Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠 @jcucinellorags.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Weekend cryostating brought to you by the best 100
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Dr. Gregory Aarons @drgregaarons.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The NIH is planning to keep grant review scores secret so that the approach to funding decisions hidden. Weigh in on this plan to limit scientific rigor, public awareness, and scrutiny in the grant funding process. The RFI and comment period is open now. rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3...rfi.grants.nih.govRequest For Information 099
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Scripps Research @scripps.edu · 25/06/2026Blocking the receptor for the inflammatory signaling molecule IL-6 reduced alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent preclinical models, according to a new Scripps Research study. The findings implicate neuroimmune signaling in alcohol use disorder.ow.lyImmune molecule may drive excessive drinking in alcohol use disorder 062
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Research Society on Alcohol @rsaofficial.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Join us for an upcoming LIVE webinar on Neurobiology of Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Induced Organ Damage 📅 April 23 | ⏰ 9–10 AM CT Featuring leading experts from Harvard, Texas A&M, UT Austin, and Stony Brook. Don’t miss this insightful discussion LIVE through TPN—Save the Date! 013
Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠 @jcucinellorags.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Apply by Sunday if you’re interested in giving a talk at the Neurobiology of Drug Addiction GRS!💊 010
Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠 @jcucinellorags.bsky.social · 10/12/2025It’s not too late to join us in Spain in May! #GRCAddiction2026 000
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠MO for LGBTQ @mo4lgbtq.bsky.social · 25/11/2025This Giving Tuesday: Consider contributing to our campaign for 2 initiative petitions that protect LGBTQ+ and Women's rights in Missouri. We need contributions to keep spreading across the state and get these rights on the 2026 November Ballot. Every Dollar counts! secure.actblue.com/donate/mo4lg... 053
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠jmoronconcepcion.bsky.social @jmoronconcepcion.bsky.social · 30/08/2025New study from the lab on alcohol/pain and taste aversion. 132
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠MO for LGBTQ @mo4lgbtq.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Have you signed all 5 Missouri initiative petitions? Come stop by a drive thru event in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles County, or Jefferson County this Saturday 11/15! Help us get these important rights on the ballot! 131
Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠 @jcucinellorags.bsky.social · 30/09/2025🍻Interested in alcohol research? 🥼Want to work with a comprehensive team of researchers? ⚜️Love New Orleans? LSUHSC is the place for you! 000
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠 @jcucinellorags.bsky.social · 30/04/2025📣 Calling all addiction neuroscience trainees! 📣 💊 Are you interested in a seminar focused exclusively on addiction? 🤝 Do you want to connect with peers from around the world? 🇪🇸 Interested in going to Spain? The 2026 Neurobiology of Drug Addiction GRS is the meeting for you! Space is limited! 042
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025The #BethesdaDeclaration stories are now up on the front pages of both the New York Times and the Washington Post. Thanks again to the brave folks at NIH who stood up and worked together to make this happen. 1/nmedia.tenor.coma black background with the words heroes at workALT: a black background with the words heroes at work 417946
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/05/2025New York Times article on NSF www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 1/2nytimes.comTrump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more. 37549
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠MO for LGBTQ @mo4lgbtq.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Want to help us protect and expand LGBTQ+ Rights in Missouri, but don't have time to volunteer? You can help spread the word by sharing and interacting with our posts. And support our efforts by donating to our campaign. Any size donation helps!! secure.actblue.com/donate/mo4lg... 04321
Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠 @jcucinellorags.bsky.social · 30/04/2025📣 Calling all addiction neuroscience trainees! 📣 💊 Are you interested in a seminar focused exclusively on addiction? 🤝 Do you want to connect with peers from around the world? 🇪🇸 Interested in going to Spain? The 2026 Neurobiology of Drug Addiction GRS is the meeting for you! Space is limited! 042
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Sobering analysis by @nature.com on the Trump administration's NIH cuts. ~ 800 research projects have been terminated with research on HIV/AIDS, health disparities, transgender health, vaccines and COVID-19 being hit hardest, with some labs forced to close entirely. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comHow Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in chartsNature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations. 213678
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Well, here it is. Trump and Musk are turning #NIH into a garbage rightwing thinktank, just as we said. They’re forcing down junk science on us with your tax dollars. This is a deep shame for America and for scientists everywhere. 1/3 11229103
Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠 @jcucinellorags.bsky.social · 04/04/2025I don’t usually plan my conference outfits in advance, but if you’re going to @rsaofficial.bsky.social be on the lookout for my symposium fit 010
