In this piece, I share my artwork (exhibited at the Center for Art, Design, & Visual Culture) & academic life, both bound by experiences of citizenship privilege. Thank you @nature.com for also including me in the briefing. ✨ My story is just one among thousands of global south academics. Link 👇🏽

the amazing @mayankchugh.bsky.social once again powerfully captures the lived realities of inequality in academic mobility by sharing his experiences. this artwork "weighing" Indian and American passports hits really hard -- goes much beyond mobility privileges.

I was set to lead an undergraduate research trip abroad. Then my visa was denied

Through flexibility, problem-solving and the generosity of colleagues, I shepherded students through fieldwork remotely.

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Scientific publishing remains controlled by a small number of highly profitable companies despite decades of critique. In this @timeshighered.bsky.social op-ed, @mayankchugh.bsky.social (UMBC) argues that meaningful reform requires university leaders to embed structural changes. Read. ⤵️

What Zohran Mamdani can teach us about changing the publishing system

His successful insurgent campaign for New York mayor was not driven primarily by moral appeal but by sustained fieldwork, says Mayank Chugh

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Read my new piece here. @pracheeac.bsky.social whatcha think?

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What Zohran Mamdani can teach us about changing the publishing system ✍️ Mayank Chugh https://ow.ly/EjvU50Ypf3T

My grad students & I perusing the German Christmas Village 🎄@thebaltimorebanner.com

Thank you @lonelypipette.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social for having us! And thank you Jonathan & Renaud!!

The Lonely Pipette@lonelypipette.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Scared to start your own lab? ⛵️ We sat down with 3 researchers @mayankchugh.bsky.social , @thesomnolentsci.bsky.social , Florencia Fernandez-Chiappe to break the silence on the fears of becoming a Group Leader. Catch Ep.1 of the ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast here: www.buzzsprout.com/1356877/epis...

In the latest episode of the Enago podcast, our Head of Publishing, Fiona Hutton, talks about rethinking research dissemination with host Andrew Smith. 🔗 You can catch up on the conversation here: buff.ly/p7fjcz2

I’m excited to share our new preprint! We built a single-nucleus multiomic (snRNA-seq+snATAC-seq) atlas of leptin receptor-expressing hypothalamic neurons (LepRᴴʸᵖᵒ) and identified conserved cis-regulatory elements overlapping human obesity-linked variants and eQTLs🧠🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Single-nucleus transcriptional and chromatin accessibility profiling of mouse hypothalamic LepRb neurons reveals cell type-specific cis-regulatory elements linked to human obesity

Leptin receptor-expressing hypothalamic neurons (LepRHypo) are key regulators of energy balance, yet a comprehensive, cell type-resolved, chromatin accessibility map of these neurons is lacking. We pr...

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YASS!! Let’s keep pushing open the doors to research assessment with preprints!! asapbio.org/hhmi-enacts-...

HHMI Enacts “Immediate Access To Research” Policy For Its Scientists – ASAPbio

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is requiring its scientists to post their research articles as preprints under an open license that allows

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First lab meeting w/ 6 grad students UMBC!

📣 Thrilled to share the first paper from ReForm Lab Are you an international scholar on a visa? Faculty with international students in your lab and class? Student center workers? For the 1st time, we report data on visa burdens from over 700 ECRs. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

U.S. Visa Bureaucracy and Its Burdens Among Early Career Scholars

Foreign-born research scholars on temporary visas are essential to the U.S. scientific workforce and economy, yet they face systemic challenges shaped by restrictive immigration policies. While schola...

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The Trump admin is eliminating research through cuts to the #NIH and #NSF. In this op-ed, @mayankchugh.bsky.social & @jacoates.bsky.social urge a shift to open science: a model based on transparency, equity, and free access to research. . Learn more in The Scientist. ⤵️

Open Science: An Antidote to Anti-Science

Disappearing public datasets and funding cuts undermine US research. Can open science practices help researchers find stability?

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Science in the US is in turmoil—funding slashed, research censored, students shut out. How do we tell young scientists to stay when the system is pushing them away? Students from @mayankchugh.bsky.social's ReForm lab are worried, but they march on. #StandUpForScience buff.ly/SIRQKgn

Science Under Threat in the United States: The impact on undergraduate students

Anti-science policies, funding cuts, scientific censorship and the US withdrawing from international commitments are worrying members of the ReForm Lab at the College of William & Mary.

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My undergraduate students & I have been having discussions about what the current US policies mean for the science, their career aspirations, & public health. Thank you @drpeterrodgers.bsky.social @elife.bsky.social @elifecommunity.bsky.social for giving us a space to share our voices & fears.

