Dr. Liz Kirby
@thekirbylab.bsky.social
Assoc prof in Psych dept at Ohio State University. PI of a neural stem cell-focused lab. Check us out: u.osu.edu/kirbylab
Also cats.
Also cats.
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Dr. Liz Kirby
@thekirbylab.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.
openstax.org/details/book...
openstax.org/details/book...
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
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"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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“The number of cyberattacks is not relenting”
Hackers are ramping up attacks on academic institutions to access valuable data and to demand ransoms
go.nature.com/49tiOCc
Hackers are ramping up attacks on academic institutions to access valuable data and to demand ransoms
go.nature.com/49tiOCc
Cyberattacks' harm to universities is growing — and so are their effects on research
Hackers are ramping up attacks on academic institutions to access valuable data and to demand ransoms.
go.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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This is misinformation by default, so if you're a journal and you use AI slop for your cover or your announcements, you're not scientific in any way and should be shamed mercilessly 🧪
AI slop gracing the cover of Royal Society B. Not only in AI yellow but scientifically nonsensical. Come on. I'm certain human photographs and artworks were ignored to platform ... this.
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is misinformation by default, so if you're a journal and you use AI slop for your cover or your announcements, you're not scientific in any way and should be shamed mercilessly 🧪
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Apropos of... well...
I'm reviewing applications for a variety of things right now and can tell when letters are written by AI. There aren't many of them but they do exist. They are... not good.
If you're an academic trainee, choose your mentors wisely.
I'm reviewing applications for a variety of things right now and can tell when letters are written by AI. There aren't many of them but they do exist. They are... not good.
If you're an academic trainee, choose your mentors wisely.
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Apropos of... well...
I'm reviewing applications for a variety of things right now and can tell when letters are written by AI. There aren't many of them but they do exist. They are... not good.
If you're an academic trainee, choose your mentors wisely.
I'm reviewing applications for a variety of things right now and can tell when letters are written by AI. There aren't many of them but they do exist. They are... not good.
If you're an academic trainee, choose your mentors wisely.
If only the intern that picked this image had read the AI section of my course syllabus. Could have saved them and their otherwise reputable journal some serious embarrassment.
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If only the intern that picked this image had read the AI section of my course syllabus. Could have saved them and their otherwise reputable journal some serious embarrassment.
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Hey, just because AI knows about those arm-organs and you don't isn't a reason to get mad 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hey, just because AI knows about those arm-organs and you don't isn't a reason to get mad 🤣
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We have written two reviews providing a practical guide and fundamentals of cell migration:
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We have written two reviews providing a practical guide and fundamentals of cell migration:
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
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Thousands of No Kings protesters stage peaceful demonstration at Ohio Statehouse #NoKings ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/18/t...
Thousands of No Kings protesters stage peaceful demonstration at Ohio Statehouse • Ohio Capital Journal
Thousands of 'No Kings' protesters demonstrated peacefully Saturday afternoon against the Trump administration at the Ohio Statehouse.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Thousands of No Kings protesters stage peaceful demonstration at Ohio Statehouse #NoKings ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/18/t...
Just updated my AI policy for my course next spring. Added a section about using AI "to study".
October 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Just updated my AI policy for my course next spring. Added a section about using AI "to study".
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Thank You MIT. Now who's next?
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thank You MIT. Now who's next?
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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MIT Rejects the Compact!
I am so proud.
"The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ...
I am so proud.
"The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ...
October 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
MIT Rejects the Compact!
I am so proud.
"The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ...
I am so proud.
"The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ...
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For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
Assistant Professor (Neuroscience, Tenure Track) - Lethbridge (City), Alberta (CA) job with University of Lethbridge | 39049
Assistant Professor (tenure track) of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
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💥 OpenStax just hit $3 billion in student savings!
We’re proud to serve the educators and institutions that make access a reality. Let's keep making an amazing education accessible to all, together!
https://openstax.org/press/openstax-surpasses-3b-in-student-savings-grows-beyond-textbooks
We’re proud to serve the educators and institutions that make access a reality. Let's keep making an amazing education accessible to all, together!
https://openstax.org/press/openstax-surpasses-3b-in-student-savings-grows-beyond-textbooks
October 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
💥 OpenStax just hit $3 billion in student savings!
We’re proud to serve the educators and institutions that make access a reality. Let's keep making an amazing education accessible to all, together!
https://openstax.org/press/openstax-surpasses-3b-in-student-savings-grows-beyond-textbooks
We’re proud to serve the educators and institutions that make access a reality. Let's keep making an amazing education accessible to all, together!
https://openstax.org/press/openstax-surpasses-3b-in-student-savings-grows-beyond-textbooks
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It's Avril Lavigne's birthday today, so we are contractually obligated to re-share this banger from our archives.
