Love this story (although the headline’s a little misleading). apple.news/A5noSQhLDRdu...

I feel slightly less guilty about using AI to help me write a grant about an AI-based project. But that might be how the machines want me to feel.

While you are all waiting for treat or treaters & the blue jay game … take a look at our newest from @bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we look at neural networks in middle aged female rats based on APOE genotype and parity history www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Love it! Now I want to carve a pumpkin as a mouse brain, but I think it's too late.

In the mood for something sciency and spooky? How about the Halloween special of @uclbrainstories.bsky.social - where me and @caswell.bsky.social talk to @drjlange.bsky.social on some of the gothic stories in neuroscience! 👻 🧠 🎃 💀🧟‍♂️ spotify.link/2lHT9pLQRXb

Don't worry folks! Pretty soon we'll go from having a 0% chance of getting grants (govt shutdown) to having a 5% chance of getting grants (continuing resolution and multi-year funding). But that's only temporary...eventually, it'll go back to the easy-peasy 10-15% funding lines we all know and love.

Very interesting

That's a hell of a figure. www.alzforum.org/news/researc...

Hmm. Reading about oxygen administration for preterm babies and the potential for hyperoxia and oxidative stress, and that is a topic that I’ve heard zero info about up until now.

Pushing through my skepticism to review these K99 and K01 applications I've been assigned. The good news is that there are some tremendous applicants that could contribute so much if given the chance. The bad news is that there's no way to give them a chance if the govt doesn't open back up.

Big week for all you second-gen psychedelics and non-hallucinatory neuroplastogens fans! New results from Zalsupindole - promotes greater neuroplasticity than ketamine, psilocybin, or DMT, without any of the pesky psychedelic side (fun?) effects. pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Is it sad that my first thought was: a five year cell culture experiment isn't that bad. There would still be two years left to finish up their PhD or postdoc 😭 😭https://www.alzforum.org/news/research-news/neurons-born-and-raised-organoids-act-their-age

Link to buy below. Even as a 43yo neuroscientist I enjoyed a lot! I mean… who wouldn’ love a book that has monkeys with robot arms & pirate kittens! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/insi...

Currently reviewing grants for a study section that probably won't happen. Whose idea was it to link the success our scientific enterprise with the proper functioning of the federal government?

Tenure-track Investigator Vacancy, Brown University Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research. Join Carney Institute exploring neurodegeneration and dementia. Closing date: 1st November www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/assistan...

PhD position, University of Manchester. Study how APOE genotype, menopause and exercise interact to influence vascular dysfunction and dementia risk in Alzheimer’s. Closing date: 8th November www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-alzh...

The 2nd of 6 faculty positions open at UNC Biology is for an Asst Professor studying critical questions in Plant Molecular Biology, focusing on molecular mechanisms illuminating fundamental aspects of plant biology, including interactions with other organisms 1/n unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Covid causes brain damage. Edit: Covid causes serious long term brain damage, and here's a whole lot more data "COVID-19 infection was associated with a 58% increased risk of all-cause dementia and a 105% increased risk of Vascular Dementia" Free article: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Rocío is an amazing scientist, mentor, and person in general!!! Please share this job opening with anyone who might be interested 🤩🤩

Posting on behalf of Tamar Gollan, who is not on Bluesky: A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details! psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...

Attended a conference yesterday, and one of the speakers spent his whole talk airing his personal grievances about other scientists who he felt had wronged him throughout his career. Made me want to crawl out of my skin.

Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks. Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

I just read the paper out of Harvard that prompted this tylenol autism announcement. They make a strong argument that acetaminophen use during pregnancy may be causal for neurodevelopmental disorders and that its use should be limited ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Sadly…and all so that they could meet some arbitrary September deadline that RFK Jr randomly blurted out.

New landscape of the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... by @thelancet.com #Alzheimers #dementia #biomarkers #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence

Proud to present our new paper in @natmetabolism.nature.com The Neurolipid Atlas: a lipidomics resource for neurodegenerative diseases lnkd.in/eVzFrmUY Check out our open-access platform chock-full with iPSC- and 🧠 lipidomics data (www.neurolipidatlas.com).

Can someone who knows this stuff better than I do tell me if Trump’s new $100K H1-B rule applies to non-profits/Universities? I’m assuming no, but probably shouldn’t be assuming anything reasonable anymore.

My awesome Drosophila colleague Akhila Rajan at Fred Hutch (Seattle) is recruiting both a staff scientist and a postdoc to study fat–brain communication, innate immunity, mitochondrial signaling, and brain senescence. Great team, great environment. Apply here: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30062/j...

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!

Calling for your paper for the upcoming collection Brain metabolomics in dementia and neurological disease I’m honoured to be serving as the collection’s Guest Editor and eager to read your submission. #CallForPapers @natureportfolio.nature.com Learn more about the collection: go.nature.com/41S5bI3

I don’t know if it’s overall a good thing or a bad thing for science, but I have to say…the papers I review now are a hell of a lot clearer and easier to read than they were before chatGPT was invented. Which honestly, I don’t mind.

For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦 #academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...

It will never not annoy me that the first Republican government to take a real interest in changing the way science is done were the misinformation, burn it all down Republicans, and not the let's remove government regulations to increase productivity Republicans.

Good news! Although definitely not the end of the fight on this. Hopefully the government will be forced to unfreeze all the research funding while the case works its way up to the Supreme Court. www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/p...

Are you interested in the estimated #prevalence of #dementia in Europe? 🇪🇺 The @alzheimereurope.bsky.social website just got an upgrade including interactive graphics, visualising the projections by country: www.alzheimer-europe.org/dementia/pre...

A cool (and potentially paradigm shifting) study from the Liddelow lab

Potential grad students: we have funds for RAs (you would not necessarily need to TA unless that helps you with your career goals). All grad applicants would need to apply through the Graduate School at Howard University. Please get in touch with me before you send in your application!

Yeah, expectations are low these days. This is good news!

Good advice

Want to do a PhD with me and the Emotions in Context Lab? We’re looking for new grad students to join us next fall! Check out the lab website to learn what we’re working on now and in the near future: www.emotionsincontextlab.com/join/

Shit. More unnecessary obstacles for scientists.

Unfortunately, the complicated truth is often boring. Like this article. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/n...

Hey folks out there who ❤️ to #CTscan things and ❤️ museums! the @amnh.org is hiring a Laboratory Manager for their Microscopy and Imaging Facility, a.k.a. the CT lab 🧪 careers.amnh.org/postings/4550

Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant is back. Share with your ESI colleagues! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Open rank faculty search in my department. Please re-post!

This is an important point, and I think ultimately it’s true that it will get used against us politically. But I also don’t think we can remain silent, as that ultimately proved to have worse consequences for us. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

How plasma p-Tau markers can predict if and when there will be transition to mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively unimpaired individuals, along staging of the disease www.nature.com/articles/s43...

A little hesitant to post this on here, as I wrote it specifically for the Jewish community in Detroit...but maybe it'll inspire other scientists to write articles in their hometown papers. www.thejewishnews.com/opinion/biom...

Finally got a chance to read this article. Very well done. And very scary that this Grier guy was hired to lead a federal study on vaccines and autism. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Tangled Tale of Tau – Will Targeting Amyloid be Enough?” In this webinar, Dr. Duff examines a critical question in Alzheimer’s research, exploring the complex roles of tau & amyloid in disease progression. youtu.be/alpEsCeiXQs