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Who cares about going to the moon, indeed.
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Pleased to be invited to speak at the first ever Hormel Institute Virology Nexus Symposium in Austin, Minnesota ...home of the SPAM museum! hi.umn.edu/virology-nex...
Congress finally asserts itself. At least on research funding.
I think the number of new grad students (future scientists) is going to plummet way more in 2026 than shown here for 2025. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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I'd gut it and turn it into a state-of-the-art gym!
Jim was director when I was at CSIRO in Canberra, 1984-88. He was basically my boss for my first year when my advisor was away on sabbatical. A great guy, brilliant, competitive scientist, always up on the latest techniques. Those were exciting times in the early days of plant gene cloning.
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Finally! Translon: A term for the sequence that actually gets translated. ORF or CDS just won't do when you work with viruses that break the rules by frameshifting, readthrough, non-AUG starts, etc. Thank you Pavel Baranov et al! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Virology as a field is facing hard times ahead. I’m grateful to my friend and colleague @shanluliu.bsky.social for stepping up to lead our community as we face this challenge. Lfg, Shan-Lu! 💪🏻✊🏻
Pleased to see that, despite extreme belt-tightening budgets year upon year, my CALS ranks #12 in the world! www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
Didn't know we are still planting elm trees this century. I have a couple healthy old ones in my yard, but park my car right near this one. 😬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2RM...
On se voit à Montréal aussi!
Sadly, “Trump’s polls are plummeting” is a gross exaggeration.
If not on ketamine then what’s his excuse?
Miller lab Graduate student Jahanara Sonia presenting her first poster at the RNA Society meeting! #RNA25 #RNA2025 on the translation mechanisms of a puzzling new genus of Tombusviruses.
We all are going to die A LOT SOONER because Joni and all the other Republicans approved RFK Jr as head of HHS!
How to win the war against science. Call experts "so-called experts". www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Key paragraph of letter: We believe these challenges can be met, but not with the draconian budget plan and staffing reductions just released by OMB. Such a budget would thwart scientific progress, decimate the research workforce, and take a decade or more to recover. Achieving the President’s vision requires a major enhancement of the NSF budget, ideally a doubling of the FY25 level over the next few years and sufficient staff to execute this vision. In the current political climate, we know this is a bold request. We make it, nonetheless, to say -- if we truly wish to realize this vision, we must commit to a historic investment in fundamental research and education in a manner that leaves no doubt about the United States’ intentions with our international competitors. We face a fork in the road. Do we want to win or concede the race for new knowledge and a competitive STEM workforce? For 75 years winning that race has been the foundation of American prosperity and national security. Adopting the proposed cuts would fast-track China’s plans for technological dominance. As Senator Todd Young said in his March 25th Washington Post op-ed, “…Our policymakers should lock arms with the science-and-technology dreamers and doers across the country — from Silicon Valley to the Silicon Prairie — and recognize that basic research isn’t a federal handout to help sustain academia. Instead, it is a vital ingredient in our innovation future, economic and geopolitical competitiveness, and national security.”
signatures of past NSF directors and NSB chairs
In light of the skinny budget (55.8% reduction), 6 past NSF directors and 7 NSB chairs have sent the House Committee on Appropriations a letter advising doubling the NSF budget.
"We face a fork in the road. Do we want to win or concede the race for new knowledge and a competitive STEM workforce?"
Immigrants today. Native born citizens tomorrow.
From the CDC: In the last 6 months in the US, there were: 8-13 million illnesses and 26,000-44,000 deaths from COVID-19. Yet HHS "will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago”. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Parents should be arrested for child neglect.
Enjoyed fantastic seminar on intra/inter cellular communication via plasmodesmata by my academic granddaughter Tessa Burch-Smith, keynote speaker at the student-run Stupka Symposium here at ISU. Her Focused Ion Beam scanning EM images are amazing!
I will miss Ann Palmenberg, my de facto mentor when I was a grad student. I learned so much from her about viruses, how to write a scientific paper, and more. Plus she was a lot of fun. Always enjoyed her presence at ASV meetings. www.cressfuneralservice.com/obituaries/a...
