A Perspective article by @lilykeane.bsky.social, Gerard Clarke & @jfcryan.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social proposes that microbiota–microglia cross-talk may have major implications for our understanding of neurological disorders and neuropsychiatric disease
#immunosky #microsky #microbiome
*URGENT* please support NIH research and the NIH employees who are standing up for science at the risk of losing their jobs! Sign *TODAY* in support of the Bethesda Declaration. The senate appropriations committee is reviewing the NIH budget Tuesday at 10 am. SHARE widely! 🧪
Fight the Empire.
Exciting progress! In our new preprint, we show that episymbiont Saccharibacteria can directly modulate epithelial immunity—a big step in understanding how these elusive microbes interact with the human host. Kudos to Deepak Chouhan and our amazing collaborators! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for.
Kudos, Sir.🌦️
Viewpoint in JAMA details the consequences of the proposed cuts to NIH:
❌15% reduction in new therapies
❌reduction in life expectancy by 83M life years in the US = $8.2T
❌loss of $51B in economic output annually
All to save $20B annually. The math ain't mathin.'
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.
How bad will it be? Catastrophic.
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
Hello! Can I be added as well?
Very happy that our story on explosive telencephalon growth in killifish found its home in @biologists.bsky.social #BiologyOpen. Descriptive and simple, but gene expression in this brain is oh so beautiful. journals.biologists.com/bio/article/...
Image of several African turquoise killifish including a colorful male with red and silver scales with a yellow tail. Credit to Beate Hoppe.
🗣️ #killifish researchers & facilities: The community (led by Dr. Beate Hoppe @leibnizfli.bsky.social) is conducting an anonymous survey on husbandry of the African turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) in hopes to standardize care & refinement. 🔗 to help: survey.lamapoll.de/Global-Surve...
Me too please!
Today CLS objected to the proposed politicization of staff positions at US Science Agencies, particularly program managers whose expertise is critical to a strong and vibrant innovation ecosystem.
#ScheduleF
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Another step for microbiome research!🔬 New study introduces saMBA, a gut microbiome archive from South America. Understanding the full picture of gut microbiome biodiversity is crucial & saMBA is helping us get there!
@bvalderrama.bsky.social @jfcryan.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The gut microbiome and multiple sclerosis, using a discordant twin human-mouse transfer model
"Our results implicate two Lachnospiraceae members,
namely Eisenbergiella tayi and Lachnoclostridium, as likely
responsible for an increased incidence of disease."
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
My talking points in recent interviews, please use as you see fit:
1.Every $1 in NIH funding returns ~$2.50 to the economy.
2.Every $1B in cuts from NIH extramural = 7500 lost employees, just in science.
3.These don't include priceless improvements in health.
1/x
🧪
How diet shapes gut microbiota and affects brain function 🍽️🧠🌿 www.news-medical.net/news/2024082... #GutBrainAxis #Microbiota #Diet #Brain #Neuropsychiatry #Cognitive #Health #EmotionalWellness #BrainResearch #MicrobiomeScience #Food #MentalHealth
From recruiting the right team to refining our lab’s focus, every day brings something new to learn.
Grateful for the support of colleagues and students as we lay the foundation for impactful microbiome research. Here’s to building a lab that fosters curiosity, collaboration, and growth! 💡🔬
🚀 Starting out as a new PI 🚀
It’s been an exciting (and humbling) journey stepping into my role as a new PI! Balancing research goals, teaching, and lab management has been both challenging and rewarding. 1/
#NewPI #ResearchLife #AcademicJourney #MicrobiomeScience
