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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

How do you properly grieve the loss of your mom? Going from planning my wedding and her role in this magical day to planning her memorial service is a shock from which I may never recover. #momloss #grief

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Hey @einsteinbros.bsky.social , thanks for the one plate and absolutely no knives for my morning meeting. Super helpful. Were those extra?

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I have been a passionate researcher from the first time I touched a pipette, but my work and the work of hundreds of other scientists is at risk of ending because of the anti-DEI and anti-science rhetoric of the current administration. #neuroscience #postdoc 🧠

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Thanks to the team @nature.com for telling our stories and amplifying our experiences. Science and scientists are still very much under attack! #standupforscience #neuroscience #postdoc

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Thanks to @acerjournal.bsky.social for publishing my recent article pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40755227/ Alcohol altera gait and accelerates pathological tau spread in a tauopathy model. Wait until you see what I did with the other half of the brain. More to come soon... 🧠 #neuro #postdoc

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

@ticketmaster.com was OOPS ALL Bots this morning. You're telling me 200,000 people were online trying to get Tix to see Sir Paul McCartney in ABQ, NM. What about the people that live here and are big Beatles fans? No we cannot afford $1,200 tickets. We spent an HOUR waiting for nothing. #robbery

195440 is like the population of Albuquerque.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Ashamed of #NIAAA for holding up these training grants across the country (it's not just ours). I thought training scientists to study #alcoholusedisorder and develop treatments and meaningful interventions is something the government actually wanted to fund? #postdoc

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

First @southwestair.bsky.social flight couldn't land and then had to do a quick pull up and circle. Now the second plane has driven around the airport sat for 20 min and now driven back to the gate. What is going on?

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Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Part the Cloud and the Association have just announced $5 million in new funding to support four cutting-edge studies focused on gene targeting therapies for Alzheimer’s. bit.ly/4l8yEVx

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Alzheimer's Association Part the Cloud Grants $5 Million to Develop Gene Targeting Treatments

Through the Alzheimer's Association, the Part the Cloud grants support development of innovative gene targeting treatments for Alzheimer's and dementia.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Happy grant submission day to those who celebrate! I remain steadfast and resilient while submitting this K99/R00 for the 3rd time. I can barely process, let alone explain the emotions, the doubt, the devastating grief, and the hope I've experienced throughout this entire process. #Neuro

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a man in a fur hooded jacket talks to a woman with the words rebellions are built on hope

ALT: a man in a fur hooded jacket talks to a woman with the words rebellions are built on hope

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The coolest stuff coming out of the LinsenLab, as per usual. Great work @neuromorning.bsky.social !!!!

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Amazing work being done by our amazing postdoc! Check it out!

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Cutting funding for research will have devastating consequences, unrealized for decades. The amount of talented and motivated early career scientists who really want these careers will not receive the training and/or financial support needed to get them there. #postdoc #standupforscience

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate | Science | AAAS We cannot and should not stay silent. Keep sharing your stories. #neuroscience #postdoc

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Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate

Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

What a heart-rending, beautiful, enraging piece by #KseniiaPetrova as told to #AlexEllerbeck at the @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

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Opinion | The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren’t in ICE Detention

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

On speaking about universities essentially bending the knee to the king he said, "and I think eventually they will..." If that doesn't sound like authoritarianism....yeesh. Nothing he says in this interview makes sense and in essence he attacks his interviewer. Everyone should read this.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

But this war is impacting ALL universities, especially our smaller hispanic-serving R1s in New Mexico, where dozens of graduate students are struggling with recent stop work orders and loss of funding and where our postdoc training program #IRACDA was also cancelled.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Looks like notices of funding opportunities (NOFO) are more like Lack of opportunities (LOO). #postdoc #earlycareer #nocareer

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This needed to be said, and thank you for saying it.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Hoping to see more universities come together to stand up to fight these arbitrary cuts. #scienceisforeveryone #stopthecuts

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Why am I standing up? This movement is about those who are unable to stand up for themselves and for the atrocities happening against our scientists, our science and the community our science serves. #scienceisforeveryone

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Saying that these programs "no longer effectuate agency priorities" is absolutely ridiculous. They are removing training opportunities from hundreds of committed, engaged and excited trainees at every single career stage. Absolute destruction. #postdoc #IRACDA www.thetransmitter.org/funding/excl...

