For those of you attending #GSA2025 in Boston, consider this panel of #NIH awardees, Drs. Alden Gross, @mariaglymour.bsky.social , @sfackley.bsky.social , and @bryandjames.bsky.social. Please remember to tag #geronsky and @geronsociety.bsky.social in your posts.

Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO... Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out. Watch and share! 1/7

Happy Sinkhole Bus day to yinz who celebrate!

Lego MRI scanner set (donated to hospitals) a big help for kids who need scans: "more than 1 million children globally have used the sets to help them prepare...96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children's anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation"

I am here for the region-specific insults. No Kings Pittsburgh.

My sign.

No Kings-Austin,TX

Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.

The local PGH flavor today included a «Won’t You Be My Neighbor » singalong #NoKings

Things are at a standstill with the govt shutdown, the year has been one of 'constant chaos' at the NIH — & the worst may be yet to come folks said on my panel Read a recap of our talk w/ @jeremymberg.bsky.social @malar0ne.bsky.social & Eric Green here www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/f...

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events. Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... 1/14

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥 We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪 Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

One of the important consequences of early detection of cancer... (From this past weekend, 11 years and 3 months after her breast cancer detection)

Check out this great article from @sciam.bsky.social on racial disparities in Alzheimer's disease. Researchers should include historically minoritized communities in studies of these new frontiers in dementia diagnosis and treatment, says epidemiologist Beth Shaaban of the University of Pittsburgh.

So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals. In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed. Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph... 1/4

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

Alzheimer’s & Dementia Call for Papers: Waking Up to the Importance of Sleep in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias ✦ Mechanisms of circadian disruption ✦ Digital sleep biomarkers and more #ALZResearch ⏰Deadline: Oct. 31, 2025 alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

Call For Papers! Alzheimer's & Dementia Special Issue: Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems in Alzheimer's Disease Research on the intersection of the Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems and AD are welcome! #AlzResearch ⏰Deadline: Aug. 30, 2025 alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

Emergency Department (ED) staff: screen ALL patients over 65 for delirium. Emergency departments are where it's most missed and most dangerous. Make it as routine as checking blood pressure.

Here is the Science story on the "priorities" memo... www.science.org/content/arti...

New Guardian article about the Bhattacharya op-ed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 1/4

This is a great annotated thread of the new EO to help understand what it is attempting to do.

One more effort to politicize federal grantmaking. *Grants must by approved by a political appointee, working with OMB. *"Discretionary awards must, where applicable, demonstrably advance the President’s policy priorities." *Cannot "promote anti-American values" www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Well, this is a huge Executive Order power grab... www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 1/3

Thanks @murray.senate.gov and the Appropriations committee for the bipartisan bill that rejects the draconian cuts to NIH science and restricts the harmful multiyear funding scheme! www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minorit...

🏆 Donna M. Wilcock, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2025 Bill Thies Award for Distinguished Service to ISTAART. This award recognizes an @istaart.bsky.social member who has provided continued and outstanding service to the ISTAART community. @wilcocklab.bsky.social @iusm-medneuro.bsky.social

Make sure to check out these poster presentations featuring @naccdata.org authors today at #AAIC2025!

Check out the great research posters being presented by #NIAfundedADRC REC Scholars today at #AAIC2025! Learn more about the Research, Education, Component (REC): naccdata.org/adrc-resourc...

@mariacarrilloalz.bsky.social shares exciting #AAIC25 attendee stats: 🔬 Nearly 8,200 are in Toronto & 3,200+ are online 🔬48% of in-person attendees & 61% of virtual attendees are women 🔬 23% are under age 35 🔬 More than 22% are first-time attendees 🔬More than 70% are @istaart.bsky.social members

This is fun. Watching your first ever mentor in science give the plenary at AAIC. I was Katerina’s first technician, helping out with her 2002 mouse studies shown on this slide. Haven’t met a more tenacious scientist since. To see a single hypothesis all the way through to clinical trials is amazing

Takeaways from U.S. POINTER top line results: ➡️ Both a structured & a self-guided intervention improved cognition, with the structured group improving even more. ➡️ Cognitive benefits were consistent across age, sex, ethnicity, heart health status and APOE e4 genotype. bit.ly/USPointerRel... #AAIC25

