Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just to drive home the point, Paris is pretty damp. 010
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Already that time of year where I wake up and head to work while it is still dark But at least it's also still warm and humid 😐 361
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Weird ask for my community here; so I know anyone with contacts in logistics, supply chain management, industrial/organizational engineering, sales&marketing analysis&engineering, etc in Germany? Have a talented masters level friend looking for a job in the field, preferably in Munich 000
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Note unrelated to anything but it's been a year since I moved to France! 020
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Could really use a few days where I don't spend all day feeling sweaty and damp Nobody warned me Paris would be so... moist 020
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Troubleshooting ephys hardware issues is my personal hell 010
Reposted by Philip BenderNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking. 8236472102
Reposted by Philip BenderDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for UniversitiesMichael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science. 362277966
Reposted by Philip BenderMichael Kasten @madscientistphd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026It's been a year in the making but I am happy to announce our UNC Neurophysiology core facility is online. What do we do? Patch clamp (from almost anything), calcium imaging, ABR, EEG, and more! Ready to help labs, research institutes, and companies anywhere! Details: www.med.unc.edu/neurophyscore/ 04515
Reposted by Philip Benderchristine liu / two photon art @christineliu.art · 09/07/2026Hey you! 🧠🧪 Are you an early career neuroscientist? Do you want to learn more about publishing, share your perspectives, and strengthen the global neuroscience community? Come join the JNeuro ECR Board! Applications due July 17: www.jneurosci.org/content/ecr-...jneurosci.orgCall for Applications: ECR Advisory Board | Journal of Neuroscience 01713
Reposted by Philip BenderMichael Eisen @mbeisen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Any old school molbio people have a copy of the 1987 paper from BMBiochemica on using Bailey’s as a blocking agent for colony hybridization? 61411
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 03/07/2026It's already been 2 years since I defended my dissertation How the time flies! 010
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Weather forecast in Paris has me missing USA air conditioning 020
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Thank you everyone who reached out about Lucy. She is seriously missed, except by Roxy who never liked her anyway 020
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Can't sleep. I miss my Lucy cat. She loved a good bedtime cuddle 061
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Some of you have been with me since the Twitter days My sweet cat Lucy passed away today. She was young and it was unexpected Please hug your pets extra for me 6110
Reposted by Philip BenderShematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 02/06/2026MAHA: Vitamins and supplements are the key to health and longevity. Also MAHA: No, no, not the evidence based prevent your infant from bleeding in their brain one. 313330
Reposted by Philip BenderMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 03/06/2026"AI is operating at a PhD level" oh, so it's replying 'sorry for the late response' to every email and complaining about its labor conditions? 682825410
Reposted by Philip BenderDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Jackson: "The Court begins with NSF’s failure to articulate any rationale for divesting UCAR of stewardship over the NWSC and transferring its operations and maintenance responsibilities to another entity. This failure is dispositive." 2487
Reposted by Philip Benderpriya chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 02/06/2026No one who understands the value of expertise should ever have imposter syndrome again 25014
Reposted by Philip BenderJessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 02/06/2026One federal grant was just terminated ($1.3 million from DHS) and one was awarded but not funded ($46,748 from NOAA) due to the new federal administration priorities and executive orders. PIs, how are you addressing these situations on your CVs? 💸 21818
Reposted by Philip BenderEric R Fairhurst 📚 🦋 🎷🎨 @efairhurst.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Indiana told the public it gave less than $1 million in data center subsidies in 2025. The real number? $655 million. And $561 million of that went to a single company: Amazon. While Hoosiers pay sales tax on groceries, Amazon paid nothing. This isn’t economic development. It’s a heist.wthr.com13 Investigates: You pay sales tax. Some Indiana data centers didn’t. Here’s what we foundNew records show some Indiana data centers have reported hundreds of millions in state sales and use tax exemptions. 26766593282
Reposted by Philip BenderStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/05/2026BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdfpublic-inspection.federalregister.gov 44808528
Reposted by Philip BenderDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 28/05/2026“agencies may consider an applicant’s history of questionable practices based on publicly available and verifiable information.” Potential perma bans for any University which ever supported any type of DEI activity. 43429
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 24/05/2026It's very warm in Paris ... but there are worse places to experience heat! 020
Reposted by Philip BenderBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Our goal is to simply survive this administration and all of the damage they are doing to our country, the present and future of science. I publish with "foreign scientists" all the time. This is going to be a problem if I cannot cite those papers in my progress reports. 1827697
Reposted by Philip BenderJason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026This is fucking insanity www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...insidehighered.comReport: NIH, NASA Restrict Co-Authoring With Foreign ScientistsThe National Institutes of Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are targeting collaborations between U.S. scientists and foreign researchers, Science reports. 511472549
Reposted by Philip BenderSholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Earlier this week I posted an example of a fake western blot provided by ThermoFisher to demonstrate the validity of a p53 antibody. I considered it an amusing curiosity. In fact Thermo Fisher Scientific has systematically manipulated antibody validation data! 713660
