@edinunineuro.bsky.social EDI Advisory Panel is at #NeuroscienceDay2026 today! We're offering 15-minute 1:1 consultations to provide advice and ideas on how to integrate #diversity and #inclusion in your research, teaching, supervision, or grant applications. Come chat with us!

🌐 ALBA-Neuromatch-IBRO Networking Event on ‘‘Driving Equitable Global Participation in Neuroscience Training’’ 7 Jul, 18:45-20:15 | Roundtable Hall | Register for priority entry! @ibroorg.bsky.social @neuromatch.bsky.social @arabsinneuro.bsky.social @openlab.bsky.social @thetransmitter.bsky.social

Heading to Barcelona for #FENS2026? 🧠 Here is your ultimate guide to connecting with the ALBA community and levelling up your #equity & #inclusion advocacy. 📍 All events take place at the Fira Gran Via, Barcelona @fens.org @sfn.org

New work from Arish Mudra Rakshasa @edinunineuro.bsky.social! newworldwriting.net/arish-mudra-... PS - We don't use generative AI and we hope you don't either

Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots ~ Every ChatGPT Prompt Destroys Half A Litre of Water - New World Writing Quarterly

Sure, I can help you with that. The top sights to see in Marrakesh are the Jemaa el-Fna, Koutobia Mosque, and the old city (Medina). Sure, I can help you with

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New + experimental short story published in @newworldwriting.bsky.social I wrote this piece a year ago to examine the human and #climate impact of #generativeAI, and to play with the 'stream of #consciousness' literary tradition. Tell me what you think! newworldwriting.net/arish-mudra-...

Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots ~ Every ChatGPT Prompt Destroys Half A Litre of Water - New World Writing Quarterly

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Honoured to be leading the new EDI Advisory Board for @britishneuro.bsky.social. We will shape the #EDI agenda for UK #neuroscience, work closely with international partners @network-alba.bsky.social, and develop the flagship BNA Scholars Programme. Learn more at link below.

British Neuroscience Association@britishneuro.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We’ve launched our EDI Advisory Board - bringing leadership, expertise & lived experience together to drive change in neuroscience. 🔗 www.bna.org.uk/resource/lau... #DiversityInSTEM #ResearchCulture

With over 2500 members from 96 countries, @network-alba.bsky.social is a global community dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the brain sciences. 🧠 👉 Learn more and become a member here: buff.ly/EKMC9Pq  As an ALBA member, you'll enjoy 👇️

The "Szilard Point." When we talk about The strain and the drain on scientific publishing, it's this. Researchers are working more just to stay afloat, and less on what we actually want them to do: research, discover, innovate. Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820

The strain on scientific publishing

Abstract. Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published. The total number of articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science has grown exponentially in recent years; ...

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Mark Rubin@markrubin.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"How can funders avoid crossing the Szilard point?" The Szilard point is "the threshold at which the total cost of competing for a grant equals (or surpasses) the value of the available funding."

🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨 The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists Interested? Get in touch via direct message careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... #MicroSky 🧪 #PostDoc @univie.ac.at

I'm old enough to remember having a reasonable expectation that a Labour government would be better than a Tory one. A Health Secretary who repeatedly implies that chronically under-diagnosed things like ADHD are somehow over-diagnosed, bans trans healthcare & promotes NHS privatisation is not it.

Looking forward to speaking with the Edinburgh University Global Health Society later today for #WorldAIDSDay. We will discuss recent advances in HIV care, emerging priorities for the community, and the intersections of LGBTQ+ rights, mental health, and HIV.

#WorldAIDSDay is especially important this year. US has cut nearly all support for HIV care and research, while UK has cut £150 million from its contribution to Global Health Fund. HIV activism and NGOs continue to save lives while govts betray people with HIV. www.iasociety.org/kigali-decla...

Kigali Declaration

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2.5M people accessed HIV prevention medicines in 2024. But this year’s sudden funding cuts disrupted access to this essential tool. If we want to prevent a resurgence of HIV infections, we must re-prioritize prevention, NOW! Read more: www.unaids.org/en/2025-worl... #WorldAIDSDay

Today is #WorldAIDSDay. The HIV response has always shown what humanity can achieve when we stand united. Global collective action has saved millions of lives, but shrinking funding now puts this progress at risk. Leaders must recommit to ending AIDS and saving lives.

