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Ricardo Mostany

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IG Dad. Neuroscientist @ Tulane University

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Ricardo Mostany @mostany.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Dear colleagues, if reviewing fellowships this season you don't see rec letters from primary advisors for Iranian applicants, consider the possibility that the mentors are not receiving letter requests or unable to log in into app portals to submit them due to comm restrictions from both sides
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 14/02/2026
This is Lexa. She really hopes you’ll be her valentine. Wouldn’t want to waste this look on just anybody. 14/10 (IG: bambiandlexa)
a tiny brown & tan chihuahua in a pink sweater is sitting, looking up at the camera. two white strands of hair stick out the top of her head. they’re curled into a perfect heart.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
We wanted to understand how mRNA vaccines work. So we talked to three cocaine addicts in a gas station bathroom off Route 6.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 12/02/2026
This is Bailey. She normally gets kibble for dinner but she's pretty sure there's meatballs in here so she's very excited. 14/10 (TT: baileycarriesthings)
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Frenemy of the People @frenemyofthepeople.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
“Candidate A supports 90% of what I believe in. Candidate B only supports 10% of what I belive in. Therefore, both candidates fail to support 100% of what I believe in and I will not vote for either.” And that’s how we got here.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
a friend recently shared this with me and i'm obsessed — it's an MTV/VH1 simulator with almost 30,000 videos (organized by decade) along with special sections for things like 120 Minutes, Unplugged, Yo! MTV Raps, and Pop-Up Video (!!!) wantmymtv.vercel.app
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MTV REWIND - I Want My MTV
Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. Stream classic music videos 24/7.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 27/11/2025
This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 25/11/2025
This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 18/11/2025
This is Scotty. He is not chasing his own tail's shadow. If you'll notice, he actually has it cornered. 13/10 (TT: lifewithscotty)
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 18/11/2025
Britain's Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design.
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New coin honors Freddie Mercury and his 4-octave range
Britain's Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design. The coin marks 40 years since his iconic Live Aid performance.
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Ricardo Mostany @mostany.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Day 2 of the Grad School Fair! Visit our booth #47 to learn about our program! We are (among other things!) collaborative, supportive, innovative, and fun! Dr. Jill Daniel is here today to chat about the program and her research! #SfN25 @sfn.org
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Ricardo Mostany @mostany.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
If you are at #SfN25 and looking for a MS or PhD Program, please visit the Tulane Brain Institute booth at the #GradSchoolFair these days. @sfn.org
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Sofiya Hupalo @sofiyahupalo.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
NIH grant applicants: October and November grant application submission *deadlines* will be rescheduled (🤯). Specific dates TBD. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-005: Interim Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Interim Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities NOT-OD-26-005. NIH
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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say. Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA @wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
First page of Opinion piece: "Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism"
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 20/10/2025
Congratulations to Karel Svoboda and @jshendure.bsky.social on their election to the National Academy of Medicine (@nam.edu)! Election to the Academy is one of the highest honors in health and medicine. #NAMmtg More on their journeys to this achievement: alleninstitute.org/news/karel-s...
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Karel Svoboda and Jay Shendure elected to National Academy of Medicine
The honor recognizes leaders who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and made lasting contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health
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Ricardo Mostany @mostany.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Latest from the lab. Fantastic work by talented Irene Fernández @irenefu.bsky.social Send us your feedback!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/08/2025
Phil Knight, a co-founder of Nike, and his wife, Penny Knight, will give $2 billion to the cancer research center at Oregon Health & Science University, a gift the institution billed as the largest single donation to a university in the U.S.
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Phil Knight, Ex-Nike Chief, and His Wife Pledge $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center
Oregon Health & Science University said the couple’s donation would be the largest single gift to a higher-learning institution in the United States.
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The updated version of the database of PhD fellowships produced and maintained by my team can be downloaded by anyone here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc. Good luck!
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships. This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria. Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers. My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers. We found 437 of them. Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/08/2025
Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up theonion.com/austral...
Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/08/2025
‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
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‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Neuroscience research and training has taken a $323 million hit in the form of grants rescinded by the U.S. NIH, according to an analysis by @thetransmitter.bsky.social. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...
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NIH cuts quash $323 million for neuroscience research and training
“I am frightened for the state of the future of our field if this isn't reversed rapidly,” says Joshua Gordon, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and former director of the National…
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 03/06/2025
This is Luna. She didn't realize you were planning on wearing that outside of the house. 13/10
a gray italian greyhound wearing a thick, brown fleece turtleneck sits in a car. she looks at you with large brown eyes and a grimace. her teeth bared in embarrassment and maybe even disgust. for some reason her fashion advice holds so much weight.
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Craig Brown @craigedbrown.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Happy to share new paper from MSc grads Myrthe and Jenna. We asked the question, when part of the brain dies during stroke, what happens to local and distant cortical neurons that innervate the stroke site (in S1 cortex) or those that receive outputs? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Retrograde and anterograde trans-synaptic viral tracing of neuronal connections reveals local and distant effects of ischemic stroke on dendritic spines - Myrthe Van Sprengel, Jenna Butterworth, Patri...
Focal stroke leads to complex neurological disturbances with variable recovery. One explanation for this variability is that stroke disrupts local and remote ne...
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Ricardo Mostany @mostany.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Check out the latest updates on Zach Plumley's @plumley.bsky.social project and give us feedback before we submit! Kudos to him and the rest of the team, including Irene Fernandez Ugidos @irenefu.bsky.social and Jennifer Calvo-Iglesias.
