Phyllis R. Robinson

ASM, ASBMB, ASCB & FASEB are deeply disappointed in the Supreme Court ruling allowing cancellation of $800M in NIH grants, threatening labs, jobs, and early-career scientists. Stable funding is vital for U.S. science.

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Science matters

Register by Monday and save $150! Organizers like @prrobinson.bsky.social can't wait to see you at this year's conference to explore the newest research on photoreceptors, disease mechanisms, & vision restoration. Save your space: buff.ly/hGzcii4

Hooded another PhD from the Robinson lab UMBC

No full steam ahead but open to all

Yes privately funded

In 28 years 530 trainees; 98% graduate rate; 320 trainees enrolled in PhD or MD/PhD programs 182 completed

A big send off to 35 outstanding UMBC U-RISE scholars today. The last of 28 years of MARC/U-RISE funding as all nIH training grants targeted to under represented groups were cancelled as the do not represent the current administration’s priorities.

A projection on the outside of the Old North Church reading "Let the WARNING ride forth ONCE MORE: TYRANNY is at OUR DOOR"

Old North Church in Boston last night on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride.

Organizers @prrobinson.bsky.social and Peter Calvert want your research abstracts by April 27 for a short talk or poster presentation. Explore the newest research on photoreceptors, disease mechanisms, & vision restoration. Register and save your space: buff.ly/8kWq77S

When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed

NIH yesterday sent out a stop work order ie cancelled UMBC’s U-RISE program. They shut down the entire national program . We are loosing a generation of young ambitious scientists.

CDC webpages go dark as Trump targets public health information

Don't Believe Him Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 02/02/2025 · 14m

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To all my scientist friends and friends who support science one small thing you can do is flood yr senators’ and rep’s office with messages about supporting science funding Even reps from blue states need to know what is important to their voters and please Do Not obey in advance

As a NIH funded scientist I am worried we have entered a dark period for truth and science we need to organize and protest this slide into the dark ages .

Susan Wood, FDA official who resigned over Plan B ruling, dies at 66

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Happy Holidays rest up so we can fight autocracy in 2025

Send inquiries to me and Rich: @richkramerlab.bsky.social. Apply here: www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Registration is open This is a great meeting . It is in its 40th year.

The international retinal protein meeting in Interlaken was a great success. Good science in a beautiful setting