Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩🔬 🐁
@eisch.bsky.social
Philadelphia Neuroscience Professor obsessed w/dentate gyrus, mentoring, unsweet soymilk. Opinions & bad jokes are mine not my employer’s. She/her/cat.
https://sites.google.com/view/eischlab
Pics: 75% my smiling face, desk, laptop, blue sky with clouds
https://sites.google.com/view/eischlab
Pics: 75% my smiling face, desk, laptop, blue sky with clouds
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this was disappointing but not surprising to read and I hate that I have to repeat: there is NO conflict between pursuing diversity, equity and inclusion and hiring people based on merit.
“The idea behind DEI was very simple, that the composition of institutions should reflect the public they serve...But I think the left took it too far."
I'd note how status threat and reaction often drives this feeling: "the left took it too far," and it serves to justify wrecking.
I'd note how status threat and reaction often drives this feeling: "the left took it too far," and it serves to justify wrecking.
Which of Trump’s upheavals in U.S. science are likely to stick?
A future president could reverse many changes, but greater White House control of science agencies may be here to stay
www.science.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:45 AM
this was disappointing but not surprising to read and I hate that I have to repeat: there is NO conflict between pursuing diversity, equity and inclusion and hiring people based on merit.
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🧪IMPORTANT! This graphic explains how science all over the US is funded. Congress approved a 2% increase in the #NIH budget for FY 26.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
January 22, 2026 at 1:25 AM
🧪IMPORTANT! This graphic explains how science all over the US is funded. Congress approved a 2% increase in the #NIH budget for FY 26.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
Buried in the bill-
Shift of ~40% of grants to MYF. This will still result in a 35% DECREASE in the NUMBER of grants funded per yr.
Russel Vought is behind this.
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Are you a wetlab scientist with some code you know you *should* be tracking with git, but you're not sure where to start? Been there! Don't keep putting it off - the sooner you start, the sooner you'll see what all the fuss is about! 🧪
emptymodels.substack.com/p/intro-to-g...
emptymodels.substack.com/p/intro-to-g...
Intro to git and github for wetlab scientists
Git is a powerful tool for keeping track of code, but it can also be used for anything text-based which, let's face it, is a lot what scientists need to keep track of.
emptymodels.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Are you a wetlab scientist with some code you know you *should* be tracking with git, but you're not sure where to start? Been there! Don't keep putting it off - the sooner you start, the sooner you'll see what all the fuss is about! 🧪
emptymodels.substack.com/p/intro-to-g...
emptymodels.substack.com/p/intro-to-g...
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In a new paper, I delve into these two findings and muse on when prediction might help vs. hurt memory (and discuss why this matters for models of memory and the hippocampus). This is my first solo-author paper, and I had a lot of fun putting these ideas on paper! direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
How Prediction of the Future Affects Encoding of the Present: Cooperation or Competition?
Abstract. Each day brings new experiences and the opportunity to form new episodic memories. However, our everyday experiences are not isolated episodes; rather, there is significant spatial and tempo...
direct.mit.edu
January 20, 2026 at 9:45 PM
In a new paper, I delve into these two findings and muse on when prediction might help vs. hurt memory (and discuss why this matters for models of memory and the hippocampus). This is my first solo-author paper, and I had a lot of fun putting these ideas on paper! direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
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Congrats @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social and colleagues on this super cool and intriguing story on the role of dietary amino acids in regulating NLRP3 inflammasome activation by controlling translation of the ASC adapter! 🤯🙌🏼
Thrilled to share our new preprint showing that dietary amino acids license the NLRP3 inflammasome via mTOR-dependent mRNA translation! Congrats to co-1st authors @mikelhaggadone.bsky.social, Brian Goldspiel, co-senior author @metabailism.bsky.social & collaborators! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 22, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Congrats @sunnyshinlab.bsky.social and colleagues on this super cool and intriguing story on the role of dietary amino acids in regulating NLRP3 inflammasome activation by controlling translation of the ASC adapter! 🤯🙌🏼
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Now out in @nature.com: Biological insights into schizophrenia from ancestrally diverse populations.
