Marion Friske
@marionfriske.bsky.social
Neuroscience Postdoc. Billi Terresa Cowden Fellow @Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin.
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📣Florencia Anunziata (ISBRA ECI, UCSD Postdoc) published a study on risk of adverse birth outcomes in alcohol-exposed pregnancies, with or without cannabis or tobacco. Findings stress screening for & addressing prenatal polysubstance use to improve maternal & infant outcomes. doi.org/10.1016/j.yp...
Adverse birth outcomes in alcohol-exposed pregnancies with or without tobacco and cannabis
To examine the risk of preterm birth (PTB) and small for gestational age (SGA) infants among pregnant persons with alcohol use diagnoses, alone or wit…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📣Florencia Anunziata (ISBRA ECI, UCSD Postdoc) published a study on risk of adverse birth outcomes in alcohol-exposed pregnancies, with or without cannabis or tobacco. Findings stress screening for & addressing prenatal polysubstance use to improve maternal & infant outcomes. doi.org/10.1016/j.yp...
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🎉Congrats to @mradoman.bsky.social!
Milena’s been awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIAAA for her work using brain imaging and daily assessments to uncover how uncertainty-related brain responses link chronic pain and alcohol use, paving the way for more personalized treatments.
Milena’s been awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIAAA for her work using brain imaging and daily assessments to uncover how uncertainty-related brain responses link chronic pain and alcohol use, paving the way for more personalized treatments.
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🎉Congrats to @mradoman.bsky.social!
Milena’s been awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIAAA for her work using brain imaging and daily assessments to uncover how uncertainty-related brain responses link chronic pain and alcohol use, paving the way for more personalized treatments.
Milena’s been awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIAAA for her work using brain imaging and daily assessments to uncover how uncertainty-related brain responses link chronic pain and alcohol use, paving the way for more personalized treatments.
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🎉Congrats to @marionfriske.bsky.social on winning the TRSA O’Neill Addiction Science Education Award for her outreach program “Mindful Sips”, which aims to prevent addiction through education seminars about diverse aspect of addiction including neuroscience, psychology, stigma, treatments & stress.
December 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🎉Congrats to @marionfriske.bsky.social on winning the TRSA O’Neill Addiction Science Education Award for her outreach program “Mindful Sips”, which aims to prevent addiction through education seminars about diverse aspect of addiction including neuroscience, psychology, stigma, treatments & stress.
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The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech.
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory
The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
Reposted by Marion Friske
Innovation takes time
US scientists who received renewals from the NIH over the past four decades produced more novel research than those who didn’t
https://go.nature.com/44oKEwV
US scientists who received renewals from the NIH over the past four decades produced more novel research than those who didn’t
https://go.nature.com/44oKEwV
Renewal of NIH grants linked to more innovative results, study finds
Survey of hundreds of scientists’ work suggests that cutting off funding disrupts focus and reduces the novelty of research.
go.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Innovation takes time
US scientists who received renewals from the NIH over the past four decades produced more novel research than those who didn’t
https://go.nature.com/44oKEwV
US scientists who received renewals from the NIH over the past four decades produced more novel research than those who didn’t
https://go.nature.com/44oKEwV
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A new Science study finds that different dendritic segments of a single neuron follow distinct rules.
The results challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain learns and adapts behavior. scim.ag/3YQdUZK #SciencePerspective
The results challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain learns and adapts behavior. scim.ag/3YQdUZK #SciencePerspective
Dendritic arbors structure memories
Synapses on different dendritic domains store distinct types of information
scim.ag
April 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A new Science study finds that different dendritic segments of a single neuron follow distinct rules.
The results challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain learns and adapts behavior. scim.ag/3YQdUZK #SciencePerspective
The results challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain learns and adapts behavior. scim.ag/3YQdUZK #SciencePerspective
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Remyelination Reveals a Concerted Interferon-Responsive Glial State That Coordinates Immune Infiltration
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Remyelination Reveals a Concerted Interferon-Responsive Glial State That Coordinates Immune Infiltration
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
So excited and honored to present my postdoc work tomorrow at the EYP finale!
Congrats to Dr. Marion Friske from the Mayfield lab for being selected as a finalist in Empower Your Pitch! 🧠🎤 This UT-wide competition challenges grad students and postdocs to tell the story of their research and its impact in 3 minutes or less. The finale takes place 5-7 pm on 4/9 in FAC.
April 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
So excited and honored to present my postdoc work tomorrow at the EYP finale!
Maybe there is hope…
Long COVID advocates and researchers in the United States have done the extraordinary. After a bruising battle, they managed to revive some of the research grants cancelled by the administration of President Donald Trump.
https://go.nature.com/3RKg5tP
https://go.nature.com/3RKg5tP
Long COVID activists fought Trump team’s research cuts and won ― for now
Success gives hope to scientists and advocates who managed to get millions of dollars in grants restored.
go.nature.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Maybe there is hope…
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Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts
https://go.nature.com/4jg2Nky
https://go.nature.com/4jg2Nky
How does the brain control consciousness? This deep-brain structure
In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.
go.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts
https://go.nature.com/4jg2Nky
https://go.nature.com/4jg2Nky
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The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.