So excited to see this out! More evidence of sex-specific effects of psychedelics 🧠🧠🧠

The lab decided to do some cloning for my birthday 🤣🤣🤣 Getting older can be rough, but getting to do it surrounded by such fun, kind, and hilarious people makes it all worth it

Fun lab hang to celebrate an outstanding senior honor's thesis defense by superstar undergrad Arushi🧠

I’m just frustrated with how cog neuro loves to move fast and break things while standing on the shoulders of preclinical animal work, while in parallel also saying look we don’t need preclinical animal work anymore because in cog neuro we can move fast and break things.

EARA | News - Brain Prize winners assert animal research as irreplaceable 2025 Brain Prize winners, Michelle Monje of Stanford Medicine and Frank Winkler of Heidelberg University Hospital, made clear that animal research remains essential to their work.  In an FENS…

In a @fens.org article, based on an interview with @tvvde.bsky.social, neuroscientists Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler, the 2025 Brain Prize winners, made clear that animal research remains essential to their work.
🔗 www.eara.eu/news/brain-p... #AnimalResearch #Brain #BrainPrize #neuroscience #mice

I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.

Amazing visit to @uthsc.bsky.social packed full of great people, great science, and some really inspiring conversations. Thanks so much to @mhpatton.bsky.social for the invite!! So happy you have such an excellent home for your lab and excited to see what comes next🧠🧠🧠

In celebration of Women’s History Month, RSA proudly recognizes the leadership and contributions of Rajita Sinha, PhD, who served as RSA President from 2024–2025. We are proud to celebrate her impact and contributions to the field and to RSA.

#WomensHistoryMonth #RSACommunity #RSA

UAB is recruiting neuroscience faculty at two different levels - come join our vibrant neuroscience community!

Amazing visit to UCLA to share some new and evolving science. So great to get to catch up and chat with old f ie ds and new ones. Thank you @massalyniko.bsky.social and Catherine cahill for the kind invitation and excellent hosting!

What Alcohol Does to the Body

Nice article on how alcohol impacts your body. I spoke to author about alcohol and brain.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...

How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth The agency’s budget has grown steadily since the 1960s, fueling an industry that creates lifesaving medicines and attracts billions of dollars in investment.

A history of how the #NIH came to be. The purpose of the NIH is to support science innovation. Government support of science grows the economy, brings power and prosperity to the country. This was part of the budget increase after WWI.

It became our backbone.
🧪 theconversation.com/how-the-nih-...

I was just watching this online last night (I was registered online) and it was such a good session. Anyone who hasn't watched it yet and had access to the recordings should make sure they watch it while they still have access (before Feb 16 )
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their experiences

They brought “The Muppets Show” back and it’s a certified HOOT. Sabrina Carpenter is a great first guest.

So grateful that have heard these impactful researchers offer their perspectives at #ACNP2026 . These are some of the unique voices that NIH should be supporting

Diversity supplements weren’t just for folks from underrepresented racial/ethnic backgrounds. Eligibility extended to first gen college students and researchers with disabilities, among others

Cancelling these supplements limits opportunities for the next generation of scientists, as explained here

Ongoing debate about psychological support versus psychotherapy in psychedelic trials often stems from vague definitions. Clarifying these constructs is essential for rigorous study of safety and efficacy.

If you haven't seen the judge's order grants by the release of the 5 yr old and his father that were detained in Minnesota it is WELL worth the read ...
It's only 3 pages (linked and screenshots below) STOP 🧊🧊🧊🧊 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Sadie Blue hopes all our NC neighbors stay warm ❄️🥶

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive-because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about "Western civilization," while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

BARS!!

I guess I just find it so hard to understand all those people who are posting “this is not America” over these last few weeks. This is very much America. It’s the same State violence that killed Elijah and Eric and Breonna and Tamir and then vilified their image so cruelly. It has always been this.

And little Tamir Rice and his beautiful smile used to light up the classroom for both his teachers and his friends. He loved drawing and football and basketball. He was twelve, a child and the State and the media tried to portray him as “violent”. The rage I still feel about this.

I think about Elijah McClain a lot. How he was a sweet, lovely young soul who used to play the violin for stray cats. How brutally his young life ended and how the State sent riot police to interrupt the violin vigil in his name. The cruelty was always the point.

Just spoke to The Hill about how the dismantling of the NIH is impacting science in America. We still face a cliff of unfathomable heights, w easily 1000+ labs poised to close in the next year due to funding ending. A generation of young scientists lost because there is nowhere for them to train.

GenAI could never ever do this. Only community can do this. This is why the oligarchs are trying to drag the soul out of the arts. Art is resistance and it is about community spirit.

Why animal models are still needed for discoveries in mental health research

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US Senate passes bill to boost federal science spending after White House sought major cuts The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to approve billions of dollars in funding for federal science agencies, rejecting deep cuts proposed by President Donald Trump in space and other areas.

Wow! Yay! The Senate just rejected Trump’s proposed science cuts, voting 82–15 to boost funding for NOAA, NASA, and the NSF. The bill already passed the House 397–28. Strong bipartisan support for science still exists.

Grandpa Simpson saying “8i saved my files on the computer which was the style at the time” and a picture of him yelling at a cloud labelled “onedrive”

It was a better time

Exceptional presentation by the experts on the interaction between sex and gender in biology, in our society, and what we all can do in support and to help combat the misinformation flying around. Special thanks to Kale Edmison, PhD putting this resource kit together drive.google.com/drive/folder...

@deffinger.bsky.social at Lived Experience Panel @acnporg.bsky.social #ACNP2026:

We should be going from consultation to co-production in the integration of lived experience in research 🧠🧪