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Synaptic Plastologist trying to stay relevant. Queen Bee with the buddy. My posts are my own- sort of. #keepCA2weird
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“The general public thinks that if you’re a college professor, you get paid by the school,” says Zoe McElligott, who studies neural circuits at a state university. But for 'soft money' faculty members, that’s not the case. https://go.nature.com/4jcrDSA

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"How are memories formed and stored in the brain?...Long-term memory acquisition was found to be associated with a selective increase in multisynaptic boutons..". Groundbreaking new study from my friend and colleague Anton Maximov's lab: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Bonus: My son Luca's first pub

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In today’s episode, we speak with a former director of the NIH about the institutes’ future in the face of government cuts. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...

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I was delighted to have an editorial in my hometown paper on the administration's threat to the NIH and what it means for the health and welfare of my peeps. For the good it may do, I urge you to also write one @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social Bonus: It's cathartic to write a scream into the void.

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Still, while thrilled our 2 TTIs and 3 staff scientists were rescued, many other great scientists were terminated, incl lab and core staff

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I’ll take some geology humor about now

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Pls share AMAZING opportunities! Studying Depression? its biology? UCI’s new Depression Res Ctr is hiring 1) Preclinical Models: systems mechanisms of vulnerability, resilience 2) Child Adolescent, Adult Depression 3) Biomed Engineer Deep Phenotype, Intervention recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09510 508, 507

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#ScienceJobs 🧪🧠

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Expansion microscopy (ExM) of the entire mouse body (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...), developed by the labs of Profs. Jae-Byum Chang and Young-Gyu Yoon (former SynthNeuro postdocs running labs at KAIST), could empower studies of how multiple systems (nervous, immune, etc.) interact across scales.

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UAB Neurobiology is hiring up to 4 new tenure-track faculty as part of 3 new open-rank searches. Come join our vibrant, supportive, and growing neuroscience community! uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23916 uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23944 uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/24010

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New paper out in Cell Reports! Led by @susieyufeng.bsky.social, we found that chronic epilepsy in mice drives distinct synchronization deficits in hippocampus and MEC, with early changes in HPC and late-onset changes in MEC that align with progressive memory impairment. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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Some of my folks too in Raleigh #standupforscience

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The deadline is approaching for this amazing experience! www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

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Good resource about your state... www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

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@markwarner.bsky.social @timkaineva.bsky.social #savetheNIH

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This has been devastating. 3 of our neuroscientists are not being renewed, one of which is a core director!

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March 7 standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...

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SfN joins 600 organizations & more than 3,500 people across the country in @researchamerica.bsky.social's coalition letter urging Congress to protect vital NIH funding. Read the full letter: bit.ly/3XhgFCJ #NeuroSky #NeuroAdvocate

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BREAKING: The NIH summer internship program (SIP) has been officially cancelled, across all institutes. It’s a sad loss for the brightest science students in America, for American science, and for future cures for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. 🧪 1/

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Ok scientists & those who love science 🧪: here is another exhortation. Call Congress TODAY about the freeze on NIH Council Meetings and Study Sections. Emphasize that this means NO new grants are being funded & labs will soon start to shut down and fire employees. Phone numbers are at: 5calls.org

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Can’t get this tune out of my head opening email from OPM/Musk youtu.be/jrNr0wAxPAw?...

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The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

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In case you were wondering how Fox News is covering the proposed cuts at the NIH:

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I will say this again. Every single employee that I have interacted with in the Federal govt has been hard working, professional, and dedicated to public service. #NIH, #NSF, #DOD, #NPS, #BLM, etc. They do not deserve to be treated so poorly. Thank you all for your service and how can we help?

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Send it in! hr@opm.gov

submitted 35 days ago • 8 comments

5 things I accomplished this week: - sent ~200 emails, probably half related to terminations at my institute - deleted ~1000 emails, (the usual tho) - tried (unsuccessfully) to get to revising a manuscript - mostly held it together for my trainees - kept my job

submitted 35 days ago • 5 comments

With national events moving fast and in a threatening direction, we’re beyond the range of experience of any living person. A primer for scientists (and everyone) on why it’s not just politics - and seven ways to act, locally: samwang.substack.com/p/an-action-...

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These early career researchers are our best and brightest. We should be protecting them at all costs. 🧪 #AcademicSky

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Updated from the preprint, our paper, "Spatiotemporal analysis of gene expression in the human dentate gyrus reveals age-associated changes in cellular maturation and neuroinflammation" is now published. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

submitted 36 days ago • 4 comments

😭🤣💀 kinda hard about now

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Scoop --> Trump-Musk cuts just resulted in the firing of numerous top researchers at NIH's center for combating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They predict big setbacks to fighting dementias. This cause was once championed by *Republicans.* Details here: newrepublic.com/article/1917...

submitted 38 days ago • 180 comments

Very important to get this word out!

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@nature.com “Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? Tell Nature” www.nature.com/articles/d41... via Signal: Max Kozlov: mkozlov.01; Dan Garisto: dgaristo.72; Heidi Ledford: hledford.01; Jeff Tollefson: jtollefson.11; Alexandra Witze: alexwitze.01; General Nature: naturenews.61 🧪

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North Carolinians, make yourself heard with Thom Tillis.

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This #BlackHistoryMonth, SfN celebrates African American scientists who've transformed neuroscience. From labs to clinics, Black neuroscientists drive progress while creating paths for future generations, advancing brain research & strengthening the scientific community and workforce. #Neurosky

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Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

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Another week that felt like a year. At this rate I’m going to be 100 by March. 🙄

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There is a lot going on right now! So much in fact that our news team at @science.org is now running a Trump tracker to keep track of it all. *sigh* 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

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Women are systematically under-cited in neuroscience. New tools, such as cleanBib, anneslist and others, exist to help researchers counter citation bias across genders and other demographic divides. By Anne Churchland, Felicia Davatolhagh #WomeninScience www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/w...

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Atypical hippocampal excitatory neurons express and govern object memory www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl. can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities

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Look up the impact of NIH funding in your state: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

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