Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDJohn Sakaluk @johnsakaluk.bsky.social · 28/03/2025My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks! 13447 47
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Look who's NOT ten toes in. APA has been whack from the jump, so I guess it was too much to ask for them to do better. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...nytimes.comUnder Pressure, Psychology Accreditation Board Suspends Diversity StandardsAs the Trump administration threatens to strip accrediting bodies of their power, many are scrambling to purge diversity requirements. 010 1
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDProPublica @propublica.org · 20/03/2025NEW: In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term. It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.propub.liThe October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal BureaucracyHistorians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story ... 12050652201 5.1K
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDDr Emily Emmott @ehemmott.bsky.social · 19/03/2025If you are a Black, Pakistani or Bangladeshi heritage UK student wanting to pursue a PhD in applied evolutionary anthropology or evolutionary public health with me, drop me an email and see funding opportunity below 👇🏻 www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...ucl.ac.uk 086 8
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18/03/2025From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement. Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.” 185126095427 12.6K
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/03/2025I asked yesterday and no one could show me an article indicating that USAID money has actually been distributed as commanded by the court now over a week ago Has USAID money been distributed? 1021842 218
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/03/2025BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a stop to mass firings in federal agencies (except Pentagon, OPM and NARA) saying the so-called “reductions in force (RIFs)” broke the law. “Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 523271890 3.3K
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/03/2025If you were thinking about making a donation to your local public college/university, NOW is an amazing time to do that. And yes, you can do things like earmark it for the music department. Or the physics department. 213035 130
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Was thinking about how people at different ends of the economic spectrum are experiencing these times, then I remembered this--an example of how differently the ruling class experiences economic downturns compared to everyone else: time.com/archive/6734... 826580 265
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDShana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Absolutely. Universities have to be very clear that cuts to research funding do not just affect faculty - they will drive up tuition costs. There will also be direct effects on patient care in universities with hospitals and clinical trials. These two outcomes are important to spell out. 110230 102
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDWIRED @wired.com · 13/03/2025Protesting is a right of all Americans under the first amendment. That said, If you're thinking about joining a protest near you, there are some crucial factors to consider in order to stay safe. Our guide from 2022:wrd.cmHow to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to AvoidIf you’re planning on hitting the streets, this guide may be of some assistance. 181025433 1K
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/03/2025Man, when Boston Consulting Group is telling you to take action on climate change … 817659 176
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDGareth Southwell @garethsouthwell.bsky.social · 13/03/2025The new OpenAI creative writing bot's "short story" has the phrase "democracy of ghosts". It's the sort of phrase that would make me stop and admire it, if I were reading a human author - which, it turns out, I was, because it's from Nabokov's 1957 novel "Pnin". www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m... 472511648 2.5K
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Individual Border Patrol agents knew they were doing this, and a supervisor signed off on it. 17844391701 4.4K
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDMicah @rincewind.run · 07/03/2025we tried this before it ends with bears moving innewrepublic.comThe Town That Went FeralWhen a group of libertarians set about scrapping their local government, chaos descended. And then the bears moved in. 1232276646 2.3K
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 09/03/2025"the scientific basis of the [polygraph] was weak, the extant research was of low quality, the polygraph profession’s claims for the high accuracy of the CQT were unfounded, and, although the CQT has greater than chance accuracy, its error rate is unknown." psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d... 35616 56
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025As the director of the community neuroscience initiative, I have the honor of working with these absolute stars. Read about what we are up to here: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...news.cornell.eduNeuroscience helps teachers empower students and themselves | Cornell ChronicleThe program from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research provides student teachers an understanding on the neuroscience behind children’s learning and development and encourages them to p... 020 2
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 04/03/2025"The White House can lie all they want about how they're not stopping cancer research," the NIH source said, "but they're stopping cancer research on [NIH's] Bethesda campus." Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH. 8381176 381
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDThiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 04/03/2025There are excellent neuro PhD programs in Europe that take international students. Here's one fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...fchampalimaud.orgInternational Neuroscience Doctoral Programme | Champalimaud FoundationFundação ChampalimaudFundação Champalimaud Logotipo BotãoFundação Champalimaud Logotipo BotãoFundação Champalimaud Logotipo Botão...The call for the 2025 Champalimaud Foundation's International PhD in Neuroscience will open in the first week of December 2024. 021 2
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 24/02/20251/7. Public discourse about racial equity has changed a lot over the years. At @commhsp.bsky.social we’ve been monitoring those changes and their consequences. In a new 538 article, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and I share what we’ve been seeing and why it matters. abcnews.go.com/538/national...abcnews.go.comHow the national conversation shifted from structural racism to DEIHow the conversation about DEI has evolved over time. 5205105 205
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The "Datasaurus Dozen" is a standard example of how data can tell lots of different stories depending how you look at them. All of the data sets below have identical summary statistics (ones that are commonly reported) yet are clearly very heterogeneous. (from juliasilge.com/blog/datasau...) 03514 35
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I was one of the REU kids coming from a liberal arts school. everything is making it harder for us to get through, but that’s the point. They don’t like our competition. 153 5
