@tcboles.bsky.social
Pinned
tcboles.bsky.social
@tcboles.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Sage Science is looking for a Sr. Scientist with 3 years development experience in sample prep methods and/or equipment for DNA extraction and NGS library prep. Check the careers section of the sagescience.com website. Send letter of interest and CV/resume to [email protected]
#sequencing #ngs
#sequencing #ngs
Reposted
A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines: bolstering cancer treatment | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines: bolstering cancer treatment
Patients who got shots of mRNA before starting a type of cancer immunotherapy lived much longer
www.science.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines: bolstering cancer treatment | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/h... via @statnews.com
HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown
Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.
www.statnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/h... via @statnews.com
Trump, Tylenol and the Plaintiffs Bar
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Trump, Tylenol and the Plaintiffs Bar
Sage Science is looking for a Sr. Scientist with 3 years development experience in sample prep methods and/or equipment for DNA extraction and NGS library prep. Check the careers section of the sagescience.com website. Send letter of interest and CV/resume to [email protected]
#sequencing #ngs
#sequencing #ngs
September 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sage Science is looking for a Sr. Scientist with 3 years development experience in sample prep methods and/or equipment for DNA extraction and NGS library prep. Check the careers section of the sagescience.com website. Send letter of interest and CV/resume to [email protected]
#sequencing #ngs
#sequencing #ngs
Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/c... via @statnews.com
Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence
“Over and over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine,” writes former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
www.statnews.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/c... via @statnews.com
Reposted
Equally bleak is "just get a part time/contracting role!"
We've all but eliminated many prospects of a stable career and installed in its place one where the worker and employer are constantly playing chicken on who'll leave/lay off first.
www.businessinsider.com/what-to-do-i...
We've all but eliminated many prospects of a stable career and installed in its place one where the worker and employer are constantly playing chicken on who'll leave/lay off first.
www.businessinsider.com/what-to-do-i...
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Equally bleak is "just get a part time/contracting role!"
We've all but eliminated many prospects of a stable career and installed in its place one where the worker and employer are constantly playing chicken on who'll leave/lay off first.
www.businessinsider.com/what-to-do-i...
We've all but eliminated many prospects of a stable career and installed in its place one where the worker and employer are constantly playing chicken on who'll leave/lay off first.
www.businessinsider.com/what-to-do-i...
Reposted
In Florida alone, a 15% decline in vaccinations against measles over 25 years would lead to 1 million measles cases. www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/h...
Florida’s surgeon general said he didn’t calculate the costs of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists have. | CNN
Florida’s surgeon general said Sunday that he had not weighed the cost – in terms of infections, hospitalizations or deaths – of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists who have done thos...
www.cnn.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In Florida alone, a 15% decline in vaccinations against measles over 25 years would lead to 1 million measles cases. www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/h...
Reposted
A former senior official and two current staff members describe the turmoil at the C.D.C. under R.F.K., Jr.,’s stewardship. “Everyone has a limit,” the employees said, “and there are many of us being pushed to the brink.”
Inside the Chaos at the C.D.C.
A former senior official and two current employees describe the turmoil at the agency under R.F.K., Jr.,’s stewardship.
www.newyorker.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A former senior official and two current staff members describe the turmoil at the C.D.C. under R.F.K., Jr.,’s stewardship. “Everyone has a limit,” the employees said, “and there are many of us being pushed to the brink.”
Reposted
Science is real
August 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Science is real
Susan Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been pushed out of the job, a senior Trump administration official said
August 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Susan Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been pushed out of the job, a senior Trump administration official said
Reposted
Similar to my experience at NIH, this story documents how government scientists studying topics aligning with stated MAHA priorities have been thwarted.
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That. Story by @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
www.propublica.org
August 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Similar to my experience at NIH, this story documents how government scientists studying topics aligning with stated MAHA priorities have been thwarted.
Unless one really loves Science, being a scientist is a tough career path. So, it's hard to understand the rationale for paying "paper mills".
The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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...
www.pnas.org
August 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Unless one really loves Science, being a scientist is a tough career path. So, it's hard to understand the rationale for paying "paper mills".
The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted
Immigrants built America—and many of our greatest scientific discoveries were made possible because of them.
June 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Immigrants built America—and many of our greatest scientific discoveries were made possible because of them.
Reposted
Our current administration is filled with crackpots who use AI-generated crap to sound intelligent.
RFK Jr's "MAHA" report is filled with references to studies that literally do not exist, or that completely misinterpret the studies' findings.
“We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our current administration is filled with crackpots who use AI-generated crap to sound intelligent.
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m... via @statnews.com
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
www.statnews.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m... via @statnews.com
Reposted
A new FDA framework for Covid-19 vaccines appears to signal that most babies will not be eligible for the shots
www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
New FDA framework on Covid vaccines leaves pediatricians confused and concerned
A new FDA framework for Covid-19 vaccines created confusion among physicians about what it means for young children
www.statnews.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
A new FDA framework for Covid-19 vaccines appears to signal that most babies will not be eligible for the shots
www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
NSF board member resigns in protest of Trump policies at agency | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF board member resigns in protest of Trump policies at agency
Alondra Nelson fingers DOGE in taking an unprecedented step
www.science.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
NSF board member resigns in protest of Trump policies at agency | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate
Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk
www.science.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted
“There will be less of everything - not just dolls or pencils, but access to education.” DING DING DING.
It turns out Universities are low key a disaster right now. Sure, they might invest some endowment - but you know what else is happening? State economies are also shrinking. Money from everywhere is shrinking. There will be less of everything - not just dolls or pencils, but access to education.
May 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“There will be less of everything - not just dolls or pencils, but access to education.” DING DING DING.
Reposted
Nothing says "trust the science" like letting the guy who hyped hydroxychloroquine run your pandemic playbook. 😠
US scientist who touted hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid named to pandemic prevention role
Steven J Hatfill, who promoted the drug despite scant evidence of efficacy, becomes special adviser at HHS
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Nothing says "trust the science" like letting the guy who hyped hydroxychloroquine run your pandemic playbook. 😠