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🎉 Join us at the UK Glia 2026 meeting, 8–9 June. Registration open now, abstracts due 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... .In this post, meet Blanca Díaz Castro @bdiazcastro.bsky.social from UK DRI @ukdri.ac.uk and the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️

Last couple of days to vote for your favourite 'Featured image' from 2025 ❤️🔬! focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...

With Bardot's passing, the only named individuals in Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire that are still alive are Bob Dylan, Chubby Checker, and Bernie Goetz. The last one standing will claim The Prize.

A paper published in Nature in September suggests a quarter of heatwave events from 2000-23 would have been near impossible without anthropogenic climate change. The paper also indicates that major carbon emitters are responsible for around 50% of the increase in intensity of these events. ⚒️ 🧪

It's always a different type of excitement when you get an advanced book copy in the mail and it's a project you contributed to. Very excited that this gets released in early 2026. It was a joy and privilege to author a chapter in this text alongside a stellar cadre of co-authors and amazing editors

Statement from the American Academy of Neurology: “This decision was made without consulting key neurology stakeholders, and there was no formal announcement nor a clear succession plan for NINDS leadership. NINDS plays a vital role in funding and directing research into the brain”

🚨 Alarm!!! 🚨 AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐 In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!? 20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers 🗓️ June 4-18 2026 ✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️ 🔁 pls!! www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...

Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.

More on the continuing purges at #NIH. Now 13 out of 27 institute directors have been gotten rid of. This is not normal. @jonathanwosen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...

“Recovering her story is important because it allows her scientific contributions to be appropriately recognised. Perhaps more importantly, her story reminds us that women have belonged in quantum physics from the beginning.” 🧪

How does fever work? Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence. This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Lee et al. used B-lymphoblastoid cells from three great ape species and humans to show that human ZEB2 is distinct in regulating a larger repertoire of genes implicated in neuronal development. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf318 #evobio #molbio

I will be recruiting two postdocs early next year. - One image analyst - one biologist interested in working on lymphatics! Reach out if you are interested 👍

#Atherosclerosis Smooth Muscle Cell PCSK9 transgenic🐭 👉Ferroptosis (⏫Iron deposit ⏫4HNE ⏫PTGS2 ⏬GPX4) 👉Plaque instability PCSK9 binds to YAP1 for lysosomal degradation▶️ ⏬NUPR1 (ferroptosis suppressor) Cadd4 - a PCSK9 PROTAC ⏫Lesion stability Research 2025 spj.science.org/doi/full/10....

This is an outstanding essay describing some of the important roles and influences of NIH program officers (from an insider perspective). Read! elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...

In 1977, American physicist John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel prize for his work on magnetism. In his Nobel lecture, amid a discussion of rare earth elements, one sentence leaps out: "Miss Frank and I made the relevant calculations." Who was Amelia Frank? theconversation.com/who-was-amel...

Applications are open for the 2026 Computational Cell Types Workshop! 🧠📈 🗓️ May 11-14 in Seattle 💻 Python experience required 💰 Support for travel 🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-computational-cell-types-workshop/

I had the opportunity to do the most enjoyable and, hopefully, meaningful work of my scientific career thanks to the leadership of former NINDS Director Walter Koroshetz. He and his team at NINDS created visionary scientific programs for the pain field. He will be missed...

Thanks for mentioning, Jeremy. We had a story about this go up a little while ago. 👇 www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...

More news (not good) from NIH The renewal request from National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke Director Walter Koroshetz has been denied. I guess the NIH_leadership™ needed another position to fill with their time-tested recruitment process.

Kristina Gjerde was a mentor to me in high seas policy. I, and many others, owe our careers to her. May her memory be a blessing. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/kris...

'Mechanistically, the distribution of GLP- 1R expression differs in the mouse versus the human heart, challenging the utility of preclinical studies for inferring underlying mechanisms in humans.' www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Monumental work. Artifacts from the São José have become a centerpiece of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (N.M.A.A.H.C.). The Clotilda inspired a Netflix documentary and a new museum in Africatown, Alabama, and similar hopes are riding on the Camargo…

Finally, we’ve solved a long-standing mystery: what tintinnid shells are actually made of: A new class of biomaterial formed by remarkable structural proteins unique to tintinnids. A major milestone after 3 years of work! Read about it in our preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... #ProtistsOnSky

Online now: Transcription factor Maf promotes expression of repressor Zeb2 to drive microglia development in primitive hematopoiesis

We’re hiring! Join the Sivyer Lab at The University of Sydney as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurodegeneration within the Snow Vision Accelerator, a $50M initiative tackling glaucoma and optic nerve disease. iPSCs, electrophysiology, drug discovery, and gene therapy.

