Sharks absolutely get cancer, and people claiming otherwise are pseudoscientific grifters preying on the desperate. Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S. Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world. www.nobelprize.org

This is what ICE is so afraid of that they think they need the national guard as backup.

I kinda remember Trump pardoning a bunch of people for this, many of whom beat up cops and put them in the hospital. I think they were yelling something about the Vice President as they stormed the building.

1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs. 2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar. 3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!

There are more people employed by NIH than coal mining (though Trump et alia are working hard to reduce NIH-related employment...)

Finally, I’m currently on the job market, and would love to hear about any open faculty positions you have in your department! I’m interested in tenure track positions both in the US and abroad. 12/12

Out of the blue, Trump called the Norwegian finance minister to ask when he would get the Nobel prize suggesting he would impose tariffs if he did not www.dn.no/politikk/fre...

Every night Stephen Miller must return to his carefully calibrated vat of restorative goo, made of ground up small mammals and the tears of children, for a full 10 hours, or his skin, already so sickly, will begin to slough off in chunks.

Thrilled to have as guest lecturer David Berson, our own personal Yoda, bestowing his great wisdom on the MBL Visual Neuroscience class!

Crime in D.C. hit a 30-year low last year. Trump deploying the National Guard on the city is yet another authoritarian show of force. It's straight out of the dictator's playbook. https://youtu.be/WSxJRIiCNs8?feature=shared

Hillel Adesnik lecturing in the MBL Visual Neuroscience course. Clear as a bell, as usual.

The first week of the MBL Visual Neuroscience course is in the books thanks to a wonderful group of students, TAs and faculty! On to week two with more studies on mouse, zebrafish, and octopus visual systems!

Check out this awesome study from my phenomenally talented colleague @accorsi-alice.bsky.social ! Apple snails can regrow their eyes! How do they do this? 👀 Read below ⬇️ to find out more! #regeneration

Dems should fight on every front. If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts. We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File. Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.

Leon Lagnado looking patriotic at the MBL Visual Neuroscience course. Make Vison Great Again!

Day 1 of the Visual Neuroscience course at the MBL in Woods Hole. The legendary John Dowling and Michael Do, both from Harvard, gave fabulous intro lectures on photoreceptors And the lab is humming! Can’t wait for day 2!

Motherfucking wind farms…

Happy 107th Birthday, Brenda Milner! Her contributions to neuropsychology shaped the way we understand the human brain. From surviving two world wars and two pandemics, to paving the way for future generations of researchers, Milner’s legacy continues. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

And today I wrote about the overthrow of tyrants.

A reminder that Brazil arrested and charged their former dictator Bolsonaro with planning a coup and trying to overturn the 2022 elections in their country. If only the United States had done the same instead of giving the plotter of a coup full totalitarian power of the govt.

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From last time

This is looking to be the most forthright and honest presentation so far from NIH officialdom.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Last week in Arches National Park. Finally got to see, in person, the “eye” I’ve been using on my seminar Intro slide.

Taken last week at Cliff House, Mesa Verde National Park. Beautiful structures built around 1100 AD by people with exceptional masonry skills. One of my top ten time travel destinations.

For the record, I've been trying to interview Bhattacharya since the moment (and before!) he was sworn in. I've followed up repeatedly. I offered to speak specifically about the new policy. I've written 20 stories on NIH since the inauguration. Why is Bhattacharya scared to speak to @nature.com?

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How it started // how it's going

youtu.be/2Tn_ap2modQ?.... This blokes amazing. 101 years old. Wrote threw books, first about a war with America. He still has his,witts about him. WAR HERO

Trump must have played Risk as a kid. The goal is to conquer and hold a continent, and then the whole world. N America earns you 7 extra armies per turn, but you need to conquer Canada, Mexico, Greenland, and Central America, and then you fortify the borders to keep foreigners out.

Reflecting on the public’s attitude about science after today’s protests. This quote by Carl Sagan, sums up what happens when society stops valuing knowledge and rational thought:

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

Hey, visual neuroscientists 👋 Interested in hands-on training in modern techniques and building a lifelong network of colleagues and friends? Look no further! 🧠 Apply for the MBL's Visual Neuroscience course by March 19: bit.ly/4kn48HH #ScienceStartsHere

“The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over”. Do you hear that Elon?

Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

Neurons in Central Park today! #newyork

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

Senior undergrad starting my PhD next year. I’m absolutely terrified — I love science and I’m great at it, but that might not be enough anymore. I’ve channeled my rage into making and distributing this:

The winner of the Outrage of the Hour Award goes to this cruelty. Stay tuned for next hour’s winner, they just keep getting more grotesque. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Defund SpaceX. It should survive on its own.

Exciting news! MBL has received a $2.6M gift from an anonymous donor! This generous support fuels our mission of discovery, education, and innovation. Private philanthropy drives groundbreaking research and shapes the future of science. 🌎🔬 #ScienceStartsHere #Philanthropy

People who can’t tell the difference between entomology and etymology bug me in ways I can’t put into words. 🙃

I am super excited to share our article addressing a longstanding question in neurobiology: how Ca²⁺ signaling cascades initiated at dendritic spines operate at a distance. Check it out here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @cp-cell.bsky.social.

Send inquiries to me and Rich: @richkramerlab.bsky.social. Apply here: www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

More complete announcement to come, but heads-up about a new summer course on Visual Neuroscience at the MBL, Woods Hole! Hands-on training in imaging, EM, bioinformatics, electrophysiology, visual behavior. From octopus to mouse, from retina to brain! Aug. 1-16, 2025 www.mbl.edu/education/ad...