☠️ Some species produce aflatoxins, which are among the most potent natural carcinogens known.
So here’s to the researchers, clinicians, and public health experts fighting fungi we don’t even think about!
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#standupforscience #aspergillus #sciencematters
💊 Azole antifungals revolutionized treatment, but emerging resistance is a growing concern.
🚰 It thrives in hospital environments, from air vents to water systems, hence the importance of infection control!
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Fun Facts About Aspergillus & Human Health:
🦠 Most of us breathe in Aspergillus spores daily, but healthy immune systems clear them before they cause us harm.
🏥 Invasive aspergillosis has a 50%+ mortality rate if untreated, but early diagnosis and antifungals save lives.
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I'm no painter—still, there was no better way to conclude Stand Up for Science Day than by painting an Aspergillus conidiophore while sipping dirty matchas in honor of those working to protect us from fungal diseases.
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"In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet 'agency priorities'"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
“There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years.” scim.ag/3ERRLDo
A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants.
#IDsky
#Medsky
#Episky
www.science.org/content/arti...
whaaaaaat 🐦
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
It is often said that every disaster movie starts with a scientist being ignored. The current one has started with tens of thousands of scientists being ignored by the U.S. government, delivering us to a place where “science” is whatever information supports a person’s already entrenched beliefs.
MARCO RUBIO IN 2017: "Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national security.”
MARCO RUBIO IN 2025: "USAID is a global charity."
⚠️ 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?
Great point.
Every single professional organization in the country should be speaking out about the news about NCMEC. The administration put a financial gun to the heads of people trying to save children from kidnapping and trafficking demanding they enact policies that will hurt lgbtq kids. That is beyond evil.
NEW — I spoke to a staffer at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about DOJ's threat to pull funding if the org didn't comply with Trump's DEI executive order, and how org leadership rolled over.
"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.
Excited to see this resource: Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 #datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov. See lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02... #publichealth
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I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.
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I wish we could reach the average American and let them know that with Trump’s cuts to the NSF, NIH, and CDC, they will no longer have access to cutting-edge medicine. U.S. physicians won’t have access to new technology. New cancer treatments will be available in other countries but not to them.
In a demonstration of live gaslighting, Zuckerberg assures staff Meta's values (and what are they exactly) haven't changed, then says: “We now have an opportunity to have a productive partnership with the United States government, and we’re going to take that”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
I concur!
Embarrassment Level 📈 Also, it's about ego. #callaspadeaspade
A news article headline from “SCIENCE INSIDER” under the category “Science and Policy.” The headline reads: “Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring.” Below the headline, a subheading states: “Researchers facing ‘a lot uncertainty, fear and panic.’” The article is authored by Meredith Wadman and Jocelyn Kaiser, published on January 22, 2025, at 5:45 PM ET.
An excerpt from the article discussing the impact of the NIH freeze. It states that the freeze affects meetings of federal advisory committees and study sections, leading to the cancellation of advisory council meetings at NIH’s dental and bioengineering institutes. These council meetings include a critical closed-door session for finalizing grant awards. The article mentions uncertainty about the status of grants if the review meetings are canceled. Additionally, the pause on study sections is highlighted as a major concern for researchers, as it prevents NIH from issuing research awards.
ScienceInsider has confirmed h/t @merz.bsky.social. NIH has frozen study sections through at least Feb. 1 www.science.org/content/arti...
China is the top scientific producer, but also tops the retraction lists
Here are five sugrestions to improve research integrity in China
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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