Bill Cresko
@wcresko.bsky.social
Lorry Lokey Chair & Professor of Bioengineering, Knight Campus, University of Oregon. evolution | ecology | genetics | genomics | evodevo | systems biology | epigenetics | host-microbe. Educational empowerment & increasing opportunities for all in science.
“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone,” Dr. Kornbluth wrote.
Follow the lead the rest of you.
Follow the lead the rest of you.
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone,” Dr. Kornbluth wrote.
Follow the lead the rest of you.
Follow the lead the rest of you.
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Excellent piece from a former NIH colleague and #BethesdaDeclaration co-signer.
She highlights the ongoing censorship at NIH and calls for the following three actions:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
She highlights the ongoing censorship at NIH and calls for the following three actions:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘A whole body of health-equity research is being disappeared’ — why I resigned from the NIH
As federal support vanishes for research addressing the root causes of health disparities in the United States, we are left with a dangerous void and an urgent need to rethink science funding.
www.nature.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Excellent piece from a former NIH colleague and #BethesdaDeclaration co-signer.
She highlights the ongoing censorship at NIH and calls for the following three actions:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
She highlights the ongoing censorship at NIH and calls for the following three actions:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Mmm- I asked in my browser what one dollar of Apple stock purchased in 1999 would be worth today. The AI answer - “
If you had $1 in Apple stock bought in 1999, it would be worth approximately $1.04 trillion today based on the average annual growth rate of Apple's stock” real answer ~ $160
If you had $1 in Apple stock bought in 1999, it would be worth approximately $1.04 trillion today based on the average annual growth rate of Apple's stock” real answer ~ $160
August 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Mmm- I asked in my browser what one dollar of Apple stock purchased in 1999 would be worth today. The AI answer - “
If you had $1 in Apple stock bought in 1999, it would be worth approximately $1.04 trillion today based on the average annual growth rate of Apple's stock” real answer ~ $160
If you had $1 in Apple stock bought in 1999, it would be worth approximately $1.04 trillion today based on the average annual growth rate of Apple's stock” real answer ~ $160
Holy cow this was an amazing race at Hayward at @uoregon.bsky.social He started running 3 years ago — as a 7th grader - and now owns the U16 and U18 world records and I think the 18th fastest 800 of all time by anyone. He starts 12th grade in the Fall.
www.runnersworld.com/news/a655851...
www.runnersworld.com/news/a655851...
16-Year-Old Cooper Lutkenhaus Shocks the Nation and Qualifies for Worlds
The rising high school junior placed second in the 800-meter final with an unbelievable PR of TK seconds.
www.runnersworld.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Holy cow this was an amazing race at Hayward at @uoregon.bsky.social He started running 3 years ago — as a 7th grader - and now owns the U16 and U18 world records and I think the 18th fastest 800 of all time by anyone. He starts 12th grade in the Fall.
www.runnersworld.com/news/a655851...
www.runnersworld.com/news/a655851...
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Thanks everyone, it’s been fun being a scientist in the US. 👋
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End
America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.
www.theatlantic.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Thanks everyone, it’s been fun being a scientist in the US. 👋
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I always find survey results like this staggering (almost to the point of unbelievability).
The US was spending around 1% of its federal budget on foreign aid.
The average guess among 1,000+ surveyed Americans was 26%.
15% thought it was over half of the budget (?!)
www.kff.org/global-healt...
The US was spending around 1% of its federal budget on foreign aid.
The average guess among 1,000+ surveyed Americans was 26%.
15% thought it was over half of the budget (?!)
www.kff.org/global-healt...
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I always find survey results like this staggering (almost to the point of unbelievability).
The US was spending around 1% of its federal budget on foreign aid.
The average guess among 1,000+ surveyed Americans was 26%.
15% thought it was over half of the budget (?!)
www.kff.org/global-healt...
The US was spending around 1% of its federal budget on foreign aid.
The average guess among 1,000+ surveyed Americans was 26%.
15% thought it was over half of the budget (?!)
www.kff.org/global-healt...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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The "unitary executive theory" is a fancy name for a strategy used by authoritarians worldwide, rebranded for the US. It’s a legal blueprint for a power grab, and my new article explains how it turns the law itself into a tool for undermining democracy:
How to Dismantle a Democracy, Legally
The unitary executive theory is a masterclass in autocratic legalism.
