Seems bad. The backlog of high quality but yet unfunded grants cometh.

Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/

Alright, I guess I will start the Grants - 2026 subfolder.

every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites

While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.

The Gowrishankar lab will be opening its doors @neuro_MUSC on Dec 1, 2025! We will be hiring at all levels. I will also be at @SfNtweets presenting my lab's vision on Wednesday, Nov 19, 8AM-12PM at poster board GG7. If you're interested, please reach out! www.raajgowrishankarlab.org

Absolutely energizing science day presenting at @uconn.bsky.social Department of Physiology and Neurobiology meeting whip smart trainees and talking about the lab's science. Thanks @sciolinolab.bsky.social!!!

My shop will be closed from November 14-20, so if you need #sciart, order today : ) artologica.etsy.com

Limited slots for custom brains now available at www.brainedglass.com/product/cust...

I WISH my health insurance premium was doubling. This is a four-fold increase.

Thrilled to share our new paper, out now in @natneuro.nature.com, uncovering how estradiol, the most potent estrogen, modulates reinforcement learning and reward prediction errors across biological levels. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #blueprint 1/7

Remember SFNgoers and would-be travel reimbursers: If you don't split the alcohol on a separate checks, the deans require 10 lashes.

Did i miss an American Eagle Jeans burning? You jokers didn't invite me?!

Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk, write Cory Miller, @movshon.bsky.social and Doris Tsao. #neuroskyence bit.ly/47MXYLH

Probably the best hope for Alabama Dems in 2026. Even if he can’t win — and that would be tough with straight ticket voting — he can get voters out for downballot and legislative races.

Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones appears to be headed for another political showdown against current Sen. Tommy Tuberville, this time for the governor’s office. 🔗: https://www.al.com/politics/2025/11/alabama-democrat-hints-at-2026-rematch-with-tommy-tuberville-stay-tuned.html 

The switch from Twitter to Bluesky has resulted in way more Star Trek: Deep Space Nine references.

#Girlsontherun and Veteran's Day 5K at Railroad Park!

if only I could outsource my deep thinking and collaborative problem solving to a machine I'd be able to get my pcard reconciled on time

Pretty soon we won't have to think at all. Sure, we can justify AI tool use over the short term due to "efficiency and productivity" gains. No question. But at what long term cost? Publishing might follow repeated patterns that an LLM can pull out. SCIENCE does not and we need PEOPLE to do it.

Less than two months after the emergence of ChatGPT I heard of PIs using it to write letters of reference. This is not to virtue signal: u do u. I would ask that we consider what problems we are trying to solve. There are other ways we might solve the "problem" of too many letters, too little time.

Pretty soon we won't have to think at all. Sure, we can justify AI tool use over the short term due to "efficiency and productivity" gains. No question. But at what long term cost? Publishing might follow repeated patterns that an LLM can pull out. SCIENCE does not and we need PEOPLE to do it.

If the proposed price cuts to current GLP-1 therapies in the US do indeed take effect, we are going to see a massive increase in adoption for those on Medicaid and Medicare. Critical that we study the mechanisms and brain substrates of these pharmacotherapies.

Don't forget the reprise in "Fievel Goes West"

It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life

Gorsuch finally starting to understand what they have unleashed

Legendary trial.

Great day in the lab when the roton gets her first cell! Great job M-Rod!

It's one of those things were, once you have one, you will find tons of use for it! I have designed and printed tons of little doodads to improve my imaging and ephys rigs, from little cable-holders (www.thingiverse.com/thing:3742503), up to major setup components (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)!

Wow

The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it “exploded all over my uniform.” He says he could “smell the onions and the mustard.”

F=MA I look forward to the defense making the prosecution create a table of weights and sizes for Subway sandwiches combined with force and acceleration calculations derived from empirical data. If Subway were smart, they’d do this and publish/advertise the data open source.

Hearing Joe Buck's voice to start the game.

Great review of chemogenetics: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A story in three emails.

Zohran Mamdani campaigned a lot and appears not to hate the voters whose support he's seeking. Here's what other Democrats can learn from his unorthodox strategy.

It’s basically Deep Space Nine.

A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates. Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism. The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.

My view on the mediocre real economy ROI of the Hyperscaler CAPEX inspired a lot of conversation this week across socials, so I'm opening it up to all as my free post of the week: bobeunlimited.substack.com/p/the-ai-boo...

Year 3 Mando costume. All 3D-printed parts for the armor.

We are currently accepting suggestions for symposium at the 2026 @ssibsociety.bsky.social annual meeting in Philadelphia next year. Check out the link below or DM/email if you have questions 👊 www.ssib.org/2026/symposi...

Please be sure to check your kid's candy VERY carefully. I just found an unbalanced centrifuge in a Snickers bar. 🍬☠️💥

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

MAHA’s anti-science = MAGA’s anti-life policies. Ripping away SNAP as grocery prices soar and families prepare for the holidays is cruel — but for MAGA, cruelty is the point. Take Action! Stand with Science, which says, simply enough: if you are hungry, you aren’t healthy. tr.ee/qcFhVG

Awesome visit and talk from @bita137.bsky.social as part the UAB Neurobiology Seminar Series today taking us through glutamate/dopamine interactions and contributions to psychosis and schizophrenia.

ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline. Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job Assistant Prof job code: 364920 Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921