A sunset photo of Padua, Italy, depicting a panoramic view of the city reflected in the Bacchiglione River. In addition, the image includes dates, logos and conference location for 2026.

Hello #MCLS2026 !☘️

We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹

Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova
S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others
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@mclstrainee.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy

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I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research.

And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?

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Four years in, and we have our first data release. These data will be good, but just wait until you get the avalanche of data from the subsequent releases.

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New from the lab: "From language to mathematics and vice versa?: A longitudinal study on the associations between preschoolers’ mathematical language and mathematical abilities" Free access via this link 👇 lnkd.in/em8CHkQr with Eylül Turan, PhD

I am not going to AERA. But I will be at SRCD!

I am sorry! We should make a group, there are many of us

Yes! We will resubmit and not sure if I will actually submit the CAREER not sure if it is worth it

Fingers crossed!

I did get the panel review. Great feedback (1 excellent, 1 very good and 2 good).
I am working on my CAREER proposal…without much hope

It was kind of expected… half of my title was in Spanish lol, but still I had so hope

Sure! It was the ECR-EDU Core Research

One day you receive an NSF rejection and the next day you are working on another NSF proposal

Trying to do the right thing shouldn’t be this hard. I’m working on an IRB amendment to shift from written to verbal consent so Latine families can participate more comfortably—because THIS matters. But the back-and-forth with IRB feels endless. Doing the right thing shouldn’t be this time-consuming

8/8. So, if you’re feeling down about these attacks, I understand—I feel that way too. But just remember that they’re not attacking because your work doesn’t matter; they’re attacking *precisely* because it does. So, get some rest, connect with your people, and keep doing it.

ok tenured faculty. what advice do you have for pre-tenure professors who are expected to write/ get grants for tenure? is it too early to panic? delay clock? hoard startup? cry?