Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhD @drchrysikou.bsky.social · 04/03/2025www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/a-national...powerofusnewsletter.comA National Prefrontal Lobotomy: The Costs of Cutting the Social SciencesIssue 158: The long-term impacts of funding cuts threaten "social science for a safer world" 050
Reposted by Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhDPaul Rohr @pevohr.bsky.social · 22/02/2025For example, consider this excellent 33-post 🧵 from @jeremymberg.bsky.social, who used to lead NIGMS Written from the perspective of a scientist, it describes the long chain of discoveries needed to produce this week's release of an exciting new, non-opioid pain reliever onto the market 1103
Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhD @drchrysikou.bsky.social · 23/02/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...nytimes.com‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the WorldThe Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope. 040
Reposted by Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhDMike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Since I have way more non-academic followers than I ever would have imagined: a short explainer. TL;DR: Substantially cutting indirect costs will either mean raising tuition and fees, or laying off a bunch of mid- and low-salary staff and students. 412145
Reposted by Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhDPam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Good blog post on describing why the NIH drop in IDC would have such negative effects. It is clear, non-technical and has things that can be done by everyone www.kateringland.com/the-hidden-b...kateringland.comThe Hidden Backbone of Research: How a 15% Cap on Indirect Costs Will Devastate UniversitiesSo, if we’re serious about keeping research alive, it’s time to push back. Because 15% isn’t just a cut—it’s a death sentence for academic institutions as we know them. 24131
Reposted by Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhDNature Reviews Neuroscience @natrevneuro.nature.com · 17/01/2025The brain’s action-mode network — a Perspective by Nico U. F. Dosenbach, Marcus E. Raichle & Evan M. Gordon @ndosenbach.bsky.social @gordonneuro.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe brain’s action-mode network - Nature Reviews NeuroscienceThe brain enters an action-mode of function during goal-directed behaviour. In this Perspective, Dosenbach, Raiche and Gordon describe “action-mode” as an informative functional label that reduce... 06927
Reposted by Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhDAnjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · 17/01/2025In recognition of Segio Della Sall's innovative use of artwork for the journal Cortex, I wrote this piece about using imagery to enhance curiosity about neuroscience papers. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kSNC2VHYC...authors.elsevier.com 1157
Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhD @drchrysikou.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Are you a creativity researcher just starting in Bluesky? Check out the @tsfnc SfNC Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/S5Ce66c 1178
Reposted by Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhDjcrwhittington.bsky.social @jcrwhittington.bsky.social · 08/12/2024New paper out in #Neuron: A general theory of sequential working memory in prefrontal cortex and RNN/SSMs with their exact neural mechanism. Plus unifying this new mechanism with the alternate mechanism of hippocampal cognitive maps! (1/9) www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... 613740
Reposted by Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhDFrederic R. Hopp @fhopp.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Busy bookworm or targeted hunter? Check out this amazing work on using computational modeling for exploring #curiosity in book selection! 0114
Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhD @drchrysikou.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Very interesting interview—the future of sponsored research? goodscience.substack.com/p/interview-...goodscience.substack.comInterview with Daniel MacArthurThis is an interview with Daniel MacArthur, whom I first met when he was at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Boston. 030