Michigan !!!

Aperiodic neural activity is known to be reduced in older adults, but what if these reductions happen within the span of a few years and in parallel with cognitive-behavioral outcomes? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Aperiodic EEG activity is a domain-specific marker of attentional aging in neurotypical adults

Aperiodic neural activity has been reliably shown to be reduced among older adults, and these reductions are associated with age-related cognitive decline. These results suggest that aperiodic activit...

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absolute martian mindhunter is SO GOOD how tf

our last IRACDA get together today, we got some books for our goodbye gift! feels great to have people believe in you !

grant rejected, paper submitted, how it goes!

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Tara C. Smith@aetiology.bsky.social · 4w ago

This can help you get started if it all seems intimidating.

k99 resubmitted, dont feel too good about it but id hate myself for not trying

thanks to the UC Alianza MX postdoc award, I get to combine my roots in Mexico and the UC system! super grateful for another year of funds to do my research in neurosevelopmental disorders, this time with a plan for building a collaboration with researchers in Mexico!!

recovering from the Mexico win

maybe i should move to new york

Potential mechanisms and functional significance of aperiodic neural activity

Potential mechanisms and functional significance of aperiodic neural activity

Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 22 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02503-7In this Review, Preston, Smith and Voytek examine aperiodic neural activity in the brain and how measuring aperiodic activity can shed light on brain function and disease.

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F99/K00 Predoc to Postdoc Transition Award NOFO is published. First due date is August 8th. files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...

If you have not left a public comment on the draconian OMB-2026-0034, here's a quick thread to make it easy. #standupforscience #neuroskyence Click here: www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

give me new york city politics with san diego weather

New NIH-funded opportunity! 🧬 TEAMS (Together Everyone Achieves More in Science) is now accepting applications. Training for early-career biomedical researchers in team leadership, mentorship & collaboration. 📅 Deadline: June 14 🔗 urmc.rochester.edu/teams-mentorship-grant-fellowship

thanks to the Kavli Institue for Brain and Mind for awarding me with an Innovative Reasearch Grant! staying afloat for a while longer!

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

I heard from several sources yesterday that NIH is planning to release a Request for Information (RFI) that apparently will include this: Scores and percentiles for NIH grant applications will not be shared with applicants although they will be provided to NIH program officers and staff. 1/3

Huh Kermit

ALT: Huh Kermit

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🚨🧪🧵URGENT INPUT NEEDED: NIH asks input for next strategic plan-including emphasis on non-animal models (NAMs) to replace animals. Per NIH insider, anti-animal responses now outnumber scientists 200-700x. Please please provide input. Deadline: May 26, 11:59 PM ET. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

Decision Desk HQ projects Christopher Rabb wins the PA US House 3 Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 10:20 PM EDT

A colleague received bad news from her NIH program officer today: my colleague’s grant got a great score, but NIH still can’t pay it, and my colleague will have to closer her lab. The call ended with the program officer (not my colleague) crying. Awful on so many levels.

glia people have some of the coolest IHC images

Where, exactly, does learning happen in the brain? Out today in @nature.com, we identify a synaptic locus of birdsong learning and show that the circuit can be tuned to make birds learn faster - but at a cost. Read on👇 #neuroskyence 🧪 #prattle 💬 #bioacoustics Shareable link: rdcu.be/fiyrS

A synaptic locus of song learning - Nature

Combining a computational framework and optogenetic and chemogenetic manipulations within and downstream of the cortico-basal ganglia circuit identifies the specific cortico-basal ganglia synapse...

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the older i get the more nervous i get giving talks

hey its me

being a philly sports fan

a man and a woman are having a conversation and the man is saying snip

ALT: a man and a woman are having a conversation and the man is saying snip

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Full professor ranks: 37% women, 4.2% Black.

Last week we took the Voytek lab's analytical tools and taught a workshop completely in Spanish across the border in Tijuana! thanks to the Congreso Nacional de Psicología for the invitation

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