Pediatric traumatic brain injury elicits acute neuroinflammation and long-term changes in social, cognitive, and decision-making behaviors in male and female rats https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.09.737495v1
Katy Lenz
@neurokaty.bsky.social
Neuroscientist studying immune cells and hormones in the brain after stress, brain injury and during pregnancy. Lover of outdoors, cats, cookies, music, thrifting, family.
Proud to announce the newest lab graduate: Dr. Michaela Breach! Such a joy to participate in her PhD hooding ceremony!
SBN meeting is July 13-16. Deadline to submit an abstract is May 31. Still plenty of time.
The Legislature passed the law in 2023 and later overrode a veto by the Republican governor. The state appeals court said parents have a "fundamental right" to seek medical care for children.
Appellate court rules Ohio's ban on gender transition treatment for minors unconstitutional
The law banning gender transition treatments for minors is headed to the Ohio Supreme Court for a final decision.
statenews.org
NIH announces that it will move all grant reviews to Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and terminate about half of its review staff. This comes as there is already a building backlog from cancelled review meetings and layoffs. "We're already massively behind schedule," a review officer tells me.
NIH centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen integrity
The proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually.
nih.gov
I am not going to call this a Bluetorial, because I do not want to sully that term (which, at least I, find joyful). Let’s call it a Orwellial.
a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
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Ohio! Come rally with us in Columbus at the Statehouse, 12-3p. Also, stay tuned for details on a walkout in Cleveland, in case you're up that way and can't make the drive to Cbus.
Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2y agoWHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one! #standupforscience2025
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
thetransmitter.org
I am incensed....we find many sex differences in our work, and where we don't find differences, that is also critically important to know
Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2y agoFrom NIH Office of Research on Women's Health webpage Sex as a Biological Variable tab "Historic document published prior to January 20, 2025" It looks like we are headed back to the good old days when women were consider to be small men for the purposes of research...
First post in the new place--here goes 😀 New paper alert! Prenatal exposure to allergic inflammation altered dev't of oxytocin and vasopressin fibers in rat social brain network. And changes in self-grooming stereotypy and USVs too. Cool! Free full text: authors.elsevier.com/c/1hofP,QxXk...