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A neuronal gene that loops the loop
Noncoding RNA controls the expression of a gene implicated in drug- and stress-induced behaviors
www.science.org
It's my pleasure to share our perspective on phenomenal new research out from Rose Akiki in the Cowan and Taniguchi labs.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Extremely proud of Rachael @neurohoke.bsky.social and Kiara for this work. I have learned so much working with @talliezee.bsky.social and the whole team.
Check out our new paper, investigating the role of estrogen in stress-induced memory disruptions. 🧠 online now!
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
@talliezee.bsky.social @eahellerphd.bsky.social
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
@talliezee.bsky.social @eahellerphd.bsky.social
Hippocampal estrogen levels, receptor types, and epigenetics contribute to sex-specific memory vulnerabilities to concurrent acute stresses
Acute concurrent stresses provoke lasting, sex-dependent memory problems. Hokenson,
Rodríguez-Acevedo, et al. find that high hippocampal estrogen levels in mice generate
permissive chromatin states, a...
www.cell.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Extremely proud of Rachael @neurohoke.bsky.social and Kiara for this work. I have learned so much working with @talliezee.bsky.social and the whole team.
I have room for an undergrad summer student.
February 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I have room for an undergrad summer student.
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Comme un igloo
Homewood campus, Johns Hopkins University
Homewood campus, Johns Hopkins University
January 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Comme un igloo
Homewood campus, Johns Hopkins University
Homewood campus, Johns Hopkins University
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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Just spoke to The Hill about how the dismantling of the NIH is impacting science in America. We still face a cliff of unfathomable heights, w easily 1000+ labs poised to close in the next year due to funding ending. A generation of young scientists lost because there is nowhere for them to train.
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Just spoke to The Hill about how the dismantling of the NIH is impacting science in America. We still face a cliff of unfathomable heights, w easily 1000+ labs poised to close in the next year due to funding ending. A generation of young scientists lost because there is nowhere for them to train.
big ups to #eneuro @sfnjournals.bsky.social for Reviewer Consultation. Peer review is essential to generating rigorous science and communicating it clearly. Yet authors get bogged down with many requests. #eneuro's approach to address this using reviewer consultation and consensus is a win for all.
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
big ups to #eneuro @sfnjournals.bsky.social for Reviewer Consultation. Peer review is essential to generating rigorous science and communicating it clearly. Yet authors get bogged down with many requests. #eneuro's approach to address this using reviewer consultation and consensus is a win for all.
Thank you @ericjnestler.bsky.social and Marcelo Wood for the nomination 🤩
January 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Thank you @ericjnestler.bsky.social and Marcelo Wood for the nomination 🤩
To our colleagues at Brown, my heart is broken. I send my deepest sympathy.
December 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
To our colleagues at Brown, my heart is broken. I send my deepest sympathy.
Submitted my grant today for the December 8th deadline. Not Dec 10 - I don't have cs anymore since my ss was dissolved. Dec 8 would have been November 19th which would have been November 5th since I had study section on November 12th to 13th which is actually on January 12th to 13th. Any questions?
December 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Submitted my grant today for the December 8th deadline. Not Dec 10 - I don't have cs anymore since my ss was dissolved. Dec 8 would have been November 19th which would have been November 5th since I had study section on November 12th to 13th which is actually on January 12th to 13th. Any questions?
feeling very inspired serving on study section right now
thank you to the pos/sros/etc that are working the long hours
thank you to the pos/sros/etc that are working the long hours
Here we go. Its ALL #NIHGrant applications. Dec 8 is the new deadline. And a one page prelim data update will be accepted for all May Council submissions. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-012: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations NOT-...
grants.nih.gov
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
feeling very inspired serving on study section right now
thank you to the pos/sros/etc that are working the long hours
thank you to the pos/sros/etc that are working the long hours
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Tomorrow is the last day to register for our in-person event!
Join us, and our incredible lineup of speakers, on the UCSD campus Nov 15 from 9am-1pm. Registration is free!
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Join us, and our incredible lineup of speakers, on the UCSD campus Nov 15 from 9am-1pm. Registration is free!
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October 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow is the last day to register for our in-person event!
