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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

A 20 year study on 2 NIH diversity programs in Science Advances shows they doubled undergrads' odds of getting a Ph.D. That is, before the funding for those programs and for the study itself was terminated last year: www.statnews.com/2026/06/17/n...

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NIH diversity programs doubled undergraduates’ odds of getting a Ph.D., 20-year study finds

A new study found that two diversity-oriented programs supported by the NIH doubled the odds that an undergraduate would earn a Ph.D.

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Coleman Lab @colemanlab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Not all grant rejections are equal. Some are more devastating than others. As a researcher, how do you keep going in those moments? The latest Science Without Anguish blog post discusses a topic we need to talk about much, much more! www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/when-a-...

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Ashrafi Lab @ashrafilab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Ever wondered why ketogenic diets protect against epilepsies? We found profound synaptic remodeling that alters integration of excitatory and inhibitory inputs in the hippocampus and may thus be seizure-protective: www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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Ketogenic diet dampens excitatory neurotransmission by shrinking synaptic vesicle pools

Stunault et al. show that the ketogenic diet drives extensive transcriptional reprogramming of the hippocampus through histone post-translational modifications, leading to altered short-term plasticit...

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Ashrafi Lab @ashrafilab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I took my daughter to a doctor in the US and she introduced herself as Palestanian. All I could feel was immense shame that here she is treating our sick kids while we let their kids starve!

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Ashrafi Lab @ashrafilab.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Although this is a professional account, I want to express my extreme sadness and despair for my country #Iran who is embroiled in a brutal war. My greatest hope is that we find the humanity in us to prevent it from turning into another Gaza.

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Ashrafi Lab @ashrafilab.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

good to witness leadership once in a while.

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Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Harvard stands up. www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

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Ashrafi Lab @ashrafilab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

people culturing primary neurons, where do you get your FBS?

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Ashrafi Lab @ashrafilab.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

we are excited to join the community by sharing latest story from the lab where we show that mitochondrial pyruvate uptake is a critical step ATP production in hippocampal terminals and regulated by lysine acetylation of MPC. www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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Mitochondrial pyruvate transport regulates presynaptic metabolism and neurotransmission

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