I am absolutely thrilled to share that my K99/R00 has officially been funded by NIGMS! 🥳 Huge thanks to @ali-shariati.bsky.social and my peers in the lab, all my incredible mentors, and the MCD and BME community at UCSC. So excited for this next chapter! 🧬✨
September 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I am absolutely thrilled to share that my K99/R00 has officially been funded by NIGMS! 🥳 Huge thanks to @ali-shariati.bsky.social and my peers in the lab, all my incredible mentors, and the MCD and BME community at UCSC. So excited for this next chapter! 🧬✨
Join us for “SOS for Health” an upcoming NIH Vigil with guest speaker @jeremymberg.bsky.social Jeremy Berg, former NIGMS Institute Director at NIH
Saturday, September 26th, 10am
Medical Center Metro (NIH Visitor Entrance), Bethesda, Maryland
Saturday, September 26th, 10am
Medical Center Metro (NIH Visitor Entrance), Bethesda, Maryland
September 19, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Join us for “SOS for Health” an upcoming NIH Vigil with guest speaker @jeremymberg.bsky.social Jeremy Berg, former NIGMS Institute Director at NIH
Saturday, September 26th, 10am
Medical Center Metro (NIH Visitor Entrance), Bethesda, Maryland
Saturday, September 26th, 10am
Medical Center Metro (NIH Visitor Entrance), Bethesda, Maryland
Proposal submitted (DMS/NIGMS). Will it even get to the review stage? No one knows. But we have to keep submitting.
September 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Proposal submitted (DMS/NIGMS). Will it even get to the review stage? No one knows. But we have to keep submitting.
Jeremy Berg Former head of NIGMS at the US NIH
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
New lawsuit challenging NIH actions around "DEI" on Constitutional grounds.
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@jeremymberg.bsky.social
New lawsuit challenging NIH actions around "DEI" on Constitutional grounds.
protectdemocracy.org/work/researc...
Researchers challenge NIH screening of grants for disfavored viewpoints - Protect Democracy
Today, researchers filed a class action lawsuit challenging the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) policy of blocking grants in order to censor views it disagrees with, on everything from DEI to ge...
protectdemocracy.org
September 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Jeremy Berg Former head of NIGMS at the US NIH
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
New lawsuit challenging NIH actions around "DEI" on Constitutional grounds.
protectdemocracy.org/work/researc...
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
New lawsuit challenging NIH actions around "DEI" on Constitutional grounds.
protectdemocracy.org/work/researc...
Everyone I ever personally worked with at NIGMS and NCI bent over backwards to maintain confidentiality of funding opportunities under development. Nobody should know until everybody knows.
September 17, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Everyone I ever personally worked with at NIGMS and NCI bent over backwards to maintain confidentiality of funding opportunities under development. Nobody should know until everybody knows.
NIGMS MIRA is officially here! This was one of the longest waits ever, but I'll take it. Also, we have openings for a couple of postdoc positions in cell biology/biochemistry. Details to follow soon.
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September 10, 2026 at 6:09 PM
NIGMS MIRA is officially here! This was one of the longest waits ever, but I'll take it. Also, we have openings for a couple of postdoc positions in cell biology/biochemistry. Details to follow soon.
This work is a culmination of years of monumental efforts from @pennstatechemistry.bsky.social PhD student Samuel Perreault & another successful collaboration w/@professorantony.bsky.social lab. Thank you to NIGMS for support.
September 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This work is a culmination of years of monumental efforts from @pennstatechemistry.bsky.social PhD student Samuel Perreault & another successful collaboration w/@professorantony.bsky.social lab. Thank you to NIGMS for support.
Huge congrats to @the-te-guy.bsky.social & #EyaelTewelde, who led the work, and to our collaborators.
We are also grateful for funding from #NIGMS and from a #pilot from the USC/Buck Nathan Shock Center.
@uscleonarddavis.bsky.social 7/7
We are also grateful for funding from #NIGMS and from a #pilot from the USC/Buck Nathan Shock Center.
@uscleonarddavis.bsky.social 7/7
September 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Huge congrats to @the-te-guy.bsky.social & #EyaelTewelde, who led the work, and to our collaborators.
We are also grateful for funding from #NIGMS and from a #pilot from the USC/Buck Nathan Shock Center.
@uscleonarddavis.bsky.social 7/7
We are also grateful for funding from #NIGMS and from a #pilot from the USC/Buck Nathan Shock Center.
@uscleonarddavis.bsky.social 7/7
Thank you, Dr. Berg!
-a past NIGMS STTR Recipient
-a past NIGMS STTR Recipient
September 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Thank you, Dr. Berg!
-a past NIGMS STTR Recipient
-a past NIGMS STTR Recipient
#ProudPI
@devinseka.bsky.social has been an amazing first member of the Gupta lab and has moved projects forward better than I imagined.
A well-deserved milestone. 👏 👏 Congratulations, Devin! 🎉🎉
Thank you NIH/NIGMS and OHSU @ohsunews.bsky.social!
@devinseka.bsky.social has been an amazing first member of the Gupta lab and has moved projects forward better than I imagined.
A well-deserved milestone. 👏 👏 Congratulations, Devin! 🎉🎉
Thank you NIH/NIGMS and OHSU @ohsunews.bsky.social!
Excited to share that I've been awarded the NIH F32 for my research in the Gupta Lab at OHSU! 🎉
Peroxisomes help the cell by detoxifying stressful chemicals and I want to know how they are built.
Huge thanks to my PI @meghnag27.bsky.social, and @nkhandelwal.bsky.social for all the support.
Peroxisomes help the cell by detoxifying stressful chemicals and I want to know how they are built.
Huge thanks to my PI @meghnag27.bsky.social, and @nkhandelwal.bsky.social for all the support.
September 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
#ProudPI
@devinseka.bsky.social has been an amazing first member of the Gupta lab and has moved projects forward better than I imagined.
A well-deserved milestone. 👏 👏 Congratulations, Devin! 🎉🎉
Thank you NIH/NIGMS and OHSU @ohsunews.bsky.social!
@devinseka.bsky.social has been an amazing first member of the Gupta lab and has moved projects forward better than I imagined.
A well-deserved milestone. 👏 👏 Congratulations, Devin! 🎉🎉
Thank you NIH/NIGMS and OHSU @ohsunews.bsky.social!
Grateful for support from The National Institutes of Health (NIGMS) and for all of the work that NIH staff are doing to make sure US science continues to be strong and supported.
September 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Grateful for support from The National Institutes of Health (NIGMS) and for all of the work that NIH staff are doing to make sure US science continues to be strong and supported.
anecdotal data here is similar, at least for NIGMS
September 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
anecdotal data here is similar, at least for NIGMS
Celebrating Departmental student funding success! Nichols lab grad student Maggie Keating received an F31 award from #NICHD and student Abi Mumme-Monheit received an F99 from #NIGMS. @fantauzzolab.bsky.social grad students Cassie Minne and Gabi Padilla received F31 awards from @nidcr.bsky.social 🎉
September 1, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Celebrating Departmental student funding success! Nichols lab grad student Maggie Keating received an F31 award from #NICHD and student Abi Mumme-Monheit received an F99 from #NIGMS. @fantauzzolab.bsky.social grad students Cassie Minne and Gabi Padilla received F31 awards from @nidcr.bsky.social 🎉
What a nice way to start the day...Thrilled to share that our lab has received an NIH/NIGMS R35 MIRA! 🎉
Five years of support to investigate the mechanisms and evolution of vertebrate regeneration across species. Very excited for the science ahead, and grateful to everyone who helped us get here.
Five years of support to investigate the mechanisms and evolution of vertebrate regeneration across species. Very excited for the science ahead, and grateful to everyone who helped us get here.
September 1, 2026 at 1:29 PM
What a nice way to start the day...Thrilled to share that our lab has received an NIH/NIGMS R35 MIRA! 🎉
Five years of support to investigate the mechanisms and evolution of vertebrate regeneration across species. Very excited for the science ahead, and grateful to everyone who helped us get here.
Five years of support to investigate the mechanisms and evolution of vertebrate regeneration across species. Very excited for the science ahead, and grateful to everyone who helped us get here.
I'm happy to share that my lab has received an NIH/NIGMS R35 MIRA! This grant will support our long-term work on engineering proteins and protein-based materials to understand and control cell signaling during healing. 🎉 Grateful to lab members and mentors past and present 💝
August 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I'm happy to share that my lab has received an NIH/NIGMS R35 MIRA! This grant will support our long-term work on engineering proteins and protein-based materials to understand and control cell signaling during healing. 🎉 Grateful to lab members and mentors past and present 💝
This is reassuring to hear!! I've been wondering how NIGMS considers accountability when weighing whether to renew or just submit a new grant (and trying not feeling shame that I completed like 1.25 of the aims during the time of the grant 😅)
August 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is reassuring to hear!! I've been wondering how NIGMS considers accountability when weighing whether to renew or just submit a new grant (and trying not feeling shame that I completed like 1.25 of the aims during the time of the grant 😅)
Things change every day, and we follow the science. At least in the olden days (2 years ago), NIGMS was happy if you did something cool, and your Aims from the last grant were irrelevant. 1/n
August 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Things change every day, and we follow the science. At least in the olden days (2 years ago), NIGMS was happy if you did something cool, and your Aims from the last grant were irrelevant. 1/n
Dr. Zhiyong Liu is exploring how cells regulate their cleanup systems.
