The W-S lab is seeking to hire a research scientist!
This person will lead wet-lab innovations in our team as we combine AI and experiments to understand and design dynamics!
Thanks for sharing/RTs!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/scienti...
The loss data (~$10B) support and N of grants terminated is updated below, but this op-ed by @euanashley.bsky.social hits all the important points @latimes.com @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
⛔️ UPDATE:
We obtained the full list of NIH terminations at Harvard. Lowlights:
- 659 total grants at Harvard in the NIH-created list
- $2.19 billion in total award value
- $960 million in award remaining
You can view them all using the "Harvard" tab on the airtable
grant-watch.us/nih-data.html
Internal records show that the NIH axed grants for research about transgender people despite a court order barring the cuts.
Agency officials also testified that DOGE was involved in directing grant terminations.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social
As we point out in Science, the Trump proposal to convert NIH program officer jobs into political appointments (Schedule F) will mean, that instead of actual scientific experts, people like "Big Balls" will choose how to direct NIH funds. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Economists warn: Trump’s science cuts threaten the U.S. economy.
Slashing funding for NIH, NSF, and NASA hurts every American. These cuts are killing jobs, stalling innovation, and shrinking our economic future.
We all pay the price when science is defunded.
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
Report from @science.org:
• NSF staff told that its 37 divisions are being abolished. Programs within to be drastically reduced.
• Layoffs expected, details via memo Friday 5/9.
• Another round of grant terminations expected. (Already 1400 cancelled ~$1bn)
www.science.org/content/arti...
🚨New preprint alert!🚨
We mapped Mo-dependent pathways across microbes and show this reliance emerged before oxygen showed up. Our results challenge assumptions about Mo scarcity on early Earth. Study led by Aya Klos!
Biology’s been metal since the very beginning🤘
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Taking inspiration from the US government/university/industry partnership model (including @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social SPARK program), Taiwan invested in early stage research-to-translation infrastructure, boosted biotech sector and economy. A timely message wrt current US science/univ defunding.
The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
6/n
In order words, grant funding is policy making so those who are involved in grant making are policy makers and, therefore, should be political appointees.
But, while policy should be informed by good science, science should not be driven by policy goals.
5/n
ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
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You don’t negotiate with terrorists. Hopefully universities figure this out.
Great article by @nobelprize.bsky.social laureate @ardemp.bskyverified.social outlining the health, economic and national security benefits of US biomedical research, and the devastation of government efforts to destroy our leading edge.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
The liberal wing of the Wisconsin Supreme Court gets its third straight win as Wisconsin voters elect Susan Crawford in rebuke of Trump, Musk. @henry-redman.bsky.social has the details. wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/04/01/w...
UW-Madison says ICE barred from classrooms without search warrant
Ava Menkes via @isthmusmadison.bsky.social
isthmus.com/news/news/uw...
Tom Maniatis coming in hot in @CellCellPress
to spell out in no uncertain terms what cutting indirect cost rates to 15% will cost science.
And a call to action: "A united front...is essential to preventing this devastating policy from taking effect." 💯
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨
Our lab is looking for a lab technician & a postdoc to study enzyme evolution across geologic time.
Learn more about one of our projects here: ⬇️
🔗 research.wisc.edu/uncategorize...
Folks who recently lost jobs are especially encouraged to apply! #Hiring #ScienceJobs
I used to live down there, that corner is iconic.
Ran into a hiccup in my selenoprotein purification. Too much protein can be a bad thing!
I have all sorts of ideas of what we can do with Sec. Just need the time to do it! #chemsky #molecularbiology #metalloproteins
Firearms are the leading cause of death among people aged 1 to 19 in the US.
Every day we do nothing is a wasted day and more lives lost. Politicians who were useless after Sandy Hook will act no differently today. It’s disgusting.
That’s unfortunate. It must be convenience of routes, rate of busses, and safety. It’s difficult to pull car commuters from their set route when it is just more inconvenient, plain and simple. Bussing takes more time, effort, planning, and discomfort unfortunately.
Super excited to share our latest review on recent advances in engineered biocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and carbon dioxide reduction doi.org/10.1016/j.cb... by Ryan Kosko, Kaye Lin Kuphal and Alison Salamatian!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excited to start overexpression and purification this week after I finally was able to make an elusive Sec variant. Learning new PCR methods can be tough when you are set in your ways.
Maybe next time my primers will be right the first time… #PCR #molecularbiology
"Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s NIH Pick" - @walkerbragman.bsky.social brings receipts. He's bad, really bad:
I'm excited to have a "week off" of TAing this week. How much more will I get done? Who's to say. Will I feel better after this week? Yes. There's so little time left in the semester!!!
I don't know if anyone can do it better than Arcane. Best show I've seen in a while.
I took biochem in 2001, and for nearly 20 years read amino acid sequences daily… and I never knew Dayhoff named them or even the logic behind things like Q until last Friday (h/t Mike Janech). Also, this is another big Dayhoff moment for me. She was incredible!
#proteomics #bioinformatics
Cool new preprint from the Flashman group! I'm interested to see how this could be used for other TDO's as well, namely another peptide-oxidizing TDO 👀 #biochemistry #chemsky https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5245232/v1
