In the latest edition of Frameshift, our series about alternative careers in neuroscience, Kaela Singleton, director of grants management at the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, shares how she bets on bold science and shares in the joy of discovery. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/frameshift/g...

Getting grants feels good, but giving them is even better

As director of grants management at the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, Kaela Singleton bets on bold science and shares in the joy of discovery.

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THE OFFICIAL @standupforscience.net GUIDE FOR TALKING TO ANYONE ABOUT THE OMB RULE PROPOSAL!! www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

How To Talk to Anyone About OMB-2026-0034 — Your Site Title

Written By: Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO

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Russell Vought has a plan for science, but so do we. Join the fight by taking action against the latest OMB grant funding proposal here 👉 zurl.co/MTmbO #StandUpForScience #OMB #Vought #SaveScience #Science

Across the brain, neurons repeatedly reuse the same pair of adhesion molecules to assemble distinct neural circuits, according to three new studies. By Holly Barker www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/pus...

Multiple brain regions use same recipe for neural wiring

A versatile pair of proteins steers neurons toward their targets and helps establish the brain’s sensory maps, new studies suggest.

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We are still accepting apps for our workshops to develop a multiyear collaborative effort in quantitative behavioral phenotyping of individuals with autism. Deadline is June 15: https://bit.ly/4nyYQuV #science #autismresearch

SFARI | Now Accepting Applications for Workshops on Quantitative Behavioral Phenotyping in Autism

SFARI will hold three workshops aimed at developing a multi-year collaborative effort in quantitative behavioral analysis of individuals with autism.

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🔬 The OMB just proposed rules that would let political appointees override peer-reviewed science funding decisions. As physicians & informaticists, this hits home. Comment period closes July 13. → fight2win.standupforscience.net #StandUpForScience #Medicine #PublicHealth

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We are working on ways to yell about this, everyone! Today we will have the SUFS Official OMB Comment, our comment guide, and How To Talk To Your Granny About OMB! STAY TUNED!!

Mark Dowhy@empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 2mo ago

More crap for the list of 'Let's destroy Science today' 🤬 @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.net White House reclassifies federal epidemiologists and other scientists from civil servants to “at-will” hires www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

Very bad news. Screwworm appears to have made it to Texas, as was predicted. These parasites eat the living flesh of cattle, cause horrible pain, and can ultimately kill them. Yesterday, USDA Chief Brooke Rollins categorically denied that screwworm was close to the border.

It’s essential that everyone submit comments on this OMB proposal. It will place decisions on federal grant funding in the hands of partisan political hacks. This is the path of autocrats and failed governments. Learn as much as you can and act soon. We can only stop this if we all pitch in. 🧪

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2mo ago

Russell Vought has a plan for science, but so do we. Join the fight by taking action against the latest OMB grant funding proposal here 👉 zurl.co/8lTLx #StandUpForScience #Science #SaveScience #Vought #OMB

I wrote about the new rule proposing political oversight of every form of federal grant-making and what it means, legally, for OMB to do this. Wild it's gotten nearly 5k comments in < a week. Thanks to Carrie Wolinetz, @cdelawalla.bsky.social for their insights cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

White House move to step up political role in US research sparks alarm

An Office of Management and Budget proposal would insert political oversight into federal grant decisions, downgrade peer review, and expose all grants to termination without cause

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🎉Save the date! Black In Neuro Week 2026 is July 27–Aug 2. We're celebrating our 6th annual BIN Week with returning favorites like #NeuroRacism, #NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora, and #BINRollCall plus a brand new theme: #BlackInTime. ✨ 🧠 #BINW26 #AReimaginedFuture

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

A network of fake academic journals masquerading as legitimate publications has published more than a hundred AI-generated papers in recent months, in some cases using the names of real professors at top universities without their knowledge.

Fake academic journals are publishing AI-generated papers under real professors’ names

Online academic journals falsely attributed articles, likely written by AI, to several professors, who say the fiasco is a warning about the future of scientific knowledge.

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Researchers @fmiscience.bsky.social have developed lab-grown organoids that can cyclically simulate the tissue renewal that occurs after #menstruation, which can potentially offer new insights into the understanding of uterine diseases. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/organoi... #NAM #organoid #WomenHealth

EARA | News - Organoids able to mimic post-menstruation regeneration

Researchers in Switzerland have developed lab-grown organoids that can cyclically simulate the tissue renewal that occurs after menstruation, which can potentially offer new insights into the…

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Long-term editing of brain circuits with engineered electrical synapses! I still remember years ago when Kafui Dzirasa from @dukeuni.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social called me beaming with excitement about this new technology. Here it is today in Nature. www.nature.com/articles/s41... .

