Anita Devineni

Asst Prof at Emory丨neural circuits and behavior in flies丨(ultra)running and all things outdoors丨she/her
(No longer active here, find me on bluesky)

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

Periodic reminder that my lab @EmoryUniversity is looking for people! We're seeking postdocs (hi @neurophd_emory grads!) and will be hiring a new technician next year.

We use cutting-edge tools to study neural circuits and behavior in flies 🧠🪰🔬🧬

https://t.co/oQdGHD6TYL

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

@lab_oren I'm so sorry Oren. This is devastating. I hope you will rebuild. Please let those of us in the fly community know if we can do anything to help

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

BOA reps on X will only help ppl with X accounts and not any other means even though I DMed her email. My employee has already called BOA directly and gone there in person and they still won't let her access her own money. This has to be illegal - anyone know how we can escalate?

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

WTF @BankofAmerica closed my employee’s account without any notice and won’t let her access her own money and won’t provide help in person or over the phone other than saying they are “investigating”. This is her only account and she literally can’t pay bills or buy things!!

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

WTF @BankofAmerica closed my employee’s account without any notice and won’t let her access her own money and won’t provide help in person or over the phone other than saying they are “investigating”. This is her only account and she literally can’t pay bills or buy things!!

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

Many grants like this were just terminated. These are researchers actively developing cures that would likely save thousands of lives. Terminating the research makes absolutely no sense unless your goal is to have more people get sick and die.

[Michael Lin, MD PhD 🧬 @michaelzlin]

Our NIH grant to discover coronavirus antiviral meds was terminated today.

With this grant, we had developed a better SARSCoV2 inhibitor than Paxlovid, and we recently discovered an improved drug that looks better than Pfizer's own second-generation inhibitor.

[David Pfau @pfau]

From the other site. It's harder to see the impact here since so many scientists fled, but the NIH cuts are having a real impact. Whole labs are shutting down, careers are ending. Pediatric cancer research ffs.

[Jason Shepherd @JasonSynaptic]

This is insane and not how a normal government operates. The US is unraveling in front of our eyes.

[Jason Shepherd @JasonSynaptic]

An in depth expose of the attack on and illegal halting of @NIH funding! For so long there’s been bipartisan support for science and medicine. This is not the way to enact reform..and it is devastating science in the US, especially medical schools https://t.co/PmUOuL39bX

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

Source for $2.46 in economic returns (also has a link to the raw report) 👇
“When Congress invests in the [NIH], lives are saved, jobs are created and families and local economies across the country benefit”
https://t.co/rS5mfJUW09

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

I'm quoted in this article on how NIH is still blocked from funding new grants.
This sabotage makes no sense. Nearly every medicine or treatment you've ever received has roots in NIH-funded research, and every $1 of NIH spending generates $2.46 in returns.
https://t.co/rBygM2Mtdm

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

@Runninonemty059 Yes, as I have posted several times, the $2.46 number comes from an independent study described here (with link to the raw report) https://t.co/rS5mfJUW09

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

@SJacques83 I'm not an expert on the inner workings of the NIH, but I believe that NIH's operations get evaluated by external reviewers that give recommendations on potential improvements. I'm not sure what specific actions may have been advised or what their status is.

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

@SJacques83 My source for the ROI is the report described in this article (which includes a PDF to the report itself): https://t.co/rS5mfJUW09

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

@mentju4 Source for economic returns below. It's not "my math".
(Posting just for other ppl who might see this, as I will not engage in arguments with anyone who's misinformed enough to think that US scientists caused rather than saved us from the Covid pandemic.)
https://t.co/rS5mfJUW09

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

Those dollars go to regular people who work at universities, from grad students to custodial staff, and flow out to hundreds of companies that make products for research labs. Halting NIH funding means people lose their jobs, in addition to slowing down treatments for diseases.

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

NIH's ability to fund new grants is frozen indefinitely 👇
Sabotaging NIH funding makes no sense. Nearly every medicine or treatment you've ever received has roots in NIH-funded research, and every dollar of NIH spending generates $2.46 in returns.
https://t.co/9EfyxjB2Go

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

Source for economic returns 👇
From the report: “When Congress invests in the [NIH], lives are saved, jobs are created and families and local economies across the country benefit”
https://t.co/rS5mfJUW09

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

NIH's ability to fund new grants is frozen indefinitely 👇
Sabotaging NIH funding makes no sense. Nearly every medicine or treatment you've ever received has roots in NIH-funded research, and every dollar of NIH spending generates $2.46 in returns.
https://t.co/9EfyxjB2Go

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

@greenboat Every dollar spent on NIH funding brings $2.46 in economic returns. Cutting NIH funding makes no financial sense
https://t.co/rS5mfJUW09

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

Finally, someone is reporting on how funding of new NIH grants is effectively frozen due to an administrative block 👇
Grants already submitted cannot be reviewed, and grants already reviewed with excellent scores cannot be funded. This is the opposite of "efficiency".

[The Transmitter @_TheTransmitter]

A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.
By @avaskham
https://t.co/X77uE19e0J

[Anita Devineni @BrainsExplained]

@doctorBobG @tomashelikar Sorry to hear that :(