the rare uplifting nation article (no shade to the nation) www.thenation.com/article/acti...

The New York Times piece today about US science is terrible and wrong—in many ways. I could write a whole article about this, but as one example: “To close observers, the original crisis began well before any of this…” No. I’m a close observer of science, and this is incorrect.

Save the date! #PEQG26 June 9-12 2026 in Asilomar, CA. Happens only every 2yrs, but is my favorite conference. Full website coming soon, and registration and abstract submission opens November 14, but I'm allowed to tease that keynotes will be @jnovembre.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social and me!

"We should always demand evidence—exactly what I was doing when I insisted all CDC recommendations be based on credible data, not ideology or preordained outcomes...I was fired for holding that line. But the line doesn’t disappear with me...

The psych job market isn’t dead! Join us at UIC!!! We are looking for a clinical psychologist (assistant or associate level)!! Chicago is simply the best, and the department is incredibly lovely! I’m not on search committee, but as the “newest” hire, I’m happy to talk about my experience thus far!

"Take the autonomous weapons systems raining hell on Palestinians—why else give them saccharine-sounding names like Lavender and the Gospel if not to make these deadly inventions seem benevolent?" 1/2 lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

Hey #alcohol researchers, what are non-NIH funding mechanisms to support alcohol research? Please share any information #rsa2025 #rsa_isbra2025

Rosa's excellent @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social piece on genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of speech, language & reading traits offers a nice opportunity to (re)post a selection of the research articles she covers. (And we are only just getting started!) .... 🧪1/n

I'm very excited that this is out as preprint. In this study, 370 participants completed up to 30 runs of reward learning. We see that BMI and and Binge eating are associated with distinct RL patterns. Includes hierarchical models using Stan (+ many hours of sampling) and MRI data of an effort task

Our paper: ""Oxygen-induced stress reveals context-specific gene regulatory effects in human brain organoids" genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...

Our research shows how #cannabis affects the developing brain. I spoke to Dr. Delaney Ruston about how #THC exposure in adolescent rats alters cell communication vital for cognitive function. Watch more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Eb...

Important 'Matters Arising' from @neurome.bsky.social and Zhaoxia Yu discussing false positives due to multiple comparisons in large-scale gene expression data. I applaud Eran and others who consistently raise these issues for discussion in the community. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And then look at yourself in the mirror and say “an orange monkey, a couch fucker, and a half baked conspiracy theorist with a worm carcass in his brain aren’t going to stop me” And get moving ❤️🫶🏼✊🏼

📣 Latest from the lab: Performance of deep-learning-based approaches to improve polygenic scores www.nature.com/articles/s41... Its thought deep learning will substantially improve PGS but the reality is MANY have tried but no/little gain has been seen so far. Here we report our negative results.

Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Collecting large genome-wide samples may de-risk reinvestment in psychopharmaceuticals. Expanding on past work that lumped all psychiatric disorders together, we conducted a test of the utility of GWAS for specific psychiatric indications. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Check out our new OCD GWAS (53,660 cases and 2,044,417 controls) in @natgenet.nature.com 🧬🧠 Genetic risk was associated with excitatory neurons in the cortex and hippocampus. There was much genetic overlap with anxiety, depression, and anorexia. Open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New article is out! Sleep deprivation is bad for the brain transcriptome, but how quickly can a little sleep reverse this effect? A team effort and fun collaboration with @stephaniehicks.bsky.social (a thread) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40315180/

Today on #WorldDNADay we honour major scientific milestones and a paradigmatic shift. Indigenous-led initiatives like @ncig2013.bsky.social are closing the genomic gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples @azurehermes.bsky.social @blackochreomics.bsky.social @hardipp.bsky.social

I wrote a thing. I am eternally grateful for my editor, who took the original draft and helped me narrow down my key points into a more effective piece with a broader reach. Also, thanks to the editorial & legal teams, who maintained the message while protecting us in this fraught moment.

A fun privilege of editing an @apajournals.bsky.social journal is they send you a list of the most downloaded articles each year! Here are some notables. I'll start with new 2024 articles in the top 20 then move to classics. There were 4 2024 articles in the top 20, most are much older. 1/

Opinion: Due to the actions of the Trump administration, many face a bleak future in dealing with mental health problems, addictions, and trauma.

This seems like a relevant article to share with my statistics class.....

How does early-life stress impact the brainstem nucleus incertus, and how does that influence stress- and reward-related behaviors later in life? Learn all about it in this recent NPP paper: www.nature.com/artic...

Harvard's decision to fight back has given me such hope!

You do not in fact have to bend the knee

In a landmark commentary last year, 24 scientists from around the globe—all of whom either identify as trans or have trans family members—called for recognition and support from the research community. #TransDayOfVisibility scim.ag/4l8LK5O

Happy International Transgender Visibility Day! Are you wondering what can you do to support your trans colleagues and students in academia? Here's a list (originally posted by me on the Bad Site several years ago): 1/n

Across the last 48 hours, “Signalgate” has morphed from one scandal into what I think is best thought of as five distinct overlapping scandals, as well as providing some fascinating political insight into who has power and how decisions get made in Trump II. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...

Free 'genes and SEM' workshop organized by @bstpourcain.bsky.social, Brad Verhulst, and Conor Dolan: www.geneticsnetworkamsterdam.org/blog/2025/03...

So proud of our brilliant student @clairezagorski.bsky.social for writing this penetrating critique of the pseudo-scientific eugenics conference to be held on our campus. www.statesman.com/story/opinio...

When in evolutionary time does accelerated genomic change occur across phenotypes? Our study out in Cell Genomics led by Eucharist Kun, with Vagheesh Narasimhan integrates comparative, functional, and ancient genomic data with GWAS. Read more www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

Here's a good piece from Bob Kuttner on Columbia caving to Trump, and practically the only university president that has spoken forcefully against the assault on academic freedom: the head of tiny Wesleyan University prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

On the cruelty of dictatorships drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/o...

I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality. ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...

They're going to fucking wreck the university with one of the best hospital systems in the goddam world

The most important thing to remember both about the anti-trans laws and the arrest of the Palestinian activist at Columbia: They will not stop with trans people and Palestinians.

BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology." This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.

I am from Middletown, OH, (the same hometown as JD Vance) and was especially compelled by the @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social movement. I am happy to have my article out on this #standupforscience2025 day. #sciencenotsilence www.daytondailynews.com/ideas-voices...

DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for Nature. Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

I'm keeping my WaPo subscription for now, but I've cancelled Amazon Prime. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A devastating overview of what has been happening at NIH, week by week: wapo.st/4h8aiZx

Sharing this brave piece that echos a lot of what I have been feeling. The silence around DEI from institutions means the damage is already done. Leadership asking us to keep our heads down to prevent actual damage ignore that it’s already here for people like me. stanforddaily.com/2025/03/03/f...

NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates www.science.org/content/arti...

Great OP-ED @drosophilosophy.bsky.social This Is The Way!! www.phillymag.com/news/2025/02...

Wanted to share a link from the Society for Neuroscience regarding their statements on the current administration's halting of NIH support and cutting indirect cost rates. The site also includes links to other stakeholders comments on the subject. www.sfn.org/advocacy/adv...

So true! Furthermore, as a colleague noted, avoiding attention from the Trump administration is really not the win you think it is.

It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.