THE OFFICIAL @standupforscience.net GUIDE FOR TALKING TO ANYONE ABOUT THE OMB RULE PROPOSAL!! www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

Russell Vought has a plan for science, but so do we. Join the fight by taking action against the latest OMB grant funding proposal here 👉 zurl.co/MTmbO #StandUpForScience #OMB #Vought #SaveScience #Science

Across the brain, neurons repeatedly reuse the same pair of adhesion molecules to assemble distinct neural circuits, according to three new studies. By Holly Barker www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/pus...

We are still accepting apps for our workshops to develop a multiyear collaborative effort in quantitative behavioral phenotyping of individuals with autism. Deadline is June 15: https://bit.ly/4nyYQuV #science #autismresearch

🔬 The OMB just proposed rules that would let political appointees override peer-reviewed science funding decisions. As physicians & informaticists, this hits home. Comment period closes July 13. → fight2win.standupforscience.net #StandUpForScience #Medicine #PublicHealth

We are working on ways to yell about this, everyone! Today we will have the SUFS Official OMB Comment, our comment guide, and How To Talk To Your Granny About OMB! STAY TUNED!!

Very bad news. Screwworm appears to have made it to Texas, as was predicted. These parasites eat the living flesh of cattle, cause horrible pain, and can ultimately kill them. Yesterday, USDA Chief Brooke Rollins categorically denied that screwworm was close to the border.

It’s essential that everyone submit comments on this OMB proposal. It will place decisions on federal grant funding in the hands of partisan political hacks. This is the path of autocrats and failed governments. Learn as much as you can and act soon. We can only stop this if we all pitch in. 🧪

I wrote about the new rule proposing political oversight of every form of federal grant-making and what it means, legally, for OMB to do this. Wild it's gotten nearly 5k comments in < a week. Thanks to Carrie Wolinetz, @cdelawalla.bsky.social for their insights cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

🎉Save the date! Black In Neuro Week 2026 is July 27–Aug 2. We're celebrating our 6th annual BIN Week with returning favorites like #NeuroRacism, #NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora, and #BINRollCall plus a brand new theme: #BlackInTime. ✨ 🧠 #BINW26 #AReimaginedFuture

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

A network of fake academic journals masquerading as legitimate publications has published more than a hundred AI-generated papers in recent months, in some cases using the names of real professors at top universities without their knowledge.

Researchers @fmiscience.bsky.social have developed lab-grown organoids that can cyclically simulate the tissue renewal that occurs after #menstruation, which can potentially offer new insights into the understanding of uterine diseases. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/organoi... #NAM #organoid #WomenHealth

Long-term editing of brain circuits with engineered electrical synapses! I still remember years ago when Kafui Dzirasa from @dukeuni.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social called me beaming with excitement about this new technology. Here it is today in Nature. www.nature.com/articles/s41... .

Single-cell quantification of the iron-neuromelanin balance in dopaminergic neurons across the lifespan https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.08.721830v1

Often a brake, sometimes a gas pedal. The neurotransmitter GABA typically inhibits brain activity. But in a new study published in #Neuron, researchers in the @mhigley.bsky.social lab show that GABA may, in certain circumstances, enhance neuronal activity.

This weekend news broke that President Trump has fired members of the National Science Board (NSB), which oversees the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). This independent governing body has advised U.S. presidents and Congress on scientific policies for more than 75 years.

Irretrievable, generational loss of scientists and scientific discovery.

The largest biomedical research organization in the world is being decimated by the Trump administration. This defunding will have a drastic impact on the health & well being of American families & deepen the crises on our campuses that carry out critical research. This is insanity. #TrumpsCutsKill

Big website update at SCIMaP today, including: 📉 maps & reports about projected impacts of White House's proposed FY27 budget 🧪 expansion to include estimates of loss due to NSF cuts 💰 maps detailing economic benefits of historical funding 🔎 search by zip code 🔗scienceimpacts.org #NSF #NIH #scisky

Very good (if tragic) story from the Washington Post [GIft Link] wapo.st/3OONwh6 1/8

A paper in Nature Medicine reports insights into how the human brain reacts to different types of psychedelic drugs. These psychedelics appear to change how key networks in the brain connect, including those involved in higher-level thinking, sight and movement. go.nature.com/4mhgse6 #medsky 🧪

Upshot: 🟢 JB says scientist training is his #1 priority. 🔴 Yet, this fiscal year so far, training-related grants are down over 80% from expected levels. Guys, you can’t do science without scientists. JB gets an F (but not an F grant... ba-dum-tss) More funding curves at Grant Witness:

And finally: K grants These support post-docs and early career researchers. Landing one of these can be your ticket to a tenure track gig. They're career-makers. # of new grants issued through April 15 in FY2024 (the last “normal” year): 374 FY2025: 252 FY2026: 140

