David Moorman
@davidmoorman.bsky.social
Neuroscientist; Associate Professor at UMass Amherst
moormanlab.org
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Another reminder as we've crossed into the second half of February. There's still time to apply for the Neurobiology Chair position at Duke University! Just send in a letter of interest and CV by Feb 28. Love of Duke basketball is not required.
The search for a new Chair of Duke Neurobiology is kicking off! Ad below. I've lived all over the country, but I'm glad I put my roots down here. Great people, great school, great area to live. Feel free to DM with any questions.
My department, Duke Neurobiology, is searching for a new chair. Ad below. Come work with me, @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social @ennatsew.bsky.social @jorggrandl.bsky.social @jnklab.bsky.social @sbilbo.bsky.social @neurocircuits.bsky.social and many other amazing folks! @dukemedschool.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Another reminder as we've crossed into the second half of February. There's still time to apply for the Neurobiology Chair position at Duke University! Just send in a letter of interest and CV by Feb 28. Love of Duke basketball is not required.
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Know a promising undergrad who wants more time before applying to grad school? Pitt has a funded postbac program for students from underrepresented groups.
This year, my lab will consider applications for solo supervision or to be co-supervised by @mehrgol.bsky.social!
App deadline is March 15!
This year, my lab will consider applications for solo supervision or to be co-supervised by @mehrgol.bsky.social!
App deadline is March 15!
Hot Metal Bridge Post-Bac Program | The Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies | University of Pittsburgh
This two-semester post-baccalaureate fellowship program is designed to help talented students from groups traditionally underrepresented in their academic disciplines, including pell eligible, first g...
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February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Know a promising undergrad who wants more time before applying to grad school? Pitt has a funded postbac program for students from underrepresented groups.
This year, my lab will consider applications for solo supervision or to be co-supervised by @mehrgol.bsky.social!
App deadline is March 15!
This year, my lab will consider applications for solo supervision or to be co-supervised by @mehrgol.bsky.social!
App deadline is March 15!
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Get ready for the next GRC Frontal Cortex this August! Excited to be co-chairing this conference with @rudebecklab.bsky.social!! Spread the word and hope to see you there! 🧠
Calling all PFC and PFC-adjacent neuroscientists--registration for the GRC Frontal Cortex - "Frontal Cortex in Function, Dysfunction, & Therapies" is open! Check out the amazing lineup of speakers for this year's program, feat. keynotes by Geoff Schoenbaum & Helen Mayberg
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Get ready for the next GRC Frontal Cortex this August! Excited to be co-chairing this conference with @rudebecklab.bsky.social!! Spread the word and hope to see you there! 🧠
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Calling all PFC and PFC-adjacent neuroscientists--registration for the GRC Frontal Cortex - "Frontal Cortex in Function, Dysfunction, & Therapies" is open! Check out the amazing lineup of speakers for this year's program, feat. keynotes by Geoff Schoenbaum & Helen Mayberg
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
February 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Calling all PFC and PFC-adjacent neuroscientists--registration for the GRC Frontal Cortex - "Frontal Cortex in Function, Dysfunction, & Therapies" is open! Check out the amazing lineup of speakers for this year's program, feat. keynotes by Geoff Schoenbaum & Helen Mayberg
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
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My lab at UW Madison is hiring a new lab manager! I’m looking for a motivated and detail-oriented person to help run the lab’s day-to-day, including our ongoing neuroimaging and behavioral studies. This is especially well suited for graduating undergrads thinking about grad school. Link below
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
My lab at UW Madison is hiring a new lab manager! I’m looking for a motivated and detail-oriented person to help run the lab’s day-to-day, including our ongoing neuroimaging and behavioral studies. This is especially well suited for graduating undergrads thinking about grad school. Link below
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This is a catastrophic unforced error.
It was quite something to hear @ohsunews.bsky.social President Shereef Elnahal equate the shambolic lies of fringe groups (“others”) with the heartfelt & credible testimony of the scientists & veterinarians in his employ.
“Teammates” don’t support rivals.
It was quite something to hear @ohsunews.bsky.social President Shereef Elnahal equate the shambolic lies of fringe groups (“others”) with the heartfelt & credible testimony of the scientists & veterinarians in his employ.
“Teammates” don’t support rivals.
February 10, 2026 at 4:24 AM
This is a catastrophic unforced error.
It was quite something to hear @ohsunews.bsky.social President Shereef Elnahal equate the shambolic lies of fringe groups (“others”) with the heartfelt & credible testimony of the scientists & veterinarians in his employ.
“Teammates” don’t support rivals.
It was quite something to hear @ohsunews.bsky.social President Shereef Elnahal equate the shambolic lies of fringe groups (“others”) with the heartfelt & credible testimony of the scientists & veterinarians in his employ.
