Lily Maguire

Just Say No to Trump's Compact for Academic Extortion Yesterday, the University of Pennsylvania was one of nine targets of the Trump Administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." Through it, Trump asks once again for universitie...

🚨 Penn is being pressured by the Trump Admin to sign the “Compact for Academic Excellence,” risking academic freedom & student rights. Tell leadership to say NO. Read the AAUP-Penn statement & sign the petition ✍️: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ju...

First Friday: Start Talking Science Join us for a night of "whodunits" and solve a historical forensics murder mystery.

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This Friday! 🍻🔬

Join us at National Mechanics for a science happy hour!
📅 Friday, Oct 3
⏰ 4:30–6:00 PM
🎉 10% off drinks
🤝 Connect with Philly’s science community

Then head to the FREE First Friday poster session at the Science History Institute!
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A must-read for anyone taking out colorectal cancers 🤩

Low dose aspirin (160mg/d) reduced recurrence in people with colon cancer and PI3K mutations. Emblematic of precision, individualized medicine since the data for aspirin across all colon cancer has been mixed.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Young also has found "pervasive racial discrimination in selecting grants" to cut that will require a permanent restraining order to prevent the government from continuing this.

He also finds an "unmistakable pattern of discrimination against women’s health".

You will hear me saying this constantly between now and Election Day, so get used to it:

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court currently has a 5-2 Democratic majority. Republicans will spend millions this year to defeat the 3 Dems facing retention elections and flip the Court. We *cannot* let them win.

The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress.

www.ascb.org/science-poli...

“On Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now”

I won an Extraordinary Achievement Award from the Critical Care Assembly last month

The @atscommunity.bsky.social premier journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social TODAY published the remarks I made on that occasion

www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...

"[The House letter] called on appropriations leadership to provide 'at least $51.3 billion' for the NIH’s foundational work in FY 2026. The House recommendation aligns with the FY 2026 funding recommendation set forth by the AAMC-convened Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research."

Surgeon-Scientists Play a Vital Role in Advancing Medicine – Their Work Depends on Federal Funding By Lillias Maguire M.D.

“Surgeons have unique scientific expertise. We care for patients at the sickest moments of their lives.”

In our latest article, @lilygolightly.bsky.social discusses the critical role of surgeons in medical science, & how federal funding allowed her to balance demanding clinical volumes & research.

Go Philly, GO! 💥
Crowds are rising up in the city of liberty to say HELL NO to fascism.

It isn’t just a protest—it’s *Philadelphia Freedom* in action.

Birthplace of the Revolution, still fighting for freedom.

#NoKings

The cost of Trump’s birthday parade put into perspective at Philly’s #NoKings, created with @indivisiblephl.bsky.social.

NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies | CNN Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump...

VIVA! These are the courageous NIH staffers who have spoken out against what the Trump administration is doing to biomedical research in the US. This is incredibly brave and honorable. They need our support. Spread the word. www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h...

NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.

"It's a horror show. We're under attack in every way all the time," says Sarah Kobrin, who has worked at the National Cancer Institute for more than 21 years. "We're told we're worthless. We're told we're cheats.… They're breaking things that won't be repairable."

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May.

4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.

The total funded was 99!

Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.

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SCIENCE ADVOCACY EVENTS THIS WEEK

1️⃣TOMORROW 11AM: 📋West Philly canvassing event organized by @irinaclimatemom.bsky.social. *Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

2️⃣SATURDAY 12PM: ❌👑 March w. @indivisiblephl.bsky.social. PSA community meet at JFK & 15th. *Sign up: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.

Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:

1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.

My lil -80 tube rack

How I like to end clinic. Cases booked to help patients now. A couple more samples in the fridge for the future.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=8QGy... cue the song….

Dancing to the band

Vibes were good this weekend

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.

It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Great night at one of my favorite spots. Thank you @reptarikkhan.bsky.social @reprabb.bsky.social @repmaryisaacson.com for representing our big, smart, unequal, beautiful city of “meds and eds”

Doing this with my kiddo

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article) The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

“The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years.”

Great data viz by Aatish Bhatia, Irineo Cabreros, Asmaa Elkeurti and Ethan Singer www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Abstracts Abstract submission for ASHG 2025. We encourage you to submit your latest research on human genetics and genomics for programming at the ASHG 2025 Annual Meeting.

It's time to submit abstracts for ASHG 2025! It's going to be a fantastic meeting in Boston. Hope to see you there!
www.ashg.org/meetings/202...

Done!

We had two great 'Night Science' workshops on the creative scientific process in Heidelberg yesterday (at EMBL and at the EMBO PhD Course). Here are the slides if you're interested in running something like this at your place! docs.google.com/presentation...

A superb & (I think) brave piece by @rugbymd.bsky.social in @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social Bulletin

Those of us who advocate & work hard in the #diversity and #inclusion space aren’t stopping any time soon

Please share/amplify

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#SurgSky #MedSky #MedEd #DEI