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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

6/ The fun part: one mouse on day 10, doing what we call circling. We reconstructed the kinematics in 3D. Centripetal acceleration oscillated and occasionally exceeded 1g. A mouse running for fun, briefly making its own gravity. Maybe @talmo.bsky.social can post the video....

Two-panel figure from the preprint. Left (a): a still frame from inside the ISS rodent habitat showing the metal-grid cage interior with a colored loop traced through the air, mapping the path of a mouse running laps along the cage walls; the loop is colormapped in rainbow colors to indicate orbit phase. Right (b): the same trajectory reconstructed in 3D, plotted as a tilted oval ribbon of points colored across the rainbow spectrum, with axes labeled in centimeters showing the mouse's centroid path through the cage volume. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.30.721950v1

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

4/ Pose tracking matched human inter-annotator variability. Behavior classification across 8 categories hit 0.86–0.90 accuracy. Per-behavior performance was uneven, so we treat the patterns as qualitative trends, not precise counts.

Behavioral ethogram across the full 37-day RR-1 mission. Two stacked panels show, top, human-labeled behaviors and, bottom, model-predicted behaviors. Each row corresponds to one of eight behaviors: huddling, grooming, eating, drifting, crawling, circling, background, and backflips. Colored tick marks run along the horizontal time axis wherever a behavior occurred, with each behavior assigned its own color. Below both panels, a thin bar shows the light-dark cycle as alternating yellow (light) and dark blue (dark) blocks across days 0 through 32. The model panel shows denser, more continuous predictions than the human labels, with eating, crawling, and circling becoming visibly more frequent as the mission progresses.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A little light reading on a rainy day in Waltham. thanks as always @jeremymberg.bsky.social

Close-up photo of the cover of Biochemistry, sixth edition, by Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, and Lubert Stryer. Lavender-blue cloth hardcover with a gold molecular structure illustration in the upper right corner. Berg’s name is at the top of the author list.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Good night moon, #Philly style … one straightforward, one accidental modern art. 🌙

The Roberts Center for Pediatric Research at CHOP at night, lit up in blue and pink, seen from below through old rail infrastructure …steel girders, overhead wires, and an overpass cutting across the frame.

Yellow traffic signals at the intersection of Health Sciences Drive, with the Roberts Center’s LED crown glowing in blue
and teal behind them. The moon sits low to the left, partially behind railroad catenary poles and wires.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

6/🧵 Fig 1 in our review shows the field landscape. ~40 reward engram studies across 20 years, spread across PFC, NAc, amygdala, striatum, VTA, and hippocampus. Gold triangles are papers that look at both fear AND reward in the same region. Notice how few there are in the DG.

Schematic showing a mouse brain from two angles with red circles marking brain regions where reward engrams have been studied. Each region has a list of published papers next to it. Prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens have the longest lists. The dentate gyrus list is almost entirely gold triangles, meaning those papers studied both fear and reward rather than reward alone. Blue squares are reward-only papers. The imbalance is visible at a glance. This is Fig 1 in our open access review - come read the whole thing! https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13000687/

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

New 5.5/🧵 Here’s this point made in the graphical abstract for the review: what we know about fear engrams (left side) vs reward engrams (right side) in the DG. Right side: lots more question marks….consolidation, retrieval, extinction in the DG for reward? Largely unknown.

Side-by-side comparison of what we know about fear versus reward engrams in the dentate gyrus. The left column lists fear engram principles (allocation, consolidation, retrieval, extinction, and identity versus valence encoding) with established mechanisms noted for each. The right column lists the same categories for reward engrams, but most are marked with question marks and labeled as largely unknown, unclear, or unresolved. A zoomed-in illustration of the dentate gyrus granule cell layer with engram cells sits in the center. The bottom panel states our review’s central argument: fear engrams revealed the mechanistic principles, reward engrams remain the critical frontier. This is the graphical abstract for our open access review - come read the whole thing! https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13000687/

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Just #philly lookin’ good even from the back on a random Tuesday

Back of a large neon sign structure seen from below, steel scaffolding and framework rising to a point against a blue sky, sitting on top of an ornate brick building with arched windows and decorative stonework. Classic Philly architecture.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The force is strong with this new children’s hospital building #TheForce #philly #CHOP