Next up: T grants These support grad student and post doc training programs at certain institutions. # of new grants issued through April 15 in FY2024 (the last “normal” year): 70 FY2025: 23 FY2026: 2

First up: F grants These support individual grad students and post-docs (and some college students). # of new grants issued through April 15 in FY2024 (the last “normal” year): 652 FY2025: 402 FY2026: 74

In August, Jay Bhattacharya said “Training future biomedical scientists” was the 1st priority for his version of NIH. But talk is cheap. Let’s see how JB’s doing. 🤔 NIH supports trainees mostly via fellowship (F), training (T), and career development (K) awards. Here are funding curves for each.🧵

Looking forward to our 2026 Down Syndrome Research + Caregiver symposium tomorrow! w/ Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta med.emory.edu/departments/...

Neurodevelopment is such a fun field because so much is new to explore and define. But also that means it can be unclear. In our new review out this week @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social, we try to synthesize the confusing field of neural intermediate progenitors authors.elsevier.com/a/1msKvbotqB...

Astrocytes are the most abundant non-neuronal cell in the brain and a subject of fascination in autism research. www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/tak...

From fate to form: the journey to whole-embryo spatial transcriptomics In this 'Behind the paper' feature, @yinanwan.bsky.social shares the inside story of an ambitious journey with @schierlab.bsky.social & co. thenode.biologists.com/from-fate-to...

Several staff scientist positions available in our lab at Stanford University! More details and application at the link below

Explore “Brainstorming,” @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s new LinkedIn newsletter that looks at how neuroscientists are solving research challenges. The first edition features nontraditional model organisms that are well suited for studying certain behaviors or neurological conditions. bit.ly/4v6x506

Nature has already run billions of biological experiments. Stowers scientist @batevodevo.bsky.social, Ph.D. joined @npr.org's All Things Considered to discuss how researchers study unusual species—like bats and pythons—to uncover clues about #metabolism, disease, and human health. 🦇 🎧 n.pr/4c2mlbj

Not so marvelous news. ~95,000 scientists have left the federal government since the Trump regime took over.

I got excited when I saw that NIH might have received its first apportionment from OMB today. Alas, it's for ARPA-H. OMB still has not given NIH a dime for non-salary, non-emergency expenses from the spending bill that was signed into law on Feb 3.

New reporting on what has happened to science under the Trump administration and HHS leadership, building on publicly available NIH grants data. Take-away: across-the-board cuts are reducing our capacity to discover & serve. Out today, via @pratik-p.bsky.social 🎁 www.vox.com/future-perfe...

#neuroscience #trainees Call for Nominations for the NINDS Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship! This year, NINDS is seeking nominations for established faculty mentors who are more than 20 years from the start of their first TT position. Nominations are due 4/24! www.nih.gov/challenges/n...

Florida isn’t the only entity that is ignoring measles outbreaks. Under RFK Jr., HHS and the CDC have only been permitted to make halfhearted bleats about vaccinations. This is the result of putting anti-vax, anti-public health people in charge of public health.

This is the mouse brain on psilocybin. One dose rewires the brain, and it's not random. Researchers mapped exactly which neural circuits change with the help of #OpenScience & #OpenSource tools. 🧠📈 Dive into why it matters for mental health treatment: https://bit.ly/4cEsaN4

On March 16th - 22nd, Celebrate 🎉 #BrainAwarenessWeek with Bright Light Neuro at Books Of Wonder! NEXT WEEK, @booksofwonder.bsky.social is hosting a display with Bright Light Neuro free resources that pair brain 🧠 science with children’s books 📚. You are invited to STOP BY and CHECK IT OUT!

A devastating indictment of current NIH leadership.

The NIH budget was basically the same in 2025 vs. 2024. This massive decline in health research funding was driven by *administrative* choices.

Preprint Editors – Development's next step into the preprint landscape @dev-journal.bsky.social announce an open call for experienced, research-active Preprint Editors. Read the Editorial and apply by 30 March 2026. #Preprints #Publishing #DevBio #StemCells thenode.biologists.com/preprint-edi...

In this episode of Neuroscience Perspectives, learn how brain imaging and EEG are advancing our understanding of infant brain development Be sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts

And read the Research Briefing highlighting this work, here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"bioRxiv is exactly the type of living experiment we all should be striving for, to achieve our shared goals of optimizing how research evidence is shared and used.” via @chrisnsimms.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Q: “Why did you call this one of the ‘craziest’ grants?” A: “Because it says LGBTQ”

Lawyer: You don't regret that people might have lost income? Cavanaugh (DOGE): No, I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from two trillion dollars to close to zero. Lawyer: Did you reduce the federal deficit? Cavanaugh: No, we didn't.