Dr Alison Weiss
@dralisonweiss.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at OHSU/ONPRC. Cognitive neuroscientist, aging, MRI/DTI/PET, pre-clinical models
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NHP research is indispensable for neuroscience and many other fields.
February 10, 2026 at 11:59 PM
NHP research is indispensable for neuroscience and many other fields.
@drugmonkey.bsky.social is right!
The battles are local AND national. All NHP researchers in the USA are at risk now. Who will be next?
Academic freedom is being dismantled. What will you do?
Email [email protected] TODAY and tell them you support and value NHP research.
Flood the zone.
The battles are local AND national. All NHP researchers in the USA are at risk now. Who will be next?
Academic freedom is being dismantled. What will you do?
Email [email protected] TODAY and tell them you support and value NHP research.
Flood the zone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
@drugmonkey.bsky.social is right!
The battles are local AND national. All NHP researchers in the USA are at risk now. Who will be next?
Academic freedom is being dismantled. What will you do?
Email [email protected] TODAY and tell them you support and value NHP research.
Flood the zone.
The battles are local AND national. All NHP researchers in the USA are at risk now. Who will be next?
Academic freedom is being dismantled. What will you do?
Email [email protected] TODAY and tell them you support and value NHP research.
Flood the zone.
speak4.app/lp/dc01rshz
One quick way to #standupforscience is to submit a letter here.
Deadline is 2/6 at noon PT
Please repost!
One quick way to #standupforscience is to submit a letter here.
Deadline is 2/6 at noon PT
Please repost!
Save the ONPRC
speak4.app
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 AM
speak4.app/lp/dc01rshz
One quick way to #standupforscience is to submit a letter here.
Deadline is 2/6 at noon PT
Please repost!
One quick way to #standupforscience is to submit a letter here.
Deadline is 2/6 at noon PT
Please repost!
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First they came for DEI and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for gender identity research and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for the NPRCs, and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for gender identity research and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for the NPRCs, and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
First they came for DEI and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for gender identity research and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for the NPRCs, and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for gender identity research and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for the NPRCs, and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
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In case you had any doubts what this “oh we just want to encourage non-animal research” excuse for putting an AR nutter in high office at NIH was about….
Take action TODAY. Provide public comment in writing by emailing [email protected] by THIS FRIDAY, Feb. 6 at noon PT. Include “For public comment” in the subject line. The battles are local AND national. All NHP researchers in the USA are at risk next.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
In case you had any doubts what this “oh we just want to encourage non-animal research” excuse for putting an AR nutter in high office at NIH was about….
Take action TODAY. Provide public comment in writing by emailing [email protected] by THIS FRIDAY, Feb. 6 at noon PT. Include “For public comment” in the subject line. The battles are local AND national. All NHP researchers in the USA are at risk next.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Take action TODAY. Provide public comment in writing by emailing [email protected] by THIS FRIDAY, Feb. 6 at noon PT. Include “For public comment” in the subject line. The battles are local AND national. All NHP researchers in the USA are at risk next.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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NIH and some outside interest groups are trying to force the closing of the Oregon National Primate Research Center, and it looks like they might win. This would be a huge blow for translational research. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
NIH looks to turn primate research center into a sanctuary
The health research agency is offering the Oregon National Primate Research Center federal money to stop testing on primates.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:16 AM
NIH and some outside interest groups are trying to force the closing of the Oregon National Primate Research Center, and it looks like they might win. This would be a huge blow for translational research. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
@jeremymberg.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @drugmonkey.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
NIH looks to turn primate research center into a sanctuary
The health research agency is offering the Oregon National Primate Research Center federal money to stop testing on primates.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:25 AM
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Regional heterogeneity shapes macroscopic wave dynamics of the human and non-human primate cortex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.22.701178v1
January 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Regional heterogeneity shapes macroscopic wave dynamics of the human and non-human primate cortex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.22.701178v1
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γ-Radiation Induces Long-Term Dose-Related Proteomic and Phosphorylated-Tau Species Changes in Non-Human Primate Hippocampus #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8426282/latest
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8426282/latest
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
γ-Radiation Induces Long-Term Dose-Related Proteomic and Phosphorylated-Tau Species Changes in Non-Human Primate Hippocampus #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8426282/latest
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8426282/latest
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Aging macaques bridge the translational gap in perivascular space biology https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.14.699534v1
January 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Aging macaques bridge the translational gap in perivascular space biology https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.14.699534v1
New HD focused article leveraging multi-modal imaging from our long-standing collaboration with @danielebertoglio.bsky.social and colleagues! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Longitudinal investigation of structural and resting-state effective connectivity alterations in a non-human primate model of Huntington's disease
Huntington's disease (HD) is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder caused by expanded CAG repeats in the huntingtin gene which produce a mutant hunting…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
New HD focused article leveraging multi-modal imaging from our long-standing collaboration with @danielebertoglio.bsky.social and colleagues! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This perspective on “imprecision medicine” is resonating with me. Author describes a “complementary approach of targeting the brain milieu in order to achieve disease-modifying effects in patients with or at risk of neurodegenerative disease” www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/...
