Cheers to that!!

Strong Lab presents 3 oral talks at 2025 SID meeting in San Diego

Annual Strong Lab Holiday party

Lab surprises me with champagne to celebrate Editor-in-Chief JID Innovations

2025 Montagna Meeting Talk and Travel Award

Wrapping up 2025 with 3 SID oral talks and travel awards, Gordon Conference, Montagna Meeting talk and award, book chapter, patent, and the best lab family I could ever ask for. Stay tuned for 2026!! #skinscience #womeninSTEM #dermsky #immunosky

I am truly honored to be selected as incoming Editor of JID Innovations. I look forward to promoting the science and innovation in our communities and beyond! #dermsky #Dermatology #WomenInSTEM #innovation

We are excited to announce that Cristina de Guzman Strong PhD has been appointed as the next Editor of JID Innovations, beginning January 1, 2026, through the end of 2030.

Full announcement here: https://ow.ly/8yPA50XbR4p

NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts.  @msnbc.com

Outstanding! Definitely covering this in journal club! #immunosky #dermsky

We #standupforscience because the world cannot lose a generation of bright minds committed to tackling society's biggest problems.

#scienceforall
#sciencenotsilence

“Science illuminates the truth!” - Christy McGillivray 👏🧪 #StandUpforScience2025 #Lansing

#StandUpforScience2025

Large group of people bundled up for winter holding signs that support science, like "Trust Science, Not Politics", "Science Saves Lives", "We Love Experts", etc..

Stand Up For Science event in Lansing, Michigan was well attended.

@standupforscience.bsky.social
#standupforscience2025

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Same but you probably won’t be able to upload the review on the night it is due. That’s was my Sun nite 🍸

Yes! Reviewing grants today and none of these sites were working for me and even now. Not good

RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.

NEW:

“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”

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Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives.

Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.

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Some good-ish news from NIH

“Federal Register notices for study sections run by CSR (but not those by ICs) will start being permitted again”

As far as I know, the timing for this is not clear, but I will be checking the Federal Register.

Federal judge extends restraining order on Trump administration's cap on NIH indirect costs Judge Angel Kelley kept in place an order blocking the Trump administration from implementing a 15% cap on NIH indirect cost payments

#Breaking - Federal judge extends restraining order on Trump administration’s cap on NIH indirect costs

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF STATES’ EX PARTE EMERGENCY MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ANGEL KELLEY, D.J. Plaintiff States’ Ex Parte Emergency Motion For Temporary Restraining Order [Dkt. 4] is GRANTED. Defendants and their officers, employees, servants, agents, appointees, and successors are hereby enjoined from taking any steps to implement, apply, or enforce the Rate Change Notice (NOT-OD-25- 068) within Plaintiff States until further order is issued by this Court. Counsel for Defendants shall file a status report with the Court within 24 hours of the entry of this Order, and at biweekly intervals thereafter, confirming the regular disbursement and obligation of federal financial assistance funds and reporting all steps that NIH, HHS and their officers, employees, servants, agents, appointees, and successors have taken to comply with the Court’s temporary restraining order.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESSEL ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, STATE OF ILLINOIS, STATE OF ARIZONA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, STATE OF CONNECTICUT, STATE OF COLORADO, STATE OF DELAWARE, STATE OF HAWAI’I, STATE OF MAINE, STATE OF MARYLAND, STATE OF MINNESOTA, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, STATE OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEVADA, STATE OF NEW MEXICO, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, STATE OF OREGON, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, STATE OF VERMONT, STATE OF WASHINGTON, and STATE OF WISCONSIN, plaintiffs.

BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks NIH indirect costs rate cap issued Friday as applied to states that sued over the act this morning.

Judge Angel Kelley, a Biden appointee, ordered further briefing as well, and set a hearing on Feb 21 in the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Michigan snow is so much better for your flow cytometry ice bucket, no slushiness in right bucket.
#immunosky #dermsky

I agree - fabulous meeting for many reasons! So great to catch up!