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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Super excited for our work on fully wireless Miniscopes to be out on Biorxiv. More can be read about it here, miniscope.org/wiki/PREPRIN...

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

New postdoc opening in Carl Johnson’s lab at Vanderbilt on our newly awarded BRAIN Initiative project. The work will develop BRET/luminescence approaches for in vivo monitoring of neural activity in freely behaving mice, in collaboration with Princeton and UCLA. Contact Carl or myself for details

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Applications are open for our next Open Source #Miniscope Workshop! August 26th and 27th in Durham, NC.

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UCLA Miniscope Project @miniscope.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Applications are open for the 2026 Research Triangle Miniscope Workshop (August 26–27, Durham, NC)! This hands-on workshop covers the full open-source Miniscope calcium imaging pipeline with a strong emphasis on data analysis. Deadline to apply is July 17: forms.gle/HejTbPaQ1FHe...

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UCLA Miniscope Project @miniscope.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A little over one week left to apply for the upcoming Miniscope Workshop in Paris! 3 days of talks and hands on sessions covering imaging principles, surgeries, running experiments, and data analysis. Apply by May 22nd: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Optogenetics Gordon Research Conference @optogrc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Take a closer look at biology in action at #OptoGRC2026 🔬⚡ Led by @danielaharoni.bsky.social with keynote speaker @rafaelyuste.bsky.social, alongside Takashi Kitamura, @brimcr.bsky.social & @ltpancotti.bsky.social, join us to explore cutting-edge approaches to visualizing biological systems.

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UCLA Miniscope Project @miniscope.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Applications open for 2026 Paris Miniscope Workshop! July 1-3, hosted at ESPCI. Apply here: forms.gle/4CWh7MeMchLS...

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We’re really excited to announce our next international, hands-on #Miniscope workshop covering everything from microscope design to experiments to analysis! Applications are now open for the 2026 Paris Miniscope Workshop (July 1–3, ESPCI). Apply by May 22: forms.gle/4CWh7MeMchLS...

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

• Indeca, a step toward robust and interpretable calcium deconvolution • STIMscope for closed-loop, single-cell precision imaging + optogenetics • Cala, mio, and noob for streaming calcium imaging and analysis • Sciop & nwb-linkml, building resilient data infrastructure for neuroscience

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

We’ll be showing: • Fully wireless, open-source Miniscopes for long-term recording • A modular multimodal biosignal platform for freely behaving animals • Miniscope-UltraSmall for long-term, multi-region imaging • MiniSTIM, integrating one-photon imaging with neural modulation

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Excited for my group's #SfN posters tomorrow (Nov. 17, 1–5 PM)! We will be presenting new #Miniscopes, neural recording tools, calcium image processing, and data infrastructure advances. If you’re at the meeting, stop by posters ZZ7–ZZ14!

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jonny (leachate composite form) @jo.nny.rip · 16/11/2025

Hello #SfN2025, I'm here presenting sciop.net, archiving at-risk information and bootstrapping a hybrid federated/p2p archive, rebuilding NWB and integrating acquisition and analysis with lightweight pipelines. I'll be at ZZ14 in the Monday afternoon session :) aharoni-lab.com/sfn2025/sciop

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SciOp - Public Information Preservation

Preserving Public Information

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Takuya Sasatani @takuyasasatani.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

We're presenting Miniscope Zero, the first fully-wireless Miniscope, at #SfN25! Wireless power + data enable long-term neural recordings from multiple freely behaving animals. @MiniscopeTeam Poster: Nov. 17, 1–5 pm, ZZ7 Info: tinyurl.com/mhdfb67u Full video: youtu.be/mIt15LA-rZI?...

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Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

🎉 Join us on Monday for the best party of the year! The Cai-Tye Collective is throwing a bash at #SfN25 and everyone is invited! 🎉 November 17, 9pm at Parq Nightclub in San Diego. See you all there!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

For a very "direct" response to the new Executive Order, see open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse... 1/3

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Federal Grantmaking Gets a Christofascist Glow-Up

Read my zero star review of the new Executive Order

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 09/06/2025

Please join the chorus of voices, including my own, in support of the talented, hardworking and dedicated scientists and staff at NIH. They serve their country by deploying their training and skills to improve the health and quality of life of all Americans 🙏 🇺🇸

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 13/03/2025

76 notices of grant opportunities have been unpublished by the NIH. It’s likely all the grants funded under each of these mechanisms will be terminated. Look at what will be lost, eg: Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities

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Interventions to expand cancer screening and preventive services to ADVANCE health in populations that experience health disparities (RO1, Clinical Trial Required)
PAR-26-001
Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment or Prevention (SBIRT/P) for alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) use and misuse in adult populations that exped
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Addressing Health Inequities in Clinical Diagnostics (R41/R42 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) |
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Addressing Health Inequities in Clinical Diagnostics (R43/R44 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
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Exploratory Grant Award to Promote Workforce Diversity in Basic Cancer Research (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)|
PAR-25-186
Cancer Epidemiology Cohorts: Building the Next Generation of Research Cohorts (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
PAR-23-308
Comprehensive Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity (CACHE) (U54 Clinical Trial Optional)
PAR-23-112
Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
PAR-23-292
Improving Care and Outcomes for Cancer Survivors from Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) |
PAR-25-237
Improving Care and Outcomes for Cancer Survivors from Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
PAR-25-240
Tobacco, Alcohol, and Cannabis Policy Research for Health Equity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
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Tobacco, Alcohol, and Cannabis Policy Research for Health Equity (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) |
RFA-HL-25-008
Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity in Biomedical Research (K01 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
RFA-HL-25-009
Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity in Biomedical Research (K01 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) |
PAR-25-356
T32 Training Program to Promote Broad Participation (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-HL-25-001
Short-Term Research Education Program t…

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Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) (134)|
PAR-24-138
Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) (134)
PAR-24-032
Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) (T32)
PAR-24-031
Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (132)
PAR-22-125
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Training Program (T34)
PAR-24-232
Bridges to the Doctorate Research Training Program (132)
PAR-23-222
Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award to Promote Diversity (F99/K00 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
PAR-24-226
Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 - Independent Cinical Trial Required)
PAR-24-224
Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Organizational Research Education Award to Promote Diversity (UES - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
PAR-24-225
Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 - Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required (BESH)) |
PAR -24-230
B-INSPIRE: Research on Behavioral interventions that Promote Careers in the Biomedical Research Enterprise (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
PAR-23-221
Advancing Research Careers (ARC) institutionally-Focused Research Education Award to Promote Diversity (UES - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
PAR-25-084
Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award to Promote Broad Participation (F99/K00 - Cünical Trial Not Allowed)
PAR-23-137
NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25…

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Nanthia Suthana @suthanalab.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I recently spoke at a Congressional briefing with a military veteran from our PTSD clinical trial on the life-changing impact of the NIH Brain Initiative. Watch here👇 braininitiative.nih.gov/news-events/... The BRAIN Initiative is now facing a 20% cut on top of the 40% last yr…

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

So it is the case that all NIH study sections have been indefinitely postponed, right? Everyone I have heard from has had their proposal's study section canceled. Wouldn't be surprised if Trump plans to pause committee meetings until Congress agrees to include indirects cuts in the next budget.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 10/02/2025

Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk "Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."

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Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068)

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Well, this is deeply concerning. At least they aren’t slow-rolling their attempt at bringing down American democracy.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

9/ Our voices, our labor, our funds, our actions matter; and it’s time we use them.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

8/ Faculty potentially have a power we’ve never fully recognized. It’s time to work across all 50 states and make our collective pain—and our dissent—felt. We cannot stand by while our future is dismantled, our trainees are hurt, and our research is undermined.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

7/ Our ability to do our jobs—funding research, training future scientists, teaching students—is under attack. This isn’t just about budgets; it’s about the core values of higher education.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

6/ The proposed changes cut deep into positions that faculty nationwide hold dear. Waiting for courts to resolve these issues or for sluggish, misaligned university administrations to act is not an option.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

5/ In essence, we aren’t just a workforce—we’re part of the financial backbone of the institutions we serve.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

4/ Consider our unique position as faculty: • We provide much of the labor in higher ed. • We generate critical funds (via grant indirects) that sustain universities. These funds reach much further than just funding the operational costs around our research. • We are extremely difficult to replace.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

3/ The brutal cut to DEI and change to acceptable grant proposal language is particularly troubling. It comes from the same playbook that is behind the indirect cuts. Removing DEI isn’t accidental; it’s a deliberate effort to erase the inclusive framework that drives academic excellence.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

2/ Research is inherently progressive. These changes strike at the core values that most faculty live and work by, undermining the very foundation of academic inquiry and innovation.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

1/ We need to stop deluding ourselves and start focusing. The administration’s recent NIH indirect cost cuts and near-elimination of DEI in research aren’t isolated moves—they’re a coordinated attack on higher education and research.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

5/ In essence, we aren’t just a workforce—we’re part of the financial backbone of the institutions we serve.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

3/ The brutal cut to DEI and acceptable grant language) is particularly troubling. It comes from the same playbook that is behind the indirect cuts. Removing DEI isn’t accidental; it’s a deliberate effort to erase the inclusive framework that drives academic excellence.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

2/ Research is inherently progressive. These changes strike at the core values that most faculty live and work by, undermining the very foundation of academic inquiry and innovation.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 08/02/2025

This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction. We all need to speak out to save lives.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

The only reason I can see for this being implemented with no warning or phase-in period is specifically to cripple higher education.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/2025

7. This order did not come out of nowhere. It was a core component of Lindsey Burke's Dept. of Education chapter in the Project 2025 report. (Private foundations typically pay 10-15% overhead rates, and the logic of this comparison is made explicit in today's Supplemental Guidance from NIH.)

Cap indirect costs at universities. Currently, the federal government pays a portion of the overhead expenses associated with university-based research. Known
as “indirect costs,” these reimbursements cross-subsidize leftist agendas and the
research of billion-dollar organizations such as Google and the Ford Foundation.
Universities also use this influx of cash to pay for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
(DEI) e!orts. To correct course,
l Congress should cap the indirect cost rate paid to universities so
that it does not exceed the lowest rate a university accepts from
a private organization to fund research e"orts. This marketbased reform would help reduce federal taxpayer subsidization of
leftist agendas.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I don't even know what to say. This would be a huge change on it's own, but it happening so quickly and without warning will be crippling to most research institutes in the US.

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Shouldn't have taken me this long to switch over but happy to be here now! Bye bye X | Hello Bluesky!

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