Jason Thanh Lee

Join us June 12 for our next MIPS Seminar! Jelena Levi, PhD, will discuss, "Unlocking the mitochondrial axis: [18F]F-AraG as a cross-disease imaging biomarker in immuno-oncology, cardiology and neuroinflammation". Register today! stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MIPSEvents

Bill Gates to wind down his massive foundation Philanthropist Bill Gates announced that he will wind down his massive charity in 20 years, doubling spending over that time to accelerate the work it hopes to achieve.

Big news today: Bill Gates will wind down the Gates Foundation in 2045, earlier than previously planned, with accelerated giving over the next 20 years. “There are too many urgent problems to solve for me to hold onto resources that could be used to help people." www.statnews.com/2025/05/08/b...

Everyone please read and act! 👇

Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight The president and provost said Harvard’s rejection of government demands was “rooted in the American tradition of liberty.”

Stanford’s president and provost release a statement supporting Harvard. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...

Call to arms by @lisamjarvis.bsky.social for biopharma to mobilize in support of the engines that power them - federally supported biomedical research and drug evaluation

Join us April 3 for our next MIPS Seminar! @DrMHofman will discuss, "Rapidly evolving evidence base for PSMA Theranostics: What's new in 2025?" Register today! stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MIPSEvents

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.

The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

"In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet 'agency priorities'"

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Looking forward to celebrating 80 years of federally funded science, technology and innovation @standupforscience.bsky.social SF, March 7, Civic Center, 1-3 pm 🧪 🧫 🧬

Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

"Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere. US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks." - Nature editorial
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.

The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether.

https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq

Important editorial: the "existential moment requiring careful and consistent action to preserve the values and ambitions of science."
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order Nature - The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.

Almost all grant-review meetings remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health, preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.

https://go.nature.com/418B5Pm

Opinion | American Science is Under Attack (Gift Article) The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.

I Used to Run the N.I.H. Here’s What Worries Me.
By Harold Varmus

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...