Sean J. Morrison
@seanjmorrison.bsky.social
Director of Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern (@cri_utsw.bsky.social) & Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. My lab studies stem cells & cancer. I sit at a computer, grateful that I can "do" science. Views are mine. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
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There were more lab members who started bowling but not everyone survived to the end. They’re so competitive 🙄.
April 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
There were more lab members who started bowling but not everyone survived to the end. They’re so competitive 🙄.
Torikul won again!
April 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Torikul won again!
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Kennedy’s comments on the Novavax covid vaccine approval delay aren’t scientifically accurate and don’t conform with FDA law, experts said.
Kennedy’s Comments On Novavax Delay Scientifically, Legally Inaccurate, Experts Say
The HHS Secretary publicly acknowledged the unusual delay of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine licensure, but his justification was neither scientifically accurate nor legally justifiable, experts said.
insights.citeline.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Kennedy’s comments on the Novavax covid vaccine approval delay aren’t scientifically accurate and don’t conform with FDA law, experts said.
Giants in neuroscience and leaders for the entire time I’ve been in science (Yuh-Nung interviewed me for a postdoctoral fellowship in 1995).
This was the last @hhmi.org conference Lilly and Yuh-Nung Jan attended as investigators. They're becoming HHMI emeritus but still run a thriving NIH-funded lab. From cloning the first potassium ion channel (Shaker) to decoding neuronal development, the Jans have made a huge impact.
April 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Giants in neuroscience and leaders for the entire time I’ve been in science (Yuh-Nung interviewed me for a postdoctoral fellowship in 1995).
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Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council of the United States: tariffs were not introduced for Russia because it's in the middle of peace negotiations.
(By the way, Ukraine is subject to President Trump's tariffs).
(By the way, Ukraine is subject to President Trump's tariffs).
April 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council of the United States: tariffs were not introduced for Russia because it's in the middle of peace negotiations.
(By the way, Ukraine is subject to President Trump's tariffs).
(By the way, Ukraine is subject to President Trump's tariffs).
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A hundred years ago, the average life expectancy was <50. Today, it is ~80.
What made the difference? Public Health. Public health, however, is not some magic entity happening in a vacuum - it requires people.
Without those people, there can be no Public Health. That serves no one.
Wake up.
What made the difference? Public Health. Public health, however, is not some magic entity happening in a vacuum - it requires people.
Without those people, there can be no Public Health. That serves no one.
Wake up.
#Breaking: HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies
Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of HHS and its subsidiary agencies, with as many 10,000 workers potentially expected to be hit by the cuts.
www.statnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A hundred years ago, the average life expectancy was <50. Today, it is ~80.
What made the difference? Public Health. Public health, however, is not some magic entity happening in a vacuum - it requires people.
Without those people, there can be no Public Health. That serves no one.
Wake up.
What made the difference? Public Health. Public health, however, is not some magic entity happening in a vacuum - it requires people.
Without those people, there can be no Public Health. That serves no one.
Wake up.
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Peter Marks from the FDA resigns
"it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary [RFK Jr regarding vaccines], but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
"it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary [RFK Jr regarding vaccines], but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
March 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Peter Marks from the FDA resigns
"it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary [RFK Jr regarding vaccines], but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
"it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary [RFK Jr regarding vaccines], but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
#medsky 🛟😷🧪
America will be less healthy & less safe as a result of Peter Marks' forced resignation from FDA. He & FDA protected us from people who enrich themselves selling snake oil: unproven stem cell therapies, vaccine alternatives, other fake treatments. Thank you for all you did for public health Peter.
March 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
America will be less healthy & less safe as a result of Peter Marks' forced resignation from FDA. He & FDA protected us from people who enrich themselves selling snake oil: unproven stem cell therapies, vaccine alternatives, other fake treatments. Thank you for all you did for public health Peter.
Kymmenen pistettä ja papukaijamerkki!
For the 8th year in a row, Finland is the happiest country on earth! ❤️🇫🇮🌍
"They’re wealthy, they’re healthy, have social connections, social support, [and] a connection with nature."
"They’re not happy, joyful, dancing in the streets type people, but they’re very content with their lives."
"They’re wealthy, they’re healthy, have social connections, social support, [and] a connection with nature."
"They’re not happy, joyful, dancing in the streets type people, but they’re very content with their lives."
Finland is the world’s happiest country yet again. Here are the top 10 on the list
For the 8th successive year, Finland ranks no.1 on the annual World Happiness Report.
fortune.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Kymmenen pistettä ja papukaijamerkki!
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Why waste time briefing Elon Musk, when you could just share America's most sensitive military secrets with the Chinese government directly?