@sinaibrain.bsky.social @sinaigenetics.bsky.social cs.bsky.social @timbigdeli.bsky.social #CDNeurogenomics #MountSinaiPsych #MillionVeteranProgram and many collaborators
Read: rdcu.be/eZ7he
@sinaibrain.bsky.social @sinaigenetics.bsky.social cs.bsky.social @timbigdeli.bsky.social #CDNeurogenomics #MountSinaiPsych #MillionVeteranProgram and many collaborators
Read: rdcu.be/eZ7he
Biological insights into schizophrenia from ancestrally diverse populations
Nature - Genome-wide association studies incorporating data for populations of African ancestry provide an expanded view of the genetic basis of schizophrenia, which has previously been studied...
rdcu.be
January 21, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Now out in @nature.com: Biological insights into schizophrenia from ancestrally diverse populations.
@sinaibrain.bsky.social @sinaigenetics.bsky.social cs.bsky.social @timbigdeli.bsky.social #CDNeurogenomics #MountSinaiPsych #MillionVeteranProgram and many collaborators
Read: rdcu.be/eZ7he
@sinaibrain.bsky.social @sinaigenetics.bsky.social cs.bsky.social @timbigdeli.bsky.social #CDNeurogenomics #MountSinaiPsych #MillionVeteranProgram and many collaborators
Read: rdcu.be/eZ7he
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The connection between viral infection and other apparently unrelated diseases — HPV ➡️ cervical cancer; Epstein-Barr Virus (mono) ➡️ multiple sclerosis (MS); and increasingly looking like herpes zoster (shingles) ➡️ dementia — is probably the most paradigm-shifting medical discovery of my lifetime. 🧪
The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging.
erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
Spotlight on the Shingles Vaccine—Again!
Two new studies add to a remarkable body of evidence for benefit
erictopol.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The connection between viral infection and other apparently unrelated diseases — HPV ➡️ cervical cancer; Epstein-Barr Virus (mono) ➡️ multiple sclerosis (MS); and increasingly looking like herpes zoster (shingles) ➡️ dementia — is probably the most paradigm-shifting medical discovery of my lifetime. 🧪
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Yale needs me to complete a research security training required for all PIs on Federal Agency Grants, except somebody mistyped it and it's a training for all PIs on FERAL AGENCY GRANTS, which is ... not entirely wrong i guess
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Yale needs me to complete a research security training required for all PIs on Federal Agency Grants, except somebody mistyped it and it's a training for all PIs on FERAL AGENCY GRANTS, which is ... not entirely wrong i guess
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Registration is filling up fast!
🚨Registration for the N American stress meeting is now open!!🚨
Really excited to be part of it and host the event in the @crchum.bsky.social in Montréal this June!
www.stress2026.com/registration
Really excited to be part of it and host the event in the @crchum.bsky.social in Montréal this June!
www.stress2026.com/registration
January 19, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Registration is filling up fast!
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🚨Registration for the N American stress meeting is now open!!🚨
Really excited to be part of it and host the event in the @crchum.bsky.social in Montréal this June!
www.stress2026.com/registration
Really excited to be part of it and host the event in the @crchum.bsky.social in Montréal this June!
www.stress2026.com/registration
January 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
🚨Registration for the N American stress meeting is now open!!🚨
Really excited to be part of it and host the event in the @crchum.bsky.social in Montréal this June!
www.stress2026.com/registration
Really excited to be part of it and host the event in the @crchum.bsky.social in Montréal this June!
www.stress2026.com/registration
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Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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ICE’s actions tear families apart, intimidate communities, & undermine the conditions that make education, research, healthcare, & public trust possible.
We’re calling on scientists to join the general anti-ICE strike in Minnesota on January 23rd.
We’re calling on scientists to join the general anti-ICE strike in Minnesota on January 23rd.
January 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
ICE’s actions tear families apart, intimidate communities, & undermine the conditions that make education, research, healthcare, & public trust possible.
We’re calling on scientists to join the general anti-ICE strike in Minnesota on January 23rd.
We’re calling on scientists to join the general anti-ICE strike in Minnesota on January 23rd.
