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Med School Professor. Brain Physiology researcher. Biomedical Engineer. Biomedical device work. I stimulate mammalian brains to improve cognition. OMHIWDMB.
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I am suspicious. The end of the school fiscal year is June 30. Admins are finalizing budgets now. Research revenues are WAY down across the board. And the executive branch is demanding concessions. While deans decide on which programs they can support for the next fiscal year.

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The current director and HHS secretary can re-org the institutes now. And, by itself, an institute re-org means little to extramural scientists. The proposed changes in funding are, however, dramatic, but are a first proposal. Talk to your representative. They get re-elected in 19 months.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

How does the brain integrate information from new experiences while preserving established memories? Have a look at our latest preprint, "Experience reorganizes content-specific memory traces in macaques" 🧵 🧪🧠🤖👩‍🔬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

The quoted thread is a really important perspective. If I can add some unsolicited thoughts and advice -

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Most years, kids die of flu in pediatric ICUs. Each year, their parents tell the attending, "I didn't know the flu could kill a perfectly healthy child". Every time. Crushing for the parents and the attending.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

From inside NIH. Institutional re-org is occurring. Grant revocation will dominate until approx. end of May. Paylines to remain very stingy until at least then.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

There are signs the tide is turning.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

At baseball game, missing @russpoldrack.bsky.social and Thanasis.

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Monkeys at OHSU are loved, receive compassionate care, and improve the health of humans AND monkeys www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Our latest manuscript on glia-to-neuron conversion in retina is out in @elife.bsky.social. We show that AAV-mediated overexpression of Oct4 induces glia-to-bipolar cell conversion in wildtype retina, and that this is greatly enhanced by loss of function of Rbpj. elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

Proposed title: "Grant applicant and reviewer, co-investigator watches" Painting by amymccormac.com h/t @sherricola.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

CSR is changing from Zoom to Teams.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Call to action! NHP research is under attack. These special animals receive compassionate care and make medical miracles possible. Please sign and repost!

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Every storm runs out of rain.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Our latest study identifies a specific cell type and receptor essential for psilocybin’s long-lasting neural and behavioral effects 🍄🔬🧠🧪 Led by Ling-Xiao Shao and @ItsClaraLiao Funded by @NIH @NIMHgov 📄 Read in @nature.com - www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/12

submitted 25 days ago • 13 comments

From inside NIH at one institute. They are continuing the canceling of contracts and grants according to program priority. This job is large, and expected to take another month. Once finished, they will check accounting for the budget. Then, and only then, new grants can go out. 1/

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New purchase. I hate most books written by academics, but this one rocks.

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There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. We are. We will.

submitted 27 days ago • 293 comments

Almost all medical professional orgs, scientific research orgs, and academic institutes have been either silent or pathetically weak on response.

submitted 29 days ago • 5 comments

DOGE/Musk preferentially cancelled grants and contracts to recipients in counties that voted for Harris in 2024. Among cancellations with election data available, 92.9% and 86.1% cancelled grants and contracts went to Harris counties, representing 96.6% and 92.4% of total dollar amounts.

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