Apply!

Congratulations Karl @deisseroth.bsky.social and the team!

fantastic news!!! hope there are celebrations all around! 🎉

congratulations!!!

thanks for the mental soundtrack )

NIH just posted a Notice with the new Terms and Conditions...

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Harvard University Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.

Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu

thinking of you! (and all your colleagues)

What a good record to bury today

this is such a great idea - the cowboy junkies cover is so good -- i admit i also love elton's lucy in the sky

i didnt get it together in time to participate but i want to know who is big black, gotta be @neuroshea.bsky.social

yep i did! best of luck to her

thanks @anitadevineni.bsky.social !! hang in there

Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling (Gift Article) Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.

New York Times article now up on Federal Register stuff.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s...

1/n

Regarding CSR Study Sections:

SROs are apparently being told that their communication to their valued reviewer colleagues must be:

"The xxxx meeting will be rescheduled for a later date, yet to be determined. Thank you for the time you've invested in the reviews. Signed by CSR SRO"

Please be kind

Experts Call NIH Budget Cuts an 'Apocalypse' for Science The reductions target indirect costs that cover administrative and equipment costs.

time.com/7216299/nih-...

Carnegie Mellon joins the AAU lawsuit, along with Johns Hopkins, MIT, and several others. Sue them into the sun ☀️

www.aau.edu/sites/defaul...

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS v. Matthew Memoli, M.D., M.S., 1:25-cv-10338 - CourtListener.com Docket for COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS v. Matthew Memoli, M.D., M.S., 1:25-cv-10338 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

If anyone is interested in following the NIH indirects case filed by Mass on behalf of 22 states, here is the link:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69625...

Week 3 Figuring out what to focus on now & what to focus on next in science and higher ed

Well. I have been informed that it is the weekend, again.

When you are ready to sit down together & figure out what just happened and what to do, we’ve got you: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

It’s also okay if you’re coming in hot! “What the actual fuck??” is a sensible start place at the moment.

really dismaying and not logical

Reminder that if you see someone trying to figure out how to contact their reps, you now have the INCREDIBLY easy to remember URL to give to them:

reps.fyi

Tell your friends! Tell strangers! Print stickers and put them on things!

Crash every voicemail every day. ❤️

(thank you @gregpak.net!)

Princeton-area scientists, there will be a teach-in, Tuesday February 4, 4:30-6:30pm, to give everyone basic knowledge on what is happening to science, to individual rights, and to the federal government.

Target audience: faculty, graduate students, postdocs, staff.

In-person only. Ask around.

YouTube video by BBC Haim performs Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well" live at T in the Park - BBC

Zuck says we need more 'masculine energy' in the workplace, code for his anti-DEI positions...anyway, here's some kickass feminine energy to counter www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viky...