We are recruiting for our Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship! Please encourage the talented UGs in your life to apply to join us for a 9 week, 💰paid💰 research experience in Philly this summer! Applications close Jan 12, 2026. drexel.edu/medicine/res...

It's PhD application season. If you are applying for a PhD in neuroscience or biomedical field or are mentoring someone who is applying, please check out our @storiesofwin.bsky.social episode with advice! www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

if only I could outsource my deep thinking and collaborative problem solving to a machine I'd be able to get my pcard reconciled on time

ICE spotted in Philly, near 9th and Wolf. This is fucking awful.

I am just saying that community fridges are great, consider supporting ones in your community. But also consider this one in South Philly, where you can support with a donation AND this excellent spooky season merch. hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st...

That very MUNDANE action that you don't take because you are too busy fantasizing about being a superhero instead would actually DO something for someone. Your fantasy does not.

University leaders: [terminate programs, close campuses, cave in to political pressure from demagogues] Faculty, students, staff: you’re killing the university Management consultants: looks like you got a real comms challenge here

New preprint from work led by @curranalfaro.bsky.social ! Tina looked at the impacts of chronic exposure to low-dose ethanol on brain and behavior and id'd altered cFos engagement in NAc circuits and sex specific effects on sensitivity to changes in reward value. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

OPINION: "Signing on to the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education offered by the Trump administration would end the school's ability to determine its own future." — The Inquirer Editorial Board

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people? Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help! A thread!

“Toilet paper is offered for free in public bathrooms. Tampons and pads should be too." Phlow Philly is a citywide initiative addressing period poverty by installing free-vend dispensers in public spaces and distributing 4,500 period kits. Learn more: https://ow.ly/rsBn50X4kmB

Final version of this work is now live! Mitch developed this model and found that a history of chronic neuropathic pain in the SNI model facilitates pain-induced reinstatement of ethanol CPP in male mice. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This Friday! 🍻🔬 Join us at National Mechanics for a science happy hour! 📅 Friday, Oct 3 ⏰ 4:30–6:00 PM 🎉 10% off drinks 🤝 Connect with Philly’s science community Then head to the FREE First Friday poster session at the Science History Institute! 🔗 tinyurl.com/3z8sh4ax

Nixon Lab is hoping to recruit a postdoctoral fellow interested in alcohol-microglia and/or alcohol-neural stem cell interactions in recovery from alcohol-induced brain and behavioral damage/dysfunction. Open fellowships on our NIAAA-funded T32! Please spread the word!

Working on an acknowledgements slide for a talk, and just thought I'd brag on how adorbs my lab is!

My entire feed rn is Senator: Do you think heart failure causes death RFK: Senator, medicine doesn't work, we all need to be drinking raccoon blood

Very few PhD students finish within 4 years. But international students will need to do that if US proposed visa rules change go through. Sound reasonable to you? Fed register is accepting comments for next month. Details at the link & comment button www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

BREAKING: per email sent to agency staff NIH will _NOT_ reterminate the ~900 grants which were reinstated. "[W]e would strongly recommend against re-terminating such grants, because it will likely be viewed as a reapplication of the now-vacated Challenged Directives."

Just a reminder, the NOSIs for Research Continuity and Retention Supplements (childbirth, healthcare issues), and Re-Entry, Re-integration & Re-training Supplements, are ending Sept 9th. If you were thinking about one of them, apply soon. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

what a pr disaster for the powerhouse of the cell

Vox has a very good article explaining the mess that just happened at the Supreme Court. In the end, they are ensuring that no matter what happens to the canceled grants, there’s no chance of resolving fast enough to matter for the work or PIs. Struck a death blow www.vox.com/scotus/45886...

NEW: In March, the Trump administration announced a massive purge of workers at the nation's health agencies. We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left. They refused to give us numbers. So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵 projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...

ATTN: Robert Wood Johnson has money to support “canceled” research on racial-indigenous health equity www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...

So many of my fellow scientists are deeply anti-intellectual at heart.

Hi, are you an academic biology lab in the Boston area? I am a lab manager at a local biotech and I will be getting rid of a lot consumables in the near future (as will many of my colleagues, unfortunately). If you would be interested in free consumables, please reach out to me!

