Karen Bales
@baleslab.bsky.social
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Psychology faculty, food and travel enthusiast; views expressed are my own.
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Molecular Biology and Evolution
about 1 month ago
Versoza,
@baleslab.bsky.social
JD Jensen &
@susanneppfeifer.bsky.social
demonstrate that coppery titi monkeys reproducing later in life have one of the strongest male mutation biases observed in any non-human primate. 📷 CNPRC/L. Meckler 🔗
doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag112
#evobio
#molbio
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allen institute
3 months ago
The Orange Cat Brain Atlas is here. 🧠🐈 Today, we published the first comprehensive cellular map of the orange cat brain. The new atlas reveals a single, specialized neuron responsible for behaviors like staring at walls, knocking objects off tables, and the 3am "zoomies."
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Wow thanks for the post! Other UCD authors include
@forrestdrogers.bsky.social
and
@adeleseelke.bsky.social
, as well as Jessica Bond and Trent Simmons -- team vole!
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Miriam IRL
11 months ago
Timeline cleanse. Peak cat entitlement. from r/holdmycatnip
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Nicely written essay by
@eblissmoreau.bsky.social
on the importance of animal research. I always admire the elegance of her writing.
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Niko Rigney
about 1 year ago
Please check out our latest work! It has been a rough year with the passing of Dr. Larry Young. However, I will never forget his kindness and excitement for science. Neural connectivity of oxytocin receptor-expressing neurons in the nuc...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Rebecca Fielding-Miller
about 1 year ago
You love to see it. Thank you, thank you
@scottweiner.bsky.social
and
@senakilahweber.bsky.social
. This is how California can and should fight back
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Fearing Trump cuts, California Democrat proposes creating state’s own NIH
The ambitious state lawmaker argues moves by Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. show the Golden State must “step up” as a global leader.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/27/california-democrat-states-nih-00252794
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Almost home after amazing symposium on the social brain, celebrating Larry Young's legacy and seeing the first cherry blossoms of the year.
about 1 year ago
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Jorts (and Jean)
over 1 year ago
Days since a trash can mishap: 0 This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
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Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics
over 1 year ago
Vote for the
#UCDavisIPN
in the first round of
@statnews.com
's
#STATMadness
here:
www.statnews.com/feature/stat...
. Please help us show the world we're the best in biomedical research this year!
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Senator Bernie Sanders
over 1 year ago
Please. No more speeches in the Senate about “freedom” until one Republican has the guts to stand up to Trump’s lies about Ukraine & Putin. Ukraine did not start this horrific war. Russia did. Zelensky isn't a dictator. Putin is. The US must not enter into an alliance with Putin.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
over 1 year ago
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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Senator Bernie Sanders
over 1 year ago
As Robert F Kennedy becomes Secretary of HHS we must remember that “Just asking questions” about vaccines, and casting doubt on well-established science could have fatal consequences. Researchers estimate over 300,000 South Africans died because their leaders denied scientific truths.
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Senator Bernie Sanders
over 1 year ago
Conservative billionaires are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education to pay for private school vouchers that largely benefit wealthy families and enable corporations to avoid their fair share in taxes. Now they have a friend in the White House.
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Senator Bernie Sanders
over 1 year ago
This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected. $196 billion for three men in 99 days. Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
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Senator Bernie Sanders
over 1 year ago
The top health care companies in America spent 95% of their profits to make their CEOs & stockholders obscenely rich. How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
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today's mood
over 1 year ago
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Congratulations to an amazing scientist and person!
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Pete Buttigieg
over 1 year ago
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Senator Bernie Sanders
over 1 year ago
47,000+ Palestinians killed. 111,000 injured. Trump’s response? Forcibly expel Palestinians to make Gaza “a real estate development for the future. A beautiful piece of land.” No. Gaza must be rebuilt for the Palestinian people, not billionaire tourists.
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Sen. Adam Schiff
over 1 year ago
Trump & Musk are making massive cuts to the National Institutes of Health. I know there is a lot going on right now, but this is one of worst things they have done so far, will affect cancer research and trials, the search for cures, innovation and competitiveness, our universities. Your lives.
