Wenjun Xie
wenjunxienzyme.bsky.social
Wenjun Xie
@wenjunxienzyme.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University of Florida. Enzyme Catalysis, Engineering. AI and Computational Chemistry.
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The NIH can’t award ANY grants to outside researchers under new WH restriction, reports @wsj.com.

The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.

Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Our research and recent publication on evolutionary catalysis have been featured by UF News. Since my postdoctoral training five years ago, I’ve been advancing enzymology by exploring the language of naturally evolved enzyme sequences.

news.ufl.edu/2025/03/ai-t...
Using generative AI to engineer enzymes, UF researchers help transform biotechnology
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news.ufl.edu
April 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM