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Gabriel E. Romero

@geromero.bsky.social
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Neurobio postdoc at Harvard Med | auditory system enthusiast | HHMI ‘22 Hanna Gray Fellow, ‘17 Gilliam Fellow | diversity, inclusion & equity drive innovation | cats and neurons FTW

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As you call members of Congress to raise concern about a Vought-led grant review panel, encourage them to sign onto proposed legislation that could help: 1) Follow the Science Act by @degette.house.gov would remove political appointees from the grant-making process: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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Joy Franco, PhD @engineeringjoy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Utterly disappointed in @harvard.edu Harvard Med School's decision to shame #bikecommuters rather than actually keep us safe at Longwood. Because ya know, my 20 lb bike going 15 mph is so much more dangerous than the 3k+ lb chunk of metal being operated by someone staring at their phone.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 21/11/2025
Making it harder for people, mostly women, to go into these fields will just make things worse for everyone as existing shortages get exacerbated. Notice theology and chiropractor degrees are still considered “professional” while nursing and public health, eg, are not.
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Rob Klose @robklose.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
We are recuiting two new Associate Professors here in Oxford Biochemistry. Come join us! Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! tinyurl.com/mr3m7bd3
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Gabriel E. Romero @geromero.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I was going to joke about this and then decided it's too serious. This is not how science is done. We don't "make proof"—we do experiments to learn more about reality, and we have others review what we did to ensure the quality and validity of the work.
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Gabriel E. Romero @geromero.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
...but have you tried slicing in 37°C "normal" ACSF?
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Leslie B Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Great Job - Great Colleagues - Great Science👍 Help us pick the next generation of @hhmi.org Investigators, Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, Hanna Gray Fellows, Gilliam Fellows Relocation to DC is required, perfect for academic PIs looking for their next chapter hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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Rachel Bedford, PhD @rachelbedfordphd.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Come do neuroscience in Oregon! 🌲🧠 @uoregon.bsky.social University of Oregon has 3 TTF neuro positions open across departments, with applications due around mid-October. #UOResearch #Neuroskyence #academicsky
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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
1/ The Senate Appropriations Committee just approved key FY2026 spending bills 🧪 including the one that funds the NIH, CDC, and public education. ✅ But don’t breathe a sigh of relief yet. This is just the first step, and a shutdown showdown is looking likely. 🧵
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Harvard Brain Science Initiative @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
This research has widespread implications for treatments of chronic pain, autistic hypersensitivity, sexual dysfunction, and other ailments. @harvardmed.bsky.social news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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Highly sensitive science — Harvard Gazette
Harvard neurobiologist David Ginty probes pleasure and pain to shed light on autism and other conditions.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 15/07/2025
New analysis shows Trump's budget would slash basic science research by roughly 34 percent. The disastrous budget “would essentially end America’s longstanding role as the world leader in science,” warns the Association of American Universities. zurl.co/Sy7dI #CutsCostLives #StandUpForScience
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
This is what our tax dollars are paying for. Not healthcare, not education, not scientific research. The administration is dedicated to putting human beings in cages.
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Jess Dixon @jessdixonneuro.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I am having a great time at my first SDB conference! If you are interested in PNS glia or SCP migration, please check out my poster this afternoon (B108, abstract 334)! #ICDB2025
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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
At Princeton University we are being clear about our continued commitment to diversity and nondiscrimination, in full compliance with law (as opposed to executive order) and consistent with our ethical responsibilities as educators for the entire nation. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
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University websites updated to reflect commitments to diversity, non-discrimination
Many University websites, including those affiliated with admissions, academic departments, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, have been updated to reflect Princeton’s ongoing com...
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Instead of letting Trump pick them off one by one, American universities need to band together and fight back. Even being Trump's alma mater did not save UPenn from massive cuts.
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Sheffield Hearing Group @hearingshef.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Today's paper spotlight comes from Shaoxuan Wu and was published back in January. This manuscript sheds a little more light on the workings of the mechano-electrical transducer channel TMC1, specifically how it can be influenced by intracellular calcium. Worth a read! 📖 www.cell.com/developmenta...
