Cathy Drennan

How Many Times Can Science Funding Be Canceled? Whether or not Congress cuts NIH’s budget, the Trump administration has devastated its ability to operate.

Whether or not Congress cuts NIH’s budget, the Trump administration has devastated its ability to operate. Story by @katherinejwu.com www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Three women scientists at lunch

Lovely to catch up with my postdoc mentor @drennanlab.bsky.social at ICBIC! & great to meet Balyn Muffley, former Drennan Lab undergrad now doing some amazing graduate work in @joanbroderick.bsky.social Lab!
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Join the massive Summer Fight For Science in America! Join us wherever, whenever, and however you can to fight for the future of science in America.

The science sabotage is deadly. Trump et al. aren’t just attacking research, they're risking lives.

Cuts by the “pro-life party” est. to kill 50k+ Americans each year.
Sounds more like the “pro-death party” to us.

✊ Help us fight for lives by joining the #SummerFightForScience ➡️ zurl.co/Igt4C

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

#NoKings
Philadelphia

#Nokings
San Diego

Gilead in FORT WORTH, TX

#NoKingsDay

Chicago ✊

Holy shit, New York!

Here’s the full view.

#NoKings #50501Movement

🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏 *squinting*

We had more people at the Lincoln Memorial for our Stand Up for Science rally on March 7th!

#StandUpforScience
#FailedBirthdayParade

Good turnout for #NoKings protest in Newton MA despite the rain.

The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.

“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

UC Berkeley researchers team up for first-of-its-kind lawsuit over Trump funding cuts University of California staff members hope to use a class action lawsuit to restore their research funding.

Scientists at UC Berkeley have filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin, accusing of politically motivated cuts to funding.

“I think that if we fight back and we show that our laws still work, it means something to people,” says Sabeeha Merchant, Berkeley professor.
zurl.co/xnJgg
@tktk.bsky.social

RFK Jr. Denies Cuts to Scientific Research While Slashing Staff, Funding - FactCheck.org Under the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services has canceled or frozen billions of dollars in scientific research grants and attempted to cull around 20,000 agency employee...

New FactCheck.org story on whether HHS has cut scientific staff.

www.factcheck.org/2025/05/rfk-...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is among 13 research universities and three organizations suing the National Science Foundation (NSF), after the agency’s efforts to slash indirect costs at grant-receiving institutions. Thank you MIT and everyone involved in this law suit. #SaveScience

Proof this guy is full of SITH.

Targeting toxins to treat whooping cough Scientists find that liver protein inhibits of pertussis toxin, offering a potential new treatment for bacterial respiratory disease. Read more about this recent study from the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

#JBC News | Researchers explored the human peptidome — the complete collection of peptides in the human body — for pertussis toxin inhibitors using peptide libraries, fractionation & #massspec.
➡️Learn about their findings, published in JBC: ow.ly/AYkZ50VM4rc.
#ASBMBJournals

Happy to celebrate an early 90th birthday for my dear mentor Harry Gray! #chemsky #graynation @nuchemistry.bsky.social

George M. Sheldrick (1942–2025) In memory of George Sheldrick.

A tribute to George Sheldrick and SHELX and the impact on macromolecular and small-molecule crystallography

journals.iucr.org/a/issues/202...

Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service) Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.

Cuts to NOAA funding threaten our ability to predict and monitor hurricanes and tornadoes—putting lives and communities at risk. But NOAA’s work goes far beyond weather. Guest blogger Dr. David Shiffman shares 10 vital but lesser-known roles NOAA scientists play.

Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’ (Gift Article) The former agency directors say current employees will face an “impossible task” to maintain service just as hurricane season begins.

“Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.”

Gift link: nyti.ms/3YrIw3Q

Text reads: A message to ASBMB members. The background is an illustration of the neurotransmitter glutamate being transported by synaptic vesicles to the presynaptic membrane.

Earlier today, ASBMB joined three other scientific societies in leading a substantial, 22-page amicus curiae brief in support of the plaintiffs in American Public Health Association v. NIH. This is a formal public submission to the court.
➡️Read our full message: bit.ly/3RJnWbp.

SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF.

The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.

Join: www.savensf.com

I've had the privilege & luck of having NSF funding for >25 yrs. #WithoutNSF we would not have discovered new mechanisms of chemosensation, described how gut bacteria influence neuronal function, trained many who are now scientists & educators, & appreciated the joys & rewards of science outreach.

The president is recommending a 40% cut to next year’s NIH budget. This would be disastrous for our nation’s health and economy. Please contact your representatives, especially if they are Republicans, and tell them why this cannot happen. An easy option: 5calls.org

Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.

Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts for US science in next fiscal year
NASA cut by 24%
NIH cut by 40%
EPA cut by 55%
NSF cut by 56%
Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thank you to the ASBMB for taking action to support early career scientists.

The 100 days that shook U.S. science Trump’s chaotic push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences

New Science news article on first hundred days

www.science.org/content/arti...

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