The Girl from Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” Responds 18 Years Later
I’m the unnamed girl from Avril Lavigne’s 2002 hit, “Sk8er Boi” and I’m here to set the record straight after 18 years of silence. I’m finally read...
buff.ly
September 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's Avril Lavigne's birthday today, so we are contractually obligated to re-share this banger from our archives.
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NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
NSF GRFP solicitation is up! Eligibility has changed! Second year grad students are no longer eligible. Only first years, senior undergrads and those in between. Deadlines moved back a bit from late October to early November.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NSF GRFP solicitation is up! Eligibility has changed! Second year grad students are no longer eligible. Only first years, senior undergrads and those in between. Deadlines moved back a bit from late October to early November.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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The Biological Psychiatry family of journals is now officially on Bluesky!
Follow us for the latest research in psychiatric neuroscience, cognitive neuroimaging, and global open science from our three leading journals.
Follow us for the latest research in psychiatric neuroscience, cognitive neuroimaging, and global open science from our three leading journals.
September 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Biological Psychiatry family of journals is now officially on Bluesky!
Follow us for the latest research in psychiatric neuroscience, cognitive neuroimaging, and global open science from our three leading journals.
Follow us for the latest research in psychiatric neuroscience, cognitive neuroimaging, and global open science from our three leading journals.
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HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
September 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Helpy mchelperton
September 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Helpy mchelperton
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The NSF GRFP is an amazing opportunity for students in the first two years of a PhD or those applying to a PhD right now.
Below, check out our special episode with advice for both applicants and those who write letters of support!! 🧐
Please help us spread the word 📢
Below, check out our special episode with advice for both applicants and those who write letters of support!! 🧐
Please help us spread the word 📢
Submitting an NSF GRFP soon? Check out our special episode on how to structure your essays and letters, and common mistakes to avoid! #NSF
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
NSF GRFP advice — Stories of WiN
In this special episode of Stories of WiN we provide advice for students preparing a Graduate Research Fellowship Program application funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF-GRFP).
www.storiesofwin.org
September 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The NSF GRFP is an amazing opportunity for students in the first two years of a PhD or those applying to a PhD right now.
Below, check out our special episode with advice for both applicants and those who write letters of support!! 🧐
Please help us spread the word 📢
Below, check out our special episode with advice for both applicants and those who write letters of support!! 🧐
Please help us spread the word 📢
Great opportunity for undergrads to flex their creativity and their neuro knowledge!
Attention, undergrad neuro enthusiasts! We are excited to announce our first annual Art in Neuroscience competition. We are seeking art submissions related to #neuroscience from current undergrads.
Winners are published on our textbook website!
Due Nov 1.
Guidelines here: tinyurl.com/AiNrules
Winners are published on our textbook website!
Due Nov 1.
Guidelines here: tinyurl.com/AiNrules
Art in Neuroscience Competition Guidelines
Announcing the inaugural 2025 Art in Neuroscience competition for undergraduates! The editorial team for Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience, an open-access textbook resource, is inviting submiss...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Great opportunity for undergrads to flex their creativity and their neuro knowledge!
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Host: There are new calls this morning for RFK Jr.'s resignation, and those calls coming from inside HHS itself. More than 1,000 current and former HHS workers are making this demand in a letter released this morning. They say his leadership has "put the health of all Americans at risk"
September 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Host: There are new calls this morning for RFK Jr.'s resignation, and those calls coming from inside HHS itself. More than 1,000 current and former HHS workers are making this demand in a letter released this morning. They say his leadership has "put the health of all Americans at risk"
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Do you teach:
🫀 Anatomy & Physiology
🌓 Astronomy
🧬 Biology
🩺 Clinical Nursing
🧫 Microbiology
If so, join us for tomorrow's #OpenStax Assignable webinar! We'll share how to create assignments aligned with your textbook, right in your LMS!
📅 11 a.m. CDT
riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🫀 Anatomy & Physiology
🌓 Astronomy
🧬 Biology
🩺 Clinical Nursing
🧫 Microbiology
If so, join us for tomorrow's #OpenStax Assignable webinar! We'll share how to create assignments aligned with your textbook, right in your LMS!
📅 11 a.m. CDT
riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Do you teach:
🫀 Anatomy & Physiology
🌓 Astronomy
🧬 Biology
🩺 Clinical Nursing
🧫 Microbiology
If so, join us for tomorrow's #OpenStax Assignable webinar! We'll share how to create assignments aligned with your textbook, right in your LMS!
📅 11 a.m. CDT
riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🫀 Anatomy & Physiology
🌓 Astronomy
🧬 Biology
🩺 Clinical Nursing
🧫 Microbiology
If so, join us for tomorrow's #OpenStax Assignable webinar! We'll share how to create assignments aligned with your textbook, right in your LMS!
📅 11 a.m. CDT
riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...