Come see us at #SfN2025 Stephen Collins et al on Tuesday morning Erika Carlson and Lauren Singleton on Tuesday afternoon!

Our December issue is now online! Articles from George Koob, @aradprof.bsky.social @nixonlab.bsky.social @cm-serotonin.bsky.social and more. #alcohol #alcoholawareness www.sciencedirect.com/journal/alco...

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same. Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

things that happen at trunk or treat when your mom is a neuroscientist. 🧠 🧠

“I was advised that having multiple children would detract from my scientific career. But I actually think that it has greatly benefited it.” Prof. @michellemonje.bsky.social, Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University, #BrainPrize2025. #Neuroscience youtu.be/f7sbSuWie5A?...

New tenure track faculty position in glia and/or neurovascular coupling! Please come join us! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30864 #neurosky #neuroskyence #glia #neurojobs

Open T32 Postdoctoral Fellowships in alcohol, neuroscience and behavior at UT Austin. Spread the word!

A new large study of alcohol intake using genetics (Mendelian randomization) finds a dose-response relationship for risk of dementia with no protective effect at low levels of intake ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...

Nixon Lab Fall 25 edition...

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!

We're hiring 2 faculty in Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level -- come join our amazing department at Texas A&M! apply.interfolio.com/172286 Apply by Oct 1 for highest priority.

Open T32 Postdoctoral Fellowships in alcohol, neuroscience and behavior at UT Austin. Spread the word!

Congratulations to my last UK graduate student, Dr. Catherine van Doorn - the first paper from her dissertation work is out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A recent theme in my lab is following thru on including #SABV. Grad student, Stephen Collins, showed that our model is well suited to study sex differences as it overcomes the differences in alcohol pharmacokinetics between M and F. Need SABV? Happy to advise! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Majchrowicz binge model of #alcohol dependence: A valid model for comparing male and female rats @nixonlab.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy Notice of Award Day for Nixon & Fonken Labs and our MPI Aging + Alcohol R01. 🎉🎉🎉

Be my neighbor! @rwjms.bsky.social Neuroscience is hiring! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/258...

Happy Friday - Paper accepted! This is the first, 1st-authorship for grad student, Stephen Collins!

Karolinska Institutet is recruiting an Assistant Professor in AI in Brain and Behaviour within Neurology, Psychiatry or Psychology ⬇️

We're hiring! Nature Neuroscience is hiring an Associate or Senior Editor with experience in cellular and molecular neuroscience, glia, and genomics to work in our New York or Shanghai office. Applications are due August 19. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...

Congratulations to our research honors student, Dr. Kate Adams, PharmD!!!! Next stop, residency at University of Iowa Health Care. 💛🖤

Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

"Pausing" scientific research is like "pausing" a car in the middle of the highway—it's liable to have catastrophic, long-term effects that restarting it won't fix.

“The quest for truth – the mission of science – requires that scientists freely explore new questions and report their findings honestly, independent of special interests” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Great explanatory piece on why NIH research is an important investment into the health and lives of Americans. Thanks, Nick! elifesciences.org/articles/106...

“There is no better investment than one that saves lives, supports local economies and drives America’s global leadership in biomedical innovation." www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Join us for the #WiDS Panel on Women’s Brain Health!🧠 Why is sex-specific data crucial? From ADHD under-diagnosis to healthcare gaps, we’ll dive in. 📅 March 12 | 8 AM PT 📍 YouTube -link in comment With @amykooz.bsky.social @ariannazuanazzi.bsky.social E. Rosenthal T. Silk R. Neuhaus & N. Williams

www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

What's going to prevent the territorial bias that ran rampant in some of the multi-institute panels? www.science.org/content/arti...

Ready to #standupforscience See you downtown Chicagoans 👩‍🔬🧬🔬

“We’re actually going to kill people is what it amounts to” new piece in AP on NIH funding cuts and grant review delays…lil’ quote from yours truly in there too 😊 apnews.com/article/trum...

WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?

18F canned and PubMed is down. Coincidence? 18f.org

Some good-ish news from NIH “Federal Register notices for study sections run by CSR (but not those by ICs) will start being permitted again” As far as I know, the timing for this is not clear, but I will be checking the Federal Register.

Here are some data documenting the funding "pause" pulled from NIH Reporter. Current results (FY25) (Red) are compared with results from FY21 (first year of Biden Administration) and FY24. Note that data from Reporter lag behind release of NoAs by ~1 week. I will be tracking this going forward.

If the block on the Federal Register isn’t removed in the next few months, I fear a majority of labs will close within a year. This small procedural wrench has the power to kill US science indefinitely, losing an entire generation of discovery and innovation.

horrifying. apparently we don't wish to make any scientific advances anymore. www.wired.com/story/nation...

Special shout out this AM to NIH 🧪 grant mgmt specialists, POs, and SROs during this chaotic time - THANK YOU for caring for our grants and uploading scores/summary statements despite the unprecedented challenges you may be facing. You are science warriors and we APPRECIATE & SUPPORT YOU 🫶

I have no more words, especially after reading the hate on that other site. 48% of the US does not understand (perhaps does not care to understand) that NIH research underlies nearly every new drug discovered. 💔 www.science.org/content/arti...

Check out our latest - depletion of microglia protected against alcohol-induced degeneration. A short report, much more to come! doi.org/10.1007/s114...

Let's go! ⚛️ www.standupforscience2025.org

Grateful to all of the NIH folks working hard to advance science, health, and new treatments despite these adversities.

SAMHSA website is back-up. Now is a great time to download NSDUH data, for those interested in these data.

Don't try to find anything with gender in it. Trying to write a review on alcohol and women and key article at Alcohol Resarch & Health is pulled down. 😡

This #BlackHistoryMonth, SfN celebrates African American scientists who've transformed neuroscience. From labs to clinics, Black neuroscientists drive progress while creating paths for future generations, advancing brain research & strengthening the scientific community and workforce. #Neurosky

I hope you will all join me in expressing your thanks to the NIH and NSF staff who are working in an impossibly difficult and chaotic environment to keep science going in our country.

The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...

It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.” University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.