Liz McCullagh

Do we think this will impact pending grants that have gone to council but are in the limbo will probably never fund to “changing priorities”. Asking for a friend haha

NIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump admin The letter is modeled after the NIH director’s controversial “Great Barrington Declaration.”…

🔥 “Over 300 researchers from the National Institutes of Health have published a letter rebuking its director and the Trump administration…” from @bethmariem.bsky.social at @arstechnica.com

arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

Hi everyone! I know I have been very vocal about what has been going on in my lab regarding funding etc. If you want an update on what we accomplished this year, check out my blog post: elizabethmccullagh.com/2025/05/22/2...

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Sex-specific loss of mitochondrial membrane integrity in the auditory brainstem of a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome | Open Biology Sound sensitivity is a common sensory complaint for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). How and why sounds are perceived as overwhelming by affected people is unknown. To process sound informa...

Finally online! A cool study and the most awesome collaboration with @neuroliz.bsky.social to unravel the role of mitochondrial membrane integrity and sex in sound-processing neurons! 🔬🔬🔬

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

So excited to share this work and that I got to work with @bertolingiulia.bsky.social!

www.savensf.com/take-action 🧪

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Very interesting. I also imagine with the current cancelations that women are more greatly impacted since they are more likely to be involved in DEI etc. scared to see what the data looks like in 2025.

Digital drawing of The trans flag as painted stripes.

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility.

There’s much to do everywhere so that trans and non-binary people can live without fear.

Our single point of reflection is this:
what’s your organisation doing to support trans+ people?

After 25 years, NIH funding ends for child educator at Duquesne University ‘It’s bigger than the science.’

Take that, nerd! We don't want to fund your woke Marxist research on "relieving stress and anxiety in adolescents." Children are the future and the future should feel bad.

You know who did read the grants that are being terminated? At least three experts in the field from around the country read them really carefully, and they and a whole panel of dozens of scientists rated them among the top 10% of applications.

Apparently we're funding based on word searches now.

The Music Lab We do citizen science to learn how the human mind creates and perceives music.

Not that anybody would be looking for opportunities outside the states these days, but I'm recruiting a PhD student in auditory stuff (Developmental and/or Cognitive / citizen science etc) here in Auckland, NZ

www.themusiclab.org/about#join

Feeling a bit AHHHHHHH because of all the tyranny? Check out our Action Lab for options to channel that energy #resist

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There is also bit.ly/action_lab by @500womensci.bsky.social

REMEMBER TO MARCH! for science … and for all you cherish in 🇺🇸 on MARCH 7th (NEXT FRIDAY)! Find you local events at @marchforsciencemn.bsky.social

@indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @500queerscientists.bsky.social @500womensci.bsky.social

Last weekend I wrote a letter to the editor to my hometown newspaper as part of the Sciencehomecoming.com movement.

I will share my letter in this thread, and share my approach to lower the activation energy for y'all to join me.

🧪 #microsky

Same! Winter feeder is so nice compared to summer feeder

"the concept of a teach-in — wherein a panel of college professors or experts on a subject hold a discussion around a relevant social or political issue — originated in the University in 1965 to protest the war in Vietnam."

Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...

A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.

By @avaskham.bsky.social

bit.ly/3X8ngz8

DOGE is slashing federal science jobs—harming public lands, research, & safety. See this thread for agency budgets & workforce details, then download state-specific info cards linked below. Call Congress & fight for science! #FundScience #SaveOurAgencies

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠

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It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this:

Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪

Great piece: Firsthand testimonies of how the flux in diversity-based funding is impacting trainees.

Gratitude to @thetransmitter.bsky.social for amplifying these voices.

Gratitude to all the trainees who bravely spoke up with these diverse perspectives so we can all better understand.

"It’s hard to know what’s real,” says neuroscientist @joshdubnau.bsky.social, after a dizzying week in which diversity-related grant applications were pulled from study sections only to be reinstated five days later, among other reversals.

By @avaskham.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

bit.ly/4hYt3zv

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

Thank you Federal Workers. You're out of this world!

Dear Public Health Workers, our love for you is CONTAGIOUS!