Mark Peifer
@peiferlabunc
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Cell adhesion, cytoskeletal regulation, Wnt signaling & wherever science leads us+my own idiosyncratic views+lots of wildflowers. peiferlabunc at other places
UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC
Joined May 2017
RT @xinlee0: Our paper finally got published @NatureComms It was an interesting and fascinating journey with @Rob….
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RT @peiferlabunc: If you, like me, are confused about the relationship of the "Big Beautiful Bill" to the 2025-2026 Federal budget and its….
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If you, like me, are confused about the relationship of the "Big Beautiful Bill" to the 2025-2026 Federal budget and its relevance to science funding and other issues, here is a GREAT explainer from my friend Kevin Wilson @ASCBiology.
The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress.
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Call @SenThomTillis today--thank him for voting agains the disastrous cuts to Medicaid in the Big Bill and urge him to rally some colleagues to oppose final passage. (202) 224-6342.
A big thanks to @SenThomTillis for being the first signature on this bipartisan letter urging the Senate to maintain a strong commitment to funding for @NIH in the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education FY 2026 Appropriations bill.
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RT @abreezeclayton: NO SURPRISE HERE — PHIL BERGER IS THE REASON WHY MEDICAID EXPANSION TOOK 10 FUCKING YEARS TO PASS IN NORTH CAROLINA!. B….
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RT @keeper_orchard: A Sabbath Poem by Wendell Berry.—This one goes out to everybody who fought for our public lands and let their voices be….
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It also has devastating cuts to virtually everything I want my taxes to support: science, a safety net, conservation, etc. Call your Senator today--30 seconds will work. Tell them to vote NO on this bill. Tillis is at: (202) 224-6342 3/n.
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One can view his second point two ways: In reality I agree we that "Trillion-dollar partisan spending packages subsidize wasteful initiatives". The Big Bill is partisan--solely Republican supported- and has huge amounts of wasteful spending on ICE and other pet projects 2/n.
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Here is yesterday's response from my Senator, @SenThomTillis Once again he seems to be trying to straddle two sides of the science funding issue, as he knows its key to the NC economy but also needs to seem to toe the Trump line 1/n
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RT @dailytarheel: UNC alumnus Mark Hortman was killed along with his wife, Melissa, who was serving her 11th term as speaker of the Minneso….
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RT @NWSRaleigh: Did the hourly temperatures this morning at RDU seem extreme to you? They were. This chart shows the all-time highest HOURL….
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RT @NWSRaleigh: With a high of 100°F, Raleigh-Durham Airport broke the daily record high temperature for today, June 24. The previous recor….
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A big thanks to NC @ValerieFoushee for signing this bipartisan letter urging the House to maintain a strong commitment to funding for NIH in the 2026 Appropriations bill. Is your Representative here?.
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A big thanks to @SenThomTillis for being the first signature on this bipartisan letter urging the Senate to maintain a strong commitment to funding for @NIH in the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education FY 2026 Appropriations bill.
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Get out in the streets--stand up for democracy and our constitution!
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I encourage you to read it and consider joining me and the >23,000 people who have signed STAND UP FOR SCIENCE's open letter supporting our NIH colleagues 2/2.
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The new leadership of @NIH is dismantling long standing biomedical science programs & putting in their place scientifically questionable ideas. A courageous group of current NIH employees pushed back, publishing “The Bethesda Declaration” 1/2.
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RT @FoxLabDuke: Thanks to @unccharlotte for putting on a great genome integrity symposium yesterday. And congrats to the lab's Erin Dickert….
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TACO @realDonaldTrump is destroying our economy and Congress is with him--listen to @elonmusk.
The Big Ugly Bill will INCREASE the deficit to $2.5 trillion!.
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RT @Co_Biologists: We are gathering feedback from our readers, authors and reviewers, to help us shape the next 100 years and to keep offer….
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