Successfully didn't let the latest Friday evening notice dump ruin my friday with friends. But now its time to break down RFI NOT-OD-26-088. A thread.
Stefanie Robel
@stefanierobel.bsky.social
Writing a book for research teams. Associate Professor Neuroscience. Riding horses in my free time. Helping PIs to create low-stress lab & mentoring systems @glia-leadership.
20+ sessions, 4 days, coaches who've actually sat where you're sitting, plus researchers and academic leaders like Jen Heemstra sharing what worked for them. The Faculty Uplift. Free. July 13 to 16. https://stefanie.krtra.com/t/uz0pmEI1PnXc
This is why your local voice and your local vote matters: today more than ever.
The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 4mo agoBackers of the massive data center campus say at full buildout it will consume 9GW of electricity, more than double the entire state of Utah’s current energy use. They say they intend to burn fossil fuels on site to make all that electricity. Box Elder County will vote on the proposal Monday.
@glia-leadership.bsky.social in Tuscany for our spring retreat on leading research teams. Coffee, landscape, peace. All you need for a fantastic retreat ✨
Had a fun day exploring Hong Kong and came by some conference posters #APAIE2026 @glia-leadership.bsky.social will be there next week. Can’t wait to meet folks from all all over the world working to make higher ed a global and international collaboration. #bettertogether
Today. If The Research Leadership Retreat has been on your mind, this is your moment to explore it properly. 12:00 CET — Info session Clear overview. Honest expectations. No pressure.
Leadership Retreat Apr 12 - 14
Finally, a playbook for leading your research team. A small-group retreat in Tuscany for group leaders who are tired of figuring it out alone.
leadership.stefanierobel.com
Getting ready for #APAIE2026 with @glia-leadership.bsky.social Got some flowers because it’s nice to have something alive in a big convention center. And getting wrinkles out of our stuff
Getting ready for #APAIE2026 with @glia-leadership.bsky.social Got some flowers because it’s nice to have something alive in a big convention center. And getting wrinkles out of our stuff
Had a fun day exploring Hong Kong and came by some conference posters #APAIE2026 @glia-leadership.bsky.social will be there next week. Can’t wait to meet folks from all all over the world working to make higher ed a global and international collaboration. #bettertogether
Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University. www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/ Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided. Details in the attached pic--Feb 14 deadline 🧫🧪🦠#microsky
Alex Pretti was a scientist.
Ben Goggin@bengoggin.bsky.social · 8mo agoAlex Pretti, the man shot by ICE in Minneapolis, appears to have previously worked with the federal government at the VA. There is a photo of him on the VA website, where he’s cited as part of a medical research team. www.vacsp.research.va.gov/CSP_2004/CSP...
Day of action on NIH funding, call Rep. Aderholt (202) 225-4876, chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor–HHS–Education. Aderholt is AL-04 but subcommittee chairs take calls from all. Call script 👇 went out to as AL Daily Action. Let's create momentum today. @jeremymberg.bsky.social
Congressman Aderholt from Alabama is the chair and he is apparently willing to help OMB here, adding report language (which is toothless) rather than including this in the law. If you are from Alabama, please contact his office and your Senators and share your thoughts. 2/3
🧊OUT FOR GOOD!! RAPID PEACEFUL PROTEST 📍1800 5th Ave N 📆1/10 Sat 4pm-5:30pm We R protesting ICE & Border Patrol killings this week as well as 34 people killed in 🧊 detention in 2025. THIS IS A PEACEFUL PROTEST Please register here 👇🏼 www.mobilize.us/indivisible/... @alabamareflector.com @al.com
President Donald Trump’s administration has declined to reappoint Walter Koroshetz as head of the NIH’s neuroscience institute—even though the agency’s director had backed his renewal. https://scim.ag/4pZD0kq
Firing of neuroscience institute chief adds to NIH’s leadership vacuum
Trump administration declines to renew appointment of Walter Koroshetz, against NIH director’s wishes
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I had a great time talking to @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social von The Social Academic about overwhelm in academia and how to get out of the vicious cycle of having too much on your plate.
Jennifer van Alstyne@jenvanalstyne.bsky.social · 9mo agoResearch lab directors, program directors, and future research leaders, this episode is for you. I talk leadership and management skills for researchers with expert guest, Dr. Stefanie Robel (@stefanierobel.bsky.social) of @glia-leadership.bsky.social. Let's talk about research leadership mastery ✨
“I love my country enough to risk its wrath by drawing attention to the negative things we don't always want to see. And that can be risky and you have to pay for that.” Martin Sheen 🇺🇸 (born Ramón Estévez) Son of immigrants Spanish father/Irish mother Lithuania is Europe 🇪🇺 #DEFENDDEMOCRACY 4/5🧵
Not cool: Getting a "this 6 hour assignment is due on Monday" reminder from your society during a Holiday weekend. Either send the reminder before the Holiday or trust that it will be done by your deadline. Monday morning would be another automatable possibility.
“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au #vaccinationsaveslives
2025 Cervical Cancer Elimination Progress Report | C4
Australia’s progress towards the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
Dr M@ivalaine.bsky.social · 9mo agoVaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
😁Excited 2️⃣ join Laughing Impact (@laughingimpact ) &their funny friends 4️⃣ much needed laughs w a purpose! ‼️Dec 2nd @Saturn (@saturnbham) in BHM will be the 3️⃣rd filming of Everything is Great! 🗣️A Town Hall 4️⃣ the People! Part Real Town Hall Part Improvised Parody & lots of fun 4️⃣ all 🕖Doors open @ 7pm
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The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 92 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/bwEzwHAEehBj... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/
Our work out in @devbiol.bsky.social, PDGFra is needed for 🧠 perivascular fibroblast development... ⬇️ perivascular fibroblast = ⬇️ perivascular macrophage...cross-talk? 👀 Led by Hannah Jones @hejcell.bsky.social w/ Kelsey Abrams, Sophia Kim, excited for more projects w/ @fantauzzolab.bsky.social!
Baptiste Lacoste@blacoste.bsky.social · 10mo agoPDGFRα is required for postnatal cerebral perivascular fibroblast development. Congrats @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social ! #cerebrovascular #fibroblasts #development
PDGFRα is required for postnatal cerebral perivascular fibroblast development. Congrats @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social ! #cerebrovascular #fibroblasts #development
PDGFRα is required for postnatal cerebral perivascular fibroblast development
Perivascular fibroblasts (PVFs) are a cell type associated with large diameter blood vessels in the brain and spinal cord parenchyma and leptomeninges…
sciencedirect.com
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
cnn.com
Our lab is looking for a postdoc! We have interesting projects and cutting-edge techniques such as Neuropixels Opto, Light Beads Microscopy and more. We would be delighted to receive your application. Deadline is 25 November 2025. More info here: www.ucl.ac.uk/cortexlab/po...
If you're looking for a faculty position at the intersection of ecology and computing (both broadly defined), please apply to this joint search between the CEE Department and the College of Computing at MIT: cee.mit.edu/people/share...
Faculty Position in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Schwarzman College of Computing - cee.mit.edu
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), together with the Schwarzman College of Computing (SCC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge MA, seeks candidate...
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