Reposted by Philip BenderProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Bhattacharya’s legacy The US had a “world-class Ebola lab in Frederick, Maryland, with the NIH,” designed to develop vaccines & treatments. The lab would normally be swinging into action. “But that lab was shuttered last year, with staff laid off abruptly”😢 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.comUS is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts sayHundreds of cases reported in the DRC after USAID has been dismantled and key scientific research canceled 9498317
Reposted by Philip BenderZoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026the technician position in my lab is now posted! Please pass this along: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/319...unc.peopleadmin.comLaboratory Research TechnicianThe Research Technician will assist with lab management operations and assist the Principal Investigator and members of the laboratory with experiments involving molecular biology, behavior, biochemis... 03036
Reposted by Philip BenderJohan Duchêne @johanduchene.bsky.social · 21/05/2026@sholtodavid.bsky.social Have you seen this WB from ThermoFisher? Still anti-p53 antibody, but another clone (MA-12648 instead MA5-12557). It also looks like that the band in lane 3 was rotated and reused in lane 4. Moreover, it seems that same band was used for the 2 different clones. 97940
Reposted by Philip BenderTristan Shuman @tristanshuman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Apply for our Paris Miniscope Workshop this summer: July 1-3, 2026. Come learn to record and analyze calcium imaging data with open source Miniscopes! Applications due this Friday May 22. Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.com2026 Paris Miniscope Workshop ApplicationWe're excited to invite applications for the 2026 Paris Miniscope Workshop, hosted at ESPCI Paris and organized by Daniel Aharoni (UCLA), Denise Cai and Tristan Shuman (Icahn School of Medicine Mount ... 01010
Reposted by Philip Benderderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/05/2026terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info 204100592761
Reposted by Philip Bendersamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 20/05/2026tough to overstate how quickly science funding in New Zealand has been blown to pieces - on Friday the NZ govt straight up disbanded the Marsden fund (our version of the NSF) it'll be replaced by a 'transition fund' with less money and zero information, as of yet, about what it will support #nzpol 13214135
Reposted by Philip BenderMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I am VERY disappointed to learn that the Gordon Research Conferences have capitulated to the fascists and ended their long standing "Power Hour" programs where we could speak together as a community about challenges and approaches to address the experiences of all 10479
Reposted by Philip BenderJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Child protective services ripped a 14-year-old from her home to stop her from leaving the state for an abortion. They also threatened her mother with murder charges and the removal of her other child if they crossed state lines for care. So please don't tell me Republicans aren't banning travel.jessica.substack.comExclusive: She Helped Plan Her Teen's Abortion, So CPS Took Her Daughter AwayChild protective services is being used as an anti-abortion weapon in banned and pro-choice states 4225351200
Reposted by Philip BenderDirk Gütlin @gutlin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Rethinking hierarchy: the auditory system as an integrated cortical–subcortical network www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comRethinking hierarchy: the auditory system as an integrated cortical–subcortical network - Nature Reviews NeuroscienceThe auditory system differs from other senses in the complexity of its subcortical pathways. King and colleagues examine how subcortical structures transform sound representations and integrate sensor... 24414
Reposted by Philip BenderChristophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I was interviewed by @snehakhedkar.bsky.social for The Scientist about our work using super-resolution microscopy to map the neuronal architecture, and make nice pictures along the way! Check the article here: www.the-scientist.com/super-resolu...the-scientist.comSuper-Resolution Microscopy Helps Map Hidden Neuronal Architecture | The ScientistChristophe Leterrier uses advanced microscopy to uncover neurons’ intricate nanostructure and dynamics while creating striking images that bring brain science to life. 16917
Reposted by Philip BenderAriel Levine @ariellevine.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Posting for Vibhu Sahni: Due to unforeseen circumstances the Burke Neurological Institute will have to terminate its research operations 5/22. There are international postdocs on visas who are looking for new homes. Please reach out to Vibhu if you can help 43038
Reposted by Philip BenderDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Hantavirus is *well known* to spread by the airborne route. Mainly, airborne rodent poop and pee. Congratulations to all the mainstream media outlets that have already managed to flat out lie about hantavirus transmission. 7357131
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Just a shameless networking plug that I would LOVE to connect with you all on LinkedIn, where I barely ever post anyway You can find me here: www.linkedin.com/in/philip-bender-ph-d-2a4b1691linkedin.com 010
Reposted by Philip BenderPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 13/03/2026we are losing so much talent, progress, and hope for no good reason www.vox.com/future-perfe... 321274600
Reposted by Philip BenderFiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more. 151160584419
Reposted by Philip BenderSimon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying 6695963544
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Update: Paris? Pretty nice Paris when the sun actually comes out? Just a little nicer 010
Reposted by Philip BenderLukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Physicist has written a fascinating big beautiful paper.Let’s not be afraid to call it what it is - groundbreaking. arxiv.org/abs/2603.21852 1837882
Reposted by Philip BenderLady of the Tomb @sakhmet.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Today is my and @scienceetc.bsky.social's birthday. In lieu of birthday wishes, I would like all yall to tell me just how much you detest Apartheid Isr*el and everyone who enabled them to continue destroying my motherland. Ty 🫶🏽 221
Philip Bender @scienceetc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I've had my phd for almost 2 years now and I've not been asked to review a paper at all 010