We are grieving our friend and brilliant colleague Natalia Duque-Wilckens. A creative scientist, artist, caring mentor, and force for change. Words can’t describe the impact she had on lives at UC Davis, MSU, NC State and beyond. I feel lucky to have known her and wish her time didn’t end so soon

San Diego (Paywalled) www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/04/05/n...

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

HANDS OFF ✊🏾🇺🇸✊🏾

The scene at the hands off rally in Sacramento

Haha I love how this turned into me being a lead organizer for the @standupforscience.bsky.social Sacramento Rally 🤣😂🤣

Doing research when you’re on the brink of science being abolished #help

Oh my god??????

Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects... Abruptly terminating clinical trials... Ignorant and evil www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

To terminate grants, administration is using the rationale that the project is not aligned with agency goals - Amanda Miller at the @aaas.org webinar

Removed some well known researchers!

Tracy Bale is one of the most competent neuroscientists, there is a reason why she is the current President of the International Brain Research Organization. Firing her and other neuroscientists from any NIH board is not only unusual and unprecedented but also very intentional. They want chaos.

Welp. It happened. Our NIH training grant was terminated on Friday. Just highlighting this incredibly derisive language used in our termination notice. To focus on the positives, see some of the great things our undergraduates have done over the last couple of years: web.uri.edu/esteemed/

@valentina-cs.bsky.social really solidifies my sorrow that our research can potentially be halted and taken from us 😞😞

We got on @cbsnewssacramento.bsky.social with Hunter Sowards to talk about what’s happening to science funding and why it is important: featuring @valentina-cs.bsky.social and @neurani.bsky.social on the cryostat www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf3Z... #neuroskyence

i’m creating a starter pack for us early career psych/neuro scientists! comment if you want to be added, as so far i’ve mostly included my colleagues :) #psychology #neuroscience #cognitivescience go.bsky.app/3iktmaL

Porsha Ngumezi was killed by Texas’ abortion ban after doctors refused her a D&C to treat the miscarriage she suffered at 11 weeks gestation. She leaves behind a husband and two sons. www.cbsnews.com/news/grievin...

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...

We have to be exhaustive in leveraging every tool available against this hostile administration & their harmful policies impacting our most vulnerable. We need to organize, mobilize, and match their energy every step of the way. www.wgbh.org/news/politic...

Science forever!! ❤️❤️❤️

We're using a lab TikTok account to try and get the message out about why science is important. The latest post from @neurani.bsky.social and @g-lia-lcells.bsky.social with footage from Hunter Sowards lab visit www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82fpRCA/

At the Standup for Science, Sacramento, March 7, 2025

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It’s been amazing working with @g-lia-lcells.bsky.social and @neurani.bsky.social with these TikTok videos and seeing how the hashtags used can lead to videos being censored. Comparing the hashtags today vs yesterday, unreal….#gamingthesystem

Check out @katelaskowski.bsky.social and others talk about how science helps us understand ourselves and solves problems in the labs TikTok Tiny Mic interviews www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2qQpaFm/

Another teaser for new content from the Trainor lab Tik Tok account: interviews from last weeks Stand Up for Science event in Sacramento #neuroskyence www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82SCdqj/

Let us pray 🙏🏾

So @neurani.bsky.social and @g-lia-lcells.bsky.social made a trainor lab Tiktok account and the first video is dropping tonight....stay tuned

See what a scientist looks like from the Sacramento @standupforscience.bsky.social march www.tiktok.com/@trainorlab/...

Bill Nye at the Stand Up for Science rally in DC: "What are you afraid of? What is it about the process of science, modern medicine, caring for our neighbors, or Women's History Month, that you all find so scary?" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

March for Science!

March for Science was a successss!!! Be on the lookout for all the interviews we did with amazing scientists and students! #MarchforScience #MarchforScienceSacramento #tinymic

Here it is at the 1 minute mark, Rani talking about how it’s important to study stress in both sexes, @doctheagrif.bsky.social also featured www.kcra.com/article/stan...

Who is this beautiful lab? 😍 #MarchforScience #MarchforSciencesacramento

No one in the lab watches TV but the word on the street is that @neurani.bsky.social made the 6 o’clock news at todays science rally 😎

Another tiny mic with @joannayguan.bsky.social and @aparenteau.bsky.social

#StandUpForScience in Sacramento

Tiny mice interviews started at @standupforscience.bsky.social with @neurani.bsky.social and @g-lia-lcells.bsky.social

@neurani.bsky.social and @g-lia-lcells.bsky.social Trading the tiny mic for the big mic

If you’re going to @standupforscience.bsky.social in Sacramento look for @neurani.bsky.social who will be doing #tinymic interviews to get our messages out, dm me or Rani if you want to participate

@standupforscience.bsky.social WE ARE OUT HERE!!! Coming to SacTown 12-4pm on the west side of the state Capitol! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... #standupforscience

@doctheagrif.bsky.social highlights how the vendetta on DEI is cutting research on chronic pain and costing jobs

An unelected South African has taken control of the US Treasury and is deciding to stop payments on American obligations, in violation of numerous court orders, and admits in the Oval Office that he has done so upon incorrect information, while the President sits impotently behind the Resolute Desk.

#currentdeskspread in the grad office. Running our miniscope calcium imaging pipeline 🕺

Defeat??? You mean the very thing we study and know how to get around? 🤨

Me looking at the lab all packed up and the new temporary space with no floors or benches installed

Never seen a rainbow this vivid before 🥹 🌈 #rainbow #nature

This is part of the job description when you are my RA (jk)