Science Under Threat in the United States The impact on undergraduate students by @mayankchugh.bsky.social et al Anti-science policies, funding cuts, scientific censorship and the US withdrawing from international commitments are worrying students. elifesciences.org/articles/106...

There are academics I’ve spoken to that still don’t understand the publishing process @elife.bsky.social & yet have opinions on why it ain’t great. 🙄 Here’s a clear step by step with video explaining how publishing/PRC model at eLife. 👇🏽 Have you got your understanding right? 🤨

eLife@elife.bsky.social · last yr.

Frustrated with confusing or conflicting requests for revisions? Our consultative review process means editors and reviewers discuss their reviews with each other before sharing their recommendations. Learn more about peer review at eLife: buff.ly/sm1P4FL

My OpEd in @elife.bsky.social “It feels as if we are trying to fight a series of attacks on science with one arm tied behind our back and our lips half sewn shut.” “Yet we are not beaten, and some of us are downright energized.” elifesciences.org/articles/106...

Science Under Threat in the United States: Feeling abandoned but energized

Many individual researchers are frustrated by the response - or the lack of a response - from universities to a growing crisis.

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Explore the newly launched Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center, designed to help you navigate the field with news, expert insights and practical tools. The page also highlights job openings, seminars, and more: #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...

Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center

News, perspectives and resources to help navigate the early stages of your neuroscience career

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2/ Dine Roseline Dzekem introduced the work of eLife's Global South Committee and for an overview of our Early-Career Advisory Group, we heard from members Laura Han, @mayankchugh.bsky.social, Charlotte Ayima and Diana López.

I got to collaborate with amazing @jacoates.bsky.social on this: Calling open science community to be the guidepost & lead by example as science & scientists suffer in chaos. Read here: upstream.force11.org/open-science...

Science is Under Siege: The Open Science Community Must Act and Lead by Example

Worldwide, science is under attack by anti-scientific movements. The new US administration has thrown the entire academy into chaos, threatening global health. This article is a call for the open scie...

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Thank you! @network-alba.bsky.social for having me to discuss challenges faced by postdocs and thank you to Katie for covering this for the @thetransmitter.bsky.social Important than ever now

ALBA Network@network-alba.bsky.social · last yr.

If you attended our ALBA-IBRO social at #SfN2024, you heard @mayankchugh.bsky.social discuss the systemic challenges postdocs face. He joins the broader conversation in this article, diving into the #neuroscience #postdoc crisis and examines the impact of stagnant pay and shrinking career prospects

Thank you @epimechfc.bsky.social for featuring and including us!!

epithelial mechanics fan club@epimechfc.bsky.social · 2y ago

2. Hydrostatic pressure is one of the major drivers of lumen expansion and thereby tissue morphogenesis. Check out the cool review by @mayankchugh.bsky.social et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations" www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations | PNAS

Disparities continue to pose major challenges in various aspects of science. One such aspect is editorial board composition, which has been shown t...

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So my first semester of undergraduate teaching ended and in the last class I got some sweet souvenirs from my students. I am so humbled. Awww.

Thank you so much, @godwyns.bsky.social @elife.bsky.social for having me & providing an excellent space to share my voice & experiences with the research community!

Godwyns Onwuchekwa@godwyns.bsky.social · 2y ago

Pleasure hosting @mayankchugh.bsky.social on #CommunityVoices where he delved into some of the complex issues affecting researchers, and shared deep insights into the value of #Diversity & #Justice in research 🎧 Appl: elifesci.org/Voices3Ap Spotify: elifesci.org/Voices3Sp Amzn: elifesci.org/Voices3a

Thanks, W&M for covering me in the news. Plus, a great photo with my postdoc advisor Sean Megason & Dean Reede. news.wm.edu/2024/11/19/h...

☀️ Looking to get paid & gain valuable research experience this summer? Or know undergrads that could benefit? REUs are ~6-8 weeks summer programs for undergrads and are very helpful for post-grad jobs & grad or professional schools! See our REU database to learn more! ➡️ cientificolatino.com/reu

I’m thankful to Harvard Catalyst for giving my work a voice and making me reflect on a journey I’ve taken. It’s fun, exciting, grounding, and yet so difficult. catalyst.harvard.edu/news/article...

Data-Driven Change-Making

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I think another consequence of this decision is that any journal considering some sort of similar innovation is going to see this as a punishment I've been trying to encourage the society journals I am a editor for to test this innovative model and this decision will further entrench resistance

Richard Sever@richardsever.bsky.social · 2y ago

Clarivate will strip eLife of its Impact Factor They never wanted one but will be interesting to see how this affects submissions given academia's obsession with it. retractionwatch.com/2024/11/13/e... But 1/2