Reposted by Ashley MarquardtMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Hey there Delilah would you like to publish in this Special Issue 1354
Ashley Marquardt @aemarquardt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Excited to start up recruitment again here at @um-mind.bsky.social! This is a great opportunity to join the exceptionally collaborative and productive research community we have here @medschool.umaryland.edu and in the stellar city of Baltimore! Please reach out with any questions ☺️ 021
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtRan Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The goal of US policy should be to keep smart people here, full stop. This does the opposite: it sends the smartest international postdocs (trained on the US taxpayer's dime) to other countries and we never collect the return. Just dumb www.statnews.com/2026/08/07/n...statnews.comNIH plans to block international researchers on visas from accessing key funding avenueThe NIH plans to close the door on one of the few pathways available to international students on visas to forge a career in biomedical research in the U.S. 13513
Ashley Marquardt @aemarquardt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026No better way to learn than by doing, especially when said “doing” involves peak silliness!! 010
Reposted by Ashley Marquardtdr. e. katherine @actualkatherine.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Hot take: If you're an Orioles fan but have never actually spent time in Baltimore City outside of Camden Yards, you really ought to change that 59622
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 03/02/2026An NIH staff member texted me wondering if Indiana was looking for some affirmative action or diversity funding. "We had to terminate all those awards that were specifically targeted to under-represented institutions." 112015
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtMLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2025PANDEMONIUM IN BALTIMORE The Orioles were getting no-hit, down to their final out and down by three runs ... they won the ballgame 😤 218649
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 03/09/2025They keep losing in court because everything they’re doing is illegal 490224394595
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/08/2025The practical upshot is that justice delayed is justice denied; or to be more precise, a lab which had to fire all of its researchers and halt work on groundbreaking research isn't going to be able to ever restore itself to the same position it would have been without a multi-year pause in funding. 21851298
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/08/2025🚨 SCOTUS just issued a decision in the NIH grant termination cases. And it's awful. In plain English, the likely result of this is that SCOTUS just re-terminated ~900 NIH grants worth over $1.9 billion in unspent funds This is an atrocious decision by Justice Barrett & the right wing of the Court. 10213125
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtMaxwell Madden @maxwellmadden.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Excited my PhD work in @brianmathur.bsky.social’s lab is now published and available! 1228
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtJonathan VanRyzin @jwvanryzin.bsky.social · 13/08/2025I am SO EXCITED to share this one! The latest paper from the lab is online in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social. We show microglia prune NAc astrocyte processes during abstinence from cocaine-self ad which drives later drug seeking behavior. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comAbstinence from cocaine self-administration promotes microglial pruning of astrocytes, which drives cocaine-seeking behaviorRodent drug self-administration leads to a compromised ability of nucleus accumbens astrocytes to maintain glutamate homeostasis as well as to reducti… 23716
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 31/07/2025A reminder about the importance of healthcare to every single state www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow Health Care Remade the U.S. EconomyMedicine is now the nation’s largest employer, but its growth may be slowing. 215952
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtJonathan VanRyzin @jwvanryzin.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Excited to see our most recent project published in @npp-journal.bsky.social ! We show that the timing of THC exposure during development—prenatal vs. postnatal—leads to opposite effects on social behavior and microglial function in the amygdala. Timing matters! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comTiming matters: modeling the effects of gestational cannabis exposure on social behavior and microglia in the developing amygdala - NeuropsychopharmacologyNeuropsychopharmacology - Timing matters: modeling the effects of gestational cannabis exposure on social behavior and microglia in the developing amygdala 1105
Ashley Marquardt @aemarquardt.bsky.social · 23/07/2025New paper from our group out in @npp-journal.bsky.social today on the effects of gestational cannabis exposure! 063
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Powerful story from Kate Zernike from the NYT Covers the diversity of young scientists targeted by the anti-DEI BS. Definitely worth a read and a share. [Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...nytimes.comThe Surprising Scientists Hit by Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts 46532
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Despite all the handwringing about “intellectual diversity” the reality is that higher ed exposes young people to a vastly different array of people and experiences than almost anything else you can do. 251868283
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/06/2025SCOOP: NIH appears to be disregarding last week's court order to stop screening grants using a process a judge ruled illegal. This has many NIH staffers confused and worried about the legality of their actions.nature.comExclusive: NIH still screens grants in process a judge ruled illegalDirectives by the Trump administration are still being applied to grant applications despite court order. 4201109
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtAatish Bhatia @aatishb.com · 23/06/2025We pored through more than 900 grants worth $2.6 billion that the Trump administration canceled at Harvard. “This is larger than any individual grant,” a researcher told us. “What we are losing is a future.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/... With @emmbadger.bsky.social and @ethansinger.bsky.social 7271119
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 17/06/2025"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history to help cut taxes for the richest people in the country....all without hearings, debate or public input." wilderness.org/articles/med...wilderness.org250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation packageThe bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild... 58911589
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Mayor Brandon Scott appears to be doing something right, but somehow this remarkable, record setting decline in violence doesn't quite make national headlines the way the opposite does www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...thebaltimorebanner.comBaltimore’s homicide rate dropped to a historic low last month, defied racial trendsBaltimore ended April with five homicides, the lowest monthly total in recent memory. 511957524
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/06/2025BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored. 103133853581
