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Louise Risher

@louise-risher.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist / glial-neuronal interactions and behavior / immigrant / wife / mum / lover of all things sci-fi MLRisherLab.com

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Louise Risher @louise-risher.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I'm so very excited to share our latest, most comprehensive, publication in Molecular Psychiatry. 1/2 @oliviarcoulter.bsky.social @drbhenderson.bsky.social @wc82rish.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Adolescent alcohol exposure disrupts astrocyte-synaptic structural and functional coupling in the male dorsal hippocampus - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Adolescent alcohol exposure disrupts astrocyte-synaptic structural and functional coupling in the male dorsal hippocampus
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Louise Risher @louise-risher.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Please make your opinions known!
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Louise Risher @louise-risher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I love, love, love this idea!! Spread the word!
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Louise Risher @louise-risher.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I would really like to know what the consequences will be.
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Louise Risher @louise-risher.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
100% this!
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🚨🧪🧵URGENT INPUT NEEDED: NIH asks input for next strategic plan-including emphasis on non-animal models (NAMs) to replace animals. Per NIH insider, anti-animal responses now outnumber scientists 200-700x. Please please provide input. Deadline: May 26, 11:59 PM ET. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
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NIH Seeks Input on Framework for Next NIH-Wide Strategic Plan | Grants & Funding
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Louise Risher @louise-risher.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
@sfn.org Mika Jones, one of our amazing undergrads, will be sharing some preliminary work on adolescent tripartite development across cortical subregions. Sunday afternoon poster session at B23!
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Louise Risher @louise-risher.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
@sfn.org Check out Saturday afternoon poster session. Olivia Coulter will be presenting her work at C24 demonstrating how PAP-synapses structurally and functionally decouple following alcohol and how it can be restored to rescue behavior!
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Louise Risher @louise-risher.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Well, study section is officially cancelled :(
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Emily Goldberg @dremilygoldberg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Does everyone know there is a comment period re: changes in animal research at NIH? I didn't. Closes July 14. The scientific community need to respond en masse. I asked university leadership to distribute to reach our colleagues not on social media, you can too go.pardot.com/e/858023/duc...
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FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing
The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.
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Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Would love insight into whether the argument here should make us 99.9% reassured: goodscience.substack.com/p/indirect-c...
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Indirect Costs at NIH . . .
I wasn’t planning on spending part of a Saturday writing about cost accounting principles and the like, but NIH-world was hit with a doozy of a policy announcement on Friday night:
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Louise Risher @louise-risher.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I'm really trying to keep calm
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Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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Louise Risher @louise-risher.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Great article by PBS
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