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Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh @drmbede.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I was slacking today y’all. Today’s coffee of the day: Elixir. Bought a bag of beans to take home #SSIB2026

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Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh @drmbede.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The NITA session is always one of my faves. #SSIB2026

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Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh @drmbede.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Coffee stop day 2: Function Labs Coffee. Science 🤝 Coffee #SSIB2026

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Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh @drmbede.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

In the intervention and therapeutics session this morning, we learned about several new strategies to treat obesity in different contexts and an odor-exposure task delivery experiment that was a more sophisticated science-y scratch and sniff! #SSIB2026

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Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh @drmbede.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’ll be posting about all of the happenings at #SSIB2026 this week! One of my favorite non-science activities to do at any conference is to check out several coffee shops around town. First up: Thank you, thank you.

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UF McKnight Brain Institute @ufmbi.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The lab of Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh studies neural circuits that drive eating, stress responses and other motivated behaviors, including how individuals choose between satisfying hunger and fulfilling other needs. #MBI_Labs @drmbede.bsky.social Learn more: www.bedenbaughlab.com

A group of eight lab members stands in a courtyard outside the University of Florida College of Medicine.

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Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh @drmbede.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Raising her right 😏. It was a great trip!

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Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh @drmbede.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Lab's first presentations! I've thoroughly enjoyed watching their research and presentation skills grow in such a short span of time. Definitely one of my favorite things as a new PI.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 18/03/2026

A Review in Nature Aging examines dietary restriction in the context of aging, including the roles of fasting, hunger, changes in body temperature and fat loss. The authors also consider the potential negative effects. go.nature.com/4lwzHzI 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows dietary restrictions in aging.

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Tara Raam @tararaam.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Excited to share my postdoc work is out in @natneuro.nature.com today! We examined how the brain enables social groups to collectively coordinate their behavior in the face of environmental challenge ❄️🐭🐭🐭🐭❄️ : www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Cortical regulation of collective social dynamics during environmental challenge - Nature Neuroscience

Raam, Li, Gu and colleagues identify neural mechanisms underlying group huddling in mice during cold exposure. They find that the prefrontal cortex encodes decisions to huddle and that silencing neura...

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Shelley Warlow @accumbenshelley.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Are you or someone you know graduating soon and looking for an exciting Post Bac opportunity? Come join us at Dartmouth!

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Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh @drmbede.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

My department is hiring! Come join a cutting-edge and collaborative environment. Details below:

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Dr. Deborah Luessen @luessendj.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

It’s official! Luessen Lab will be opening its doors this Fall in the Department of Pediatrics at @emoryuniversity.bsky.social School of Medicine. Thrilled to be joining a team of awesome researchers as part of the Children’s Center for Neuroscience Research 🧠

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Suzanne Nolan @suzannenolan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Happy to announce that the Nolan Lab will open this fall at Illinois State University! We are looking for motivated undergraduates, graduate students (both MS/PhD options available) as well as technicians to join our group. Please repost and check our website for more info! nolan-lab.com

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Home | Nolan Lab

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Cherish Ardinger, PhD @cherishardinger.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Public comments have been opened back up! Research with animals is critical for providing evidence-based knowledge in the pursuit of human health. Broadly reducing research projects with animals threatens public health and will greatly stall the development of new therapeutics for diseases!

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FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing

The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.

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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Science article about how grad students are writing editorials in hometown papers to celebrate Barbara McClintock, the only lone woman to win a Nobel Prize. We are reminding readers that science is here, quietly saving your life. 🧪🧬🌽🔬 @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

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U.S. researchers are speaking up for science in local newspapers

Through two grassroots efforts, more than 80 op eds have been published in news outlets across the country

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

This program means a lot to me. We selected students that largely didn’t have research experience & they are presenting, publishing & going on to postbac/grad/prof programs. This was what made me realize where I wanted my efforts to be. In supporting & developing programs to train future scientists

Scientists of all stages, genders and backgrounds stand in front of a research building. The inaugural class of NEURON-Aging undergraduate researchers, near peer mentors, Pls, and NEURON-Aging faculty.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 03/04/2025

A new method reported in Science allows the generation of 3D ultrasound images of gene expression and 2D ultrasound images of capillary vessels. The approach enables fast, deep, and volumetric imaging of living opaque organs labeled with echogenic reporters. Learn more this week: scim.ag/4jf4rDa

A cross-propagating ultrasound wave exposes a thin tissue section that contains blood vessels feeding a tumor. The wave interacts with sound-scattering probes (displayed in orange gold) that are genetically expressed in cancer cells or are injected in the bloodstream to reveal capillary vessels. White contour lines indicate previously scanned tissue sections and the total volume explored by this sound-sheet microscopy technique.

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Issue 5 is complete! On the cover: A 3D reconstruction from a light-sheet fluorescent microscopy image stack depicts parallel networks of vessels (PECAM1+, CD31, magenta) and nerves (PRPH+, yellow) in a human heart at 10.0 post-conceptional weeks. See De Bono et al. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Cover of issue 5: A 3D reconstruction from a light-sheet fluorescent microscopy image stack depicts parallel networks of vessels (PECAM1+, CD31, magenta) and nerves (PRPH+, yellow) in a human heart at 10.0 post-conceptional weeks. Whole-organ immunofluorescence was used to examine the spatial arrangement of blood vessels and peripheral nerves during human heart development. See Research Article by De Bono et al.

