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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

Exclusive: ex-CDC director talks about why she was fired “I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details.

EXCLUSIVE: In her first interview all year, Susan Monarez, CDC director for only 29 days, tells me why Trump/RFK fired her and where this is all headed.

The CDC director is an “inherently political position, but that doesn’t mean that it has to be politically compromised”, she tells @nature.com.

How RNA, Not DNA, Controls Your Genes and Daily Life DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives

www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-t...

After 56 years, KION shutters its local TV news operation In a move that stunned staff and viewers alike, Salinas-based KION abruptly shuttered its newsroom Tuesday after 56 years, leaving the Central Coast with just one local TV news outlet and raising questions about who will tell the region’s stories.

In a move that stunned staff and viewers alike, Salinas-based KION abruptly shuttered its newsroom Tuesday after 56 years, leaving the Central Coast with just one local TV news outlet and raising questions about who will tell the region’s stories.

Timeline 'R' Us — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us Of superbugs and superheroes. Timeline 'R' Us – Explore devastating infections through the ages, alongside crucial scientific discoveries to help control them.

A reminder that vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical treatments ever developed.

Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them.

#VaccinesSaveLives

My quote of the day

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

Charles Dickens

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

Cover of "Fifty Shades of 'Jay'" with emails from Jeremy M. Berg to NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya.

All my emails to Director Bhattacharya now available...

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

"I have been put in a position where I cannot accurately and with integrity mentor junior faculty about what they need to do in order to have a viable tenure case.”

This is an amazing resource. Thank you!!

Excited for a major milestone in our efforts to map enhancers and interpret variants in the human genome:

The E2G Portal! e2g.stanford.edu

This collates our predictions of enhancer-gene regulatory interactions across >1,600 cell types and tissues.

Uses cases 👇

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Antiscience Is an Existential Threat The ideologically-motivated assault on science threatens us all.

Our new opinion piece in TIME based on the release of our new book #ScienceUndetSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

time.com/7317436/scie...

Striking indictment here of those who HAVE remained silent, HAVE agreed to the demands and kept their office and title

An August #TopRead from @carpenterlab.bsky.social demonstrates that heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2B1 is essential for optimal macrophage function, highlighting the role for RNA-binding proteins in mounting effective immune defenses. Read more: ow.ly/NSx150WTnSr.

‘ICE’ places Irish grandmother and green card holder in US isolation cell over $25 cheque Donna Hughes-Brown (58), who lives in Missouri with US husband, was detained after landing in Chicago on flight from Dublin in July

‘ICE’ places Irish grandmother and green card holder in US isolation cell over $25 cheque

“This isn’t just about 211 missing R01 grants. This is about the 211 PIs (or multi-PI groups) that are not getting a new grant. This is about at least 422-844 non-PI level investigators who are not having their salaries covered.”

bioethics.com/event/scienc...

Frozen Grants, Canceled Futures: The Human Toll of UCLA’s Research Suspension A frozen grant is more than halted experiments and lost data; it is a career derailed for many of the trainees dependent on this research support.

"How will we be able to weather this dark period for US research & keep...talented individuals in science?...The attacks on science & research are multi-pronged and incessant, whether they are directly targeting universities, or aimed at university endowments or indirect funds received from grants"

Multiple overlapping binding sites determine transcription factor occupancy @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Yesterday the president demanded that evidence about Covid vaccines be shown to the public. Today @apoorvanyt.bsky.social & I run through some of the studies made public over the past 4+ years that show that the vaccines work. Gift link: nyti.ms/46k17Tq

This might be the coolest thing our lab has ever done! We are the proud sponsors of a U10 soccer team in Santa Cruz!! Each game will kick off with a quick science lecture 😂

Congratulations @adforu.bsky.social! Can't wait to celebrate you in Seattle at #Cytokines2025!

CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.

“It strikes me this inevitably ratchets up the relative value of preliminary data...The intended consequence of the new review framework was to de-emphasize the impact of ‘reputational bias’.

One potential unintended consequence is further emphasizing the impact of resource bias.”

Sign the Petition Demand RFK Jr. Resign: Petition for a Healthy America

Launched today! Join 6 Nobel Laureates, 27 Members of the US National Academies & the Scientific Advisory Board of @accountabilityji.bsky.social in signing this petition demanding RFK Jr.'s resignation.

www.change.org/p/demand-rfk...

open.substack.com/pub/clauswil... this is very true and highly under appreciated. Not just for a PhD but any high level accomplishment.

“The good news? This intervention could work in any subject where misinformation runs wild: history, nutrition, economics, biology and politics.”

Trump, in a Move With Little Precedent, Says He Is Firing a Fed Governor

It's important to understand that he singles out Black women because there are few negative consequences for him when he does. It's his most frictionless lane for bullying.

The broader public has shown him few, if any, will step up to defend us, and it's only ramped up since his first term.

Awesome performance of the band composed of great immunologists, including our Editor-in-Chief Matteo Iannacone behind the keyboard, at the #IUIS2025 Congress Party! 🎹🎸🎶