Eli Merriam

@elimerriam.bsky.social

Visual neuroscience, fMRI, computation. Pitt/CMU, NYU, NIMH.

New work from our lab investigating the relationship between repetition suppression, repetition priming and increases in oscillatory power in simultaneous fMRI-EEG. Induced power increases are strongly associated with priming magnitude, supporting a mix of the synchrony and facilitation models.

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · last yr.

Repetition-related reductions in neural activity support improved behavior through increases in oscillatory power https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.06.663291v1

A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

This is a vile move. All the more disgusting and infuriating that it’s being framed about “protecting” Jewish students. You know what’s actually anti-Semitic? using Jews as pawns in this disgusting fascist theatre. Don’t take the bait and let it divide us. 😡

Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million in Federal Funds to Columbia University

The Trump administration blamed the university’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment during protests last year over the war in Gaza.

nytimes.com

One of the NIMH PIs whose name is the termination list: Sooyhun Lee, whose lab just published this beautiful @nature.com paper (that has received too little press because comms at NIH are down). Read! Cite! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Brain-wide presynaptic networks of functionally distinct cortical neurons - Nature

Behavioural-state-dependent pyramidal neurons have a distinct pattern of long-range glutamatergic inputs, with a larger proportion of thalamic versus motor cortex inputs compared with non-behavio...

nature.com

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.

Compelling pushback from @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social and the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) regarding termination of tenure-track investigators driven by DOGE. 1/2

Soohyun’s work has been lifting the field for a long time, a big inspiration to our own, and this study is the latest example. Great call @nicolecrust.bsky.social Very much recommend!

Nicole Rust@nicolecrust.bsky.social · last yr.

One of the NIMH PIs whose name is the termination list: Sooyhun Lee, whose lab just published this beautiful @nature.com paper (that has received too little press because comms at NIH are down). Read! Cite! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#NIH #science This is science from my group in the NIH intramural program, which aims to understand what goes wrong in cognitive syndromes like dementia and schizophrenia. These diseases probably affect neural computations. That’s why we’re doing this science: to figure that out.

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If you live in AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC, your reps are on the Senate HELP Committee which has jurisdiction over NIH. Write to them pointing out the jobs and money coming to your state from NIH: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-... describe impact of NIH cuts on....

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research

Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

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Thing is, it's not just a big cut - it's a cut that hits the framework in which research happens. It's like taking away half the shoes in your closet, only it's *all* the left shoes in every pair. Are we supposed to hop on one foot?