Danny Park
@dannyjpark.bsky.social
I use genomics to study the evolution and spread of human pathogens and lead pathogen genomic analytics at the Broad Institute.
Also: @[email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-7226-7781
GitHub: dpark01
Also: @[email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-7226-7781
GitHub: dpark01
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The NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying vaccine hesitancy. Projects studying mRNA vaccines may be next.
Important story by my colleague Sara Reardon in @science.org
🧪 #IDsky
Important story by my colleague Sara Reardon in @science.org
🧪 #IDsky
NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines
Move reflects vaccine skepticism of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.science.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying vaccine hesitancy. Projects studying mRNA vaccines may be next.
Important story by my colleague Sara Reardon in @science.org
🧪 #IDsky
Important story by my colleague Sara Reardon in @science.org
🧪 #IDsky
A few selected signs for your enjoyment
March 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A few selected signs for your enjoyment
Reposted by Danny Park
Bluetorial:
The announcement to move scientific review out of the institutes and centers into the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and its potential consequences
The announcement to move scientific review out of the institutes and centers into the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and its potential consequences
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ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
media.tenor.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Bluetorial:
The announcement to move scientific review out of the institutes and centers into the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and its potential consequences
The announcement to move scientific review out of the institutes and centers into the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and its potential consequences
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You may be asking, yes it felt good but does it matter?
Yes, it does--maybe not in the way you think. Here is my thoughts from college years during Korean military dictatorship.
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Yes, it does--maybe not in the way you think. Here is my thoughts from college years during Korean military dictatorship.
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Every little bit of resistance puts brakes on the abuse.
March 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
You may be asking, yes it felt good but does it matter?
Yes, it does--maybe not in the way you think. Here is my thoughts from college years during Korean military dictatorship.
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Yes, it does--maybe not in the way you think. Here is my thoughts from college years during Korean military dictatorship.
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Yes, all of nih.gov going down is bad of course, regardless of whether it’s malicious or a technical oops that will get fixed eventually (tldr.nettime.org/@ww/11408997...), but I do encourage everyone to learn about the federated nature of the INSDC (including Genbank and PubMed)
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So, three nameservers out of seven for the pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov are broken. If you try to look at the web site, you stand a 3/7 chance of encountering something that is broken.
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tldr.nettime.org
March 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Yes, all of nih.gov going down is bad of course, regardless of whether it’s malicious or a technical oops that will get fixed eventually (tldr.nettime.org/@ww/11408997...), but I do encourage everyone to learn about the federated nature of the INSDC (including Genbank and PubMed)
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HT to Sean Davis for creating a status page for NIH websites: stats.uptimerobot.com/Zrqh8AhvKn - simultaneous worth sharing and sad.
Government Biomedical data
stats.uptimerobot.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
HT to Sean Davis for creating a status page for NIH websites: stats.uptimerobot.com/Zrqh8AhvKn - simultaneous worth sharing and sad.
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On the 3rd anniversary of Dr Paul Farmer's death, several leaders reflect on his lessons for dealing with the ongoing crisis in global health & development
Paul Farmer’s Moral Clarity Offers Hope, Amidst Chaos And Darkness
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
Paul Farmer’s Moral Clarity Offers Hope, Amidst Chaos And Darkness
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
Paul Farmer’s Moral Clarity Offers Hope, Amidst Chaos And Darkness
On the 3rd anniversary of Dr Paul Farmer's death, several leaders reflect on his lessons for dealing with the ongoing crisis in global health and development
www.forbes.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On the 3rd anniversary of Dr Paul Farmer's death, several leaders reflect on his lessons for dealing with the ongoing crisis in global health & development
Paul Farmer’s Moral Clarity Offers Hope, Amidst Chaos And Darkness
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
Paul Farmer’s Moral Clarity Offers Hope, Amidst Chaos And Darkness
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
On the bright side, the wording in NOT-OD-25-068 is pretty clear that all non-US based research institutions currently receiving NIH funding are now allowed to double their F&A rate.
February 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
On the bright side, the wording in NOT-OD-25-068 is pretty clear that all non-US based research institutions currently receiving NIH funding are now allowed to double their F&A rate.
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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...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Disastrous consequences aside, what's fascinating about NOT-OD-25-068 is how it publicly names and shames specific institutions in a way that NIH has never done before. It's as if someone broke into eRAcommons earlier this week, threw it into their AI bot, and asked it to justify their actions.
February 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Disastrous consequences aside, what's fascinating about NOT-OD-25-068 is how it publicly names and shames specific institutions in a way that NIH has never done before. It's as if someone broke into eRAcommons earlier this week, threw it into their AI bot, and asked it to justify their actions.
Reposted by Danny Park
NIH cuts indirect rates on grants to 15%.
This will be the end of American excellence in science.
Universities will struggle and many (likely most) will terminate their research programs.
Independent research institutions will not be able to survive this.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
This will be the end of American excellence in science.
Universities will struggle and many (likely most) will terminate their research programs.
Independent research institutions will not be able to survive this.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
NIH cuts indirect rates on grants to 15%.
This will be the end of American excellence in science.
Universities will struggle and many (likely most) will terminate their research programs.
Independent research institutions will not be able to survive this.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
This will be the end of American excellence in science.
Universities will struggle and many (likely most) will terminate their research programs.
Independent research institutions will not be able to survive this.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵
February 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵
Excellent, rapid work by Uganda’s CPHL and partners and also a great use case for @pathoplexus.org
First genome sequence from the Ugandan Ebolavirus outbreak with analysis: virological.org/t/990 and first filovirus genome submitted to Pathoplexus database: pathoplexus.org/seq/PP_0011C.... Great (and rapid) work from the National Health Laboratory, UVRI and partners.
Near Real-Time Genomic Characterization of the 2025 Sudan Ebolavirus Outbreak in Uganda’s Index Case: Insights into Evolutionary Origins
Introduction Case History: On January 30, 2025, the Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus (SUDV) Disease in Kampala, Uganda, following the death of a healthcare worker at Mula...
virological.org
February 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Excellent, rapid work by Uganda’s CPHL and partners and also a great use case for @pathoplexus.org