www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N--... Is sleep evolution's solution to the reality that brains move away from optimal performance with each waking moment? #KeithHengen says "yes!" #criticality @washuartsci.bsky.social

Great opportunity if you’re looking to do an exciting postdoc.

We offer automatic forms to tell your lawmakers to ditch Daylight Saving Time! savestandardtime.com/action/

Images showing baby Mohammad Al-Motawaq captured world attention last month. In Israel, they were used to support claims that mass hunger in Gaza does not exist.

First highlight... Senator Capito started of the discussion saying that the bill contains AN INCREASE for NIH. The details are not available, but the bill will be released ofter the hearing. This is not a done-deal, but it does show where the Senate is on a bipartisan basis.

I’m hiring another research technician! Recent college grads are encouraged to apply. Please share with anyone who might be interested. uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UASYS/...

🚨ATTENTION CDC AND ALLIES!🚨 Our genes/jeans are GREEN tomorrow To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY (tomorrow) to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health. Spread the word! #courageiscontagious #spreadthecolor #wearthecolor

🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com! We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments www.nature.com/articles/s41... This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️

“With these considerations, we expect to fund through the 4th percentile.” There it is, in black and white, the destruction of cancer research in the US.

When two related mouse species are faced with a scary visual shadow that appears to be approaching…PAG neurons in one say “run!” And in the other say “freeze!” Very cool findings. Congrats to the authors. Could evolutionary switches like this underlie nocturnal vs diurnal?

1/ Why do patients with late-stage cancer lose motivation & sink into apathy? 🔥 Our new Science paper shows chronic inflammation activates a cytokine-sensing brain circuit that lowers motivation. Huge team effort: Aelita Zhu, Sarah Starosta, Pignatelli & Janowitz labs! 🧵 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...

My department is looking for our newest faculty member. The review of applications starts soon. I hope to see your application in there! careers.rpi.edu/mob/en-us/jo...

Astrocytes Take the Lead in Neural Rewiring - this discovery fundamentally changes current understanding about the determinants of brain network communication and activity. Dr. Thomas Papouin @washumedicine.bsky.social #WashUNeuroCommunity bit.ly/3FmVqK8

@iddrc-washu.bsky.social + The McDonnell Genome Institute @washumedicine.bsky.social secure a $12M NIH grant to form the Scalable Mouse Assay Center. Led by Joseph Dougherty - WU-SMAC will curate models of neurodevelopmental/psychiatric disorders known to be caused by a single gene mutation.

Keith Hengen @washuartsci.bsky.social notes that “criticality” - the tipping point between order & chaos - is the key to understanding how the brain works, & how to keep it free from Alzheimer’s and other diseases. Woodrow Shew @uarkansas.bsky.social #WashUNeuroCommunity bit.ly/3HTODZg

A collaboration among Ben Warner and Chenyang Lu at the McKelvey School of Engineering along with Sarah England and Peinan Zhao at WashU OBGYN shows sleep patterns in people experiencing pregnancy can effectively predict preterm birth. @washu.bsky.social #WashUNeuroCommunity bit.ly/4ns79bn

The Saint Louis Science Center / WashU St. Louis Neuroscience Outreach invite you to Up Late: Experience Sound on July 19 where @washu.edu ‬grad students will be among the presenters testing the limits of human hearing. #WashUNeuroCommunity For tickets and more information, visit slsc.org/up-late

Andrew Yoo and Zhao Sun of @washumedicine.bsky.social receive Morby Prize @curealzheimersfund.bsky.social ‪for seminal study in @science.org to show skin cells from patients with late-onset Alzheimer’s can be transformed into neurons and reproduce hallmarks of the disease bit.ly/4kxcmf6

I enjoy interviews by fearless future scientists. High school student, Sanjay Adireddy, honored and challenged me with his excellent questions on his Podcast, #Neurocracy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJY0...

Looking for something fun to do in St. Louis, MO on Saturday July 19? neuroscienceresearch.wustl.edu/calendar_eve...

