📢 PhD Opportunities at FIU Biomedical Engineering – Apply by Dec 31 (Priority Deadline) I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining the Dept of Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Jan 2026! 1/n

Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things

Oh Auburn, not like that.

Jordan-Hare is haunted

💀 impossible 💀

This January! You could be shivering in a post-holiday slump... or You could be hacking on the beach* with us in sunny Hollywood, FL! ☀️🏝️ Applications are due Dec. 1, so head on over to abcd-repronim.github.io/ABCDReproNim... to learn more.

🎵 it's the most wonderful time of the year 🎵 (nonstop Christmas romcoms 🎄💕 on the Hallmark channel)

I don't even like baseball 💀

Tragic that the original video is from a guy wearing a Ravens jersey 🥲 both of my teams are having a Rough Year

Historically starting 0-2 in the SEC for the third year in a row 🫠 War eagle anyway

OfFeNsiVe GeNiUs

Okay Auburn! That was fun

We're back! The ABCD-ReproNim Course has officially begun for the 2025 semester🎉 Weeks 1-4 materials are now live at abcd-repronim.org. Registered students can check their emails for more information - happy learning!🧠

Mr. Fred has decided Atlantic >>> Pacific, even if "East Coast best coast" doesn't have the same ring

I'm officially recruiting grad students in FIU's Cognitive Neuroscience PhD program! 🧠✨ The @bottenlab.bsky.social uses precision and population approaches to study neurodevelopmental variability. Reach out if interested! (contact info on bottenlab.github.io) Apps due 12/1! cn.fiu.edu (pls share)

Frederick says #WDE

Maybe the jersey is good luck this season? #wde

And I'm back! Four years after receiving my PhD I'm back at @fiu.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology! Stay tuned for news, science, and job openings at the @bottenlab.bsky.social ✨🧠

do they still make dumb TVs? asking for a friend whose TV survived the Big Move West, but not the return trip 🥲

Belated day 4 update: we made it to Florida and were greeted with three days of thunderstorms (more thunder than we heard the whole time we were in LA). We are both readjusting to life with humidity (pray for us).

Day 3/4: breakfast tacos in Texas & po' boys in Louisiana. Freddie mauled the plants a little before settling in, but I think they'll make it.

And just like that we're more than halfway! Frederick Nugget is the World's Best Doggie for long road trips (see below)

We made it to Texas! Fred decided he wanted to sit up front (this is why he has a seatbelt).

And today we started the Big Move East! We've landed for the evening at the cutest little desert motel and it is toasty out. Stay tuned for more pics of road-trip-Fred.

Excited to share our latest preprint: "Neurosynth Compose: A Web-Based Platform for Flexible and Reproducible Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis" Here, we cover the why, what, and how of the next generation Neurosynth ecosystem for reproducible neuroimaging meta-analysis. osf.io/preprints/os...

Now seems like a good time for a #TimelineCleanse Please enjoy this pic of Fred, ready for our cross-country move four years ago. Thank God he still likes the car bc we're gearing up for the move back east!

BACK-TO-BACK STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!!!

Viewpoint in JAMA details the consequences of the proposed cuts to NIH: ❌15% reduction in new therapies ❌reduction in life expectancy by 83M life years in the US = $8.2T ❌loss of $51B in economic output annually All to save $20B annually. The math ain't mathin.' jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

To put these top-line budget numbers in context, cuts of this magnitude would effectively mean no new grants in FY2026. The entire extramural budget would go to existing, continuing grants. An abject failure of American ambition. And a betrayal of our global leadership in health science innovation.

They used to make commercials about this

Folks at Princeton have put together an aggregator to highlight example of how federally funded research has directly impacted people's lives. They are looking for more studies to highlight, so send along suggestions and help make the benefits of science more visible! publicusaresearchbenefits.com

They blame pollution but cut the EPA and clean air and water regulations. They blame poor nutrition but cut SNAP and programs to bring local produce to schools. They blame increased screen time while destroying public infrastructure that connects people. All while they take millions off healthcare.

If you’re a scientist with even a little bit of experience talking about your science to the public, I’d encourage you to sign up to do one of these. I can help. 🧪🌎🦑

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data. www.wired.com/story/cfbp-q...

Honestly, Pope Popcorn IX feels right

I, for one, am tired of [gestures broadly]. I have grown weary of [points in all directions simultaneously].

🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

We’re now learning that air pollution sneaks in to shape developing brain in children and adolescents. Our latest @hertinglab.bsky.social study looked at brain MRIs from 10,095 children and found that exposure to specific sources of PM2.5 is related to differences in gray matter morphology… (1/2)

Me on Independent Bookstore Day

Please consider making a public comment opposing the possibility of making NIH directors, program officers, and other staff (e.g. SRO, GMS) political appointees. This only took me ~90 seconds. Please repost. Thanks 👍

Somehow unlike 31 other franchises the Baltimore Ravens make a good pick every year

Fred and I went on a cute little run just now. It wasn't far, it wasn't fast, but it was pain-free!! For context:

APROPOS OF NOTHING: Happy 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution! ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

"...survivors of California's 2018 Camp Fire experience prolonged symptoms of PTSD, anxiety and depression alongside hyper-distractibility,"... "This new study suggests that climate trauma may also impact important cognitive abilities of decision-making and underlying brain function."'

A labor-of-love paper I've been working on for *years* was just accepted! 💃🏼 🧪👩🏼‍🔬🧠 (stay tuned for The Post)

Doing the right thing for stupid reasons. That's the American way baybeeeeeee

I'm an independent woman. I laugh at my own jokes.