Massive news: eLife to abolish accept/reject decisions: papers will just be “peer reviewed”. Others can argue about this, but lots of interesting consequences. 1/9 elifesciences.org/articles/83889

School shootings are already at a record in 2022 – with months still to go bit.ly/3svUwk9

LIVE: #Packers QB Aaron Rodgers meets with the media following #GBvsMIA 🎙️ x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

gofund.me/1952a6be Last week, my nephew was hospitalized after going into cardiac arrest. Since then, Junior has underwent several surgeries, including open-heart surgery. Thanks to his medical care team, Junior is recovering. This crisis has created financial strain [1/2]

This is fascinating- same paper sent out to huge pool of reviewers under different names. 23% recommended “reject” when a prominent researcher was the only author shown, 48% when the paper was anonymized, and 65% when a little-known author was the only author shown

Crazy how the Hughes fire is getting next to NO coverage because mansions aren’t burning down and it’s normal people property going up in flames. To fill you in this afternoon it is was 2,000 acres it’s now over 8,000 with ZERO containment. Evacuations have commenced

Looks like NIH grant review panels have been suspended temporarily. Because it takes time to coordinate and schedule a multi-layered grant panel review from experts across the country, what seems like a short delay in review of funding applications could be the difference between

Feeling this pretty strongly today, but ultimately my job exists because the American people decided the value of basic science to the nation is worth the cost. If that has changed, then it’s time to go work for the private sector or a different country

1/5 I've no words. This is truly devastating: '“All of the data for HIV is gone. Normally there’s a menu for medical professionals,” but that has disappeared, says Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan who says she was up until 2 a.m.

Do they… do they think that’s what “transgenic” means? 🤦

R01 resubmission was a waste. 3 years of work. 12 percentile on first submission and now it will not get reviewed. Trying to keep chin up and move forward is daunting. This storm is perfect to wipe out early stage investigators.

I'm so proud of my unofficial mentor Kim Hasenkrug speaking up about what's happening at NIH Rocky mountain Labs in Montana where crucial infectious disease research is done. Science in this country is getting actively sabotaged, and active NIH are gagged. kpax.com/news/ravalli-c…

trump pulled up a child as a prop to talk about how he had brain cancer (trumps admin is cutting cancer research) then followed up by talking about child cancer rates increasing due to chemical exposure (he cut the epa)

And as my grants are stripped away, I will say thank you so much for protecting me from antisemitism! hhs.gov/about/news/202…

There are days in life that shake you. I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University & academic career... 1/🧵

“My hope is that during the coming years, the unprecedented assault on scientific truth that has adversely impacted public health in our nation comes to an end so that the citizens of our country can fully benefit from the breadth of advances in medical science.” —Peter Marks,

BREAKING: Chaos erupts as multiple violent incidents break out at Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Virginia.

NIH funding cuts could cost the U.S. $16 Billion and 68,000 jobs. An interactive tool from Joshua Weitz and team shows the local impact across the U.S. - down to the county level. This isn’t abstract - these numbers affect real communities and real lives: scienceimpacts.org

Journals can’t find peer reviewers. Preprints aren’t taken seriously. Garbage papers slip through peer review. Meantime, AI is slowly taking over. Nature describes the current situation. I highly recommend reading the article. 📍 The summary (+ my comments): 1. We are facing a