James Sherley, the researcher leading the charge to derail the Obama administration’s stem cell policy, hasn’t made many friends among the scientific community. And now Sherley can add his home institution to his list of personal detractors.

Yesterday, the Boston Biomedical Research Institute asked to join an amicus brief in support of the government’s appeal of the 23 August temporary injunction barring federal funds from going toward human embryonic stem cell research, ScienceInsider reports.

This isn’t the first time that Sherley has found himself in direct opposition with his employer. In 2007, Sherley held an 11-day hunger strike outside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provost’s office to protest what he saw as racist motives behind his denial of tenure.