Arie Kim
@ariekim.bsky.social
🇰🇷🇯🇵🇳🇱🇺🇸 Mouse neurobiologist in NY. I study cortical microcircuits of emotional empathy, and the effect of air pollution exposure during gestation on the brain development. A runner, potter, and a napper.
Weirdly, ability to sweat is one of the few things that make humans ‘different from other animals’: not use of tools, communicating through language, lying, etc. Hair follicles and sweat glands seem to rarely coexist, and horses are a great exception. Why can’t hairs get wet? #evolution
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Weirdly, ability to sweat is one of the few things that make humans ‘different from other animals’: not use of tools, communicating through language, lying, etc. Hair follicles and sweat glands seem to rarely coexist, and horses are a great exception. Why can’t hairs get wet? #evolution
Interesting short read from Prof. Dayu Lin. Social neuroscience: Nosh or nurture?: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Social neuroscience: Nosh or nurture?
Mothers exhibit an increased appetite to cope with the energetic demands of lactation.
A new study has identified a neural circuit that interfaces between food seeking and
pup caring.
www.cell.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Interesting short read from Prof. Dayu Lin. Social neuroscience: Nosh or nurture?: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
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a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in gene therapy trial
Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in gene therapy trial
UCL trialled hours-long surgical procedure to treat disease which causes dementia and paralysis
Huntington’s disease, a devastating degenerative illness that runs in families, has been treated successfully for the first time in a breakthrough gene therapy trial.
The disease, caused by a single gene defect, steadily kills brain cells leading to dementia, paralysis and ultimately death. Those with a parent with Huntington’s have a 50% chance of developing the disease, which until now has been incurable. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in gene therapy trial
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You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/y... 🧪
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad
A weird thing happened in scientific publishing during COVID. And it hasn’t gone away. Publications went up 30-50%. And responses to requests to review went down 30-50%. I know the actual statistic…
dynamicecology.wordpress.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/y... 🧪
“Better a pig than a fascist”
June 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Better a pig than a fascist”
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If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May.
4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.
The total funded was 99!
Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.
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4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.
The total funded was 99!
Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.
1/2
June 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May.
4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.
The total funded was 99!
Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.
1/2
4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.
The total funded was 99!
Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.
1/2
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Evidence for thyroid hormone regulation of amygdala-dependent fear-relevant memory and plasticity | Molecular Psychiatry
Evidence for thyroid hormone regulation of amygdala-dependent fear-relevant memory and plasticity - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Evidence for thyroid hormone regulation of amygdala-dependent fear-relevant memory and plasticity
www.nature.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Evidence for thyroid hormone regulation of amygdala-dependent fear-relevant memory and plasticity | Molecular Psychiatry
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Get the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space.
2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026.
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026.
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
www.simonsfoundation.org
June 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Get the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space.
2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026.
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026.
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Please join us in congratulating the IBANGS Distinguished Investigator Awardee for 2025, Hee-Sup Shin, MD & Ph.D. Director of the Center for Cognition and Sociality, Institute for Basic Science. Korea ibs.re.kr/eng/sub06_02...
November 14, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Please join us in congratulating the IBANGS Distinguished Investigator Awardee for 2025, Hee-Sup Shin, MD & Ph.D. Director of the Center for Cognition and Sociality, Institute for Basic Science. Korea ibs.re.kr/eng/sub06_02...
It’s Friday. Today, I’m grateful for the air to breath, for peace and for health.
June 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It’s Friday. Today, I’m grateful for the air to breath, for peace and for health.
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In a significant breakthrough, Dr. KEUM Sehoon and his team at the Center for Cognition and Sociality (CCS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have made profound discoveries about how the brain processes others' distress.
www.spectrumastrolabe.org/2025/03/11/r...
www.spectrumastrolabe.org/2025/03/11/r...
Recent Breakthroughs in Understanding Empathy
In a significant breakthrough, Dr. KEUM Sehoon and his team at the Center for Cognition and Sociality (CCS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in Sout
www.spectrumastrolabe.org
March 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
In a significant breakthrough, Dr. KEUM Sehoon and his team at the Center for Cognition and Sociality (CCS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have made profound discoveries about how the brain processes others' distress.
www.spectrumastrolabe.org/2025/03/11/r...
www.spectrumastrolabe.org/2025/03/11/r...
