Crazy how “they didn’t fill out the APHIS import form” becomes ‘agroterrorism’ and a ‘scheme’ when the students are Chinese. Guess they’re not called ‘Trumped up’ charges for no reason, huh?

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Eco-vandals target gene-edited Chardonnay in Italy On the night of February 12-13, unknown vandals broke into a small experimental vineyard at the University of Verona in northern Italy to uproot Chardonnay vines that had been gene-edited to resist…

"Eco-vandals target gene-edited Chardonnay in Italy"

by @annameldolesi.bsky.social

mycrispr.blog/2025/02/16/e...

The second #PlantGMO field trial destroyed in Italy in the past months.

#PlantScience #PlantNGTs #SustainableAg #Agriculture

⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.

—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.

Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?