Karen Bales
@baleslab.bsky.social
Psychology faculty, food and travel enthusiast; views expressed are my own.
Wow thanks for the post! Other UCD authors include
@forrestdrogers.bsky.social and @adeleseelke.bsky.social , as well as Jessica Bond and Trent Simmons -- team vole!
@forrestdrogers.bsky.social and @adeleseelke.bsky.social , as well as Jessica Bond and Trent Simmons -- team vole!
#UCDavisIPN Affiliate @baleslab.bsky.social and Directors @deolsonlab.bsky.social and John Gray's teams' works were recognized in @thetransmitter.bsky.social list of the Buzziest Neuroscience Papers. Explore the full list and learn what makes these papers stand out: #Neuroscience #Psychedelics
The buzziest neuroscience papers of 2023, 2024
The field took note of work on brain-computer interfaces for speech, the mechanism of psychedelics, defining hippocampal representations, and more.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Wow thanks for the post! Other UCD authors include
@forrestdrogers.bsky.social and @adeleseelke.bsky.social , as well as Jessica Bond and Trent Simmons -- team vole!
@forrestdrogers.bsky.social and @adeleseelke.bsky.social , as well as Jessica Bond and Trent Simmons -- team vole!
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Timeline cleanse. Peak cat entitlement.
from r/holdmycatnip
from r/holdmycatnip
July 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Timeline cleanse. Peak cat entitlement.
from r/holdmycatnip
from r/holdmycatnip
Nicely written essay by @eblissmoreau.bsky.social on the importance of animal research. I always admire the elegance of her writing.
The NIH move to restrict animal research is a bad one and not just about health - it's about national security.
More here:
medium.com/@eblissmorea...
More here:
medium.com/@eblissmorea...
This will kill us: restricting animal research
Tuesday, as my lab gathered to celebrate the completion of one of our big studies, the National Institutes of Health announced that they…
medium.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Nicely written essay by @eblissmoreau.bsky.social on the importance of animal research. I always admire the elegance of her writing.
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Please check out our latest work! It has been a rough year with the passing of Dr. Larry Young. However, I will never forget his kindness and excitement for science.
Neural connectivity of oxytocin receptor-expressing neurons in the nuc... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Neural connectivity of oxytocin receptor-expressing neurons in the nuc... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Please check out our latest work! It has been a rough year with the passing of Dr. Larry Young. However, I will never forget his kindness and excitement for science.
Neural connectivity of oxytocin receptor-expressing neurons in the nuc... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Neural connectivity of oxytocin receptor-expressing neurons in the nuc... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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You love to see it. Thank you, thank you @scottweiner.bsky.social and @senakilahweber.bsky.social. This is how California can and should fight back
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Fearing Trump cuts, California Democrat proposes creating state’s own NIH
The ambitious state lawmaker argues moves by Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. show the Golden State must “step up” as a global leader.
www.politico.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
You love to see it. Thank you, thank you @scottweiner.bsky.social and @senakilahweber.bsky.social. This is how California can and should fight back
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Almost home after amazing symposium on the social brain, celebrating Larry Young's legacy and seeing the first cherry blossoms of the year.
March 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Almost home after amazing symposium on the social brain, celebrating Larry Young's legacy and seeing the first cherry blossoms of the year.
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Days since a trash can mishap: 0
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
March 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Days since a trash can mishap: 0
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
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Vote for the #UCDavisIPN in the first round of @statnews.com's #STATMadness here: www.statnews.com/feature/stat.... Please help us show the world we're the best in biomedical research this year!
March 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Vote for the #UCDavisIPN in the first round of @statnews.com's #STATMadness here: www.statnews.com/feature/stat.... Please help us show the world we're the best in biomedical research this year!
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Please. No more speeches in the Senate about “freedom” until one Republican has the guts to stand up to Trump’s lies about Ukraine & Putin. Ukraine did not start this horrific war. Russia did. Zelensky isn't a dictator. Putin is. The US must not enter into an alliance with Putin.
February 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Please. No more speeches in the Senate about “freedom” until one Republican has the guts to stand up to Trump’s lies about Ukraine & Putin. Ukraine did not start this horrific war. Russia did. Zelensky isn't a dictator. Putin is. The US must not enter into an alliance with Putin.
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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As Robert F Kennedy becomes Secretary of HHS we must remember that “Just asking questions” about vaccines, and casting doubt on well-established science could have fatal consequences.
Researchers estimate over 300,000 South Africans died because their leaders denied scientific truths.
Researchers estimate over 300,000 South Africans died because their leaders denied scientific truths.
February 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
As Robert F Kennedy becomes Secretary of HHS we must remember that “Just asking questions” about vaccines, and casting doubt on well-established science could have fatal consequences.
Researchers estimate over 300,000 South Africans died because their leaders denied scientific truths.
Researchers estimate over 300,000 South Africans died because their leaders denied scientific truths.
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Conservative billionaires are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education to pay for private school vouchers that largely benefit wealthy families and enable corporations to avoid their fair share in taxes.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
February 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Conservative billionaires are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education to pay for private school vouchers that largely benefit wealthy families and enable corporations to avoid their fair share in taxes.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
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This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
February 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
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The top health care companies in America spent 95% of their profits to make their CEOs & stockholders obscenely rich.
How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
February 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The top health care companies in America spent 95% of their profits to make their CEOs & stockholders obscenely rich.