Or The application is for a diversity pipeline program (non-exhaustive list: MOSAIC, F31 Diversity, IRACDA, MARC, ARC, IMSD, ReWARD, B-INSPIRE, CPACHE, BRAIN Initiative, Cancer Moonshot Scholars Diversity Program). 7/n

Court accepting updated list of plaintiffs/grantees impacted! MUST BE SUBMITTED BY AUGUST 1st 5pm EST! Please disseminate!!! Message from ACLU team below: 1/n

New preprint!

 tl;dr — We ran around late at night to record wild rats in NYC and figured out how to quantify their behavior and environment. 🧵 w/ Dima Batenkov, @zamakany.bsky.social, Emily Mackevicius www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Looking for a postdoc or staff scientist with brain slice electrophysiology experience. If you or someone you know is interested in, message me.

Ever wonder how stress and the estrous cycle affects reward learning? Well we have answers for you in our paper led by @askaneuroscientist.bsky.social published in @npp-journal.bsky.social And huge thanks to the NIH and NSF who supported this research.

1. NIH won't review proposals "substantially developed" by AI 2. Max of 6 submissions/year as PI

The Fakira Lab at the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join our R01-funded research project focused on neuropeptide receptor function in the context of pain and addiction.

Find some great language for your comment about the need for community input, need for rigorous validation of NAMs & importance of animal research at @faseborg.bsky.social ‘s statement : www.faseb.org/getmedia/9ee... 🧪

🚨Attn philly neuro postdocs🚨Philadelphia SPINE is hosting its annual postdoc symposium again this year and we are looking for applications (due 7/25)! We are seeking applicants with well-developed projects who want to share their work and make new connections! See the link below for more info!

Never thought I would feel such a sense of relief to receive an NoA for year 2 of my F32. Shout out to all of the super hard working and dedicated folks at the #NIH who are doing the best they can in these uncertain times.

Here's the joyful reaction of my 65 yo central Ohio FIL about to ride the not at all frightening @septaphilly.bsky.social for the first time. The trains, they are convenient! and not scary! Maybe even delightful!

ICE ALERT 6/18 Center City Philly: This was forwarded to us and wanted to share ASAP: Please try to Document & Deter ICE Agents if you feel you can do so safely and share this within your local personal networks.

We are generating a tremendous amount of output right now, but understanding less than ever.

I am excited to share that @standupforscience.bsky.social is growing! We are looking to hire several positions including: - Event and volunteer coordination - Copywriting (press releases, emails, website, blogs, some social media) - Data analytics and research (marketing, not science 😉) 🧵

NIH has an open RFI on their AI strategy. With everything going on, it would be easy to miss. I urge you to take a look it and to offer your own comments. If you are unsure about AI, please take a look at my Substack post, linked below. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... #NIH #Neuroskyence #Science

🚨 NIH head Bhattacharya is about to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee. We'll be keeping a close watch. Follow along for updates HERE⬇️ (🧵):

(5/5) 🚨 It’s time to flood the zone. NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn. 📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration ✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support 👯‍♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

It's not a pretty slide

I will never get over how afraid of the outside these people are, terrified of subways and needing guns to go to the applebees. Take a walk. take a train. stop being such a coward.

Could be huge. Especially for those terminated in the anti-DEI purge. "...NIH will allow individuals whose mentored career development awards prematurely ended on or after January 1, 2025, to be eligible to apply for a new mentored career development award" grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Considering a similar provision for my grants. All enthusiasm is welcome at study sections. Critical sentiment is embargoed until after council.

What an excellent time this was! Thanks to everyone who came out, the other amazing speakers, and the organizers for putting together such a great event!

Philadelphia scientists! Hackett elementary in East Kensington (just north of Fishtown/East Kenzo border) just had 2 judges drop out for their science fair today at 1pm. Is anyone able to fill in?? I’ll be there!

🚨ATTENTION SCIENTISTS🚨 👀 Are you looking for a way to connect with the press to share your story? 📰 We are excited to announce the *safe and secure* SUFS Press Connect System. Whether you are looking to be a face or stay anonymous--we have you covered. actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

Philly, I hope that today you are voting and tomorrow you're coming to Pint of Science! pintofscience.us/event/mind-o... vote.phila.gov/voting/elect...