Agree, NIH staff saved the day. Despite their heroic effort, the bad multiyear funding (MYF) policy from Vought's OMB means fewer grants, fewer cures, & research workforce brain drain. Any NIH appropriations bill must include language that limits the use of MYF in FY2026 - or this trend continues.

Dec 1 is the first possible start date for NIH grants in Cycle I. Let the RePORTER watching begin!

The Department is also running two other searches: One in Human Cognitive Neuroscience, and one in Behavioral Neuroscience with animal models. The Cognitive Psychology search is for primarily behavioral and/or computational work. More on all 3 here: pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/

Well this is exciting! The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University (@jhu.edu) invites applications for a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member in Cognitive Psychology, in any area and at any rank! Application + more info: apply.interfolio.com/178146

New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Any effort to degrade peer review we must be loud about. NIH’s grant peer review system is sprawling and it is extremely important. The Center for Scientific Review is not perfect. But it works better than any other system I k ow to isolate science grant decisions from political considerations.

Apropos of... well... I'm reviewing applications for a variety of things right now and can tell when letters are written by AI. There aren't many of them but they do exist. They are... not good. If you're an academic trainee, choose your mentors wisely.

Come by this morning to see Areti's poster!

We have two SfN presentations this morning, featuring star grad student 1st authors Grace DiRisio and Sylvia Durian. Cheng Xue is an author on both & not only is he an incredible scientist, he's also an incredible advertiser/communicator; check out his cartoons! x.com/_chengxue/st...

I am very grateful for Steve's leadership and excited to step into this new role! www.neuro.duke.edu/news/lisberg...

Hearing a rumor that NIH/HHS may now plan to retaliate against other Bethesda Declaration signers. I am one, but it’s not about me: we have been speaking out because of the ongoing damage to US medical research, cancer and Alzheimer’s research. As @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social put well: 1/

NIH posted 14 executive leadership jobs with only 2-week windows. SES roles normally stay open 30–45 days for real competition. Two weeks is far below standard practice and often signals a preselected candidate or rushed appointment. Taxpayers deserve transparency. www.instagram.com/reel/DQ-xWIe...

In June, after Jenna Norton put her name on public criticism of the NIH's direction under President Trump, Jay Bhattacharya told us: "Respectful dissent in science is productive." kffhealthnews.org/news/article... Now she says she's been placed on leave. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

At a June 10 hearing, @murray.senate.gov said that she expects that none of the Bethesda Declaration signers “face retaliation”. Bhattacharya didn’t respond to this comment at the hearing but said in a statement the day before that “respectful dissent in science is productive”.

NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say. Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration. Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".

While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.

Following in your footsteps (which I’m grateful for)! As we know, not so many systems neuro types write books 🙏. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

I really enjoyed having this conversation with Andrew Huberman @hubermanlab.com and I hope y'all find it interesting: youtu.be/tb6ApBIXr1k?...

I've been asked about this paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) enough times that I finally had to read it. The basic claim is that mRNA vaccines had huge synergistic benefit with checkpoint blockade against lung cancer melanoma. tl;dr it's glam-slop & everyone involved should be embarrassed

One of the more in-depth pieces I've seen on how the abrupt switch to multi year funding is harming biomedical research. Luckily, the proposed FY26 Senate appropriations bill has protections against this. Just another reason why we can't have a CR that's a blank check.

My department, Cornell BME, is hiring! This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship. 📝 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816

Looking for a PhD program where you can study vision from different perspectives (computer vision, visual neuroscience, visual perception, image processing)? Consider applying to NYU! visionscience.com/pipermail/vi...

Please repost!!: We are searching for new AI-Bio faculty at Duke to be part of a new Discovery AI center. Looking for faculty who focus on pushing boundaries in ML model development in a highly interactive environment. DEADLINE for applications- Nov 1st!! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Looking for a PhD program where you can study computational neuroscience? NYU has a fantastic array of researchers covering the field: groups.google.com/g/systems-ne...

Finally read the paper and it's worth the buzz. mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A few thoughts re language learning apps - which ones to use? It took me about 3 years of doing 1-3 lessons a day on @duolingoverde.bsky.social to finish the Italian course. The gamification and wanting to maintain a streak kept me in a groove. I've built up significant vocabulary 1/

Great opportunity!

The Tschida Lab is recruiting a new PhD student this cycle! We have ongoing projects related to (1) neural circuits that regulate vocal communication across behavioral contexts and/or development and (2) motor control of different vocalization types. Please RT! Strong neuro background a plus.

100% 👇

Hennifer and Chickie Bobby are changing their clothes for the winter (and are a bit out of sorts about it)

Tenure track faculty position at UNC !!

Rare hard money gig. Emory and ATL neuroscience community are excellent.

“It’s hard to know if I should close down my existing projects and/or redouble my efforts writing new grant applications,” Joshua Jacobs, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, told @thetransmitter.bsky.social. By Natalia Mesa www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...

HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Good time to be slashing science funding to near-zero levels, amirite?

🚨 Microbiologists! We are recruiting Assistant / Associate Professors in 3 collaborative areas of our U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro 2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute 3) Center for Vaccine Research 🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...

To everyone interested in mental health: why not you?

NIMH is looking for a new director - please encourage interested candidates to apply - deadline 10/6/25. Please share! hr.nih.gov/careers/open...

I am leading a workshop tonight for students in my department on how to apply for the NSF GRFP, but have not received answers from NSF to my questions about whether they are still funding applications in neuroscience and cognitive science, etc. If anyone has info please let me know. (continued)

Tenure track position in Psychology at UW-Madison — CogSci or comp neurosci with an AI emphasis, broadly construed. Apply!

Duke is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in AI/ML for Biology—joint Discovery AI Initiative × Cell Biology Search. Building models for protein design, single-cell/spatial omics, imaging, proteomics, genomics? Apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30509 #hiring #AIforBio #CompBio

Duke Cell Biology is hiring in AI/ML! @scottsoderling.bsky.social, @rohitsingh8080.bsky.social, and others are building a very active community around ML for discovery science, and Duke is a great place to be. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30509

So I think both attention and eye movements affect the ear. The study you mentioned doesn't consider how eye movements might be different in the attention task, but there is later work that does control eye movements and still finds affects of attention in the ear. V. exciting!

I don't understand how this paper has under 200 citations. The implications are critical for our understanding of cross modal integration. This should be a whole area of research, exploring the time course, load effects, etc. There's a whole series of careers lined up like tee balls here.

Missing Northwestern University professor Nina Kraus found

🔵 Importance: 55/100 #news #TopStories #World #chicago #police #missing Northwestern University is asking for the public's help after a professor was reported missing. School of Communication Professor Nina Kraus,...

Very much hoping for the best here - thank you to everyone who is out looking for her 🤞🤞🤞🤞

Good 🧵on grant terminations