Long-term editing of brain circuits using an engineered electrical synapse - Nature

Connexin proteins found in&nbsp;white perch fish were&nbsp;used to engineer synthetic electrical synapses, enabling&nbsp;precision circuit&nbsp;editing in mammals.

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Single-cell quantification of the iron-neuromelanin balance in dopaminergic neurons across the lifespan https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.08.721830v1

Often a brake, sometimes a gas pedal. The neurotransmitter GABA typically inhibits brain activity. But in a new study published in #Neuron, researchers in the @mhigley.bsky.social lab show that GABA may, in certain circumstances, enhance neuronal activity.

The Brain’s Braking System Can Sometimes Become a Gas Pedal, Study Finds

A neurotransmitter known to quiet activity in the brain can sometimes do the opposite, researchers find, offering implications for psychiatric treatment.

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This weekend news broke that President Trump has fired members of the National Science Board (NSB), which oversees the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). This independent governing body has advised U.S. presidents and Congress on scientific policies for more than 75 years.

Irretrievable, generational loss of scientists and scientific discovery.

Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Federal Policy Changes and Career Stability Among NIH K-Award Recipients Among NIH K-award recipients, 96% perceived recent federal policy changes as negatively affecting research career stability; 18% report being much less likely to continue research vs 1 year ago jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The largest biomedical research organization in the world is being decimated by the Trump administration. This defunding will have a drastic impact on the health & well being of American families & deepen the crises on our campuses that carry out critical research. This is insanity. #TrumpsCutsKill

Scott McGrath@smcgrath.phd · 4mo ago

🧪 NIH funding for new research has fallen $1 billion behind previous years, with only 1,900 new grants awarded since October. That’s less than half the usual pace. Administrative friction from a new text-screening tool is stalling projects in cancer and heart disease. #AcademicSky #MedSky

Big website update at SCIMaP today, including: 📉 maps & reports about projected impacts of White House's proposed FY27 budget 🧪 expansion to include estimates of loss due to NSF cuts 💰 maps detailing economic benefits of historical funding 🔎 search by zip code 🔗scienceimpacts.org #NSF #NIH #scisky

Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP)@scienceimpacts.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The White House’s April 3 budget proposal would reduce NSF & NIH funding significantly. Our analysis shows that the U.S. stands to lose $35 billion in economic activity and 150,000 jobs nationwide. See impacts on your local community: scienceimpacts.org #SCIMaP #NIH #NSF #SciencePolicy

Very good (if tragic) story from the Washington Post [GIft Link] wapo.st/3OONwh6 1/8

For U.S. medical researchers, shrinking labs and bare budgets are the new reality

The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

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A paper in Nature Medicine reports insights into how the human brain reacts to different types of psychedelic drugs. These psychedelics appear to change how key networks in the brain connect, including those involved in higher-level thinking, sight and movement. go.nature.com/4mhgse6 #medsky 🧪

Upshot: 🟢 JB says scientist training is his #1 priority. 🔴 Yet, this fiscal year so far, training-related grants are down over 80% from expected levels. Guys, you can’t do science without scientists. JB gets an F (but not an F grant... ba-dum-tss) More funding curves at Grant Witness:

And finally: K grants These support post-docs and early career researchers. Landing one of these can be your ticket to a tenure track gig. They're career-makers. # of new grants issued through April 15 in FY2024 (the last “normal” year): 374 FY2025: 252 FY2026: 140

Next up: T grants These support grad student and post doc training programs at certain institutions. # of new grants issued through April 15 in FY2024 (the last “normal” year): 70 FY2025: 23 FY2026: 2

First up: F grants These support individual grad students and post-docs (and some college students). # of new grants issued through April 15 in FY2024 (the last “normal” year): 652 FY2025: 402 FY2026: 74

In August, Jay Bhattacharya said “Training future biomedical scientists” was the 1st priority for his version of NIH. But talk is cheap. Let’s see how JB’s doing. 🤔 NIH supports trainees mostly via fellowship (F), training (T), and career development (K) awards. Here are funding curves for each.🧵

Looking forward to our 2026 Down Syndrome Research + Caregiver symposium tomorrow! w/ Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta med.emory.edu/departments/...