Targeting the Milieu in Neurodegenerative Disease: Time for “Imprecision Medicine”?
<p>The possibility of developing precision therapies for neurodegenerative disease is tantalizing, and efforts are under way with several diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s ...
www.aginganddisease.org
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This perspective on “imprecision medicine” is resonating with me. Author describes a “complementary approach of targeting the brain milieu in order to achieve disease-modifying effects in patients with or at risk of neurodegenerative disease” www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/...
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✨ SHINY NEW PAPER ✨
Cortico-striatal gray matter atrophy and white matter microstructural degradation across the rhesus macaque adult lifespan.
@dralisonweiss.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197458025001010
Cortico-striatal gray matter atrophy and white matter microstructural degradation across the rhesus macaque adult lifespan.
@dralisonweiss.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197458025001010
Age-related differences in cerebral morphology and microstructure in rhesus macaques
The rhesus macaque presents a promising model for translational research into human brain aging due to this species’ long lifespan and close phylogeni…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 AM
✨ SHINY NEW PAPER ✨
Cortico-striatal gray matter atrophy and white matter microstructural degradation across the rhesus macaque adult lifespan.
@dralisonweiss.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197458025001010
Cortico-striatal gray matter atrophy and white matter microstructural degradation across the rhesus macaque adult lifespan.
@dralisonweiss.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197458025001010
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Joshua A. Karpf, Christopher D. Kroenke, et al:
Characterization of normative fetal rhesus macaque brain development with magnetic resonance imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Characterization of normative fetal rhesus macaque brain development with magnetic resonance imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
October 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Joshua A. Karpf, Christopher D. Kroenke, et al:
Characterization of normative fetal rhesus macaque brain development with magnetic resonance imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Characterization of normative fetal rhesus macaque brain development with magnetic resonance imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Not Yet AlphaFold for the Mind: Evaluating Centaur as a Synthetic Participant arxiv.org/abs/2508.078...
Not Yet AlphaFold for the Mind: Evaluating Centaur as a Synthetic Participant
Simulators have revolutionized scientific practice across the natural sciences. By generating data that reliably approximate real-world phenomena, they enable scientists to accelerate hypothesis testi...
arxiv.org
August 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Not Yet AlphaFold for the Mind: Evaluating Centaur as a Synthetic Participant arxiv.org/abs/2508.078...
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BREAKING: Trump wants to illegally cut off $15 billion in lifesaving NIH research.
Research to cure cancer, Alzheimer's, and so much more is on the line.
These people are LYING about waste, fraud, and abuse at NIH to justify attacking medical research—we all need to say so.
My full statement. ⬇️
Research to cure cancer, Alzheimer's, and so much more is on the line.
These people are LYING about waste, fraud, and abuse at NIH to justify attacking medical research—we all need to say so.
My full statement. ⬇️
Senator Murray Slams Trump Admin for Choking Off Lifesaving NIH Medical Research - Senator Patty Murray
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on reports today that President Trump’s Office of Manageme...
www.murray.senate.gov
July 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
BREAKING: Trump wants to illegally cut off $15 billion in lifesaving NIH research.
Research to cure cancer, Alzheimer's, and so much more is on the line.
These people are LYING about waste, fraud, and abuse at NIH to justify attacking medical research—we all need to say so.
My full statement. ⬇️
Research to cure cancer, Alzheimer's, and so much more is on the line.
These people are LYING about waste, fraud, and abuse at NIH to justify attacking medical research—we all need to say so.
My full statement. ⬇️
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
July 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
New pre-print from an incredibly productive collaboration between my lab and the team led by @danielebertoglio.bsky.social
Longitudinal Investigation of Structural and Resting-State Effective Connectivity Alterations in a Non-Human Primate Model of Huntington's Disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.18.665554v1
July 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
New pre-print from an incredibly productive collaboration between my lab and the team led by @danielebertoglio.bsky.social
Very proud to work at a NHP facility with such stellar leadership and dedication to giving the animals the highest quality of life possible. now.ohsu.edu/member/post/...
ONPRC receives positive review following AAALAC site visit
The AAALAC site visit team recommended “Continued Full Accreditation with No Mandatory Findings or Suggestions for Improvement” — a rare and remarkable distinction that underscores the strength of the...
now.ohsu.edu
July 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Very proud to work at a NHP facility with such stellar leadership and dedication to giving the animals the highest quality of life possible. now.ohsu.edu/member/post/...
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Public comment on this new "no animal only studies" is open here:
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
It closes next Monday.
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
It closes next Monday.
July 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Public comment on this new "no animal only studies" is open here:
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
It closes next Monday.
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
It closes next Monday.
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2025 Conference — Simian Collective
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June 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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