has anyone with an F31 received continued funding after submitting their RPPR this past year? last year it was precarious, but this year given the R01's not being awarded, I'm not super optimistic...
in a world of vibe coders, im harsh coding. i am not speaking a single word, overthinking every line, and being extremely critical to myself while doing it
🧠 New paper from UP NExT flips the script on brain implants! Microglia (brain's immune cells) aren't just causing inflammation & scarring around electrodes, they actively monitor & interact with stressed neurons during low-freq stim via
Live 2-photon imaging
#Neuroscience #BCI
Early career science journalists: Need something to do next summer? Apply to work with me as @science.org's newsletter intern! bit.ly/44yCu4o
This Thursday, 12pm (ET) The MIT Consciousness Club is thrilled to host:
Marisa Carrasco (Department of Psychology, New York University) - "Perception action dissociations as a window into consciousness"
Join us over Zoom, if you will. #neuroscience
sites.google.com/view/mit-con...
SFN 2025 let’s gooo!!
Moser group posters are held Wednesday morning (QQ), so if you’re leaving early feel free to come find us to chat :)
Our networking event for trainees is tomorrow! Feel free to reach out to me with any questions! #SfN25 @projectshort.bsky.social
Come meet Project Short mentors/mentees in neuroscience to socialize and share your experiences. NNE03 - Connecting Project SHORT Mentors and Mentees in Neuroscience Social www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
Are you a trainee in neuroscience interested in mentoring or meeting other trainees? Maybe you're thinking about graduate school but need guidance? I'm hosting a networking event at #SfN25 with @projectshort.bsky.social! Ballroom 12 @ Marriott Marquis 7-9pm Monday 11/17
We are now recruiting STEM mentors for the 2025-2026 graduate school application cycle!
⏰ Mentor applications close on July 31st, 2025 ⏰
✨ APPLY HERE: dashboard.project-short.com ✨
Questions? Email us: contact@project-short.com
#gradschool #phd #phdapplication #gradadmissions
my f31 just changed from pending to award prepared 🥲 please send good luck my way
Nobody turns one problem into four problems quite like us #ThingsActualScientistsSay
Ever wonder how stress and the estrous cycle affects reward learning? Well we have answers for you in our paper led by @askaneuroscientist.bsky.social published in
@npp-journal.bsky.social
And huge thanks to the NIH and NSF who supported this research.
Cyclic shifts in estradiol levels coincide with changes in dendritic spine density and the activity of place cells in the CA1 region of the hippocampus in mice, a new study shows.
By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neuroendocri...
😩🙏🏻😩🙏🏻😩🙏🏻 first mamdani now this!!
very cool 3P with a large fov (3mm^2)!
(Plz repost)
I’ve been receiving some good news lately and will be hiring at all levels to expand the lab. Please get in contact if you are interested in reinforcement learning, neural plasticity, neural circuit dynamics, and/or hearing rehabilitation.
pierre.apostolides @ umich .edu
Tyvm
Wrote this short piece for our university newsletter (the Hub) in defense of curiosity and the partnership between Universities and federal government
🦇👂🧠Our first bat paper is out! 🧠👂🦇
How do bats tell navigation from social calls?
Led by the fearless Dr. Jenni Lawlor, we used 2P imaging to show that the auditory midbrain encodes categorical primitives.
Check it out @natneuro.nature.com: rdcu.be/ehEgz
The administration's prescription goes beyond the power of the federal government. It violates Harvard's First Amendment rights and exceeds the statutory limits of the government's authority under Title VI. And it threatens our values as a private institution devoted to the pursuit, production, and dissemination of knowledge. No government-regardless of which party is in power-should dictate what private universities can each, whom they can admit and hire nire, ana which area. of study and inquiry they can pursue. Our motto-Veritas, or truth-guides us as we navigate the challenging path ahead. Seeking truth is a journey without end. It requires us to be open to new information and different perspectives, to subject our beliefs to ongoing scrutiny, and to be ready to change our minds. It compels us to take up the difficult work of acknowledging our flaws so that we might realize the full promise of the University, especially when that promise is threatened.
Harvard stands up
Letter to the Harvard community from President Garber
“The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.”
From Harvard to Trump admin
The lab has had a hell of a month and I’m excited for some upcoming announcements…
…but for now please enjoy these pics as we move step-by-step towards simultaneous ephys and two-photon imaging with our flexible & semi transparent electrodes
super cool!
The question I've been asked most as we endure the legal dumpster fire that is the Trump Administration is, "What can we do about it when it's not election season?" @timothynoah.bsky.social has an outstanding essay in the @newrepublic.com addressing that question. newrepublic.com/article/1931...
this Wednesday is our webinar! please send to any current or prospective trainees you know who want to know more on increasing and retaining diversity in neuroscience. we'll be sharing what we do with ProjectSHORT, locally at our universities, as well as our experiences in neuroscience.
We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I'll never stop being in awe of the brain. Raster of a single neuron in medial geniculate body responding to auditory tones.
Breaking news: The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow U.S. officials to begin implementing a limited plan to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors.
Update: They were removed from our reviewer assignments completely. I'm so sorry to all those graduate students. Anonymous to protect the identity of the NIH employee I spoke to...I am on study section next month to discuss F awards. We were just instructed to put the F31-Diversity applications on the bottom of our priority list for review because there is a chance we may not be able to review them. My heart is breaking for the grad students and their mentors that put so much work into these just for them to be disqualified and thrown out.
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...