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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 10h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Frankie D Heyward @frankiedheyward.bsky.social · 17h

I’m excited to share our new preprint! We built a single-nucleus multiomic (snRNA-seq+snATAC-seq) atlas of leptin receptor-expressing hypothalamic neurons (LepRᴴʸᵖᵒ) and identified conserved cis-regulatory elements overlapping human obesity-linked variants and eQTLs🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Single-nucleus transcriptional and chromatin accessibility profiling of mouse hypothalamic LepRb neurons reveals cell type-specific cis-regulatory elements linked to human obesity

Leptin receptor-expressing hypothalamic neurons (LepRHypo) are key regulators of energy balance, yet a comprehensive, cell type-resolved, chromatin accessibility map of these neurons is lacking. We pr...

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Mathieu Quesnel-Vallières @rna-ken.bsky.social · 5d

Open rank tenure-track position in comp bio at the University of Montreal. Great environment, great position. @futurepislack.bsky.social

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Samantha Lauby, PhD @secondrodentmom.bsky.social · 3d

I'm excited to share our latest preprint on the impacts of maternal licking/grooming on estrogen receptor signaling and genome-wide changes in gene expression and DNA methylation in prenatal bisphenol-exposed pups!

Now back to applying for TT jobs in 🇨🇦...

#neuroskyence
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Postnatal maternal care impacts hypothalamic Esrrg gene expression, co-expression profiles, and the DNA methylome in prenatal bisphenol-exposed rats

Environmental exposures co-occurring during early life have a profound influence on neurodevelopment. Our previous work in rats suggests that postnatal maternal care modulates the effects of prenatal ...

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Laura R Cortes @prefrontalcortes.bsky.social · 21d

Huge congrats to you and Devin! ⭐️

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Laura R Cortes @prefrontalcortes.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congrats Celine!

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Aug 29

While Trump goes backward on clean energy development, California pushes forward in building an affordable, clean energy future.

I signed a new executive order to maintain our progress in adding clean electricity to our power grid while protecting thousands of good-paying jobs.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Aug 25

California is supporting students and their families this back-to-school season with:
🥪 Universal free, nutritious school meals
📚 800+ schools with literacy coaches and universal K-2 screenings
👧 Universal TK with a year of free learning
🏫 Free before-, after-, and summer school

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Aug 22

The Supreme Court just greenlit Donald Trump gutting nearly $800 MILLION for medical treatments and cures.

Congress approved this funding for a reason: it saves lives.

This is disgraceful, and families will suffer.

CNN headline that reads: "Supreme Court allows Trump to block $783 million in National Institutes of Health grants for now"

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Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD @bjmarlin.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚨New Marlin Lab publication✨ app.jove.com/v/67112/prof...

In this #JoVE, we share a method for extracting meaningful, uninstructed behavioral readouts from constrained video recording environments (🧵1/2)

Led @brimcr.bsky.social & @AmirLawen, a @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social collab w/ @ItamarKahn.

Profiling Maternal Behavior Responses During Whole-Brain Imaging

Recent advancements in whole-brain imaging tools have enabled neuroscientists to investigate how coordinated brain activity processes external cues, ...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 17

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”

“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath

Some costs aren’t costs.

One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss

Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.

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SBN on Bluesky @sbn-bsky.bsky.social · Aug 8

We are excited to announce the 2nd annual SBN Online Research Symposium this October 16-17th. “Registration and abstract submission is open for the SBN Online Research Symposium. Free to attend and present your research! Abstract submissions open until 10/1. Registration closes 10/15

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Laura R Cortes @prefrontalcortes.bsky.social · Aug 12

Congrats Krissy, huge accomplishment!

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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · Aug 7

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.

This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

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Meg Jackson @megjackson.bsky.social · Aug 1

Advancements in treatments for leukemia, stroke victims, paralysis, prostate cancer, PTSD, brain aneurysms -- as well as water filtration, nanotechnology, sustainable fuel and batteries. The list goes on and on. Cutting funding to universities like UCLA affects us all. tdg.ucla.edu/industry-inv...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 1

“The labor market is in trouble.”

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Ivan Alcantara @ivancalcantara.bsky.social · Jul 30

How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A hypothalamic circuit that modulates feeding and parenting behaviours - Nature

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of mouse hypothalamus and behavioural experiments show that specific hypothalamic networks regulate conflicting feeding versus parenting behaviours of female mice.

www.nature.com

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Laura R Cortes @prefrontalcortes.bsky.social · Jul 30

We’ll reunite at GRC2026!! 😎

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Laura R Cortes @prefrontalcortes.bsky.social · Jul 30

Huge congrats! Beautiful work :)

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Niko Rigney @nikorigney.bsky.social · Jul 30

As a Guest Editor for @JoVEJournal, I am organizing a Methods Collection titled “Behavioral and Neural Methods for Exploring Social Behaviors” Interested in contributing? Please reply or submit an abstract here:
app.jove.com/methods-coll...

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Laura R Cortes @prefrontalcortes.bsky.social · Jul 19

You all killed it! It was super well organized and a joy to attend :)

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Laura R Cortes @prefrontalcortes.bsky.social · Jul 19

Had a great time catching up w/ friends, sharing our science, and re-gaining motivation at #SBN2025. Shout out to the organizers for a wonderful meeting (and @megangmassa.com for snapping a pic of my talk!)

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SBN on Bluesky @sbn-bsky.bsky.social · Jul 17

"Last year during my opening remarks I had the temerity to state that there had never been a more important time to be a behavioral neuroendocrinologist. Seems almost quaint now."
-SBN President Margaret McCarthy

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

SBN 2025 Opening Remarks

Welcome Remarks – 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology SBN President 2025 Welcome to the 29th annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology in be...

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · Jun 16

Veteran photographer Michael Nigro was shot in the head with a non-lethal bullet while covering anti-ICE protests in LA. "It felt very very intentional," Nigro tells NPR, "a chilling effect to convince us to go away."

Other reporters say they have been targeted too.

My story below:

NPR @npr.org · Jun 16

The Los Angeles Press Club says law enforcement officers have violated press freedoms of reporters covering anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles more than three dozen times. https://n.pr/3Zw0tPg

Journalists dodge rubber bullets in covering L.A. immigration protests

The Los Angeles Press Club says law enforcement officers have violated press freedoms of reporters covering anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles more than three dozen times.

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