Autism models of mouse showed more inflexible updating of prior expectations (pe) and a shift in number of units encoding pe from visual cortex to the frontal cortex. Please see Fig 4 & 5. A good comparative study looking at three popular ASD mouse genetic models.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A common computational and neural anomaly across mouse models of autism - Nature Neuroscience
Noel et al. show aberrant updating of expectations in three distinct mouse models of autism spectrum disorder. Brain-wide neurophysiology data suggest this stems from excess units encoding deviations ...
www.nature.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Autism models of mouse showed more inflexible updating of prior expectations (pe) and a shift in number of units encoding pe from visual cortex to the frontal cortex. Please see Fig 4 & 5. A good comparative study looking at three popular ASD mouse genetic models.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Forget new chips computing millions-digits-prime numbers: I had no idea the human discovery of prime numbers may be 20,000 years old! 🤯 preview.mailerlite.io/preview/3280...
Technology is revolutionizing the search for prime numbers
preview.mailerlite.io
June 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Forget new chips computing millions-digits-prime numbers: I had no idea the human discovery of prime numbers may be 20,000 years old! 🤯 preview.mailerlite.io/preview/3280...
A new recycling approach to complex plastic waste mappingignorance.org/2025/06/02/a...
A new recycling approach to PET
Neopentyl glycol could be used to break down PET instead of ethylene glycol to produce chemically resistant and thermally stable monomers
mappingignorance.org
June 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A new recycling approach to complex plastic waste mappingignorance.org/2025/06/02/a...
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A reminder, in case you need one, that women are incredible athletes
May 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A reminder, in case you need one, that women are incredible athletes
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Beginning to think one more gotcha post on social media isn’t going to bring down a corrupt government.
May 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Beginning to think one more gotcha post on social media isn’t going to bring down a corrupt government.
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A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.
June 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.
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🧪⚛️ Most researchers don't choose a country but a receptive environment for work, and nimbly move across continents to do so.
The proposed cuts in federal funding would create a hostile environment that could repel the next generation of scientists from the US. This'd be a major loss for the nation.
The proposed cuts in federal funding would create a hostile environment that could repel the next generation of scientists from the US. This'd be a major loss for the nation.
🧪⚛️ Now is the time to push back on the proposed cuts to science and engineering research funding in the US. Congress appropriates, not the executive. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/06/push...
Pushing back on US science cuts: Now is a critical time
Every week has brought more news about actions that, either as a collateral effect or a deliberate goal, will deeply damage science and engi...
nanoscale.blogspot.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🧪⚛️ Most researchers don't choose a country but a receptive environment for work, and nimbly move across continents to do so.
The proposed cuts in federal funding would create a hostile environment that could repel the next generation of scientists from the US. This'd be a major loss for the nation.
The proposed cuts in federal funding would create a hostile environment that could repel the next generation of scientists from the US. This'd be a major loss for the nation.
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Your periodic reminder that the AI summaries in Google are often complete hallucinations. DO NOT USE AI SEARCH RESULTS. You can turn them off in Chrome and Firefox.
Do this and save the truth as well as the planet (so you aren’t triggering AI usage when you do searches). tenbluelinks.org
Do this and save the truth as well as the planet (so you aren’t triggering AI usage when you do searches). tenbluelinks.org
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
tenbluelinks.org
May 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Your periodic reminder that the AI summaries in Google are often complete hallucinations. DO NOT USE AI SEARCH RESULTS. You can turn them off in Chrome and Firefox.
Do this and save the truth as well as the planet (so you aren’t triggering AI usage when you do searches). tenbluelinks.org
Do this and save the truth as well as the planet (so you aren’t triggering AI usage when you do searches). tenbluelinks.org
We need to change our policies, then.
Social impacts of glacier loss | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Social impacts of glacier loss | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Social impacts of glacier loss
More than three-quarters of global glacier mass is projected to disappear under present-day policies
www.science.org
May 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We need to change our policies, then.
Social impacts of glacier loss | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Social impacts of glacier loss | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A glacier partially collapsed in Switzerland, burying the village of Blatten in a huge landslide of ice, rock, and mud after residents had been evacuated.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.
May 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A glacier partially collapsed in Switzerland, burying the village of Blatten in a huge landslide of ice, rock, and mud after residents had been evacuated.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.