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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Jun 16

THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!

PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!

Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!

Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Jun 16

"This Court rules that the challenged directives . . . are arbitrary and capricious."

"They are of no force and effect."

"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"

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Pacific Optica @pacificoptica.bsky.social · Jun 16

Riddle: When is an "optical invariant" is not so invariant? How can you get a larger field-of-view for free? No change in resolution or scan speed. No more stitching needed! For #MicroscopyMonday here's a new preprint to check out. 1/9

A two-photon view of the living brain in action. Single snapshot. Large field-of-view.

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Ian Oldenburg @ianoldenburg.bsky.social · Jun 16

We're looking for another postdoc here at Oldenburg Lab. Interested in becoming a holographer? Let me know.
oldenburglab.com
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/253...

Oldenburg Lab

Decoding the motor system through the use of multiphoton holographic optogenetics.

oldenburglab.com

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Mark Rossi @markrossi.bsky.social · Jun 16

We are hiring a new research assistant! Official job post to follow. Please reach out or visit markrossilab.org if you are interested.

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Catie Oldenburg, ScD @catieoldenburg.bsky.social · May 16

They told me graduation is a formal event, I’m ready. #vaccinescauseadults

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Ian Oldenburg @ianoldenburg.bsky.social · May 16

Awesome work Hayley!!

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Hayley Bounds @hayleybounds.bsky.social · May 15

Excited to share my PhD paper! In it, we use targeted 2-photon optogenetic stimulation to determine how V1 activity is read-out in a detection task. We found that network influence, not visual coding properties, predicted the impact of ensembles on behavior - contradicting our expectations (1/5).

Neuron @cp-neuron.bsky.social · May 15

Online now:

Network influence determines the impact of cortical ensembles on stimulus detection

By photostimulating specific visual cortical ensembles, Bounds et al. discovered that an ensemble’s impact on local neural activity, not its visual encoding properties, predicts its impact on stimulus detection. Their analysis reveals that mice use a generalizable, albeit suboptimal, perceptual readout strategy of summing all V1 activity to detect stimuli.

dlvr.it

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Ian Oldenburg @ianoldenburg.bsky.social · May 13

I know a lot of folks are worried about funding right now, this position is funded by (most likely) stable sources. We have a couple of funded projects looking for owners, but I'm always excited to explore new directions.

If you're interested please send me an email

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Ian Oldenburg @ianoldenburg.bsky.social · May 13

The Oldenburg lab is looking for another postdoc! If you want to use holographic optogenetics to answer questions about neural codes let me know. We like shooting lasers and thinking about movement.

We're located at Rutgers in Piscataway NJ (its like ~45 min from NYC).

oldenburglab.com/positions/

Positions

Join the lab We are looking for curious, motivated, and talented people from all different backgrounds to join our team at all levels. Mentoring is simply one of the best parts of being an academic sc...

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Carlos Brody @carlosbrody.bsky.social · May 7

we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!

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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Princeton Neuroscience Institute @princetonneuro.bsky.social · May 8

In 1981, PNI's John Hopfield received an NSF grant (~$300K) for the, then, obscure field of artificial neural networks. Today, that research powers a multibillion dollar AI economy and earned him a Nobel Prize. www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...

Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP

President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say the long-term consequences could be dire.

www.npr.org

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Ian Oldenburg @ianoldenburg.bsky.social · Mar 20

Send me an email if you're interested.

We're looking for all kinds of scientists interested in using or developing these new technologies. Electrophysiologists, optical engineers, imaging people, etc are all encouraged to apply.

Ian Oldenburg @ianoldenburg.bsky.social · Mar 20

The Oldenburg Lab is looking for another postdoc! The news these days is scary but we're pushing on.

If you want to use Holographic Optogenetics to understand neural codes, the motor system, or something else fun let me know. We have federal and non-federal (aka stable) funds.
oldenburglab.com

Oldenburg Lab

Decoding the motor system through the use of multiphoton holographic optogenetics.

oldenburglab.com

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · Mar 20

"Evidence suggests the local recurrent network encodes the structure of natural sensory input.
& that it does so via active filtering, transforming network inputs to boost those associated w/ nat'l sensation"

Amidst all this, I have a new review article that...
arxiv.org/abs/2501.1...

Active filtering: a predictive function of recurrent circuits of...

Our brains encode many features of the sensory world into memories: we can sing along with songs we have heard before, interpret spoken and written language composed of words we have learned, and...

arxiv.org

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Andrea Stocco @andreastocco.com · Feb 8

"it's difficult to read this as anything other than an attempt to crush scientific research in the US. The harm that will be done to research (...) may be viewed as a bonus by a populist political movement that has shown a consistent disdain for expertise." arstechnica.com/science/2025...

National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities

Sudden and drastic change will make it hard for researchers to keep the lights on.

arstechnica.com

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Rick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · Feb 7

This is the end of science as we know it if it stands—15% IDCs for all NIH Grants.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · Jan 28

Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately.
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...

Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH

Please click the link to complete this form.

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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · Jan 28

A coalition of states plans to file suit later today challenging the order to freeze all federal loans & grants. “My office will be taking imminent legal action against this administration’s unconstitutional pause on federal funding,” NY AG Letitia James said. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

Update from Mattathias Schwartz

www.nytimes.com

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Jan 28

All Democrats in Congress and the Senate will fight this—it’s illegal. But Republican lawmakers NEED to hear from their constituents! Priority order: call, then email. Be clear about how this will hurt education, the economy, and health! 🧪

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

White House Orders Pause in All Federal Grants and Loans

www.nytimes.com

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · Jan 28

This is legit - the organizers (including unions) are organizing. When I ask those in the know what we can do that will actually matter, the answer includes collective action of this type.

I'm joining @nancykanwisher.bsky.social and all the others for this Thurs 3p ET effort. I hope you do too!

Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · Jan 28

Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately.
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...

Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH

Please click the link to complete this form.

form.jotform.com

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Rep. Shontel Brown @repshontelbrown.bsky.social · Jan 28

President Trump's effort to freeze nearly all federal funding is lawless, reckless, and unconstitutional. And it will hurt people in Northeast Ohio.

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Ian Oldenburg @ianoldenburg.bsky.social · Jan 23

If you are worried about the recent cessation of NIH communication, the canceling of programs and the politicization of science funding, now is the time to contact your congressional representatives!

Link to find and contact your representative:
www.house.gov/representati...

Find Your Representative | house.gov

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Ian Oldenburg @ianoldenburg.bsky.social · Dec 4

People use use craigslist for things other than finding appropriately priced free furniture?

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Ian Oldenburg @ianoldenburg.bsky.social · Dec 4

Where do people post advertisements for technicians? We're looking for someone who wants to be the all around 'pinch hitter' for lab projects (and whacky Ian ideas).

Rutgers has its listing (jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...) but I'm not sure how most people would find it.

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · Sep 10

Want to live in bucolic NJ (I'm serious)? With a quick commute to NYC and Philly? Have collaborative colleagues, including yours truly? While this job posting is in psychology, the position is in behavioral neuroscience across systems. Including #drosophila 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/152...

Assistant Professor in Behavioral & Systems Neuroscience Psychology, Tenure Track

The Department of Psychology in the Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences, New Brunswick, New Jersey invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level ...

jobs.rutgers.edu

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