Excited to kick off Day 1 of @arvoinfo.bsky.social in SLC 👁️🏔️ Come check out my talk this afternoon on alternative mRNA splicing in retinal organoids in what should be a great session! 🧬 #ARVO2025 #VisionResearch

Science under siege: Trump cuts threaten to undermine decades of research Sweeping layoffs, funding freezes and executive orders have provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners, who fear that science itself is under siege.

Reaching out to all Americans through the media to explain how decreasing funding of the NIH will have irreversible harm for developing therapies for all diseases. Please spread the word to your families and friends and contact your congressional representatives.
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Immediate Action Needed – NIH Indirect Cost Cap Threatens Scientific Research Tell Congress: Protect NIH Research Funding and Reject the Indirect Cost Cap. The Administration’s decision to cap NIH indirect cost reimbursements at 15% puts critical biomedical and scientific ...

Later on Friday, a decision was made to cap NIH indirect costs at 15% -- a policy change that puts all of US biomedical research at risk. I encourage you to voice your own concerns to your policymakers to protect NIH research and reject the cap today 🗣️: www.votervoice.net/mobile/NAEVR...

Thank you so much to the offices of Senators @vanhollen.senate.gov and @sen-alsobrooks.bsky.social and Representatives @repjohnnyo.bsky.social and Kwesi Mfume for taking the time to meet with us and your continued support for federally-funded eye research

Last Friday was @arvoinfo.bsky.social's Advocacy Day in DC where myself and a team of all women vision researchers 👩🏻‍🔬 (happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!) met with the offices of our Maryland elected officials to advocate for NEI funding of eye and vision research 📢👁️