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Mazen Kheirbek @mazenkheirbek.bsky.social · Jul 30

New paper from the lab, from Jeremy Biane and team, out today, characterizing the principles of stimulus feature coding in populations of ventral CA1 neurons.

Neuron @cp-neuron.bsky.social · Jul 30

Online now:

Representations of stimulus features in the ventral hippocampus

The ventral hippocampus (vHPC) controls emotional response to environmental cues, yet the mechanisms are unclear. Biane et al. examine how positive and negative experiences are encoded by vHPC ensembles, showing that vCA1 does not contain generalized representations of valence but rather discriminates salient stimuli based on their identity and sensory features.

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Jun 16

"I've sat on this bench now for 40 years. And I've never seen evidence of racial discrimination like this."

"How can this be? I don't see anyone pushing back against it??"

Calls out doctors and other senior administration officials as named defendants for not standing up to racial discrimination.

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Mark Gergues @markgergues.bsky.social · Jun 13

Congrats Marii!! Looking forward to reading 🔥

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Jun 10

Gonna fact check Jay B on his lies to the Senate in real time. Follow along for what promises to be a deeply annoying time.
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

www.appropriations.senate.gov

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Mark Gergues @markgergues.bsky.social · Jun 5

Slow roll it and do the BARE minimum. Like single word sentences

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Mark Gergues @markgergues.bsky.social · Jun 5

🤷🏽‍♂️ im not doing squat. But thats just me being bitter lol

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · Jun 2

NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.

The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.

www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...

“Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya

Widespread dissatisfaction over the NIH’s “continuous free fall” has people speaking out.

www.importantcontext.news

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Mark Gergues @markgergues.bsky.social · May 16

^ 😭😭

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · May 9

BREAKING: New Jersey mayor Ras Baraka has been arrested at an ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting U.S. attorney says.

New Jersey mayor arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says

A federal prosecutor says the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, has been arrested at a federal immigration detention center where he was protesting its opening.

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Mark Gergues @markgergues.bsky.social · May 8

Why does searching in Outlook have to be so aggravatingly ineffective? 😮‍💨

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Mark Gergues @markgergues.bsky.social · May 2

Can you do this either way 😂😂

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Mari Sosa @marisosa.bsky.social · Apr 25

Exciting news!! I’m joining the tenure-track faculty at University of Colorado Boulder this fall as an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience!

The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵

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Mark Gergues @markgergues.bsky.social · Apr 25

Omg congrats Mari!!!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 23

The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.

Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...

www.federalregister.gov

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Mark Gergues @markgergues.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congrats!!! Very exciting

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Mark Gergues @markgergues.bsky.social · Apr 10

Congrats Kirstie!!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · Apr 4

Hi everyone, we are petitioning them to reconsider, if you are willing to co-sign our rebuttal because you or your trainees are personally interested in attending such a workshop, please add your name and professional affiliation to the end of the following document! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Mark Gergues @markgergues.bsky.social · Apr 5

Congrats!!

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ACLU @aclu.org · Apr 2

BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.

This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Mar 15

Say it with me: HIGHER ED IS AN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL ENGINE FOR OUR COUNTRY

ESPECIALLY PUBLIC HIGHER ED

Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · Mar 15

‘“The people who are attacking higher education are talking nonstop,” said Holden Thorp, a chemist and former university administrator who runs the Science family of journals. “And the people leading higher education are not saying very much.”’

Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education

This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Gergues @markgergues.bsky.social · Mar 12

😓😭

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Susanne Ahmari @ahmarilab.bsky.social · Feb 20

👏👏👏 McKnight Foundation statement:

"Despite recent events, actions, and executive orders, we remain steadfast in advancing climate solutions and racial equity across every part of our work, and committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values of our Foundation." 💪💪💪

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David Schneider @schneiderneuro.bsky.social · Feb 20

Compare and contrast the emails from McKnight (left) and Chan-Zuckerberg (right). Proud to be part of the McKnight community.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 16

Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78)

I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine

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Raymundo D Hernandez, PhD @rhernandezphd.bsky.social · Feb 14

Young researchers are essential for us to improve human health and society.

The fear and confusion caused by current administration has real consequences that real people have to face.

Help tell their story and support science across the US.

#research #science #neurosky #neuroskyence #STEAM #STEM

‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux

Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.

www.thetransmitter.org

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