By the way, PBS SoCal lost all of its federal funding this year. There's TONS of really amazing programming and you can get unlimited streaming on the PBS app on any Roku/Apple/etc device for literally $5/month. I've been binge-watching Frontline over the holiday. pbssocal.org/give sign up here

Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

Just wow.

fMRI signals “up,” but neural metabolism might be going “down.” In our @natneuro.nature.com paper, we demonstrate that about 40% of voxels with robust BOLD responses exhibit opposite oxygen metabolism, revealing two distinct hemodynamic modes. rdcu.be/eUPO8 funds @erc.europa.eu #neuroskyence 🧵:

🚨BREAKING: Physicians speak out against RFK Jr! Doctors made the promise to do no harm, and they’re calling out harm where they see it. Medical professionals, your voice has value. Join us in taking action to #ImpeachRFKJr. standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr

🧪The damage being done to our public health infrastructure will have a domino effect & will affect us from generations to come. Risk of disease and healthcare costs will go up. We will become sicker and sicker. Listen to these doctors. RFK Jr. has to be impeached. #ImpeachRFKJr #SacktheQuack

These are ALL renewal awards (with a few supplements). No new or competitive renewal awards!

If this accommodation is useful for your situation, PLEASE reach out to your POs. She specifically suggested that having some documentation from your PO may be useful to demonstrate eligibility for this accommodation.

She let me know that they recently received guidance that, ONLY for the January EI deadline (1/27/2026) and the February ESI deadline (2/3/2026), PIs can submit MIRAs even if their previous application (R35, R01, R15, R21, and R37) is still considered under review.

Hey all, I reached out to the PO of my NIGMS MIRA to ask if the gov't shut down, and rescheduling of study sections, might allow for some accommodation to the standard rule that PIs cannot resubmit a MIRA while their MIRA (or other RPG) is under review (waiting in scores or summary statements) 🧪

Very important 🧵 🧪 Amplifying for greater reach

A study published in eNeuro from @virginiatech.bsky.social scientists, led by @shannonfarris.bsky.social, shows that neurons organize mRNA based on abundance, helping explain how genetic instructions support learning and memory in the 🧠 📰 @sfnjournals.bsky.social 🔗 news.vt.edu/articles/202...

Unfortunately the drop in ESI funding rates is not paired with changes in funding required to get tenure. It’s not just the next three years of our labs at risk, but the rest of our careers. We are also the cohort that started in the COVID pandemic- it’s been nothing but “unprecedented times”…

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose

4: In class, instructor brings 1 article copy/group and list of questions for groups to fill out together. No internet allowed. 5: Groups submit packet. Mindmaps are individual portion scores, Q responses are group portion score. Might add a presentation portion later, but this is V1. 2/2

In case anyone is interested, I ran a journal club in my classes that went well, structured to reduce reliance on AI. 1: Students sign up in groups of 5 2: Each student does hand-drawn mind map of each section (intro, hyp, methods, results, disc) 3: Each brings mind map to class 1/2

It almost goes without saying, but this is illegal. The name "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" is established by law and the board doesn't have the power to change it. 20 USC 3 §§ 76h - 76s.

NSF bio hour - NSF BIO lost 40% of its staff 😑

Live thread of the NSF biology virtual office hour: 🧵

New story in STAT with data about Early Stage Investigators www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n... 1/4

How are people dealing with AI use in their grad programs, specifically for thesis proposal, qualifying exam, dissertation? Banned completely? Allowed, but have to recognize its use? No guardrails at all? We have to develop a policy and I’m totally at a loss.