Two construction cranes crossed like red and green lightsabers on top of the new CHOP hospital building going up next to Penn Medicine, early morning with a grey sky and the building windows all lit up

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Everything is terrible. Please enjoy this flashback to when the biggest crisis in this house was a bug under the cabinet. #Caturday #TimelineCleanse #CatsOfBluesky #CatDistraction

Our three sibling cats, one black and white, one black, and one gray with a purple collar, sitting in a semicircle staring intently at something under a cabinet in our place. It turned out to be a fascinating spider (that we set free out the window).

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Spouse & i did our 5th #Gritty5K Aside from the #CakeInTheFace that the offspring & I got one year, this sequence of shots from this AM are some o the best I’ve gotten: beady #Gritty eye, frosting wrapping around her face, her arms akimbo. Thanks #flyers 4 a lovely annual distraction from real life

Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers hockey mascot winding up to throw a cake at a person in the foreground. She stands with her back to us, arms akimbo. We can only see Gritty’s right eye, his hockey helmet, and part of his bright orange jersey. The sky behind him is bright blue and there is a crowd surrounding the spectacle. 1/3

Gritty rises up as he begins to take his swing, cake in hand. His right eye is higher and more obvious that in prior picture. The volunteer/victim in the foreground remains arms akimbo. 2/3

The cake has been thrown at the face of the volunteer/victim. She remains with arms akimbo, but the frosting wraps around one side of her head and chunks of cake wrap around the other. Gritty’s right eye is visible and focused on his target. 3/3.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

What a pleasure it was today to host @elisabethbik.bsky.social today in Philadelphia for both a noon seminar for CHOP/PennMed and an afternoon workshop with our (the bluesky-less Eeic Marsh and myself) current and recent NINDS T32 trainees. Informative, engaging, and inspiring. #ImageForensics

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

My lab members and I pictured in an article in the @inquirer.com about a recent on campus protest about (waves hands around) all this. Thanks @aaup-penn.bsky.social for organizing. tinyurl.com/2zabxsj9 but might be paywalled #ScienceIsDefiance #NoKings

The image from a Philadelphia Inquirer news article shows a protest rally in Philadelphia with a group of people holding signs. One prominent sign reads "NIH GRANTS bring PA $5.23 BILLION in ECONOMIC ACTIVITY." Another visible sign says "FUND DON'T FREEZE." The header at the top reads "PHILADELPHIA" and the headline below the image states "Penn unions rally to encourage administration to oppose federal funding cuts, canceling of diversity initiatives." A partial subheading is visible mentioning that "Penn unions delivered a petition." The protesters are advocating for continued federal research funding and against cuts to diversity programs at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Happy #Caturday to all who celebrate. Keep fighting but take the time to play too - like good ol’ Hermione The Durable here. #CatsOfBlueSky #RabbitKick #CallYourRepresentatives

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Science is defiance! This afternoon at PUREL (Penn Undergrad Research in the Eisch Lab) students gave a great presentation on this 2024 paper by Schuler et al. from @rcbagot.bsky.social lab. #MoSeq 1/3

A screen capture of the title and authors list for this scientific paper: "Data-Driven Analysis Identifies Novel Modulation of Social Behavior in Female Mice Witnessing Chronic Social Defeat Stress"
Below the title is a list of authors:
Heike Schuler, Rand S. Eid, Serena Wu, Yiu-Chung Tse, Vedrana Cvetkovska, Joëlle Lopez, Rosalie Quinn, Delong Zhou, Juliet Meccia, Laurence Dion-Albert, Shannon N. Bennett, Emily L. Newman, Brian C. Trainor, Catherine J. Peña, Caroline Menard, and Rosemary C. Bagot
Want to look up this paper? Here is the full citation: Schuler H, Eid RS, Wu S, Tse YC, Cvetkovska V, Lopez J, Quinn R, Zhou D, Meccia J, Dion-Albert L, Bennett SN. Data-driven analysis identifies novel modulation of social behavior in female mice witnessing chronic social defeat stress. Biological psychiatry. 2024 Dec 3. PMID: 39638223 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.11.017

