Javier Irazoqui
Professor of Microbiology @ UMass Chan Medical School | Host-Microbe Interactions | Bacteria | Immunology | Artificial Intelligence
- Trump tried to gut science-research funding. Courts and Congress have rebuffed him. - NBC News Includes @jeremymberg.bsky.social apple.news/A0YbiqBA0RYC...
- I loved my class with Jane!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Tenure Under Threat www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiA reminder that Liam Ramos, the son of legal residents in Minnesota, is still being held in a Texas prison. A five year old little boy - and America’s global reputation - now scarred for life. (📸 Ali Daniel’s/AP)
- U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
- Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95 - NPR apple.news/ATGxtuSGfSFG...
- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiTrump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers. Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social
- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiImportant story from Max Kozlov. Loss without replacement of council members is a serious concerns which could be a huge problem in the future, but this is uncertain.
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- Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research | Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- "With reduced follow-on engagement, AI tools seem to automate established fields rather than explore new ones, highlighting a tension between personal advancement and collective scientific progress." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- "...we have been very clear about the fact that we are prioritizing human-based models for biomedical research. ... well thought-out proposals that are fundamentally rooted in human biology will be more favorably scored and awarded than those that stick with historical methods..."
- How AI Is Exploding Our Illusions of Rigor (opinion) www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
- Researchers Just Discovered Something Extremely Unflattering About People Who Believe Conspiracy Theories - Futurism apple.news/AZwys4AocSmK...
- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiNEW article by me! We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before. We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.
- Reposted by Javier Irazoquigood stuff!
- Latest paper is now out and features on the cover of Science Advances 👉 tinyurl.com/vea5862x Very grateful Igor Bonacossa Pereira, Dat Le & Massimo Hilliard @hilliardlab.bsky.social for their creativity & passion. Read more about it 👉 tinyurl.com/56awjda5 & 👉 tinyurl.com/2vp8p8uk
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- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiDo you have exciting data to share but it wasn't in time for the #APS2026 abstract deadline (or you received a JIT and will have $$ to travel)? Late-breaking abstract submission is open through Feb 2. Accepted late-breaking abstracts will be scheduled for posters. See you in Minneapolis! #Gastrosky
- Why does Denmark recommend so few childhood vaccines? A Danish scientist explains | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiAn important write up from the NYT on the funding changes at the NIH. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- "Ignoring scientific misconduct invites public distrust"
- “If I’m not getting attacked…I would have felt I failed.” @charlespiller.bsky.social at #WCSJ25 on how his work exposing fraud in Alzheimer’s research was attacked and called misinformation and how he responded. “Ignoring scientific misconduct invites public distrust.”
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- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiCésar de la Fuente, en «De 0 a 100»: «Obtenemos potenciales antibióticos en horas, en vez de en años de trabajo» lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/especiales/…
- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiAI is transforming antibiotic discovery. My talk “AI for Antibiotic Discovery” is now live on The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection—sharing our lab’s latest work and what’s next at the AI–microbiology frontier. 🧬🤖 🎧 hstalks.com/t/10090/ai-f...
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- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiWell, this is an utter disaster for science. This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next. 🧪
- NSF plans to streamline merit review to heal self-inflicted staffing wound www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiA good time for a reminder that the BIO Directorate will hold a Virtual Office Hour on Thursday www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...
- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiMy top 10 books for 2025
- NIH Awarded 22% Fewer Grants In 2025, A 24% Drop In Cancer Research www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
- Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads - Forbes apple.news/A8XyfKpmwTgK...
- The AI skills gap is really a ‘critical thinking’ gap: The Fortune 500 fears it can’t find talent with enough sharp thinking - FORTUNE apple.news/A4vMP4IavSgm...
- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiWe are hiring a lab manager, for our research group, the Synthetic Neurobiology group (aka Boyden Lab) at MIT/HHMI (on the MIT campus, Cambridge, MA)! Please apply if you're qualified and interested, and spread the word! hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiI think some folks might be happy to see this. NIGMS MIRA R35 for EI/NI has been published. PAR-26-121 files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...
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- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiImportant Font News! drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/i...
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- For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year - The Wall Street Journal apple.news/AhgvQS0AFR3G...
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- Reposted by Javier Irazoqui#OpenCloning is a an Open Source alternative to SnapGene/Benchling that supports automation and integration with other software ✅ Free 🔓 Open Source 🧬 More cloning methods than SnapGene 🤖 Can be automated with python 👨🔬 Built by a researcher — for researchers! 👉 Check it out at opencloning.org
- MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce - CNBC apple.news/AXQrq34XsSaa...
- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiA great intro to academic conferencing. Not sure how I missed this one. scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-...
- In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/i...
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- NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
- ‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’ - The Atlantic apple.news/ASXIhp9hAS1C...
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- Reposted by Javier Irazoqui"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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- Common type of inflammatory bowel disease linked to toxic bacteria - New Scientist apple.news/Avb1HcLi1T1y...
- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiLots going on but don’t lose track of the Trump attacks on biomedical research and cancer cures. @jeremymberg.bsky.social posted a leaked #NIH memo today. I want to highlight a few scary parts. They’re about taking power from scientists and experts and giving it to the president’s hacks. 1/ 🧪
- Prozac ‘no better than placebo’ for treating children with depression, experts say - The Guardian apple.news/A0GQFav06RPG...
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- Reposted by Javier IrazoquiVery happy to see this piece out in @plosbiology.org, on the bacterial immune systems and microbial communities. It was a great team effort with Rafael Custodio, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social , @brownlab.bsky.social, and Edze Westra! 🦠🧫 #phagesky #mevosky journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
- Science Is Bottlenecked By Institutions, Not Talent - Forbes apple.news/A8_z6K9FSTFC...
- Concerns Escalate With the Fundamental Integrity of Scientific Peer-Reviewed Literature | OncLive www.onclive.com/view/concern...
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- 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Books
- Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Science and the new age of AI www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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