What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism www.cjr.org/feature/the-...

Ma bitte wie super ist das!

It's really not a surprise. I've spent the last 5 years explaining to researchers why samples collected over 2 consecutive EU projects and extracted using wildly different protocols are in no way comparable. Too many labs think omics-related research is "just sequencing innit".

Hear SfN members talking about the impact of federal funding cuts on brain research. #neuroskyence #sfn2025 www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...

Not great news to see Marburg spreading across the borders of the previously endemic areas. I was so happy to see that Ebola outbreak in the DRC over and now this...I hope the country will be able to get it under control soon.

i am so sad about the beached whale in yachats :( as of an hour ago it's still alive. there's a billion people down there in wetsuits doing a bucket brigade, they've got coffee and food donated. the marine biologist can get there in 2 hours but high tide isn't until 9. hang on big buddy!

The importance of excessive mortality assumptions... Left hand plot: 2017-19 average used as baseline. Conclusion: Sweden is 'best' with negative excess mortality. Right hand plot: 2017-19 linear trend extrapolated as baseline. Conclusion: Sweden is 'worst' with huge positive excess mortality.

Hey, if you’re thinking about comparative anatomy textbooks for the Spring semester, you should check out ours! Free, open access, and peer-reviewed!

Confession: I miss #medtwitter. For those of you who stayed, is it still alive?

Awards at #SfN25 Julius Axelrod Prize: G. J. Quirk, University of the Philippines. Jacob P. Waletzky Award: M. Venniro U of Maryland. Swartz Prize f Theoret. and Computational Neuroscience: Alexandre Pouget, U of Geneva. SfN Service award to Floyd Bloom, Scripps, posthumously awarded to his wife.

At #SfN25 Jordan Squair from EPFL presented how he and his group study paralysis and recovery-organizing neurons. | Ah if paralysis could be reversed....

At #SfN25 Brandon Henderson from Marshall University talked about the role that chemical flavors play in vaping and they way this shapes nicotine addiction. | Just wondering if the vaping companies did neuroscience research into this.

What an absolute inspiration this morning was!!!! Thankful for all these amazing women in neuroscience

Ah Floyd Bloom's wife is accepting an award honroing him --Floyd Bloom was a mentor of John Morrison and a collaborator www.thetransmitter.org/neuropharmac...

John Morrison, SfN president just said the number of attendees at #SfN25 is 20,611. Cool sessions thus far that I was able to catch: Sheena Josselyn Memories and engrams, those changes in the brain that encode memories. Cool talk also nice tie-ins with Tailor Swift.

Go support all the amazing early career scientists who will be presenting their posters tonight from 6:45 - 8:45 at #SfN2025. This includes Flagel Lab graduate student, Princess Felix, who received a SfN Trainee Professional Development Award. 👏👏👏

WE WON!!! The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system. Read the order here:

“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”

65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges

Dang, hard disagree. The best papers to write and read are works of art, not merely a list of data and statements. Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.

Super exiting! What could be better than winning an award? Winning in the same year as a former UW trainee (Nate), one of my closest colleagues (Bill), and two good friends (Neil and Lingjun). See you all in St. Louis!

Hearing a rumor that NIH/HHS may now plan to retaliate against other Bethesda Declaration signers. I am one, but it’s not about me: we have been speaking out because of the ongoing damage to US medical research, cancer and Alzheimer’s research. As @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social put well: 1/

THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE HUMANITIES IN SCHOOL

It’s a loss for our field. #Bioethics

Ending my evening with an email to Director Bhattacharya regarding @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social 1/3

Thank you for your bravery as an advocate for honest and accurate science, for your passion to pursue the mission of human health, for your service to the nation, and for being a role model to us all. May HHS and NIH leadership see the light and course correct for the benefit of all Americans 🙏

it's both gratifying to witness this defense of pluralism and traumatic to know how late the hour is

I did my PhD at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, which has more Chinese students than any other US university. I had the privilege of teaching and collaborating with Chinese students there. This makes me indescribably angry for them and for all of us who benefit from our work together

one of the complex legacies of Pope Francis is that he publicly said a lot of very ugly things about ‘gender ideology’, but had personal friendships with a lot of Catholic trans women who felt really supported by him. Leo welcoming them publicly feels like a promising sign. I am EYEING HIM CLOSELY

Regretfully (for the sake of the authors and journal staff), I have this morning declined an invitation to review for a @royalsociety.org journal because of the Society’s continued refusal to stand up for its values in dealing with Elon Musk FRS.

The Chief Medical Officer for the U.S. Olympic Committee has shared his advice on how athletes can avoid getting sick on planes. He tells athletes to sit in window seats mid-plane because “very few people walk by you…and they’re not breathing on you”. Yet unbelievably, he fails to mention masks.

Very excited to share our latest work in Science on metagenomic editing (MetaEdit) of the gut microbiome in vivo & directly modifying unculturable immune-modulatory SFB bug in the small intestine. 🦠🧬🛠️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists Confirm Aurora Borealis Will Be Visible On Google Images Tonight https://theonion.com/scientists-confirm-aurora-borealis-will-be-visible-on-google-images-tonight/

Great news: Johns Hopkins makes tuition free for most undergraduate students. ($200k/year or less is about 85% of American households.) hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump. I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.

As someone who looks at a lot of Manhattan plots, I can say that an under-appreciated cause of false positive GWAS hits is stuff stuck to my computer screen.

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

👏 👏 👏 www.wunc.org/education/20...

RIP to a film legend

PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown

The real bummer about no one from NIH being able to attend SfN is all the postbacs that would be applying to graduate school this year won’t have the opportunity to network with potential faculty mentors at their posters or attend the graduate school fair.

Sneak-peek podcast about the upcoming neuroscience meeting #SfN25. With current @sfn.org President John Morrison from UC Davis 🧠🧪https://share.transistor.fm/s/66f6b710

Student and faculty pressure compelled UNC and Chancellor Roberts to reject Trump's Compact

Regarding his flaws, there is a culture of privilege in science that shields people like Watson. Wilkins throwing Franklin under the bus to dude bond with W & C, Morgan's failure to acknowledge Nettie Sevens, all the current examples that don't make the history books. That culture must change.

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

I do remember the CSHL Biology of Genomes meeting right after Watson’s racist comments were published. Several luminaries of the field organized a reception to show him their support. Such receptions are not uncommon at CSHL. A few of us pointedly turned our backs at the edge of the crowd. Not many

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #STEMSTEAMDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON