Rebecca Pompano
Assoc Professor @ University of Virginia. Microfluidics | Bioanalytical Chem | Ex vivo models of immunity | Organs-on-chip | Vaccines | DEI | www.pompanolab.com
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- Reposted by Rebecca PompanoThis is extremely bad: “expect placement by political appointees.” This is Lysenkoism, politics controlling science, and we know how it ends: with the death of science. “For successful science, reality must take precedence over politics, for Nature cannot be fooled.”
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- It seems that only the science community is noticing that NIH and NSF budgets are cut 40% and 55% in the budget bill, respectively. If you live in Maine, West Va, Pennsylvania, Alabama, or Louisiana, CALL YOUR SENATOR as they could make a difference. See below. prospect.org/politics/202...
- Reasons to rescue federal funding for biomedical research, articulated well here by people who care about both science and the economy: www.statnews.com/2025/06/27/b...
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- Reposted by Rebecca PompanoPlease join @kateycooper.bsky.social and @ascbiology.bsky.social for a webinar about LGBTQ+ experiences in biological sciences! June 18th, 2025 at 2pm EST. #pride #pridemonth #outinstem #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #queerinstem #cellbio #cellbiology #ascb
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- Reposted by Rebecca PompanoI do wish big-time media orgs would stop taking the bait of calling these cuts to "Brown" or "Harvard." These are cuts to alzheimers research, maternal health research, antiviral coronavirus innovations, not "insert school here." They are cuts to our medical future and scientific livelihood.
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- Reposted by Rebecca PompanoWe were just notified that our contract to UCSD and Scripps Research to support wastewater surveillance in San Diego (searchcovid.info) was terminated immediately for the same reasons 👇. That means no more genomic wastewater surveillance, and our proposed extensions to measles, Hep A, others, gone.
- Just as our new Public Health Lab - which was built on key lessons learned during COVID - was set to open, the necessary funding for its operation was just pulled by DOGE/HHS. That operation, critical to safety and public health in San Diego. Gone. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/04/04/s...
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- Congrats @jennhammel.bsky.social and Jenny Munson on this great work! This model of the human lymph node stroma under fluid flow is super interesting and will be useful to answer many future questions. Always a pleasure to collaborate with you. #immunoengineering #LymphNodes #3Dculture
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- Reposted by Rebecca PompanoTrump administration to cut vaccination funds. "The loss of U.S. support may mean 75 million children do not receive routine vaccinations in the next five years, with more than 1.2 million children dying as a result," reports @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
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- Reposted by Rebecca PompanoI don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
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- Reposted by Rebecca PompanoTrump officials are trying to sneak around federal judges’ orders. They could be held in civil contempt of court, which can include jail time and can’t be undone with a presidential pardon, according to @sbagen.bsky.social . My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Reposted by Rebecca PompanoYour weather app gets its info because of NOAA. Your mail arrives at your home because of USPS. Your plane navigates the skies because of the FAA. Your food is safer -- and we get alerts when it isn't -- because of USDA. You hear about earthquakes *worldwide* because of USGS.
- Bill introduced: "H.R.1497 - To replace the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases with 3 separate national research institutes." 😢
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- Reposted by Rebecca PompanoDEI initiatives remain lawful under federal law and Supreme Court precedent - see public memo nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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- Make some noise about this. Call your senators and house rep. And if you know anyone in media, let them know that NIH reviews are stopped again due to the federal register issue.
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- Reposted by Rebecca PompanoWelcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
- Wait, is the whole Gordon Research Conference #GRC for #SexDifferencesInImmunity just ... gone? Understanding the fundamentals of sex differences contributes to precision medicine. It helps everyone. Eliminating this meeting or targeting these scientists harms everyone.
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- Our new pub is out in #ACSPharmacolTranslScience! Recent PhD grad Katerina Morgaenko showed how ex vivo lymph node cultures can be used to study invasion of breast cancer cells into the lymph node in response to chemokine signaling. #Immunoengineering #LymphNodes pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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- Reposted by Rebecca PompanoA long post about what’s happening to the science funding agencies in the US and why. As mentioned, this one just kept getting longer even as I kept stripping curse words from it. www.science.org/content/blog...