The image, from Schuler et al., 2024, shows a schematic labeled "Figure 1A" illustrating experimental procedures for studying chronic social stress in mice.
Top panel ("Chronic Social Witness / Defeat Stress"):
The image depicts a test chamber divided by a dashed line. On the left side, a white mouse (marked with a male symbol ♂) is shown on top of a black mouse (also marked with a male symbol ♂), demonstrating social defeat interaction. On the right side, a smaller brown mouse (marked with a female symbol ♀) is positioned as an observer, representing the "witness" condition.
Bottom panel ("Social Interaction Test"):
Two test configurations are shown:

"No Target Trial": A test arena with a mouse in the center and an empty enclosure (shown as a dashed outline) in the "Interaction Zone" (dark gray U-shaped area)
"Target Trial": The same arena but with a target mouse present in the enclosure within the "Interaction Zone"

The legend indicates "Interaction Zone" (dark gray) and "Corner Zone" (light gray), which are designated areas for measuring social behavior. The design allows researchers to compare how mice that either directly experienced defeat stress or witnessed it respond to social interaction opportunities, measuring their approach or avoidance behaviors in relation to a target mouse.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Here for example is the update fact sheet for PA which took me seconds to download. Some facts for 2024: NIH directly supported 21,740 jobs in PA. NIH grants generated $5.31 billion in economic activity in PA. Go get your state’s sheet today and #CallYourReps

The image shows an informational flyer titled "NIH FUNDING AT WORK IN PENNSYLVANIA" from United for Medical Research (UMR).

Key information in the flyer includes:

**Quick Facts:**
- NIH awarded $2.20 billion in grants and contracts during FY2024
- Directly supported 21,740 jobs
- Generated $5.31 billion in economic activity in Pennsylvania

**Annual Mortality Rates in Pennsylvania for Select Diseases:**
- Heart Disease: 173.4 (deaths per 100,000 population)
- Cancer: 148.7
- Chronic Lung Disease: 30.8
- Stroke: 36.6
- Alzheimer's Disease: 20.9
- Diabetes: 22.6

**Top NIH-Funded Institutions in Pennsylvania:**
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- Pennsylvania State University
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Temple University of the Commonwealth
- Several other institutions including Drexel, Wistar Institute, Carnegie-Mellon, etc.

The flyer also shows that the biopharmaceutical industry in Pennsylvania includes 3,710 businesses supporting 97,374 jobs.

UMR is described as a coalition of research institutions, patient advocates, and industry partners seeking increased NIH funding to improve lives and advance innovation.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Hey #Philadelphia Here is this week’s Philly Trouble newsletter - again named after the great John Lewis’ famous quote of “making good trouble”. Please share with your networks #50501Philadelphia @50501philadelphia.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisiblephl.bsky.social

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

#Philadelphia ! Come on Sat March 15. 2025 to City Hall to peacefully but loudly rally w/#50501Philadelphia & #IndivisiblePhiladelphia Noon. Share w/your networks! tinyurl.com/DoSomethingP... @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisiblephl.bsky.social

This image shows a political rally flyer with a red, white, and blue color scheme featuring a Liberty Bell icon at the top right. The main text reads "Corruption Destroys, Community Builds" with "Corruption" and "Community" in blue and "Destroys," and "Builds" in red. The event details are listed as "Saturday March 15" (in blue), "Noon" (in red), "Philadelphia" (in blue), and "City Hall" (in red), all contained within a blue-outlined box. At the bottom of the flyer are logos for "Indivisible Philadelphia" (showing a bell symbol) and their QR code and a "50501" emblem inside a shape the state of Pennsylvania indicating 50501PA and the national 50501 QR code.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

TODAY #Philadelphia @standupforscience.bsky.social 11am City Hall. There may or may not be a cute cat picture added along with the flyer and pics of my double sided sign below (secret: it is actually 4-sided…my special “quadrisign”, patent pending). #StandUpForScience #50501 #Indivisible #NoKings

The image shows a handwritten protest sign with bold text on a white background with blue borders. The sign reads "RESEARCH" (in black with blue outlines) at the top, followed by "IS CHEAPER THAN" (in red with a red arrow pointing to it), and "DISEASE" (in black with blue outlines) at the bottom. The sign appears to be advocating for research funding by highlighting that investing in research is more cost-effective than treating diseases after they occur.

