Sabrina Leddy
@smleddy.bsky.social
PhD candidate in the Feschotte lab @ Cornell
Genetics, virology, organizing the masses♥️
Genetics, virology, organizing the masses♥️
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March 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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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
Reposted by Sabrina Leddy
“The bottom line is, I can’t live, I can’t think in this chaos,” McDonnell said. McDonnell lab developed a drug in 2023 approved by the FDA to treat metastatic breast cancer.
That is what is at stake.
That is what is at stake.
Great story by AP’s Mayika Seminara about how Duke scientists are responding to uncertainty. apnews.com/article/trum...
Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control'
Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst.
apnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“The bottom line is, I can’t live, I can’t think in this chaos,” McDonnell said. McDonnell lab developed a drug in 2023 approved by the FDA to treat metastatic breast cancer.
That is what is at stake.
That is what is at stake.
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SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
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Feels awkward but necessary to celebrate scientific progress in this imperiled time for US biomedical research.
Proud of our latest paper out today exploring the role of transposable elements in antiviral resistance to HIV 🦠
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Proud of our latest paper out today exploring the role of transposable elements in antiviral resistance to HIV 🦠
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Transposable elements may enhance antiviral resistance in HIV-1 elite controllers - Genome Biology
Background Less than 0.5% of people living with HIV-1 are elite controllers (ECs)—individuals who maintain undetectable plasma viremia without antiretroviral therapy, despite having replication-compet...
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Feels awkward but necessary to celebrate scientific progress in this imperiled time for US biomedical research.
Proud of our latest paper out today exploring the role of transposable elements in antiviral resistance to HIV 🦠
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
🧵1/n
Proud of our latest paper out today exploring the role of transposable elements in antiviral resistance to HIV 🦠
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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