jp flores (he/him)
🐏 phd candidate in bioinformatics & computational biology @ unc chapel hill | hhmi gilliam '24 | nsf grfp ‘22 | co-founder, @sciforgood.bsky.social & @scopecomms.bsky.social | 🐅 occidental college ‘21 |🎙host, from where does it stem?
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- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)Current situation at Harvard Medical School for NIH grants view.u.hms.harvard.edu?qs=3ed8c01b9...
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- New rule: for every Bluesky / Instagram follower you have, try to reach that many people in your community Bonus: your community ~ & beyond ~ (Also, do so without being a bully / mean lol)
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- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
- Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...
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- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)Hate this a lot. Value human creators, writers, artists, narrators, editors -- everyone in the chain of making a book and putting it out into the world should be a human being. Humans make art for humans. P.S. fuck AI -- eat shit, artbarf robots www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)The Trump administration is dismantling American science on multiple fronts. One of those fronts I’m deeply concerned about is the attacks on the Federal science advice. But this is an area where the scientific community can do something about it. 🧵 secure.ucs.org/a/2025-05-22...
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- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone. So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment. It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/ expertvoicestogether.org
- I spoke with Science about scholars—myself included—self-censoring. In my case, my team and I feared losing our NSF funding for Expert Voices Together (expertvoicestogether.org), a program, ironically, built to support researchers and journalists under attack. www.science.org/content/arti...
- Had the pleasure of interviewing @alondra.bsky.social on my podcast, and my heart hurts for the country. Thank you so much for your service, and everything you’ve done and continue to do!
- "For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
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- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)RFK Jr has already shown that he considers autistic Americans to be much less worthy of existence. Now he is planning a big database of autistic individuals in the US, never mind that this is a gross violation of privacy laws. Recall that a similar effort was carried out in 1930’s Germany.
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- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
- Just want to quickly shoutout @samschuelstein.bsky.social on conceptualizing this and really centering communities and evaluation of impact! Huge shoutouts to Alison & @emmalovesscience.bsky.social Stay tuned for more from @sciforgood.bsky.social... very soon... hehehe 😏
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- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall. If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines. www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u... 🧵👇
- the slow reimbursement culture of academia has got me spiraling and struggling to the point of bad things happening, and i just never want my kids, someone else's kid, or my grad students (if i ever become a PI) to have to pay out of pocket for anything ever. im so tired.
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)GRFP awardees and PI's: your institutional point of contact may not yet realize the NSF freeze on new increments for existing awards will affect GRFPs in the Fall. As far as I can tell, there's usually a late July or early August notice of award for the increment with a Sept. 1 start date. (1/3)
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)Check out our latest work on the evolution of animal genome regulation out today in @nature.com. Nicely summarized below by @ianakim.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41... This is a major output from our ERC-StG project Evocellmap @erc.europa.eu at @crg.eu
- I’m very excited to share our work on the early evolution of animal regulatory genome architecture - the main project of my postdoc, carried out across two wonderful and inspirational labs of @arnausebe.bsky.social and @mamartirenom.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)And just like that, overnight our lab loses two 5-year R01s (both of which just started) because of the new NIH rules about foreign co-PIs. This is so painful.
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond. Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- mentors told me to find something fun to do to get my mind off of science & the news so you can find me here once a week 😂
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- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)The new NIH director said grants “canceled because they’re DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion]-based science … [which does] not actually have anything to do with promoting the health of the American people” www.science.org/content/arti... So let’s take a quick look at some of his past papers… 🧵
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- My jaw just dropped
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- Visited the Hill last week to advocate for science & education! Met with teams for Sens. Paul, McConnell, Budd & Reps. Massie, Foushee to push for $9.9B for NSF in FY26. Shared my journey, NSF’s impact, and of course, @sciforgood.bsky.social @aibsbiology.bsky.social #AIBSCVD2025
- Day 1 of Congressional Visit Days was fun, and to end my day, Francis invited me to a dinner! Was excited to share what @sciforgood.bsky.social is up to with so many amazing people 🤩 (Sudip, AAAS CEO; Joni, NCATS Director, Richard, Act4NIH President; Josh, All of Us CEO and more not pictured!)
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)POTUS released a skinny FY 2026 budget, proposing to drastically cut funding for federal R&D across several agencies. AAAS urges Congress to reject the budget and to reaffirm their long-standing bipartisan support for S&T investments. Read the full statement: www.aaas.org/news/preside...
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- At AAAS conf this year, @emmalovesscience.bsky.social and I were organizing for Stand Up For Science when we ran into old + new friends in sci policy. They added us to a Slack with a few campus groups—now it’s 15+ strong and a hub for collaboration. Here’s our 1st project! The next gen is ready.
- The McClintock Letters is an op-ed writing project started by grad students from ~20 institutions, in collab with @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social 📝 We’re aiming to publish these on Dr. Barbara McClintock’s birthday: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters @sciforgood.bsky.social
- The McClintock Letters is an op-ed writing project started by grad students from ~20 institutions, in collab with @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social 📝 We’re aiming to publish these on Dr. Barbara McClintock’s birthday: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters @sciforgood.bsky.social
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- I got the NSF GRFP notification at 2am. I remember crying because it was the first hint that I might actually belong in science. That fellowship carried me through grad school and made my NIH policy internship possible. I wouldn’t be here without it. #WithoutNSF
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- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- I LOVE U @hhmi.org
- y do i have to spend time asking if someone is doing something for the right reasons lol These times are too worrisome for people doing things for themselves and not a movement / cause 🥲 ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)"I would not have dared to dream that metastatic melanoma would become a treatable disease in my lifetime. Yet here we are today, with 43% of people diagnosed with metastatic melanoma living 10 years or more, due to treatments that we broadly refer to as cancer immunotherapy." Barry P. Sleckman, UAB
- The Senate Committee on Appropriations is holding a hearing on Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation on April 30 at 10:30am ET, chaired by Senator Susan Collins 🧪 www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/bio...
- Serendipitously met some of the personnel speaking at this hearing this morning! Watch LIVE: www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/bio...
- Great meetings with Senator Rand Paul’s and Senator Ted Budd’s teams! Senator Mitch McConnell, Representative Valerie Foushee & Representative Thomas Massie next! NC-KY team doing well over here! @aibsbiology.bsky.social
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- Pumped to be presenting on the Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists at one of my fave conferences! Representation Matters!
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- Day 1 of Congressional Visit Days was fun, and to end my day, Francis invited me to a dinner! Was excited to share what @sciforgood.bsky.social is up to with so many amazing people 🤩 (Sudip, AAAS CEO; Joni, NCATS Director, Richard, Act4NIH President; Josh, All of Us CEO and more not pictured!)
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)I and my colleagues, @carpenterlab.bsky.social and Carol Greider, wrote an op-ed for our local media site, @lookoutsantacruz.bsky.social, about the recent cancellations of NIH funded training programs meant to broaden participation in science at UCSC: lookout.co/trumps-escal...
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)Here is a link to 60 Minutes NIH segment... www.cbsnews.com/news/scienti...
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)TV watching recommendations The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration. 1/2
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- Just landed in Washington DC for Congressional Visit Days! Excited to be on the Hill this week. If you had a chance to speak to your Representatives, what story would you tell and/or what would you want them to know? 🤔💭 @sciforgood.bsky.social
- Reposted by jp flores (he/him)On June 16, make an impact by writing an op-ed for your hometown paper sharing your personal scientific journey, and the meaning of your work. Reaching a diverse readerhsip is how we gain support! #SciComm @sciforgood.bsky.social @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social Sign up: tinyurl.com/McClintockLe...
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