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Dr. Liz Kirby

@thekirbylab.bsky.social

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Assoc prof in Psych dept at Ohio State University. PI of a neural stem cell-focused lab. Check us out: u.osu.edu/kirbylab Also cats.

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Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · Nov 15

Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.

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Picture of textbook cover with title "Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience"

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 5h

MIT Rejects the Compact!
I am so proud.
"The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ...

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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · Sep 4

For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
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Assistant Professor (Neuroscience, Tenure Track) - Lethbridge (City), Alberta (CA) job with University of Lethbridge | 39049

Assistant Professor (tenure track) of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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OpenStax @openstax.org · 3d

💥 OpenStax just hit $3 billion in student savings!

We’re proud to serve the educators and institutions that make access a reality. Let's keep making an amazing education accessible to all, together!

https://openstax.org/press/openstax-surpasses-3b-in-student-savings-grows-beyond-textbooks

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 13d

It's Avril Lavigne's birthday today, so we are contractually obligated to re-share this banger from our archives.

The Girl from Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” Responds 18 Years Later

I’m the unnamed girl from Avril Lavigne’s 2002 hit, “Sk8er Boi” and I’m here to set the record straight after 18 years of silence. I’m finally read...

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 13d

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‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

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Science Magazine @science.org · 13d

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

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Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · 14d

NSF GRFP solicitation is up! Eligibility has changed! Second year grad students are no longer eligible. Only first years, senior undergrads and those in between. Deadlines moved back a bit from late October to early November.

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Biological Psychiatry @biologicalpsych.bsky.social · 15d

The Biological Psychiatry family of journals is now officially on Bluesky!

Follow us for the latest research in psychiatric neuroscience, cognitive neuroimaging, and global open science from our three leading journals.

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 16d

HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · 16d

Helpy mchelperton

Gray cat resting its paws on a person's wrist as they try to use a computer mouse.

Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · 20d

I'm not seeing the solicitation on the grfp website yet (just the submit deadline and a promise of a solicitation coming soon). Is it somewhere else? I'm wary there may be significant changes to the app this year that we need to help students navigate.

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Nancy Padilla-Coreano @drnancypadilla.bsky.social · 20d

The NSF GRFP is an amazing opportunity for students in the first two years of a PhD or those applying to a PhD right now.

Below, check out our special episode with advice for both applicants and those who write letters of support!! 🧐

Please help us spread the word 📢

Stories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 21d

Submitting an NSF GRFP soon? Check out our special episode on how to structure your essays and letters, and common mistakes to avoid! #NSF

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NSF GRFP advice — Stories of WiN

In this special episode of Stories of WiN we provide advice for students preparing a Graduate Research Fellowship Program application funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF-GRFP).

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Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · 21d

Great opportunity for undergrads to flex their creativity and their neuro knowledge!

Intro to BN open textbook @introtobn.bsky.social · 21d

Attention, undergrad neuro enthusiasts! We are excited to announce our first annual Art in Neuroscience competition. We are seeking art submissions related to #neuroscience from current undergrads.

Winners are published on our textbook website!

Due Nov 1.

Guidelines here: tinyurl.com/AiNrules

Art in Neuroscience Competition Guidelines

Announcing the inaugural 2025 Art in Neuroscience competition for undergraduates! The editorial team for Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience, an open-access textbook resource, is inviting submiss...

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · Sep 3

Host: There are new calls this morning for RFK Jr.'s resignation, and those calls coming from inside HHS itself. More than 1,000 current and former HHS workers are making this demand in a letter released this morning. They say his leadership has "put the health of all Americans at risk"

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OpenStax @openstax.org · Sep 2

Do you teach:

🫀 Anatomy & Physiology
🌓 Astronomy
🧬 Biology
🩺 Clinical Nursing
🧫 Microbiology

If so, join us for tomorrow's #OpenStax Assignable webinar! We'll share how to create assignments aligned with your textbook, right in your LMS!

📅 11 a.m. CDT

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Sep 2

A show of bipartisan support for NIH. Basically flat except for ARPA-H.

The President’s budget proposal basically ignored (as it should have been).

Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · Sep 1

House LHHC bill is out. Lots of hits to HHS, but the top line number for NIH is 1% decrease, mostly due to cuts ARPA-H. This seems like a huge rejection of the president's budget request.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Sep 1

🧪 And House appropriators say: no cuts to NIH budget!

House subcommittee version just came out (link below). Holds NIH flat at $48 billion.

To be clear: this is far from over. But a good sign that science still matters across both sides of aisle.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!

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Gernie’s Bioethics @lookout-bioethics.bsky.social · Sep 1

This Op Ed is a call to action from highly qualified experts who have served (and protected) all of us for decades. When they see the depth of the self inflicted wounds that SecDHHS’ is promulgating on all of us, they demand change. All of us should do same.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · Aug 27

The new NIH grant review format and the iron law of unintended consequences drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/t...

The new NIH grant review format and the iron law of unintended consequences

The NIH introduced a revised approach to the peer review of grant applications in the most recent summer review rounds. The Simplified Peer Review Framework has a number of new features, some of wh…

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 27

Public signers from FEMA put on administrative leave

[Gift link]

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FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter

About 180 current and former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of Congress and other officials protesting the agency’s leadership and direction.

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Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Support the FEMA Katrina Declaration Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

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Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · Aug 25

I signed. I've lived in hurricane prone NC and the fire/earthquake hot zone that is CA. When massive disasters strike, people need help. I'm inspired by the bravery of the FEMA employees who are standing up to protect us all.

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Aug 25

FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c... SIGN ON TO PROTECT FEMA HERE: www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...

FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response

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Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · Aug 22

I bought my duck. Get yours now. All the cool kids are doing it.

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Aug 21

🐤Promise you this is one you'll want to say you were a part of...

Help us get our 'ducks in a row' and IMPEACH AND REMOVE THAT DANG QUACK!!!! 📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆

Link here: tinyurl.com/sufsci

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · Aug 19

NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...

NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025

I know Doctor Editor Director Professor Berg has more sophisticated analyses going but this simple data set made sense to me once I realized how few new R01 NIAAA has issued so far (5). Since we ar…

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Science Magazine @science.org · Aug 8

Larry Richardson appeared to be an early-career mathematician with potential, racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years.

It would all be rather remarkable—if the studies weren’t complete gibberish. And if Larry wasn’t a cat. #InternationalCatDay scim.ag/4lg3wTp

How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat

“Exercise in absurdity” reveals flaws in Google Scholar’s productivity metrics

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