Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 25/09/2026FYI to everyone submitting this October NIH cycle You need to re-certify your ScienCV AFTER Sept 26 (tomorrow) for your application or it may not be accepted. Great timing! 78592
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/09/2026Breaking News: Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would help cement President Trump’s ability to control billions of dollars in scientific grants funded by the National Institutes of Health.nyti.msWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. GrantsFederal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending. 114268171
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 19/09/2026I assume that when whoever is making it IPOs they will reveal the full lineup implied by the existence of Tilly Norwood. 16627121
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026After last year's collapse of NIH funding rates I thought things couldn't get any worse. Shifting to multi-year awards could mean that fewer funds would be needed to pay already active grants in 2026. I was wrong. With less than a month left in the fiscal year we are on pace for a new all time low. 14421
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026The unstoppable @mhackman.bsky.social of @wsj.com reported on this over the summer, when most of us had only heard disturbing rumors.wsj.comExclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After GraduationThe proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities. 144485
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026And there it is. As rumored, and as predicted by YHN from the gitgo, enhanced triage of NIH grants will continue. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...grants.nih.govNOT-OD-26-114: Continuation of Modifications to Peer Review PracticesNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Continuation of Modifications to Peer Review Practices NOT-OD-26-114. NIH 54135
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"In a bit of circular reasoning that seemed pulled straight from the novel Catch-22, the experts said the Navy had never studied the problem, so there was no hard evidence that it existed. And since there was no hard evidence that existed, there was no reason to study it."nytimes.comNavy Failed to Protect Pilots From Brain Injury, House Report SaysA scathing report issued by the House Oversight Committee blamed the Navy for repeatedly failing to act, and recommended that Congress pass legislation to study and treat aviators. 153
Reposted by Christos Constantinidis𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com 521190795422
Reposted by Christos Constantinidiselizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 04/09/20261/3 of young scientists planning careers in academic research changed their minds in the spring of 2025, according to a new survey, with fewer expecting to remain in higher education and in the U.S. to work or feeling that pursuing a Ph.D. was the right decision. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...news.harvard.eduSurvey of young researchers raises concerns over future of science in U.S. — Harvard GazetteFewer planning careers in academy, nation, and more doubt value of Ph.D. amid policy shifts in funding, international students 23834
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisVictoria Bosch @initself.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Are brains and artificial neural networks converging onto universal representations? There is a seductive idea making the rounds in NeuroAI / machine learning: train systems well enough, and they all converge on the same representation of reality (i.e. a unique world model). We have thoughts™ 1/ncell.comThe Umwelt Representation Hypothesis: rethinking UniversalityRecent studies reveal striking representational alignment between artificial neural networks (ANNs) and biological brains, leading to proposals that all sufficiently capable systems converge on univer... 818176
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Four patients in the Ascension hospital in Nashville were given the wrong medication during anesthesia prior to an orthopedic surgery. The Tennessee Health Facilities Commission has now released an 80-page report. It is the stuff of nightmares. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...documentcloud.orgAscension Saint Thomas Hospital 2567 reviewed 8262026 R 101
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisYasmine El-Shamayleh @elshamayleh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Excited to share the lab’s first publication, co-led by talented postdoc Chuyi Su @chuyisu.bsky.social We leveraged cell type-specific optogenetics in the macaque cerebral cortex to elucidate the role of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in visual form processing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comOptotagging in primate cortex uncovers excitatory and inhibitory neuron specializations in form vision - Nature CommunicationsThis study leverages cell type-specific optogenetics in the monkey cerebral cortex to elucidate the unique functional contributions of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in visual form processing. The ... 36317
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisMelanie Tschiersch @mtschiersch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Our paper "Redundant prefrontal hemispheres adapt storage strategy to working memory demands" is finally out in Nature Communications! We combined bilateral PFC recordings, modeling and human data to ask: How do the hemispheres work together to store information?1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comRedundant prefrontal hemispheres adapt storage strategy to working memory demands - Nature CommunicationsNeural mechanisms underlying spatial working memory are not fully understood. In this manuscript, simultaneous bilateral monkey recordings and attractor networks show how weakly coupled, redundant pre... 24713
