Jessi Lang
@jessicalang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, ovarian cancer genetics & epigenetics, mom of 2, cooking and gardening
Opinions are my own, and not representative of my employer.
jessicalanglab.github.io
Opinions are my own, and not representative of my employer.
jessicalanglab.github.io
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Finally on. Trump suggesting autism researchers lied, withheld information, one of the worst things to ever happen, went from 1:10,000 to 1 in 12 (boys in CA). No autism in folks who don't take vaccines (amish). Going great so far!
September 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Finally on. Trump suggesting autism researchers lied, withheld information, one of the worst things to ever happen, went from 1:10,000 to 1 in 12 (boys in CA). No autism in folks who don't take vaccines (amish). Going great so far!
My lab recently received a Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) Early Career Investigator Award, which started July 1st! We are excited to expand our work on molecular profiling of ovarian cancer organoids.
July 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My lab recently received a Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) Early Career Investigator Award, which started July 1st! We are excited to expand our work on molecular profiling of ovarian cancer organoids.
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Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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Devastating NIH cuts to infectious disease research, eviscerating our nation’s capacity to fight emerging infections and pandemic threats. From @sanders.senate.gov report out yesterday www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
May 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Devastating NIH cuts to infectious disease research, eviscerating our nation’s capacity to fight emerging infections and pandemic threats. From @sanders.senate.gov report out yesterday www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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Billions can be hard to grasp. It is perhaps easier to consider how the grinding erosion caused by inflation affects the spending power of "a grant".
From the Archive:
drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2020/12/16/u...
From the Archive:
drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2020/12/16/u...
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Billions can be hard to grasp. It is perhaps easier to consider how the grinding erosion caused by inflation affects the spending power of "a grant".
From the Archive:
drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2020/12/16/u...
From the Archive:
drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2020/12/16/u...
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“Science is a smart, low cost investment. The costs of not investing in it are higher than the risk of doing so… talk to people about science.” - @kevinochsner.bsky.social makes his case to the field #sans2025
April 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“Science is a smart, low cost investment. The costs of not investing in it are higher than the risk of doing so… talk to people about science.” - @kevinochsner.bsky.social makes his case to the field #sans2025
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Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
I'm giving up my smart watch. Deleted my data. There is zero transparency here on how the government is using our health data.
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.
www.cbsnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I'm giving up my smart watch. Deleted my data. There is zero transparency here on how the government is using our health data.
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
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It's time to delete your smart watch or health/fitness wearable data if you have not already. Even if you are not autistic.
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
April 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It's time to delete your smart watch or health/fitness wearable data if you have not already. Even if you are not autistic.
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
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A few quotes I love from this article about writing: "There’s no such thing as thinking", "Writing. Is. Thinking.", "Without writing there is no thinking and no real opportunity for exchange in the marketplace of ideas."
An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it's time to write - PubMed
An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it's time to write
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A few quotes I love from this article about writing: "There’s no such thing as thinking", "Writing. Is. Thinking.", "Without writing there is no thinking and no real opportunity for exchange in the marketplace of ideas."
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See this chart for one stark example: NIH funding has dramatically slowed down.
Grant awards are down *$3 billion* so far, compared to same time period last year
I asked the White House to explain.
“This is not a researcher entitlement program,” said an official, defending their new approach.
Grant awards are down *$3 billion* so far, compared to same time period last year
I asked the White House to explain.
“This is not a researcher entitlement program,” said an official, defending their new approach.
March 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
See this chart for one stark example: NIH funding has dramatically slowed down.
Grant awards are down *$3 billion* so far, compared to same time period last year
I asked the White House to explain.
“This is not a researcher entitlement program,” said an official, defending their new approach.
Grant awards are down *$3 billion* so far, compared to same time period last year
I asked the White House to explain.
“This is not a researcher entitlement program,” said an official, defending their new approach.
The Department of Defense funds me from their Ovarian Cancer Research Program. Valuable science that doesn't get much attention in NIH study sections that are not cancer-specific gets attention in these programs. This is terrible.
They are cutting cancer research. They are cutting cancer research. They can deny it all they want, but they are cutting cancer research. These are the cuts being made the DoD CDMRP cancer funding mechanism www.fightcancer.org/sites/defaul...
March 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Department of Defense funds me from their Ovarian Cancer Research Program. Valuable science that doesn't get much attention in NIH study sections that are not cancer-specific gets attention in these programs. This is terrible.
There is a forum on the NIH happening right now at the US Capitol, hosted by Senator Tammy Baldwin. You can listen in here (and rewind to the beginning): www.youtube.com/live/JofqSdW...
