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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · 19d

Wanna better understand what society has gained from research? This website crowd-sources societal benefits that stem from US government-funded research publicusaresearchbenefits.com

Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.

A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · 23d

I'm excited to be part of this new call for partners to work with us. Please apply!

International Brain Laboratory @intlbrainlab.bsky.social · 27d

Want to collaborate with the International Brain Laboratory on your own project? We have funding to work with groups anywhere in the world to do new large-scale projects and we are looking for new partners! Learn more and apply: www.internationalbrainlab.com/ibl-core-apply

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Sep 3

My lab members and I were part of this collaboration and contributed many insertions to the brainwide map. It was exciting to be part of a 21-lab team working together to generate such extensive measurements during a visual decision-making task. All data is public so more discoveries will follow!

International Brain Laboratory @intlbrainlab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Two flagship papers from the International Brain Laboratory, now out in ‪@Nature.com‬:
🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0
🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 +

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Aug 9

The federal government’s $1B dollar demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. #StandUpForUC to defend America’s greatest public university system and support this life-saving work. ucal.us/standupforuc

Stand Up for UC

ucal.us

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Aug 1

A tough day for UCLA. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Trump freezes $300 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism

The Trump administration has frozen more than $300 million in National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal agency-funded research at UCLA, citing allegations the school...

www.latimes.com

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Jun 3

Saddened by this article about the US Brain Drain. Nice to see @ardemp.bskyverified.social speak in this issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

U.S. Scientists Warn That Trump’s Cuts Will Set Off a Brain Drain

www.nytimes.com

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thanks for this great article!

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Jun 2

The recent criticisms on scientific reproducibility hit home with me. I take reproducibility seriously and our recent study uncovered features of ephys studies that enhance it: elifesciences.org/articles/100.... Spoiler alert: standardized instrumentation, open source analysis tools & QC help.

Reproducibility of in vivo electrophysiological measurements in mice

An electrophysiology dataset generated by 10 laboratories from mice during perceptual decision-making reveals that reproducibility of systems neuroscience data requires stringent histological and elec...

elifesciences.org

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Apr 25

Check out this video from Tom Charmichael, the Chair of Neurology here at UCLA. He explains indirect costs using his lab as an example. Feel free to share broadly! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJYo...

NIH Funding Cuts Impact Biomedical Research

YouTube video by UCLA Neurology

www.youtube.com

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Apr 8

Oh no. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...

Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern

The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.

www.nytimes.com

annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Apr 4

Congrats!

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 29

This week was a lot. Today I’m gonna turn off all devices today and curl up with a book. Thanks to Xiao Jing Wang for spending the time to write this text. www.routledge.com/Theoretical-...

Theoretical Neuroscience: Understanding Cognition

This textbook is an introduction to Systems and Theoretical/Computational Neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on cognition. It consists of three parts: Part I covers fundamental concepts and math...

www.routledge.com

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 20

Looks like a great visit!

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 19

Looks really fun!

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 14

Oh I hope so!!!

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 8

It was such a great event!

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 8

Yeah I’m with you on this one!

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 8

Oh wow! Next time we will coordinate for sure.

annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 7

Awesome! I’m there too!!!

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 7

I’m at #standupforscience at UCSD today- a great crowd!

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 6

Hope you are all hanging in there. Here’s our science update for today youtu.be/fLQTa-IgMcM?...

Science updates with Anne and Alex 03052025

YouTube video by anne churchland

youtu.be

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 2

Here is our (unplanned) science update for today: how to access nih resources (e.g., era commons) if you are having trouble today: www.youtube.com/shorts/TCoK8...

Science update with Anne and Alex 03022025

YouTube video by anne churchland

www.youtube.com

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 2

There is a workaround for accessing era commons! See below and thanks @raphaelwimmer.bsky.social . You might have to google what is needed for your particular OS but this got us through.

Raphael Wimmer @raphaelwimmer.bsky.social · Mar 2

Add to hosts file:

128.231.210.88 public.era.nih.gov
128.231.210.105 www.era.nih.gov

Or alternatively, just set the nameserver your computer is using to 1.0.0.1 (Cloudflare's nameserver still correctly resolves nih.gov domains).

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the ...

nih.gov

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 1

Thanks Ilana

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annechurchland.bsky.social @annechurchland.bsky.social · Mar 1

Here’s our update for today. We explain in more detail why it has been hard for outsiders (like us!) to understand what’s happening at NIH and also talk about the layoffs. Stay well folks. youtu.be/AYEfY5HbPqQ?...

Science update with Anne and Alex 02282025

YouTube video by anne churchland

youtu.be

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