Kevin Lee
NYC Neuroscientist, biomedical research grant-making, philanthropy, running, beekeeping (all posts my own) IG:@therealkevinjlee
- Reposted by Kevin LeeNurses show up in our darkest moments. 9/11. The pandemic. Every illness and emergency. Their worth is not negotiable. Fair pay, safe conditions, dignity now. NYC stands with nurses and demands good faith bargaining for justice and care for all.
- sad but true
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- "I was part of a system trying to make people’s lives better. To me, that was a good reason to get up in the morning."
- The twelfth installment in the @nytimes.com Lost Science series is up: an entomologist who helped protect people from malaria. Story by @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/4pBdYbk
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- Announcing UHF's Health Equity Fellowship program, empowering clinicians with space and time and training, in partnership with community organizations, to advance equity in health care! Please Share!
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- Powerful essay. Read and share widely. I Understand MAHA’s Appeal, but It Threatens My Life www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
- Reposted by Kevin LeeWe have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January: unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
- Reposted by Kevin LeeWhat does mating look like when you only have a single shot at getting it right? Very excited to share our work on an almost-invisible female control, rapidly evolving mating recognition systems, and species that break the rules and take over the world. IN MOSQUITOES>
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- The next best thing to bring there is this 🧵!
- Important lesson here 👇
- Who burgled the Louvre? Right answers only.
- Great article! Inspiring.
- Such a powerful article. Bravo @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...
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- Reposted by Kevin LeeMy last grant was an R25 focused on introducing undergraduates to aging research to motivate them to address these gaps, be it in research or clinical careers. It was terminated b/c “DEI is bad.”
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- Reposted by Kevin Lee📣 New preprint from the SCIMaP team! Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8 osf.io/preprints/ps...
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- Reposted by Kevin LeeMy new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Something on my mind a lot these days
- Defending US democracy: the role of scientists @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Kevin LeeOver 20 years after Julius’s lab and mine cloned TRPM8, it is rewarding to see this science helping patients. The TRPM8 agonist Tryptyr treats dry eye by increasing tear production. A reminder that NIH-funded curiosity-driven research translates to medicines. tryptyr.myalcon.com?gad_source=1...
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- Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n... via @statnews.com
- Reposted by Kevin Lee🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost! Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%). "Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov. ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.
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- The erosion of expertise and integrity www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
- I’m thrilled to share this story that “we” just published! The STING pathway drives noninflammatory neurodegeneration in NGLY1 deficiency url: rupress.org/jem/article/...
- Reposted by Kevin LeeBREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
- The Things We Will Never Know (if proposed science funding cuts are enacted)
- A focus on the futures we will lose if the WH continues to dismantle research across agencies spanning the EPA, DHS, NIH, NSF, USAID, and DoD (via NASA Watch). When: Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET Where: Rayburn Foyer, Rayburn House Office Building nasawatch.com/congress/con...
- An insightful neuroscience framework to make sense of what we are feeling.
- Open Science - still much more to do, but it's important to reflect on what amazing progress has been made #preprints #openscience
- Hard to remember that just 12 years ago there was no @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social and almost no one in the biology community preprinted their work. What a long way we’ve come. @reinierprosee.bsky.social and I wrote a thing about how @biologists.bsky.social embraced the preprint world
- Reposted by Kevin LeeIn this essay in Hopkins Magazine, I talk about how NIH budget cuts will delay or stop the translation of basic science to the clinic and impact kids with intellectual disability, autism, and epilepsy. hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...
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- Love to see this! Fascinating work.
- 🚨Our new paper is out!🚨 We uncover a protective mechanism of the rare APOE3 Christchurch (R136S) mutation against tauopathy—by suppressing microglial cGAS–STING–interferon (IFN) pathway, a key inflammatory axis triggered by tau. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Congratulations Sarah Naguib @liganlab.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social
- Maybe a bad time to watch this spectacular and prescient film 🎥 #fluoridation
- Reposted by Kevin LeeI spoke with Jade Hindmon, host of @kpbssandiego.bsky.social Midday Edition, about the consequences of the current administration’s cuts to science funding. Please share to help spread the word and raise awareness. www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...
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