A student emailed to ask if they actually needed to attend my class this semester or would it be OK to not attend. It reminded me of one of my very favorite poems, which should be in the email signature of anyone who teaches www.loc.gov/programs/poe...
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New paper from @selinsch.bsky.social@alexkwan.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1523/ENEU... Scn2a loss is a major ASD/ID risk, and it brings along comorbidities like epilepsy. Selin found that mouse models do just fine in foraging tasks, but the associated water restriction ⬆️ seizure
Dysfunction in the gene SCN2A , which encodes the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.2, is strongly associated with neurodevelopmental disorders including autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disa...
“How the scientific system treats researchers is a choice. It is not inevitable or out of our control. It’s time we make bold choices as a scientific community that align with both reality and our values.” 🧪
Postdoctoral woes, especially in biomedical research, are symptomatic of a wider problem. Funding bodies have an opportunity to spearhead a cultural shift. Postdoctoral woes, especially in biomedical ...
Psyched that we got the green light for a new Gordon conference on #psychedelics#GRCPsychedelics@viditavaidya.bsky.social@melissaherman.bsky.social
“We acknowledge upfront that some of our recommended changes may lead to fewer postdocs, not more, but we believe will lead to a healthier system and thus bolster the academic biomedical research enterprise”
The NIH panel called for raising minimum postdoc salaries to $70,000 — an increase of more than 20% — and adjusting wages for annual inflation.
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Summer camp for neuroscientists! Applications are now open for our Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain. #SWDB2024 Learn more and apply by February 1: alleninstitute.org/events/summe...
The Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain is an intensive, project-based residential course with a focus on the neurobiology of sensory processing, coding, and neural population dynamics.
Woohoo! SUPER excited to have a new lab project - a new mouse model of hormone contraceptives, and their effects on stress and depression - published and online now at Horm Behav, thanks to Eisenberg Fam Depression Cntr for funding it! Congrats Kristen Schuh & thanks to everyone who made it possible
Hormonal contraceptives, including oral contraceptives (OCs), regulate hormonal cycles and broadly affect physiological processes, including stress re…