Announcing #engramsensembles '27, to be held at @tcddublin next May. Registration and abstract submission will open in autumn 2026.

Tomás Ryan@tjryan.bsky.social · last yr.

Slán go fóill - we look forward to welcoming you all back to Dublin for the 3rd installment in May 2027 #engramsandensembles

Can you imagine the shitstorm if this had been done by a democratic president?! This is not a functioning Republic.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Trump regime admitted to canceling over $7.5 billion in federal grants for clean energy projects in states that voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

This is exactly how I feel and exactly what needs to be said and done about this govt BS! “The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop.” www.science.org/content/blog...

The Assault On Science Funding Continues

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Our paper is out in this week's issue of Cell! Personally, I think our cover submission by @drawimpacts.bsky.social was more exciting 😅 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

WORD

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

“Dolomiti, ti amo"

The @ibroorg.bsky.social World Congress program committee has finalized a 🔥 keynote and special lecture line up. Stay tuned! In the meantime, symposia submissions are still open. Join us in Cape Town next year for this unique global neuroscience meeting! ibroworldcongress.org/open-calls/c...

Quick stop in BOS on our way to Barcelona!

Quick stop in BOS on our way to Barcelona!

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Scientists spent 30 years trying to find what carries Alzheimer's from one brain cell to the next. A new study just identified it, and it turns out to be a protein the brain uses to carry memories - t...

Scientists have known for 30 years that Alzheimer's disease spreads through the brain like an infection, consuming one region, then moving to the next, following the brain's own network.What they did ...

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Congrats @czimmerman.bsky.social!! Just 1 of many to come I’m sure.

Klingenstein Philanthropies@klingensteinorg.bsky.social · last mo.

Congratulations to Christopher Zimmerman, Ph.D., recipient of a 2026 Klingenstein Fellowship Award in Neuroscience for the project, "Neural Algorithms for Learning Across Long Delays." @czimmerman.bsky.social zimmerman-lab.org

Talked to staff in Senator Mike Lee’s office today about the OMB proposals that will change how grant decisions will be made. Thanks to @standupforscience.net for organizing the meeting. We all need to be doing what we can right now, in addition to making comments on the official online portal.

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · last mo.

I am really proud to share the Stand Up for Science Foundation's new Impact Report on the OMB Rule Proposal--done by the brilliant @irenesufs.bsky.social @colesci.bsky.social and team! We've got such a great team at @standupforscience.net. www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

Very excited for our new paper, now out in @cellcellpress.bsky.social! /🧵 The protein Tau forms intracellular toxic tangles in neurons in Alzheimer’s disease and Tauopathies. Tau pathology slowly spreads from cell-to-cell but the mechanisms are not clear /1 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Arc mediates intercellular tau transmission via extracellular vesicles

Tau pathology spreads cell to cell, but the mechanisms of intercellular tau transmission remain unclear. We find that the neuronal gene Arc is critica…

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Nature is drunk. Snow June 29 2026! We will take it though.

I am still waiting on whether a 3% scored R01 will be funded at the NIA (reviewed in Jan) and even the NoA for my funded R01 non-competitive renewal is a month late 😭. And this is preclinical science that shouldn’t have any “dirty” words!

Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · last mo.

NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since early 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like? What is being flagged? I spent a month digging into leaked docs and emails. We've published the 235-word list that are being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵

I’m fine with the QED experiment. One can choose to ignore the rankings and just move on but some of the discussion that’s come out of this has been really good. Read this article as an example.

Richard Sever@richardsever.bsky.social · last mo.

“the academic community is enormously heterogeneous and it’s almost impossible to keep everyone happy” Never a truer word said in this analysis of downstream consequences of openness by @jacoates.bsky.social ripplingideas.org/2026/06/26/t...

And NIH study section (Neuronal Communications) is a wrap! Despite all the "noise" going on, I'm struck by the earnest dedication and hard work put into all the reviews by the panel. Now....beer and world cup soccer time!

TMW you realize the @hhmi-science.bsky.social is investing a billion dollars in the obscure model organism you developed from pet shop fish! 🙌🏼 Adam Douglass @utah.edu @uuhsresearch.bsky.social

Science Magazine@science.org · last mo.

The once-obscure Danionella fish takes center stage as a model research organism in a major new project funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3QFj4XM

The Battle over the Constitution Has Spread to American Science. I'm out in the @theatlantic.com today about the new OMB proposed rule. It's just the longtime agenda of the the Supreme Court. US science and cancer cures now all depend on us picking up a fight with the Roberts Court.

The Unitary Executive Takes Over New Territory

The Trump administration’s theory of how the federal government should work is a threat to American science.

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Goaaalll…go NZ!

New Zealand New Zealander

ALT: New Zealand New Zealander

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Had a wonderful few days at the McKnight Foundation annual neuroscience meeting! Amazing science, warm and welcoming community…in an inspiring setting in Aspen. With the world feeling like it’s burning around us..building community is the only way we move forward.

My quote of the day Bethesda Declaration (June 9, 2025)

RFI: Proposal to Cap the Number of Simultaneous Research Project Grants per Principal Investigator to Support More Researchers and Maximize Scientific Productivity and Innovation grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

ALRIGHT EVERYONE HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SUFS GUIDE TO LEAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE OMB-2026-0034 PROPOSED RULE: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-advocacy/the-sufs-guide-to-writing-public-comments (share with all your friends!)

The SUFS Guide to Writing Public Comments — Your Site Title

Written by: Cole Donovan, Director of Policy and Advocacy and Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO

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I have often been critical of the leadership @aaas.org but they just took action on the new OMB rules that will politicize science, speaking out and notifying members. I hope all take the time to follow their advice, contact Congress, and most important, post a comment www.aaas.org/news/aaas-st...

A proposed Trump policy would put Russ Vought in charge of American science. Its an example of the slow creep of politicization into processes that both parties traditionally understood as needing nonpartisan and expert guidance. What can you do about it? 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-creep-...

The Creep of Politicization

A new assault on science highlights a broader pattern

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Sometimes..you just need to have a beer on the deck after the storm clears…

What in the fresh hell is this?! Why even have study sections or scores or peer review? 😫

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So... I got more information about this plan. The most important points follow on the next posts. 1/3

Yup. Sitting on a 3% scored R01 since Jan and I still don’t know if it’s getting funded. This is just not sustainable. How is the NIH going to spend its mandated budget?!

Stephanie M. Lee@stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: They Got the Best NIH Scores of Their Careers. A Year Later, They Still Don’t Have Funding. As the NIH bankrolls new research at a significantly slower-than-usual pace, I talked to scientists left in the lurch about the toll on their research and careers: www.chronicle.com/article/they...

Had an amazing time visiting UW pharmacology, @uw-nbio.bsky.social , and the @alleninstitute.org this week! Gorgeous campus and had a lot of fun science convos with faculty and trainees.