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Gabriel E. Romero @geromero.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
What a tragedy
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Gabriel E. Romero @geromero.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
see you out there?
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Gabriel E. Romero @geromero.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Importantly, NIH funding supported this work, and would not have been possible without their support
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Gabriel E. Romero @geromero.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Excited to share our latest work! We show that lateral olivocochlear neurons dynamically change gene expression after traumatic sound & are crucial for normal recovery. The brain adjusts sound detection in response to experience! 🧠👂 #Neuroscience #Hearing pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78) I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine 1/n
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Audrey Drotos, PhD 🧠 🔬 @audreydrotos.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Our new work investigating multiplexing and mixed selectivity in auditory inferior colliculus neurons is up on bioRxiv 🎉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Neurons in the inferior colliculus use multiplexing to encode features of frequency-modulated sweeps
Within the central auditory pathway, the inferior colliculus (IC) is a critical integration center for ascending sound information. Previous studies have shown that many IC neurons exhibit receptive f...
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
"Each year, NIH awards over 60,000 grants that directly support more than 300,000 researchers at more than 2,500 different institutions. In fiscal year 2023, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.46 of economic activity" www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...
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Direct Economic Contributions
NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/02/2025
is it woke to want to end cancer?
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Ultimately, if this were to stand, there would be two major effects: 1: a ton of people will lose their jobs, and 2: we will cede being the world leader in scientific research. There is no amount of foundation or philanthropic money can replace this.
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Tim Clancy @viewfromarchstreet.com · 08/02/2025
On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH
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Alex Francis @alexanderfrancis.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
NIH cutting F&A to 15% of direct costs. From a typical rate of 50% or more. Hard to imagine that foundations and private industry will be able to compensate, especially in the short term. This could end a lot of research institutions. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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Gabriel E. Romero @geromero.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Science is being dismantled before our eyes. Don't listen to those that say to be quite. Make your voice heard. Communicate with your reps. Talk to your neighbors. Post on social media. Do it all. I know some are worried it will take away from lab work but for me it makes the science part feel 🔥🔥🔥
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
It is very easy to call your representatives’ offices. They have to log your calls and the call numbers are meaningful. You don’t even have to try to convince anyone; just call and tell them your concerns. They are there to represent you. Let them know what that means. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
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Find and contact elected officials | USAGov
Use USAGov’s Contact Your Elected Officials tool to get contact information for your members of Congress, the president, and state and local officials.
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I know you hate this advice. I know you hear it all the time, but for gods sake you need to be calling your congressperson. Now. Today. If you have a GOP representative, you need to call and ask if they approve of stripping congress of its constitutional authority. If they like being powerless.
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Lauer Lab @lauerlab.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
As an NIH funded scientist, my research has helped understand the causes and perceptual consequences of hearing loss, especially aging, noise, and rare genetic conditions. #NIHImpact
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Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her) @liebschutz.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
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Gabriel E. Romero @geromero.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
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Gabriel E. Romero @geromero.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
I've never wanted a sticker so badly
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 25/10/2023
Are you a neuroscientist who recently joined Blue Sky? Don't forget to like and pin #neuroskyence, the largest channel for all things brain-science related! You can post with #neuroskyence or 🧠🟦 ! #psychscisky 🧪 #academicsky bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Aaron Milstein @neurosutras.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
I am seeking researchers! I have two open positions: 1) computational neuroscience, neuromorphic computing, and brain-inspired machine learning; and 2) an expert slice patch-clamper to investigate an exciting new mouse model of neurodevelopmental brain disorder. Email me! #Neuroscience #Compneurosky
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Sheril Kirshenbaum @sheril.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
3 articles, Oct 30 Women remain underrepresented in academia www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Toxic workplaces are main reason women leave academic jobs www.nature.com/articles/d41... Women faculty feel pushed from academia by poor workplace climate www.science.org/content/arti... #WomenInStem
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Gabriel E. Romero @geromero.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
Hi! I'm a neurobiology postdoc at Harvard Medical School working to determine how the brain communicates its internal state to the inner-ear. I'm excited to connect with scientists and others who believe that equity elevates scientific innovation. Bonus points if you dig the auditory system ;)
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