“Teammates” don’t support rivals.
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Don’t get me started on the hypocrisy of this organization aligning with the current NIH/HHS “leaders”: kill all the animals you want to eat more and more animal flesh and fat but it is unethical to use animals for life saving medical research
February 10, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Don’t get me started on the hypocrisy of this organization aligning with the current NIH/HHS “leaders”: kill all the animals you want to eat more and more animal flesh and fat but it is unethical to use animals for life saving medical research
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“A sanctuary is not a strategy. It is a capitulation to fear and the political pressure that ignores scientific reality”
Well said @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social
Well said @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Oregon Health & Science University board of directors has voted to begin negotiations with the NIH about potentially transitioning the university’s primate research center to a sanctuary for the animals.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/4a6mycK
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/4a6mycK
Oregon primate center to negotiate transition to sanctuary
The board of directors at Oregon Health & Science University, which runs the primate center, voted unanimously for the move.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
“A sanctuary is not a strategy. It is a capitulation to fear and the political pressure that ignores scientific reality”
Well said @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social
Well said @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social
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There's a special place in hell for people who benefit daily from state of the art medical treatment and then argue that the means to discover the next state of the art treatment should be eliminated.
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
There's a special place in hell for people who benefit daily from state of the art medical treatment and then argue that the means to discover the next state of the art treatment should be eliminated.
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Take action TODAY. Provide public comment in writing by emailing ohsuboard@ohsu.edu by THIS FRIDAY, Feb. 6 at noon PT. Include “For public comment” in the subject line. The battles are local AND national. All NHP researchers in the USA are at risk next.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Take action TODAY. Provide public comment in writing by emailing ohsuboard@ohsu.edu by THIS FRIDAY, Feb. 6 at noon PT. Include “For public comment” in the subject line. The battles are local AND national. All NHP researchers in the USA are at risk next.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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NIH and some outside interest groups are trying to force the closing of the Oregon National Primate Research Center, and it looks like they might win. This would be a huge blow for translational research. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
NIH looks to turn primate research center into a sanctuary
The health research agency is offering the Oregon National Primate Research Center federal money to stop testing on primates.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:16 AM
NIH and some outside interest groups are trying to force the closing of the Oregon National Primate Research Center, and it looks like they might win. This would be a huge blow for translational research. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Still time to apply and register! www.grc.org/the-neurosci...
2026 The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors will be held in Pomona, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Still time to apply and register! www.grc.org/the-neurosci...
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📢 GU Pharmacology & Physiology is hiring!
Tenure-track / tenured faculty position at Georgetown University Medical Center.
apply.interfolio.com/180562
Please share with your networks.
Tenure-track / tenured faculty position at Georgetown University Medical Center.
apply.interfolio.com/180562
Please share with your networks.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:40 PM
📢 GU Pharmacology & Physiology is hiring!
Tenure-track / tenured faculty position at Georgetown University Medical Center.
apply.interfolio.com/180562
Please share with your networks.
Tenure-track / tenured faculty position at Georgetown University Medical Center.
apply.interfolio.com/180562
Please share with your networks.
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Today, I would like to honor the memory of Roger Y. Tsien, born on February 1, 1952. His legacy lives with all who use his technologies, including calcium sensors, fluorescent proteins, the acetoxymethyl (AM) ester, & many more! #FluorescenceFriday
www.nature.com/articles/nme...
www.nature.com/articles/nme...
January 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Today, I would like to honor the memory of Roger Y. Tsien, born on February 1, 1952. His legacy lives with all who use his technologies, including calcium sensors, fluorescent proteins, the acetoxymethyl (AM) ester, & many more! #FluorescenceFriday
www.nature.com/articles/nme...
www.nature.com/articles/nme...
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Our lab will be boycotting biotech vendors that have contracts with ICE (e.g., Fisher, Agilent), and telling them why. If you google “vendorname usa spending”, you can see purchases for specific depts including ICE on usaspending.gov. Please talk to your labs and email your vendors!
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Our lab will be boycotting biotech vendors that have contracts with ICE (e.g., Fisher, Agilent), and telling them why. If you google “vendorname usa spending”, you can see purchases for specific depts including ICE on usaspending.gov. Please talk to your labs and email your vendors!
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I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
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Gettysburg College is hiring 2 VAPs. Applications are due Feb 20th! Reach out if you have any questions and please share!
VAP Human Cog - gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/6092
VAP Health Psychology - gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/6086
VAP Human Cog - gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/6092
VAP Health Psychology - gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/6086
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Gettysburg College is hiring 2 VAPs. Applications are due Feb 20th! Reach out if you have any questions and please share!
