The world is a really shitty place, but people are standing up for our communities and putting our money into good efforts where we can. A group of women in neuro I am friends with decided to give back this holiday season. Together we donated $3200. Small efforts add up!!

Honored to receive a 2026 @sobp-org.bsky.social Travel Fellowship to attend my first SOBP conference! 🤩

BOTH OF MY UNDERGRAD ASSISTANTS WHO APPLIED FOR PHD PROGRAMS THIS CYCLE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN INTERVIEW REQUESTS!!!!! I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!

The doctor’s office really asked me to name and shame my "unremarkable" family members. They gotta know if wasted potential runs in our genes, I guess?

The Trump administration has implemented policy changes at both the NIH and NSF that will reduce long term investments across the disciplines of scientific research. The result has been fewer grants and shortened grant duration. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is an important and information rich article. I wondered about the effects by Institute. The table below (which is snipped here but is in the article) has that info. Broken down by # of grants and $ amounts.

After three years of advocacy & hill meetings, the FASD Respect Act (Senate Bill 139) was signed into law last night!!! <3

Excited to share that our article on accurate sample deconvolution of pooled snRNA-seq data using sex-dependent gene expression patterns is live on NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics! 🎉 Check it out here: doi.org/10.1093/narg... #NARGenomicsandBioinformatics #snRNAseq #Genomics #Bioinformatics

Had a lot of fun writing this review on prenatal cannabis exposure and the immune system with some of my fave 🇨🇦 cannabinoid colleagues @mallarchak.bsky.social @cannabrain.bsky.social @johnhowland.bsky.social @drjkhokhar.bsky.social LaboTremblay @uvic.ca www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Is there anything more academic than extending the deadline the day before an application is due? 🙄

Just arrived at UCSD & cannot wait for this wonderful lineup of speakers! #WomeninNeuroscience #SfN2025

A commonly held belief is that the brain keeps maturing until age 25 and then stops, meaning that we should limit substance use until this timepoint. A new AJDAA paper dispels that myth and provides implications for #Cannabis use policy. Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

SfN attendees interested in polysubstance, alcohol & cannabinoids: two of my mentees will be presenting at #SfN2025! ⭐️ Katie Ray — PSTR055.01 / A43 🧪 Abigail Bowring — PSTR102.07 / A43 Both on Sunday, Nov 16 at SDCC Halls B–H. I hope you'll stop by!

Epigenetic control of stress and environmental enrichment interplay on anxiety and prefrontal cortex BDNF expression www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Like others, I currently cannot access ASSIST through eRA commons. It looks like Help Desk tickets are not being reviewed at this time.

Petition to remove doorbell rings & door knocking sounds from NFL commercials because it fakes out the pets.

My dog was resting next to me in a fidgety sleep. Suddenly her head bolted up and she glowered at me. I think I did something in her dreams and now she's mad about it.

Me: one very specific question Exam takers: everything I’ve ever learned about biology

This seems like a really fun and exciting opportunity if you are a creative postdoc and member of the National Postdoctoral Association. Deadline for submission: Monday, November 3, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET www.nationalpostdoc.org/news/news.as...

Calling researchers, clinicians, and advocates: Join us in Seattle for the 10th International Conference on Adolescents & Adults with FASD, Apr 17–20, 2026! Share your work & help turn evidence into practice. Abstracts are due Nov 16, 2025. Details and submission: fasdunited.org/fasd2026/202...

Prenatal Acetaminophen Exposure Does Not Disrupt Human Fetal Brain Development in Cortical Organoid Models https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.681041v1

AJDAA is now seeking applications for their Early Career Editorial Fellowship! Applications are due by October 31, 2025. Please email Dr. Leah Mayo ([email protected]) and Dr. Abhishek Ghosh ([email protected]) for the application form.

When S.O asks, "Are you hungry?" and you aren't, but then he makes delicious smelling food so NOW YOU ARE. 😠

We have 60 students signed up and 42 mentors so far.

O'Hare airport is so unserious.

Good news! Still no solicitation or guidance but as of this morning it seems NSF has moved the deadline into November. Keep up the pressure! Sign the letter and leave a comment about what #NSFGRFP means to you.

I could not agree more on the importance of sharing rigorous null/negative data 👇👇👇

NIH issued 2,439 notices of award after 9/13/2025. Including 128 new R01. Sixteen new R01 from NIAAA (38 total Type 1 from NIAAA).

"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability.... This suggests that associations observed in other models may have been attributable to familial confounding." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Official lab 📸 #VamosLobos

NSF GRFP deadline published! www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... End of October! Solicitation seemingly on the way

Either PIs are fierce gossips when it comes to good news about their trainees, or I've accidentally favored selectively loquacious mentors. 😜

Anyone with substance use / marginalized groups data looking to go to #CPA or #CPDD? I would love to connect for a possible symposium!

"The mystery is inherent to the poetic enterprise, which is: How do I say what can't be said?" Damn, Dave Duchovny, I agree with every word of this.

✨ Science thrives when we invest in the next generation. In response to funding cuts, early career researchers are speaking out, mobilizing, and keeping hope alive. This is our call to action. 🔗 medium.com/scitech-fore...

NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...

LOOK HOW PRETTY MY FIRST EVER SINGLE CELL RNASEQ SAMPLE ISSSSS!!! 🎉 I cannot contain my smile right now. So much work has gone into this project, and this UMAP of a fetal mouse basal ganglia was a pilot test of feasibility before I process every sample. I'm so nervous & excited & I love science.

“Bridging science and society is a problem everywhere...As someone passionate about science and society, I want the scientific workforce to reflect the diversity of the country, and these executive orders are going to stop that.” @jpflores.rbind.io www.aaas.org/membership/m...

Check out this 🆕 article from Minerva, @cate-cholamine.bsky.social, & colleagues reviewing the pros, cons, and best applications for currently available genome-wide sequencing technologies in neuropsychiatric research www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Look I have a PhD and you should not listen to like...most of what I say

"Agencies must revise their Uniform Guidance to... require that discretionary grants include terms allowing termination 'for convenience' if the award no longer serves priorities or the national interest."

I'm deeply honored to share that I've been awarded a 2025 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from @bbrfoundation.bsky.social . I'm so grateful to my mentors & BBRF for continuing to support early career researchers during this tumultuous time. It will mean everything to scientists like me. 🥲

We are excited to announce our 2025 cohort of BME UNITE Future Faculty Fellows! The BME UNITE seminar series is designed to showcase future faculty candidates from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds in BME. Register here: tinyurl.com/bmeunite25

Join us Saturday, 8/23 at 3 PM for our first Teach-in event! Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/teach...

Are you a scientist who wants to advocate for federal science funding? 📣 SNAP is helping early-career researchers meet with their representatives while they’re home this August, ahead of the FY2026 budget vote, where major cuts to NIH and NSF are on the table. No experience needed—Just your voice!

🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost! Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%). "Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov. ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.

Hear from early career researchers how they are being impacted by the federal turmoil! @jpflores.rbind.io @abankston.bsky.social @siararouzer.bsky.social and others speak to how the future of science is being affected. www.linkedin.com/posts/adrian...