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This just in: Deadline to submit poster abstracts and for travel award consideration has been extended to tomorrow, January 20, 2026! Submit your abstracts and join us for the 2026 Annual OSSD Meeting at the Hilton Waikoloa Village in Kona, Hawaii, May 12-16, 2026! More info below:
#OSSD #SABV
#OSSD #SABV
January 19, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Oh, oh my. I need to go through this closely, and as noted earlier NN has a history. But my first read is wow www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Investigating the methodological foundation of lesion network mapping - Nature Neuroscience
The lesion network mapping method links diverse brain lesions to similar functional brain networks, reflecting general brain organization rather than disorder-specific circuits.
www.nature.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Oh, oh my. I need to go through this closely, and as noted earlier NN has a history. But my first read is wow www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Time Cells in the Human Brain Support Working Memory Maintenance
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Time Cells in the Human Brain Support Working Memory Maintenance
Working memory (WM), the active retention of information over short periods, is a fundamental cognitive function, yet its underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear. In rodents, cue-selective "time c...
www.biorxiv.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Time Cells in the Human Brain Support Working Memory Maintenance
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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I’m very happy to share the latest from my lab published in @Nature
Hippocampal neurons that initially encode reward shift their tuning over the course of days to precede or predict reward.
Full text here:
rdcu.be/eY5nh
Hippocampal neurons that initially encode reward shift their tuning over the course of days to precede or predict reward.
Full text here:
rdcu.be/eY5nh
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I’m very happy to share the latest from my lab published in @Nature
Hippocampal neurons that initially encode reward shift their tuning over the course of days to precede or predict reward.
Full text here:
rdcu.be/eY5nh
Hippocampal neurons that initially encode reward shift their tuning over the course of days to precede or predict reward.
Full text here:
rdcu.be/eY5nh
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“A unifying account of replay as context-driven memory reactivation” doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Been waiting for this one for a while! Congrats @annaschapiro.bsky.social @neurozz.bsky.social
Been waiting for this one for a while! Congrats @annaschapiro.bsky.social @neurozz.bsky.social
A unifying account of replay as context-driven memory reactivation
A context-driven memory model simulates a wide range of characteristics of waking and sleeping hippocampal replay, providing a new account of how and why replay occurs.
doi.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:28 PM
“A unifying account of replay as context-driven memory reactivation” doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Been waiting for this one for a while! Congrats @annaschapiro.bsky.social @neurozz.bsky.social
Been waiting for this one for a while! Congrats @annaschapiro.bsky.social @neurozz.bsky.social
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I see that starter packs are a thing again
Here is a link to >100 biomedical/mol/cell starter packs that I compiled last year
An encyclopaedia of #StarterPacks
Maybe a bit out of date but hope it helps new @bsky.app arrivals (to whom, welcome)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Here is a link to >100 biomedical/mol/cell starter packs that I compiled last year
An encyclopaedia of #StarterPacks
Maybe a bit out of date but hope it helps new @bsky.app arrivals (to whom, welcome)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
@mjafreeman.bsky.social's encyclopedia of Bluesky starter packs for 'mechanistic' biologists
docs.google.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I see that starter packs are a thing again
Here is a link to >100 biomedical/mol/cell starter packs that I compiled last year
An encyclopaedia of #StarterPacks
Maybe a bit out of date but hope it helps new @bsky.app arrivals (to whom, welcome)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Here is a link to >100 biomedical/mol/cell starter packs that I compiled last year
An encyclopaedia of #StarterPacks
Maybe a bit out of date but hope it helps new @bsky.app arrivals (to whom, welcome)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Here is some actual data, presented in an effective warming, regarding global warming.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWoC...
7/10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWoC...
7/10
Climate Spiral
YouTube video by ARHCIVED - NASA Climate Change
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Here is some actual data, presented in an effective warming, regarding global warming.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWoC...
7/10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWoC...
7/10
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Inside you are two wolves.
One remembers to put everything on OSF because openness and transparency matter.
The other forgets to make the page public because you have the attention span of a fruit fly
One remembers to put everything on OSF because openness and transparency matter.
The other forgets to make the page public because you have the attention span of a fruit fly
January 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Inside you are two wolves.
One remembers to put everything on OSF because openness and transparency matter.
The other forgets to make the page public because you have the attention span of a fruit fly
One remembers to put everything on OSF because openness and transparency matter.
The other forgets to make the page public because you have the attention span of a fruit fly
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Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
Reposted by Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩🔬 🐁
As we head into the new year, a reminder that if you're recruiting or looking for a job in Neuroscience (or adjacent) add #NeuroJobs to your post to appear on the NeuroJobs feed.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#NeuroSkyence
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#NeuroSkyence
January 13, 2026 at 9:44 PM
As we head into the new year, a reminder that if you're recruiting or looking for a job in Neuroscience (or adjacent) add #NeuroJobs to your post to appear on the NeuroJobs feed.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#NeuroSkyence
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#NeuroSkyence