An important write up from the NYT on the funding changes at the NIH. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"I’ve grown a lot as an eater since then, and I’ve worked to mature my underdeveloped palate to handle anything that Aunt Linda or anyone else throws my way. Tonight, when I got to the table and saw a lineup of yams, I was able to lean on that preparation and get the job done."

On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪 Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...

Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?! & more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.) RTs appreciated.

"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

One of the best reasons to make all your data open is that it can't be stolen #OpenScience

This is misinformation by default, so if you're a journal and you use AI slop for your cover or your announcements, you're not scientific in any way and should be shamed mercilessly 🧪

Apropos of... well... I'm reviewing applications for a variety of things right now and can tell when letters are written by AI. There aren't many of them but they do exist. They are... not good. If you're an academic trainee, choose your mentors wisely.

If only the intern that picked this image had read the AI section of my course syllabus. Could have saved them and their otherwise reputable journal some serious embarrassment.

Hey, just because AI knows about those arm-organs and you don't isn't a reason to get mad 🤣

We have written two reviews providing a practical guide and fundamentals of cell migration: (1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay, (2) How to analyze cell migration data. We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis. Coming out soon in Nature Methods.

Thousands of No Kings protesters stage peaceful demonstration at Ohio Statehouse #NoKings ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/18/t...

Just updated my AI policy for my course next spring. Added a section about using AI "to study".

Thank You MIT. Now who's next? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

MIT Rejects the Compact! I am so proud. "The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ...

For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦 #academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...

💥 OpenStax just hit $3 billion in student savings! We’re proud to serve the educators and institutions that make access a reality. Let's keep making an amazing education accessible to all, together! https://openstax.org/press/openstax-surpasses-3b-in-student-savings-grows-beyond-textbooks

It's Avril Lavigne's birthday today, so we are contractually obligated to re-share this banger from our archives.

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

NSF GRFP solicitation is up! Eligibility has changed! Second year grad students are no longer eligible. Only first years, senior undergrads and those in between. Deadlines moved back a bit from late October to early November. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

The Biological Psychiatry family of journals is now officially on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest research in psychiatric neuroscience, cognitive neuroimaging, and global open science from our three leading journals.

HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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The NSF GRFP is an amazing opportunity for students in the first two years of a PhD or those applying to a PhD right now. Below, check out our special episode with advice for both applicants and those who write letters of support!! 🧐 Please help us spread the word 📢

Great opportunity for undergrads to flex their creativity and their neuro knowledge!

Host: There are new calls this morning for RFK Jr.'s resignation, and those calls coming from inside HHS itself. More than 1,000 current and former HHS workers are making this demand in a letter released this morning. They say his leadership has "put the health of all Americans at risk"

Do you teach: 🫀 Anatomy & Physiology 🌓 Astronomy 🧬 Biology 🩺 Clinical Nursing 🧫 Microbiology If so, join us for tomorrow's #OpenStax Assignable webinar! We'll share how to create assignments aligned with your textbook, right in your LMS! 📅 11 a.m. CDT riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A show of bipartisan support for NIH. Basically flat except for ARPA-H. The President’s budget proposal basically ignored (as it should have been).

🧪 And House appropriators say: no cuts to NIH budget! House subcommittee version just came out (link below). Holds NIH flat at $48 billion. To be clear: this is far from over. But a good sign that science still matters across both sides of aisle. YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!

This Op Ed is a call to action from highly qualified experts who have served (and protected) all of us for decades. When they see the depth of the self inflicted wounds that SecDHHS’ is promulgating on all of us, they demand change. All of us should do same. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

The new NIH grant review format and the iron law of unintended consequences drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/t...

Public signers from FEMA put on administrative leave [Gift link] wapo.st/45C4h4U 1/2

I signed. I've lived in hurricane prone NC and the fire/earthquake hot zone that is CA. When massive disasters strike, people need help. I'm inspired by the bravery of the FEMA employees who are standing up to protect us all.

I bought my duck. Get yours now. All the cool kids are doing it.

NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...

Larry Richardson appeared to be an early-career mathematician with potential, racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years. It would all be rather remarkable—if the studies weren’t complete gibberish. And if Larry wasn’t a cat. #InternationalCatDay scim.ag/4lg3wTp

Faculty opening for candidates "working with human, non-human animal, or computational models to advance the understanding of brain and behavior relationships in the context of lifespan development" Stony Brook Psychology is an exceptional dept with amazing colleagues apply.interfolio.com/171691

10TV also reported on the chalking ban. Pranav Jani, representing AAUP-OSU, explains: “We have to fight for every inch of free speech — it’s like a muscle, you use it or you lose it. If we give up our paths for free expression, then we will actually lose those paths.”

Issuing this statement while banning chalking is the 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of gaslighting. “(The) Ohio State University is committed to protecting free speech and expression on our campuses, and we support the right of students, faculty and staff to speak out about issues that are important to them.”

OSU spokesman in here makes no effort to defend the chalking ban on the merits and blandly asserts, “The Ohio State University is committed to protecting free speech and expression on our campuses” - no, you aren’t! That’s a lie. You’re going to fine and punish students for their free expression!

generating examples for my fall undergrad Perception students on why they should not use LLMs as study aides...

Chalk. That's the big threat here at OSU. I can't think of a more obvious way to say "we're afraid of what you have to say" than to ban chalk.

I signed this morning. I encourage all my fellow scientists to sign. We all need to take a stand against the destruction of American health and science.

🚨BREAKING NEWS: RFK Jr. is a danger to this nation. Don’t give in to Trump & his cronies: we are NOT trading innovation for ideology. We demand the immediate IMPEACHMENT and REMOVAL of RFK. Stop the quack. Protect Science. Protect Democracy Sign & share here: zurl.co/PEPyD #StandUpForScience

Another excellent study by @dulaclab.bsky.social and collaborators. This new @cp-cell.bsky.social study uncovers a key role for the thalamus in the neural control of social hierarchy 🧪🧠🧬 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

In retrospect, it was indeed foolish of me to even try.

Pretty certain running a lab is mostly about making signs to avoid inconveniences & minor catastrophes. 😊