Fall is beautiful here (pic from last week)

That’s seven. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

Applications for the Neuroscience Scholars Program close tomorrow! Don't miss the opportunity to join a growing network that provides guidance for today's challenges & connections for your future. 🚨Deadline: Tuesday, October 21, 5 p.m. EDT Apply now: vist.ly/4b3np

People (and the market) don't seem to be reacting to the AWS outage very much. Perhaps that's troubling? Certainly is to those who use Canvas for teaching/learning for one (and a whole host of other stuff). Maybe so many systems shouldn't rely on so few companies...

Happening next week! This is exactly the type of high-level "meeting of the minds" we need to be having more of to advance brain health: scientists, policy makers and individuals with lived experience, talking across disciplines. Workshop open to all (virtual).

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S. Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world. www.nobelprize.org

Friends in Philly: Tomorrow @upenn.edu (Tuesday October 7, 12p) I'll be giving a public-facing talk about Elusive Cures, as part of the Penn library book series. Join me! RSVP below. www.library.upenn.edu/events/nicol...

There’s something about an early morning walk across campus that is a nice way to start the day - the light was beautiful. Trying to notice the good things.

⏰ One day left to submit! ⏰ #Neuroscience 🧠🧪

Submissions for late-breaking abstracts are now open!   Share your most recent and exciting research with a global audience at #SfN25.  Submit your late-breaking abstract by Wednesday, September 10.  🔗 vist.ly/45gzc #neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter

Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Hannah Doyle!!! Her defense was awesome and yes, that is a championship belt that the lab made for her (she’s also a kick a** boxer) 💪🥊🧠👩🏻‍🔬🧪🎉🎊🥳 #neuroscience #WomenInSTEM

Soccer night with the lab! Go #RIFC !! #neuroscience #soccer

STAT story about the GAO report on NIH 1/2

Congratulations to the two undergrads in the lab who presented at Brown's Summer Research Symposium today!! Aiai Calmer and Mmesoma Nwokolo did fantastic! #neuroscience #WomenInSTEM 🧠 🧪 👩‍🔬

This article about trust in scientists is interesting, thought-provoking, and perhaps a little depressing. How do we change trust? Do others have ideas? #science Gligorić et al Political ideology and trust in scientists in the USA. Nat Hum Behav 2025 rdcu.be/exx7n

so.... NIH issued a news item clarifying the new use of animals policy. It seems that the bottom line is that NIH will not issue NoFOs specifically about creation or use of animal models of disease. 1/2 grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

Welcome, Dr Basso!

Updated dashboard with new funding curves. jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

Here is a good link to watch the meeting and COMMENT www.fda.gov/news-events/...

Well, this happened yesterday... www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce... I assume that this pertains only to applications that focus on therapeutic development and not those addressing fundamental biology or mechanism. But I am wary about making assumptions... 1/2

My quote of the day Strong men - men who are truly role models - don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together. Michelle Obama

When history marks the point where we lost the future to China, this will be it.

It's finally official! Tenured! #Neuroscience #WomenInSTEM 🧠 🧪👩‍🔬

I should have known that this would come with some head scratchers and frustrations. 1/n

What? Some good news on a Friday? Parent Fellowship Notices of Funding Opportunities are up! F30, F31, F32, F33 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

The #BethesdaDeclaration stories are now up on the front pages of both the New York Times and the Washington Post. Thanks again to the brave folks at NIH who stood up and worked together to make this happen. 1/n

It's publication day for 📘Elusive Cures. What a moment! 1st book, 1st time on Mindscape (which, as many of you know, is one of my favorite podcasts). Here, @seanmcarroll.bsky.social and I have a wide-ranging conversation around: Why are brain and mental disorders so hard to understand and treat?

Getting confirmation from several sources that the review branch at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at NIH no longer exists. I am sure this is true across many/all institutes and centers at NIH. I hope the Center for Scientific Review will be up to the task.

NYT, Page One: “Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.” @nytimes.com

Join me in supporting undergrads at UCSF this summer by purchasing some science swag. I have yet to meet someone who doesn't smile big at getting to select one from a basket of terrific enamel pins - it's the type of happiness we need these days. & MEMO: TEAM INSULA - THEY HAVE SWEATSHIRTS!!!

This is a fantastic science advocacy resource. Please share! 🧠 🧪

📣 #SfN25 abstract submission is now open! Share your research with the global neuroscience community. Start now to avoid the last-minute rush! 🔗 bit.ly/3G5vEde #NeuroSky #AcademicChatter

The sound of cells in the brain just doesn’t get old! It’s how I fell in love with #neuroscience 🧠🧪👩🏻‍🔬 Celebrating small victories - first #neuropixels recordings in the lab. Congrats to the team that made it happen!

Lab-kept bumble bees roll small wooden balls around for no apparent purpose other than fun, a 2022 study reveals. Learn more on #WorldBeeDay: scim.ag/4dAwCuD

Community matters now more than ever. These wonderful experts will introduce you to submitting an abstract for #SfN2025 #neuroscience 🧪🧠👩‍🔬

My quote of the day E' più facile resistere all'inizio che alla fine. (It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.) Leonardo Da Vinci

Great new tool to help folks volunteer to speak out and share information with the press (even on background, anonymously) actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

Please do. Having the best data we can helps on many fronts.

The beauty of #scientists at work 🧪 👩‍🔬 The winners of Nature’s 2025 photo competition braved crashing waves and misty mountains to capture their science. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

ATTENTION Has anyone received a NOA this week (other than a no-cost extension? Please DM me or respond on signal jeremymberg.78 THANK YOU

Not long after I started my lab, a prominent scientist told me it was “impossible” to be a successful PI and a mother Don’t ever let the naysayers tell you it can’t be done - of course it can! #HappyMothersDay this weekend to all the amazing scientist mamas raising their wonderful kids 🥰

ALERT The expiration dates for the Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) for the PARENT F30, F31, and F32 awards have been changed to May 8, 2025. To my knowledge, no new NOFOs have been posted. 1/n

ATTENTION New crowdsourced site collecting and sharing stories of public impact of research publicusaresearchbenefits.com Take a look and consider contributing. Let's make this as powerful as possible!

In case folks need a distraction… 🧠🧪 #neuroscience

NEW: NIH has turned off researchers' ability to request 'no-cost extensions', which extends their funding without requesting extra money. Now they'll be manually approved by NIH staff. This is to ensure the "activities proposed during the extension align with the NIH mission and agency priorities"

Poignant words from Daphna Shohamy 🧠 🧪 👩‍🔬 #neuroscience What am I supposed to say to this generation of young scientists? www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...

There's still time to register at the early rate! This conference looks great - I'm really looking forward to it. 🧠🧪👩‍🔬

Amazing. Thank you!

Cannot emphasize this too strongly.