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Beth Duncan

@emduncan.bsky.social

Regenerating planarian research at the University of Kentucky. Nerdy about most things, extra for science and running. Lab website: www.emduncanlab.org

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Right now is the best chance the scientific community has ever had to end the artificial scarcity of academic journals.
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14.09.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

πŸ§ͺwhat with the demolition of #NIH funded #research, where, dare I ask, are our friends from #bigpharma? y'all good? mooched enough off of public-access NIH-funded research? Stocked up with PhD level scientists who were trained on NIH training grants to tide you over until Academia comes back?

01.03.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

See you in Frankfort, KY! standupforscience2025.org/frankfort-ky/

What you can do now:
1.) sign up for your local rally and updates
2.) share the event with your network
3.) make a sign (we’re making some after lab meeting)
4.) develop a ride/carpool plan

#StandUpForScience2025

24.02.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Hey @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social maybe you can share this with your focus group participant who said β€œI work in clinical research and I know my colleagues are stressed about what’s going on at the NIH but I’m not worried about my job because I work at the hospital”.…

08.02.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œWe’ll lose a generation of scientists”: Yale braces for Trump’s NIH grant suspension President Trump directed federal science agencies to cancel all scheduled meetings, effectively suspending NIH research grants.

Excellent write up here: yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/01...

26.01.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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