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Sara Reardon @sarareardon.bsky.social · 02/04/2025"It’s kind of a textbook case of arbitrary and capricious.” A lawsuit alleges that NIH didn't follow proper procedure and was unconstitutionally vague when abruptly terminating >600 grants. My story @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgLawsuit aims to overturn many NIH grant terminationsMultiple groups and NIH-funded scientists challenge agency’s decision as arbitrary and capricious 09632
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Calvin Lai @calvinklai.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Extremely disappointing & cowardly. The American Psychological Association is rescinding diversity requirements. Not due to any actual mandate from the federal government, but only because it may *someday* face pressure from the government www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...nytimes.comUnder Pressure, Psychology Accreditation Board Suspends Diversity StandardsAs the Trump administration threatens to strip accrediting bodies of their power, many are scrambling to purge diversity requirements. 20203102
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Powerful new Washington Post story up... wapo.st/426d9fT (Gift link) 1/nwapo.stTrump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science.NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump officials say they’re reviewing the agency. 6340146
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Why is Trump going after US science? What's the endgame for these attacks? Vance, Rufo, Trump and Republican elites are attacking NIH and manipulating its grants in order to attack American universities. "It's bad, folks." New contributed post at our blog. Please share it w/ your 🧪 colleagues.altnih4science.substack.comTrump is attacking NIH because politicizing funding can force universities to become conservative thinktanksIt's bad, folks. The real war is on free thought in the United States. 54997386
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 25/03/2025I wrote a piece for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen... With the fate of NIH-funded research uncertain, it is extra important that the work we do now is most likely to benefit everyone. Adhering to SABV in the lab and in grant & paper review is the right thing to do.thetransmitter.orgAmid NIH upheaval, how to keep sex as a biological variableEven in the absence of formal instruction to do so, we should continue to hold our colleagues accountable for SABV practices. 06732
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Bluetorial: The announcement to move scientific review out of the institutes and centers into the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and its potential consequencesmedia.tenor.coma cartoon of homer simpson holding a cardALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card 4283140
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The SRO move is designed to look plausible. Looks like another "NIH" statement passed down by the Trump/MAGA political appointees. (We hear that DOGE people are showing up at #NIH meetings, like Soviet apparatchiks, to monitor NIH leaders.) This move is to harm NIH. Why? See below in thread: 719183
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Excellent coverage from Nature about LGBT+, gender identity, and DEI grants termination. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comExclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grantsStudies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature. 27125
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 25/02/2025NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan prospect.org/health/2025-...prospect.orgVA Research Funding SlashedThough not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut. 6514273
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 24/02/2025A source close to the situation confirmed that study sections are continuing to be cancelled. On the chopping block this week: developmental brain disorders, mechanisms of cancer therapy, and neurotoxicology of alcohol. For some labs, this was the last chance to get funding or they’ll shut down. 811565
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Nature @nature.com · 24/02/2025The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether. go.nature.com/43ao2zqgo.nature.comPostdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on scienceAs US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers. 7307176
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Another loss for #science & the next generation of researchers. The 28-year running NIDA summer internship program is cancelled for this year. @altnih4science.bsky.social #SavetheNIH 210064
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...thetransmitter.orgExclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studiesSuch a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy. 16219140
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025As a result of Trump’s slashes to research funding, dozens of graduate programs have announced reductions and cancellations of graduate admissions slots. If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🧪🧠🧬🔬🥼👩🏼🔬🧑🔬docs.google.comGrad Admission Impacts SurveyIt is grad admissions season and many postbacs are feeling the chilling impacts of the Trump administration's recent executive orders freezing and slashing extramural research funding. Dozens of gradu... 8260266
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 23/02/2025I think it's also fundamentally wrong to frame these as savings. They are cuts. They have serious long term (and in some cases immediate) consequences. If you stop buying food you have "saved" money but you are now starving 320060
Reposted by Jessi Cucinello-Ragland, PhD🧠Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 15/02/2025A visualization I created to share with family and friends about how the NIH indirect rate costs will hurt science AND our economy. 26436