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Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh @drmbede.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I joked that answering the kids questions felt like a second qualifying exam, but I had an absolute blast during this event last week! Teaching local communities about science has always filled my cup, but it felt particularly important and gratifying this year. mbi.ufl.edu/2025/03/12/u...

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UF neuroscience students share brain-research enthusiasm with schoolchildren » McKnight Brain Institute » University of Florida

In celebration of Brain Awareness Week, the MBI welcomed 35 teenage homeschool students and 40 more ages 7-12 on Tuesday for lab tours, brain-related crafts and a Q&A with a working scientist.

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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com

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Science Homecoming

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Total NIH funding cuts by state. This can be helpful when talking to your representatives www.datawrapper.de/_/Y0Pnk/

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Funding cuts by state

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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Abby Polter @ampolter.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The United States built a publicly funded scientific enterprise that worked miracles. We went to the moon and mars, laid the groundwork for computing revolutions, turned AIDS from a death sentence to a chronic condition, drastically cut cancer deaths. And now we're just going to dismantle it?

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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Want to see the numbers for how NIH funding impacts your state? Remind your Representatives, Senators, and fellow citizens how federally-funded biomedical research advances health, created jobs, and fosters innovation and economic growth. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research

Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

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Nick Petersen @nickpetersen.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I’m pumped to share that our new paper in Biological Psychiatry is out! We dissected a novel astrocyte-neuron interaction in the ventral periaqueductal gray (vPAG) that maintains wakefulness involving norepinephrine and dopamine neurons🧵: www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

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Adenosine A2A Receptors Link Astrocytic α1-Adrenergic Signaling to Wake-Promoting Dopamine Neurons

Sleep and arousal disorders are common, but the underlying physiology of wakefulness is not fully understood. The locus coeruleus promotes arousal via α1-adrenergic receptor (α1AR)–driven recruitment ...

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Brad Stulberg @bradstulberg.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Evidence based hacks: Hack for strength: lift weights Hack for speed: run Hack for smarts: read Hack for productivity: deep work Hack for recovery: sleep Hack for motivation: just start Hack for happiness: build community There is no replacing hard and smart effort.

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Seth Blackshaw @sethblackshaw.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

We begin the New Year with two preprints on hypothalamic development. The first, part of a long-term collaboration with Marysia Placzek’s group, investigates the organization of the developing forebrain, and show that current models are (mostly) incorrect./1 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Resolving forebrain developmental organisation by analysis of differential growth patterns

The forebrain is the most complex region of the vertebrate CNS, and its developmental organisation is controversial. We fate-mapped the embryonic chick forebrain using lipophilic dyes and Cre-recombin...

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Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh @drmbede.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Had to pop into the office because Christmas came a day early for me 🎅🎄👩🏻‍🔬 #newPI

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Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh @drmbede.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I just walked out of my office to find some sort of holiday parade going on. Apparently, UF Facilities does a holiday parade outside of the children’s hospital ever year 🥹. Faith in humanity restored.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky 1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research Open Access journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Scientists - consider writing up your research for Frontiers for Young Minds (if you are brave enough to face kid reviewers 😉). Here's how: kids.frontiersin.org/participate/... Like Liza Fazio! @lkfazio.bsky.social Or Yann LeCun! @ylecun.bsky.social kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

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Will Learning Machines Take Over the World?

Learning is an integral part of our lives, and the lives of all animals, but do you realize how wondrous our learning ability is? When we try to build machines that can learn, we are faced with deep q...

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Pablo J. Sáez @pjsaez.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

This is a great resource by @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social We normally prepare different ones and then choose those that are color blind friendly. Sometimes is hard to choose 👇🏽 What's your favourite ? @focalplane.bsky.social @cellcommlab.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social #SciArt

The collage shows a montage of a starred cell in different colors.

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Tiago Peixoto @tiago.skewed.de · 02/12/2024

Good news everyone! A new version of graph-tool is just out! @graph-tool.skewed.de graph-tool.skewed.de Graph-tool is a comprehensive and efficient Python library to work with networks, including structural, dynamical, and statistical algorithms, as well as visualization. 1/N #networkscience

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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

By popular demand, here is your #ACNP2024 Travel Awardee Starter pack! A photo recap is included below - if you see anyone we've missed, please let us know! (we're still getting our bearings over here, so excuse any accidental oversights!) go.bsky.app/N4AcAWv

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jgarcia1014.bsky.social @jgarcia1014.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Postdocs! Please consider applying and share with your networks!

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Ali Maximilian Erturk @erturklab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Imagine seeing a disease's impact on every cell in the body. Now, you can! We introduce MouseMapper, an AI tool to reveal system-wide disease perturbations. It reveals obesity-induced changes in facial nerves & body-wide inflammation 👉🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.” www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...

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