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Melanie Kos

@melaniekos.bsky.social

Cognition & Neuroscience PhD student at Temple University

Melanie Kos @melaniekos.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

My first first author preprint is out! Couldn’t be done without @jenyangyi.bsky.social, @dvsmith.bsky.social, Chelsea Helion, plus stellar support from Daniel Sazhin, Cooper Sharp, and Avi Dachs.

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I feel so honored to be President-Elect of @sansmeeting.bsky.social. These are dark times for science, but together we are stronger. With President @dfareri.bsky.social, I look forward to advocating for science, bringing together our community, and finding a path forward.

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Melanie Kos @melaniekos.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Most stage fright I’ve ever felt with my first conference talk done 🥳 My poster session is tomorrow, please stop by, I’d love to go into all the details with people in a smaller, interpersonal context

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

New — HHS just got another email with guidance stating that they aren’t required to respond to the 5 bullets email, but if they do they should follow specific guidelines including: “Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”

Subject: Proposed Response to HHS Employees

HHS Employees -

On Saturday, you received an email from OPM entitled "What did you do last week." The directive stated employees were to submit five bullets detailing their accomplishments in the past week.
In discussions with OPM Officials yesterday and today OPM has now rescinded that mandatory requirement.

There is no HHS expectation that HHS employees respond to OPM and there is no impact to your employment with the agency if you choose not to respond.

That said, if you choose to respond, here are the guidelines you should follow:
Respond to the email by the deadline established (today @ 11:59 P.M.).
Keep your response at a high level of generality and describe your work in a manner to protect sensitive data, personally identifiable information, and applicable privileges to the extent possible. Do not (1) identify, by name or title, any other HHS employees with whom you have been working; (2) identify, by case name or otherwise, matters you are working on, or (3) identify any specific grants or contracts, or any specific grantees or contractors.
If you are engaged in scientific research or reviews, do not identify by name any drugs, devices, biologics, therapeutics, or similar items in your response. If you are engaged in any scientific experiments, research, or reviews, do not provide Information that could allow anyone to identify the precise nature of your work.
Respond by replying to the OPM HR email as instructed, with a cc: to your supervisor.
Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you are ready to advocate to your representatives (or friends and families) about the economic value of NIH funded research, you can check your state at www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

📢The SANS EDIJ Committee has put together a navigating SANS event for first-time attendees! Join hosts @hpopal-brain.bsky.social, Melanie Kos, & @catcamacho.bsky.social from the SANS EDIJ committee who put together a great event! Tomorrow 1-2 EDT!!! Registration info below. @sansmeeting.bsky.social

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