My kids and grandkids have returned to their homes. Back to the real world. I just emailed NIH Director Bhattacharya. My last email of the year (I hope). 1/13

Heroic Dog Saves Family Of 5 From Herb-Roasted Chicken https://theonion.com/heroic-dog-saves-family-of-5-from-herb-roasted-chicken/

Make a Bond movie academic: For Your Eyes Only: Two-Factor Authentication in Higher Ed

Inspired by her family, Channing Tate, PhD, has dedicated her career to serving the most vulnerable people in our 4th most read blog of 2025: https://bit.ly/4iZyGiD @cumedicalschool.bsky.social #ACCORDSInnovation #ACCORDSCommunity #HealthCareServicesResearch

GLP-1s were a hot topic this year. Joseph Schacht, PhD, co-director of the Division of Addiction Science, Prevention, and Treatment, is investigating whether the pill form of Ozempic could help people with alcohol use disorder reduce their cravings to drink. https://bit.ly/44wI2w9

Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name. "These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."

the last time a student pursued a grade grievance for one of my classes my dept chair was astounded at the meticulousness of the records I keep. This is why

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/

And I must give credit to people smarter than me i.e. @dacrotty.bsky.social who notes that any journal will very gladly publish a negative result as long as it is exciting enough. The bias against null results is really just another form of same old bias *for* perceived significance/impact.

From threats of violence to racially segregated restaurants to sundown towns, holiday travel required careful, deliberate planning from Black people. The Green Book project documents this history, and you can add your story as well: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

Our preprint "Predictive design of tissue-specific mammalian enhancers that function in vivo in the mouse embryo" is on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... . Amazing collaboration by @shenzhichen1999.bsky.social, Vincent Loubiere (@impvienna.bsky.social,@viennabiocenter.bsky.social),... (1/2)

My doggo Clark 'asked' for a hike for his Christmas 🎁...who am I to refuse? I hope everyone is having a relaxing, joy-filled day! ❤️

Christmas Eve, 2025 Sitting in front of the fireplace with Alice the cat, reflecting upon a very bad, no good year. So many people have suffered and are suffering this year. Let’s work to use whatever privilege and advantages we have to better life for everyone who has it harder than we do.

A Christmas present from us and the rest of the #OCTRON team to you: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🎁

Atlantic sturgeon is one of ~27 species in the sturgeon family Acipenseridae, a group whose looks haven’t changed much since the Cretaceous. They have bony plates (scutes) instead of scales, barbels by their mouths + heterocercal tails (one side larger than the other - like sharks) #25DaysofFishmas

The big day is finally here - and with it, a very big fish! Our #25DaysofFishmas road trip ends on the East Coast with the ancient-looking Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus). Once close to becoming a Ghost of Fishmas Past, their ongoing recovery represents a possible brighter Fishmas Future

Wishing all of our friends a very happy holiday season full of peace, love & happiness! Gracias Ignacio Gomez for this wonderful piece of art. #WeFeedYou Deseándole a todos nuestros amigos unas felices fiestas llenas de amor, paz y felicidad! Gracias Ignacio Gómez por está increíble pieza de arte.

This is your brain on Ritalin. Got your attention? Stimulant medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) do, but not in the way you might think. They don't act directly on the brain’s attention systems! Find out what's really happening in @cellpress.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

I’ve been teaching medical students stimulants treat hyperactivity by “stimulating” the brain’s attention systems, but it turns out I was wrong. Stimulants mimicked the effects of getting more sleep and anticipated reward, not attention.

Do you love quantifying animal behavior as much as we do? We have just the tool for you! Presenting #OCTRON - a pipeline that helps you create rich annotation data and enables training of custom segmentation models. Have a look, particularly if you work with non-model / invertebrate organisms!

My first ever paper as a xmas present! 🎄 Check out this amazing pipeline created by @octoscience.bsky.social to track squishy animals 🐙 Very happy I could contribute to this, #OCTRON works great on my gossamer worms! 👇