Russell Vought, Director of the OMB, has issued a set of proposed changes that would dramatically alter federal grant funding. However, we can each take action to prevent these from taking effect. Here's how, a 🧵 🧪 1/n www.science.org/content/arti...

If you are headed for psych grad school and want experience with EEG, fMRI, affective science and internalizing psychopathology research, apply to be my lab manager!

Stop by the SPR Video Booth (In front of the Elevators, 8th Floor) to film a 60–90 second spotlight on your research. Open to all attendees! #2025SPR

The MAClab will be presenting at #2025SPR in Montreal this week! @therealspr.bsky.social Follow the thread below to see details for each presentation 🧐🧠 #2025SPR #PsychSky #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #AcademicSky

Have you seen the keynote speakers of #2025SPR? Join us in Montréal next month!

1/3 ✈️ Heading to Montréal for #2025SPR? Don’t forget to check Canada’s entry requirements! shorturl.at/fWidI

Coming to #2025SPR? Don’t miss Psychophysiology’s “Meet the Editors” breakfast to get insights on journal scope & aims, publication strategies, and the peer-review process!

🎉 Welcome to the MAClab Nicole! 🎉 Nicole is a 1st year Doctoral student who will be joining us this fall - read her description to learn more about her! #PsychSky #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #AcademicSky

The #2025SPR Annual Meeting Online Registration Portal is now open! Early bird Registration Rates are available now through Tuesday, August 26, 2025. Register here: spr.joynmeeting.com/v2/ #AcademicSky #MedSky #PsychSciSky #HigherEdSky #neuroskyence

Trainees at #2025SPR — don’t miss our Speed Networking Breakfast! Get matched with faculty for rapid one-on-one conversations. Register when you sign up for the conference: spr.joynmeeting.com/v2/ #AcademicSky #MedSky #PsychSciSky #HigherEdSky #neuroskyence

🚨 Are you attending #2025SPR in Montrèal? Join us for a pre-conference workshop! 📍 Registration opens July 1, 2025: select your workshop when signing up for the annual meeting. Space is limited! for details see: sprweb.org/2025-annual-...

This happened to a friend. Although their Fulbright application had done well at internal review in the US in December, they were surprised to hear in May that it was turned down. In this case, the host country, which knew the application should’ve been awarded, will fund the project anyways.

Don't forget to submit your abstract for #2025SPR! spr.joynmeeting.com/v2/

Just received word that our post-bacc RA position at the UPenn Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab should go live this week. Will post the link when it does but, for now, here' s a link with the description. Please repost + share with your team! tinyurl.com/ycyzmmdx

(1/5) Poster (and Faces of the Future talks) and Big Idea symposia submissions for #2025SPR are now open!

My story: I’m a single father and cancer researcher whose wife died of a rare cancer. Science and biomedical research is personal to me. Here is my op-ed in my hometown newspaper. Pls fwd. www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...

University leaders “need to defend the core mission of their institutions” against the Trump administration’s campaign against higher education, the editorial board writes.

THANK YOU to everyone who showed up to #standupforscience at Texas A&M!! 🥰✊🧪 #sciencenotsilence #PsychSky #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #AcademicSky

Join us this Friday at 12pm to ‼️STAND UP FOR SCIENCE‼️ at Texas A&M University Rally at Academic Plaza near the Lawrence Sullivan Ross Statue. Feel free to bring posters and spread the word. standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #PsychSky #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence

NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal scholars say is illegal. Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled. All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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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

Thank you! There is a simple thing to do: You can call up your local newspaper and TV station and offer to talk about what is happening.

It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this: Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪

It is natural to want to sink into nihilism. To say “well there’s nothing we can do” and put full trust in the courts, or just shrink into a small bubble and ignore the news and the outside world. Sometimes, that’s necessary. If you need to do it now, do it. But optimism is a choice you can make.

This is one way NIH funding is still largely paused: www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...

Senator Ted Cruz recently released a database of more than 3000 NSF grants that he says misappropriated taxpayer money by spending it on "woke DEI" research. So why do grants that seemingly have nothing to do with woke ideology contain words such as "underrepresented"?

Get in dorks, we're going protesting! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025 WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL Because science is for everyone! Find us at standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

#NIH just slashed indirect costs caps on grants to 15%--this is a HUGE blow to the research community. While there is certainly inefficiency to the grants system, indirects help institutions support scientists & academic infrastructure. No one will want to do research anymore. #medsky #academicsky

Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals? This is not how it works, Mr President. Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words" www.bmj.com/content/388/...

As a tenured prof @ a private institution, I believe I have an obligation to speak out on issues that my colleagues at other institutions or in more tenuous positions cannot. If you have privilege & protections, use that to preserve our rights and freedoms. 1/ #AcademicSky #PolisciSky #CivMilSky

Want to see the numbers for how NIH funding impacts your state? Remind your Representatives, Senators, and fellow citizens how federally-funded biomedical research advances health, created jobs, and fosters innovation and economic growth. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

📣 Symposia submissions for #2025SPR are now open (due Feb. 27). Check out other submission opportunities and deadlines too. Join us in Montréal! spr.joynmeeting.com/v2/

(1/3) SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT! The abstract submission system for the 65th annual SPR meeting (Oct. 15-18, 2025, Montréal, Canada) will open on January 16, 2025!

Tomorrow (Wed) at 9am, check out our panel: "Neurobehavioral alterations underlying avoidance: from animal models to psychiatric disorders", with @moskielab.bsky.social, @raupperle.bsky.social and Mario Penzo! See you there! @maclab-brain.bsky.social #ACNP2024 #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence

Hey #ACNP2024, I’m giving a talk as part of a panel put together by my colleague @macannmarie.bsky.social. We will be exploring avoidance phenomena at multiple levels of analysis, from mechanistic work in rodents to research on human patient populations. Wed morning for translational awesomeness!

The MAClab is excited to finally join Bluesky!🥳 Stay tuned for posts about our current research, lab members, and other announcements! Links to our lab website, publications, and other socials can be found in the link in bio. #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

With #2024SPR only a few weeks away (Prague, Oct. 23-26), here are some program highlights! If you haven't registered for the meeting or made hotel reservations yet, do so now to take advantage of discounted rates. Full preliminary program here: sprweb.org/page/2024_pr... #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

After a 5-year gap, the NIMH FMRI summer course has returned with recordings fmrif.nimh.nih.gov/index.php/Su... It's my first time trying to cram "The basic fMRI study: all the elements to consider" into 1h. It's not quite as polished as I'd like, but I think it went ok. DM for info on joining live

NIH guidance on Resubmission Applications drugmonkey.scientopia.org/2024/02/28/n...

The MAClab at Texas A&M is looking for a post-doc! Details below. Please share! drive.google.com/file/d/1Gi1gmPY_HFXaL4cgAwIe6se6BWlBLZd1/view?usp=sharing

 (1/12) Psychophysiology has a new Editor-in-Chief (as of Jan. 2024)! In this post, we thank Dr. Monica Fabiani, outgoing Editor-in-Chief, for her tremendous leadership over the past 9 years and congratulate Dr. Andreas Keil, incoming Editor-in-Chief, on his new role. #neuroskyence #PsycSciSky

Have you submitted your #2024SPR symposium proposal? Join us in Prague! Deadline - February 28! catalyst.omnipress.com#event-home/s...

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We (maclab.sites.tamu.edu) are hiring a lab manager! This is an ideal position for someone who wants to apply to graduate school. Minimum 2-year commitment. Please repost! #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

Save the date for #2024SPR, in the Czech Republic!

SPR Early Career Award applications are due Jan. 10, 2024! Apply now or encourage an eligible mentee or colleague to applly! More details here: myemail.constantcontact.com/SPR-2024-Ear...

SPR is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Contributions to Psychophysiology Award, Dr. Christopher J. Patrick! This award is the highest honor given by SPR and recognizes an individual's sustained and distinguished contribution to the field of psychophysiology.