The image shows a handwritten sign on a light background that reads:

"NIH GRANTS
BRING PA
$5.23 BILLION
IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
FY 2024"

At the bottom right corner, there appears to be text indicating "SOURCE: UNITED FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH"

A promotional flyer for 'Stand Up For Science 2025' featuring the Statue of Liberty in light blue against a blue background. The statue holds a torch with a yellow flame. Red banners contain white text announcing the event details: March 7, 2025 at Philadelphia City Hall at 11 AM. The flyer includes the tagline 'SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE' and directs viewers to find their local rally site at standupforscience2025.org. The design combines patriotic imagery with bold, modern typography in red and white."

A black and white tuxedo cat, our Hermione, with bright yellow eyes stares directly at the camera with a surprised expression. Hermione is nestled in what appears to be a fabric hammock or bed with colorful rainbow stripes in the background. Hermione, one of our three rescue cat from West Philadelphia, looks excited and alert as if she's ready for today's Stand Up For Science event happening at Philadelphia City Hall.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Live in/near #Philadelphia? Want to make #GoodTrouble - a term made famous by former US Rep and civil rights champion John Lewis? Check out this list from @50501philadelphia.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social See uou at @standupforscience.bsky.social on Friday at #Philly City Hall!

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Here’s where I will be tomorrow in #philadelphia Hope other Philly folks will attend. I will be the one carrying four (4) signs for science. Pictures to follow. @50501philadelphia.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social #RestThenResist #CallYourReps #5CallsIsAwesome

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Trust me, you won’t be alone! See updated flyer below:

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This Saturday, March 1: come protest with us in Philadelphia. **Please share widely and post in your neighborhood, workplace, and school** @50501movement.bsky.social #NoKings #WeThePeople #CallYourReps

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Here’s the updated flyer for the Saturday March 1 flyer in Philadelphia (and with alt text). Please share widely on bsky but also post in your neighborhood, workplace, and school. See you there! @50501movement.bsky.social #NoKings #WeThePeople #CallYourReps

The image shows a black and white protest flyer with the following information:

At the top in large text: "ONE MARCH 2025" on the left side, and "SATURDAY MARCH 1ST NO KINGS NO TRUMP" on the right side.

In the center is a line drawing of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.

Below this are event details:
- "NOON MEET @ CITY HALL"
- "12:40 PM MARCH"
- "1:11 PM PROTEST @ INDEPENDENCE HALL"

At the bottom are social media/contact information:
- "#50501MOVEMENT"
- "@50501movement.bsky.social"
- "r/50501Philadelphia"
- "Heathens Against Hate"

The flyer is advertising a political protest march scheduled for March 1, 2025, beginning at City Hall and ending at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Spread widely and come join us!

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Updated flyer for the Philly Friday March 7 @standupforscience.bsky.social science protest, now w/ alt text & a slightly earlier time. Pls mark those calendars, make those signs & share widely #ScienceIsForEveryone #RestThenResist #CallYourRepresentatives #GoBirds #FlyScienceFly

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Sabrina purring while falling asleep. May we all find moments of rest and peace this weekend Sound on #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky #RestThenResist #CallYourRepresentatives

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Sure is @burkhardtlab.bsky.social ! In fact there are MANY actions planned in the coming weeks. linktr.ee/dosomethingp... has Philly-specific actions. @standupforscience.bsky.social has their science march (flyer below w/more info in alt text) @50501movement.bsky.social for all else #NoKings

"Stand Up For Science 2025" promotional flyer featuring the Statue of Liberty in a stylized blue and white design against a light blue background. The statue holds its iconic torch with a yellow flame. Two bold red banners span the image: the main title "STAND UP FOR SCIENCE" at the top, and "SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE" near the bottom.

