Liz Fisher, PhD

The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.

NIH director talks grant terminations controversy, Bethesda Declaration, making America healthy "We haven't yet achieved the mission of the NIH, which is research that improves the health and longevity of the American people," Jay Bhattacharya said.

Bhattacharya has been making the rounds following the #BethesdaDeclaration roundtable.

It’s disappointing (but not surprising) to see him spreading the same disinformative talking points colleagues corrected at the roundtable.

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NIH wants to hear from you. No really.

Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
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Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.

Russell Vought claimed on CNN this weekend that NIH funding is corrupt.

As @juliametraux.bsky.social reported this February, his family has directly benefited from the NIH.

Has anyone shipped floating tissue sections before? Tips on how to do it and keep them intact? I would greatly appreciate any insights!

FlyBase funding squashed amid Harvard grant terminations The team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat.

For those interested in the status of FlyBase. @flybase.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...

So great that my Rep. Tonko stopped by to see the amazing work we do at the NSCI!

Restoring Gold Standard Science By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United

Couched in all those sciencey sounding words is that the people who believe the Earth is 6k years old will be appointing officers at each agency to evaluate if research is “Gold Standard Science” or not. They will have the power to call anything fraud.

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Contrary to Clear, Verifiable Facts, Secretary Kennedy Continues to Repeat Harmful Myths About Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research The Alzheimer's Association calls on HHS Secretary Kennedy to stop dangerous fabrications about the state of Alzheimer’s and dementia research.

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Lab Space Our lab is located in the Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building, one of the largest neuroscience buildings in the world bringing more than 1,000 researchers on 120 research teams together …

We're new to Bsky and need your help recreating our social media network here! We are the Papouin lab @washu.bsky.social (sites.wustl.edu/papouinlab/o...). We study #astrocytes! Please repost!

NIH moving to ban all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts, document suggests NIH appears to be preparing to prohibit the awarding of new grants to institutions that have DEI programs or boycott Israeli companies

If they proceed with this plan, it will effectively choke whatever life is left out of the health research academic community. To put it bluntly it will kill any possibility of a grant funded career doing health research in the U.S.
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DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review DOGE is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal grants, requiring officials to manually review and approve payments that were previously routine.

“All funding is on hold,” an NIH official told colleagues at a meeting on Thursday, according to audio obtained by The Post. “The bottom line is no one is getting any money right now. But they don’t know they’re not getting any money because it just says that it’s ‘in transit.’”

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I have learned that the directors of ALL: PREP, IMSD, and IRACDA programs across the country have received similar cancelation notices. This follows previous cancellations of MARC and URISE programs. This further dismantles the mechanisms that enable scientific training opportunities for SO MANY.

14 pages of terminated NIH grants--everyone should read through the list. The sweep is VERY broad, including "The Impact of the Herpes Zoster Vaccine on Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus" & "Mitochondrial-based Determinants of Sex Differences in Acute Kidney Injury"🧪 1/n
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Welp. It happened. Our NIH training grant was terminated on Friday.

Just highlighting this incredibly derisive language used in our termination notice.

To focus on the positives, see some of the great things our undergraduates have done over the last couple of years: web.uri.edu/esteemed/

The new Defense department budget erases $20 MILLION DOLLARS for pancreatic cancer research. $20,000,000 gone, for a disease with a 5-year survival rate of 13%.

🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted

The U.S. Department of Defense is ending all of its funding for social science research, stopping 91 ongoing studies related to threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation. scim.ag/4hqu6HA

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”.


https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It

It looks like the bill posted this morning (Saturday)-to be voted on next week-will cut the BRAIN Iniitiative and All Of Us by proposing a 69% reduction in funding for the NIH Innovation Account (CURES Act) by reducing its allocation from $407 million to $127 million.
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Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.

At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

While my grant was not discussed, one of my reviewers commented on my demonstrated “grit and determination”, which is the best compliment I’ve received in a summary statement. Taking the small win when everything feels so crazy.

We ❤️ stem cells!

Silencing science: How Trump is reshaping US public health Medical researchers forced to compile national data by hand, silence on a major tuberculosis outbreak, and the erasure of gender references: the Trump administration has pushed the US public health sy...

"I'm really not sure what is so radically leftist about treating gonorrhea," Natalie DiCenzo, an obstetrician-gynecologist and member of Physicians for Reproductive Health, told AFP, on the removal of STI guidelines.

A dynamic flyer announcing the Black in Neuro Mentorship Program 2025, featuring a vibrant purple and white background. The Black in Neuro logo is positioned in the top left corner. The flyer displays "Coming Soon" with a pink microphone below it, followed by a purple box that reads "Black in Neuro Program 2025!" In the bottom left, there is text that reads "Scan the QR code to fill out an interest form or contact us via email at MENTORSHIP@BLACKINNEURO.COM." To the right of the text is an arrow pointing to a QR code.

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 The Black in Neuro Mentorship Program 2025 is coming soon! 🌟 Interested in being a mentor or mentee? Scan the QR code to fill out an interest form or reach out via email. Let’s build the future of #neuroscience together! 💜 #BlackInNeuroMentorship #Mentorship #PhDSky #BlackInSTEM 🧪

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We have had clean drinking water too long I guess?

Did people learn nothing from Oregon Trail?

We read Psalm for the Wild Built in my book club- I loved it! It was such a unique story.