Join us, and our incredible lineup of speakers, on the UCSD campus Nov 15 from 9am-1pm. Registration is free!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us, and our incredible lineup of speakers, on the UCSD campus Nov 15 from 9am-1pm. Registration is free!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@mikefeigin.bsky.social
I miss very little about scitwitter but your bagel pics brightened my day! Here is my kids' lunches for today. You can't see the capers because they are tucked safely into the cream cheese UNDER the lox 😉
I miss very little about scitwitter but your bagel pics brightened my day! Here is my kids' lunches for today. You can't see the capers because they are tucked safely into the cream cheese UNDER the lox 😉
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@mikefeigin.bsky.social
I miss very little about scitwitter but your bagel pics brightened my day! Here is my kids' lunches for today. You can't see the capers because they are tucked safely into the cream cheese UNDER the lox 😉
I miss very little about scitwitter but your bagel pics brightened my day! Here is my kids' lunches for today. You can't see the capers because they are tucked safely into the cream cheese UNDER the lox 😉
sometimes as a reviewer you stumble upon the biosketch of someone you really admire, and can just stan for a while
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
sometimes as a reviewer you stumble upon the biosketch of someone you really admire, and can just stan for a while
tfw your calendar is devoid of meetings and you wonder if you are supposed to be on a trip
September 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
tfw your calendar is devoid of meetings and you wonder if you are supposed to be on a trip
Department of Mother Nature:
CpG demethylation of the paternal H19-DMR allele decreases Igf2 expression and increases H19 expression through imprinted epigenetic regulation of CTCF binding.
www.nature.com/articles/nco...
CpG demethylation of the paternal H19-DMR allele decreases Igf2 expression and increases H19 expression through imprinted epigenetic regulation of CTCF binding.
www.nature.com/articles/nco...
July 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Department of Mother Nature:
CpG demethylation of the paternal H19-DMR allele decreases Igf2 expression and increases H19 expression through imprinted epigenetic regulation of CTCF binding.
www.nature.com/articles/nco...
CpG demethylation of the paternal H19-DMR allele decreases Igf2 expression and increases H19 expression through imprinted epigenetic regulation of CTCF binding.
www.nature.com/articles/nco...
just finished polishing the chrome on the titanic!
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
just finished polishing the chrome on the titanic!
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#Psilocybin enhances fear extinction, suppresses fear neurons and recruits extinction neurons in the retrosplenial cortex in mice
@flybottleescape.bsky.social @eahellerphd.bsky.social SynapticSoph.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@flybottleescape.bsky.social @eahellerphd.bsky.social SynapticSoph.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
synapticsoph.bsky.social
SynapticSoph.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#Psilocybin enhances fear extinction, suppresses fear neurons and recruits extinction neurons in the retrosplenial cortex in mice
@flybottleescape.bsky.social @eahellerphd.bsky.social SynapticSoph.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@flybottleescape.bsky.social @eahellerphd.bsky.social SynapticSoph.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
infographics at their best... and worst
(lmk paywall issues with link? my dad gifted it to me)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(lmk paywall issues with link? my dad gifted it to me)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
infographics at their best... and worst
(lmk paywall issues with link? my dad gifted it to me)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(lmk paywall issues with link? my dad gifted it to me)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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So excited to share the work of the fantastic Katarzyna, 1st 🧪PhD student of my lab 🧠, out in @natureneuro.bsky.social 🥂🥳
Cheers to the team, thanks to our precious collaborators and support from @braincanada.bsky.social #CIHR @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #newPI
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cheers to the team, thanks to our precious collaborators and support from @braincanada.bsky.social #CIHR @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #newPI
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Astrocytic cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes resilience by dampening stress-induced blood–brain barrier alterations - Nature Neuroscience
The mechanisms of neurovascular adaptations underlying stress resilience remain unclear. Here the authors show that the astrocytic endocannabinoid system modulates the blood–brain barrier changes duri...
www.nature.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
So excited to share the work of the fantastic Katarzyna, 1st 🧪PhD student of my lab 🧠, out in @natureneuro.bsky.social 🥂🥳
Cheers to the team, thanks to our precious collaborators and support from @braincanada.bsky.social #CIHR @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #newPI
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cheers to the team, thanks to our precious collaborators and support from @braincanada.bsky.social #CIHR @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #newPI
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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As someone who has spent the last 25 years studying sex differences in brain function and behavior and the last 10 advocating (loudly) for SABV and working to help my colleagues implement the policy into their work, this is utterly heartbreaking.
Great write up at @thetransmitter.bsky.social on the seeming erasure of SABV in the new era of NIH. Gotta say The Transmitter is killing it the last few weeks, first to report on the Federal Register block and now this. Leading the charge! 💪 www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As someone who has spent the last 25 years studying sex differences in brain function and behavior and the last 10 advocating (loudly) for SABV and working to help my colleagues implement the policy into their work, this is utterly heartbreaking.
Come through!! @pennmedicine.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Come through!! @pennmedicine.bsky.social
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💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
February 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)