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Ricardo Mostany @mostany.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The lab surprised me with a personalized cake for an early celebration. They are awesome!
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 02/05/2025
A study in Scientific Reports finds that a Californian sea lion trained to move in time with a metronome can keep a beat better than some humans. go.nature.com/4lY7mlU 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows the movement patterns for sea lion Ronan and human subject 08 to a 120 bpm metronome.
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turrigiano.bsky.social @turrigiano.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Speak up! Important to register widespread opposition to transitioning NIH to funding ideologically-motivated science. If you want advancements in knowledge and eventual cures, it is critical that research is steered by knowledgeable scientists, not political appointees
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The Buck Institute for Research on Aging @buckinstitute.org · 23/04/2025
Kapahi Lab at Buck Institute for Research on Aging is recruiting 2 postdoccs to lead innovative projects exploring how circadian clocks and nutrient-responsive pathways influence eye and neuronal degeneration. For more info and to apply: buckinstitute.applytojob.com/apply/xz17Kn... #postdocjobs
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2 Postdoctoral Researcher positions-Kapahi lab - Buck Institute - Career Page
The Kapahi lab seeks 2 postdocs to lead innovative projects exploring how circadian clocks & nutrient-responsive pathways influence eye & neuronal degeneration.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 18/04/2025
Arizona dog found a missing 2-year-old on his nightly patrol that a local rescue team spent 16 hours searching for. 15/10
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/04/2025
Harvard University says it won't comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration as a condition for it to receive almost $9 billion in funding.
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Harvard defies Trump's demands and risks $9 billion in federal funding
Harvard University says it won't comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration as a condition for it to receive almost $9 billion in funding.
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NPR @npr.org · 14/04/2025
The university refused to make changes it said would "dictate what private universities can teach" and "whom they can admit and hire," among other things.
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Harvard rejects Trump administration's demands for deep changes
The university refused to make changes it said would "dictate what private universities can teach" and "whom they can admit and hire," among other things.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 28/03/2025
Women are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as men. A feature in Nature Medicine reports how the changes to the female brain during menopause, along with social and cultural factors, might affect disease risk. #medsky #alzsky 🧪
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Women twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease as men - but scientists do not know why - Nature Medicine
Changes to the female brain during menopause, together with social and cultural factors, might affect disease risk.
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Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis @trackingactions.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
✨ Introducing a new #SOTA action recognition large multimodal language model: #LLaVAction! By @shaokaiye.bsky.social Haozhe Qi, @trackingskills.bsky.social and me! 📝 arxiv.org/abs/2503.18712 🤖 mmathislab.github.io/llavaction/ 1/n
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LLaVAction: Video Action Recognition
LLaVAction: evaluating and training multi-modal large language models for action recognition
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God @thegodshow.com · 11/03/2025
How is protesting Tesla domestic terrorism but attacking the Capitol building is not? 🤔
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19/02/2025
Must watch speech by neuroscientist Kailyn Price at a HHS rally protesting funding cuts to science. "Cutting indirect costs is like telling a football team to work with only the players. No lights for the field, no physical therapists for the players, no water for the showers."
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78) I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine 1/n
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WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Sort of interesting to see a fancy academic society send a letter to membership about the IDC cut when their response to NIH cutting everything related to diversity was 🦗🦗.
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Katie Wilkinson @drkwilkinson.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Helpful table to determine how much your University or health system is set to lose if the NIH indirect cap is suddenly lowered to 15%. For SJSU it is $374k which is on the smaller end but devastating considering our other budget issues. datawrapper.dwcdn.net/l0ZqA/8/
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Estimated Single Year Loss of NIH Funding if 15% Indirect Cost Rate is Imposed
Based on analysis of 2024 NIH funding data. Sums are totals of losses in funding to programs if indirect costs had been capped at 15%
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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 04/02/2025
Juan Lerma, el promotor del centro internacional de investigación en neurociencia de España, dimite por la falta de ambición del proyecto . Algunos referentes internacionales que habían decidido incorporarse ya no lo harán “por la deriva del proyecto”
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El promotor del centro internacional de investigación en neurociencia de España dimite por la falta de ambición del proyecto
El investigador Juan Lerma presenta su dimisión por discrepancias con el CSIC y algunos referentes internacionales que habían decidido incorporarse ya no lo harán “por la deriva del proyecto”
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Tristan Shuman @tristanshuman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
New paper out in Cell Reports! Led by @susieyufeng.bsky.social, we found that chronic epilepsy in mice drives distinct synchronization deficits in hippocampus and MEC, with early changes in HPC and late-onset changes in MEC that align with progressive memory impairment. www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Screenshot of article entitled "Distinct changes to hippocampal and medial entorhinal circuits emerge across the progression of cognitive deficits in epilepsy" by Yu Feng, Keziah S. Diego, Zhe Dong, ..., Nadia N. Khan, Denise J. Cai, and Tristan Shuman. 

In brief: Feng et al. demonstrate that memory deficits in temporal lobe epilepsy involve multiple discrete mechanisms with distinct time courses. In epileptic mice, early-onset memory deficits are associated with disrupted hippocampal synchronization, while more severe, lateonset impairments are associated with disrupted synchrony of medial entorhinal cortex circuits.
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 28/01/2025
🧠📈 Now available on the Allen Brain Cell Atlas - aging mouse brain data! Explore the most comprehensive and detailed single-cell dataset of the aged and young adult mouse brain. Contains 1.2 million high-quality, single-cell transcriptomes. 🔭 Explore: knowledge.brain-map.org/abcatlas?def...
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Kino Mostany @kmostany.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I feel sick to my stomach #LGBTQ+Rights
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Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
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Dead Neanderthals @deadneanderthals.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
2025 looking great so far!
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Eddy Albarran @albarran.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Here are *some* of my favorite studies on dendrites and spines from 2024 👀 - feeling very excited and inspired about the field! 🔥 Happy new year y'all!
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