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Daniel Aharoni

@danielaharoni.bsky.social

Associate Professor @ UCLA | Neuroscience & Tool Dev. Advocate for open science, tech innovation, and collaboration. Professional dad. Wannabe chef, potter, home DIY'er. Lab: https://aharoni-lab.com/ Github: https://github.com/Aharoni-Lab

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Daniel Aharoni@danielaharoni.bsky.social · 4w ago

New postdoc opening in Carl Johnson’s lab at Vanderbilt on our newly awarded BRAIN Initiative project. The work will develop BRET/luminescence approaches for in vivo monitoring of neural activity in freely behaving mice, in collaboration with Princeton and UCLA. Contact Carl or myself for details

Daniel Aharoni@danielaharoni.bsky.social · last mo.

Applications are open for our next Open Source #Miniscope Workshop! August 26th and 27th in Durham, NC.

UCLA Miniscope Project@miniscope.bsky.social · last mo.

Just a few weeks left to apply! 2026 Research Triangle Miniscope Workshop (August 26–27, Durham, NC)! This hands-on workshop covers the full open-source Miniscope calcium imaging pipeline with a strong emphasis on data analysis. Deadline to apply is July 17: forms.gle/HejTbPaQ1FHe...

Daniel Aharoni@danielaharoni.bsky.social · last yr.

So it is the case that all NIH study sections have been indefinitely postponed, right? Everyone I have heard from has had their proposal's study section canceled. Wouldn't be surprised if Trump plans to pause committee meetings until Congress agrees to include indirects cuts in the next budget.

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · last yr.

A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter. By @avaskham.bsky.social bit.ly/3X8ngz8

Daniel Aharoni@danielaharoni.bsky.social · last yr.

1/ We need to stop deluding ourselves and start focusing. The administration’s recent NIH indirect cost cuts and near-elimination of DEI in research aren’t isolated moves—they’re a coordinated attack on higher education and research.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · last yr.

This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction. We all need to speak out to save lives.

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Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last yr.

7. This order did not come out of nowhere. It was a core component of Lindsey Burke's Dept. of Education chapter in the Project 2025 report. (Private foundations typically pay 10-15% overhead rates, and the logic of this comparison is made explicit in today's Supplemental Guidance from NIH.)

Cap indirect costs at universities. Currently, the federal government pays a portion of the overhead expenses associated with university-based research. Known as “indirect costs,” these reimbursements cross-subsidize leftist agendas and the research of billion-dollar organizations such as Google and the Ford Foundation. Universities also use this influx of cash to pay for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) e!orts. To correct course, l Congress should cap the indirect cost rate paid to universities so that it does not exceed the lowest rate a university accepts from a private organization to fund research e"orts. This marketbased reform would help reduce federal taxpayer subsidization of leftist agendas.