How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
Congratulations to an amazing scientist and person!
Today my second book, The #GrievingBody is published! Following The #GrievingBrain, it brings you the #science 🧪 behind how #grief is a physical response. And about caring for yourself, as your #body absorbs the blow after your #loss.
#PsychSky #WriterSky #PsychSciSky #BookSky #WomenInSTEM
#PsychSky #WriterSky #PsychSciSky #BookSky #WomenInSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Congratulations to an amazing scientist and person!
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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47,000+ Palestinians killed. 111,000 injured.
Trump’s response? Forcibly expel Palestinians to make Gaza “a real estate development for the future. A beautiful piece of land.”
No. Gaza must be rebuilt for the Palestinian people, not billionaire tourists.
Trump’s response? Forcibly expel Palestinians to make Gaza “a real estate development for the future. A beautiful piece of land.”
No. Gaza must be rebuilt for the Palestinian people, not billionaire tourists.
February 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
47,000+ Palestinians killed. 111,000 injured.
Trump’s response? Forcibly expel Palestinians to make Gaza “a real estate development for the future. A beautiful piece of land.”
No. Gaza must be rebuilt for the Palestinian people, not billionaire tourists.
Trump’s response? Forcibly expel Palestinians to make Gaza “a real estate development for the future. A beautiful piece of land.”
No. Gaza must be rebuilt for the Palestinian people, not billionaire tourists.
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Trump & Musk are making massive cuts to the National Institutes of Health.
I know there is a lot going on right now, but this is one of worst things they have done so far, will affect cancer research and trials, the search for cures, innovation and competitiveness, our universities. Your lives.
I know there is a lot going on right now, but this is one of worst things they have done so far, will affect cancer research and trials, the search for cures, innovation and competitiveness, our universities. Your lives.
February 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Trump & Musk are making massive cuts to the National Institutes of Health.
I know there is a lot going on right now, but this is one of worst things they have done so far, will affect cancer research and trials, the search for cures, innovation and competitiveness, our universities. Your lives.
I know there is a lot going on right now, but this is one of worst things they have done so far, will affect cancer research and trials, the search for cures, innovation and competitiveness, our universities. Your lives.
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Republicans want to slash Medicaid — a death sentence for thousands of Americans. Medicaid provides health care to more than 37 million kids, funding for 2/3 of seniors in nursing homes & is 40% of the revenue for community health centers.
We must EXPAND Medicaid, not cut it.
We must EXPAND Medicaid, not cut it.
February 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Republicans want to slash Medicaid — a death sentence for thousands of Americans. Medicaid provides health care to more than 37 million kids, funding for 2/3 of seniors in nursing homes & is 40% of the revenue for community health centers.
We must EXPAND Medicaid, not cut it.
We must EXPAND Medicaid, not cut it.
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This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction.
We all need to speak out to save lives.
We all need to speak out to save lives.
February 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction.
We all need to speak out to save lives.
We all need to speak out to save lives.
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This morning, we won a court order blocking Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, from accessing Americans’ private data.
Musk and his DOGE employees must destroy all records they've obtained.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: no one is above the law.
Musk and his DOGE employees must destroy all records they've obtained.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: no one is above the law.
We're suing over the free rein Donald Trump gave Elon Musk and DOGE to access Americans’ private information.
Musk and DOGE want to use this information to cut vital services that Americans rely on — from health care to education.
This is unacceptable and illegal.
vimeo.com/1054527049/f...
Musk and DOGE want to use this information to cut vital services that Americans rely on — from health care to education.
This is unacceptable and illegal.
vimeo.com/1054527049/f...
AG James on DOGE Lawsuit
This is "AG James on DOGE Lawsuit" by New York AG Letitia James on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This morning, we won a court order blocking Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, from accessing Americans’ private data.
Musk and his DOGE employees must destroy all records they've obtained.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: no one is above the law.
Musk and his DOGE employees must destroy all records they've obtained.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: no one is above the law.
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Is the criteria to be an FBI agent swearing allegiance to the Constitution?
Or is it swearing allegiance to Donald Trump?
Or is it swearing allegiance to Donald Trump?
February 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Is the criteria to be an FBI agent swearing allegiance to the Constitution?
Or is it swearing allegiance to Donald Trump?
Or is it swearing allegiance to Donald Trump?
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No more business as usual. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are imposing pain on millions of people.
Tonight, we’re taking this fight to the Senate floor.
Russ Vought - author of Project 2025 - is up for a vote, and Democrats are using every second to throw a wrench in their plan.
Tonight, we’re taking this fight to the Senate floor.
Russ Vought - author of Project 2025 - is up for a vote, and Democrats are using every second to throw a wrench in their plan.
February 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
No more business as usual. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are imposing pain on millions of people.
Tonight, we’re taking this fight to the Senate floor.
Russ Vought - author of Project 2025 - is up for a vote, and Democrats are using every second to throw a wrench in their plan.
Tonight, we’re taking this fight to the Senate floor.
Russ Vought - author of Project 2025 - is up for a vote, and Democrats are using every second to throw a wrench in their plan.
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I am here to DEMAND answers from Speaker Johnson at his meeting with Scott Bessent regarding sensitive taxpayer information being handed over to an unelected billionaire donor.
February 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I am here to DEMAND answers from Speaker Johnson at his meeting with Scott Bessent regarding sensitive taxpayer information being handed over to an unelected billionaire donor.