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<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 21, Issue 23, November 9, 2020</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">NIH Announces Final Policy for Data Management and Sharing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l12 level2 lfo1">
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<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Science in the U.S. Elections</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><br>
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Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) has won the 2020 U.S. Presidential elections after securing narrow but crucial victories in the battleground states of Arizona and Pennsylvania. He is also currently leading in the vote tallies in Georgia.<br>
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President Donald Trump has not yet conceded. His campaign has filed multiple lawsuits challenging vote counting processes and attempting to block counting efforts in a number of states. He has questioned the legitimacy of mail-in ballots since before the
election, and has now accused Democrats of “stealing” the election without offering any evidence. Several Republican lawmakers have expressed support for Trump’s assertions, including Senator Lindsey Graham (R–SC), Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), and House Minority
Leader Kevin McCarthy (R–CA). Only two Republican Senators, namely Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Mitt Romney (UT), have acknowledged Biden’s win.<br>
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Science was not a priority for President Trump during his term. He consistently proposed drastic budget cuts to a number of federal science agencies and delayed the appointment of a White House science advisor for 19 months. Furthermore, his Administration
made attempts to <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=76a183d148&e=6708ed45cf">
bar scientists</a> funded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from serving on advisory panels,
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=fe40c486ab&e=6708ed45cf">
prevent</a> EPA from formulating regulatory decisions on studies for which the underlying data is not publicly available;
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=c19c903636&e=6708ed45cf">
censor</a> government science; withdraw from the Paris Climate agreement; and <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=e5da97fa79&e=6708ed45cf">
discredit</a> the nation’s leading epidemiologist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, during a pandemic. President-Elect Biden, on the other hand, has pledged to “put scientists and public health leaders front and center” and ensure that government scientists “do not fear
retribution or public disparagement for performing their jobs.” However, he could face hurdles in implementing his science priorities, depending on which party controls the Senate.<br>
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Control of the Senate will likely not be determined until January. The two Georgia Senate races are headed towards runoff elections with no candidate in either contest securing the required 50 percent threshold in votes to win. According to current projections,
Democrats will keep their majority in the House of Representatives despite losing some seats. Several congressional candidates and incumbents with science backgrounds are likely to lose their reelection bids. Here is how some of the key science candidates
have fared in the elections so far:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Representative Sean Casten (D–IL), a biochemical engineer, has defeated the Republican challenger for his seat.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Representative Elaine Luria (D–VA), a nuclear engineer, has won against former House member Scott Taylor.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Representative Kim Schrier (D–WA), a pediatrician, is leading against her opponent and is expected to retain her seat.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Representative Bill Foster (D–IL), a physicist who also chairs the House Science Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, has been re-elected for his fifth term.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Representative Joe Cunningham (D–SC), an environmental engineer who was elected to the House in 2018, lost his seat to Republican challenger Nancy Mace.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Representative Lauren Underwood (D–IL), a former registered nurse and health policy expert, is narrowly leading the Republican challenger, State Senator Jim Oberweis.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Nancy Goroff, a chemistry professor at Stony Brook University and Democratic challenger to Representative Lee Zeldin (R–NY) is currently trailing by a significant margin.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Kathleen Williams, a water resource management expert from Montana, has lost to Republican Matt Rosendale for a seat on the House.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cameron Webb, a physician and health care advocate, was defeated by Republican Robert Good in Virginia.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Democrat Hiral Tipirneni, an emergency room physician, has lost to Representative David Schweikert (R–AZ) in Arizona.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Democrat Merav Ben-David, who is an ecologist, lost her bid for a Senate seat in Wyoming to former Representative Cynthia Lummis.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson (D–TX) and Frank Lucas (R–OK) will remain Chair and Ranking Member, respectively, of
the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Representative Haley Stevens (D–MI), who chairs the Subcommittee on Research and Technology, Representative Lizzie Fletcher (D–TX), who chairs the Energy Subcommittee, and Representative Mikie Sherrill
(D–NJ), who leads the environmental panel, have also retained their seats. However, Representative Kendra Horn (D–OK), who currently chairs the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, has lost her seat.<br>
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In the Senate, two members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee were up for reelection this year. Senator Cory Gardner (R–CO), who is an ardent advocate for research, lost to John Hickenlooper (D). Senator Gary Peters (D–MI) narrowly won
against Republican challenger John James.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">AIBS Submits Comments Opposing Proposed Student Visa Restrictions</span></strong><br>
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The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security opposing a recent proposal to impose new visa restrictions on international students.<br>
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The <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=b0b25f0c23&e=6708ed45cf">
proposed rule</a> would establish fixed terms of two to four years for international students and exchange visitors to complete their degrees and research, forcing students to reapply during their course of study and potentially leading to delays in degree
completion.<br>
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“If finalized, this rule would unnecessarily create uncertainty for many international students and exchange visitors about their ability to maintain their legal status in the United States during the course of their studies or program,”
