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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

our last IRACDA get together today, we got some books for our goodbye gift! feels great to have people believe in you !

Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

thanks to the UC Alianza MX postdoc award, I get to combine my roots in Mexico and the UC system! super grateful for another year of funds to do my research in neurosevelopmental disorders, this time with a plan for building a collaboration with researchers in Mexico!!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Last week we took the Voytek lab's analytical tools and taught a workshop completely in Spanish across the border in Tijuana! thanks to the Congreso Nacional de Psicología for the invitation

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

"Not only could the charge of academic imperialism be laid against the principle of a monoglot publication practice but it would also mean that fewer members of the wider public in non-English-speaking countries would be able to read the reports published by their own scientists."

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I got to chat about my career path and how what started as a means to earn a paycheck turned into a personal mission to use my background in science to improve access to neuroscience research education. genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

another thing I got to enjoy this SfN was serving as a panelist for the We Adapt, We ENDURE symposium at UC San Diego, also with my friend Julia!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

at ABRCMS 2025? Stop by our Colors of the Brain scholar posters!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Colors of the Brain reunion at Society for Neuroscience! Scholars, alumn, mentors and leadership from our last 9 years as an organization !

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

ripping packs at the glia social last night

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I'll be at Society for Neuroscience! Check out my workshop on neuroscience in spanish, my poster on Rett Syndrome electrophysiology spanning human EEG and mouse recordings, and my outstanding RA, Austin Hutton's work on hIPSC neural tissue culture power spectrum features across development!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

thanks!! can you help me understand difference between "Council Meeting Date" and"Meeting Date" under "Study Section"? thank you!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

2 years ago i thought id never do experiments again, im back on my shit hoping this makes it to sfn poster !

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

We'll be having our 3rd annual MINDS Symposium this August 29th, 1-5 pm Bonner Hall 2130! The CoB scholars will highlight their research, along with a keynote from Dr. Anne Beatty-Martinez from UCSD, special thanks to @ibroorg.bsky.social for supporting Aisha Cinar and Sasha Bikkina this summer!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Proud to announce that I received the Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award! I strongly believe that neuroscience has much to learn from the social sciences about ensuring our workforce represents the communities we serve. Honored to continue this tradition! @grassfoundation.bsky.social

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

This Thursday August 21st, from 4:00- 5:00 PM (Bonner Hall, 2130), CaSAS will feature Isabel Mejia (PhD Candidate, UCSD), Paula Avila, M.D. (Postdoctoral Scholar, UCSD), and Manuel Sanchez Alavez, PhD (Senior Staff Scientist, Scripps Institute; Professor, UABC)!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Proud of Najja Gandy, a STARTneuro student who has been working with me in the Voytek lab this past year on identifying EEG-based measures that correlate with cognitive-behavioral measures in Rett Syndrome patients!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

proud of the work Caleb and Enrique put into their ENLACE summer project in the Voytek lab looking at stage II sleep EEG in infants, all 3 of us are from Mexico (2 from Mexicali and 1 from Mexico City) and we deliberately used an open dataset from Mexico (UNAM) 🇲🇽 !

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

The "Autism" course at Cold Spring Harbor Labs reaffirmed my commitment towards understanding the neurobiology of this incredibly complex condition. The trainee community was amazing, and all the speakers were kind and helpful. Thanks to Jeremy, Jamie, and Sergiu for organizing 🙌

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

home for next days, a privilege to attend this course!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

also, while in Tokyo i went to an anti sanseito party (the anti foreigner party) protest rave in shinjuku, kinda wild how peaceful protests can be when dozens of cops in military gear arent instigating

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

grateful to have spent a week with @riken-brc-jp.bsky.social for their neuroscience lecture series!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

First week for @colorsofthebrain.bsky.social scholars, spanning systems, behavioral and computational neuro! grateful for volunteers and support from KIBM, @ibroorg.bsky.social, Sana, @maribel-patino.bsky.social @jiannacressy.bsky.social Akshay, Ian, @ericleonardis.bsky.social, Dr. Lovett-Barron!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

as a padres fan i am happy to have another reason to say FUCK THE DODGERS

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

happy KPBS quoted this, even if i did do DEI related research, terminating our funding is wildly illegal

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

to add a datapoint, this is what UCSD said about my K00

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

quoted the ridiculous termination letter I got for my K00

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Anyone have thoughts on the info I got from UCSD regarding terminated grant appeals? really at a loss over what to do, since the thing I can do (appeal) is being considered a risk...

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

next round of trainee gifts, thanks @christineliu.art twophotonart.com !

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

@maribel-patino.bsky.social sighting in the AAAS Science Advisory daily newsletter 👀

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I've held this view as interest in diversifying science has waxed and waned in my time as a scientist, I especially think PIs that have the privilege of being backed by the CZI, HHMI, Simons etc DEI related awards are positioned to step up and lead/support mentorship initiatives to fill these gaps

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

CaSAS (Community and Science Advancements in Spanish) seminar is on Thursday May 15th, from 4:00- 5:00 PM! followed by a social hour afterwards (Bonner Hall, 2130). Our speakers will be Alexandra Garcia, Research Assistant in Hollon Lab, and Dr. Elizabeth Villa, Professor at UCSD !

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

proud of Leena Kang for presenting our work on broadband neural activity at the UCSD undergrad research conference!

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

really great talk!! and the trainee turnout sends a very clear signal that there is a growing interest for improving science communication skills for Spanish-speaking communities 🔥

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This upcoming UCSD CaSAS (Community and Science Advancements in Spanish) seminar I'll be hosting Dr. Monica Lopez-Hidalgo, Associate Professor, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Thursday April 17th, from 4:00- 5:00 PM! followed by a social hour afterwards (Bonner Hall, 2130)!

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