This ‘fundamental’ study reports anatomical, molecular, and functional mapping of the central complex in #Drosophila. buff.ly/7nlgaXb

We are also raising money to support undergrads at UCSF this summer! Help me, @neuronush.bsky.social and @quexarce.bsky.social buy ice cream and pizza for our little community of undergraduate researchers! 20% of sales for the rest of the month will go towards our programs!!!

“These cuts are the height of self-inflicted harm,”

R16 eligible institutions: less than $6 million/yr (total costs) from NIH in each of the preceding two fiscal years and enroll at least 25% of undergraduate students supported by Pell grants or HBCUs and TCUs. R16s were a lifeline for small univs with no other dedicated research funds.

Why do some neurons say “sleep” while others shout “stay awake!” — inside the same brain? In fruit flies, researchers just mapped the molecular chaos behind this nightly tug-of-war. And it’s wilder than we thought. buff.ly/6oWQjA2

It is not the job of higher education to pay for national priorities such as biomedical, scientific, and engineering research. That is a goal of the nation as a whole. If you want a strong nation, you have to pay for a strong nation. It can't be outsourced.

Hey science people! These crucial legal actions don't just happen. Consider donating to their organizers, e.g. @democracyforward.org. (see: democracyforward.org/updates/omni...)

We are very pleased to share that our paper on sexual dimorphism in circadian rhythms has been published in @plosbiology.org. This work was led by the very talented Aishwarya Iyer and includes contributions from three undergraduate co-authors. You can read the full study here:

✨🦟✨HOW DO MOSQUITOES HAVE SEX? ✨🦟✨ Join us for a wild journey into hidden female control, rapidly evolving stimulation devices, fierce species competition, and DEADLY MOSQUITOES! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I've been making a series of videos called "What the FUNDING" that highlight all the incredible science that federal funding supports. If DOGE just fcked up your NSF grant and you wanna collaborate on a video, lmk? I'm @science_irl on insta & TT #scicomm 🧪 #nsf

Why do some neurons say “sleep” while others shout “stay awake!” — inside the same brain? In fruit flies, researchers just mapped the molecular chaos behind this nightly tug-of-war. And it’s wilder than we thought. buff.ly/nA9M8EM

Great to see this insight article on CX tools from Rubin lab and our work on understanding sleep regulation using these lines. Thanks to @sdissel.bsky.social and Brandon Holder for writing this feature on our paper.

It's been done for a while, accepted almost a year ago, but I'm happy to share that my first analysis of the MICrONs cubic mm dataset is online! nature.com/articles/s41...

“Relevant computations happen in here too” Maimon on the limitations of pure connectivity data in the fly

If you had a U-RISE or MARC grant cancelled this week (I'm hearing the MARC programs, which are similar but at research intensive unis, were also cancelled), please be sure to update the information here: forms.gle/81iLikdBtmCP... 🧪 #AcademicSky

Getting the message out on how science funding benefits our society @abepalmer.bsky.social in the SD Tribune www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/09/g...

@sentimentbot.bsky.social how am I doing?

The importance of considering time of day for metabolic experiments www.nature.com/articles/s42...

As a recently mid career PI who has had to transition very quickly from early career to maybe end career I agree and will adopt this approach. also, we should put our science out in the most complete way possible and be kind in reviews as supplementary figure 28 might not be all that useful.

Times Union published my article today: "Science on the chopping block"

This cure for sickle cell anemia was made possible by NIH-funded research to turn the gene for fetal hemoglobin back on. It was done predominantly by NIH researchers, including intramural researchers on the NIH campus. irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/...

UAB Neurobiology is hiring up to 4 new tenure-track faculty as part of 3 new open-rank searches. Come join our vibrant, supportive, and growing neuroscience community! uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23916 uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23944 uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/24010

It's #BrainAwarenessWeek! Today, we're highlighting fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) as a key model organism in #neuroscience research. Despite their tiny size, fruit flies have surprisingly complex brains and behaviors, making them powerful tools to study neural circuits. #KavliNeuro #BAW

Getting ready to Stand Up for Science tomorrow. We need to Save Our Science and make sure we can still focus on broadening participation in STEM. Some SJSU colleagues and I plan to advertise our Open Letter to Our College Students. Please sign & share. medium.com/@dearstudent...