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=72e3ce557a&e=6708ed45cf">
argued</a> AIBS. “This policy undermines our ability to recruit the best science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) students who may instead choose to study in China or Europe. Instead of creating additional complications and barriers,
the federal government should be encouraging international students to study in the U.S.” It was also noted that the new requirements would increase the burden on the immigration system, which already closely monitors international students and visiting scholars.<br>
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AIBS has called for the proposed rule to be withdrawn in its entirety.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Trump Administration Delists Gray Wolves from Endangered Species Act Protections</span></strong><br>
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On October 29, 2020, the Trump Administration announced the removal of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act list, ending federal protections for one of the first species safeguarded by the Act and placing the responsibility of overseeing the predators
on states and tribes. The delisting would affect gray wolf populations in the lower 48 states.<br>
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Interior Secretary David Bernhardt claimed that this removal was based on the “best scientific and commercial data available.” However, scientists that independently reviewed the
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=034d1cceb7&e=6708ed45cf">
proposal</a>, which was issued in March 2019, raised concerns about lifting protections citing lack of scientific justification. Dr. Adrian Treves, one of the reviewers and Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the
proposal did not accurately estimate how many wolves would be killed by people. Another reviewer, Dr. Carlos Carroll, an independent biologist with the Klamath Center for Conservation Research, said the proposal was “critically flawed” and ignored the importance
of genetic variation in species. Drs. Treves and Carroll also published an <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=aabb50e7d1&e=6708ed45cf">
article</a> in <em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">BioScience</span></em> rebutting the proposal. An upcoming
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=8c30bff9dd&e=6708ed45cf">
BioScience Talks</a> podcast, featuring the article’s authors, will be released on Wednesday, November 11.<br>
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Conservation groups have also criticized the rule. “Instead of pursuing further wolf recovery, the Fish and Wildlife Service has just adopted the broadest, most destructive delisting rule yet,” said Collette Adkins, Carnivore Conservation Director at the Center
for Biological Diversity. <br>
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Farmers and hunters welcomed <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=2c4ffc762e&e=6708ed45cf">
the new rule</a>, citing their ability to protect their livestock from the predators. “Producers have endured unacceptable personal stress, ongoing chronic confirmed and unconfirmed predation as well as loss of production in the cattle they work so hard to
protect,” stated Oregon Cattlemen’s Association’s Wolf Committee Co-Chair Roger Huffman.<br>
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Gray wolf protections have had a contentious standing, with the most recent attempt at delisting the species occurring during the Obama administration in 2013. A federal court order in 2014 eventually reinstated Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves
after there was a sharp decline in their population due to hunting.<br>
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Parts of the nation have seen significant increases in gray wolf populations but the population remains absent from much of their historical range. The current delisting highlights the underlying disagreement on the scope of the Endangered Species Act itself;
whether it should raise endangered species out of extinction or should they be restored until they occupy a significant role in their ecosystem.<br>
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The final rule delisting the gray wolf will go into effect on January 4, 2021. Environmental groups are planning to challenge the rule in the courts.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">OSTP Highlights Science & Technology Achievements during Trump Administration</span></strong><br>
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On October 27, 2020, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a report describing President Trump’s science and technology (S&T) accomplishments during his first term in office. Notably, a press statement released along with
the report highlighted “ending the COVID-19 pandemic” as one of the achievements.<br>
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The <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=765709a2b1&e=6708ed45cf">
report</a>, <em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Advancing America’s Global Leadership in Science and Technology – Trump Administration Highlights: 2017-2020</span></em>, enumerates “significant investments, policies, and other actions” undertaken
by the Administration to advance science and technology progress.<br>
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“President Trump has solidified America’s standing as the most scientifically and technologically advanced nation the world has ever known,” stated OSTP Director, Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier. “We’ve announced unprecedented investments in artificial intelligence
and quantum information science, launched new workforce initiatives and public-private collaborations, and established first-of-their-kind international alliances to develop critical technologies with our allies,” said U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael
Kratsios.<br>
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The largest section of the report was dedicated to the achievements in promoting the five “Industries of the Future” which included artificial intelligence, quantum information science, and biotechnology. Specifically, the Trump Administration boasts its efforts
in modernizing the regulatory approval process for agricultural biotechnology products and the creation of a new interagency Subcommittee on Bioeconomy S&T within the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).<br>
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The report highlights the Administration’s efforts in improving health security and innovation, including measures undertaken to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike the press statement, the report itself does not specify ending the pandemic as an achievement,
but it does expound on the efforts made by the administration to fast-track a vaccine against COVID-19, through the
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=60dd468840&e=6708ed45cf">
Operation Warp Speed</a> program, and its critical role in supporting research and development and related activities. <br>
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In addition, the document highlights the many different ways in which the “the federal government has taken action to understand and protect our environment to ensure that the American people will have clean air, clean water, and a resilient environment for
