Heinrich Gompf
@hgompf.bsky.social
I do still post on X @Panaclete. Sleep, circadian rhythms research, and a bunch of other things, though I try to stick mostly to science posts these days.
LOL: Does daylight saving time increase traffic crashes? Seasonal confounding and a morning fatality effect Though the comparison might have been better if it'd been LA vs Phoenix vs Dallas: three large cities at roughly the same latitude and car-dependency. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We have a pool nestled amongst our backyard orchard, and a fridge with an ice maker on the door and a large-ish center island in the kitchen. But we’re still grateful we don’t live in an apartment the size of our current master bathroom + walk-in closet anymore. =UMC UC: what?!?
The Weekday@professormusgrave.bsky.social · last mo.What, to you, is the difference between upper middle class and upper class? (US edition, but please don’t revert to silly US “middle income is middle class” assumptions)
One of my favorite things at museums is finding the pineal eye in the skulls of fossils. Once you start looking for them, they are everywhere.
Kelsey Jenkins, PhD@reptiliferous.bsky.social · last mo.New research out today! Some animals have three eyes?! This eye isn't for "seeing" per se, but it's connected to a part of the brain responsible for regulating body temperature. So if you see a lizard basking out in the sun to get warm, oftentimes this eye plays a central role. But there's more...
How cost-effective are NIH Extramural vs Intramural mechanisms? We did internal analysis at NIH but never published results. Happy to share some answers: Extramural is better for measures like publications and citations; Intramural is better at basic -> clinical translation doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Comparing the outputs of intramural and extramural grants funded by National Institutes of Health
Funding mechanisms impact the cost effectiveness of the science conducted, as extramural NIH grants to universities excel at producing papers and citations, while intramural NIH hiring more effectivel...
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Looks like the missile are flying towards the fighter jets, though it’s unclear in which direction one of those planes is flying. I think Trump is trying to tell us something here.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2mo agoTrump on Iran 🤦♂️
Oh.
Sara Reardon@sarareardon.bsky.social · 2mo agoExclusive @science.org: Circadian biologist Satchidananda Panda is resigning from Salk following multiple sexual harassment investigations. Lab members and other employees spoke up after Salk refused to reveal the investigations' findings. #MeTooSTEM www.science.org/content/arti...
🎉 Congratulations to Sergey Stavisky, winner of the 2026 Chen Institute and Science Prize for AI Accelerated Research for developing an AI-powered brain-computer interface that can restore communication for people who have lost the ability to speak. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4pjlckI
Slow Oscillatory Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation during a Restricted Sleep Opportunity Enhances Cognitive Performance during Subsequent Wakefulness https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.03.736438v1
Thrilled this is out, led by former PD Cameron Ogg (now with her own lab at @rhodescollege.bsky.social!). It was a driven by a desire to see, in real-time, how LC activity/NE release influences downstream targets in behaving animals. SO hard to do, but Cameron did it! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Locus coeruleus norepinephrine neurons facilitate orbitofrontal cortex remapping and behavioral flexibility
Ogg et al. use in vivo imaging techniques to record activity in the locus coeruleus (LC) and the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) during a reversal learning task in freely moving rodents. They show that man...
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The sublaterodorsal tegmental nucleus in the brainstem is a center for #sleep control. This study shows that GABAergic neurons in this region suppress wakefulness, and that perturbing their activity level can regulate sleep attacks in a mouse #narcolepsy model. 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4pchrxE
Ugh. The nylon replacements from Weber didn't work so I bought one of these. Not giving it back, this one works and I pay attention after cleaning to make sure there are no bristles on the grilling surfaces. Ridiculous: millions of these sold and like 3 people had someone incompetent use the grill.
The Sacramento Bee@sacbee.com · 2mo agoDoctors had to get metal out of throats and digestive tracts. Eight kinds of brushes have been recalled.
