Excited for my group's #SfN posters tomorrow (Nov. 17, 1–5 PM)!

We will be presenting new #Miniscopes, neural recording tools, calcium image processing, and data infrastructure advances.

If you’re at the meeting, stop by posters ZZ7–ZZ14!

Hello #SfN2025, I'm here presenting sciop.net, archiving at-risk information and bootstrapping a hybrid federated/p2p archive, rebuilding NWB and integrating acquisition and analysis with lightweight pipelines.

I'll be at ZZ14 in the Monday afternoon session :)
aharoni-lab.com/sfn2025/sciop

We're presenting Miniscope Zero, the first fully-wireless Miniscope, at #SfN25! Wireless power + data enable long-term neural recordings from multiple freely behaving animals. @MiniscopeTeam

Poster: Nov. 17, 1–5 pm, ZZ7
Info: tinyurl.com/mhdfb67u
Full video: youtu.be/mIt15LA-rZI?...

🎉 Join us on Monday for the best party of the year!

The Cai-Tye Collective is throwing a bash at #SfN25 and everyone is invited!

🎉 November 17, 9pm at Parq Nightclub in San Diego. See you all there!

For a very "direct" response to the new Executive Order, see

open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

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Well, this is a huge Executive Order power grab...

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Please join the chorus of voices, including my own, in support of the talented, hardworking and dedicated scientists and staff at NIH. They serve their country by deploying their training and skills to improve the health and quality of life of all Americans 🙏 🇺🇸

76 notices of grant opportunities have been unpublished by the NIH. It’s likely all the grants funded under each of these mechanisms will be terminated. Look at what will be lost, eg:

Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities

I recently spoke at a Congressional briefing with a military veteran from our PTSD clinical trial on the life-changing impact of the NIH Brain Initiative. Watch here👇

braininitiative.nih.gov/news-events/...

The BRAIN Initiative is now facing a 20% cut on top of the 40% last yr…

So it is the case that all NIH study sections have been indefinitely postponed, right? Everyone I have heard from has had their proposal's study section canceled.

Wouldn't be surprised if Trump plans to pause committee meetings until Congress agrees to include indirects cuts in the next budget.

Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify
Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk
"Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."

Well, this is deeply concerning. At least they aren’t slow-rolling their attempt at bringing down American democracy.

1/ We need to stop deluding ourselves and start focusing. The administration’s recent NIH indirect cost cuts and near-elimination of DEI in research aren’t isolated moves—they’re a coordinated attack on higher education and research.

This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction.

We all need to speak out to save lives.

7. This order did not come out of nowhere. It was a core component of Lindsey Burke's Dept. of Education chapter in the Project 2025 report.

(Private foundations typically pay 10-15% overhead rates, and the logic of this comparison is made explicit in today's Supplemental Guidance from NIH.)

I don't even know what to say. This would be a huge change on it's own, but it happening so quickly and without warning will be crippling to most research institutes in the US.

Shouldn't have taken me this long to switch over but happy to be here now!

Bye bye X | Hello Bluesky!