Dr. Becca
@docbecca.bsky.social
cocktail enthusiast | neuroscientist | SABV influencer | urban gardener | drum learner | she/her
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Dr. Becca
@docbecca.bsky.social
· Nov 10
So many new faces, I love it! If you weren’t following me on the other place, you can expect: cats, cocktails, travel photos, random science musings, things other people post that are funny or important, bouts of anger at the election outcome. Engaging in a new space can be scary but please do!
Attn all human MRI/fMRI folks! The Dept of Psychology at Northeastern University is hiring a new Director of the NU Biomedical Imaging Center at the level of Associate or Full Professor. Bonus: you'll have the best Chair EVER 😉 Full ad here: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Associate Professor/Professor and Director, Northeastern University Biomedical Imaging Center
About the Opportunity About Northeastern: Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research (R1) university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experi...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Attn all human MRI/fMRI folks! The Dept of Psychology at Northeastern University is hiring a new Director of the NU Biomedical Imaging Center at the level of Associate or Full Professor. Bonus: you'll have the best Chair EVER 😉 Full ad here: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Folks they're just going to AI the "research" on the first AI. Not sure y'all understand the motivation college students have to avoid doing real coursework.
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Folks they're just going to AI the "research" on the first AI. Not sure y'all understand the motivation college students have to avoid doing real coursework.
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
Sue Generous, you say.. <cigarette drag> now there's a name I haven't heard in a looooonnnggg time
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sue Generous, you say.. <cigarette drag> now there's a name I haven't heard in a looooonnnggg time
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
Uh hi this seems bad
(essentially, grant terminations will continue at you-know-who's whim)
(essentially, grant terminations will continue at you-know-who's whim)
Update on a significant development NIH grant terms.
On 10/1, a change to grant making regs went into effect that gives NIH more power to terminate grants for policy reasons.
But to use this power, new grant terms must include specific language. See @aniloza.bsky.social w/ the story from July.
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On 10/1, a change to grant making regs went into effect that gives NIH more power to terminate grants for policy reasons.
But to use this power, new grant terms must include specific language. See @aniloza.bsky.social w/ the story from July.
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HHS devises legal playbook for future grant terminations, internal memo shows
Exclusive: HHS devises a legal playbook for future research grant terminations, an internal memo shows.
www.statnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Uh hi this seems bad
(essentially, grant terminations will continue at you-know-who's whim)
(essentially, grant terminations will continue at you-know-who's whim)
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So am I. He ain't special
LeBron 40 years old with SCIATICA
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So am I. He ain't special
A Bijou cocktail for your Saturday night 🥂
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
A Bijou cocktail for your Saturday night 🥂
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i used to think the lyric was ‘i wanna rock and roll all night / and part of every day’ and i remember thinking, honestly that sounds reasonable
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
i used to think the lyric was ‘i wanna rock and roll all night / and part of every day’ and i remember thinking, honestly that sounds reasonable
Me: we absolutely cannot bring in another male stray cat
Also me: I’m naming him Buster Keaton!
Also me: Maybe just a little bed in the basement to keep him out of the cold
Also me: I’m naming him Buster Keaton!
Also me: Maybe just a little bed in the basement to keep him out of the cold
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Me: we absolutely cannot bring in another male stray cat
Also me: I’m naming him Buster Keaton!
Also me: Maybe just a little bed in the basement to keep him out of the cold
Also me: I’m naming him Buster Keaton!
Also me: Maybe just a little bed in the basement to keep him out of the cold
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this is why the humanities should be mandatory
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
this is why the humanities should be mandatory
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If the Trump administration wishes to censor us, they can try.
But it’s a sign they have no actual rebuttal to our points. If they had facts they’d use them to persuade people. They’re not doing that. What’s coming out of the Bhattacharya NIH is instead censorship, and lies.
