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In August, Jay Bhattacharya said “Training future biomedical scientists” was the 1st priority for his version of NIH.

But talk is cheap. Let’s see how JB’s doing. 🤔

NIH supports trainees mostly via fellowship (F), training (T), and career development (K) awards.

Here are funding curves for each.🧵

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Vaccine work

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Du wolltest "interessant" schreiben. Da bin ich mir sehr sicher

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If you can't review that much, then change the size of such a proposal or use a pre- and main-submission system.

Submitted an almost 140-page proposal yesterday, the actual science in this proposal was the smallest part

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Applying for an ERC grant in the 2027 competitions: what you need to know The ERC plans to launch the grant competitions under its 2027 Work Programme between July 2026 and June 2027, with the calls for proposals introducing several changes to the eligibility rules for appl...

Europe, always supportive of their scientists

Applying for an ERC grant in the 2027 competitions: what you need to know|ERC erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

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Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Rubble and ruins -- Iran Pasteur Institute in Tehran, bombed by US-Isreal

Pasteur Institute of Iran, founded in 1920 now destroyed by Israel-US bombing😞

It played a pivotal role in developing vaccines & public health services, for over a century, now gone😞

A few days ago a pharmaceutical plant was bombed, accused of making anesthetic fentanyl

#War
#PasteurInstituteIran

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Buch: "Crisis in the Red Zone" von Richard Preston

Buch: "Crisis in the Red Zone" von Richard Preston

Alle zusammen waren eine tolle Führungsgruppe über die letzten Jahre, Danke dafür.
Auch einen lieben Dank für das nahezu klassische Abschiedsgeschenk für uns in der Virologie

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eine größere Sichtbarkeit von der Gruppe und deren Mitgliedern bei den Senior Koleg*innen
Besonderer Dank geht an @christinakarsten.bsky.social @lisa-oestereich.bsky.social @biedenkopflab.bsky.social @muellerlab.bsky.social, die alle die Gruppe weiterhin vorantreiben werden, als auch Malik Aydin
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habe ich nun das Zepter weitergeben dürfen, damit ich mich verstärkt auf meine eigentliche Aufgaben und Forschung konzentrieren kann. Aber ich wünsche der Arbeitsgruppe weiterhin viel Erfolg, weiterhin solch tolle Gelegenheiten Für Nachwuchsgruppenleiter*innen und

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Training erhalten und diese für eine erfolgreiche Karriere in Akademia vorbereitet. Es war mir ein Vergnügen und Ehre diese tolle Initative mitzugründen und ein Co-Sprecher für diese Gruppe zu sein. Nach all dieser Zeit mit Workshops, Meetings und Netzwerken,

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Vor fast 4 Jahren haben wir die YoungPI Working Group der @gesvirologie.bsky.social gegründet, damit auch neue Gruppenleiter*innen im Bereich der Virologie in Deutschland ein Forum haben, indem sie für ihre neuen Aufgaben Tips, Tricks und

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Kann mich schon gar nicht mehr an eine problemlose Reise mit der Bahn erinnern. Auch heute nicht

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Non-polio enterovirus infection and electrophysiological changes in human iPSC-derived neural networks The non-polio enteroviruses (NPEV) enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) and enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) are highly prevalent and considered pathogens of increasing h…

Non-polio enterovirus infection and electrophysiological changes in human iPSC-derived neural networks

Work led by @lisabauervirus.bsky.social and our tiny contribution with our former Erasmus+ student, Auriane.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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see you there

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I wonder what the chances are of recouping the money from these grants, which were cancelled unjustly, through civil lawsuits against these gentlemen and their colleagues personally?

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Mumps is back, but vaccines can prevent it Maryland is one of several states that are reporting cases of the infectious disease mumps, suggesting the return of diseases—like measles—that vaccines protect against

Maryland is one of several states that are reporting cases of the infectious disease mumps, suggesting the return of diseases—like measles—that vaccines protect against

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World map highlighting countries where polio has been detected in the last 12 months

World map highlighting countries where polio has been detected in the last 12 months

CDC issued a Global Polio Level 2 Travel Health Notice advising enhanced precautions

Tragic. We had polio almost eradicated, but disruption to vaccination campaigns due to COVID, global instability, defunding & vaccine hesitancy have led us here

#VaccinesWork
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wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notic...

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Evidence gets stronger that wars start because national judicial systems are failing

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Gefälschte Masernimpfnachweise gefährden Schutz: Gesundheitsämter kämpfen mit Kontrolldefiziten Gesundheitsämter in Bayern haben 27 Arztpraxen im Verdacht, bei der Masernimpfung zu betrügen, wie eine Recherche von NDR, WDR und SZ zeigt. Nach Einschätzung der Behörden bleibt aber ein großer Teil ...

Homöopathie, Anthropologie und Impfgegner in Reihen der Medizin, die damit groß Kohle scheffeln. Alles gewollt und/oder geduldet. Da läuft doch was gewaltig falsch, liebe Ärzteschaft und liebe Gesundheitspolitiker.

www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...

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Check today’s daily dose.

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Da ist definitiv was dran

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Individualized mRNA vaccines evoke durable T cell immunity in adjuvant TNBC - Nature In a phase 1 trial, personalized mRNA vaccines tailored to individual tumour mutations in triple-negative breast cancer induced robust, long-lasting T cell responses and improved prognosis.

Great news of mRNA cancer vaccines on the science side (lets forget about the US gov side for once)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Statement on the planned hepatitis B birth dose vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau WHO is aware of the proposed randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine in Guinea-Bissau. Based on questions raised in publicly available information and consultation with...

"Resource constraints cannot be used to justify withholding proven care in a research study involving people."

www.who.int/news/item/13...

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Regierung will sparen: Freiwillige Integrationskurse eingestellt Das Bundesinnenministerium schränkt den Zugang zu Integrationskursen ein, um Kosten zu sparen. Kritik kommt auch aus der eigenen Regierung. 130.000 Menschen könnten nach Schätzung des Volkshochschulve...

Ging also nie eigentlich um Integration
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...

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F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine

Ridiculous how the Dark Ages look like

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...

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Sachsen-Anhalt - Ministerpräsident Schulze für Gegenleistungen bei Bürgergeld Der neue Ministerpräsident von Sachsen-Anhalt, Schulze, spricht sich für eine stärkere Verpflichtung von Bürgergeldempfängern zu gemeinnützigen Tätigkeiten aus.

Befürchte sehr, dass man so die 40% Umfragewerte der AFD bestätigt oder weiter ausbaut.

www.deutschlandfunk.de/ministerprae...

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Or one could vaccinate their child

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Wonder what all these NIH research groups do all day, if not doing research, which also includes a thing that is literally called "Clinical Center Research Hospital"

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HEALTH + LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE | Interinstitutional Postdocs

Together with colleague and friend Carl Herrmann @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, we are looking for a motivated postdoc with experience in organoid culture and data analysis (#bioinformatics), for a project in the @hlsalliance.bsky.social Joint Postdoc call.

www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie...

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