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Senator Bernie Sanders
over 1 year ago
Republicans want to slash Medicaid — a death sentence for thousands of Americans. Medicaid provides health care to more than 37 million kids, funding for 2/3 of seniors in nursing homes & is 40% of the revenue for community health centers. We must EXPAND Medicaid, not cut it.
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Senator Patty Murray
over 1 year ago
This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction. We all need to speak out to save lives.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James
over 1 year ago
This morning, we won a court order blocking Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, from accessing Americans’ private data. Musk and his DOGE employees must destroy all records they've obtained. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: no one is above the law.
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Senator Bernie Sanders
over 1 year ago
Is the criteria to be an FBI agent swearing allegiance to the Constitution? Or is it swearing allegiance to Donald Trump?
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Elizabeth Warren
over 1 year ago
No more business as usual. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are imposing pain on millions of people. Tonight, we’re taking this fight to the Senate floor. Russ Vought - author of Project 2025 - is up for a vote, and Democrats are using every second to throw a wrench in their plan.
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore
over 1 year ago
I am here to DEMAND answers from Speaker Johnson at his meeting with Scott Bessent regarding sensitive taxpayer information being handed over to an unelected billionaire donor.
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@doctormfoconnor
over 1 year ago
There are just a few more days left before The Grieving Body goes on sale. Barnes & Noble is offering 25% off the book for members, when you preorder today through February 7 on
bn.com
. You can visit the link to preorder now!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-grievi...
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Senator Bernie Sanders
over 1 year ago
Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos are working with Trump for one very simple reason: They understand that Trump's policies are designed to make the wealthiest Americans even richer. These three men have become $232 billion richer since November. Not bad in a couple of months time!
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Tina Smith
over 1 year ago
I just voted NO on RFK Jr. to lead HHS. None of his empty promises could undo the harm his past statements have already had on people’s health. He’s a flip-flopper, a conspiracy peddler, and a danger to our country. He’s driven by self-interest, not by protecting Americans.
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Liisa Galea
over 1 year ago
Here’s my statement as Lead for
@whrcluster.bsky.social
on the importance of studying women’s health- (& the importance of within & across sex & gender investigations) for our best chance at precision medicine
womenshealthresearchcluster.com/learn/womens...
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Statement from Liisa Galea, Scientific Lead of the Women's Health Research Cluster - Women's Health Research Cluster
We are so proud to have over 800 members across 32 countries in the Women’s Health Research Cluster. Our Vision is to achieve sex and gender health equity, and we strive for a future where women...
https://womenshealthresearchcluster.com/learn/womens-health-blog/statement-from-liisa-galea-scientific-lead-of-the-womens-health-research-cluster/
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Art Candee 🍿🥤
over 1 year ago
Senator Raphael Warnock ahead of the vote on RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary: "I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC. He's unqualified, and I dare say that everybody here knows it." BOOM! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Senator Bernie Sanders
over 1 year ago
I voted to reject RFK Jr.'s nomination to HHS. I cannot in good conscience support someone who denies and will dilute our public health protections, sow distrust in science, and oversee massive cuts to health care programs for vulnerable Americans.
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Profs and Pints
over 1 year ago
February 13th in Alameda! Details and tickets at
profsandpints.ticketleap.com/animal-love/
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I cannot cannot WAIT to be hanging out with behavioral neuroscientists in NORWAY. Everybody come please!!!
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SimianCollective
over 1 year ago
Thank a monkey !
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@doctormfoconnor
over 1 year ago
So delighted my new
#book
on
#grief
(
#TheGrievingBody
) has been named to the list of February 2025 Must-Read Books by Next Big Idea Club! I write about the 🧪
#science
behind the impact of
#grieving
on our physical bodies and
#medical
outcomes.
nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/nex...
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Dr. Raymond Vagell 🏳️🌈🐒
over 1 year ago
Time for an intro to those who don't know me from the bird app 🐦. Hi! My name is Raymond Vagell, I'm a PhD Candidate at
#TexasStateUniversity
#TXST
in the
#Anthropology
Dept with Dr. Jill Pruetz
#PruetzLab
. My research interests are
#primate
(
#lemur
#cognition
,
#welfare
, &
#enrichment
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