#PopNeurosciCollab at #AAIC25! *A fun meeting w/ @leadcoalition.bsky.social *Mtg new folks interested in joining the Diversity and Disparities PIA while tabling @ PIA Day *Daniel Willie-Permor (Aβ/tau resistance/resilience) & Ale Ramirez-Tirado (peripheral & central inflammation) posters @ AIC

A&D Journal Events at #AAIC25- Monday July 28 ☑️ Meet the Editors- #BSEA Editor Jennifer Lingler @jlingler.bsky.social (10:30am) ☑️ Meet the Editors- #TRCI Editor Tim Hohman (12:30pm) 📍@alzassociation.bsky.social booth ☑️ Peer Review Workshop with Editors of A&D Journals (12:30pm) 📍 Room 603

For #AAIC2025 attendees: #ADRD researcher starter pack! Thanks @tyk314.net for promoting me to share this again go.bsky.app/22DpUEy

🏆 Mary Sano, Ph.D., is the recipient of the Bengt Winblad Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Sano is a neuropsychologist by training and an award-winning clinical trialist, focusing on cognitive impairment in aging, Alzheimer’s and related dementias. #AAIC25

🧠 TIME-AD is now on Bluesky! #TIME-AD brings together results from different study designs and populations to find what really works to prevent and delay dementia. Follow along as we share what we’re learning and check out our website to learn more: www.time-ad.org #EndALZ #EpiSky #NeuroSky

Joined the Advisory Board of @standupforscience.bsky.social alongside Viktor Ambros, @jeremymberg.bsky.social, Carol Greider, @michaelemann.bsky.social, & @katestarbird.bsky.social. Impressed with @cdelawalla.bsky.social and the entire Stand Up for Science team! www.standupforscience.net/cadres.

Just do yourself a favor and go watch Living Colour on NPR’s Tiny Desk NOW!✊🏿🤘🏿 Bonus points if you can hear me yelling several times! I was there!

Someone made Bethesda Declaration mugs. One of the NIH folks who signed the Declaration shared this with me. 🥲 1/n

Our colleagues at @alzassociation.bsky.social address Secretary Kennedy's disinformation campaign on research we and AA support. Thank you, Drs. Pike and Carrillo for addressing these medical inaccuracies. #geronsky #dementia

It's been two weeks since we signed the #BethesdaDeclaration. #NIH matters. Science doesn't stop just because an administration censors what PIs do. Will you join in our fight against scientific disinformation? We thank those of you who are supporting us. #defenddata #defendresearch

You can sign the #BethesdaDeclaration and support the NIH workers who are speaking out against the dismantling of life-saving biomedical research!

The U.S. once saw steady declines in mortality—but progress stalled around 2010. New research: In 2023 alone, there were 525,505 more deaths than expected had pre-2010 trends continued. 91% were among adults without a BA degree. Most were due to CVD and diabetes. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

📢BREAKING: Just left the courthouse for our NIH grant termination case Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL” As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’

Thanks to The Oklahoman (www.oklahoman.com) for running my opinions on the new budget and impacts on Alzheimer's research (bit.ly/4mZXrg7) and public health progress for all of us. #PublicHealth #EndAlzheimers #Epidemiology #ScienceHomecoming

"they are stealing your hope [of a cure for cancer or alzheimer's]...but it's not too late, we can right this ship" Incredibly brave and powerful comments from these two...thank you!

It just so happens to be a @alzassociation.bsky.social advocacy day on the Hill, so it's a coincidence it lines up with this hearing, I'm told. What do they hope to see from this hearing? "We've worked too damn hard to see this critical research stop in its tracks," one advocate tells me.

One thing that is striking about JB testimony before the Appropriations Cmte: there is obviously bipartisan support for funding NIH. In normal times the NIH director would be advocating for MORE money for their agency, not arguing for LESS funding.

Interesting that there is recognition of the importance of geographic sources of diversity and their influence on science, but not other sources of diversity. #TruthMatters