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Excited to be visiting my alma mater NYU today! Got to catch up with friends from my graduate class at MIT last night who are profs here. A mini reunion with Neville Sanjana and Jon Winawer!

A shocking explanation for tape’s distinctive screech Fast-moving cracks in tape’s adhesive layer produce shock waves that make the stuff sing as it unrolls

Fun little morning tidbit ➿🧪

A shocking explanation for tape’s distinctive screech | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

We, as individuals, can do something. See below to help save SBE funding. #science #skyence 🧠 🧪

Primal Screams: Sophie Germain’s Mathematical Labours It is a well-known fact of humanity that the chances of a group of people electing to do something decent and necessary is inversely proportional to the number of people in that group. We enshrine and...

Today is the 250th anniversary of mathematician Sophie Germain's birth! Her use of auxiliary primes in breaking down Fermat's Last Theorem was inspired, and her solution to the elastic deformation of a disc was genius, compelling recognition.

tinyurl.com/4dkshwvn

#WomenInSTEM #WHM #MathSky 🧮

What?!!!!! They are ending continuous submission? grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Blog cover photo for a Spotlight On series interview with Dishaa Sinha. The text describes her role: DPhil student at the University of Oxford and recognises her as recipient of the WiNUK Research Support Award. The graphic also credits Rebecca Pope for the interview and references the WiNUK awards. Dishaa is standing in front of a research poster.

💫@becky-pope.bsky.social spoke with Dishaa Sinha, DPhil student, clinical researcher, and recipient of the WiNUK Research Support Award, about the science behind early dementia detection and the realities of coordinating large‑scale studies across the UK.

I’m excited to be headed to Pittsburghto visit awesome colleagues and attend a thesis defense! 🧪🧠👩🏻‍🔬 #womenInSTEM

(I tried to take a pic of the Boston skyline as we flew out but I just got the dirt on the windows ha ha)

Good news - a little less paperwork for some human studies: Planning an NIH Application involving Basic Experimental Studies with Humans (BESH)? | Grants & Funding grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

A line plot with the numbers of NSF awards for fiscal years 2021-2026. The curve for fiscal year 2026 is quite a bit lower than those for 2021-2025 while the curve for fiscal year 2026 (in red) is much lower than all through the same date.

But, as they say, there is no time like the present

[OK, maybe the 1930s if you want to nitpick]

But, with some data wrangling, my first NSF Funding Curves!

2/3

New study reveals insights about brain regions linked to obsessive compulsive disorder Researchers found differences in how the regions work together during certain tasks, which may help clinicians treat and assess OCD more effectively.

Fun little news piece on some of our recent work #science #WomenInSTEM #neuroscience 🧪 🧠 👩‍🔬

New study reveals insights about brain regions linked to obsessive compulsive disorder | Carney Institute for Brain Science | Brown University carney.brown.edu/news/2026-02...

This made an excellent grant-writing break! #skyence #science 🧪

They’ve had enough of us. They’re taking over.

Thank you!

Oh hi did you know eNeuro @sfnjournals.bsky.social does double-blind peer review and from what I've seen as an editor the past couple years it works really well.

I really wish more journals would do double blind review. The arguments I’ve heard against it haven’t been convincing.

Ha! Perfect follow up to yesterday’s thread :)

TFW you realize you have more time than you thought you did! #SfN26 #neuroscience 🧠🧪

That’s terrifying. I’m so sorry.

I wouldn't go that far personally but yes, completely.

Though you might be careful what you wish for - you are after all at a place known for it's pranks... 🐄

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US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers.

Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social

It does maybe raise an interesting question about why the fields of study are so different that those questions weren't discussed.

Agree with these questions as well. Admittedly I was mostly reacting to the video itself (because it made me smile - which we can all use sometimes) and the charming message from the owner at the end. So perhaps a bit overblown for the cover of CB

Ha ha. But I bet they would look cute in pictures?

Definitely agree that it's a case study (and I mis-pluralized). I do think case studies can have utility and can challenge how we think about things - even if in the singular. I do think we still have a lot to learn.

The video abstract is amazing. And very cool work - tool use in cows! Certainly challenges a lot of uniqueness arguments. Always lots to learn.

Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
#neuroscience #science

Sunset with a snowy foreground and trees and a mountain on the horizon

Grateful for a little time to chill this weekend. Good to take some time - even if it’s just a moment to appreciate a sunset #sunset

It won't actually exist for another month or so, but because it now 'exists' on amazon, I'll humbly observe that, after working through this book, your student/trainee would be able to read and understand all but two or three papers in this week's J. Neurosci. Check it out:

Awesome! Congrats!