Hearty congratulations to these four prolific neurobiologists for being awarded the @kavlifoundation.org prize in neuroscience — especially my PhD advisor Os Steward! They’ve built such an amazing research community around local translation in neurons. 🧠 🧪 www.thetransmitter.org/awards/four-...

Thank you @pbsnews.org for covering the OMB issue and Craig McLean for so clearly explaining what we are facing. youtu.be/WKkRVhwiJAM?...

Happy to share the lab’s latest preprint! Led by PhD student @isaiahwill.bsky.social, we hope that this thorough characterization of expression patterns for many #drosophila fat body driver lines will be a useful resource to the fruit fly community.

You can make your comment directly at www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... or use the form from @standupforscience.net (they do not add any "form letter" language but they do let your members of Congress know how many of their constituents have commented) fight2win.standupforscience.net

“The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago to monitor coastal environments, marine ecosystems and powerful currents that affect the global climate.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

We’re hiring a Lab Instructor!! careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/178...

Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

A new sneaky Friday E.O. Thanks @cfbijou.bsky.social for the tip. The USFS has 371,000+ miles of road. Some are paved, most are not, many are gated / closed seasonally or for resource protection. There are snow routes too. What does this E.O. mean for Travel Management on Forest System Roads?

I followed these instructions to comment on the new proposed (disatrous) OMB rule - super helpful! Please take the time to write a specific, personal comment!!!

Try this link: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... It works for me.

President Trump says he's backing away from his proposed Kennedy Center renovation and returning control of the arts institution to Congress.

If you're nearby, you can help. Detainees are often the breadwinners of their families. Their families will be visiting them. Bring gift cards - $25, $50, whatever you can - to the facility. Be a helper.

Sam Wang is THE LEADING anti-gerrymandering academic/activist in the nation, founder of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, and now running for Congress in NJ12. I and we (EqualCitizens.US) STRONGLY support him. Check him out and do what you can? buff.ly/Y1miyFw

Hey New Jersey people- Early voting starts May 26. The primary is June 2. Vote for Sam Wang!!

🚨Want to work with us? We’re hiring a Lecturer! Check out the details 👇🏽 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

The bird strikes again🐧. Congrats to all involved!

reminder for those writing grants these days — we made a tool to fill out your NSF/NIH COA lists automatically :) bib.experiments.kordinglab.com/nsf-coa #academicsky

Don’t forget the basic research that made it all possible. Ozempuc originally comes from discoveries from Gila monster venom. Let’s stop the attacks on basic research, and enable the discoveries of the future. SamForNJ.org

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🚨 Nominate a neuroethologist for the Mosaic Prize by May 31! The ISN Mosaic Prize seeks to identify and acknowledge individuals in the neuroethology community for their contribution and commitment to making the research environment more inclusive. For more info: www.neuroethology.org/mosaic-prize/

Over one thousand members of the National Academies signed an open letter asking Congress to call for the reinstatement of the 22 National Science Board members that the White House fired in late April. #StandUpForScience

Open letter calling for the reinstatement of the National Science Board. This letter is from leaders of the National Academies Note: This does not refer to the leaders on paper such as presidents of the NAS, NAM, and NAE. www.standupforscience.net/nasem-letter... @standupforscience.net

SIGN YOUR SUPPORT for the Reinstatement of the National Science Board at this link: zurl.co/UPf5g 1/3

More than 2,500 scientists said in a letter to Congress on Monday that President Trump’s dismissal of the National Science Foundation’s oversight board was an “alarming attack” on research funding that could put the U.S. at a disadvantage with rivals, especially China.

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

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My department is hiring an Advanced Chemistry Lab Instructor! This is a continuing non-tenure track (CNTT) position with full benefits. Please apply or share broadly. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about undergraduate education and mentoring. apply.interfolio.com/185428

ICYMI: A team funded by the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain created a comprehensive atlas of aging in killifish. Read more: https://bit.ly/3R6tyza #science #neuroscience

In this beautiful paper from the Baier lab, authors show that cichlid fish show innate nest-building behaviors, but they are refined over time as animals learn to improve their nest! Additionally, they find brain activity in a region homologous to the hippocampus. 🐠🧠 www.cell.com/current-biol...

The National Science Foundation is under attack!

Must watch - the #NationalScienceFoundation is being torn down, brick by brick. Pls share widely.

NSF has done so much for science. Now it's at risk

Excited to see our paper describing a stereotyped receptor map for smell (led by @davidhbrann.bsky.social ) out in the world! See below for short thread with open access link to paper www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/s...

Mixed news from Congress on science budgets for NASA, NSF, NOAA and NIST. Like last year, Congress looks like it will rebuff Trump administration's major cuts. On the other hand, Congress still proposes some downsizing—and does not appear to be taking action about OMB. My reporting:

Attn herp neuroethologists! Deadline is tomorrow (1 May) to submit your abstract for the Neuroethology of Amphibians and Reptiles satellite of ICN. Of course you don't need to present to attend ... you are welcome to just come and enjoy the talks. Either way, hope to see you in Vancouver!

So exited to tell my undergraduate class about this amazing work this morning. Spatial organization and detection of social odors in mouse primary olfactory system: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Smell is topographically organized after all. A spatial code governs olfactory receptor choice and aligns sensory maps in the nose and brain: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Scientists Unveil ‘Long Lost’ Map for Smell www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/s...

Ooo @cdelawalla.bsky.social is super famous now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Just 2 weeks left to apply: Tenure-track faculty position at the University of Pittsburgh for someone studying the mechanisms of pain. Looking for interactive colleagues. Please spread the word! Info here: cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

What's better than one #HHMIInvestigator being elected to the @nasonline.org? Ten! Meet the newest members, recognized by their peers for distinguished, ongoing contributions to original research: bit.ly/4cCxRuv.

Former @grassfoundation.bsky.social Vanessa Ruta!!! Very exciting!!!

Just got the news that Vanessa Ruta, Steve Liberles, and Uli Mueller are all elected to be members of the National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org. All 3 are incredibly well-deserved. Congrats to all the new members! 🎉

The Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation.

Join us in celebrating #HHMIInvestigators Olga Boudker, William Jacobs (Emeriti), Michael Shadlen, Kim Orth & @leslievosshall.bsky.social (also HHMI VP & Chief Scientific Officer), all elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for their leadership & excellence in science! bit.ly/4vQerd2

The Trump administration actively dismantling American leadership in science, a nihilistic legacy that will stretch for years as long as political ideology supplants evidence as the basis for policy making, oversight, and funding. 🎁 wapo.st/3P3DSY2

My story on the NSB terminations: