I am so grateful to the speakers, disc leaders, attendees, V Chairs, GRS Chairs, 💰contributors & GRC staff that made Catecholamines GRC a success! 2025 organizing was rough but worth the headaches. I am privileged to have led this meeting of brilliant, kind,respectful, and supportive scientists!

Hiring: Research Technician and Postdoctoral opportunities! My lab is looking for candidates to join or research in systems neuroscience at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago @uofilsystem.bsky.social. See details below. Please share! lujanlabuic.squarespace.com/joinus

🚨 300 lives are lost daily to overdose. @kahlertumsom.bsky.social is fighting back—2 years in, they’re launching bold clinical trials, tackling stigma, and building a future where addiction is treated with science and compassion. 💡💊 🔗 Learn more: shorturl.at/pi9ne #Research #OverdoseCrisis

We're sharing photos from last Friday’s Neuro Networks Day, made possible by partners at the Neuro Networks Committee, UM-MIND & the Department of Neurobiology. Pictured: Associate Director Sarah Kattakuzhy, Associate Director @marykaylobo.bsky.social, Director @drkellydunn.bsky.social #Addiction

Marie Curie's notebooks are radioactive and must be stored in a lead-lined box in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Curie’s corpse is also radioactive. Her coffin is lined in an inch of lead. Both will remain radioactive for 1,500+ years.

Congratulations to @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor @carmensandi10.bsky.social on winning the 2025 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award - www.ecnp.eu/news/press-o...

JOIN US & Icahn Mount Sinai in congratulating @ericjnestler.bsky.social for his election to The National Academy of Sciences. This great honor recognizes Dr. Nestler’s cutting-edge work on molecular basis of #DrugAddiction & #Depression & on advancing the field of psychiatry into the molecular era!

The spring cycle of the Baltimore Brain Series Award is underway! Mark your calendars - we have an amazing lineup of talks from our awardees that you won’t want to miss.

I have learned that the directors of ALL: PREP, IMSD, and IRACDA programs across the country have received similar cancelation notices. This follows previous cancellations of MARC and URISE programs. This further dismantles the mechanisms that enable scientific training opportunities for SO MANY.

We are excited to announce our official partnership with @indivisible.org for the National Day of Action on April 5th! Stand Up for Science says: HANDS OFF OUR SCIENCE! #standupforscience #handsoffourscience Find and register for an event near you: handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...

Inspired by Cory Booker? Live in Wisconsin? Want to do something about *gestures at everything* but not registered to vote? You can register and vote today! There's still time. The polls are open until 8:00 pm, and if you're registered and in line by that time, stay in line and vote.

jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

Please give for Rümeysa Öztürk's legal defense. She's one of us and doing important work (child studies and human development!). Standing up for her is fighting fascism and protecting rights to free speech for everyone in academia. Do everything in your power to help. #psychscisky #Devpsych

F mechanisms are student and postdoc fellowships. This is the US choking off funding for training the next generation of talent. Where is the university leadership response?

“Why are some scientists being singled out for removal from a key part of the scientific process?” A handful of board members have received termination letters with no reason or explanation #neuroscience #neuroskyence

Congratulations @ericjnestler.bsky.social Dean Nestler!

The Jacob P. Waletzky Award from @sfn.org recognizes significant contributions to addiction research. Do you know an early career scientist who deserves this recognition? Consider submitting a nomination. Our Associate Director @marykaylobo.bsky.social, PhD, is a proud past recipient! #AddictionSci

I wrote a piece for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen... With the fate of NIH-funded research uncertain, it is extra important that the work we do now is most likely to benefit everyone. Adhering to SABV in the lab and in grant & paper review is the right thing to do.

We have multiple openings for basic addiction scientists interested in pursuing translational research within the Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine @kahlertumsom.bsky.social apply @ umb.taleo.net/careersectio... and learn about our institute @ addiction.umaryland.edu

Our latest now out @pnas.org Huge thanks to the team (a large group of fantastic post-bacs made this possible), NIAAA, and @kahlertumsom.bsky.social for support! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Science Under Threat in the United States The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer By my colleague Nicholas W Gilpin from Louisiana who has written this piece in his personal capacity due to the current institutional situation. elifesciences.org/articles/106...

Check out the amazing line up of speakers for the Catecholamines GRC! Apply for GRC www.grc.org/catecholamin... & GRS www.grc.org/catecholamin.... In these uncertain times we appreciate any donation to support the participants in the GRC my.grc.org/p/contributi... & GRS my.grc.org/p/contributi...

