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Lisa Taxier

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Neuroscience postdoc in the Kash lab at UNC-Chapel Hill. In search of the world's most perfect french fry.

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Lisa Taxier @lisataxier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I am so very excited to be starting my lab and joining the Psychology department at Stony Brook University this fall!
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Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Kash lab at UNC is hiring a new technician (our current two are off to grad school!!) posting will go live soon, email me CV and names of references if interested.
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Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I am looking for a new reserach technician. This is an entry level position ideal for a graudating senior. Please re-post and send candidates my way! zoemce@email.unc.edu
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Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Our NIAAA funded Post-DoctT32 has received its NoA (non competing renewal). Are you looking for a post-doc and interested in joining our amazing center? If so, reach out! Here is a convenient form that you can use to upload CV and a cover letter! unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
No journal will take this commentary I wrote In October so fuck it, here it is on medium. 🍉
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The science community is letting Palestine and the wider Arab community down
At a neurodevelopment conference I recently attended, where the focus is child health and development, I was astounded that not one voice…
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
On delayed application review, the NIH grant terminations lawsuit appears to be headed for a settlement. Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect. Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
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Jobe Ritchie @jobeneuro.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Excited to publish my first alcohol paper and first paper as a post doc in the @superkash.bsky.social Lab, titled Lateral hypothalamus CRFR1 regulation of binge drinking: divergence along anterior-posterior axis. Available here authors.elsevier.com/c/1m84v_GtWa...
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Lisa Taxier @lisataxier.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Excited to have this preprint out into the world!
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Aaron Fleischer @neuroendoawf.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Excellent write up of an interview with my mentor, @karynfrick.bsky.social, regarding the killing, resuscitation, and re-killing of a grant aimed at promoting undergraduate research on aging. These decisions will harm the US for decades to come. www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...
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Wisconsin researchers sound alarm after SCOTUS upholds DEI-related research cuts
A week before students return to campus, a UW-Milwaukee neuroscientist said she has to call the students back “and tell them, ‘Oh, sorry, this is actually now not happening.'”
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
How is it possible that my otherwise thoughtful and compassionate colleagues can watch the total destruction of Gaza and the killing of tens of thousands of it inhabitants, war crimes that the US is directly responsible for, and do nothing? I just don't get it.
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Lisa Taxier @lisataxier.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Let’s go @jesswoj.bsky.social !!
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 22/06/2025
The United States is a threat to global peace and is actively dismantling any semblance of an international rules-based order through its own actions and its continued backing of Israel’s lawlessness. You can’t shout “peace!” after attacking a sovereign country in violation of international law.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Mahmoud Khalil is free. May his release lead to the release of all who are detained and incarcerated from the US to Palestine, in ICE facilities and in prisons. And may his courage inspire us to remain steadfast in fighting for Palestinian liberation.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 09/05/2025
At some point scientists need to take an interest, collectively, institutionally, in defending democracy and justice for all, and not just their own resource access
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
In our first “Postdoc perspectives” essay, @fleabrained.bsky.social and @maribel-patino.bsky.social explain how grassroots organizations led by trainees are stepping up to provide career and mentorship guidance for neuroscience students from marginalized backgrounds. #neuroskyence bit.ly/4csFx0B
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As federal funders desert mentorship programs for marginalized students, trainee-led initiatives fill the gap
Grassroots organizations, led by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, are stepping up to provide neuroscience career training and guidance for students from marginalized backgrounds—and…
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Stefanie Fox @stefaniefox.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The Trump regime platforms Christian Nationalists and Nazi sympathizers yet dares to claim that they are fighting antisemitism when they punish students, immigrants, and anyone who speaks out for Palestinian freedom. This is a lie.
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Paul Fischer @pfischer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Cannot overstate how repulsive it is for this racist, antisemitic, fascist administration to so brazenly hold up Jewish people as shields for its fascism. I hope the shamelessness at least means fewer people fall for it.
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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 04/04/2025
UNC Gillings School of Public Health is eliminating their Health Equity & Social Justice Concentration. This program is home to many of my friends — some of the most thoughtful, caring, and innovative researchers I know. @standupforscience.bsky.social @sciforgood.bsky.social
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It’s incredible that Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours. Sadly also incredible he did not say *one word* about *the ultimate* stress test of today: the detention of students speaking out against acts like Israel executing 15 medics in Gaza (also something Booker said nothing about)
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Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
oh hey, this paper is out now! Led by JR Haun, former Kash lab postdoc! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40153436/
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Septo-hypothalamic regulation of binge-like alcohol consumption by the nociceptin system - PubMed
High-intensity alcohol drinking during binge episodes contributes to the socioeconomic burden created by alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and nociceptin receptor (NOP) antagonists have emerged as a promi...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14/03/2025
Fuck these fuckin fascists www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-7-...
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The Muslims - "Fuck These Fuckin Fascists"
YouTube video by Epitaph Records
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
"We are Jewish professors, staff, students from universities across the US. We hold various views about Israel, Palestine, student activism . But we are united in denouncing anyone who invokes our name to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our communities” docs.google.com/document/d/1...?
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Not In Our Name
Sign the Statement March 11, 2025 Not in our name. We are Jewish professors, staff members, and students from universities across the United States. We hold various views about Israel and Palestine...
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Lisa Taxier @lisataxier.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Weaponizing Jewish identity for fascist ends does not keep us safe! Please consider signing if you are a Jewish academic.
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James Sims @simsjames.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
More from CT as Wesleyan University’s President Michael Roth calls for Mahmoud Khalil’s release: “Just as we should decry antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, we should insist that students and faculty have the right to make their voices heard about the issues of the day.”
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Why Isn’t the Entire Country Terrified by the Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil?
Universities are running scared. But this is no time to be timid.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Listen to every word.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.
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Lisa Taxier @lisataxier.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Nazis shouldn’t be allowed to say Shalom, especially not in this extremely evil context, in my Jewish opinion.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Cannot stress Amy's second point enough. It's both morally wrong and unbelievably dangerous for Jews to allow ourselves to be used as the wedge to overturn basic civil liberties in this country.
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 09/03/2025
This is absolutely chilling. They're using Palestine and Columbia as examples, but do not doubt that this is a trial run. What is happening is not only unethical but also illegal thirteen ways to Sunday. Speak out and keep track. This is bad at face value, and also a trial balloon.
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 07/03/2025
Email from Columbia President Armstrong makes clear that admin still has no idea what it’s dealing with. No amount of “serious action to combat antisemitism” (read: punish Palestine activists) will satisfy the Nazis. They see universities as an enemy institution to crush underfoot.
Columbia’s mission is to teach, create, and advance knowledge. For over 270 years, that mission has been grounded in an enduring and essential commitment to freedom of expression, open inquiry, and generous, respectful debate.