generations to come.” The report describes actions taken in “exploring, preserving, & protecting our oceans,” the Trillion Tree’s Initiative, along with the Administration’s efforts in predicting “extreme environmental events.” <br>
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Another section of the report discusses efforts in “building the S&T workforce.” The Administration highlights its efforts to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education, including creating the Federal STEM Education Strategic Plan
released by the NSTC Committee on STEM Education in 2018, “expanding access to high-quality STEM and computer science education to K-12 students” through a 2017 Presidential Memorandum, and partnering with different institutions to launch the National Q-12
Education Partnership.<br>
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Despite the Administration’s repeated proposals to drastically cut funding for scientific research, the report touts its efforts in “promoting & protecting the research enterprise”. Specifically, the document discusses how the Trump Administration initiated
the Joint Committee on Research Environment (JCORE) in 2019 to bring “together government, academia, and many others to address administrative burdens on federally funded research; improve rigor and integrity in research; create safe, inclusive, and equitable
research settings; and protect our research assets while ensuring the research enterprise remains open and collaborative.”<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Webinar Series: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World</span></strong><br>
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Recognizing the rapid changes happening within museum communities and the efforts being made throughout the community to adapt to these changes, iDigBio is organizing a webinar series, entitled
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Adapting to COVID-19: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World</span></em>. The webinar series aims to help provide insight into how different groups and institutions are adapting to life
in a quickly evolving world. AIBS, the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), and the Natural Science Collections Alliance contributed to the planning of these programs. <br>
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The next webinar will be held on November 18 from 2:00–3:00 PM ET. All webinars will be recorded and held in Zoom.<br>
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<u>Engaging Public Participation in Collections Digitization</u><br>
Learn about opportunities to use the Zooniverse platform for collections digitization, including examples of Notes from Nature related to transcription and phenology scoring projects. There will be a demo of available project management tools for NfN, followed
by a higher-level explanation of the technology behind the platform that makes it all possible.<br>
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Speakers: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Austin Mast; iDigBio, Florida State University<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Katie Pearson, Project Manager California Phenology TCN<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Zoom link:
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=c4a18a1f86&e=6708ed45cf">
https://ufl.zoom.us/j/99571640979?pwd=V0VwbDBySEtBYUptNUZ2L0RQNGh0UT09</a><br>
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Visit the webinar series page for more information: <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=bcfa802ab6&e=6708ed45cf">
https://www.idigbio.org/content/webinar-series-adapting-covid-resources-natural-history-collections-new-virtual-world</a><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Now Online: Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science
</span></strong><br>
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Reports abound from professional societies, the Academies, government agencies, and researchers calling attention to the fact that science is increasingly an interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, inter-institutional, and international endeavor. In short, science
has become a “team sport.”<br>
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Team science is increasingly common in the 21st century to develop convergent solutions to complex problems. Collaboration is no longer limited to sharing ideas with the biologist in the lab next door. The questions confronting science often require teams that
may include a mix of computer and information scientists, physical and social scientists, mathematicians, ethicists, policy and management experts, as well as community stakeholders and citizen scientists. Adding to this complexity, teams span programs within
organizations, cross organization boundaries to form institutional consortia, and often include international partners.<br>
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There is a real and present need to better prepare scientists for success in this new collaborative environment. The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has responded to this call with a program for scientists, educators, and individuals who work
with or participate in scientific teams. This intensive, two-day, interactive, professional development course was developed by scientists and other experts focusing on collaboration and teamwork to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required
to become productive and effective members of scientific teams.<br>
<br>
Nothing teaches collaboration like practicing collaboration. This is not a course that asks you to learn in isolation. It is a microcosm of scientific collaboration, with extensive hands-on learning as part of a scientific team, with scientific case studies
and examples.<br>
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The Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science course is designed for anyone involved in collaborative scientific endeavors. Team leaders will find the course especially helpful. Because participants will work on “real-world” team science concerns, we encourage
multiple members of a team to attend together. <br>
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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we now offer an online version of the workshop. We can also customize the course and bring it to your university, department, lab, or research team. If you are interested in organizing a workshop for your institution,
please contact Scott Glisson at <a href="mailto:sglisson@aibs.org">sglisson@aibs.org</a> for more information.<br>
<br>
Additional information, including a course outline, is available at <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a5fad5e8c7&e=6708ed45cf">
https://www.aibs.org/news/2020/200420-team-science.html</a>.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Four Biologists Included in MacArthur Fellows Class of 2020
</span></strong><br>
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced twenty one recipients of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowships this year, including four with biological expertise:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=eec09f8a25&e=6708ed45cf">Nels Elde</a> is an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Utah.