But it’s a sign they have no actual rebuttal to our points. If they had facts they’d use them to persuade people. They’re not doing that. What’s coming out of the Bhattacharya NIH is instead censorship, and lies.
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If the Trump administration wishes to censor us, they can try.
But it’s a sign they have no actual rebuttal to our points. If they had facts they’d use them to persuade people. They’re not doing that. What’s coming out of the Bhattacharya NIH is instead censorship, and lies.
But it’s a sign they have no actual rebuttal to our points. If they had facts they’d use them to persuade people. They’re not doing that. What’s coming out of the Bhattacharya NIH is instead censorship, and lies.
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This, right here. The best predictor of productivity is funding the damn grant.
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This, right here. The best predictor of productivity is funding the damn grant.
A quick formatting PSA from me to you: if you want to use full justification in your grants, turn on hyphenation to avoid weird spacing between words and make your proposal easier to read. This move will also buy you some extra real estate!
a rainbow colored shooting star with the words " do you know " in the background
Alt: "the more you know" shooting star from 80s (?) PSAs
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A quick formatting PSA from me to you: if you want to use full justification in your grants, turn on hyphenation to avoid weird spacing between words and make your proposal easier to read. This move will also buy you some extra real estate!
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Courage personified. We MUST be LOUD in support of Jenna and LOUD in our dissent against this egregious action.
Today @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social was placed on administrative leave from her position at the NIDDK, NIH. We are extremely concerned and horrified at the actions of this adminstration and the NIH. Dr. Norton has been speaking out in her personal capacity about destruction occurring at the NIH.
🧵🧵🧵
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November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Courage personified. We MUST be LOUD in support of Jenna and LOUD in our dissent against this egregious action.
Oof this is going to be rough for NIH-funded folks who’ve already been set back. And another shutdown in January on the way just in time for council
Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Oof this is going to be rough for NIH-funded folks who’ve already been set back. And another shutdown in January on the way just in time for council
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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Speaking as a government worker:
The paper that our whole professional class reads doesn’t know that it is not normal to end whole agencies lawlessly, shred the Constitution based on laughable legal justification, and kill cancer and Alzheimer’s research???
Either we have failed or they have.
The paper that our whole professional class reads doesn’t know that it is not normal to end whole agencies lawlessly, shred the Constitution based on laughable legal justification, and kill cancer and Alzheimer’s research???
Either we have failed or they have.
Quick — someone tell the New York Times that the situation in early October, when the shutdown began, was not “normal.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Speaking as a government worker:
The paper that our whole professional class reads doesn’t know that it is not normal to end whole agencies lawlessly, shred the Constitution based on laughable legal justification, and kill cancer and Alzheimer’s research???
Either we have failed or they have.
The paper that our whole professional class reads doesn’t know that it is not normal to end whole agencies lawlessly, shred the Constitution based on laughable legal justification, and kill cancer and Alzheimer’s research???
Either we have failed or they have.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Anyways back in olden times a red aurora meant the death of kings
JUST A FUN FACT NOT RELATED TO ANYTHING
JUST A FUN FACT NOT RELATED TO ANYTHING
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Anyways back in olden times a red aurora meant the death of kings
JUST A FUN FACT NOT RELATED TO ANYTHING
JUST A FUN FACT NOT RELATED TO ANYTHING
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SfN 2025 Art of Neuroscience
Full list of Exhibitors
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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"What these pundits are nudging us to do, ever so politely, is accept that women, in the main, are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be."
DING DING DING
DING DING DING
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"What these pundits are nudging us to do, ever so politely, is accept that women, in the main, are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be."
DING DING DING
DING DING DING
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Way to absolutely DESTROY the election buzz in just 5 days, folks. JFC how did any of these people get elected in the first place.
EIGHT Senate Democrats have voted to advance the funding measure so far after the deal was reached:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Way to absolutely DESTROY the election buzz in just 5 days, folks. JFC how did any of these people get elected in the first place.
OMG it’s perfect
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
OMG it’s perfect