Kevin Bonham

@kevinbonham.com

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Assistant Professor at Tufts Medicine studying microbes, brains, and the immune system 🚽🦠🧠 Fermenter, gardener, Zen Buddhist. Ask me about #julialang! 🎙️: https://audiommunity.org 🌎: https://bonhamlab.bio 💻: https://GitHub.com/kescobo

Snowy and steep mountain path with low pines. A line hiker with poles trudges up
Large crane using hydraulic hammer to force an enormous steel girder into the ground. Over and over again...
> Alt: Screenshot of the title "Codevelopment of gut microbial metabolism and visual circuitry over human infancy", along with an author list. From DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00835-25
Figure 1A from a JAMA paper modeling reemergence of vaccine preventable diseases under declining vaccination rates. X axis is vaccine coverage relative to current levels, and y axis is cumulative cases of measles modeled for 25 years, on a log scale. Data shows that we are on a steep curve, where 5% change in vaccination in either direction means an order of magnitude change in cases
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Screen grab of NIH notice, saying Communications Posting of new funding opportunities and policy guidance is currently on hold. Relevant pages on this NIH Grants & Funding website are updated as information evolves.
Crowd with protest signs on the Boston Common in front of the gold-domed State House. One sign reads "Department Of Government Embezzlement". Another reads "Science Saves Lives"
Protest sign on the Boston common, mimicking the Dunkin Donuts sign, reading "America runs on science"
Screenshot of email from IPUMS that reads, "Dear Kevin, As you may already be aware, on Friday, January 31, federal agencies removed public data and documentation previously made available via public-facing federal government websites in response to administration directives. The types of data removed include large-scale population data sources that provide vital insight into the health and wellbeing of all communities. We are writing to reassure you that IPUMS data remain available, and that IPUMS remains committed to preserving and democratizing access to the world’s population data. We are monitoring this evolving situation closely. As part of our standard procedures, we download and preserve original data from U.S. statistical agencies that serve as the source data for IPUMS. Since last Friday, several organizations (and individuals) have downloaded many other public federal datasets. There are efforts underway to catalog and make these data available. We will share resources and guidance when we have it about how to locate or share missing data. In the meantime, see statements from the Population Association of America/American Population Centers and the Association of Public Data Users for more information. Use it for good! The IPUMS Team "
Screenshot of a book of lectures from Richard Feynman, beginning "The transition to quantum electrodynamics involves merely the assumption that the oscillators are quantum mechanical instead of classical."
Text from a NYT article: "Around a third of the songs on Billboard's Hot 100 involve a guest feature or collab (compared with under 10 percent a generation ago). At a time when culture feels stagnant, collaborations help artists and brands generate an air of originality without having to innovate."
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