Armin Raznahan

@bogglerapture.bsky.social

Child psychiatry, development, neuroimaging, and genomics. Lab Chief @ NIMH Intramural Research Program (views my own). Hopeless music nerd. Lover of cheese boards.

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

🚨🚨New work just out by the truly stellar Will Snyder - revealing rare and common genetic influences on complexity of human cortical folding !! 🚨🚨 👀 Will’s thread ⬇️ for deets, and to follow on @willsnyder.bsky.social Huge congrats to Will & thnx to fabulous collaborators who made this possible.

Will Snyder@willsnyder.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How may rare vs. common genetic variation separately influence how our brains – and their complex folding patterns – take shape? 🧬 🧠 Check out our new preprint (and final work from my PhD!) out now! ( + thread below) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

So, gonadal type (testes vs. ovaries) and sex chromosome complement (XY vs. XX) represent two strong candidate drivers of phenotypic sex differences in mammals. But how well can these factors explain sex differences in the brain and how much does each contribute to a given difference? …

Recorded in 1973 (up the road in Silver Spring, MD) with this plea in the liner notes … “In the interest of national security, please help us carry out our constitutional duty to overthrow the king”. Beautiful, powerful, rousing music.

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Advances in genomics are giving exciting new perspectives on biology of speech, language & reading. My latest peer-reviewed paper is a tutorial, guiding readers from different backgrounds through the history of the field, current state-of-the-art, & where we’re heading. A taster in this thread.🧪 1/n

Genomic Investigations of Spoken and Written Language Abilities: A Guide to Advances in Approaches, Technologies, and Discovery

Purpose: The aim of this tutorial is to show how the rise of molecular technologies and analytical methods in human genetics yields exciting new ...

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And hats off to @thetransmitter.bsky.social for this fab program. Super important to celebrate and promote these awesome future leaders. Inspiring people, doing crucial work (and currently under some especially challenging circumstances)

Armin Raznahan@bogglerapture.bsky.social · 9mo ago

So delighted to see @valeriejsydnor.bsky.social and her other glittering peers on this list! Huge congrats to you Val. SO(^zillion) well deserved!!! 🎉🤩💪🏽 www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...