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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · 17d

It’s been a 24 hour traveling day from Portland to Pécs, which includes 2 planes, a bus, a metro, a train & a car.

I am so excited to be at ERM2025 and to be selected as a speaker in the New Perspectives, Tools and Resources session!

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · Jun 21

Congratulations to Dr. Teva Bracha on his successful dissertation defense!

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thanks to OPB for doing a feature on the PREP program at OHSU.
www.opb.org/article/2025...

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · Jun 5

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Distinct functional domains of Dystroglycan regulate inhibitory synapse formation and maintenance in cerebellar Purkinje cells

Communications Biology - Genetic manipulation of functional domains on Dystroglycan reveals distinct developmental roles in inhibitory synapse formation and maintenance in cerebellar cortex.

www.nature.com

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · May 9

With all the chaos and destruction of academic research going on in the US right now, it feels a little weird to post this. But....

New preprint from the lab is now live: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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PTEN regulates starburst amacrine cell dendrite morphology during development

Neurons are subject to extensive developmental regulation to ensure precise subtype-specific morphologies that are intimately tied to their function. Starburst amacrine cells (SACs) in the mammalian r...

www.biorxiv.org

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · Apr 11

If you show a mouse a movie, you may just learn a lot about the visual cortex!

Thank you @karissawaddick.bsky.social for sharing our recent publication of the most complete functional map of an animal brain yet in @usatoday.com.

🧠📈 Read the article: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · Apr 1

I completely forgot what day it was. @ninaluong.bsky.social got me!

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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · Mar 29

I’d back you up on that one too…🫣

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Christian Puller @christianpuller.bsky.social · Feb 28

1/ There it is! 😊 Published today in Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Spatial distribution and functional integration of displaced retinal ganglion cells - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Spatial distribution and functional integration of displaced retinal ganglion cells

www.nature.com

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Vollum Institute @volluminstitute.bsky.social · Feb 25

DONATE to protect biomedical research: bit.ly/4i3RhsF
Executive orders & changes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be catastrophic to our ability to perform groundbreaking research and train the next generation of scientists. Learn more about the Vollum: www.ohsu.edu/vollum-insti...

Vollum scientists study the cells that make myelin, shown in this image, which are destroyed in multiple sclerosis. This work is critical to understand how to repair the nervous system in disease and injury.

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NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · Feb 18

This needs attention

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders

A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.

www.nytimes.com

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · Feb 13

Anglerfish turn out to be considerably less frightening once you know how tiny they are.

A bizarre-looking fish with a huge mouth on the top of its head, and a lure hanging off its head.

The same bizarre fish but now in the palm of somebody's hand, where it can be seen to be no more than a few inches long.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 9

Finally, while we first learned about this with F31 predoctoral fellowships and diversity supplements, this is also occurring for F32 postdoctoral, K99/R00 and F99/R00 postdoctoral transition awards, and R01s with explicit diversity language.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 9

And now back to our regularly scheduled $hitshow

The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists

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ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card

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Adam Van Arsdale @apv2600.bsky.social · Feb 8

My feed is overwhelmed with scientists right now calling out the catastrophic consequences of the NIH indirect cost order from last night. If those same people aren't also speaking out against the anti-trans, anti-DEI, anti-immigrant orders...we are lost. The only path forward is solidarity.

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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · Feb 9

As someone who wants to stay in academic research, how is it even possible to stay optimistic right now…

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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · Feb 8

Thanks Kenny, I really hope so too 😂

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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · Feb 8

It’s 8pm. I’ve been in my dark room recording since 8am…my vision is getting blurry but I don’t want to give up yet 🥲

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gregschwartznu.bsky.social @gregschwartznu.bsky.social · Dec 13

I am thrilled to announce that Rich Kramer and I are co-directing a BRAND NEW hands-on visual neuroscience course at the MBL. August 1-16, 2025. Details in this flyer. Trainees please apply. And everyone, please spread the word!

Flyer for a visual neuroscience course with colorful images of scientific data and model species.

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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · Dec 7

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ALT: a boy wearing glasses and a red shirt is standing in a room with the words " when " on the bottom

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Andrew Mendiola @andrewmendiola.bsky.social · Nov 20

I created a simple flow chart to help my lab trainees choose the most appropriate stats test in Prism (*for single-factor comparisons only). Feel free to share with your group if you think it could be helpful first start.

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Evan D Vickers @evandvickers1.bsky.social · Oct 24

Happy to share my first preprint from the McCormick Lab!

If you're interested in mesoscale 2-photon imaging and the relationship between neocortical activity and movement/arousal, check it out! A thread...🧵

#neuroskyence #neuroimaging

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Pan-cortical 2-photon mesoscopic imaging and neurobehavioral alignment in awake, behaving mice

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

www.biorxiv.org

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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · Oct 20

I still can't believe I work in a laboratory.

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Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · Oct 11

Can confidently say it was awesome 😎

Nina Luong @ninaluong.bsky.social · Sep 27

2 weeks until my first DAC meeting- is it normal to be excited?

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Thepurplelilac Science Crochet Shop @thepurplelilac.bsky.social · Sep 16

Crocheted retinal neurons
#crochet #sciart #science #scicomm #neuroscience

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