We celebrated early yesterday for lunch, but Happy Pi day from the Mace Lab!

Great time last night for our laboratory holiday dinner. Lots to celebrate this year with more to come!

Great time at the 2025 SITC annual meeting. Learned a lot this week and got to catch up with colleagues! @osuwexmed.bsky.social @osucccjames.bsky.social @sitcancer.bsky.social

I don’t think most people (including academics) realize just how screwed American universities are right now. Yes, the Trump attacks hurt. But the deeper crisis comes from the slow rot of a corporate mindset in university leadership that traded mission for growth. Let’s talk about that.

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I’m assuming NIH study sections will not happen if government is shutdown?

This is ridiculous. Authorship is cheap. No one cares how many authors are on a paper! If you were in my lab when work was being done, you are probably a coauthor.

Another ride in the books! Thanks for everyone who has supported my Pelotonia ride. Still time if you want to donate: www.pelotonia.org/profile/TM0139

Fun opening ceremony. Mace lab is ready for the ride tomorrow! This will be my 10th Pelotonia ride!!! Still time to donate if you want! www.pelotonia.org/profile/TM0139 All the money raised goes directly to cancer research at the James!

To think just a few months ago we were all worried about indirects.
If we only knew how much worse it would actually get!

Is it even worth submitting an R01 right now? But that’s what is expected and what we need to do. Feels pretty hopeless right now.

Yeah, and his coney dog sauce was awesome!!

There used to be a hot dog cart guy outside near parking garage at Roswell. Was a great lunch option as a grad student.

Good to know my resubmission I just sent in this month has no chance. Bleak times…

Not even sure it’s worth submitting at these rates…

Mace lab had a great time this afternoon checking out a Columbus Clippers game!

An early birthday cake during lab meeting today! Thankful for the entire team. Lots of great data made that cake even sweeter!!!

Yes

Great job!!

Nice job by grad student Ayushi Das in the lab for presenting her work at TRCCC 2025 meeting!

BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is devastating!!!

Going to need this pinned for at least the next 4 years unfortunately. It’s only day 8!!!!

We are operating that all the backend submission is still working and to proceed as normal. Now whether our grants get reviewed is another story 🤷‍♂️

Data are generally required to get buyin about disparities of opportunity that pertain to race, sex, ethnicity, etc. The Ginther report was essential for NIH grant award bias.

So all of this NIH news is really bad!!!

Poster time at the #APA2024 meeting.

Aloha!!!

On my way to Maui for the American Pancreatic Association 2024 meeting.

Thanks!!

@vjsanchez.bsky.social I was told to reach out to you to get added to the pancreatic cancer starter pack. If you could add me that would be great…thanks!

Are there any good science starter packs to help me follow more people?