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Simply beautiful - "This is not an abandonment of loyalty to these institutions' missions, but rather, its highest expression." TY for your service and your message @alondra.bsky.social

Messenger: Seniors for Democracy rally to support foreign students, medical research Retired ministers and their friends join St. Louis protests to support Washington University and oppose Trump administration policies.

Too uplifting not to share - senior living community has been protesting in support of medical research and student education on the corner of my campus. They are happy to share how research saved their lives. Respect your elders, they are wise (& they vote)!
www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...

And more congratulations to Susan Dutcher on her election to @nationalacademies.org - a luminary indeed and great citizen scientist. @dutcherlab.bsky.social @washugenetics.bsky.social

How to Lead Through Uncertainty (opinion) As leaders, we can help others manage uncertainty, even if we can’t provide all the answers, Jen Heemstra writes.

Great advice from @jenheemstra.bsky.social "...there is always something that you can do. And even when you don’t have all of the answers, you can have a powerful positive impact by mindfully guiding yourself and others through uncertainty." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

Hoping libraries have archived their data and manuscripts before those are deleted. This cancellation is waste of taxpayers dollars, no better example. #DataRescue

McKelvey Engineering students, alumni recognized by NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Two students offered NSF fellowship; several students and alumni received honorable mentions

Feeling fortunate to celebrate #NSF awards and honors to support tomorrow’s scientists.

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Delighted that researchers are coming together to share how engineering can make an impact in problems of #WomensHealth . Check out the talk topics and join us today for the 2025 Center for Women's Health Engineering Mini-Research Symposium! @washuengineers.bsky.social

Learn more: lnkd.in/gdFTnYE3

This is starting to look good for those waiting on #NSF awards. Thanks for the update! 🤞

An important perspective to bring to any dialogue about higher-ed - "The campuses are in pain (although it is important to remember that some on the campus are happy about the state of affairs). No one on the outside would be surprised to hear that ..." TY @holdenthorp.bsky.social

NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

NIH is the best investment there is.

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A graphic showing that we have 108 advocates participating in our Hill Visit during our 2025 Annual Event. Our advocates represent 32 states spanning the political spectrum, 63 universities, and 15 companies.

AIMBE is expecting its largest Hill Day during our #AIMBE2025 Annual Event this month!

Our Fellows are heeding the call in a big way to use their voices on issues that matter. Your engagement is more important than ever.

Graph between 1/20 and 2/28 of fiscal year 2024 and 2025 new awards in the EDU directorate.

🧪🚨 NSF's Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) has halted making nearly all new awards since inauguration day.

Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).

We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience

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Happy for you meet some of our faculty and trainees in @washuengineers.bsky.social . Hope you caught some #StandUpForScience to round out the trip!

A leap and bound for science! Congrats to the team including partners in @washuengineers.bsky.social and WashU Biology

Dozens worked WashU event to save federal data at risk of disappearing The event was in conjunction with the Data Rescue Project, an effort that has identified data at high risk of loss, and tapped volunteers to find, curate and save it.

Big thanks to my WashU colleagues for supporting the Data Rescue event - Nice shoutout to @washuengineers.bsky.social Prof Thoroughman who knows his way around the internet! bit.ly/41D6Fq4

Biomedical researchers, @aimbe-official.bsky.social is seeking anecdotes about how recent policies have disrupted your grants/research: aimbe.wufoo.com/forms/qs9tsi...

Your messages are critical for us to advocate to our Members of Congress to take action against these federal disruptions 👇

Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.

The Trump Administration is maintaining the NIH grant freeze despite lawsuits challenging the order, a Nature article reported today.

Science funding in the US is already lagging, leaving researchers in limbo.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Rita Levi-Montalcini Postdoctoral Fellowship in Regenerative Medicine Application Application window is now open. Due Date June 15th, 2025 – Current RFA details The Center of Regenerative Medicine (CRM) at WashU invites applications for the Rita Levi-Montalcini…

Applications for the RLM Postdoc Fellowship in Regenerative Medicine at WashU are open. An opportunity to work w/ faculty in Center of Regen Med w/ competitive stipend & research funds. Deadline June 15-info session Feb 24 2pm Central (must register)
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Stand up for science flyer for the jefferson city event, happening on march 7th, 2025 from 1-4 pm at the Missouri Capitol building. For more information, visit standupforscience2025.org

☀️ JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI friends!

We're Standing Up for Science in your state on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone!

More information at www.standupforscience2025.org, and RSVP at this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... (RSVP not necessary!)

#standupforscience2025

An event to celebrate #WomenInSTEM and progress toward equity in engineering. "Reinventing the Future: Women Engineering Change" hosted by ASME Foundation for @asmedotorg.bsky.social
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Today, send a note to your NIH program officers to thank them for the amazing work they have done to support your research. They have been critical in making this country a leader in life sciences.

Do it now.

“…he oversaw the removal of dozens of harassers from grants”. This retirement is a hit to fairness and transparency in funded science. TY for your service.

I'm thinking Mike Lauer and Michelle Bulls are fighting the good fight within NIH. #ScienceHeroes 💪

More that I love… #WomenInScience