The mission of the NIMHD is "to lead scientific research in humans to improve minority health and reduce health disparities in the United States and its territories." Let me put this as delicately as possible: Fuck off, you white supremacist asshole 2/2

Heartbreaking and senseless...

RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA

This is not good...

Sometimes I get imposter syndrome but then I remember this guy is in charge of healthcare in the US and feel better

Mouse models of gender affirming hormone therapy can improve outcomes for trans people and for any cis person with hormones or receiving hormone therapies. What helps is standing in solidarity with us, speaking on the importance of and fighting for the research, not jokes about "transgenic mice" 🧪

Congrats Elisa and Niccolò! Very glad to have contributed to this project in a small way and happy to see the preprint. Check it out if you're interested in looong projecting spinal neurons and their role in movement! Lots of cool rabies tracing, spinal circuits and skilled locomotor behavior

March 7. Stand Up For Science. Rallies in DC and nationwide. 🧪 Please visit the website and spread the word. www.standupforscience2025.org

A useful tool and a great thing to do... 5calls.org/issue/nih-ns...

Great thread on the fuckery Elon and Donald are wreaking on US science

Anyone know what this means come Monday while the 15% cap on indirect costs goes through the courts? #neuroskyence

Really grateful to win this travel award and super excited to present our work on hunger regulation at the Keystone Symposium: Neurobiology of Ingestive Behavior! Big thanks to @lifemetabolism.bsky.social and @sablesys.bsky.social!

If you are directly affected by a cancellation of a meeting you were scheduled to participate in or at which your grant may have been discussed, consider reaching out.

Congrats @helenascobar.bsky.social! Hope this novel treatment for muscular dystrophy can make it into the clinic soon

I’m excited to share my latest paper @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social. HakanK and I recorded from AgRP neurons continuously for 1 month and found some exciting things during ad lib feeding, fasting and on circadian timescales www.cell.com/cell-metabol....

Great advice for choosing antibodies!

First snow of the year here in Boston! Total chaos 🌨️

Hello BlueSky! To get things started I wanted to share some 🌟free🌟 #openscience tools to help you make amazing figures : bioicons.com scidraw.io bioart.niaid.nih.gov