For an educational project, I am looking for Interneting examples of null results in neuroscience research, tentatively defined as : "experiment found no statistically significant effect, difference, or relationship between the variables being tested"
Respond here or DM if you have ideas or opinions
That's the plan :)
Lots of exciting science coming up!
That's the plan :)
*and slightly more pressing, would anyone like to adopt two budgies, three Betta fishes (in beautiful fishbowls, or lots of guppies?
I'm moving to a new scientific home!
I was recruited by the Max Planck institute as a senior scientist at the MPINB (mpinb.mpg.de/en/), starting Dec 1st. Very exciting new and old projects in the best neuroethology hub. I visited there earlier this month, and I really like Bonn so far :)
Eve Marder on memories, scientific excellence, rugs, and fading.
elifesciences.org/articles/109...
Insightful as always.
Finally, a fun collaboration published in Optica:
opg.optica.org/optica/fullt...
Fun times at the @mblscience.bsky.social , playing with optical toys with @edhirata.bsky.social and others :)
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
Any academics in #Paris need a housesitter for any time frame in July-August?
I can connect you to a young and trustworthy scientist who plans to be there then.
DM for details
The link expired :(
Can you update the invitation or give a direct link (or doi)?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
"Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year."
Just published, expansion in situ genome sequencing, where you can sequence DNA while still inside the cell, mapping its organization relative to proteins and other markers, with the help of expansion microscopy! Led by @jbuenrostro.bksy.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
If you like short stories and live now, the first story, Mobilization, is fun and distopic:
pca.st/episode/ee5e...
Eve Marder on the @nightsciencepod.bsky.social , talking about choosing your level of ambiguity and doing interesting science solving puzzles.
pca.st/episode/f5fe...
Don't panic and happy towel day to all
It's national limerick day
Again
I prefer haikus
At last, someone is monitoring all the unofficial collections of downloadable books and papers (scihub, libgen, etc). So we know where not to go to not get them. Don't tell no one:
open-slum.org
The latest NIH grant chaos:
NIH apparently sent stop-work orders to all *97* MARC and U-RISE programs in the country.
These programs support underrepresented undergrads interested in health research careers.
MARC dates to 1977. Over 48 years, the programs have supported thousands of students.
Elegant stuff!
@theuniverse.bsky.social
Fun with worms on @WIRED
www.wired.com/story/openwo...
We've been thinking about how #celegans can revolutionize science again, together with @kordinglab.bsky.social @eboyden3.bsky.social @wormsense.bsky.social and many other (also find our preprint on #arXiv)
Professor Brian Cox and Jeff Wayne present
'Life on Mars'
YouTube Streamed Event about the legendary War of the worlds
www.youtube.com/@twotwoffici...
A microscopic poem by Jacques Roubaud, who left us last December
A profile picture of Douglas Prasher from Martin Chalfie's Nobel Lecture
Do you know who Douglas Prasher is? Many don't, even though he is the person who cloned the original #GFP gene in the late 1980s. In my short history of plant light #microscopy I also cover a bit of his story - & why he is relatively unknown today, despite the importance of his work. See this 🧵👇
I know this site only reaches a subset of neuro/ cog professors. If you know a young professor in the area who would benefit from a week of targeted learning about doing good science, good mentoring, networking etc, it would be great if you could forward them: compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/i...
ExM FTW!
I'm very proud of our involvement adapting it to use in #Celegans . It only got better and easier to use since Yu et al 2020 ExCel paper
Even in the 'good' days, students/PDs on visas were always worried that they would run afoul of the law and be asked to leave. I know - I was on a student visa myself. I can't even begin to imagine their fear and anxiety now. Time for all university leaders to collectively step up and speak out!!