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Phil Knight, a co-founder of Nike, and his wife, Penny Knight, will give $2 billion to the cancer research center at Oregon Health & Science University, a gift the institution billed as the largest single donation to a university in the U.S.

The updated version of the database of PhD fellowships produced and maintained by my team can be downloaded by anyone here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc. Good luck!

My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships. This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria. Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers. My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers. We found 437 of them. Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up theonion.com/austral...

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method

Neuroscience research and training has taken a $323 million hit in the form of grants rescinded by the U.S. NIH, according to an analysis by @thetransmitter.bsky.social. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...

This is Luna. She didn't realize you were planning on wearing that outside of the house. 13/10

Happy to share new paper from MSc grads Myrthe and Jenna. We asked the question, when part of the brain dies during stroke, what happens to local and distant cortical neurons that innervate the stroke site (in S1 cortex) or those that receive outputs? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Check out the latest updates on Zach Plumley's @plumley.bsky.social project and give us feedback before we submit! Kudos to him and the rest of the team, including Irene Fernandez Ugidos @irenefu.bsky.social and Jennifer Calvo-Iglesias.

The lab surprised me with a personalized cake for an early celebration. They are awesome!

A study in Scientific Reports finds that a Californian sea lion trained to move in time with a metronome can keep a beat better than some humans. go.nature.com/4lY7mlU 🧪

Speak up! Important to register widespread opposition to transitioning NIH to funding ideologically-motivated science. If you want advancements in knowledge and eventual cures, it is critical that research is steered by knowledgeable scientists, not political appointees

Kapahi Lab at Buck Institute for Research on Aging is recruiting 2 postdoccs to lead innovative projects exploring how circadian clocks and nutrient-responsive pathways influence eye and neuronal degeneration. For more info and to apply: buckinstitute.applytojob.com/apply/xz17Kn... #postdocjobs

Arizona dog found a missing 2-year-old on his nightly patrol that a local rescue team spent 16 hours searching for. 15/10

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Harvard University says it won't comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration as a condition for it to receive almost $9 billion in funding.

The university refused to make changes it said would "dictate what private universities can teach" and "whom they can admit and hire," among other things.

Women are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as men. A feature in Nature Medicine reports how the changes to the female brain during menopause, along with social and cultural factors, might affect disease risk. #medsky #alzsky 🧪

✨ Introducing a new #SOTA action recognition large multimodal language model: #LLaVAction! By @shaokaiye.bsky.social Haozhe Qi, @trackingskills.bsky.social and me! 📝 arxiv.org/abs/2503.18712 🤖 mmathislab.github.io/llavaction/ 1/n

How is protesting Tesla domestic terrorism but attacking the Capitol building is not? 🤔

Must watch speech by neuroscientist Kailyn Price at a HHS rally protesting funding cuts to science. "Cutting indirect costs is like telling a football team to work with only the players. No lights for the field, no physical therapists for the players, no water for the showers."

Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78) I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine 1/n

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Sort of interesting to see a fancy academic society send a letter to membership about the IDC cut when their response to NIH cutting everything related to diversity was 🦗🦗.

Helpful table to determine how much your University or health system is set to lose if the NIH indirect cap is suddenly lowered to 15%. For SJSU it is $374k which is on the smaller end but devastating considering our other budget issues. datawrapper.dwcdn.net/l0ZqA/8/

Juan Lerma, el promotor del centro internacional de investigación en neurociencia de España, dimite por la falta de ambición del proyecto . Algunos referentes internacionales que habían decidido incorporarse ya no lo harán “por la deriva del proyecto”

New paper out in Cell Reports! Led by @susieyufeng.bsky.social, we found that chronic epilepsy in mice drives distinct synchronization deficits in hippocampus and MEC, with early changes in HPC and late-onset changes in MEC that align with progressive memory impairment. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

🧠📈 Now available on the Allen Brain Cell Atlas - aging mouse brain data! Explore the most comprehensive and detailed single-cell dataset of the aged and young adult mouse brain. Contains 1.2 million high-quality, single-cell transcriptomes. 🔭 Explore: knowledge.brain-map.org/abcatlas?def...

I feel sick to my stomach #LGBTQ+Rights

2025 looking great so far!

Here are *some* of my favorite studies on dendrites and spines from 2024 👀 - feeling very excited and inspired about the field! 🔥 Happy new year y'all!

Fantastic study on brain aging from the @alleninstitute.bsky.social Potential link between lifestyle and gene expression during aging

New findings in mice have uncovered a crucial mechanism linking neuronal activity to mitochondrial function, researchers report in Science, revealing a potential pathway to combat age-related cognitive decline. Learn more: scim.ag/3PfM4Rp

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Excited to share our latest research in @eLife: We uncover how learning mechanisms shape dynamic defensive behaviors in mice, moving beyond the typical focus on freezing.🧠💡 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.7554/eLif... #Neuroscience #PTSD #FearConditioning

U.S. wildlife officials proposed that monarch butterflies receive protection as a threatened species. nyti.ms/4fcCYja

“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.” www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...

The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators have handed out 2 million units, including a new mini-model for younger kids.

Come work with us at Mount Sinai! We have an open search for tenure-track faculty in the Department of Neuroscience focusing on Computational and Systems Neuroscience. Feel free to reach out to me with questions. neuroscience.mssm.edu/docs/Faculty... Initial review will begin next week!

OPEN RANK #FACULTY #POSITION in #Pharmacology & #Neuroscience with expertise in #behavioral pharmacology/neuroscience of relevance to substance use disorders. Review of applications will start immediately. Target start date is Fall 2025. Come join us! Apply here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

ESPN and ABC will have the rights to air ‘INSIDE THE NBA’ from next season. (Source: www.wsj.com/business/med...)