The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes: 🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting 🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)

Via Sun Journal (Lewiston): Voters still pick Graham Platner over Collins in wake of sexting scandal, his campaign says An internal memo from the campaign aims to allay concerns from Democrats about possible new disclosures about the 41-year-old political newc… #Maine

Sanders weighs in on Platner: 'I’m sure he’s not a saint' #TheHill

Bernie Sanders on Graham Platner:

Ruben Gallego on Graham Platner:

🚨🧪🧵URGENT INPUT NEEDED: NIH asks input for next strategic plan-including emphasis on non-animal models (NAMs) to replace animals. Per NIH insider, anti-animal responses now outnumber scientists 200-700x. Please please provide input. Deadline: May 26, 11:59 PM ET. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

Surprised to discover that Thermo Fisher appears to show a fake western blot for the validation of one of their p53 antibodies. I've added a diagram to show the very similar bands. This does not appear to be one of the "published figures" but their own internal data.

Every $1B cut to NIH = ~8 fewer approved drugs over a decade. Proposed $18B NIH cuts = risk of 144 fewer treatments reaching patients. The #geroscience pipeline is in the line of fire. www.brookings.edu/articles/the... #NIH #AgingResearch #ResearchFunding

A colleague received bad news from her NIH program officer today: my colleague’s grant got a great score, but NIH still can’t pay it, and my colleague will have to closer her lab. The call ended with the program officer (not my colleague) crying. Awful on so many levels.

1/ New preprint! 🧪With @talmo.bsky.social and team, we used deep learning on archival NASA video of mice on the ISS. Turns out mice in microgravity become tiny acrobats: huddling to sleep, doing backflips, even briefly generating their own ~1g. #SpaceBiology #OpenScience #NASA #SLEAP

"This is the first study, to our knowledge, that reveals a broad agreement between sleep duration and multi-organ, multi-omics ageing clocks and links these signatures to systemic disease outcomes and mortality risk." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fascinating review on leaf-cutting ants 🐜 which are little farmers and optimized their nest architecture to provide optimal climate conditions for their fungus. 🍄 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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...

🐙s are surrounded by mystery 😶‍🌫️ such as their mating behaviors. In this new exciting paper from the Bellono lab, they show that the hectocotylus, their specialized arm, is both a mating and sensory organ. It has chemotactile receptors for progesterone! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations doi.org/10.59350/5zt... 🧪

📊 Five #ggplot2 functions I wish I'd known about earlier 📊 I've written a short blog (with examples) of some of the lesser-known {ggplot2} functions and arguments that make it easier to create better charts! Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-gg... #RStats #DataViz

Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

🧠💡 Early-career #Neuroscience researchers Develop skills to apply modern #MachineLearning methods to quantitative #BehavioralAnalysis at this @jax.org course: www.jax.org/education-an... Organizers: @vivekdna.bsky.social @antihebbiann.bsky.social @gordonberman.bsky.social @goldenneuron.bsky.social

🧪 🎫 ICYMI: The JAX-NYSCF Conference will be held September 23-24 at The Rockefeller University in New York, NY. Learn more about this milestone event and why you won't want to miss it: https://go.jax.org/jax-nyscf-conf

I’m a climate scientist with a doctorate and published research in machine learning. Science built my career. Science built the rocket orbiting the moon right now. In Congress, I will fight to fully fund NASA, restore the NSF and NIH, and protect STEM education.

Many wild populations are fragmenting and declining, leading to inbreeding. We are studying how animals avoid inbreeding and the consequences of inbreeding an in a >20 year study of >20,000 wild mice with whole genomes. We are recruiting a postdoc at Columbia and two PhD students in U Zurich.

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

and the same is needed to truly challenge our **humans* too! #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/decision-mak...

Some day I’ll figure out how to work this into a talk

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

Keith Hengen regularly features his colorful illustrations on his lab website and in research presentations. #neuroskyence By @helenak.bsky.social#neuroskyence https://bit.ly/3OesjwG

Ohh, no! :( www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/c...

Time Bandits (1981) Directed by Terry Gilliam.

We apologize for the delay but our next profile is here! Dr. Ann Kennedy (@antihebbiann.bsky.social) combines theory & biological data to study how internal states shape social behavior by reconfiguring neural circuit dynamics. Follow the link to learn more! www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

Paper of the year!

#SfNHillDay may be wrapping up, but the work doesn't stop here. This week, SfN Members and #NeuroAdvocates met with members of Congress and their staff to champion protecting NIH-funded research and scientists' ability to conduct their vital work, increased funding in FY 2027.

@statnews.com conducted a national survey of NIH-funded researchers and found that, a year after Trump's return, many scientists are reeling, with some closing labs entirely. ‘This is like the Titanic,' one respondent told me. For full details, see our special report www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...

Interviews with 30 researchers who responded to our @statnews.com survey on the impacts of federal science policy brought the human toll of changes at NIH into sharp focus. In addition to today's special report, @aniloza.bsky.social & I bring you 3 vignettes. 👇 www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...

My day at #standupforscience in DC was truly inspiring

David Botstein, a titan within the scientific community, died last week. GSA mourns his passing and celebrates his legacy. Read more about his significance to our community in this thread ⬇️🧵

You have until March 3rd to apply for the Cajal summer school on Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and VR at Champalimaud! Come surf and track animals with us 🏄🪰🐟🚶 cajal-training.org/on-site/quan...

New R package for statistical genetics from the Munger Lab.

Simplifying Systems Genetics with QTLretrievR: An R Package for Molecular QTL Identification https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.16.706200v1

That is highly useful feedback. Looking into it. For now please mail checks to: Sam Wang for Congress P.O. Box 1284 Princeton, NJ 08542 Thank you!

OpenAI has launched Prism, a free LaTeX-native workspace powered by GPT-5.2 that unifies drafting, citations, and real-time collaboration. #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence opendatascience.com/openai-launc...

Wonderful talk by @ritastrack.bsky.social on the publishing process at Nature Biomedical Engineering @JAX Couple of things to emphasize. Editors at NBME are incredibly dedicated and carefully vet every paper. Once it goes for review, they are looking to publish, reviewer praise matters to editors!

Can anyone recommend the best available tactile glove systems currently? We are looking for something like the below at a reasonable price ;-) www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky #compneurosky @stephanierossit.bsky.social

I laughed out loud when I saw “AI use statement The author used Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 for research purposes and for editorial feedback after the drafting process.” #neuroskyence

This is incredibly powerful testimony. Ms. Rahman is very tough and clear and was treated horribly. Warning: I can't watch it without tears of rage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW...

News from central Jersey: I'm running to represent New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. By entering the fray, I hope to bring ideas of repairing our frayed republic. Not only to defend it in 2026, but to build something stronger, for generations to come! samwang.substack.com/p/entering-t...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

Excited to return to Lisbon this June for the epic 3-week Cajal course on Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and VR! 🐀🐟🪰🏃‍♀️🎥🖥📈🧪 Applications are open through Feb 13! Come join us. cajal-training.org/on-site/quan...