A new study pinpoints an emotion-to-motivation gateway that converts painful signals into negative feelings, offering a promising target for non-opioid pain relief. Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/46jefZE

Very proud that my PhD thesis is now officially published!

So excited to have been part of this work from the Corder lab! Congrats to Jess and the whole team. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

big thanks to all the authors and my co-Senior Collaborator @korblab.bsky.social !!! ... and huge congrats to Jess Wojick who spent 5+ years developing this story (you can keep following her work over at @superkash.bsky.social Lab at UNC)

excited to see current Kash Lab postdoc Jess Wojick's paper out from her PhD in @flybottleescape.bsky.social lab !!! congrats Jess and Greg!!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

McGovern: "You are literally taking food off kids' plates to buy Elon Musk another yacht. I guess he's getting a good return on his campaign donations ... this is not policy. This is theft."

You do NOT have to accept this! Post on the public comments to pressure them to NOT do this! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

If you don’t want to take the booster don’t. But to prevent adults from having the choice is depraved.

I am sad to let you all know that one of our faculty here at BCAS and UNC, Dr. Charlotte Boettiger, has passed away. She was a wonderful scientist and a great person. She will be missed. researchsocietyonalcohol.org/member-resou...

UNC-CH is searching for a new Chair of Psychiatry. Please share. www.nejmcareercenter.org/job/863298/c...

Picture day for Kash Lab. Rain can't stop us.

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 ([email protected]) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

With the huge challenges facing scientists, I call on peer reviewers to reflect on their role as gatekeepers to trainee career development and scientific progress. You can maintain high standards for rigor while being kind and not demanding an extra year of studies for every paper revision.

Trainees who applied for an NIH diversity fellowship whose applications were withdrawn/not being reviewed, there's a NYTimes reporter who wants to talk, especially interested in applicants with disabilities. DM me & I'll put you in touch, will keep all contact confidential. Please amplify

For those who don't know, here are very real research costs that directs cannot cover - all fall within indirects: the buildings we work in (upkeep, maintenance, cleaning, etc), utilities, IT infrastructure, human resources, administrative staff, security, and lots more

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Worst week for science EVER. Sunday: ASM scrubs DEI mentions from website. Tue: NASA scrubs DEI from website; ICE arrests a student on campus; NSF plans to cut staff; USAID halted. Wed: HHMI kills diversity program; NIH trashes applications for diversity F grants. Fri: NIH cuts indirects.

Slightly annoying how many of the comments are like, "This is written so broadly it's going to even affect ME over here in chemistry" or whatever. We need to (always) stand together as scientists whether you're the target or the collateral damage.

One of the keywords is “female” 🙃🙃🙃

🔔New lab paper🔔 GLP-1 analogs have become a first-line treatment for type II diabetes and weight management. Appetite reduction is mediated through activation of brain GLP-1Rs. In this review, we discuss the role of the Central Amygdala in integrating the actions of GLP-1R agonists. rb.gy/0t0wig

It’s #BlackHistoryMonth so it’s a good time to celebrate the extraordinary mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; 1918 – 2020). 🧪🐡👩🏾‍🔬🧮 #histsci One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (and its predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex 🧵

It would be nice if people could stop acting like DEI is an only a moral good. DEI strengthens organizations. People from diverse backgrounds bring new ways of solving problems and serving people. DEI isn’t a gift to diverse people. It’s a gift to the orgs that hire us.

Fuzzbuster wants you to take a moment to take a deep breath.

As the White House rescinds its spending-freeze memo, remember: To assume that Team Trump is impervious to pressure is a mistake. These guys can and will retreat. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Eighty years ago, on January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated. Yad Vashem has digitized more than 15,000 Holocaust survivor testimonies. Here, for example, you can watch many interviews with survivors. "For whoever listens to a witness becomes a witness." 🗃️ www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/vi...

hurray! paper accepted for lead author @lisataxier.bsky.social ! insula, alcohol conditioned aversion, ephys, dreads, fun!

Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH. I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

CNN has now confirmed this. www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...

New preprint!

I don't think biomedical researchers realize how much is at stake with the upcoming election. Take a look at some snippets from Project2025, the blueprint for the next Trump Administration and then be afraid. Then get organized. Ignoring it and putting our heads in the sand is not an option.

"The settlement was a resounding victory for the parents and LGBTQ advocacy groups who filed the lawsuit. It dramatically limits the law's application to a narrow set of circumstances that seldom occur in K-12 public schools." Good news in Florida. "Don't Say Gay" is no more.

Mark Robinson is such an extremist that his gubernatorial primary victory in North Carolina deserves to be seen as a genuine scandal for the contemporary Republican Party.

Highly recommend the theatre-kid-to-scientist career trajectory. You may not be the best actor, but you’ll impress scientists with your stage presence 🤣🧪

Tomorrow!!! I’d love if you can watch and vote for me! 🧠⚡️🐁

I see to little people talking about how Nex was Indigenous, Choctaw Nation while Indigenous people are more likely to be killed in genderist violence than white trans people. indianz.com/News/2024/02...

Tomorrow!!! I’d love if you can watch and vote for me! 🧠⚡️🐁

This Friday (2/23) at 2 pm EST I’m giving a Ted-style talk about my research! There’s a livestream on YouTube (www.youtube.com/live/J5N7B7I...). Come check it out and cast your vote for the audience choice award!

Adeno-associated viruses for efficient gene expression in the axolotl nervous system https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.15.580426v1

This is why people leave academia

Thrilled to share my PhD work!

It's almost Valentine's Day so it's my yearly reminder that lilies are DEADLY to cats. Every single part of the lily. Even the tiniest sniff of pollen will send a cat into kidney failure within an hour. Lilies are a death sentence. If you have cats DO NOT have lilies in your home!

The Accorsi Lab will open this Spring at UC Davis to study the development and regeneration of the Apple Snail visual system 🐌. We are hiring a tech to join us in creating a collaborative and inclusive environment and exploring cool biology! Apply here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06290

I am so tired of texting my husband “I nearly was just hit by a car”. What is wrong with Philadelphia?

“How the scientific system treats researchers is a choice. It is not inevitable or out of our control. It’s time we make bold choices as a scientific community that align with both reality and our values.” 🧪

Mesmerized

Mid december reminder, myself and a few colleagues organized a keystone conference on reward and addiction (February 12-14) . Here is a short promo video about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-R7... register here: www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

BLEP

A distinguished gentleman