#WorldAIDSDay2025 | Spotlight has launched a new HIV dashboard and graph generator based on outputs from the Thembisa model. Our hope is that this dashboard will help the public and people working in healthcare to find important HIV numbers more easily: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/hiv-dashboard/

These two have made a difference. This prize will help them make even more of a difference.

NPR@npr.org · 10mo ago

Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.

@hubmetpsych.bsky.social Bringing together researchers, clinicians & lived-experience experts to drive innovation in metabolic psychiatry. 🌟 Focus: genomics, data science, biomarkers, metabolic intervention, lived experience. 🔗 metabolicpsychiatryhub.com #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch

New preprint! TL;DR We looked at depressive symptom severity in a large sample of children in Uganda, and found that - in children without HIV, symptom severity decreases over time - in children with HIV, symptoms actually get worse *if* they had high baseline inflammation doi.org/10.1101/2025...

It was lovely speaking to @harmitmalik.bsky.social for @dmmjournal.bsky.social Infectious Disease Special Issue. We chatted about his work on host-viral evolution, the importance of blue-skies research and his approach to creating a supportive lab environment journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

DMM Journal@dmmjournal.bsky.social · 10mo ago

For our #InfectiousDisease Special Issue we interviewed the marvelous @harmitmalik.bsky.social ! We discussed the #viral arms race, how to support mentees and the beauty of basic science 🔬 journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

Our #METPSY study explores how metabolism connects to mental health. Yesterday, we hit 25% of our recruitment target! 🎉 Interested in taking part? Recruitment is still open! Get in touch with the team or visit our website to learn more 👇 📩 metpsy@ed.ac.uk 🔗 tinyurl.com/metpsy25

Incredibly powerful and personal article. How often have we rushed to meet last-minute ("rapid") funding calls or squeezed projects into financial year-end deadlines? Time in academic does feel 'manic'. The authors describe so eloquently why this encourages us to disguise failures as learning.

The Sociological Review Foundation@thesociologicalreview.org · 10mo ago

Failure hurts. How can the concept of bipolar time help us understand it? @lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Monica Gandhi delivered a powerful plenary at #EACS2025 on the history and the future of HIV treatment. Although HIV and AIDS have largely dropped out of the headlines, the pandemic is not over. More than 40.8m people are now living with HIV (Russian data is missing) more than at any other time. 1/5

Our latest data presented at #IAS2025 tracks global policies harming migrants, students & workers living with #HIV. Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...

Seems very timely "What normalization does is transform the morally extraordinary into the ordinary. It makes us able to tolerate what was once intolerable by making it seem as if this is the way things have always been." —  Jason Stanley. How Fascism Works en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Fas...

First-Person Psychiatric Accounts: A Substack Collection Personal accounts of mental health challenges and mental healthcare, many of which are among the most widely read and appreciated posts in Psychiatry at the Margins. www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/first-pers...

First-Person Psychiatric Accounts

A Substack Collection

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🚨 New Job Opportunity! 🚨 We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to support active clinical research studies within the Hub (principally the METPSY research study) at the University of Edinburgh. 📍Edinburgh 📆 Apply by 11th September 🔗 More info 👇 elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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🚨Update: METPSY is now recruiting adults aged 16–35! 🚨 Adults aged 16–35 living in Scotland can now take part in our METPSY study (previously 16–25). Open to those with a diagnosis of depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. Interested? Get in touch 📩 metpsy@ed.ac.uk or visit our website!

Calling all early-career researchers!! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to know: what kinds of resources do early-career researchers need? Share you thoughts anonymously at the link below: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...

What kinds of support do early-career researchers need?

Help The Transmitter and Neuromatch bolster the next generation of neuroscientists.

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I love when this happens, and also feel frustrated when I can’t show them to the world. My human just ends up having to deal with me showing him all the pretty plots.

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Sara Cowan@saracowan.bsky.social · last yr.

I can't show them, but I made some pretty awesome graphs at work today. #nerd #rstats #ggplot2