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Kepecs Lab @ WashU

@kepecslab.bsky.social

https://kepecslab.org/

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Kepecs Lab @ WashU@kepecslab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Interesting take! Agree AI kills homework-as-proof and take-home exams. But I don't see how that leads to optimistic unbundling. Schools could pivot to authentic assessment/competency transcripts...

Sam Gershman@gershbrain.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In this scenario, far fewer people go to college. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. The current situation invites us to imagine what it would be like to unbundle aspects of college that aren't intrinsically linked.

Gord Fishell@gordfishell.bsky.social · last yr.

I will fly to anywhere in the United States on my own dime to talk to people about basic science! I encourage all of you, particularly senior scientists to make this commitment. If you are looking for material ask @karalmarshall.bsky.social She has put together an amazing basic talk!

Gord Fishell@gordfishell.bsky.social · last yr.

OK inspired by @karalmarshall.bsky.social I am reaching out to the public where ever I can. Traditionally Republicans have been incredibly supportive of science. We as scientists need to reach out to people across the spectrum to rally their support for basic science!

Gord Fishell@gordfishell.bsky.social · last yr.

Given all that is going on consider this quote from Bertram Russell's 1930 book The conquest of Happiness: “The man who can be interested in the structure of atoms or the way in which a beetle navigates, is likely to get a joy in life which no amount of success in the pursuit of power can give. ”

Kepecs Lab @ WashU@kepecslab.bsky.social · last yr.

1/ Why do patients with late-stage cancer lose motivation & sink into apathy? 🔥 Our new Science paper shows chronic inflammation activates a cytokine-sensing brain circuit that lowers motivation. Huge team effort: Aelita Zhu, Sarah Starosta, Pignatelli & Janowitz labs! 🧵 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...

A neuroimmune circuit mediates cancer cachexia-associated apathy

Cachexia, a severe wasting syndrome associated with inflammatory conditions, often leads to multiorgan failure and death. Patients with cachexia experience extreme fatigue, apathy, and clinical depres...

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️@napaaqtuk.bsky.social · last yr.

I graduated high school in 1990. For this year's graduates, this music is to them what 60's music was to me when I was their age. Wild.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy b’day to R.E.M’s classic LP “Out of Time”, released 34 years ago today. “The guys would give me pieces of music that were so ebullient and bubblegum,” Michael Stipe said, “that I’d be like, ‘OK, I accept your challenge and I raise you — we’re going to call THIS one ‘Shiny Happy People.’” 🙏🏼

Kepecs Lab @ WashU@kepecslab.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats to @michellemonje.bsky.social and F Winkler on the Brain Prize! Well deserved recognition for groundbreaking work in cancer neuroscience! Such a cool field, exciting, with important implications for disease and just getting started!

The Brain Prize@brainprize.org · last yr.

Congratulations to winners of The Brain Prize 2025! Professors @michellemonje.bsky.social, @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @hhmi.org Investigator, and Frank Winkler, Heidelberg University Hospital, have pioneered the field of Cancer Neuroscience. Learn more: brainprize.org/winners/canc...

Kepecs Lab @ WashU@kepecslab.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton on the well-deserved Turing Award! Their groundbreaking work in reinforcement learning has had an enormous impact across AI, neuroscience, robotics, and beyond. The ripple effects are still unfolding!

Rodney Brooks@rodneyabrooks.bsky.social · last yr.

The 2024 Turing Prize winners announced this morning: Barto & Sutton for "developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning". Well deserved. Built on 1959 Donald Michie's idea; matchboxes and colored beads learning tic-tac-toe. awards.acm.org/about/2024-t...

Cat Hicks@grimalkina.bsky.social · last yr.

Having funded teams/contracts that required six figure+ funds a few times now, these numbers SOUND really huge in isolation to normal folks but they're not! Don't make floating numbers! I like to say things like this: "A cancer lab is basically a small business, with many jobs created by each grant"

Katie Hinde@mammalssuck.bsky.social · last yr.

Earth & Life Sciences Academics communicating the new EO about indirect rates, imma need you to improve yer messaging- maybe don't say "If I get a million dollar grant, my uni gets another $700k to keep the lights on & water running" bc isn't going to get the traction you think it is-

Kepecs Lab @ WashU@kepecslab.bsky.social · last yr.

Project 2025: 🔹 Break NIH’s monopoly on research direction 🔹 Shift NIH grant funding to states via block grants 🔹 Keep NIH funding, but at a reduced, “modest” level Buckle up!!

Kepecs Lab @ WashU@kepecslab.bsky.social · last yr.

Doing some light bedtime reading on Project 2025 for what’s ahead: "The NIH monopoly on directing research should be broken. Congress should consider block granting NIH’s grants budget to states to fund their own scientific research.... doesn't preclude more modest federal funding through NIH."

Kepecs Lab @ WashU@kepecslab.bsky.social · last yr.

Doing some light bedtime reading on Project 2025 for what’s ahead: "The NIH monopoly on directing research should be broken. Congress should consider block granting NIH’s grants budget to states to fund their own scientific research.... doesn't preclude more modest federal funding through NIH."