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Classes are starting this week. From Twitter. 050
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It was floated some time ago. It seems the administration is seriously considering it now. 194
Reposted by Christos Constantinidisvincentholst.bsky.social @vincentholst.bsky.social · 13/08/2026In 2023, @nature.com published 'Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time', receiving world-wide media attention. Our Matters Arising, published after a 32 month delay (more on that soon), shows that the reported decline can largely be attributed to dataset artefacts. 🧵 9351173
Reposted by Christos Constantinidisjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126027994
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Can't wait for my new pet www.wate.com/news/tenness...wate.comNew law makes it easier to own a pet raccoon in TennesseeAmong the slate of new Tennessee laws that went into effect this month was a move to make it easier to own a pet raccoon. 051
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisKari Hoffman @karihoffman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026📣New paper! How does the sleeping brain help us to integrate new experiences while managing memories from the past? For his PhD work, @sabbaspoor.bsky.social recorded hippocampal ensembles in freely moving monkeys and found something unexpected. 🧵1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🧠📈👩🔬#OpenAccessnature.comExperience reorganizes content-specific memory traces in macaques - Nature NeuroscienceIn macaques, old memories, relative to new ones, are supported by more stable and interconnected cell assemblies. New-biased and old-biased assemblies reactivate during overnight sleep and can sometim... 410340
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisDr. Jan Zimmermann @janzimmermann.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Zapping without mapping = no bueno ! Cool paper www.science.org/doi/full/10....science.orgFocused ultrasound blood-brain barrier opening reveals a paradoxical remote metabolic response in the primate brainUsing focused ultrasound to open the BBB paradoxically induces metabolic stress in distant brain regions. 245
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Ahead of a hearing before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee tomorrow, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a 120-pg report, "Science: A New Golden Age" www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... Here's the summary from the press release: 83422
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisThiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 21/07/2026'I think it should go without saying that if removing amyloid deposits from the brain really helped Alzheimer’s patients that you would expect much more benefit than this, because there seems little doubt that these antibodies do accomplish that.' @dereklowe.bsky.socialscience.orgTau In the Clinic, Again 2106
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026For those who may be wondering: Google Gemini is still not conscious. 060
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026“I’ll pass on the salad and just have those fries. I’m trying to eat healthy.” - instant hall of fame dad joke thanks to cyclospora 203356375
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisDavid Grimm @david-grimm.bsky.social · 14/07/2026A lack of financial support from the NIH may have doomed a plan to convert the Oregon National Primate Research Center--one of the largest monkey facilities in the country--into a sanctuary where no research is done. My latest for @science.orgscience.orgPlan to turn major monkey research facility into sanctuary may be deadLack of federal funds may have forced Oregon university to drop idea of converting national primate center into science-free refuge 3195
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisJan Drugowitsch @jdrugowitsch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026🚨 Big news 🚨 After 10 years at Harvard, my lab is moving to Barcelona in Spring 2027 to join @cbc-upf.bsky.social and the Department of Engineering at @upf.edu. 1/4 68818
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026NSF program officers are picking up the phone again and notifying applicants of funded grants. 050
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026NIH seems to think they will spend their full budget and fund more grants than last year. We can only hope. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNIH likely to award fewer grants as it races to spend 2026 budgetGovernment shutdown, staff shortages have complicated effort to meet 30 September deadline to spend funds 053
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisWMSymposium.bsky.social @wmsymposium.bsky.social · 30/06/2026ATTENTION!!! The program of Working Memory Symposium (WMS) 2026 (July 14-17) is out! sites.google.com/view/wmsympo... This year, WMS will feature a single stream presentation of 52 talks (39 talks and 13 blitz) + 1 panel discussion across 4 days. Looking forward to seeing you all!!!static.klipy.comKristen Wiig: I'm Ready To Party! - BridesmaidsALT: Kristen Wiig: I'm Ready To Party! - Bridesmaids 02921
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisCherise Rosen @ccrosenphd.bsky.social · 30/06/2026@thelancetpsych.bsky.social @theichr.bsky.social @echrhallucinations.bsky.social …. Fascinating Essay from a brilliant presentation by Amanda Peery-Wolf ~ insightful, engaging, and thought-provoking from start to finish. 064
