R Marcucio

From here on earth
From my small place
I ask of You
Way out in space
Please tell all men In every land
What You and I Both understand
Please tell all men
That Peace is Good
That's all That need be understood
In every world
In Your great sky
We understand.
Both You and I-T. Geisel

ACIP member admitting the vote in HepB vaccine was political

Where is the open, Gold Standard Science we were promised?
This is a joke

Dr. Hoeg: I would pay to see the debate between Dr. Meissner and you. Note: She is an anti-vaccine activist, and she just showed it. Not a regulator. She does not have the qualifications, not the ability, and she is just biased.

It is not out of context at all.

he created a web site that targeted professors and teachers.

Special Issue: The Establishment, Maintenance, and Breaking of Symmetry: Developmental Dynamics: Vol 254, No 8 <em>Developmental Dynamics</em> is a developmental biology journal publishing novel discoveries that advance our understanding in development, morphology, evolution, and disease.

check out this issue of DD

anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970177...

Do you know if this is affecting non-competitive renewals, new grants, etc?

In a world full of Stephen Millers, be a Terry Moran.

All of these problems we are facing every single day are completely manufactured by the incompetence and vengefulness of this administration.

NONE of these problems existed 6 months ago.

People don’t realize just how much damage this administration is doing to American science—and confidence in American science globally.

Everyone I speak with inside is horrified…

Downstream branches of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling act interdependently to shape the face Background Previously we found that increasing fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling in the neural crest cells within the frontonasal process (FNP) of the chicken embryo caused dysmorphology that.....

anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

PBX1 and PBX3 transcription factors regulate SHH expression in the Frontonasal Ectodermal Zone through complementary mechanisms Author summary Facial development is orchestrated by complex molecular interactions among signaling molecules and transcription factors, a class of proteins that regulate gene expression. Disruption o...

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Mainstream media needs to stop pointing out what "RFK Jr. gets right," because there are many, many trained public health officials who get the same things right without all the batshit crazy eugenics and woo.

This is particularly worrisome when professional medical societies & associations use what "RFK Jr gets right" to justify their own silence about what "he gets wrong" & to confirm their willingness to work with him. They act like nobody knew before about diet, exercise & other lifestyle changes.

Beautiful and powerful memorial at the NIH today for what’s been lost through the cuts. This will be a weekly occurrence.

RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination (Gift Article) Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.

RFK plans to look for measles treatments. "Public health experts were baffled by Mr. Kennedy’s decision to hunt for new treatments, rather than endorse shots that have decades of safety and efficacy data." Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...

NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep

NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep

www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...

Exclusive: NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policy Move by US biomedical agency threatens thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.

This is a full-on assault on science
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

ACOG’s Immunization Champions Obstetrician–Gynecologist Immunization Champions are considered leaders in maternal and adult immunization. They have demonstrated exceptional progress in increasing immunization rates among adults an...

Proud to announce that I am one of @acog.org 's "Immunization Champions" for this year.

www.acog.org/programs/imm...

We are looking for a new post-doc to join us. If anyone is interested, please contact me.

The USA is now fascist.

Illustration of a cell depicting locations of various proteins

1. What's at risk by disrupting NIH? With only a bit of hyperbole: a mechanistic understanding of life itself, & therefore better treatments for cancer, dementias, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, birth defects, aging & more 🧪

Notes on a revolution interrupted 🧵

I was in the process of hiring a post-doc from Europe. Overnight I got an email saying that they won't be coming to the US, b/c of the mess we are in.

Showing his incompetence.

Ralph Marcucio introducing Paul Trainor, 2025 Henry Grey Awardee

Paul Trainor giving his Henry Grey Award lecture.

A seeming surprised Paul Trainor with his Henry Grey Award plaque.

Congratulations to Paul
Trainor @aussiebiologist.bsky.social for receiving the prestigious Henry Grey Scientific Achievement Award from @anatomyorg.bsky.social, introduced by @mcfunny.bsky.social . Well done Paul!