GO BLUE!!!! 💙🏀💛 National Champs!!!!

NIH Director Bhattacharya signals an end to the affirmative action program for ESI Well, this is fascinating. Director Jayanta Bhattacharya went on the Why Should I Trust You podcast in an episode dated Feb 26, 2026 [h/t]. Around 59:00 he is answering the podcast host after she p…

NIH Director Bhattacharya signals an end to the affirmative action program for ESI drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/n...

I’m gonna have to copy this. 🤩

Excited to welcome Yiyi Shen to the lab for a rotation through the MCDB graduate program! Yiyi graduated from @ucsandiego.bsky.social and holds a Master’s from the @salkinstitute.bsky.social where she studied sleep and circadian rhythms!

Thanks!!

Barbie Birthday cake where the dress is frosted with two tones of pink rosettes and pearl accents.

K3 is 🖐️ and she wished for a Barbie cake! I made my own frosting this time and decorating was sooo much easier. It still takes me way too long to make bday cakes, though. 😅

If you are submitting an NIH grant in February, you will be required to use SciENcv to prepare you biosketch.

IT IS MUCH WORSE THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

Set aside *at least* 4 hours just to transfer an existing an biosketch into SciENcv.

Fun night listening to grad student Emily talk about the effects of alcohol 🍺 on sleep 😴 at GWIS 👩‍🔬 Science ‘n’ Suds!

Today, Andrew has become the first PhD Candidate in the Ingiosi Lab! Congrats, Andrew!! 🍾 #YourDidIt⭐️

First time making a turkey in 15 years, and I smoked it. Turned out super juicy and pretty easy to do!

Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.

Aurora showing red, purple, and green in the night sky.

Getting a show in Ohio. 🤩

Oof—not to mention other government funding agencies…

Crosstalk Between Astrocytes and Inhibitory Neurons During Maturation: Emerging Mechanisms and Functional Implications In this review, we discuss the development and maturation of inhibitory neurons and astrocytes and how early developmental activity in the brain might promote the interactions between these cell type...

Check out our new review article from my lab:

doi.org/10.1111/jnc....

Happy Halloween from (left to right) Victory Monday Dan Campbell 🏈, Minion 🍌, ghost of Emily (get well soon! 🤧), and Reds baseball player ⚾️.

Just a friendly reminder that we’re hiring for the Department of Neuroscience at The Ohio State University!! 🧠 The start of application review has been moved to this Friday, 10/17, but we’ll continue accepting applications until the position is filled!

neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39081/te...

Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com/4hj9NNV

Just a friendly reminder that we’re hiring for the Department of Neuroscience at The Ohio State University!! 🧠 The start of application review has been moved to this Friday, 10/17, but we’ll continue accepting applications until the position is filled!

neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39081/te...

Astroglial H1Rs influence neuromodulatory integration and arousal. How histamine modulates arousal via astrocytes was investigated in brain slices and mice with (left; green) and without (right; purple) histamine-1-receptor (H1R) expression in astrocytes of the primary visual cortex (V1). Panels below depict, from left to right, that H1R expression in V1 astrocytes: (1) attenuates astroglial calcium (Ca²⁺) responses to norepinephrine (NE) in brain slices; (2) suppresses astroglial Ca²⁺ events during wakefulness; (3) restricts the dynamic range of extracellular adenosine (Ado) around rapid eye movement (REM) sleep transitions (N, non-rapid eye movement sleep; W, wakefulness); and (4) reduces time spent in wakefulness.

Astrocytes help control #sleep & arousal. @ashleyingiosi.bsky.social explores a @plosbiology.org study showing that wake-promoting #histamine affects how #astrocytes respond to other signals, reducing awake time via astroglial histamine-1-receptors 🧪 Paper: plos.io/4gRj9Ap Primer: plos.io/47at1Sj

Some cool and unexpected findings regarding how astrocytes impact sleep and wakefulness through histaminergic signaling! ⭐️

I had a blast this morning talking to 3- & 4-year-olds about being a scientist 👩‍🔬 and brains 🧠 during our daycare’s Community Helper Week!

Talk is done! Many thanks to Peter and Carolina for organizing such a stimulating session on glia and sleep! ✨

Also thanks to the insanely bright (blue) mood lighting in our room for being wake-promoting as I navigate a 12h time difference. ✈️

#WorldSleep2025 😴

Hey! That’s us! #WorldSleep2025

Just arrived in Singapore for #WorldSleep2025!! Also, Go Blue!!

Research Faculty - Neuroscience (Open Rank/Track Faculty) at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is Hiring! Search available jobs or submit your resume now by visiting this link. Please share with anyone you feel would be a great fit.

🚨JOB ALERT🚨

Come join me and my supportive colleagues at The Ohio State University! The Department of Neuroscience 🧠 is hiring a tenure-track faculty member (open rank). We will begin reviewing applications on 9/14/25.

Apply here👇, and please share!

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One glazed, one dry rubbed; both smoky and juicy!!

First attempt at smoked pork loin. 🤞🤞

a man in a shirt and tie is touching his forehead ALT: a man in a shirt and tie is touching his forehead

I have a first serious attempt to estimate the consequences of multi-year funding for July.

For new R01s, the amount of additional expenditure was

$135 M

The number of additional R01s that could have been funded is

182

1/9

Congrats to Katelyn on a successful poster presentation sharing all the hard work she did during her summer internship! Happy to have had her as part of the team. 🧠😴🌟 And kudos to grad student Andrew for being such a great bench mentor for Katelyn!

🌮 Taco Tursday 🌮 to celebrate Katelyn’s final week in lab for her Explorations in Neuroscience Research High School Internship! 🧠