"UCLA scientists, medical professors and graduate students are accustomed to presenting their research - into cancer, stroke, brain injury, nerve regeneration - at conferences of their peers with the aid of high-tech audio and visual equipment. But in back-to-back events in Westwood Village and on a campus courtyard this week, they tapped into their high school memories, erecting hand-made posters on easels and bringing in props from their labs - including a human brain - to simply explain their complex work."
"Welcome to the "Science Fair for Suspended Research," perhaps an understatement of what's at stake. UC President James B. Milliken said last week that the University of California is facing "one of the gravest threats in UC's 157-year history" after the Trump administration cut off grants before demanding a $1.2-billion fine as punishment for UCLA's alleged antisemitism."
"Standing near their displays, these high-level researchers said they are nervous about the future of their life's work. The Trump administration has suspended $500 million of their medical and scientific research grants. The intent of the science fair - a rudimentary act of frustration and hope - was to garner more public attention for the life-saving and cutting-edge research they quietly conduct behind closed lab doors."
UCLA researchers staged public, low-tech demonstrations of their work using hand-made posters and lab props to explain cancer, stroke and nerve-regeneration projects. Federal actions have suspended roughly $500 million in medical and scientific grants, largely from the National Institutes of Health, while a demanded $1.2-billion fine has been linked to allegations of antisemitism. Some National Science Foundation funds were briefly halted and partly restored by court action. Similar freezes affect other elite universities. A pending federal court hearing could restore NIH funding, and the University of California regents scheduled public discussions amid deep concern and stress among investigators.
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