Reposted by MarinaP63bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Glia mediate brain-wide activity and sleep behavior during sickness through an adrenergic-glutamatergic axis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 001
MarinaP63 @marinap63.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Are you a senior postdoc with a complete scientific story to tell? Apply for our Yale Molecular Psychiatry MAPS program and tell us about your work at our weekly neuroscience seminar series. PLEASE REPOST! 02830
MarinaP63 @marinap63.bsky.social · 02/05/2025So much good science! So many waterfalls! Such good company! Lots of exclamation points! Thank you very much @alexkwan.bsky.social for both the invitation, and the wonderful time with students and then hiking. 070
Reposted by MarinaP63Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 22/08/2024The big one is out! So over the moon to see our latest work with Stéphane Vassilopoulos published in Science. Check out how we reveal the unique architecture of clathrin-coated pits and endocytosis at the axon initial segment: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgThe actin-spectrin submembrane scaffold restricts endocytosis along proximal axonsClathrin-mediated endocytosis has characteristic features in neuronal dendrites and presynapses, but how membrane proteins are internalized along the axon shaft remains unclear. We focused on clathrin... 313030
Reposted by MarinaP63Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...forbes.comNIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New ReportNational Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research. 2320231138
Reposted by MarinaP63Raw Story @rawstory.com · 12/03/2025"I've been clear: the House Republican CR provides, in my view, a continuing of a blank check to shut down government agencies as they're doing right now."rawstory.com'Blank check to shut down government': Multiple senators are no fans of GOP's funding billWASHINGTON — The House developed a six-month bill that would continue funding the government and raise the debt ceiling, while making drastic cuts, but some senators aren't fans of the legislation. An... 1015570
Reposted by MarinaP63Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Unbelievable news. Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers. New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 13772131913
Reposted by MarinaP63Rep. Scott Peters @repscottpeters.bsky.social · 27/02/2025This is blatant corruption from the Trump Administration. Elon absolutely should not be receiving new business contracts while he works in government. I’ve had enough of Trump pretending that Elon will police his own conflicts of interest.cbsnews.comElon Musk's Starlink in line for deal with FAA, raising potential ethical concernsThe FAA is testing Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service. That could raise a possible conflict of interest, experts say. 33712
Reposted by MarinaP63BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 27/02/2025By @katherinejwu.com "The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,” The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:theatlantic.comInside the Collapse at NIHAdministration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now. 11810488
Reposted by MarinaP63chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 17/02/2025No! Only study sections already announced in the federal register have resumed. Nothing has been posted by the NIH to the federal register since Jan 21. I am finding it wild how many professors don't know this. Please spread this info to your Universities! 02429
Reposted by MarinaP63Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 28/01/2025U Chicago just told its faculty to halt non-personnel spending on Federal grants. So this is becoming real. 52518
Reposted by MarinaP63Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 28/01/2025A coalition of states plans to file suit later today challenging the order to freeze all federal loans & grants. “My office will be taking imminent legal action against this administration’s unconstitutional pause on federal funding,” NY AG Letitia James said. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...nytimes.comUpdate from Mattathias Schwartz 68122
MarinaP63 @marinap63.bsky.social · 20/01/2025How do people feel about this new idea/method of citing previous literature? ‘Embedding’ a piece of an article rather than putting in a citation to the whole thing seems like it could have pluses and minuses. 171
Reposted by MarinaP63Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 26/12/2023Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) are invaluable opportunities for undergraduates to gain research experience. Join Black In Neuro on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 at 1 PM ET for an information session with universities on the SURF application process. Register now! t.co/MuYLHgnG85 🟦🧠 🧪 03130
Reposted by MarinaP63Namnezia 🥑 @namnezia.bsky.social · 29/11/2023There’s still time to apply! We’ve extended the deadline to Jan 1! 046
Reposted by MarinaP63Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · 24/10/2023Way to go Eve! My wonderful colleague, friend and mentor Eve Marder just won the National Medal of Science! www.c-span.org/video/?53134...c-span.orgPresident Biden Awards National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation 05416
Reposted by MarinaP63Namnezia 🥑 @namnezia.bsky.social · 29/11/2023Are you looking to apply to PhD programs in life and behavioral sciences but wish you had more research experience and someone to mentor you through the process of applying? Come join us at PREP at Brown, a one year postbac program for aspiring PhDs! graduateschool.brown.edu/academics-re...graduateschool.brown.eduPost-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)NIH-PREP (Biological and Biomedical Sciences) The Brown Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program is a NIH-funded internship program that adopts a comprehensive yet customizable approach to suppor... 1812
MarinaP63 @marinap63.bsky.social · 26/11/2023“throughout the film, there is a sense that caring for each other is a counter force for cynicism, and as long as you care for each other, then you have strengths and you have some power in life.” This quote about Aki Kaurismaki’s Fallen Leaves by lead actress Alma Poysti makes me want to see it. 010
Reposted by MarinaP63bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 26/11/2023Evidence for a role of 5-HT-glutamate co-releasing neurons in acute stress mechanisms www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… biorxiv.orgEvidence for a role of 5-HT-glutamate co-releasing neurons in acute stress mechanisms https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.25.568634v1 The majority of midbrain 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) neurons express the vesicular glutamate transpor 011
Reposted by MarinaP63Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 23/11/2023Hello everyone, if you are able, consider taking a moment today to donate to fight hunger in your community, like to a local food pantry/organizer. There is really unprecedented demand this year! Fighting hunger is the best spice 16634
MarinaP63 @marinap63.bsky.social · 22/11/2023Huda Akil and Even Marder go to the White House! Even better, they got the National Medal of Science there: www.sfn.org/publications... 1189
Reposted by MarinaP63Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 22/11/2023I just won the Royal Society Science Book Prize! 🥳 royalsociety.org/grants-schem... My best to everyone at the award ceremony in London. Sharing a celebratory drink with you all even though it’s 11.30am here.royalsociety.org2023 Royal Society Science Book Prize, sponsored by the Trivedi Family Foundation | Royal SocietyFind out more about the 2023 Royal Society Science Book Prize, sponsored by the Trivedi Family Foundation. 110146598
MarinaP63 @marinap63.bsky.social · 21/11/2023“There may be no such thing as ‘the sweet life’, but it is necessary to find that out for oneself.” A piece by Roger Ebert on his own experience watching La Dolce Vita across his lifetime that captures everything about what it means to be young and what it means to grow as a human being. 030
Reposted by MarinaP63Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 18/11/2023This is an amazing video produced for our kickoff ceremony of the Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative, led by @emilyjacobs.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX5u...youtube.com"How Small is Small?"The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative is driven by a radically simple idea: Progress in neuroscience will flourish when the health of men and wom... 03826
Reposted by MarinaP63David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/11/2023If I had a ResearchGate profile, I’d delete it. 🧪 176834
MarinaP63 @marinap63.bsky.social · 18/11/2023*walks in, drops coat on the couch* well hello everyone! I wondered where you had all gotten to 3415
Reposted by MarinaP63Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/11/2023"I don’t just want to talk about the problems anymore. I want to talk about the solutions. Consider this your last warning from me" This Kate Marvel piece is really great. It is great to see the offensive narrative of "no one has done anything" being countered www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/o... 511157