American Academy of Pediatrics has consistently pushed back against RFK Jr's anti-vax policies & this is payback for their unwillingness to "lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health.” #IllnessPolitics www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#eNeuro | Multiplexed smFISH Reveals the Spatial Organization of Neuropil Localized mRNAs Is Linked to Abundance https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0184-25.2025

Your session or event could be the catalyst for conversations and collaborations that pave the way for progress within the neuroscience community. Help shape the scientific program at #SfN26 Submit your proposal by Wednesday, January 21. 🔗 vist.ly/4is95

From advocating for research funding to leading initiatives at your institution year-round SfN’s ECPA Program provides the training, network, and platform to make lasting impact. Join the 2026 cohort! Submit your application by Wednesday, January 7. ▶️ vist.ly/4iv67 #neurosky #neuroskyence

Happy to share part I of Renesa Tarannum's thesis (my first grad student!) looking at how neuropil localized RNAs are spatially organized in the hippocampus. #Skeetorial #Neuroskyence 🧪 www.eneuro.org/content/12/1...

The #NIH IRP Summer (paid!) Internship Program for 2026 has opened its application portal. This opportunity is open to US Citizens who are college students (including rising first-years), postbaccalaureate, and graduate students, including medical and dental. The deadline is 2026/02/18!

I've tried and failed a couple times to write a post explaining how serious this would be. NCAR is globally essential to our climate change response. This can't just be replaced. Every scientist in the world will be doing climate research with one hand tied behind their back for at least a decade

“Basic neuroscience hasn’t produced new drugs.” 💊 Not true - zuranolone (PPD), suzetrigine (pain), gepants (migraine), and more... were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab. I wrote a Perspective on why this matters. @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...

NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)

Well, this is an utter disaster for science. This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next. 🧪

The RFK, jr effect.

BREAKING: Senate Republicans just blocked our bill to stop health care premiums from skyrocketing.   This vote was Republicans' last chance to do something before costs jump on January 1—once again, they refused.   This is health care sabotage & we will hold Republicans accountable.

“As my Republican colleagues prepare to leave town & spend the holidays with their loved ones, I’m thinking of the millions of...families who...[may] have to pay more, settle for less, or perhaps forgo health insurance altogether when the clock strikes midnight” bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide...

NSF - Forced reorg - POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements) - Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …) I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing. “Details matter” 🙃

RFK, Jr. should absolutely be removed. He is gutting of CDC and destroying NIH. Sadly, @nytimes.com emphasizes this as a political stunt by Steven’s, instead of calling out RFK’s damage or the many Republicans who have acknowledged it but refuse to act. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...

BREAKING‼️ @rephaleystevens.bsky.social files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. for his actions as Health Secretary endangering American lives. This is a huge victory in our fight. Take action with us! #ImpeachRFKJR #Impeachthequack www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could unravel the final remaining limits on the ultra-rich writing unlimited checks to their preferred federal candidates, opening the door even wider to political corruption.

🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.

Impeach him.

Of all the Trump cabinet deserving of impeachment, RFK Jr is right at the top of the list. He flat out lied about his approach to vaccines to get his appointment and now is advocating policies that belie science and will needlessly take childrens lives and health. I support this call 100%

So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.

Proud to be supporting @rephaleystevens.bsky.social in filing articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. WE NEED YOUR HELP for the long fight ahead of us. Go to standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr and sign your name to our petition! stevens.house.gov/media/press-...

For @cenmag.bsky.social, I tried to summarize what happened in science policy in 2025. Spoiler: A lot! Thanks to Ian Banks, @jeremymberg.bsky.social, Arthur Daemmrich, @cdelawalla.bsky.social and @ucs.org Jen Jones for their insights. Out soon: what to expect in 2026 cen.acs.org/policy/nih-n...

In Ireland we probably averted about 500 newborn RSV hospitalizations once nirsevimab was introduced last year (~75% risk reduction). Uptake was > 80%, and that's what's threatened by these cynical safety concerns from the antivaxxers in the US government. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Registrations are due March 10, and both travel grants and dependent care grants are available. We look forward to seeing you in Portugal next summer! meetings.embo.org/event/26-rna...

Announcing the 2026 edition of the EMBO workshop on RNA localization and local translation! This meeting will be held June 30 - July 4 near Porto, Portugal. Come for exciting updates in the field from both established investigators and trainees. See the link below for details!

This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.

The best reading of this article: Trump is going to use FDA to restrict medication abortion, but he wants to wait until after the midterms so the Republicans don't experience blowback. But that just makes the midterms more important. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...