New job start day stress is coming on quickly!

It is a little thing but I just had the best pastrami of my life here in Paris

WE ARE... hiring! Penn State Biology & the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences is recruiting a tenure track or tenured neurobiologist (Assistant or Associate Professor rank), and the committee is open to a broad scope of scientific questions. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Paris is lovely so far

I guess I live in Paris now!

Tomorrow is the day! Heading off to Paris to do some awesome new science

This travel anxiety is just cranked to 11 and I am struggling. I cannot wait for this hassle to all be over with

I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture

AND my nose piercing is healing nicely!

Last nearly-full week before my big France adventure!

Tomorrow is my last day as a working scientist in the US!

Only 4 work days left before I'm off to Paris! Excited for this new adventure

The travel anxiety is hitting, definitely feeling under-prepared for such a big move

@chateaumrgx.bsky.social My friend, we will be in the same city soon!

2 weeks to Paris! Send your best French language/ survival tips!

Going to the tattoo expo, and who knows, maybe I'll come back with a little something!

With legal challenges to this law pending, we cannot justify building the expensive required infrastructure. For now, we have made the difficult decision to block access in Mississippi. To learn more, read our blog post:

Organizing an international move is exhausting

Manuscript made it to review!

Sex-reversal in birds (genetically male/female but appear female/male) is surprisingly common. Best detail: A genetically male bird called a laughing kookaburra had recently laid an egg. (1/2) By @phiejacobs.bsky.social on @science.org

When the AR nutter is insufficiently nutter to please the terrorists. Deaths threats to NIH official spark debate over aggressive campaign to end animal research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

We love a quick desk reject so that we can get the paper resubmitted

Some combination of weather and stress has me feeling like I need to nap for 3 or 4 days

You know that feeling when a tricky experiment actually works? I finally managed to record a Striatal Cholinergic Interneuron in vivo, with voltage imaging; how cool is that! Guess it makes sense that they used to call these tonically active neurons! 🧠 #neuroskyence #neuroscience

Hey how are yall doing today?

I guess now is as good a time as ever to share that I just left my visa appointment ahead of starting my next career journey as a scientist: I've accepted a role as a postdoc at the @pasteur.fr center for audition with @barral-lab.bsky.social starting in the fall!

PO just confirmed that our 5th percentile R01 is not getting funded. Past NCI Payline at 4 percent. Cant believe it.

BREAKING: Metadata shows the FBI’s ‘raw’ Jeffrey Epstein prison video was likely modified. 🧵

What Were Federal Agents Doing at a Puerto Rican Museum in Chicago? The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations. hyperallergic.com/1027159/what...

A federal appeals court has struck down the "click-to-cancel" rule designed to make canceling subscriptions easier, just days before it was scheduled to take effect

Hello friends! Just a regularly scheduled reminder that I would love to connect on LinkedIn if any of yall use it! www.linkedin.com/in/philip-be...

In June, the NSF announced it would award 500 extra Graduate Research Fellowships this year, bringing the total to 1,500 — still a sharp cut from the 2,000 awarded in 2024. However, not a single NSF GRFP in June was awarded to someone studying in the life sciences. www.science.org/content/arti...

Moved from the saniderm stage of the tattoo to the "itching and peeling like a lizard" stage

My new tattoo, a memento mori featuring my lovely Lucy, a cat skull, magnolia flowers, and magnolia pollinator beetles!

Related news, my new tattoo is actually really freaking cool. Can't wait to share it with y'all

Between the move and the conference and the new tattoo and a bunch of other stuff this past week, I am absolutely beat

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.

There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.

Working through data with surprising but hard-to-explain results Engaging puzzle or classic head vs. Wall?

Ok Philly people. Where do you find out about events? Both online and IRL. Summer is hard to get people to come out to events and I need to do a better job of getting the word out. HELP.

I cannot recommend Matthijs enough!

#neuroskyence folks: as my postdoc grant is running out soon, I am looking for new opportunities in systems neuroscience! Keywords: patch clamp ephys, opto, mouse behavior, (in vivo) voltage imaging. Would love to return to the Basal Ganglia. Sharing appreciated, and happy #FluorescenceFriday !

Rough science day for me

Congo to create world’s largest tropical forest reserve cosmosmagazine.com/earth/congo-...

To everyone in PA, I know there is a ridiculous amount going on right now BUT, please take a minute (a literal minute) to contact our state reps about funding septa. Transit is absolutely necessary for a functioning Philly, *and* for meeting climate goals. www.transitforallpa.org/takeaction/

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a clear and present danger to every person in the United States, and in fact in entire world. He must be REMOVED FROM OFFICE IMMEDIATELY.

Gearing up for #MARC2025 at NEOMED in a little over a week to chat about my current research on auditory processing in the cortex, so if you're going to be there we should grab a coffee!

Your safety is the top priority. Peaceful protesters have already been harmed for doing nothing. The story they’re selling isn’t legit. Please film everything, document everything.

1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.