Category Archives: NIH

Going Manhattan Project on Long COVID’s Ass

Posted on April 20, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Some asshole with a blog vaguely remembers using the phrase “Going Manhattan Project on [X]’s ass”, by which said asshole meant that there are certain kinds of science and research objective that need far more top down direction from NIH … Continue reading →

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NIH Funding, Collaborative Mechanisms, and (Politically) Risky Research*

Posted on February 1, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Oh my? With the bugshitcrazytarian wing of the Republican Party gearing up for hearings on how Hunter Biden used the COVID vaccines to convert M&Ms to lesbianism COVID-19, including ‘exploring’ the hypothesis of a lab leak, we’re going to see … Continue reading →

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A Quick Thought about NIH Collaborative Mechanisms

Posted on April 11, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

A couple weeks ago, Vanity Fair had an article about the path by which Peter Daszak wound up with the NIH funding to sponsor viral research here and in China–which has been seized on by both the lab-leak hypothesis advocates, … Continue reading →

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Once Again, The Trump Administration Takes The Ax To Science Funding

Posted on March 12, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s a day that ends with “-y”, so you know the Trump Administration will propose something horrible. Today, it’s massive cuts in the discretionary budget–which includes science (boldface mine): The deficit would also persist despite the administration’s plans for steep … Continue reading →

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A Challenge To NIH Over Sexual Harassment

Posted on August 15, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Unfortunately, after years of ‘creating awareness’ and what not, it’s pretty clear that university administrators, when faced with sexual assault or sexual harassment, will respond to only one thing: money. It has to be more costly for them to ignore … Continue reading →

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Getting Graduate Student Labor Right And Overheads Wrong

Posted on December 1, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

There’s a very good op-ed about why universities charge tuition to Ph.D. students at all (boldface mine): It’s not the norm for PhD students to pay any tuition. Where I’m in graduate school, at Yale, the billing and payment for … Continue reading →

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We Dodged A Bullet With Former HHS Secretary Price

Posted on October 23, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Admittedly, it’s not Tom Price, but his wife and Georgia lawmaker Betty Price (boldface mine): State Rep. Betty Price, a Republican from Roswell, suggested quarantining people living with HIV during a House study committee meeting addressing the barriers HIV-positive people … Continue reading →

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How To Demoralize The Federal Workforce: The Charter Flight Edition

Posted on September 24, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

When Republicans haven’t spent the last week trying to kill thousands of their (supposedly) fellow Americans, HHS Secretary (and former Republican congressman) Tom Price has been defending himself from reports that he chartered over a dozen private–and expensive as hell–flights … Continue reading →

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Sort Of Good News For NIH

Posted on July 16, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

So the Republican-controlled House is pretty much telling Il Trumpe et alia they’re not happy with his proposed NIH budget (boldface mine): In a bill released this week, lawmakers in the US House of Representatives are seeking a 3 percent … Continue reading →

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The Trump Administration Has A Very Unserious NIH Budget Proposal

Posted on May 18, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Former ScienceBlogling and now International Man of Scientific Mystery Ed Yong reports (boldface mine): The bulked-up version of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2018, which will be released next week, may not allay those fears. According to two sources … Continue reading →

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