Lauer Lab
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Hearing loss & sometimes balance scientists; comparative models and humans; DEIA in sci & med; early career mentoring; ears brains in between; we love critters; good lab snacks; research ethics; oto history; ice cream; Baltimore; Johns Hopkins SOM👂🦻🧠🔬�
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@lauerlab.bsky.social
· Sep 4
Bird Ear Study--Hearing & Balance
High resolution CT imaging of a woodpecker ear
aspire.hopkinsmedicine.org
Please consider donating to support student/postdoc research projects looking at bird ears! This type If work isn’t a federal funding priority, but the trainees can do so much with a little bit of $$$ for microCT and histology aspire.hopkinsmedicine.org/project/46844 @gracecapshaw.bsky.social
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Our Mail System: sorry academic spam is so hard to filter, hope you don’t mind getting > 10 Greetings of the day.
Also our Mail System: I seem to have blocked the mail from the journal for which you requested a password reset so it won’t arrive no matter how often you try 🥳
#AcademicChatter
Also our Mail System: I seem to have blocked the mail from the journal for which you requested a password reset so it won’t arrive no matter how often you try 🥳
#AcademicChatter
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Our Mail System: sorry academic spam is so hard to filter, hope you don’t mind getting > 10 Greetings of the day.
Also our Mail System: I seem to have blocked the mail from the journal for which you requested a password reset so it won’t arrive no matter how often you try 🥳
#AcademicChatter
Also our Mail System: I seem to have blocked the mail from the journal for which you requested a password reset so it won’t arrive no matter how often you try 🥳
#AcademicChatter
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Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
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@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol!
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol!
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
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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 6:52 PM
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...
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Heard an established successful neuroscientist dismissing junior scientists as "people at the bottom" 🤦♀️
You folks with lots of research funds & power: young scientists more than ever need our respect and support even if you don't agree with their ideas and approaches
#sfn2025
You folks with lots of research funds & power: young scientists more than ever need our respect and support even if you don't agree with their ideas and approaches
#sfn2025
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Heard an established successful neuroscientist dismissing junior scientists as "people at the bottom" 🤦♀️
You folks with lots of research funds & power: young scientists more than ever need our respect and support even if you don't agree with their ideas and approaches
#sfn2025
You folks with lots of research funds & power: young scientists more than ever need our respect and support even if you don't agree with their ideas and approaches
#sfn2025
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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🧪 More than 74,000 people were affected by the cancellation of 383 clinical trials funded by the #NIH.
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
🧪 More than 74,000 people were affected by the cancellation of 383 clinical trials funded by the #NIH.
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
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My favorite from an @hhmi.org scientist: “the great thing about optogenetics is it keeps the riff raff out of the field.”
Heard an established successful neuroscientist dismissing junior scientists as "people at the bottom" 🤦♀️
You folks with lots of research funds & power: young scientists more than ever need our respect and support even if you don't agree with their ideas and approaches
#sfn2025
You folks with lots of research funds & power: young scientists more than ever need our respect and support even if you don't agree with their ideas and approaches
#sfn2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My favorite from an @hhmi.org scientist: “the great thing about optogenetics is it keeps the riff raff out of the field.”
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Making it harder for people, mostly women, to go into these fields will just make things worse for everyone as existing shortages get exacerbated. Notice theology and chiropractor degrees are still considered “professional” while nursing and public health, eg, are not.
I think this should get more media attention, but it won't. People are just going to find out the hard way.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Making it harder for people, mostly women, to go into these fields will just make things worse for everyone as existing shortages get exacerbated. Notice theology and chiropractor degrees are still considered “professional” while nursing and public health, eg, are not.
Super interesting piece by our collaborator Amy Balanoff www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Dinosaur Brain Science Is Revealing the Senses of T. rex and Its Prey
New fossils and analytical tools provide unprecedented insights into dinosaur sensory perception
www.scientificamerican.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Super interesting piece by our collaborator Amy Balanoff www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
This 3D printer is so cool! Human temporal bones being printed with Simubone filament.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This 3D printer is so cool! Human temporal bones being printed with Simubone filament.
