Alex Larson
@alexflygirl.bsky.social
Girl who researches flies and is fly 🪰😎 bcm neuro PhD candidate 😤🤓
AD, TDP-43, splicing🧠🥸
AD, TDP-43, splicing🧠🥸
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This is how I find out that my good friend Judith Norman was targeted (and cleared, thankfully) for her activism on Gaza! #gaza #academicsky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The chilling effect of Title VI investigations: the professors accused of antisemitism
Exclusive: Andrea Brower quits Gonzaga University after the Civil Rights Act is used to challenge her pro-Gaza activism
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is how I find out that my good friend Judith Norman was targeted (and cleared, thankfully) for her activism on Gaza! #gaza #academicsky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Few better feelings than confirming that you are selecting against stubble, not tubby in adults
September 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Few better feelings than confirming that you are selecting against stubble, not tubby in adults
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The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
There should be a deans award for people who report phishing emails before every department head tells us it was phishing
August 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
There should be a deans award for people who report phishing emails before every department head tells us it was phishing
I like to move it move it
August 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I like to move it move it
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“We hope this begins to fundamentally change how the field thinks about #astrocytes and their role in mediating #neurophysiology and #behavior,” said senior author Marc Freeman, Ph.D., director of the OHSU Vollum Institute.
cc: @kevinguttenplan.bsky.social
cc: @kevinguttenplan.bsky.social
New #OHSUResearch in fruit flies and rodents reveals that #astrocytes don’t just support #neurons—they selectively respond to neurotransmitters and influence which neural signals are prioritized. neurosciencenews.com/astrocytes-i...
Astrocytes Take Center Stage in Brain Function and Behavior - Neuroscience News
Long thought to be mere support cells, astrocytes are now shown to play a powerful, dynamic role in regulating brain function and behavior.
neurosciencenews.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“We hope this begins to fundamentally change how the field thinks about #astrocytes and their role in mediating #neurophysiology and #behavior,” said senior author Marc Freeman, Ph.D., director of the OHSU Vollum Institute.
cc: @kevinguttenplan.bsky.social
cc: @kevinguttenplan.bsky.social
Listen I know I’m from Portland but I could do without the chunks in kombucha
June 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Listen I know I’m from Portland but I could do without the chunks in kombucha
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“Our program is intended for people who want to do Ph.D. research in a biomedical area, but who didn’t really have much of a chance to do a lot of research during their undergraduate years,” said Gary Westbrook, Vollum Institute senior scientist who helped launch PREP at OHSU in 2018. bit.ly/4dWmZqh
Federal cuts narrow career pipeline for budding science researchers in Oregon
The National Institutes of Health has eliminated grants for training programs that help young scientists from underrepresented communities get ahead in their careers. Advocates of these programs say t...
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June 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“Our program is intended for people who want to do Ph.D. research in a biomedical area, but who didn’t really have much of a chance to do a lot of research during their undergraduate years,” said Gary Westbrook, Vollum Institute senior scientist who helped launch PREP at OHSU in 2018. bit.ly/4dWmZqh
What kind of mental illness is it when every time I see the word megadalton, I read it as megalodon
May 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What kind of mental illness is it when every time I see the word megadalton, I read it as megalodon
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KHOU-11: 'Houston will be hit hardest': Researchers in Texas Medical Center brace for impact of Trump NIH cuts'
TMC could lose millions of dollars in NIH funding raising the threat of job cuts. A legal battle now expected to end up in the Supreme Court.
www.khou.com/article/news...
TMC could lose millions of dollars in NIH funding raising the threat of job cuts. A legal battle now expected to end up in the Supreme Court.
www.khou.com/article/news...
'Houston will be hit hardest': Researchers in Texas Medical Center brace for impact of Trump NIH cuts
TMC could lose millions of dollars in NIH funding raising the threat of job cuts. A legal battle now expected to end up in the Supreme Court.
www.khou.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
KHOU-11: 'Houston will be hit hardest': Researchers in Texas Medical Center brace for impact of Trump NIH cuts'
TMC could lose millions of dollars in NIH funding raising the threat of job cuts. A legal battle now expected to end up in the Supreme Court.
www.khou.com/article/news...
TMC could lose millions of dollars in NIH funding raising the threat of job cuts. A legal battle now expected to end up in the Supreme Court.
www.khou.com/article/news...
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Another successful NewBee Neuroscience Program in the books! Great time hosting high schoolers from The Village School! Feed your curiosity and live inspired! @bcmhouston.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Another successful NewBee Neuroscience Program in the books! Great time hosting high schoolers from The Village School! Feed your curiosity and live inspired! @bcmhouston.bsky.social
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Finally got the notice. Very sad day for the MOSAIC program that supported some of the most amazing scientists I know, as well as some of the awesome people on my lab.
April 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Finally got the notice. Very sad day for the MOSAIC program that supported some of the most amazing scientists I know, as well as some of the awesome people on my lab.
Another good drag name. Ella Gonza
March 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Another good drag name. Ella Gonza
Hot yoga is for cool people!
March 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Hot yoga is for cool people!
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If young thug is not in your top 10 rappers don’t even talk to me
February 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
If young thug is not in your top 10 rappers don’t even talk to me
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Prof. Rachel Arey wrote for The Herald Banner in Texas about the cancer treatment that saved her dad: “The therapies that helped him were discovered by a scientist right here in Texas”. 🐎
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www.heraldbanner.com/opinion/colu...
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February 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Prof. Rachel Arey wrote for The Herald Banner in Texas about the cancer treatment that saved her dad: “The therapies that helped him were discovered by a scientist right here in Texas”. 🐎
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www.heraldbanner.com/opinion/colu...
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www.heraldbanner.com/opinion/colu...
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Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03
TheRiseRegistry.org
TheRiseRegistry.org
March 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03
TheRiseRegistry.org
TheRiseRegistry.org
Yeah I’m getting on here to talk about TM6 again, are people just lying to themselves that they can’t see tubby in adulthood?
March 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Yeah I’m getting on here to talk about TM6 again, are people just lying to themselves that they can’t see tubby in adulthood?
Didn’t do well on Twitter so I’m bringing it here, Elaine Closure would be a great drag name
February 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Didn’t do well on Twitter so I’m bringing it here, Elaine Closure would be a great drag name
Im being so serious when I ask this why are we putting QR codes on digital flyers. Like oh yeah let me get my second phone to scan that
February 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Im being so serious when I ask this why are we putting QR codes on digital flyers. Like oh yeah let me get my second phone to scan that
Grad school is awesome bc where else would you find people that watch the same random YouTube video essays as you
February 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Grad school is awesome bc where else would you find people that watch the same random YouTube video essays as you
Foiled by humeral balancer again
February 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Foiled by humeral balancer again