The event details are displayed in white text:
- Date: MARCH 7, 2025
- Location: Washington, DC and nationwide

At the bottom, there's a call to action in smaller text: "Find your local rally site and other ways to get involved:" followed by the website "standupforscience2025.org"

The overall design uses a patriotic color scheme of red, white, and blue, with the Statue of Liberty serving as a powerful symbol of unity and advocacy for science

For more information on the DC march and to rsvp, or to find out about your local march held on March 7, go to https://standupforscience2025.org/

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Live in #Philadelphia? Live near #Philadelphia? Free next Saturday March 1? Come join us at the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence to make your voice heard @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org #NoKings #RestThenResist #FightForScience

This is a black and white flyer with information about an upcoming rally and protest in Philadelphia. It shows a picture of Independence Hall, a landmark building in the old city section of Philadelphia. This is the building where the declaration of independence was signed around. The spire of the building are the words “NO KINGS” and “NO TRUMP”. On the lower half of the flyer, it gives the name of the protest: ONE MARCH 2025. Below that is the hashtag for the organizing movement, #50501MOVEMENT. On the lower right of the flyer is the information for the protest: Saturday, March 1, 1:11 PM, Independence Hall. Below that is the subreddit for the sponsors: R/50501. I will be there – please come join us in Philadelphia, the birthplace of our nation.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Just a little timeline cleanse …..as Sabrina cleans Hermione’s face. May we all have someone like Sabrina taking care of us this week. From the vibe of Hermione’s middle-distance gaze, i think she knows it is going to be a looooong week #CatsOfBlueSky #BeKind #RestThenResist #CallYourRepresentatives

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Here are flyers for Monday’s protests - one at Harrisburg and one at Philly City Hall. Follow @50501movement.bsky.social for more.

This is a flyer for a March on Philadelphia City Hall on Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 17, 2025. At noon that information is presented in black font inside of a lavender circle. Darker purple rays alternate with lavender rays extending out from that circle. A black-and-white fist Appears on the right side of the flyer. At the top of the flyer is a black banner that says “the people demand change“ in white letters. Underneath that in smaller letters with words, alternating in white and purple font, it says “Deny the power. Defend the people. Depose the oligarchy.“ there is a QR code on the bottom left, but it does not provide helpful information. For more information about this and other related marches, follow @50501 movement.bsky.social.

This is a flyer for a peaceful March from the city Island to the capital steps in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 17, 2025 from 12 to 3 PM. The top of the flyer says “50 states 50 protests one day”. This is the slogan for the 50501 movement which you can follow on blue sky @50501. movement.bsky.social. The flyer is a white background with red and blue writing. in the background of the words is the capital building in Harrisburg Pennsylvania.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

JOY JOY JOY: NOT EVERYTHING IS TRASH - my office orchid now has a **sixth** flower emerging! May we all likewise find the energy to bloom #BenignNeglect #ItsAlive #Neuroscience #Academia #BloomBabyBloom #TimelineCleanse #CallYourRepresentatives

Phalaenopsis orchid in a terracotta pot. The plant has deep purple blooms and thick green leaves. It is growing near a window with a Penn brick building visible in the background. Five flowers are fully open, with one bud still developing at the end of the stem. Soon to be six flowers! The plant's aerial roots are visible.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I don’t - but will post if I find one. There is a distinct protest at Philadelphia city hall at noon on February 17. Check out @50501movement for links to individual state protests and see flyer (below with #alttext)

Post from @50501movement.bsky.social about a protest at Philadelphia city hall on February 17,2025 at noon. The flyer design is a light purple circle with darker purple rays emanating from it. There is a raised fist in black and white. There is a QR code in the bottom left. At the top of the flyer it says “THE PEOPLE DEMAND CHANGE - resist the power, defend the people, depose the oligarchy” in white and purple letters on a black background.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Hermione, one of our three west Philly alley rescue sibling, requests an appraisal for cuteness level.

