Becca Howell
@beccadhowell.bsky.social
MD-PhD student at Jacobs School of Medicine University at Buffalo. Electrophysiologist studying dopamine neurons. Applying to psychiatry. McGill alum
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🚀 NY-CURES Launch — Championing State-Wide Investment in Science! 🚀
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
September 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🚀 NY-CURES Launch — Championing State-Wide Investment in Science! 🚀
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.
Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/
This is a really elegant paper from our incredible postdoc, Saida Oubraim and my mentor, Samir Haj-Dahmane. Another reason we can no longer neglect the participation of astrocytes in synaptic physiology. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Astrocytic FABP5 Mediates Retrograde Endocannabinoid Transport at Central Synapses
Endocannabinoids (eCBs) regulate synaptic function via cannabinoid receptors. While
eCB signaling is well understood, the mechanisms underlying eCB synaptic transport
are poorly characterized. Using 2...
www.cell.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is a really elegant paper from our incredible postdoc, Saida Oubraim and my mentor, Samir Haj-Dahmane. Another reason we can no longer neglect the participation of astrocytes in synaptic physiology. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralizing invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.
Rosalind Franklin (to father)
Rosalind Franklin (to father)
April 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralizing invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.
Rosalind Franklin (to father)
Rosalind Franklin (to father)
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Yesterday hundreds came to Niagara Square in Buffalo to #StandUpForScience and I was honored to join them and speak on why we all must stand up for science and facts over beliefs and misinformation. Our healthcare and democracy is depending on it.
You can watch my speech here: youtu.be/fTxicNyTUag
You can watch my speech here: youtu.be/fTxicNyTUag
Mark Poloncarz Speech at Stand Up for Science Rally in Buffalo, NY
YouTube video by markpoloncarz
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Yesterday hundreds came to Niagara Square in Buffalo to #StandUpForScience and I was honored to join them and speak on why we all must stand up for science and facts over beliefs and misinformation. Our healthcare and democracy is depending on it.
You can watch my speech here: youtu.be/fTxicNyTUag
You can watch my speech here: youtu.be/fTxicNyTUag
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🚨 Stand Up for Science Buffalo rally update! New confirmed speaker: Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz! He will be taking the "stage" at 2:45PM!
Please RT and tag your favorite local media people to spread the word!
@markpoloncarz.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Please RT and tag your favorite local media people to spread the word!
@markpoloncarz.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Stand Up For Science, Buffalo!
We rally to defend science as a public good and pillar of social, political, and economic progress. (Reg. is for planning and not required.)
www.eventbrite.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🚨 Stand Up for Science Buffalo rally update! New confirmed speaker: Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz! He will be taking the "stage" at 2:45PM!
Please RT and tag your favorite local media people to spread the word!
@markpoloncarz.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Please RT and tag your favorite local media people to spread the word!
@markpoloncarz.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
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ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE)
If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread.
There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.
If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread.
There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.
a poster that says if life gives you lemon make lemonade on it
ALT: a poster that says if life gives you lemon make lemonade on it
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE)
If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread.
There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.
If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread.
There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.
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If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you
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Sometimes it feels like the most revolutionary thing you can do is just not drop out.
January 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sometimes it feels like the most revolutionary thing you can do is just not drop out.