Nina Friedman

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NIH Exhibition | Dawn Hunter Art ® Visit the NIH's unique exhibit honoring Cajal. The exhibit juxtaposes Cajal's original scientific drawings with Dawn Hunter's artwork inspired by him.

www.dawnhunterart.com/nih-exhibition

Until now! Thrilled to see we are back in action. Proud to say the 3D printed images are DEIA, after so much campus art celebrating NIH diversity has been removed and altered.

We have a rotating exhibit of Cajal drawings at NIH. Along with the drawings, a 3D printed model of the image is printed to make Cajal’s work accessible.

I was invited to write captions for the images with a group of NIH neuroscientists but our last contribution, from Dec. 2024, never went up.

Wild.

Another thing that stood out to me: Cunhate Na Bangna, the ex-President of the Guinea-Bissau ethics committee, was unaware of documents approving the study that listed his name next to someone else’s signature. He resigned from the committee years ago.

Corruption & fraud across continents.

Its kind of wild to watch academic publishing collapsing in real time and the wheels of the system (journals, tenure & promotion committees, etc) just keep moving as tho publishing more and chasing high impact factor journals is gonna help science and society.

(Below is not an outlier situation)

Hey all! Thanks for the follow and thanks for organizing the starter pack @tyk314.net. I’m not on here much, so I’ll do a summary…

Here is a paper I’m reading:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Here is a policy I care about:
unitedforcures.org/united-for-c...

Here is me and a nice dog I know:

"without fear or favor"
"Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats".
#standfirm #NIHknows

Thank you to my friend who Door Dashed me the beer.

I know a lot of you on here are hyper motivated. Here is one incredibly lazy, indulgent thing you can do for yourself or someone you love.

Logging back on to Blusky to announce that I found out you can Door Dash beer! A lot of things right now are difficult, but receiving beer to your home is not.

Jay Bhattacharya as the Grinch, in the style of Dr Seuss's Grinch book cover

You’re a mean one, Mr. Jay You’re as honest as a thief You claim that every scientist can say what they believe But when they really do it, BAM—administrative leave!

You’re a monster, Mr. Jay You’re a spineless, shameless creep You claim that there are no banned words, and speech is truly free Except of course for “women,” “racial,” and “minority”

You’re a foul one, Mr. Jay And you’re always MIA While the rest of us are struggling, you go off to romp and play Chatting with Steve Bannon, you’ll go down as “Podcast Jay”

Here's hoping that the hearts of Jay Bhattacharya — and all other members of the Trump Administration — grow three sizes this Christmas.

Merry Christmas 🎄🧪! Here's a video I made of the predicted structure for the protein MERRYCHRISTMAS. I used AlphaFold to predict the structure and then colored the backbone (green), amino acids by index (rainbow), and noncovalent interactions (dotted lines). #sciart #science #MolBio

An 🧪 #NIH peer review scientist was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2009. Stalling of clinical trials slows down the development of new drugs. New patients won't be enrolled. Patients already undergoing treatment are put on hold. The cuts affect future patients.

via @savehealthresearch on IG

Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.

📣📣📣 CALL TO ACTION - 🚨 🚨🚨

A thread on how you can join a growing chorus of federal workers and members of the public pressuring Congress to embrace its power and end the authoritarian takeover #FightingCR

Took leave this afternoon to deliver a letter from nearly 900 (and growing) current and former Feds asking Congress to pass a continuing resolution that ends executive overreach and protects the American people.

Join us! Feds and fed allies welcomed to sign. actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

The open show of resistance from FEMA employees is the latest example of federal employees speaking out against the Trump administration’s actions and policies, in many cases putting their jobs and safety at risk. Described as the “Bethesda Declaration” movement, named for the Maryland city where the National Institutes of Health is headquartered, it began in June when NIH employees issued a letter modeled after Director Jay Bhattacharya’s dissent against the government’s covid policies in 2020. Employees at the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the National Science Foundation followed suit.

/fin

In letter, FEMA staff warn Trump officials’ actions risk Katrina-level disaster About 150 FEMA employees signed a letter to Congress arguing current agency leadership has eroded and hindered the ability to effectively manage emergencies.

Washington Post story about the Katrina Declaration

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bsky.app/profile/jere... thanks for creating this, @jeremymberg.bsky.social

Word cloud highlighting words found in titles of cancelled MOSAIC NIH grants.

NIH Director (my boss’s, boss’s, boss), Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya has a choice. Support exemplary early-career researchers studying the topics listed in this word cloud. Or not.

Tell the Supreme Court: No Stay. Hands off NIH The Supreme Court is poised to allow Trump to illegally terminate NIH grants. Let's speak out. There is not much time.

The Supreme Court is reviewing a vitally important NIH case on its shadow docket.

It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok.

We must speak up now.
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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.

Here's a great piece on how hard NIH extramural staff are working to get grants out to PIs. A huge thank you to all the heroic extramural staff who are working day and night to support great science under awful conditions!

Love the photos from @nihvigils.bsky.social on here. Congrats on the launch!

From last dreadless Sunday; my cat snuggling with his favorite handheld vacuum

Been thinkin about Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse a lot today

Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards

Even with flat funding for the NIH, under the current FY26 plan, there will be 60% less cancer research and much less research funded overall. We need to make sure Congress understands these tricks and protects against them in their budget plan.

A Quiet Policy Shift That Could Devastate American Science Why NIH’s sudden move to multi-year grant funding should alarm every principal investigator and university

A good explainer for #NIH funded researchers on why the multiyear funding scheme is going to squeeze NIH scientists and NIH science. open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...

Current NIH worker seeking formers NIH workers and community allies. 👀👋🏻

On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to grant them a stay on the Massachusetts vs Kennedy/ APHA vs NIH ruling. This decision will occur on the shadow docket, with no formal hearing.