The face of a black and white tuxedo cat. Her ears are black as is the mask around her eyes. Her nose is white as are her lower cheeks and her neck. She is relaxing in a dark blue cat bed. Her yellow eyes make direct contact with the camera. Her cheek and eyebrow whiskers are white and spread out a bit like fireworks.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Sabrina (Beans), one of our three West Philly alley rescue cats. She is a professional judger of human panic. May she offer you a bit of timeline cleanse. #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky

One of our three West Philly rescue cats, a grey and white cat named Sabrina, rests on a teal blanket. Her yellow eyes and pink nose face the camera directly, giving her a somewhat judgmental expression.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Paying attention? Outraged? 50 states 50 protests 1 day: Wednesday (yes Wednesday) February 5, 2025. Where: your state capitol. Check out @50501movement.bsky.social or the subreddit r/50501 for more.

50 states, 50 protests, 1 day. February 5, 2025. 11am to 4 pm at your state capital. This poster is for Pennsylvania. Check out @50501movement.bsky.social or subreddit r/50501 for your state.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Hang in there. Keep up the amazing science. And considering hanging this in your office.

A circle of cloth on which is embroidered “I can do all things through spite, which strengthens me“. This quote is embroidered in orange thread. Bordering the quote are green leaves and red flowers. On the bottom of the quote is a black grinning skull.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

This orchid thrives despite my #BenignNeglect. **Our science agencies can't.** NIH, CDC, FDA & USDA communication/procurement restrictions aren't just red tape - they're harming research, public health & American lives. Find & call your reps: congress.gov/members/find-your-member 🧪

A magenta orchid plant sits in a clay pot on my office windowsill. The orchid has five blooms on its stem, with thick green leaves at the base. The brick building across from my lab is visible through the window behind the plant. it thrives despite my #BenignNeglect. Now please go contact your reps and tell them Science Saves Labs.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Tough week for so many. To brighten your timeline: Lionel offers a few little guitar strums and one semi-decent ditty near the end for an admiring audience. #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky #LionelPlaysGuitar #SpidersFromMars 🐈‍⬛ 🎸

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Arctic blast incoming? Pfft. Hermione & Beans have perfected the art of blanket hogging during Philly's freeze. #CatsOfBlueSky #Caturday #CuddlePuddle

Hermione and Beans, two of our three tuxedo rescue siblings, cuddled up together on a grey blanket with floral bedding peeking out below. Hermione's black and white, while Beans (also known as Sabrina) is grey. Beans has her left front paw hugging Hermione. Classic cat cuddle puddle.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Ringing in 2025 with two of our three feline resident party planners, Beans and Hermione 🐱✨ Home is where the cats pose for New Year's photos. #NewYearsEve #CatsOfBlueSky

Two of our three tuxedo cat siblings lounging side by side, with a black 'Happy New Year' party hat visible to their right. The cat on the left is Beans/Sabrina, who has a gray and white coat, while Hermione on the right has a black and white pattern. Both cats have similar white chest markings and are looking directly at the camera with bright eyes. The background is a warm beige color, creating a cozy New Year’s Eve atmosphere.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Happy #Festivus for the rest of us. Here is our family’s much loved Festivus pole.

A plain metal pole standing upright against a yellow wall. The pole is silver and shiny. A window and picture frame can be seen in the background.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Lionel's Solstice Report: longer daylight ahead = more naps. The pink nose accepts solstice boops. #CatsOfBlueSky #Caturday #CatsOfAcademia

Close-up portrait of Lionel, a black and white cat with prominent whiskers, pink nose, and bright hazel eyes gazing at camera.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Neglect Level: Four blooms and counting 🌺🌺🌺🌺 #benignneglect #neuroscience 🧪👩‍🔬🧠

FOUR orchid blooms and one bud shine in pink and purple against a rainy window. The flowers stretch out from thick green leaves in a terra cotta pot, with a brick building visible through the raindrops on the glass.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Lionel’s little tune for #caturday Love the extra pluck with the teeth 🐈‍⬛ 🎸 #CatsOfBlueSky #LionelPlaysGuitar #ziggy #bowie

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

8/8 Authors' next steps: Need to track how memories distribute between brain regions during silencing. Could explain why some treatments disrupt memories while others just pause access. Open access, dive in. #neuroscience 🧪🧠 and the promised #CatTax (actually two)

A close-up of two black and white cats: Lionel in the foreground with his eyes closed in a near-smile, and Sabrina (Beans) visible in soft focus behind him, both showing their distinctive black and white fur patterns.

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