Follow this link to advocate for research, especially on model organisms. www.fda.gov/news-events/...

IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT Please watch the workshop video and COMMENT by 5:00 Monday 7/14 This is the source of the "no more model organism only grants in NIH-funded research" decree.

The Sengupta lab is seeking research technicians to join its team. Ideal candidates must possess a passion for research and exceptional communication skills. Both early-career and experienced candidates are welcome. Email [email protected] with CV and letter of interest with goals and expectations.

I'm attending The People's Response's event, “Tornado Response Field Crew” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/peoplesrespo...

The 80-year recipe stoking America’s Prosperity: 1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas… 2) enabled by Engineering Innovations… 3) based on Science Research in Universities… 4) funded by Grants from the US Government. It’s time more people understood this.

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This is how #WashU neuroscientists are testing hypotheses today. kudos to @jzacks.bsky.social and the other brave #hotones.

This is how #WashU neuroscientists are testing hypotheses today. kudos to @jzacks.bsky.social and the other brave #hotones.

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

@fabbs.org webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations, for those in the behavioral and brain sciences: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Excited that we are recruiting for a new postdoctoral program in Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience at #WashU! Get in touch if you have questions! sites.wustl.edu/systemsneuro...

Called my representatives (again). Protect scientific research. Undergraduate and graduate training programs=workforce development. $1 invested in science=$5 in economic growth. youtu.be/UPluPuWO4jI

I'm looking for a postdoc to work for 3 years on the function of #circadian clock proteins in wheat. I also have a full-funded PhD opportunity. #plantscience Postdoc applications close on 2 April. jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91954...

Celebrating high school students who are so excited to learn about the brain that they give up their Saturdays for the #SfN #BrainBee. Our winner now goes to the National Brain Bee to represent #STL. Introducing the future of neuroscience... tinyurl.com/yc7bbys2

Drs. Sarah England and Eric Herzog sat down to chat about the #WUMOD dataset, which is now available on the #NSRR. Catch out the interview here: youtu.be/gMnQIb9mG9w?... @erikherzog.bsky.social @englandsk.bsky.social

Happy to share our #MOD results from over 1200 wonderful women who generated the data by wearing motion watches throughout their pregnancies. Sleepdata.org is a great resource for sharing actigraphy data.

This Opinion piece by @holdenthorp.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com carefully lists potential causes of autism. Vaccination is eliminated from the list after thoughtful, scientific evaluation of the extensive data.

if you've had an NIH grant terminated, I want to hear about it. Signal: katherinejwu.12

The 320 applicants to #WashingtonUniversity #ENDURE are still waiting on #NIH to release funds for this year. Typically, we ask them to enroll by March 1 so that we can plan for their full-time summer neuroscience research starting in May.

Bluetorial: Non-Competitive Renewal (Continuation) Awards Normally, multiyear NIH grants are paid with awards each year, pending administratively reviewed progress reports. “NIH” has been slow in making these awards. This has led to $1.83 B being withheld from institutions through February 2025.

I see two Wash U neuro superstars in this lineup! Shout out to #cancerneuroscience futurists @mariafelicita.bsky.social and Sofi Salvatore Lannes.

Thanks to everyone who came out to #StandUpForScience in Jefferson City, MO!

As we approach Daylight Savings Time this weekend, here are some tips to help deal with the inevitable sluggishness www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/06/d...

Standing up for science with @jzacks.bsky.social at the Missouri State Capitol

The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard. https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX

We tired but we out here

🚨🧪 We’ve been talking to scientists at rallies today across the country in DC, Boston, Seattle, and NJ. Here’s why scientists are “Dismayed, depressed, disgusted” and what they’re doing about it 🧵 ⤵️ for more #StandUpforScience #StandUpforScience2025 @nature.com

#standforscience# in St. Louis. Wash U scientists are an army that is shovel-ready, dedicated to workforce development, and leading innovative discoveries to help solve real problems!