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/06/2025For instance: If murders in Baltimore were UP 40%, then Mayor Brandon Scott would be a national figure. Instead it's gone down that amount so no one knows who he is. 402309240
Reposted by Ashley Marquardtjenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · 14/06/2025One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup 461172653713
Ashley Marquardt @aemarquardt.bsky.social · 09/06/2025New paper from my PhD work out in Cell Reports today! We find that playfulness is associated with markedly distinct gene expression profiles in the medial amygdala of male vs. female rats and show that inhibitory neurons play a key role. Really proud of this one! www.cell.com/cell-reports...cell.comThe transcriptome of playfulness is sex biased in the juvenile rat medial amygdala: A role for inhibitory neuronsMarquardt et al. explore the “transcriptome of playfulness” in the medial amygdala, demonstrating that the gene signatures associated with playfulness are largely distinct in male and female rats. Thr... 171
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtScience Magazine @science.org · 09/06/2025Breaking news: Staff at the National Institutes of Health have issued a declaration calling on their director to depoliticize the agency and reverse spending cuts.scim.agNIH staff and biomedical community sound alarm about agency politicization, funding slowdownIn test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes 9403159
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/06/2025"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated. “I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. GrantSome cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye. 535135325800
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Hi! I specialize in medication toxicity. All available, real-world data has proven mifepristone is actually even safer than many over the counter medicines. Mortality rates: Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000 Penicillin 2/100K Viagra 4/100K Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K) 451968827
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025RFK Jr's "MAHA" report is filled with references to studies that literally do not exist, or that completely misinterpret the studies' findings. “We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher. www.notus.org/health-scien...notus.orgThe MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t ExistThe Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors. 1072112959
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtRachael French @drrachaelf.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Every single step of my career since I started grad school has involved a lot of “now do all this stuff you don’t know how to do, with minimal training.” I tell my children that a PhD is really a degree in teaching yourself things. 28115
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtEmily A. Aery Jones @emilyaeryjones.bsky.social · 23/05/2025I'm hiring a lab tech! If you know any talented college seniors or recent grads who'd enjoy doing cool neuroscience in Baltimore, please encourage them to consider applying: umb.taleo.net/careersectio...umb.taleo.netLaboratory Research Assistant (Contractual)Click the link provided to see the complete job description. 0910
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtUM-MIND - Institute for Neuroscience Discovery @um-mind.bsky.social · 16/05/2025We are so excited to host Neuro Networks Day today, a dynamic and collaborative event designed to celebrate and elevate our vibrant neuroscience community. Join us in Leadership Hall today at 9:45am for this community event! 032
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA 580153995022
Ashley Marquardt @aemarquardt.bsky.social · 12/05/2025So pleased to welcome Chase back home to Baltimore and @ummedschool.bsky.social!! Welcome to UM-MIND @phdsred.bsky.social 🧠 🚀 030
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine @medschool.umaryland.edu · 07/05/2025Behind every breakthrough, every innovation, every victory over cancer, there's a dedicated scientist. NIH funding fuels their discoveries. This is why America is great. Let's keep it that way. 🔗Learn more: www.umaryland.edu/breakthroughs #NIHSavesLives #BreakthroughsCantWait #NIH #FundingCuts 053
Ashley Marquardt @aemarquardt.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Welcome to @um-mind.bsky.social, @emilyaeryjones.bsky.social!! My Marylander self could not love this picture (and this news!) more! 🧠🎉 131
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtOssoff's Office @ossoff.senate.gov · 30/04/2025Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research? 623288508545
Reposted by Ashley Marquardt60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025“This doesn't feel like a strategic plan to reorganize and make the NIH better and more efficient. It feels like a wrecking ball,” says an NIH insider, who asked 60 Minutes to protect his identity due to his concern about reprisal. cbsn.ws/3EKcER9 28955298
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtEd Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Maryland is such a beautiful place. I’m proud to call it home. I walk, run, and cycle almost everyday in protected open spaces and am so grateful to our lawmakers for having protected it. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c... @marylandmatters.orgnytimes.comMaryland Protected Nearly a Third of Its Land, and It’s Reaching for MoreNine states have set goals to conserve 30 percent of their land by 2030. Maryland got there first. 2539
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Last week, DHS and Secretary Noem's staff and spokespeople suggested that because Mr. Abrego Garcia had $1,100 in cash on him when arrested outside Home Depot seeking day labor, that was strong evidence that he was a member of MS-13. I guess that raises a similar question about her $3,000. 685169774396
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15/04/2025This from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 485163155367
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtTimothy Faw @timothyfaw.bsky.social · 14/04/2025🔊Opportunity to join the Faw Lab (@umbaltimore.bsky.social) as a research technician! If you (or a connection) are enthusiastic, motivated, and looking to make an impact in #SpinalCordInjury, let’s connect! 💼Or apply here: umb.taleo.net/careersectio... #Neuroscience #ResearchJobs #SCI #Hiringumb.taleo.netOPEN RANK: Laboratory Animal Research Assistant or SpecialistClick the link provided to see the complete job description. 011
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14/04/2025Senator Chris Van Hollen (Maryland) is requesting a meeting with Bukele to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia. "If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release,” I'd like to see a full delegation of US senators. 19609121
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 24/03/2025Circling back on this… 19266410114709
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/03/2025A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved 5940151641
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 24/03/2025As called by Johnny Holliday on Maryland Terrapins radio & by Ryan Radtke on Westwood One: 1925064
Reposted by Ashley MarquardtCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 24/03/2025DERIK QUEEN - Maryland wins! 50621121
Ashley Marquardt @aemarquardt.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I would like to request one (1) shooting foul to be called against CSU in this Maryland game please 120