Pleased to share our new publication showing selective vulnerability of the low, low spont auditory nerve fibers to noise exposure. These fibers are though to be important for hearing in noise www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Increased vulnerability to noise exposure of low spontaneous rate type 1C spiral ganglion neuron synapses with inner hair cells
The inner hair cells (IHCs) in the inner ear form synapses with auditory nerve fibers (ANFs) that send sound signals to the brain. ANFs have been grou…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Pleased to share our new publication showing selective vulnerability of the low, low spont auditory nerve fibers to noise exposure. These fibers are though to be important for hearing in noise www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My office tomato plant is a metaphor for securing research funding in this climate. Many buds, one little tomato🤣
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My office tomato plant is a metaphor for securing research funding in this climate. Many buds, one little tomato🤣
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Notice of early expiration of NIH SBIR/STTR funding announcements.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
If anyone knows the backstory, please share.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
If anyone knows the backstory, please share.
NOT-OD-26-006: Notice of Early Expiration of NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Notices of Funding Opportunity and Guidance for Existing Recipi...
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Early Expiration of NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STT...
grants.nih.gov
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Notice of early expiration of NIH SBIR/STTR funding announcements.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
If anyone knows the backstory, please share.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
If anyone knows the backstory, please share.
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Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
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Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
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In our latest Postdoc Perspectives essay, Dana Rubi Levy, Kevin Mastro and Michael Ryan argue that some age-related changes in the brain are not solely the result of cognitive decline but rather part of a larger adaptive process.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/aging/aging-...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/aging/aging-...
Aging as adaptation
Some age-related changes in the brain and in behavior are not solely the result of cognitive decline but rather part of a larger adaptive process.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In our latest Postdoc Perspectives essay, Dana Rubi Levy, Kevin Mastro and Michael Ryan argue that some age-related changes in the brain are not solely the result of cognitive decline but rather part of a larger adaptive process.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/aging/aging-...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/aging/aging-...
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Media are encouraged to participate in a series of virtual press conferences, featuring a selection of the latest advancements in the science of sound, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, and Thursday, Dec. 4. https://acoustics.org/asa-invites-media-to-acoustics-meeting-in-honolulu-dec-1-5/
#ASA_ASJ2025 #ASA189
#ASA_ASJ2025 #ASA189
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Media are encouraged to participate in a series of virtual press conferences, featuring a selection of the latest advancements in the science of sound, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, and Thursday, Dec. 4. https://acoustics.org/asa-invites-media-to-acoustics-meeting-in-honolulu-dec-1-5/
#ASA_ASJ2025 #ASA189
#ASA_ASJ2025 #ASA189
Dear friends, please send your good wishes as I am about to submit an expense reimbursement request in Concur after many months of not using the platform. 🤣🥺✈️💰😩
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Dear friends, please send your good wishes as I am about to submit an expense reimbursement request in Concur after many months of not using the platform. 🤣🥺✈️💰😩
Last week we held the second in person auditory efferents study group meeting at the beautiful HWK facility in Delmenhorst, Germany. I absolutely loved immersing myself in our niche subfield with these people! See you all next year!
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Last week we held the second in person auditory efferents study group meeting at the beautiful HWK facility in Delmenhorst, Germany. I absolutely loved immersing myself in our niche subfield with these people! See you all next year!
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SfN 2025 Art of Neuroscience
Full list of Exhibitors
artologica.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It screwed up our layover plans, but Iceland sure is gorgeous after a historic blizzard 🥶
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It screwed up our layover plans, but Iceland sure is gorgeous after a historic blizzard 🥶
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During the furlough, we've organized #FEDstrong days of service in our communities. Today, eight of us recovered food for Nourish Now. Last week at @nihvigils.bsky.social with @27unihted.bsky.social's leadership, the #NIH community donated more than 450 pounds of food to Manna Food Bank.
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
During the furlough, we've organized #FEDstrong days of service in our communities. Today, eight of us recovered food for Nourish Now. Last week at @nihvigils.bsky.social with @27unihted.bsky.social's leadership, the #NIH community donated more than 450 pounds of food to Manna Food Bank.
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Heyyyy we desperately need more archaeologists to volunteer to answer questions from students via video chat through @skypeascientist.bsky.social.
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Sign Up
Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.
www.skypeascientist.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Heyyyy we desperately need more archaeologists to volunteer to answer questions from students via video chat through @skypeascientist.bsky.social.
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html