Frederica Freyberg:
Scientists echoed this sentiment within the walls of the state Capitol today during the Stand Up for Science rally. The national event held rallies across 50 states and in Wisconsin, where hundreds turned out to voice their support for government sponsored research.

Rick Eisenstein:
If we lay off senior researchers who know how to do the research, then we have reduced numbers of grad students that are being trained or postdocs. That’s going to mean that the senior people are not there to give their experience to the younger people, and there’s fewer younger people. And the long-term implications of that is extremely negative.

John Denu:
We’ve dealt with cuts previously in other administrations. They didn’t seem so arbitrary. Simply reducing the number of dollars, right, that show up at universities, that show up at research institutes, that has an immediate impact. And so we need to have that conversation and engage our elected officials and engage the public. This is what we’re trying to do today.