He investigates host-pathogen interactions and the evolutionary processes that enable organisms to better attack others or defend themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=b5b0569067&e=6708ed45cf">Polina V. Lishko</a> is a cellular and developmental biologist at the University
of California, Berkeley investigating the molecular mechanisms that guide mammalian fertilization.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=cc6112659d&e=6708ed45cf">Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost</a> is a biological chemist in the Department
of Chemistry at Princeton University investigating the synthesis of new small molecules with bioactive or therapeutic properties. Seyedsayamdost is increasing access to previously unknown and potentially therapeutic biochemical compounds.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=789e00f1d3&e=6708ed45cf">Damien Fair</a> is a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Minnesota
Medical School, He investigates resting state brain connectivity—the brain’s intrinsic or spontaneous neural activity by combining technical advances in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), advanced mathematical techniques, and expertise in psychology
and neuroscience.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">The MacArthur Fellows Program rewards people of extraordinary talent and promise in their field with a five-year grant to help them continue
their pursuits. More information on the MacArthur Fellows Program can be found <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=d788141c51&e=6708ed45cf">
here</a>.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Short Takes</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">According to a
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=9423ee859f&e=6708ed45cf">
report</a> by the Department of the Interior Inspector General, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Director James Reilly violated federal whistleblower protection statute by reassigning an employee to a different position after learning that the employee had filed
a complaint against him with the Inspector General. “The agency did not meet its burden of establishing by clear and convincing evidence that it would have reassigned the complainant to a different position even if the complainant had not engaged in a protected
activity,” reads the report. Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Carolyn Maloney (D–NY), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations Gerald Connolly (D–VA), and Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources Raúl M. Grijalva
(R–AZ), have <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=6ab0cbb367&e=6708ed45cf">
called for</a> Reilly’s removal from USGS. It seems unlikely that Interior Secretary David Bernhardt will take any disciplinary action. “The Inspector General's report is wrong in its legal and factual conclusions,” said Interior spokesman Nicholas Goodwin.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l13 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a new
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Policy for Data Management and Sharing</a>, which requires researchers to “plan prospectively” for managing and sharing scientific data generated with NIH funds. The new policy “establishes the baseline expectation that data sharing is a fundamental component
of the research process, which is in line with NIH’s longstanding commitment to making the research it funds available to the public.” The policy will go into effect on January 25, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l13 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The United States officially withdrew from the Paris climate agreement on November 4, 2020. The landmark agreement was forged in 2015 to limit global warming to below 2 °C above pre-industrial
temperatures. President Donald Trump first announced that the United States would pull out from the agreement in June 2017. President-Elect Joe Biden has vowed to rejoin the Paris accord early in his term.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">From the Federal Register</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><br>
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The following items appeared in the Federal Register from October 26 to November 6, 2020. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Week Ending November 6, 2020</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><br>
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<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Health and Human Services</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=384ce4acea&e=6708ed45cf">Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis Meeting (ACET)</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=76ab476b66&e=6708ed45cf">Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on the
NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=919160a1e8&e=6708ed45cf">Review and Revision of the Screening Framework Guidance for Providers of
Synthetic Double-Stranded DNA</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=2262e7581f&e=6708ed45cf">Solicitation of Nominations for Appointment to the Tick-Borne Disease Working
Group; Extension of Nomination Period</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Interior</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=63d3dcc8bb&e=6708ed45cf">Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo8">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=090b244518&e=6708ed45cf">Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis
lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; Final Rule</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">National Science Foundation</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Office of Science and Technology Policy</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Week Ending October 30, 2020</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><br>
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and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Sea Grant Program Application Requirements for Grants, for Sea Grant Fellowships</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo11">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=d427220c9d&e=6708ed45cf">New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo11">
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General Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission; Meeting Announcements</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo11">
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Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC)</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Environmental Protection Agency</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Advisory Committee Augmented for the Review of Revision 2 of the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) (Draft for Public Comment)</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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