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The "unitary executive theory" is a fancy name for a strategy used by authoritarians worldwide, rebranded for the US. It’s a legal blueprint for a power grab, and my new article explains how it turns the law itself into a tool for undermining democracy:
Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...
Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...
Reflecting on how lucky I am to have watched hands the best women’s 5k of ever yesterday. Beatrice Chebet breaks the world record and is the first woman under 14min. And Ngetich and Tsegay are right there with what would have been world records only recently. And Chebet’s beautiful and awesome kick.
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July 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reflecting on how lucky I am to have watched hands the best women’s 5k of ever yesterday. Beatrice Chebet breaks the world record and is the first woman under 14min. And Ngetich and Tsegay are right there with what would have been world records only recently. And Chebet’s beautiful and awesome kick.
50th anniversary Pre meet about to kick off. Awesome.
July 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
50th anniversary Pre meet about to kick off. Awesome.
So irresponsible and cruel. The bill in the Senate will take money and healthcare from poor and middle class Americans to pay for even more tax breaks to the rich and to pile more debt on our children (and us frankly). It’s important to provide a clear message about the truth of what is happening.
July 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
So irresponsible and cruel. The bill in the Senate will take money and healthcare from poor and middle class Americans to pay for even more tax breaks to the rich and to pile more debt on our children (and us frankly). It’s important to provide a clear message about the truth of what is happening.
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🧪 If you live in these States and care about biomedical research and the #NIH, please call your Senators:
Maine (Collins)
West Virginia (Capito)
Louisiana (Cassidy)
Alabama (Britt)
Pennsylvania (McCormick)
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
Maine (Collins)
West Virginia (Capito)
Louisiana (Cassidy)
Alabama (Britt)
Pennsylvania (McCormick)
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
Trump put the NIH on the chopping block. Now, it's up to five GOP Senators to save it. The future of U.S. science hangs in the balance. From Robert Kuttner:
https://trib.al/jmuCKZq
https://trib.al/jmuCKZq
Will the Senate Save NIH?
Rescuing biomedical research is every bit as important as saving Medicaid.
trib.al
June 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
🧪 If you live in these States and care about biomedical research and the #NIH, please call your Senators:
Maine (Collins)
West Virginia (Capito)
Louisiana (Cassidy)
Alabama (Britt)
Pennsylvania (McCormick)
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
Maine (Collins)
West Virginia (Capito)
Louisiana (Cassidy)
Alabama (Britt)
Pennsylvania (McCormick)
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
At the cabin for a little Solstice fix up work. And it’s snowing. Big, wet Summer Solstice flakes.
June 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
At the cabin for a little Solstice fix up work. And it’s snowing. Big, wet Summer Solstice flakes.
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Any leads would be appreciated 🙏
🤔 Query from Slack: Looking for 5' myl7/cmlc2 promoter vector and someone willing to share it? Preferably in the US 🐟🫀 #AskZebrafish
June 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Any leads would be appreciated 🙏
The perfect Father’s Day gift from my daughter- a tee shirt of the setting of the two suns of Tatooine. Nice.
June 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The perfect Father’s Day gift from my daughter- a tee shirt of the setting of the two suns of Tatooine. Nice.
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11,000,000+ at the No King Protests. We hit the 3.5% rule!!! The "3.5% rule" states that no government has been able to withstand a challenge from a nonviolent movement that mobilizes 3.5% of its population. Way to go United States!!! You understood the assignment!!! 🥳🥳🥳
June 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
11,000,000+ at the No King Protests. We hit the 3.5% rule!!! The "3.5% rule" states that no government has been able to withstand a challenge from a nonviolent movement that mobilizes 3.5% of its population. Way to go United States!!! You understood the assignment!!! 🥳🥳🥳
This is what democracy looks like. Thousands and thousands of us in downtown Eugene.
June 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is what democracy looks like. Thousands and thousands of us in downtown Eugene.
Full on circus now. I need some popcorn.
June 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Full on circus now. I need some popcorn.
Ah, Americans. We’re a classy bunch aren’t we.
June 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Ah, Americans. We’re a classy bunch aren’t we.
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Just published, expansion in situ genome sequencing, where you can sequence DNA while still inside the cell, mapping its organization relative to proteins and other markers, with the help of expansion microscopy! Led by @jbuenrostro.bksy.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Just published, expansion in situ genome sequencing, where you can sequence DNA while still inside the cell, mapping its organization relative to proteins and other markers, with the help of expansion microscopy! Led by @jbuenrostro.bksy.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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