VAP Human Cog - gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/6092
VAP Health Psychology - gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/6086
VAP Human Cog - gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/6092
VAP Health Psychology - gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/6086
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Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.
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Neuro friends: Any one ever try tract-tracing studies in the insula or cingulate (in rats or mice) and find a connection there? It keeps showing up in resting-state studies and outside of pIC to pACC inhibitory projections here (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37605272/), I can't find much else!
Inhibitory insula-ACC projections modulate affective but not sensory aspects of neuropathic pain - PubMed
The insula and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) are brain regions that undergo structural and functional reorganization in neuropathic pain states. Here, we aimed to study inhibitory parvalbumin positive (PV+) posterior insula (pIC) to posterior ACC (pACC) projections, and to evaluate the effects of …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 26, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Neuro friends: Any one ever try tract-tracing studies in the insula or cingulate (in rats or mice) and find a connection there? It keeps showing up in resting-state studies and outside of pIC to pACC inhibitory projections here (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37605272/), I can't find much else!
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We are hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor in Neuroscience for the 26-27 school year at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, with an emphasis on teaching Neuroanatomy for our undergrad Neuroscience major. More info: jobs.hope.edu/postings/5034
Please share!
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#neurosky
#neuroskyence
Please share!
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Neuroscience - Visiting Assistant Professor
The Neuroscience Program at Hope College seeks applicants for a one-year visiting assistant professor position in neuroscience beginning by Fall 2026. Primary teaching responsibilities are in Introduc...
jobs.hope.edu
January 26, 2026 at 4:05 PM
We are hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor in Neuroscience for the 26-27 school year at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, with an emphasis on teaching Neuroanatomy for our undergrad Neuroscience major. More info: jobs.hope.edu/postings/5034
Please share!
#neuroscience
#neurosky
#neuroskyence
Please share!
#neuroscience
#neurosky
#neuroskyence
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The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
January 25, 2026 at 5:19 AM
The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
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Depression treatment… at home?
The FDA has approved the first at-home brain stimulation device for depression — something that used to be limited to clinics.
1/2
The FDA has approved the first at-home brain stimulation device for depression — something that used to be limited to clinics.
1/2
The FDA has approved the first at-home, non-invasive brain stimulation device to treat #depression. The device, developed by Flow Neuroscience, stimulates brain regions responsible for mood and stress, which are often underactive in people with depression. www.eara.eu/post/first-a... #AnimalResearch
First at-home depression device supported by animal research
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home, non-invasive brain stimulation device to treat depression.
www.eara.eu
January 24, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Depression treatment… at home?
The FDA has approved the first at-home brain stimulation device for depression — something that used to be limited to clinics.
1/2
The FDA has approved the first at-home brain stimulation device for depression — something that used to be limited to clinics.
1/2
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There is a lot of talk lately about multi-year funding (MYF) at NIH. This is mostly a paperwork issue, but it can have a dramatic impact on the number of grants that get funded. I was curious how this would impact grant numbers over time, so I did some simple modeling. 1/n
January 22, 2026 at 7:19 PM
There is a lot of talk lately about multi-year funding (MYF) at NIH. This is mostly a paperwork issue, but it can have a dramatic impact on the number of grants that get funded. I was curious how this would impact grant numbers over time, so I did some simple modeling. 1/n
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NIH needs statutory protections against partisan politicized decision-making - especially around grant terminations. This bill is a solid start to achieving those aims.
degette.house.gov/media-center...
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DeGette Introduces Bill to Protect NIH From Political Interference
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, introduced the Follow the Science Act to shield the National Institutes...
degette.house.gov
January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM
NIH needs statutory protections against partisan politicized decision-making - especially around grant terminations. This bill is a solid start to achieving those aims.
degette.house.gov/media-center...
degette.house.gov/media-center...
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NIH will no longer support studies that use human fetal tissue derived from elective abortions, citing advances in alternate methods.
“It’s clearly a political decision, not a scientific one,” says Lawrence Goldstein, a neuroscientist at UCSD.
By @heidiledford.bsky.social and Edward Chen
“It’s clearly a political decision, not a scientific one,” says Lawrence Goldstein, a neuroscientist at UCSD.
By @heidiledford.bsky.social and Edward Chen
NIH ends support for some human fetal-tissue research – dismaying scientists
The US biomedical funding agency also hints at future restrictions on research involving human embryonic stem cells.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
NIH will no longer support studies that use human fetal tissue derived from elective abortions, citing advances in alternate methods.
“It’s clearly a political decision, not a scientific one,” says Lawrence Goldstein, a neuroscientist at UCSD.
By @heidiledford.bsky.social and Edward Chen
“It’s clearly a political decision, not a scientific one,” says Lawrence Goldstein, a neuroscientist at UCSD.
By @heidiledford.bsky.social and Edward Chen