Join us in Congratulating the 2025 ACNP Travel Award Class! 🙌🎉

Trump’s proposed cuts to NIH funding jeopardize medical research that benefits millions of working people. On April 8, UAW members across the country are taking action to demand our reps #KillTheCuts and save lifesaving research, healthcare, & education. killthecuts.org

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🚨 UAW members’ lifesaving research is under attack! Billions in NIH cuts threaten cancer, heart disease, & Alzheimer’s research. Call now & demand Congress stop these cuts! ☎️ 1-888-329-5096 (Senate) | 1-866-287-6350 (House)

Join us on the 19th at the Department of Health and Human Services in DC! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Yesterday, UAW 2750 members stood alongside our union siblings at the Capitol to speak out and stand up for the important services that us hardworking federal workers provide! #SaveOurServices

📢FUND DON’T FREEZE!📢

Join researchers and academics in DC on February 19th at 12 PM to stand up for research, education, and jobs! Federal attacks on science and academia put all of our futures at risk - let’s show them we won’t back down!

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Fund Don't Freeze: National Higher Education Strategy Call. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join higher education workers from around the country on 2/13 at 8 PM Eastern / 7 PM Central / 6 PM Mountain / 5 PM Pacific for a national strategy call on the federal attack on higher education and h...

How can we respond to the onslaught of attacks on higher ed? Feb 13 at 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT: workers & allies from around the US will come together in a national strategy call. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @uaw.org @aftunion.bsky.social @cwaunion.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social

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My reaction to any news about #NIH these days

‘This will delay medical breakthroughs’: US scientists demand to bargain over Trump orders NIH fellows say policy changes including funding freeze would ‘severely limit’ researchers’ ability to do their work

“We cannot do our research effectively, and this is putting into question delaying research on cancer and diabetes, on drug addiction, on heart disease. And this is going to delay medical breakthroughs that the American people deserve.”

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UAW Statement on NIH Freezes - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America Just days after the first contract took effect covering 5,000 members of UAW 2750 at the National Institutes of Health, the Trump Administration has imposed an unprecedented set of restrictions on the...

"The UAW calls on the Trump Administration and Congress to lift these draconian restrictions immediately to ensure that scientific research in the United States, including the crucial work done by UAW members, can continue without interruption."

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Silencing NIH scientists, delaying funding, freezing hiring, and cancelling DEI programs won’t make America stronger. It only weakens us. Speak out. Contact your representatives. Science and equity need our voices. #ProtectScience #StandUp

Happy (almost) birthday to me! Our new review on the polypharmacology of ketamine is out in the American Journal of Psychiatry! Here we argue that it is ketamine's interactions with both mu opioid and NMDA receptors that drives its antidepressant effects.
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NIH postdocs, graduate students win union contract Historic deal will boost researcher pay—if Congress provides funding

After more than 3 years of rallying and union organizing, early-career researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health saw a new contract go into effect last week. scim.ag/3CasOlt

Ketamine does bind to and activate MORs and to a lesser extent KORs. Activation of MORs by (S)-ketamine drives self-administration in rats. Additionally, ketamine has been shown to release b-endorphin and nM concentrations of ket have been shown to potentiate MOR signaling

So incredibly proud of this movement!

Tentative Agreement Reached!

After 8 mnths of bargaining, we’ve secured a 3yr contract with groundbreaking protections for NIH Fellows, including:
✅ Pay increases & benefits
✅ 50% increased paid leave
✅ Harassment & discrimination protections
✅ Improved visa-related processes

Details in ur email!

Over 1,000 NIH Fellows stand united in delivering this message: our working conditions shape the future of science. #FairContractNow #NIHWorksBecauseWeDo