According to the March for Science SF website, the march in 2017 cost $70,000 😲 Sound systems, porta potties, permits... these things all cost 💵💵💵 Consider donating to @standupforscience.bsky.social 🧪

Justin Trudeau gave the exact kind of press conference today that we have been waiting for from our Democratic leaders. Watch it and learn from it. No gimmicks, no stunts, no script, no platitudes, no slogans, no games. Just straight talk, honesty, sincerity and facts.

The revised version of our #Platynereis #connectome paper is now out: https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/97964 Cell-type-level annotation of the whole organisms, including synaptic and desmosomal connectomes. Can be explored with CATMAID here […] [Original post on biologists.social]

Its been stressful as I worry about how we will sustain our research program. But a spontaneous coffee sesh at 3pm with my 5 masters students made me forget everything for a bit. We discussed science, kids, best shows on netflix. Grateful for this community, also Preprints are coming, so watch out.

Dr. Charles Henry Turner was from Ohio; he earned a BSc and MSc from the University of Cincinnati. He was the first African American to earn a PhD in #entomology, which was at the University of Chicago in 1907. #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Welfare Queen

I had measles as a child as I was not vaccinated. Vaccines were not so freely available in India at that time. I still remember how sick I got. I also had chicken pox, typhoid etc. I was lucky that I got good care and survived. This madness has to stop. abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...

My latest with @sciam.bsky.social "Politics, Not Biology, Is Driving Legal Efforts to Classify Sex". Please do read the linked Executive Orders and HS statements that this piece is in response to. I am hoping of a better dialogue on this... www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Time for Developmental Biologists to convene @unm.edu in New Mexico for this exciting SouthWest Dev Bio meeting www.swsdb2025.org. We have a fantastic panel of scientists and educators. Register for this exciting conference, and see you soon! NM is very pleasant in spring.

And once again we are in top 15 based on California Mobility Index that evaluates institutions on the proportion of low- and moderate-income students they enroll AND the return on investment they provide within the state of California.

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

In the midst of all of this (hands waving frantically) chaos, not sure we are talking enough about this. CA is set to slash their state funding of UCs and CSUs by 8-10%. Impacts will be huge, and widely felt, for students, staff, and faculty. calmatters.org/education/hi...

See how we collect in-vivo physiology data at scale at our #Neuropixels and #OpenScope Workshop! Enjoy summer in Seattle, tour our labs, and attend a masterclass on our imaging and ephys methods. 🧠📈 Applications due March 1. 🔗 alleninstitute.org/events/2025-...

Our #MINDS post-bacc program is accepting applications til March 1st! ✨ ✅ two-years full-time PAID research ✅ $41,000 annual salary +benefits ✅ personalized grad school prep & cohort of peers ✅ $1,500 to relocate + $1,500 in prof dev funds ✅ dedicated mentors + more! z.umn.edu/minds Please share ✨

📣 Brock #PsychSciSky are hiring a Tenure-Track Teaching-Intensive Asst Prof to teach our 2nd year stats course and a few other stats/methods courses. Pluses: beautiful Niagara, CANADA, strong faculty union, ample TA support, collaborative colleagues. brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/brocku_caree...

Amidst all the terrible things, it's nice to have some good news - our paper on the architecture of fly taste circuits is published now! Led by Emory undergrad Sydney Walker and grad student Marco Peña Garcia. Paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Summary here: devinenilab.org/news/connect...

Among all the gloom and doom I want to celebrate last weekend when 18 teachers from Bay Area high schools showed up at my lab@CSUEB to manipulate neurons (thermo/optogenetics), data mine the flywire datasets and develop hypothesis about neural basis of behavior. Thanks to #NSFCAREER #NSFSTARS. (1/2)

At least some good things are happening in the world of science today. Our vor is out in Elife.

Our version of record in Elife. A close collaboration with Rubin lab@Janelia building CX specific tools, determining their neurochemical identities and screening them for sleep phenotypes. 7 years in making and hopefully a great resource for the community. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Calling undergrad neuroscience educators! 🍎🧬 We're now accepting application for a 4-day workshop (July 21-24, 2025) on developing inquiry-based activities using our open #neuroscience data. 🧳 Travel to Seattle, meals, and $1000 stipend included! Apply by Feb. 3: alleninstitute.org/events/neuro...

The #1 piece of advice I give to people considering applying for NSF funding... *** Talk to a Program Director *** We are not scary. I promise. Our job is to help figure out the best place for your research to be reviewed at NSF. If you email & don't hear back within a week, please email again!