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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮

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Visual Neuroscientist. Studying dim light detection in the retina. Opinions personal.

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
For context, this is one hundred ninety-two thousand, five-year biomedical research grants. More than five years of complete funding for the entirety of the NIH for cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, blindness, epilepsy, infectious diseases, etc… An entire generation of scientists.
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
”Good. I’m glad he’s dead”. -Donald J. Trump, the president of the US. Fuck this country 🖕
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
America is sleepwalking into autocracy and fascism, and everone thinks someone else is gonna stop this. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy
Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
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Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
State Terror Has Arrived www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
5 Years After Jan. 6, Lawlessness Has Triumphed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
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Opinion | 5 Years After Jan. 6, Lawlessness Has Triumphed
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 29/10/2025
Someone asked me the other day*: How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed? The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible. The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research. 1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
👏👏 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
RIP Ace Frehley🚀🪐🛸
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th” 👉👉 nokings.org
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UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Teresa Puthussery, a UC Berkeley vision scientist whose insights into the retina could one day help those with vision loss regain their sight, has been named a 2025 MacArthur “genius” Fellow. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/v...
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Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur ‘genius’ award - Berkeley News
Puthussery’s discoveries about the retina are paving the way for new treatments for eye disease and vision loss
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
This is a must watch. Here is an interview of Francis Collins, former director of the NIH w/ Stephen Colbert. He ran the NIH for 12 years. "Medical miracles don't happen overnight. You have to invest in them. "Our investments are in trouble." The brain drain is here. 🧪 youtu.be/lW9c6t4potU?...
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A Scientific Brain Drain Has Followed Trump’s Gutting Of The NIH - Dr. Francis Collins
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 12/06/2025
Brian Wilson was more than a genius. His sound epitomized the lore of SoCal
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Brian Wilson was more than a genius. His sound epitomized the lore of SoCal
Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, was one of music’s true visionaries, if that’s the right word for a guy who dealt in the endless possibility of sound.
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Craig McCormick @craigmccormick.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Canada Excellence Research Chair opportunity to recruit top international scientists to Canada. Come join us in Nova Scotia at Dalhousie University ! Reach out if you have questions. www.dal.ca/research-and... @dalhousie.bsky.social
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The CERC opportunity
Explore Dalhousie’s online community hub—your go-to resource for connections, opportunities, and support available at Dal. Stay informed and engaged.
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🇫🇮💪👏👇
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World Happiness Report: Finland named as happiest country for eighth year
Access to nature and a strong welfare system are cited as factors as Nordic nations dominate the rankings.
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 13/03/2025
Other countries are fully targeting US academics with social media ads now, basically of the form "we still have inclusive liberal democracy and academic freedom here"
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Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 @greens-efa.eu · 12/03/2025
#Europe must stand strong, for #Ukraine and for #democracy. We can defend ourselves, unite, and counter #Russia’s threat. Because #peace and #freedom are worth protecting. @villeniinisto.vihreat.fi
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I feel like this is happening right now, and I don’t understand why? Why no resistance only obedience?
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Why? @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @latimes.com
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I wish all Republicans would have integrity like @adamkinzinger.bsky.social
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
If there’s nothing to hide, hide nothing.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
There is a 0.0% chance that this was written or approved by anyone at NIH with any experience. 2/n
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a man wearing headphones is smiling with the words no way written above him
ALT: a man wearing headphones is smiling with the words no way written above him
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I am ashamed an at a complete loss for words.
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NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 08/02/2025
#USA: "We urge the US government to immediately resume funding of critical humanitarian and health aid, either through rescinding relevant orders freezing funding or expanding the current narrow humanitarian waiver to cover all necessary health and humanitarian programs." - @avrilbenoit.bsky.social
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Worth the read:
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Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii. @noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
A line graph showing atmospheric CO2 levels at Mauna Loa Observatory from 1955 to 2025. The y-axis represents CO2 mole fraction in parts per million (ppm), ranging from 320 to 420 ppm, while the x-axis is years.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a NYT analysis found. The purges have removed info about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
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Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
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Neeltje van Doremalen @neeltje.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Time for real protests.
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
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Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The United States government is removing health and science data from Federal websites and hiding other websites altogether, such as census.gov. Please call your elected representatives and tell them this is unacceptable.
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Census.gov | U.S. Census Bureau Homepage
The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 28/01/2025
Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I
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Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Per an NIH source: “Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications | CNN
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
More from inside NIH: Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday. That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 22/01/2025
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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ISER @iser.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Congratulations Newly Elected ISER Officer, Vice President, Europe Soile Nymark, PhD @snymark.bsky.social Tampere University Finland Tampere, Finland
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
We all learned the center-surround, rod and cone structure, but this is a lot of detail about glia and blood vessels in the retina and what happens in degeneration. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #MATLAB #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
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Layer-specific anatomical and physiological features of the retina’s neurovascular unit
Grimes et al. use EM to examine the ultrastructure of neurovascular units in mouse retina and discover differences in glial coverage, neuronal contacts, and susceptibility to disease. Glial calcium signals are activated by ATP and propagate through all layers. Neurovascular contacts near photoreceptors are compromised in retinitis pigmentosa.
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gregschwartznu.bsky.social @gregschwartznu.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I am thrilled to announce that Rich Kramer and I are co-directing a BRAND NEW hands-on visual neuroscience course at the MBL. August 1-16, 2025. Details in this flyer. Trainees please apply. And everyone, please spread the word!
Flyer for a visual neuroscience course with colorful images of scientific data and model species.
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Johan Pahlberg 🇫🇮 @pahlberglab.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Webvision @webvision.bsky.social for retina and beginning vision scientists is like nothing else👇
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