Baldwin Leads Forum on Trump and Musk’s Cuts to Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease Cures
YouTube video by Senator Tammy Baldwin
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March 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
There is a forum on the NIH happening right now at the US Capitol, hosted by Senator Tammy Baldwin. You can listen in here (and rewind to the beginning): www.youtube.com/live/JofqSdW...
Wow, a lot has happened in the last 62 days, hasn't it?
March 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Wow, a lot has happened in the last 62 days, hasn't it?
@baldwin.senate.gov, so happy to have a senator who fights for the medical research I do each day! Thank you
March 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
@baldwin.senate.gov, so happy to have a senator who fights for the medical research I do each day! Thank you
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The NCI grant supporting the Columbia comprehensive cancer center was terminated. Tell me how terminating support for cancer research helps the economy.
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March 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The NCI grant supporting the Columbia comprehensive cancer center was terminated. Tell me how terminating support for cancer research helps the economy.
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
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"The end of the genetic paradigm of cancer" - a provocative piece in @plosbiology.org from Sui Huang, Ana Soto & Carlos Sonnenschein: "We expect that the diminishing returns from the ceaselessly growing databases of somatic mutations... may soon reach a pivot point" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
March 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"The end of the genetic paradigm of cancer" - a provocative piece in @plosbiology.org from Sui Huang, Ana Soto & Carlos Sonnenschein: "We expect that the diminishing returns from the ceaselessly growing databases of somatic mutations... may soon reach a pivot point" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Seven of my colleagues and friends at Columbia Law have written a compelling (and, in my view unanswerable) response to the unprecedented Title VI demand letter that the Trump administration recently sent to Columbia University:
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
Balkinization: A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Seven of my colleagues and friends at Columbia Law have written a compelling (and, in my view unanswerable) response to the unprecedented Title VI demand letter that the Trump administration recently sent to Columbia University:
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
I got the monkeypox exposure email yesterday, and an ICE email today with the same structure. Be careful clicking things out there! The phishers and scammers are now preying on our vulnerability.
![I hope this message finds you well. In light of recent developments and to ensure the continued safety and well-being of everyone on campus, we are asking all staff to verify their associated details with the university administration. This is a precautionary step to avoid any unnecessary disruptions, particularly concerning potential interactions with federal agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
We kindly ask that you take a moment to review and confirm [Access Secure Area to Review] as soon as possible.
Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to [ice-report@wisc.edu].
We are committed to maintaining a respectful and safe environment for all our staff and students, and your support is vital in ensuring this.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3tajnpeoqdddeiw3a33om655/bafkreibhr6s5b3q4b7epbly2p6thnxu7u5gpnrqq6saizi7nvcctqwzoym@jpeg)
March 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I got the monkeypox exposure email yesterday, and an ICE email today with the same structure. Be careful clicking things out there! The phishers and scammers are now preying on our vulnerability.
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Wow. "NIH" canceled my co-mentored (with Dave Sulzer) PhD student's F31 funding. His work is on understanding the genetics and neuroscience of language learning disorders. F31 provides no indirect $ to Columbia, just pays his salary. Not that it should matter, but he's an American citizen. W.T.F.
March 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Wow. "NIH" canceled my co-mentored (with Dave Sulzer) PhD student's F31 funding. His work is on understanding the genetics and neuroscience of language learning disorders. F31 provides no indirect $ to Columbia, just pays his salary. Not that it should matter, but he's an American citizen. W.T.F.
Pretty please, me too?!?!?
Just let me try and cure cancer for fucks sake.
March 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Pretty please, me too?!?!?
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Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.
March 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.
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I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
March 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
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- Several colleagues are receiving notifications that their federal research grants have been canceled.
- CDC, NIH career scientists fired.
- University federal grants canceled.
- PhD admissions are being canceled as a direct result.
Its a terrifying time to be in healthcare or research in the US.
- CDC, NIH career scientists fired.
- University federal grants canceled.
- PhD admissions are being canceled as a direct result.
Its a terrifying time to be in healthcare or research in the US.
March 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
- Several colleagues are receiving notifications that their federal research grants have been canceled.
- CDC, NIH career scientists fired.
- University federal grants canceled.
- PhD admissions are being canceled as a direct result.
Its a terrifying time to be in healthcare or research in the US.
- CDC, NIH career scientists fired.
- University federal grants canceled.
- PhD admissions are being canceled as a direct result.
Its a terrifying time to be in healthcare or research in the US.