Nature is healing at the reflection pool I see
Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 3mo ago🔥 The way this green heron can stretch out
When I’m fully dissociated and I forget to put on my active listening face
The US capital was probably named for PIGEONS. 😲🐦 I'll explain & dive into some etymology. "Pigeon" is from Old French 'pijon', which is from Late Latin: 'pīpiō', an onomatopoeic term for a young chirping bird. The Latin version of "a peep-peep." But Romans had a /different/ name for pigeons.
Baby Bird Screaming for Food - Funny Meme
Alt: Baby Bird Screaming for Food, mouth wide open, in a nest made of straw or twigs.
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Most mornings, he reads the note that he wrote himself reminding him to go to the doctor and decides that today is the day...
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3mo agohe seems so pleased when he does it, like it's a new experience every day.
It's all really simple. Just divert all LAX, SFO, SAN, LAS (and to a lesser extent SMF, RNO, PSP, etc.) international arrivals to Sky Harbor and SLC and then make them rent cars to get to their final destinations!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoFaulkner: "Sanctuary cities include Boston, Chicago, Denver, LA, NY, Philadelphia, SF. All of those airports handle 1,100 int'l flights per day. They're not just gonna not fly. They're gonna go to red states and cities. A boon for red states. People will just really hate living in blue states."
Sleepless in Gaza: War-related trauma and the neurobiological toll on sleep pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Sleepless in Gaza: War-related trauma and the neurobiological toll on sleep
The Israeli war against Gaza has severely disrupted daily life, including sleep, a fundamental human need. Chronic war-related trauma has caused hyperarousal, nightmares, and insomnia, perpetuating ps...
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@jengoldschmiedphd.bsky.social Congratulations, Director at Large!
To follow up on this, I've gotten to an age / point in my career where I often look back and am in awe at how far we've progressed. I used to do single-unit recordings of the LC 20+ years ago. Back then, we used to imagine these figures from the little we knew. Brilliant and impressive.
Jeremiah Cohen@jeremiahycohen.bsky.social · 5mo agoDelighted to share our discoveries about one of the brain's neurotransmitter systems: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Together with colleagues at the @alleninstitute.org, we have learned a lot about a tiny cluster of neurons in the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) that releases norepinephrine (NE). 1
Delighted to share our discoveries about one of the brain's neurotransmitter systems: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Together with colleagues at the @alleninstitute.org, we have learned a lot about a tiny cluster of neurons in the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) that releases norepinephrine (NE). 1
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How hot is it in Maryland right now? The guy seems to be sweating like crazy. About the same temp here. I’m planting things and spreading compost in the sun and I’m not sweating the way he is.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo agoTrump: "The Straits are in great shape"
A direct hit on our two National Clonal Germplasm Repositories would be devastating. Big, if true.
dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 6mo agoi would not have published this story, as someone who's read literally thousands of threat bulletins cosigned or circulated by the FBI
Not sure if we can rename it "The American Gulf" after "Gulf of America" is already taken.
Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 6mo agoabsolutely deranged headline from the depths of hell
I cannot stop thinking of all the amazing and wonderful people I have known from Israel, Iran, Lebanon and other countries caught up in this war. It is people just like them who are being killed and harmed here.
Californians are incorrigible. What stage between "parking" or "the character of the neighborhood" and "we don't need more housing, we need affordable housing!" is "TRAFFIC!!!" at in the kill-development at any cost scale?
The Sacramento Bee@sacbee.com · 6mo ago“Residents have repeatedly asked for traffic-calming measures, yet the city is prioritizing high-density development over public safety.”
An utterly bleak picture of the future of academic science in America
Joshua Weitz@joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted. What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards. Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.
![odysseus: we now set out on our odyssey.
sailor: [raising hand] what's an odyssey?
odysseus: a long journey named after the only survivor.
sailor: oh ok wait what.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gyu37737cldtehocmchkyold/bafkreia7hmg4lx26rbecubmlctdxyamvdhzqv4gdyzegkjd23llhop52gq)
