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Join the Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology @einsteinmededu.bsky.social ! 🧬✨ Are you passionate about cutting-edge research and collaborative science? We are looking for you😉 Come be part of a department where curiosity meets impact! 🚀 Learn more and join us👇 #ResearchExcellence #JoinUs

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Just in time for #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating Oleta Johnson PhD, a recent graduate of the #KSFellows Class of 2024! Dr. Johnson’s lab uses chemical and biophysical tools to dissect the relationship between protein dynamics and function. #KeystoneSymposia #InclusiveExcellence

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Two new opportunities in Edinburgh: Research technician in our lab elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Senior research technician to support the Zebrafish Imaging and Screening Facility elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Notice of funding opportunities/grants.gov pages (see MOSAIC K99/R00 here) getting closed out again, on a Friday evening to boot. So you open ‘em up, in some cases <24 hr before the deadline, only to close them a week later.

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Pretty sad. Just got the email that CZI is canceling the second round of Diversity Leadership Awards. Private industry will definitely not fill the hole that NIH and NSF are leaving. 😢💔

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Our latest in PNAS! 🎉 ATP-sensitive potassium channels alter glycolytic flux to modulate cortical activity and sleep Take home message? KATP channels are metabolic sensors under circadian control that gate glycolytic flux, arousal, & sleep/wake transitions. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Over the past few weeks, science funding in the U.S. has become shrouded in uncertainty. Ten trainees with diversity-based funding share how the changes are affecting their research and career plans. By @avaskham.bsky.social @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @callimcflurry.bsky.social bit.ly/42Wifxr

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A career in science isn't easy. Moving forward with those plans when no one is sure about the future funding of the field is even more challenging. I appreciate these early-career neuroscientists sharing their stories with us! #neuroskyence 🧪

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Can whole-brain imaging of cellular c-Fos signals be used to classify #psychedelics? 🧠🔬💊 Our study by @aboharbf.bsky.social and @pashadavoudian.bsky.social, developing an imaging and machine learning pipeline to test a panel of psychoactive drugs. Paper here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Diversity supplements have been reopened! New expiration date May 8 2026

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Excited to share our new paper in Nature! 'Transcriptomic neuron types vary topographically in function and morphology' explores how neurons in the zebrafish optic tectum exhibit diverse functions and shapes despite similar transcriptional profiles. 🔗 rdcu.be/d9GVM

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BREAKING On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.

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As a leader in my lab & various initiatives, I’ve made my stance clear....my commitment to DEI is unwavering. I won’t back down or shy away, even as others do. I’ll continue to uphold and advocate for these values.

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Mosaic K99 in my review pile was just reactivated for study section at the end of February!

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Best news I’ve heard today. Thanks for sharing!

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Relieved that the MOSAIC K99/R00 grants.gov page is no longer expired (updated today), and it sounds like people are able to submit apps again 🧪

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@NIH’s new 15% cap on research funds threatens U.S. science. Call Congress now to oppose it! Your voice matters—act today. Find your rep’s number at govtrack.us. #SupportScience #cellbiology

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📢Open call: multiple #PhD #Fellowships in #biomedical research available at our institute at #ULB in #Brussels 🇧🇪 👉🏻Our team is hoping to recruit one candidate so if you are interested in using #zebrafish to dive into the secret lives of #microglia, please get in touch! Deadline May 4th More info👇🏻

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We’re hiring a new research fellow. Come join us in London to study glial cells in the ageing retina using killifish as a model. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Check out our new preprint: Network-aware self-supervised learning enables high-content phenotypic screening for genetic modifiers of neuronal activity dynamics Project led by @parkergrosjean.bsky.social - see his "blue-torial" below!

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Your Action Is Needed! Congress needs to hear from scientists. Call your representatives to oppose funding freezes and restrictions on research. Find contact info at govtrack.us and make your voice heard today! #SciencePolicy www.ascb.org/science-poli...

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Indeed, the MOSAIC program, just months ago hailed as a major success by the NIH, has been terminated. We are still waiting to hear what happens with previously funded grants. I discussed this recently in my interview with BBC Science in Action: t.co/I67IDPuRwE

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Just got word that our Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) Grant was being canceled. All 100+ institutions. So even private funding is susceptible to this administration’s unraveling of DEI initiatives

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We increased our stipend thanks to student feedback, $9,000 for 10 weeks, please help circulate to eligible UC San Diego undergraduates!

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🔗 to paper, for those finterested: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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#newPIs living in this era

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I'm thrilled to announce that our paper describing Marigold, a free machine learning-based webapp for zebrafish behavioral analysis, is officially published! Marigold features a user friendly graphical user interface to enable training of a neural network for analyzing behavioral recordings.

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Dorsal view of a larval zebrafish brain. Credit to @clairewyart.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

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A pro-inflammatory protein panel signature that accurately identified Long Covid in kids compared with controls www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Friends, we have a school-wide search for an open rank faculty as mentor professor. It is a unique position that can be hired in a variety of departments across the school. Please check it out and share widely. recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10062

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Just in case you don’t want to take my word for it 👇🏾

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Excited to share that our lab website is live! nicholassilvalab.org Please reach out if you are interested in studying neuroimmune mechanisms using the zebrafish model. 🐟🧠🥼🔬

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Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better… -For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return. -Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)

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Thoughts about January 20th- Happy MLK Day! I spent the long weekend on Martha's Vineyard. While there, I went to a nice talk at the MV History Museum and heard about how MLK spent his time on the island thinking, writing, and, perhaps most importantly, resting. (1/5)

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Couple of opportunities up to join the group! One at postdoc level, but open to senior support path. One research assistant role. Please share, or drop a line if you want to learn more! Or just apply! Thanks! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Arachnologist Lauren Esposito develops community platforms to share LGBTQ+ voices and wants to shed light on the overlooked intersectional barriers affecting queer people of colour. https://go.nature.com/4jiW1vi

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Very cool, thank you everyone involved for all your work! Looking forward to using it in the future😍

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We're hiring! Post-doc position in the Hoffman lab! @yaleneuro.bsky.social @kavliatyale.bsky.social Please contact us if you're interested in studying the function of genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in #zebrafish. Please repost!

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My group is hiring at Oregon Health & Science University. Come work with us in beautiful Portland to study interoception and physiology. Check out the lab view! 🌲👩‍🔬 Research Assistant 2: externalcareers-ohsu.icims.com/jobs/32602/r... Postdoc applicants: please email me your CV and 3-4 references.

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Big paper from @paigel.bsky.social in our lab: Sensory feedback is always crucial for proper development, right? Wrong! Crazier still, the motor system is the slowest part of a developing reflex circuit! Surprises abound in this bluetorial c’mon along…. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/19

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The class gap in career progression: US academia First-generation college graduates are 13% less likely to end up tenured at an R1, and are on average tenured at institutions ranked 9% lower, than their PhD classmates with a parent with a (non-PhD) graduate degree. mitsloan.mit.edu/shared/ods/d...

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