Lilliana Radoshevich

Texas researcher faces deportation after being held for week at San Francisco airport A legal permanent resident with a green card who flew back to the U.S. after visiting family in South Korea was detained by immigration authorities and held for more than a week at the San Francisco I...

apnews.com/article/texa... researcher faces deportation after being held for week at San Francisco airport

Extra kudos and thanks to all the staff at NIH and NSF and other federal funding agencies for working extra hard in very small windows of opportunity to get grants reviewed and funds released before the attention-addled federal policies change again (on an hourly basis).

The NIH’s 2024 budget of just under $37B generated $95B in economic activity in 2024 alone. 99.4% of new pharmaceuticals approved from 2010-2019 came from NIH-funded research. I’m hard pressed to think of anything that generates as much direct economic benefit as our NIH did before they destroyed it

Health officials warn of rise in tularemia cases in Minnesota The illness is caused by the bacteria Francisella tularensis. It's commonly found in small rodents, rabbits, squirrels and beavers. People typically develop the illness from tick and fly bites,…

Warning of rise in #tularemia incidences in #Minnesota ...

| #rabbitfever | #bacteria | #Francisella | #pathogen | #publichealth | Via @cbsnews.com

DeGette, Raskin, Auchincloss Introduce Resolution Recognizing U.S. Leadership in Biomedical Research WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Reps.

Resolution from Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) recognizing the importance of U.S. leadership in biomedical research and the federal government’s responsibility to protect and expand that leadership.

#SaveNIH

degette.house.gov/media-center...

Chicken Alfredo Recall: 3 Dead in Outbreak Tied to Walmart, Kroger The company that made the meals issued a nationwide recall as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they were linked to 17 listeria cases across 13 states.

Three people have died and more than a dozen others were sickened in an outbreak of listeria linked to premade chicken pasta meals sold at Walmart and Kroger stores, according to the CDC.

Chicken Alfredo meals recalled after listeria outbreak kills 3, causes one pregnancy loss A California-based company is recalling its chicken fettuccine alfredo products sold at major retailers following a listeria outbreak that has killed three people and caused the loss of a...

A California-based company is recalling its chicken fettuccine alfredo products sold at major retailers following a listeria outbreak that has killed three people and caused the loss of a...

#SeptSRC pathogenesis session continues with Serge “cageman” Mostowy @sergemostowylab.bsky.social presenting compelling new data on septins as a unique cytoskektal system that curtails Shigella infection.

Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he'...

It's hard to believe we're having to defend germ theory over "miasma" and "terrain" theories in the 21st century, but here we are.

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

“In 1900, 30 percent of all deaths in the United States occurred among children younger than 5, mostly because of preventable infectious diseases. By the end of the century, that number was just 1.4 percent.” #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #ACIP

(Longish thread. Apologies)

I have met many inspiring colleagues over the past few months, many of whom are in academic institutions targeted by the current administration, and many others who are about to be (the analogy to the ‘eye of Sauron’ has been invoked many times; gallows humor). 1/

Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month.

Worked on novel antivirals.

Anyone that has been around a lab knows that the trainees really drive the research, while most professors just sort of guide the ship. Most innovation comes from our trainees.

Old professors like me will be able to survive these cuts, but our young scientists and our future will be destroyed.

Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself

Cutting research investment isn’t fiscally prudent.

It’s economically self-defeating.

www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

A family of E3 ligases extend K11 polyubiquitin on sites of MARUbylation Ubiquitin (Ub) cooperation with other post-translational modifications provides a tiered opportunity for protein regulation. Small modifications to Ub such as phosphorylation, acetylation, or ADP-ribo...

Sharing the next installment of our fun collaboration with @michaelnadbio.bsky.social at the interface of #ubiquitin and #ADP-ribosylation! Building upon our identification of cellular MARUbylation, we now identify reader/writer E3 ligases that extend K11 polyUb! 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Donald Trump cut funding for cancer research by 31% in the first three months of his term.

This is an attack on every American family who has loved someone with cancer.

The peptidoglycan of Borrelia burgdorferi can persist in discrete tissues and cause systemic responses consistent with chronic illness Polymeric Borrelia burgdorferi peptidoglycan cell wall can persist in murine livers for weeks to months after direct injection or infection.

New paper alert-outstanding postdoc Mecaila McClune has deeply enriched our understanding of #Lymedisease pathogenesis through live, real-time peptidoglycan #glycotime tracking. Her work draws curious parallels to #LongCovid & infection associated chronic illness
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

ATS and Advocacy go hand-in-hand

Tuesday, 4:30–5:30 PM Room 20, North Building
Turning Interest into Action: Building Advocacy Coalitions

After, you are invited to join a collective advocacy march!

Let’s come together to amplify our voices and drive change.
We hope to see you there! #ATS2025

"Science is an investment.

We will put forward a new 500 million package for 2025-2027 to support the best and the brightest researchers and scientists from Europe and around the world."

— President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at the ‘Choose Europe for Science' event at La Sorbonne 🇫🇷

Slide of a macrophage infection with Legionella

Such a treat to host @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social in the Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine at National Jewish Health! She even gave two amazing talks (co-hosted with CU-AMC Immunology and Microbiology)!

Shigella-trained pro-inflammatory macrophages protect zebrafish from secondary infection
@cgmargarida.bsky.social

Congratulations!!!

1/ Today we spotlight @sanchoshimizu.bsky.social, a postdoc in our Paris branch from 2006-12 and now Reader/Associate Professor at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social in the department of infectious diseases and head of both of a lab there and a satellite lab at the @crick.ac.uk

Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.

“Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.”

That is 3 times the entire NIH budget

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

(1,3) What this administration is doing is not a sign of strength, it is a demonstration of evil. My brother died of pancreatic cancer because of his work defending America on 9/11. I can be pretty certain anyone reading this knows someone who had pancreatic cancer. This decision will

Another reason to return to Pasteur.

Dear all, Because of your help shining light on this all 15 were reinstated today. This is a huge win for science - When We Fight We Win!!!

Dog with sunglasses on

Lister the dog getting his spa treatments.

Science walk out

Walk out for science

Walk out for science

Walk out for science

#standupforscience Knoxville, TN showing up! 🧫🧪