Bailey Bowcutt

A student raises her hand and Djeneba Diallo calls on her during the outreach program. They are in an elementary classroom.

A student looks on as Dr. Hardy helps him load a slide into the microscope.

A student looks through a microscope and Djeneba Diallo looks through another microscope.

A close-up picture of a slide in a microscope.

MGI associate professor Jonathan Hardy and recent MSU human biology graduate Djeneba Diallo went out to Eisenhower Elementary in Flint, MI to introduce sixth-graders to the world of microbiology!

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That’s how I know my writing is ready lol. When the options are set it on fire or submit, and I’d rather choose set it on fire.

I hope you get good news soon!

Very exciting.

College juniors and recent grads: note the approaching deadline for the 1st round, July 31.

Some difficult news from the team: In NSF's FY25-26 Budget Request to Congress, we learned that our program will take a whopping 50% cut - meaning that in September, we'll be $1.25m short of an operating budget that currently supports a cohort of seven PhD students, four postdocs, and three full-time staff. Verena is one of the largest and last pandemic prevention-focused programs in the United States: since 2020, we've supported the training of over 60 postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates. Our researchers have established unique laboratory resources for studying animal immune systems, and discovered new antiviral immune adaptations in bats; developed risk assessment algorithms for wildlife and livestock viruses, and diagnostic algorithms for viruses like dengue, Ebola, and Zika; and quantified the effects of climate change, deforestation, and factory farming on spillover risk. Everything we develop is 100% open source, and our data has supported the research of nearly 150 external researchers in 21 countries to date. We have three months to make up our budget shortfall. Every dollar spent on Verena supports not just our team, but the community of researchers who use our data, code, and resources. You can help us by sharing this post, and reaching out if you're able to support a unique and vulnerable program. Or just head over to viralemergence.org, and take a look at what we do. 🦟 🦇 🦠

An update from the team on the uncertain future of our program and the impact of NSF budget cuts. Please share and reach out 🦠

I got the opportunity to speak with Science about my individual research fellowship being terminated. I was awarded the NSF GRFP before I chose Harvard for graduate school, but I still got cut. I study how we can improve treatments for a common antibiotic resistant bacteria, so this is sad to see

"Working Together to End TB." Our department's research saves lives, and we're proud to see IID's tuberculosis researchers highlighted alongside other incredible Harvard Chan School scientists! Check out the video to learn more about their impactful work (in 7 words)!

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I had a bad feeling and reached out to my NSF GRFP coordinating offer at Harvard. She confirmed all NSF GRFPs were cut here. Students were just never notified from NSF unlike the other grant terminations

I’m hoping that there will be some rapid action to get legal support to the PhD students who have had their NSF GRFP (fellowships) terminated in the Trump regime’s latest attacks on academia.

New preprint. After years of increases, gonorrhea diagnosis rates dropped in the US in 2022 and 2023. While the news is promising, understanding WHY is key to sustaining progress.
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I'm a current Harvard graduate student and I found out today that I had my NSF GRFP terminated without notification. I was awarded this individual research fellowship before even choosing Harvard as my graduate school

These are grant TO THE STUDENTS, not to the institution, so this is just straight-up punishing students for choosing the institution

Federal Cuts Become ‘All Consuming’ at Harvard’s Public Health School

can confirm

Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025

Harvard Chan scientists participate in a rigorous application process for federal grants to conduct their vital health research. The government has now terminated nearly every single one of those grants.

There is still time to apply for #PhD studentships with us!

Thanks for spreading the word.

#phdchat #phdlife #academiclife

New vacancy in my team!

PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.

Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)

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#MEvoSky #MicroSky

All 4 of my NIH research grants are terminated. These were grants on MDR-TB treatment & strategies for supporting adolescents living w/ HIV. This is a massive waste of resources. I am heartbroken for my Harvard team, my partners in Peru, the next generation of scientists & our country. Shame.

All NIH and NSF grants for my entire team--and for all of Harvard, I guess?--have been terminated.

As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷‍♂️

On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!

Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium

Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

Hey y'all! My department is conducting a search for an assistant or associate professor in bacteriology. It's pretty broadly defined. If you know anyone who's looking for a great department that does awesome science - please send them our way! You can DM me with any questions you have 😀

A screenshot of the termination notice showing "Outstanding Investigator Grants"

A screenshot of the termination notice with "This award is terminated effective the date of this award, due to unsafe antisemitic actions that suggest the institution lacks concern for the safety and wellbeing of Jewish students." highlighted

Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab

This is so heartbreaking and makes nothing better and no one safer. It is the punitive act of an administration that values fealty over human health.

Leading Harvard scientist ordered to halt research in funding freeze - The Boston Globe Researchers may have to kill macaques, a kind of primate used in a vaccine study, due to the order.

A top scientist at Harvard who has spent years unraveling the mysteries of tuberculosis woke up Tuesday morning and discovered an order from the federal government telling her to halt her research.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...

High-impact research at Harvard Chan School powered by NIH funding | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard Chan faculty have conducted groundbreaking research that has saved lives in the U.S. and around the world.

To put it simply, research saves lives.

Here's how scientists at @hsph.harvard.edu are improving #publichealth here in the US and all over the world with research powered by federal funding.

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Associate or Senior Editor (Nature Microbiology), Nature Communications Title: Associate or Senior Editor (Nature Microbiology), Nature Communications Organisation: Nature Portfolio Locations: New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Jersey City or Madrid – hybrid working m...

📢We are #hiring a full time editor to handle areas including microbial ecology & plant microbiology🦠🌱

This position will work closely with @naturecomms.bsky.social

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Available in NYC, Madrid, or other US offices

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Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)

We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs.
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

Hey - please help save jobs and lives!
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!

Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.

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Sexually transmitted infections continue to rise in Europe The rate of gonorrhea cases across Europe rose by 31% in 2023 compared with 2022, and is up 321% since 2014.

Europe reports surging STIs, including #AMR gonorrhea, alongside FDA approval of a new antibiotic and WHO’s AMR research priorities, stressing urgent global action. Related updates (mpox, dengue, COVID) underscore need for coordinated innovation and stewardship.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/sexually-tra...