I am sincerely honored and excited to be named the Vice Chair for Vision Research at the @moraneyecenter.bsky.social at @utah.edu. I am thrilled to work with everyone to build upon the Moran's rich history in vision research. Stay tuned for much more to come - we will be growing!

Moran Eye Center Names Kristen M. Kwan, PhD, Vice Chair for Vision Research

The John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah has named Kristen M. Kwan, PhD, Vice Chair for Vision Research. In this leadership role, she will help guide the strategic direction of the Moran...

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University of Michigan (@umich.edu) is hiring: Assistant Professor - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology #assistantprofessor #biology #molecularcellular

Mark this well. A public servant who performed admirably in a crisis is being publicly persecuted, maybe prosecuted. Govt websites are being given over to propaganda. Fake medicines are being praised while lifesaving vaccines are lied about. Slanderous grifters cackle their triumph. Despicable.

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Fauci accuses Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession with calling for my prosecution" and of making "repeated slanderous comments," then says "although it pains me to do so... under advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment to refrain from answering your questions."

A deep dive from @lisalsong.bsky.social on the harm of the proposed OMB fed financial assistance rule examining whether we could have achieved Nobel Prize level breakthroughs like the Higgs boson under such policies. www.propublica.org/article/fede...

How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th...

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Further analysis of Packalen & Bhattacharya article, where they claimed #NIH-funded research was slow to pick up on new ideas. I argue that their approach is flawed, and I present an analysis that shows the exact opposite. pubpeer.com/publications...

Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability & most survivors never fully recover. Tom Carmichael, chair of Neurology at @dgsomucla.bsky.social, has identified a drug that mimics physical rehabilitation by restoring brain rhythms disrupted by #stroke. A pill for stroke recovery. t.co/a646Zo6j5c

Another damning admission on the Trump administration’s weaponization of government: the administration terminated grants of perceived political enemies. We all knew this was happening, but the admission and documentation in court is validating. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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So you’ve commented on the OMB rule. Here’s what needs to happen next if we don’t want to see this rule implemented: 1. Call your members of Congress. 2. Join the movement urging Congress to impeach and convict Russell Vought. actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

Civil Servants Demand: Impeach Russell Vought

The Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ...

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🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 1 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/eoQwY

Help me speed the word! One of favorite conferences, taking place in Sept. Abstracts open until July21st! At a moment when science and scientific institutions are under attack, gathering as a community to share results, exchange ideas and reaffirm the value of scientific inquiry more imp than ever

Samantha Butler@samanthabutler.bsky.social · 4w ago

Looking for a great @cshlmeetings.bsky.social CSHL meeting this Fall? Abstract submission is open for "Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Connectivity" until July 22nd. Join me, @dacolon.bsky.social, Elva Diaz and @schuldinerorenlab.bsky.social at the bar! meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

Looking for a great @cshlmeetings.bsky.social CSHL meeting this Fall? Abstract submission is open for "Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Connectivity" until July 22nd. Join me, @dacolon.bsky.social, Elva Diaz and @schuldinerorenlab.bsky.social at the bar! meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Connectivity

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.

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"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

“Every dollar invested in NIH-funded research returned about $2.50 to the broader economy — a 250% return on investment.” “…sustained NIH funding has generated more than $822 billion in economic activity, supported more than 3.7 million jobs” academicmedicine.aamc.org/stories/how-...

UCLA's computational neuroscience community is growing! @marcustriplett.bsky.social is joining @dgsomucla.bsky.social Dept of Neurobiology, bringing expertise in statistical machine learning methods for neuroscience & computation in artificial & biological neural systems. Welcome to UCLA, Marcus!

This is a devastating interview. Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good. Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.

Posting for Vibhu Sahni: Due to unforeseen circumstances the Burke Neurological Institute will have to terminate its research operations 5/22. There are international postdocs on visas who are looking for new homes. Please reach out to Vibhu if you can help

We are excited that @marcustriplett.bsky.social will be joining the Neurobiology faculty @dgsomucla.bsky.social this summer. He has expertise in methods for perturbing single neuron activity with patterned precision using holographic approaches. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Axons (blue) must find the right neurons (magenta) for the spinal cord to develop. Postdoc Ev Nichols in @samanthabutler.bsky.social lab was awarded a prestigious AP Giannini grant to study proteins (green) that help axons along. Congrats Ev & wow, the cord is stunning! @dgsomucla.bsky.social

When life gives you RFK Jr., PROTEST! Join us for our National Day of Action NATIONWIDE on SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH by joining your local rally, hosting a rally, or hosting a pop-up protest! Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to do all of the above and learn more! #standupforscience #March7 #science

"“Hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you or why you don’t own a kelly bag,” [Roger Schank] wrote. To which Epstein responded: “It’s the tail of distribution , no really smart women – none.”" 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM

In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

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“”John, the old conferences did not care about diversity. I suggest you not either,” Jeffrey Epstein wrote in response to an email about the programming. “The women are all weak, and a distraction sorry.”” 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM

In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

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Yes--that is famed neuroscientist Richard Axel zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/richard-axel...

Mark Peifer (He, him)@peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

He wasn't the only Columbia faculty member in the files. Murray Gell-Mann signed Epstein’s 50th birthday book, and in my field The DOJ’s Friday documents further revealed that Epstein invited University Professor and Nobel laureate Richard Axel, CC ’67, to his private island in 2011.

FIGHT

Joey Fishkin@fishkin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence. The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:

This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence. The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:

Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement

The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...

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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Once it became clear that an ICE agent could commit murder in broad daylight with no consequences except the VPOTUS defending him with no heed to the facts and instead vilifying and prosecuting the victim, we opened the door to roving death squads. But there is no statute of limitations for murder.

The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.

Prof. Fiona Doetsch has been awarded the 2026 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine! Her discoveries reveal how neural stem cells support lifelong brain plasticity and repair. 🧠 Read more: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...

Localization in IHC for anti-Netrin-1 (from @samanthabutler.bsky.social @uclastemcell.bsky.social): buff.ly/8btHxg8

Addgene: Antibody Data Hub - IHC for Anti-Netrin-1 [IPI-NTN1.43]

Data report for Anti-Netrin-1 [IPI-NTN1.43] antibody in Immunohistochemistry (Rat)

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