Funded by an R35 award from NIGMS, his research is uncovering a link between calcium signaling and Rab GTPases, which help direct cellular recycling.
Read more: www.uab.edu/medicine/new...
Funded by an R35 award from NIGMS, his research is uncovering a link between calcium signaling and Rab GTPases, which help direct cellular recycling.
Read more: www.uab.edu/medicine/new...
August 26, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Dr. Zhiyong Liu is exploring how cells regulate their cleanup systems.
Funded by an R35 award from NIGMS, his research is uncovering a link between calcium signaling and Rab GTPases, which help direct cellular recycling.
Read more: www.uab.edu/medicine/new...
Funded by an R35 award from NIGMS, his research is uncovering a link between calcium signaling and Rab GTPases, which help direct cellular recycling.
Read more: www.uab.edu/medicine/new...
June’s News From the Hill covers the House’s FY 2027 funding proposals, including a $100 million increase for NIH and additional funding for NIGMS and NCATS.
Read the full update: https://www.actscience.org/Publications/Advocacy/Advocacy-Article/news-from-the-hill-june-26-2026
Read the full update: https://www.actscience.org/Publications/Advocacy/Advocacy-Article/news-from-the-hill-june-26-2026
August 25, 2026 at 6:14 PM
June’s News From the Hill covers the House’s FY 2027 funding proposals, including a $100 million increase for NIH and additional funding for NIGMS and NCATS.
Read the full update: https://www.actscience.org/Publications/Advocacy/Advocacy-Article/news-from-the-hill-june-26-2026
Read the full update: https://www.actscience.org/Publications/Advocacy/Advocacy-Article/news-from-the-hill-june-26-2026
R01s were relatively normal for funding rate while application numbers dropping at NIGMS over time. They then cratered 2024/2025
August 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
R01s were relatively normal for funding rate while application numbers dropping at NIGMS over time. They then cratered 2024/2025
Note that I’m talking NIGMS for these numbers specifically
August 23, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Note that I’m talking NIGMS for these numbers specifically
👇about Jon Lorsch, ex JHMI biophysics professor., NIGMS director, and current NIG Deputy director- a downward spiral !
A long 🧵 about my former Hopkins colleague...
Jon Lorsch is the NIH's Deputy Director for Extramural Research (DDER). He is the individual most responsible for overseeing the NIH grants program.
He was formerly the Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
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Jon Lorsch is the NIH's Deputy Director for Extramural Research (DDER). He is the individual most responsible for overseeing the NIH grants program.
He was formerly the Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
1/21
August 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
👇about Jon Lorsch, ex JHMI biophysics professor., NIGMS director, and current NIG Deputy director- a downward spiral !
But mostly I think he is ambitious and wants ideas he favors implemented including many that he tried to push through as NIGMS Director through persuasion but was unable to do so (such as NIH-wide MIRAs (R35s).
I have lost essentially all of the considerable respect I once had for him.
4/4
I have lost essentially all of the considerable respect I once had for him.
4/4
August 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM
But mostly I think he is ambitious and wants ideas he favors implemented including many that he tried to push through as NIGMS Director through persuasion but was unable to do so (such as NIH-wide MIRAs (R35s).
I have lost essentially all of the considerable respect I once had for him.
4/4
I have lost essentially all of the considerable respect I once had for him.
4/4
I thought about this, but I am actually being kind.
Jon was one of the leading proponents of programs to increase representation in the biomedical workforce when he was NIGMS Director but folded like a cheap umbrella early on.
1/4
Jon was one of the leading proponents of programs to increase representation in the biomedical workforce when he was NIGMS Director but folded like a cheap umbrella early on.
1/4
August 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I thought about this, but I am actually being kind.
Jon was one of the leading proponents of programs to increase representation in the biomedical workforce when he was NIGMS Director but folded like a cheap umbrella early on.
1/4
Jon was one of the leading proponents of programs to increase representation in the biomedical workforce when he was NIGMS Director but folded like a cheap umbrella early on.
1/4
Upcoming webinar for NIGMS R25 and K12 programs, Sept 16th, 1-3pm ET. Great opportunity to learn about the priorities for NIGMS through the parent R25 Research education & K12 Institutional Career Development NOFOs. 🧪
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-GM-26-017: Notice of Informational Webinar: Overview of NIGMS Training, Research Education and Career Development Programs
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Informational Webinar: Overview of NIGMS Training, Research Education and Career Development Programs NOT-GM-...
grants.nih.gov
August 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Upcoming webinar for NIGMS R25 and K12 programs, Sept 16th, 1-3pm ET. Great opportunity to learn about the priorities for NIGMS through the parent R25 Research education & K12 Institutional Career Development NOFOs. 🧪
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...