Assistant Professor @neuro-summer.bsky.social will be a keynote presenter for the Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) Satellite Session at the 2025 Research Society on Alcohol Annual Meeting. We're excited for your presentation, Dr. Thompson! rsaofficial.bsky.social #AddictionSci

Congratulations to Associate Director of the Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine Sarah Kattakuzhy, MD, MPH! Dr. Kattakuzhy has earned the 2025 Person of the Year – On the Rise award by the UMB Roundtable on Empowerment in Leadership & Leveraging Aspirations (UMBrella). @umbaltimore.bsky.social

Six decades ago, hope surged for depression & opioid addiction treatments. Today, depression management has advanced significantly, but progress in #OUD has been more gradual. @drkellydunn.bsky.social explores this in a @medpagetoday.bsky.social #opinion piece: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco....

NIH funding is central to the research enterprise, providing critical support for neuroscience research across the country and here at UM-MIND. What are the effects of federal budget cuts to neuroscience research? Learn more in the infographic below and share with your community. #NIHSavesLives

Office companion for the day.

Federal funding plays a vital role in addiction research and treatment. What are the potential effects of budgetary changes on these areas? Explore a summary from the University of Maryland School of Medicine that provides information on common concerns. #NIHSavesLives @ummedschool.bsky.social

Bluetorial: My NIH grant got funded; The money is in the bank What happens behind the scenes with NIH fund transfers

Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.

Since Trump fired most of the National Park Service, the bears have to pick up the slack. “Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone” Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X @altnps.bsky.social

SRO force halved? Welcome to 200 application panels and 75% triage rates. Buckle tf up.

Excited to be protesting today with my UMN colleagues because #ScienceIsForEveryone 🧪🧬 🧠 I’ll also be giving a brief speech at the MN state capitol about why diverse perspectives are an integral & necessary component for us to do good science ✨ #standupforscience2025 #ScienceNotSilence

Got here early and ended up with front row viewing. Francis Collins up now!

Headed to the DC #standupforsciene after 22hours in planes and airports yesterday. Very Grateful for a talented lab member who made me a sign while I was traveling and working on a grant. 🧠🧬🔬🧫🧪

Wonderful visit to the Universidad de Concepción for the Neuropsiquiátricas y Adicciones Congreso. Exciting neuroscience in Chile & Argentina. Privileged to see research informed by and tools from NIH funded research which has worldwide impact. & felt like home with the Pacific Ocean I grew up in.

Thur- Excited about a student's talk on their journey from Peru with limited neuroscience to a PhD program here. Fri- Excited I added this to my talk at UMD and inspired by trainees plans for science advocacy. Today- excited to ✈️ to Chile to meet with scientists and trainees there.

Attended the Union of Concerned Scientist's webinar about protecting scientists engaged in advocacy and I think the most important message was: The more people who do it, the safer we all are. See the list of resources they shared below. Carry your weight and let others carry you!

This is a powerful (and accurate) speech both about curiosity driven research and about which institutions would be most hurt by a 15% cap on indirect cost rates (smaller academic med centers) and who would benefit (China). 1/2

Yesterday, members of our team joined MHAMD for its 2025 Legislative Briefing and Reception. We're proud to partner with the MHAMD community in our shared goal to improve behavioral health outcomes for all Marylanders. @kellycoble.bsky.social @petemanza.bsky.social @marykaylobo.bsky.social

New Bluesky account. Let's get to work, Maryland!

Still lots of opportunities to get involved organizing for the #StandUpForScience2025 rally across the US on March 7. 📣 Check out @standupforscience.bsky.social for info. Lots to do, colleagues! 👏 Let’s not sit by and watch science be destroyed. There’s always a need for anything you can do. 🔬🩺🧠

🚨📃New Wassum Lab Paper📃🚨 Out today, @jackiegio.bsky.social discovered brain pathways that support agency and habit and how chronic stress disrupts them to rob of us our agency and cause us to form rigid habits 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free full text: rdcu.be/eaxEv

Must watch speech by neuroscientist Kailyn Price at a HHS rally protesting funding cuts to science. "Cutting indirect costs is like telling a football team to work with only the players. No lights for the field, no physical therapists for the players, no water for the showers."

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

It's overwhelming but a way to stay informed about the current chaos in research and science.

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com

Talented student and artist in my lab sketched my "worried" dog's face to reflect how she feels when she looks at the news. Maisie resting worried face is now a slack-moji for my lab.