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𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 💙💚💜🧡💛 Today, on 𝗥𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆, we stand with the 300 million people worldwide living with rare diseases, raising awareness and supporting research that brings hope.

A new initiative between Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Engineering aims to establish shared research "neighborhoods," fostering interdisciplinary collaboration at the intersection of medicine and engineering. @yogeshgoyallab Gabriel Rocklin bit.ly/41mmHDs

Strong article from Tom Maniatis, head of the NY Genome Center, on the history of the NIH and its role in maintaining U.S. scientific leadership. Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

New Yorker cartoon today.

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.

We posted a new preprint of our study of KCNE1 variants using automated patch clamp recording to highlight how functional data can inform the carrier frequency of a rare cardiac arrhythmia. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #LQTS #ionchannels

A powerful and personal editorial from Nobel laureate Ardem Patapoutian: "I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger." Please read and share. cnn.com/2025/04/09/hea…

Registration is now open for the 2025 Gateway Ion Channel Symposium in Chicago bit.ly/4ioKoRY! Trainees will have opportunities to give short talks and/or posters; please consider submitting an abstract bit.ly/4cE9Xxd.

The 2025 Gateway Ion Channel Symposium bit.ly/42D8Qcl is a great opportunity to learn about exciting #ionchannels science in beautiful downtown Chicago. Thanks to our sponsors Nanion Technologies Sophion Bioscience A/S Cytocybernetics #sutterinstruments Thermo Fisher Journal of General Physiology

A very important article. Opinion | Harvard Had No Choice chronicle.com/article/harvar…

Critical research and scholarship happens every day at Northwestern, much of it fueled by federal funding. Through our cutting-edge work, we experiment together, push boundaries and open new lines of inquiry—the results can be lifesaving. ▶️ northwestern.edu/research-nu/re…

Our research doesn’t just stay in the lab. 🥼 Life-saving clinical trials revolutionize patient care, transforming medicine and training the physicians who will deliver it.

Our research is a catalyst for job growth and economic development in the Chicago region, nation and world. 📈

A new study led by the Parisiadou lab (Loukia Parisiadou) uncovers the molecular mechanisms behind why a commonly prescribed antipsychotic drug can cause harmful side effects resembling #ParkinsonsDisease symptoms, per findings in Molecular Psychiatry. tinyurl.com/y7jc5f9n

Northwestern scientists have developed the first #wearable device for measuring #gases emitted from and absorbed by the #skin, according to a new study published in nature. spr.ly/6013NjdCF

From the weekly email from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Funding Opportunities: (none) Pretty much sums how things are going right now...

The Department of Grant Elimination (DoGE): #NIH nature.com/articles/d4158…

I discuss the urgent crisis from the loss of federal support of science in the US and recent clinical gene editing breakthroughs with Walter Isaacson & Christiane Amanpour on Amanpour and Company, airing on PBS tonight at 11 pm ET, and on CNN International earlier today. Pls share! youtube.com/watch?v=8YhJM6…

The Lurie Cancer Center (LCC) went thru competing renewal of NCI designation. For a 2nd time we got "exceptional" ranking. The NCI site visit team gave a "perfect exceptional" (equivalent to 10). LCC is one of few in the nation and the only one in IL to ever achieve exceptional status.

Congratulations Ingo!!!