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Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com

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🚨Amidst all the uncertainty at NIH Welcome Leap just launched an important new $50M program in Women’s Health👩🏻‍🔬🧠 CARE focuses on the link between Alzheimer’s and perimenopausal hormonal changes wellcomeleap.org/care/ Note: full indirects! Please share widely to support women’s health 🙏🏼

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Are you a postdoctoral basic researcher studying stroke who has benefited from finding good mentors? Or have you had bad experiences? Please reach out to me, we want to hear your story! Send me a DM 📬

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Happy to share this interview one of our founders, @drnancypadilla.bsky.social! 💜

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Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

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The NIH’s new imposed standard indirect cost rate threatens life-saving brain & behavior research that benefits millions of Americans. SfN, with other scientific organizations,urge reversal of this policy & implore Congress to protect critical research infrastructure. Full statement: bit.ly/4jVJnCL

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“Your work is your rebellion” 💪 www.reddit.com/r/labrats/co...

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A useful tool and a great thing to do... 5calls.org/issue/nih-ns...

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Marie Maynard Daly, American biochemist. The first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry from Columbia University (1947). Her research focused on nucleic acids; significant contributor to the knowledge of cholesterol and hypertension #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

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Federal restrictions & funding freezes threaten vital research and halts scientific progress that benefits all Americans. Join fellow #NeuroAdvocates in urging Congress to protect congressionally approved funding & ensure uninterrupted support for the scientific workforce. 👇 #NeuroSky

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If you have been affected by NIH, NSF funding freezes, you can use this form from Higher Ed Labor United to submit a first-person testimonial about its direct impacts on your research: airtable.com/appMQQqeVbCY...

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Nonresponsive Neurons Improve Population Coding of Object Location www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3... #neuroscience

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“‘It’s very easy to assume that science is going to change organically towards equality — and what this study shows is that that’s not happening…It is an ‘important reminder for us that we need to stay vigilant in working towards equality in science’” @crsugimoto.bsky.social 🧪 #AcademicSky 👩🏽‍🔬

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😍😍😍😍 First jclub of 2025 coming up! Congrats to the team 🥳🥳

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Couple of pre-prints led by @anniely.bsky.social VGluT3 BNST neurons transmit GABA and restrict feeding without affecting rewarding or aversive processing www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Assessing the role of BNST GABA neurons in backward conditioned suppression www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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I'm so thrilled that we featured Dr. Annegret Falkner's story. In her down to earth style, Annegret shares how her windy paths brought her to study how internal states shape social behaviors and to push the boundaries of how we study and quantify behavior 🧠🐁🎙️

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Hey #ACNP2024 attendees, UAB Neurobiology is looking to recruit 4 faculty in the areas of addiction neuroscience, iPSC/organoids, and neurodevelopmental disorders. All searches are open rank. Specific ads are forthcoming, but you can also apply at this link! uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/18636

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Bryan W. Jones @bwjones.bsky.social spoke with The Transmitter's Angie Voyles Askham @avaskham.bsky.social about how the beauty of the retina drew him into vision research and why photography reminds him of the value of that work. www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...

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Vaping and edibles give teens easier access to #cannabis, but how does this affect their developing brains? @drjkhokhar.bsky.social sheds light on the risks of cannabis use, like long-term effects on memory, decision-making & emotional health. 🧪🧠 Watch now: mcgill.ca/x/wzd #Edusky #neuroskyence

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My lab University College London is looking for an experimental postdoc to join our team. Interested in circuits underlying visually guided behavior, chronic #Neuropixel recordings or 2-photon imaging (Benchtop, #Mini2p)? Then check out our lab homepage www.ruedigerlab.com, apply & spread the word

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Important paper! www.biorxiv.org/content/bior... Im not sure the Discussion fully delineates its radical implications. No more... * Place cells * Grid cells, splitter cells, border cells * Mirror neurons * Reward neurons * Conflict cells (continued)

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1/✨ New paper in #eNeuro! We looked at how dominance behaviors vary across mouse strains—turns out, it’s not one-size-fits-all! Comparing CD1 & C57 male mice, we found strain-specific dominance behaviors that could change how we study social hierarchy in the lab…🧵 Paper here: tinyurl.com/bdeuf6s9

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Today the score for my fist R01 application will be posted. I am nervous to find out, to say the least. 🥸😶‍🌫️🫠 Any advice for how to handle this from more experienced folks out there?

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Check out our updated database of 189 PhD fellowships and funding opportunities. For each fellowship, we provide a description, $ amount, deadline, link to funder and eligibility criteria (such as citizenship). Good luck! Download freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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Congratulations to our co-founder, @cprofaci.bsky.social! This is so well deserved 💜 The Stories of WiN team is so proud of you!

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Love seeing a big science migration to 🦋!! To all #StoriesOfWiN interviewees, please let us know if we missed you when we made the starter pack or if you just joined the blue skies. We’ll add you! 🧠💕 And to those just discovering WiN, we’re a podcast/website highlighting women in academic neuro!

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Our latest profile is here! Dr. Omowumi Femi-Akinlosotu studies neurobiology and forensic anatomy. Follow the link below to listen to the full interview: www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202... #StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuro

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