Rebecca L. Cunningham, Ph.D.

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a NEW peptide antibiotic that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria INCLUDING those RESISTANT to existing antibiotics. This discovery marks the first potential new class of antibiotics in NEARLY 30 YEARS. 🧪🧵⬇️

My bad, it was around 40%…at best.

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Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.

This checks out!

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

One-two punch for biomedical research: drastic Republican cuts to NIH funding and the Trump tariff tax on research animals.

I was hoping to receive a Patronus Charm before sharing this news. However, the start date is here so it is time. I am thrilled to have received a K99 training award and start this very important work for women’s health. I’m so grateful for the strong support of my mentors during these dark times.

If you are wondering where the "NIH? indirect cost "plan came from, I stumbled across it.

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Indirect Costs: How Taxpayers Subsidize University Nonsense

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🚨Amidst all the uncertainty at NIH Welcome Leap just launched an important new $50M program in Women’s Health👩🏻‍🔬🧠

CARE focuses on the link between Alzheimer’s and perimenopausal hormonal changes wellcomeleap.org/care/

Note: full indirects!

Please share widely to support women’s health 🙏🏼

Yes! I said the same to my family. Sadly, it doesn't matter until they personally feel it.

Mass firings of federal workers begin as Trump and Musk purge US government Mass firings at multiple U.S. government agencies have begun as President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk accelerate their purge of America's federal bureaucracy, union sources and employees familiar with the layoffs told Reuters on Thursday.

The mass federal firings have started.

www.reuters.com/world/us/mas...

Hard to keep up but looks like diversity supplements back on.

Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.

BREAKING

The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders.

The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.

This is good to know.

Yes please

Statement from Liisa Galea, Scientific Lead of the Women's Health Research Cluster - Women's Health Research Cluster We are so proud to have over 800 members across 32 countries in the Women’s Health Research Cluster. Our Vision is to achieve sex and gender health equity, and we strive for a future where women...

Here’s my statement as Lead for @whrcluster.bsky.social on the importance of studying women’s health- (& the importance of within & across sex & gender investigations) for our best chance at precision medicine womenshealthresearchcluster.com/learn/womens...

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Summary of the NIH news for the day

1. eRACommons is up and running (after an unfortunately timed technical issue)

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Dear Canada and Mexico,

We’re so, so sorry.

— Sane America

The impact of chronic intermittent hypoxia on enzymatic activity in memory-associated brain regions of male and female rats - PubMed Overall, these data show that CIH dysregulates protease activity and impairs neuronal function in a brain region- and sex-dependent manner. This indicates that males and females exhibit sex-specific v...

Cunningham Lab news to share. Dr. Steve Mabry has published his last chapter in his dissertation in Biology of Sex Differences!

We are working on his proofs. His preprint is on Pubmed - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39711575/

I agree. These are uncertain times.

Thank you. This is something that I have been asked if I knew.

I submitted my abstract and travel award application today! Please join me in sunny #albuquerque for #OSSD2025!

This is concerning. I wonder what it means for applications in the system that were due for February review?

Identity Characteristics Impacting Women at Work Survey

Women: You are invited to participate in a study of how identity characteristics influence women’s experiences of bias at work. Fill out the brief survey here: forms.gle/29VdHx2ZERkK...

Picture of a male (top) and female (bottom) zebrafish. Notice the male is more yellow and streamlined. The female is more white and appears larger as it carries oocytes/eggs.

Did you know #zebrafish can change sex as adults? Females that no longer produce oocytes can readily convert to a male, both phenotypically and behaviorally. #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪

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Today's Bluetorial: Dealing with Deans (Part 1)

Memory test going on - who were my contacts on the old Twitter? Happy Thanksgiving!