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Oh look who else is 10 toes in. Society for Psychophysiological Research in the house! 010 1
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The Society for Neuroscience is ten toes in. So proud. They need to get on bluesky. 030 3
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Scientists asking for marches to protect science-- I need you 10 toes in on this. CENTER human rights in the form of diversity, inclusion, justice, and dignity. If science is not for everyone it's not a public good. Don't get caught lying. nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comWokeness Is Not to Blame for TrumpHow a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom. 000 0
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 19/02/2025if I were Europe I'd be doing a crash university buildout right now. a whole bunch of top US academics can be had at pennies on the dollar www.thebulwark.com/p/the-doge-b...thebulwark.comThe DOGE Brain Drain Has BegunIt’s not just jobs cut and agencies gutted. It’s the talent that will be lost for generations to come. 501265210 1.3K
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16/02/2025It is actually a problem that scientists keep marching for science though instead of against fascism and for humanity 328054 280
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025It’s always the magnitude that gets me: youtu.be/FVWCCmtJ46Ayoutu.beThe Richest People in the World: Data from 1984 to 2025YouTube video by Data Is Beautiful 000 0
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDMartin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 12/02/2025🧵 Trump’s USAID funding freeze abruptly halted critical global health research, abandoning participants mid-trial. A gross ethical violation. @bachynski.bsky.social & I explain what happened and why it matters @bmj.com . ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/388/...bmj.comAbandoning research participants is an unconscionable betrayalIn 1964, the Declaration of Helsinki created a set of universal ethical principles to protect human participants in health research.1 Described as “the cornerstone of research ethics,”2 these principl... 1557311 557
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDDarby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025If anyone's looking for an easy way to reach out to their Congress folk, RESISTbot is still working. Text RESIST to 50409 or go to resist.bot and you can quickly compose an email, fax, or letter to your reps. I sent a hotly worded screed about the admin's attacks on science & got an actual reply 38843 88
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I think the best interpretation for this is just to have any possible reason for why something was rejected despite great science. Also anything going to the National Institute Minority Health and Health Disparities is dead, I guess. 000 0
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 04/02/2025The NIH communications bans are breaking science, which depends on free exchange of ideas. 37615 76
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I never heard this history and it is epic. There are so many absolutely outstanding people (and their badass comrades and family who know what's up) we don't get to hear about. Thank you for sharing. 110 1
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 27/01/2025This. Quiet parts are so loud and the person doesn't even know they're yelling because they're tone deaf, i guess. 000 0
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I have a post-doc who submitted a grant months ago. This is so troubling. 000 0
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDMiriam Goldstein @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social · 23/01/2025🧵: I am getting texts on what scientists should do in this perilous and scary moment. My advice: your biggest power is to organize through your professional societies. A few ideas - 11681290 681
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Truly our social nature is a double-edged sword. The same nervous system which nurtures ands feels wonderful from being of service is the same one that makes it easy for conformity and tyranny to take hold. 000 0
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDMark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Two Research Fellow positions at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. ✅ mixed methods ✅ health services research ✅ research aimed at improving women’s health - Applications due 28th January #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PsychJobsmyscience.ukResearch Fellow x2 (109837-1224) - University of Warwick - job portal | jobs.myScience14 January 2025 BMI, blood pressure and physical activity in childhood linked to brain differences 0176 17
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Protect ya neck, but make sure you include your head too! Parents, educators, neuro-curious and co, come join us tomorrow for this accessible webinar with educators and the wonderful Dr. Kelli Duncan. We will learn about traumatic brain injuries and how to talk with kids about it. 110 1
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDEduardo Villablanca @ejvillablanca.bsky.social · 03/12/2024“Anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be a great chef” I discussed my vision on how anyone can run a lab but fearless will succeed I really enjoyed writing this piece commissioned by @labliston.bsky.social at #immunology&CellBiology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.com<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online LibraryThis article reflects on the author's career journey, from beginnings in southern Chile to leading a research lab. It emphasizes the importance of relatable role models, resilience and leveraging per... 1259 25
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Do I believe that Mercury in Reggaeton impacts communication? No. Am I still superstitious about these papers I'm sending in right now. Yes, apparently. Still sending them out though. World is burning, Mercury Reggaeton is probably fine. 010 1
Reposted by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhDMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 18/10/2024Folks asking for letters of recommendation from faculty members: I beg you to ask people at least 1 month before your first letter needs to be submitted. When I get requests that are with 2 weeks of a deadline, I often have to decline because of other commitments. Ask early! 1244 24
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 27/09/2024As my student so eloquently said "fuck this guy." This is part of why I think its important for researchers to really be in community. If you study disease you might think its all just a job, a game to maximize. If you work with people, you know what the stakes are. But also some people just asses. 000 0
Marlen Z. Gonzalez, PhD @profg.bsky.social · 26/09/2024I've wanted to do something like a Focused Research Organization that is hyperlocal, working on issues related to development and health with community members as partners. This may help with another blocker to progress: lack of political will. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comUnblock research bottlenecks with non-profit start-ups‘Focused research organizations’ can take on mid-scale projects that don’t get tackled by academia, venture capitalists or government labs. ‘Focused research organizations’ can take on mid-scale proje... 000 0
