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Rick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · 20d

I am excited to announce that the Johns Hopkins University Solomon H. Snyder Department has become an interdivisional department between the School of Medicine and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, unifying neuroscience research and education across the university. hub.jhu.edu/2025/09/15/j...

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OneNeuro Initiative @oneneurojhu.org · Sep 5

OneNeuro's August #FotoFriday #FluorescenceFriday contest winner is "Cellular Subtype Composition of an Amphetamine-activated Ensemble in mPFC," by Suhaas Adiraju from @martinowk.bsky.social at the @lieberinstitute.bsky.social

View the complete gallery here: www.oneneurojhu.org/art/

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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · Aug 28

The statement by Caroline Kennedy about RFK Jr has aged well www.youtube.com/shorts/fm0-a...

Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr a 'predator' | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

www.youtube.com

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Kurt Fraser @kurtfraser.bsky.social · Aug 22

My hero!!!!

OneNeuro Initiative @oneneurojhu.org · Aug 11

We are thrilled to announce that OneNeuro Co-Director Patricia Janak, Ph.D., has been elected as the 2026-2027 President of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). @janaklab.bsky.social

View the official announcement: www.sfn.org/publications...

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OneNeuro Initiative @oneneurojhu.org · Aug 20

Johns Hopkins scientists discover how a protein organizes message-carrying "bubbles" in brain synapses—advancing understanding of memory formation and learning. www.oneneurojhu.org/...
@watanabelab.bsky.social

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Rick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · Aug 21

Susan would love this !

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Rick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · Aug 19

A giant in the field! Gave some of the best talks I have ever seen.

Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · Aug 18

A legend. Was and am still inspired by his work. Sad to hear this.

The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · Aug 18

We are deeply saddened to share that our friend and colleague Jim Hudspeth passed away on Saturday. We will remember and continue to be inspired by Jim’s integrity, his humility, and his unwavering commitment to discovery.

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Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · Aug 18

A legend. Was and am still inspired by his work. Sad to hear this.

The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · Aug 18

We are deeply saddened to share that our friend and colleague Jim Hudspeth passed away on Saturday. We will remember and continue to be inspired by Jim’s integrity, his humility, and his unwavering commitment to discovery.

A. James Hudspeth, neuroscientist who unlocked secrets of hearing, has died - News

A. James Hudspeth, a Rockefeller neuroscientist who discovered how sound waves are converted into electrical signals in the ear's cochlea, died Saturday at his home in Manhattan. A pioneering scientist and dedicated mentor, he was the university's F.M. ...

www.rockefeller.edu

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Rick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · Aug 11

Go Tricia! Go Hopkins!

OneNeuro Initiative @oneneurojhu.org · Aug 11

We are thrilled to announce that OneNeuro Co-Director Patricia Janak, Ph.D., has been elected as the 2026-2027 President of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). @janaklab.bsky.social

View the official announcement: www.sfn.org/publications...

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OneNeuro Initiative @oneneurojhu.org · Aug 11

We are thrilled to announce that OneNeuro Co-Director Patricia Janak, Ph.D., has been elected as the 2026-2027 President of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). @janaklab.bsky.social

View the official announcement: www.sfn.org/publications...

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · Jul 15

Well said, Rick. I remember covering your groundbreaking work on SYNGAP many years ago for Monitor on Psychology magazine. I fully hope your research endures.

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University of Maryland School of Medicine @medschool.umaryland.edu · Jul 15

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: UMSOM researchers win $250K NIH prize for tech that delivers CRISPR across the blood-brain barrier. 🧠🧬

Led by Dr. Poulopoulos, the Crisaptics Trans-BBB Team’s work could transform treatment for Huntington’s & glioblastoma.

🔗 bit.ly/44NGUDP

#CRISPR #NIH #Neuroscience #MedEd #MedSky

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Jul 14

Dynamic extracellular interactions with AMPA receptors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.11.664166v1

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OneNeuro Initiative @oneneurojhu.org · Jul 11

The winner of OneNeuro's June #FotoFriday #FluorescenceFriday contest was submitted by Victor Omoniyi at the Marie Hardwick and Lauren Jantzie Laboratories. @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social

View the complete gallery of OneNeuro BRAINART images here:
www.oneneurojhu.org/...

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OneNeuro Initiative @oneneurojhu.org · Jul 9

"Labs like mine, working toward treatments that could transform thousands of lives, are forced to shut down projects, turn away talent, and walk away from cures within reach. It's not abstract. It's not academic. This is real. This is happening now. And it is crushing." tinyurl.com/3vt7wc99

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Rick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · Jun 30

In this essay in Hopkins Magazine, I talk about how NIH budget cuts will delay or stop the translation of basic science to the clinic and impact kids with intellectual disability, autism, and epilepsy. hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...

Research funding cuts: What's at stake

Researchers like Richard Huganir are closing in on a cure for SYNGAP1-related disorders. But in the face of federal funding cuts, can they finish what they started?

hub.jhu.edu

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OneNeuro Initiative @oneneurojhu.org · Jun 26

New gene therapy approach targets rare genetic diseases by boosting expression of autism-linked genes. "We stand on the brink of medical breakthroughs—we are so close." @jmcoller.bsky.social www.oneneurojhu.org/2025/06/26/a...

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OneNeuro Initiative @oneneurojhu.org · Jun 18

OneNeuro Discovery Awards 2025 announced. Three projects spanning School of Medicine, Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, and Bloomberg School of Public Health: axon research, psilocybin for amblyopia, and mosquito neuroscience

View the official announcement here: hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/17/j...

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jun 16

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.

This is a major win for public health.

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Ed Twomey @cryoet.bsky.social · Jun 16

Here's our new preprint led by @wdhale.bsky.social with @rhuganir.bsky.social:

"Architecture, Activation, and Conformational Plasticity in the GluA4 AMPA Receptor"

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#iGluRs #cryoEM

Some key points below that Dylan discovered:

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Rick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · Jun 10

Warning about national brain drain and the end of American Science as we know it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 9

"It's a horror show. We're under attack in every way all the time," says Sarah Kobrin, who has worked at the National Cancer Institute for more than 21 years. "We're told we're worthless. We're told we're cheats.… They're breaking things that won't be repairable."

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research

In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.

www.npr.org

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · Jun 9

“Bhattacharya later testified before Congress that it – and he – immediately became targets of suppression and censorship by those leading scientific agencies.”

This line in CNN’s piece on the Bethesda Declaration is really inexcusable. Bhattacharya was never censored. He took case to SCOTUS & lost

NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies | CNN

Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump...

www.cnn.com

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · Jun 9

The NIH has not issued a single new call for proposals since the end of January.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 9

I wanted to show support for these brave public servants and to allow others, including the scientific community, to join me. In partnership with @standupforscience.bsky.social‬, we have a way for you to do that... www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Support NIH Staff Now!

www.standupforscience.net

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