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisJacob Lab @jacob-lab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Technical University of Munich @tum.de is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Implantable Brain–Computer Interfaces! We’re looking for someone to help build the next generation of robust, clinically scalable #implantable #BCIs. portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess... 🧵👇portal.mytum.deTUM - Tenure Track Assistant Professor in » Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces «Studierenden- und Mitarbeiterportal der Technische Universität München 11817
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Very proud to see my former trainee's first preprint from his own lab. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgLong-term Learning Induces Plastic Changes in Frontostriatal CircuitsNeural activity in frontal-striatal circuits underlies reinforcement learning. Traditional theories suggest that reinforcement signals, which drive learning, strengthen connections within the basal ga... 1130
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisGrace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Updated preprint and code from my lab. If you want to explore more realistic neural dynamics in models that can still perform visual tasks, check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgModeling Dynamical Vision with Biologically Plausible Recurrent Convolutional NetworksConvolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) trained for image recognition have demonstrated remarkable conceptual similarities to the primate ventral visual pathway, but their standard feedforward architectu... 17017
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026bioRxiv blocked me 😥 Did I read too many preprints? 270
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisPeter Kok @peterkok.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD student, funded by a new ERC grant. The grant focuses on the role of the hippocampus in visual perception, using 7T fMRI (hippocampal subfields, cortical layers) and MEG+iEEG. The intended start dates for both positions are in early 2027. 🧠🟦 1/3 210391
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisSaskia W. @saskiawezenaar.eurosky.social · 21/06/2026Franco Fontana (Italy, 1933) is one of the most important pioneers of artistic color photography. Whether he photographs Puglian hills or skyscrapers in Los Angeles, his images are almost always completely empty of people, transforming the locations into compositions in which color takes centerstage 021639
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026NIH announces the creation of the Office of Research Innovation, Validation, and Application (ORIVA) to reduce use of animals in research. dpcpsi.nih.gov/orivadpcpsi.nih.govOffice of Research Innovation, Validation, and Application (ORIVA) | DPCPSIThe NIH Office of Research Innovation, Validation, and Application (ORIVA) will coordinate NIH-wide efforts to develop, validate, and scale the use of human-based approaches across NIH biomedical rese... 239
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisGrace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I've seen a lot of info for specialized audiences (e.g. scientists, non-profits) on how to comment on the proposed OMB rule change for grants, but less for the general public. So I made this one-pager that can be shared more widely. docs.google.com/document/d/e... 6192130
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisBrad Postle @bradpostle.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Postdoc position available at postlab.psych.wisc.edu. Pls send cv to postle@wisc.edupostlab.psych.wisc.eduPO-STL-ABOur interests in human memory and cognition encompass the cognitive and neural basis of working memory, attention, control, and consciousness.News Madison Symposium on Memory & Control. On 30 May 202... 15571
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Persistent activity in the zebrafish brain accounts serial biases in working memory. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA thalamus–brainstem attractor network drives history-biased decisions - NatureWhole-brain, cellular-resolution imaging reveals a hierarchical thalamus–brainstem attractor network that encodes recent history and shapes behavioural bias in zebrafish. 051
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisAkiyoshi Kitaoka @akiyoshikitaoka.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The squares may appear to shift vertically or horizontally, but they are actually stationary and perfectly aligned in either vertical or horizontal positions. References Flynn, O. F. & Shapiro, A. G. (2018). i-Perception, 9(6), 1–6. 05920
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I just completed my service in my NIH study section. Some thoughts - with the disclaimer that these are personal, subjective impressions and do not reflect the opinion of any official body. Other than the one attached to my head. (1/10) 26323
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026There is a straightforward mechanism for the public to comment. Former NIH program office Elizabeth Ginexi has written an exceptionally helpful guide on how to so, with detailed suggestions. 3/n elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...elizabethginexi.substack.comWhat We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice 18364
Christos Constantinidis @cconstan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026In Washington DC, for the AAAS Fellows induction ceremony 4210
Reposted by Christos ConstantinidisLisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Glad to see this from the president of Johns Hopkins and the chancellor of U Kansas A rare public acknowledgement from university leaders that the current NIH and NSF funding delays are not okay and are a violation of Congressional intent. www.wsj.com/opinion/get-...wsj.comOpinion | Get the Federal Science Money FlowingThe NIH has been holding back grants from funds Congress has already approved. 03618