Defne Bayik

Why Investing in Science Is a Lifesaving Choice for Miami Growing up in the shadows of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), I’ve always been inspired by the leaps in medical research.

So proud of my graduate student @brandonleon95.bsky.social for discussing the importance of science funding for our community!

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Exceptional #SNO2025 talk from UM
MSTP student @j-mitchell.bsky.social on the role of mitochondria transfer in GBM! Proud PI moment w/ @dionysioswatson.bsky.social 💪🏻

🚨 Attention immunologists 💉: We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to lead projects on tumor-targeted cytokines and bacterial extracellular vesicles for cancer immunotherapy (focus - brain and lung cancers). 😎 🏖️ University of Miami www.DiscoverTME.com . Please DM if interested.

few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:

-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare

(But get your mom flowers, too)

05.02.2025 MEDIA ADVISORY: Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing with Secretary Kennedy on HHS Budget WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 14, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss President Trump's proposed HHS budget for fiscal year 2026. This is the first time in at least two decades that the HHS Secretary is testifying on a presidential budget before the HELP Committee. Agenda: Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget; Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Time: 1:00 PM ET/ 12:00 PM CT Location: 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building Witnesses: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services

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There is a Senate Hearing May 14th with RFK Jr to discuss Trump's proposed HHS budget. Please find call/email the members of the committee every day until then (I have compiled contact info for the members in post 2/3)

An in-depth survey of immunosuppressive myeloid cell heterogeneity in GBM Brandon Emanuel León, Defne Bayik; An in-depth survey of immunosuppressive myeloid cell heterogeneity in GBM, Neuro-Oncology, , noaf080, https://doi.org/10

Lookin for a good read in between experiments? Check out the commentary article in @neuroonc.bsky.social @dbayik.bsky.social and I wrote on an insightful study on myeloid cells in gliomas 🙂‍↔️ link here: academic.oup.com/neuro-oncolo...

The information I am receiving is consistent with the STAT story.

The boards are being purged of women and minoritized scientists with no other obvious pattern. And for the cases where I have some information, the effects are not subtle...Boards going from 35% women to 10% women.

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48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.

It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.

Opinion/Guest column: Gutting NIH a disaster in the marking for research, local economy Less research equates to less business between the university and these Worcester companies, spreading the pain far beyond campus borders.

Taking a cue from @cantlonlab.bsky.social, I have written an op-ed for my local newspaper about the impact of the NIH funding chaos. I'd appreciate it if you read and share. #NIH #Research #Science #Worcester

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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

Good resource about your state...

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

Today, the study section I am a member of is one of 26 out of 26 canceled. No new post on the federal registry and councils are postponed indefinitely.
Universities focused on overhead cuts considering these a challenge to their survival. But *no grant at all* seems like the issue to battle first..

NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

#TackleCancer #OneTeamOneFight #DCCXV #SylvesterCancer

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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.

Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.


https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4

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.

NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal scholars say is illegal.

Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled.

All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I do not understand how sex can be binary and immutable and fundamental and you're stuck with the one you were born with, but also not a variable worth studying. I... just... one hand argues men and women are fundamentally different and the other says but we don't care?

41/47 (87%) of NIH study sections are cancelled this week

Frustrating to see all this good research stalled (& not funded)

You can search for study sections that ‘did not meet as scheduled’ here with ones with * ⤵️
www.csr.nih.gov/RevPanelsAnd...

Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...

I just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...

Very important to get this word out!

Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an

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I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday

Congratulations @brandonleon95.bsky.social for getting selected to represent University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at the 2025 CASE Workshop organized by AAAS! Can't wait to see what you will achieve in #SciPol #MakingOurCASE 💪

Help me Challenge Cancer! The DCC is a year-round collective community movement to raise money in support of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami. With your support, we are saving more lives. #OneTe...

With 25 days to go, please consider supporting our efforts to fund cancer research 👇

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Well, the mug says otherwise…

Welcome to #Miami! @brandonleon95.bsky.social @pathaka.bsky.social @orianateran.bsky.social @j-mitchell.bsky.social @iremkaraman.bsky.social are waiting for their grandpa!

The 2024 generation Nature Cancer - Twelve early-career researchers who embarked on their independent research paths in 2024 reflect on their experience from their journey so far, describe the opportunities they...

With 2024 drawing to a close, @naturecancer.bsky.social released a small collection of #NewPI Viewpoints on starting a new lab. Check it out for a peek into our #UMiami laboratory at #SylvesterComprehensiveCancerCenter rdcu.be/d3R8r

Celebrating lab’s 2nd anniversary with the first successful QE from @j-mitchell.bsky.social 🥂🍾🎊! Congrats! Cheers to an amazing lab @orianateran.bsky.social @pathaka.bsky.social @brandonleon95.bsky.social along with the partner lab
@dionysioswatson.bsky.social
@iremkaraman.bsky.social