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Exclusive: NIH nixes funds for pre- and postdoctoral training programs

Many of the axed grants support scientists from underrepresented communities.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Editing scientific findings because it doesn't fit a specific narrative is unacceptable. Neuro-omics databases should not be altered because your tax dollars paid for this research to be conducted through a budget approved and dictated by Congress. There are 3 branches of government.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

What's it like being a postdoc in DJT's America? If you're currently a postdoc comment 👇 with what you are going through! Work/Life balance, financial stress, funding issues, grants disappearing, amotivational, general sadness?

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

"I cry alot but I am so productive" -Taylor Swift Also me, this month with another publication co-written with our collaborators at UNC Chapel Hill! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🎉New Pub alert🎉 I am thrilled to share our latest paper in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia, where we demonstrate continued efficacy of our vaccine in more clinically relevant models. A big step in immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease! alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

These slow downs will be felt for years.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

A sad day, indeed. To cut off the progress of these amazing scholars and what they stand for is absolutely reprehensible. Especially as many of them finish up training opportunities or establishing their brand new labs.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Well when you delete an entire K-funding mechanism meant to diversify future faculty it's going to have some impacts. Reduction in force in academia as fall out. What a generation of lost academics passionate about their missions.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

F mechanisms (Non-competitive renewals) 4/n

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

What you aren't seeing in this data is the number of undergrads, grads, medical students, clinicians, postdocs and early career scientists that this is directly impacting. What you also won't see are the cures for diseases and therapeutics that won't be developed because of these NIH-restrictions.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Not only was my #MOSAIC K99/R00 removed from consideration moments before it was to be discussed, but I also learned that my summary statement has been #DELETED! Where is my #peerreview ?!?!? #DEI #Postdoc #neuroscience Am I being punished for being a diverse applicant? #NIAAA #NIH

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

My grant was removed from consideration likely due to diversity mech, will I ever receive comments on it from the reviewers who took their time to review it? Or will I never ever know what they thought? 😭 Who reviewed my grant and will you share your feedback? #NIAAA #peerreview #postdoc

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Today is about science and empowering your minds. These are two things I value and champion so much! It's been some dark times recently but we are not going to take this sitting down! #STEM #WOMENINSTEM #Neuroscience #gogirl2025

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I won't be able to make it up to Santa Fe because 300+ middle school girls need me to show them how to be a scientist! #WomeninSTEM #diversity #postdoc #resist #neuroscience #outreach

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/03/2025

FRIDAY: Join @standupforscience.bsky.social rallies around the US to protest funding cuts, illegal firings, and censorship of scientists. In response to the attacks, the most important thing we can do is to visually show that science has strong support in this country, so please show up if you can!

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Trans… genic. Trans.. genic. Trans. genic. Trans.genic. Transgenic is the word and concept you are looking for.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Just found out my MOSAIC K99/R00 wasn't reviewed but was moved to another Scientific Review Group, which I thought was promising news. Actually no. It was pulled from the review process...because it was a diversity grant. #NIH #MOSAIC #postdoc #neuroscience I am going to miss #academia.

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Happy Women's History Month! Remember, if you used the word 'woman' or 'female' or the phrase 'sex as a biological variable' in any of your grants you may not get funded. #whatisthistimeline #herstory #womeninstem #postdoc #neuroscience 🧠

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Where will you let your voice be heard? I have some hot tips for places you can go! #postdoc #neuroscience

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Nikki Maphis, PhD @neuronikki.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

My heart is destroyed. These programs mean so much and have shaped the very life of scientists I know, respect and call my colleagues. This is a career I have devoted my entire life to and now it may have been ripped away. #diversityisnotadirtyword

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