March 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Why waste time briefing Elon Musk, when you could just share America's most sensitive military secrets with the Chinese government directly?
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Russia kidnaps Ukrainian children and gives them to Russians to erase their heritage and demoralize Ukraine. Over 20,000 so far. And the US just stopped helping track these kids and likely deleted the database of all the research. Pure evil, right maga?
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Russia kidnaps Ukrainian children and gives them to Russians to erase their heritage and demoralize Ukraine. Over 20,000 so far. And the US just stopped helping track these kids and likely deleted the database of all the research. Pure evil, right maga?
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Another outstanding story of the real-world impact of the short-sighted cuts to NIH and other federal support for the best scientific research infrastructure in the world.
www.wsj.com/articles/bio...
www.wsj.com/articles/bio...
Bioscience Funding Confusion Threatens U.S. Innovation
‘With the current turmoil, China could surpass the U.S. in the near future,’ Nobel Prize winner David Baker warns.
www.wsj.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Another outstanding story of the real-world impact of the short-sighted cuts to NIH and other federal support for the best scientific research infrastructure in the world.
www.wsj.com/articles/bio...
www.wsj.com/articles/bio...
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Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Congratulations to Liming Du, now on the faculty @iShandong university, for discovering that increased interferon levels in aging bone marrow remodels the stromal microenvironment around arterioles and contributes to the decline in lymphopoiesis.
ONLINE in @PNASNews: @seanjmorrison.bsky.social & former postdoc Liming Du, Ph.D., have discovered the periarteriolar environment in the bone marrow becomes inflamed during aging, remodeling stromal cells and reducing the production of lymphocytes ⬇️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #relentlessdiscovery
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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March 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Congratulations to Liming Du, now on the faculty @iShandong university, for discovering that increased interferon levels in aging bone marrow remodels the stromal microenvironment around arterioles and contributes to the decline in lymphopoiesis.
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How the NIH dominates the world’s health research — in charts (and what we stand to lose)
@nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
March 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
How the NIH dominates the world’s health research — in charts (and what we stand to lose)
@nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Finally! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s...
Stand Up for Science Rally Sees Mix of Science, Politics and Anxiety
Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington for Stand Up for Science, a rally in response to President Trump’s federal-funding and job cuts.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Finally! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s...
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I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here
March 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here
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Scathing, and rightly so. www.thefp.com/p/trumps-cry...
Cliff Asness: The New ‘Crypto Fort Knox’ Is as Dumb as It Sounds
To create a sovereign wealth fund dedicated to something five times or more as volatile as straight-up stocks is an awful idea.
www.thefp.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Scathing, and rightly so. www.thefp.com/p/trumps-cry...
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House cuts to NIH (to fund billionaires) would cut the Cures Act (passed with bipartisan support) by ~$300 million or 70%. Scientific loss includes cancer research, adult stem cell research, brain/dementia research, and a critical data collection project to study rare diseases, among other topics.
March 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
House cuts to NIH (to fund billionaires) would cut the Cures Act (passed with bipartisan support) by ~$300 million or 70%. Scientific loss includes cancer research, adult stem cell research, brain/dementia research, and a critical data collection project to study rare diseases, among other topics.
Way to go Anna!!
Agree! An honor to receive the Bowes award together with @kampmann.bsky.social - a testament to the incredible collaborations at @ucsfhealth.bsky.social that make our science possible!
Honored and grateful to receive the 2025 Bowes Biomedical Investigator Award - along with my friend, colleague and collaborator @annamolofskylab.bsky.social
😊🎉🎉🎉
www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/02...
😊🎉🎉🎉
www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/02...
March 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Way to go Anna!!
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Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events
Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration
scim.ag
March 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
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Measles outbreak in the U.S. continues to expand with 39 new cases in Texas (198 total) and 20 new cases in New Mexico (30 total)
h/t BNO News
h/t BNO News
March 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Measles outbreak in the U.S. continues to expand with 39 new cases in Texas (198 total) and 20 new cases in New Mexico (30 total)
h/t BNO News
h/t BNO News
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This is the Attorney General, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. She goes on Fox News every day. Every single day. Spewing MAGA talking points. I wonder how MAGA would feel if the next AG under a Democratic president went on MSNBC every day & spewed partisan Dem stuff.
Pam Bondi on DOGE's lawless cuts: "The Supreme Court is going to back us up, it's just getting through all these district court judges. The president has a right -- he was elected overwhelmingly by the people of the United States of America to do just the job he's doing."
March 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is the Attorney General, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. She goes on Fox News every day. Every single day. Spewing MAGA talking points. I wonder how MAGA would feel if the next AG under a Democratic president went on MSNBC every day & spewed partisan Dem stuff.