A spatially resolved transcriptomic atlas of the primate amygdala (human, macaque, and baboon) now out in Science Advances (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). The amygdala contains 32 types of neurons with many neuron types specific to particular subdivisions. Lots of updates from the preprint!

Nobody: Apple: what if everything on your phone was see-through

Don’t forget to look up sometimes

Stephen Colbert's Emmy victory speech: "Sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it. I have never loved my country more desperately. Stay strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor!"

Excuse me but I think you would enjoy this sandwich I made today.

Timeline cleanse!

women can do anything

Please god let it not be martial law over Charlie Kirk.

OMG this whole thread.

I could not feel more seen rn

The best bridge

This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".

I'M LOSING MY MIND, THE BEST AND MOST EXCITING YHING JUST HAPPENED, BABY SNAPPING TURTLES HATCHED IN MY YARD, HOLY FUCKING SHIT WOW HOLY FUCK

Before this week, I was describing the numerous crises I was dealing with as department chair as a “sharknado” but today the sharks all gave birth to swarms of murder hornets and it’s only the 2nd day of the semester.

Important thread with context on the NIH budget

Dearest Martha, The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover. Yours in glaze,

YOU DON'T SAY

As a Gen X who used to do nothing but listen to whole albums start to finish in a single sitting, I can honestly say there is no artist in the last 15 years I have done that for EXCEPT every Taylor Swift album from Folklore and later, dozens of times over. She has become a masterful songwriter.

Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant is back. Share with your ESI colleagues! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Happy Friday - the song of the summer is physics SciComm

welp

Nah. You gotta throw those big north end lobster claw pastries. Much messier, getting all that pastry cream and powdered sugar off your totally necessary combat gear

In Boston we throw roast beef sandwiches and lobster rolls

Nothing will prepare you. Absolutely phenomenal.

While the effects on AI of [science] funding cuts might not be obvious in the next year or two, they threaten “the whole ecosystem that we have built around AI, which has been created by public support.” Yes. The US AI ecosystem grew from universities, from free academia and public funding. 🧪

generating examples for my fall undergrad Perception students on why they should not use LLMs as study aides...

I can’t stop watching this someone please put a beat on it.

No one prepared me for just how much of being Department Chair is approving things (it's a lot).

TOMATOES!! This is like 7 different kinds, all grown from seeds. Finally!

No one teaches us how to do p&t letters so these resources are extra valuable!

We interrupt your doomscrolling for an important gardening update (weighs less than the cat but only by a little)

The plane is science research in the US

At least 75% of being chair is getting "looped in" on conversations you should have been part of at least a month ago and trying frantically to get caught up on 4 different email chains or saying "wait why is this my problem" and looping in someone else to solve it. A lot of looping, this job.

Objecting to Helvetica as being faux edgy is a helluva take. I guess they prefer Times New Roman?

Rough estimate, half of US labs closed in the next couple of years. Those lucky enough to get paid this cycle will surely sit out on submitting for a bit, right? Right?

I dozed off on the plane yesterday and had an extremely real-feeling dream that I was on a plane that was crashing so yes my brain is doing great, why do you ask?

Off to Barcelona for the amygdala GRC and I’m in my feels because this is probably my last conference for the foreseeable future unless a NIH miracle happens 😥. Crazy how fast you can run out of money in this biz.

It is now possible to submit public commentary on the proposed changes through the close of the business day (5 p.m. EST) next Monday, July 14th. www.fda.gov/news-events/...

It is following up on this older announcement with a NIH/FDA workshop yesterday www.nih.gov/news-events/...

Imma need someone to talk me off a ledge here. Does this have legs? www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...

Sure your marriage is strong but is it husband-surprises-you-with-menopause-pills-from-Costco strong?

I’m not technically chair for another few days but the insight I’ve had so far suggests my job will be to deliver bad news on repeat until I evaporate into the ether

This whole entire fucking thread.

Job is up, consider joining us! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_St...

Per today’s notice, NIMH now will participate in F31s 🎉 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the typeface game going on at my hotel? Absolutely off the charts. All the design here has kind of a late 70s coastal glam vibe and it is just incredible.

In the NIH funding opportunities notice that just went out, it appears NIMH is no longer accepting F31s (grad fellowships) or R13s (conference support)… seems bad 🥺

How it started, how it’s going