Yesterday, I got an email from @DukeU with the eye-catching subject line: "Are you making an expensive mistake?". I opened the email, and it got worse.

RT @UIPostdoc: Me still waiting on an institutional response to the NIH reminding universities they can treat NRSA fellows like full employ…

RT @BC_ORP: We are thrilled to announce our new postdoc salary policy, effective 9/1. This increase will be phased in over the course of tw…

RT @CarolineJWSmith: Thrilled to share this work in @molpsychiatry! This project led us to some surprising places (…

RT @NC_Renic: Academic job advertisements: “Unsuccessful candidates for the position will be notified via the successful candidate posting…

RT @mariahhoye: A reminder that grants go to institutions. And no, NIH does not tell your institution it can’t tr…

@acara333 😂😂😂😂😂

RT @evanbordt: We are recruiting postdocs to work in our lab and the @ThakurelaLab @MassGeneralNews @harvardmed to lead projects related t…

RT @evanbordt: Highly recommend working with such an amazing scientist and caring mentor!

RT @NatMetabolism: 🥇 Best of #NatMetab2022 | ALTMETRICS #20 @staci_bilbo et al. (@DukeU) show that a maternal HFD leads to impaired seroto…

RT @dukeresearch: A mother’s high-fat diet may rewire male and female babies brains differently, research suggests

@kristina_sakers Thank you 🤗

RT @DukeBrain: Dietary fat in pregnant mice leads to more depressed ♂️ (but not ♀️) pups by triggering immune cells to overeat serotonin in…

@rkuruvi1 @staci_bilbo Thanks :)

RT @Charly_Guardia: 🚨🚨 Want to do a Ph.D. in our lab @NIEHS? Have you looked at the @UNCBBSP? The @UNC_CBP Cell Biology and Physiology prog…

RT @zhang_chuchu: We are paying $3400 for infant daycare at Harvard. In 2017 as a first year postdoc, this is higher than my post tax salar…

@MHendr1cks Cringe 😬 I haven't heard of this before but yikes

@drsusanna1 @TamaraGenes @labonnelab @kathleen_beeson @harvardmed Universities are taking advantage of this by claiming NIH says you can't be employees, when in reality you can be, NIH just doesn't require it

@drsusanna1 @TamaraGenes @labonnelab @kathleen_beeson @harvardmed From what I've been able to find there actually is NO non-employment requirement by NIH. I have been told NIH CAN'T say one way or the other, so the policy simply says that getting an F32 doesn't guarantee you employee status because NIH isn't able to say it does or doesn't.