For an educational project, I am looking for Interneting examples of null results in neuroscience research, tentatively defined as : "experiment found no statistically significant effect, difference, or relationship between the variables being tested" Respond here or DM if you have ideas or opinions

I'm moving to a new scientific home! I was recruited by the Max Planck institute as a senior scientist at the MPINB (mpinb.mpg.de/en/), starting Dec 1st. Very exciting new and old projects in the best neuroethology hub. I visited there earlier this month, and I really like Bonn so far :)

Eve Marder on memories, scientific excellence, rugs, and fading. elifesciences.org/articles/109... Insightful as always.

Living Science: My grandmother’s rug

The objects that migrants carry with them are tethers to the lives they have left behind.

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Finally, a fun collaboration published in Optica: opg.optica.org/optica/fullt... Fun times at the @mblscience.bsky.social , playing with optical toys with @edhirata.bsky.social and others :)

FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

Any academics in #Paris need a housesitter for any time frame in July-August? I can connect you to a young and trustworthy scientist who plans to be there then. DM for details

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

"Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year."

Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death

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Just published, expansion in situ genome sequencing, where you can sequence DNA while still inside the cell, mapping its organization relative to proteins and other markers, with the help of expansion microscopy! Led by @jbuenrostro.bksy.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If you like short stories and live now, the first story, Mobilization, is fun and distopic: pca.st/episode/ee5e...

Eve Marder on the @nightsciencepod.bsky.social , talking about choosing your level of ambiguity and doing interesting science solving puzzles. pca.st/episode/f5fe...

Don't panic and happy towel day to all

Save NSF www.savensf.com/nsf-at-75-to...

It's national limerick day Again I prefer haikus

At last, someone is monitoring all the unofficial collections of downloadable books and papers (scihub, libgen, etc). So we know where not to go to not get them. Don't tell no one: open-slum.org

The latest NIH grant chaos: NIH apparently sent stop-work orders to all *97* MARC and U-RISE programs in the country. These programs support underrepresented undergrads interested in health research careers. MARC dates to 1977. Over 48 years, the programs have supported thousands of students.

Scott Delaney@scott-delaney.bsky.social · last yr.

New this evening (3/28): Major update in NIH grant termination numbers. ❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429) ❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS ❌ 44 on cancer ❌ 28 on Alzheimer's ❌ 123 on Covid* *And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants. HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!

Elegant stuff!

Piali Sengupta@senguptalab.bsky.social · last yr.

Convo at faculty meeting led to my getting Eve Marder interested in worms! Check out our collaborative theory paper providing an explanation for how the unusual properties of the EXP-2 K+ channel could maintain robustness of pharyngeal pumping to environmental noise. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Faculty across the country are watching. Will Harvard step forward, as the leader they claim to be— and fight back? Capitulation may doom us all… www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

ED, HHS, and GSA Initiate Federal Contract and Grant Review of Harvard University

ED, HHS, and GSA Initiate Federal Contract and Grant Review of Harvard University

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Fun with worms on @WIRED www.wired.com/story/openwo... We've been thinking about how #celegans can revolutionize science again, together with @kordinglab.bsky.social @eboyden3.bsky.social @wormsense.bsky.social and many other (also find our preprint on #arXiv)

The Worm That No Computer Scientist Can Crack

One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called OpenWorm has tried—and utterly failed—to simulate it.

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Professor Brian Cox and Jeff Wayne present 'Life on Mars' YouTube Streamed Event about the legendary War of the worlds www.youtube.com/@twotwoffici...

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

The official youtube channel for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds. #TheEveOfTheWar is coming... http://theeveofthewar.tumblr.com @TheEveOfTheWar https://twitter.com/TheEveOfTheW...

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A microscopic poem by Jacques Roubaud, who left us last December

Do you know who Douglas Prasher is? Many don't, even though he is the person who cloned the original #GFP gene in the late 1980s. In my short history of plant light #microscopy I also cover a bit of his story - & why he is relatively unknown today, despite the importance of his work. See this 🧵👇

I know this site only reaches a subset of neuro/ cog professors. If you know a young professor in the area who would benefit from a week of targeted learning about doing good science, good mentoring, networking etc, it would be great if you could forward them: compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/i...

ExM FTW! I'm very proud of our involvement adapting it to use in #Celegans . It only got better and easier to use since Yu et al 2020 ExCel paper

Ed Boyden@eboyden3.bsky.social · last yr.

The MIT McGovern Institute’s story celebrating the 10th birthday of expansion microscopy (ExM). One highlight: ExM is not only easy to do, it’s easy to modify - so lots of people are altering and applying ExM for custom purposes, leading to unexpected innovations: mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/03/03/t...

Even in the 'good' days, students/PDs on visas were always worried that they would run afoul of the law and be asked to leave. I know - I was on a student visa myself. I can't even begin to imagine their fear and anxiety now. Time for all university leaders to collectively step up and speak out!!

Encouraged by so many people that showed up to support science at NYC #sufsnyc . But it's a marathon, not a sprint. Find links and resources here: linktr.ee/sufsnyc?utm_...

I'll be at #StandupforScience #NYC tomorrow March 7th in Washington Square Park from 12-3pm, come join us! Check out the link to find your closest event! standupforscience2025.org

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

standupforscience2025.org

Applications are due in two weeks (March 18) for the MBL's Methods in Computational Neuroscience course! 🧠 🖥️ Explore the computational and mathematical techniques that are used to address how the brain solves problems. Read more: bit.ly/3EZZ6Rs #ScienceStartsHere

Today is the day!! #StandUpForScience DC & Nationwide In Philadelphia 11am at City Hall. See you there! ✊🧪