Today, we were notified of federal action from Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) cancelling $400 million in federal funding to the University. The federal agencies cite “the school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”

There is no question that the cancellation of these funds will immediately impact research and other critical functions of the University, impacting students, faculty, staff, research, and patient care.

But let me be very clear: Columbia is taking the government’s action very seriously. I want to assure the entire Columbia community that we are committed to working with the federal government to address their legitimate concerns. To that end, Columbia can, and will, continue to take serious action toward combatting antisemitism on our campus.
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Lisa Taxier @lisataxier.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Spotted in the wild by @schreinerdrew.bsky.social ! Happily standing up for science and glad to have any excuse for motivational neuroscience-related wordplay, obviously. #standupforscience #neuroskyence
A smiling neuroscientist holding up a sign that reads “Neuroscience have action potential!” with a rheobase trace below.
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Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Picture day for Kash Lab. Rain can't stop us.
A group of people pose, smiling, with their arms crossed in front of them. this group of people is the Kash Lab.
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eartha mae @endoeartha.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Mouse models of gender affirming hormone therapy can improve outcomes for trans people and for any cis person with hormones or receiving hormone therapies. What helps is standing in solidarity with us, speaking on the importance of and fighting for the research, not jokes about "transgenic mice" 🧪
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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/03/2025
BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights. Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny. Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 21/02/2025
So incredibly heartened by my colleagues who are fighting like hell for a world where people have access to the arts and humanities, not because it serves STEM, but because this is about nourishing our humanity
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter. By @avaskham.bsky.social bit.ly/3X8ngz8
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Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The first rule of fight club is we do not talk about fight club.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Over the past few weeks, science funding in the U.S. has become shrouded in uncertainty. Ten trainees with diversity-based funding share how the changes are affecting their research and career plans. By @avaskham.bsky.social @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @callimcflurry.bsky.social bit.ly/42Wifxr
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‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux
Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.
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Miriam Goldstein @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
Update: They were removed from our reviewer assignments completely. I'm so sorry to all those graduate students. 

Anonymous to protect the identity of the NIH employee I spoke to...I am on study section next month to discuss F awards. We were just instructed to put the F31-Diversity applications on the bottom of our priority list for review because there is a chance we may not be able to review them. My heart is breaking for the grad students and their mentors that put so much work into these just for them to be disqualified and thrown out.
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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 06/02/2025
Federal restrictions & funding freezes threaten vital research and halts scientific progress that benefits all Americans. Join fellow #NeuroAdvocates in urging Congress to protect congressionally approved funding & ensure uninterrupted support for the scientific workforce. 👇 #NeuroSky
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 05/02/2025
Absolutely wild that you guys don’t feel sick to your stomach at the thought of blaming victims of a genocide and their families and supporters for an outcome determined by the way the majority of white Americans voted Talking like this should make you feel ill
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Moonshine Dance @limitbreakingcat.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I need every scientist who is getting notifs to change wording in their publications along with that anti-gender/sex research CDC missive to learn to feign ignorance, deflect, challenge and just plain say no. Compliance here is complicity. The trump anti-science initiative needs major roadblocks.
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately. There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event. Join us! form.jotform.com/250226137228...
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Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
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Angie Voyles Askham @avaskham.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hi #neuroskyence — I'm tracking how these NIH changes might affect neuroscience funding, particularly for diversity-related grants. Has your application/award been affected? Have you gotten any guidance on that? Let me know.
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Chris Pickett @chrispickett5.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Two things concerned scientists can do: 1. Call your members of Congress and explain how disruptions in funding would be disastrous for jobs and research in their district/state. 2a. Call your dept. chair and express your concern. The goal is to end the convo w/…
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Lisa Taxier @lisataxier.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Protip: if you don't like talking to a person on the phone, wait until business hours end and you can leave a voicemail, they'll still track it. Calling is better than emailing if you can stomach it.
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