Diana Williams
@dlwilliams.bsky.social
🧠🧪Neuroscience professor & mom, recently moved from a FL R1 to a CA SLAC. I study neuroendocrine control of eating and energy balance. 1st-gen. 🌈 she/her
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If red state schools accept this we are going to get a two-tiered system of higher ed. One set of states will be based in empirical reality and the other will be subject to the whims of a conspiratorial movement that is increasingly detached from facts.
After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.
Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT
The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...
www.bloomberg.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If red state schools accept this we are going to get a two-tiered system of higher ed. One set of states will be based in empirical reality and the other will be subject to the whims of a conspiratorial movement that is increasingly detached from facts.
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Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name!
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social
Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?
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September 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name!
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social
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Meet MapMyCells! This tool saves neuroscientists precious time by comparing their data to massive, high-quality reference datasets, incl. our whole mouse brain multi-omics atlas and Seattle Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cell Atlas.
🔗 portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-...
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek
🔗 portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-...
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek
September 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Meet MapMyCells! This tool saves neuroscientists precious time by comparing their data to massive, high-quality reference datasets, incl. our whole mouse brain multi-omics atlas and Seattle Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cell Atlas.
🔗 portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-...
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek
🔗 portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-...
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek
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(1/10) We’re excited to share our new preprint (doi.org/10.1101/2025...), which uncovers the spatiomolecular landscape of the human nucleus accumbens (NAc), by integrating snRNA-seq with Visium spatial transcriptomics across 10 control donors. 🧠 #NAcLIBD #snRNAseq #10xVisium
September 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
(1/10) We’re excited to share our new preprint (doi.org/10.1101/2025...), which uncovers the spatiomolecular landscape of the human nucleus accumbens (NAc), by integrating snRNA-seq with Visium spatial transcriptomics across 10 control donors. 🧠 #NAcLIBD #snRNAseq #10xVisium
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From yesterday: I talked with a bunch of NIH employees about what it's like inside the assault on government science, and how they feel about the potential for a shutdown. Spoiler, they're basically for it.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
From yesterday: I talked with a bunch of NIH employees about what it's like inside the assault on government science, and how they feel about the potential for a shutdown. Spoiler, they're basically for it.
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The 2024 SSIB Special Edition of Physiology and Behavior is now available! Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Over the next few days we will be highlighting articles from this issue. Let us know which one you want to see covered first.
Over the next few days we will be highlighting articles from this issue. Let us know which one you want to see covered first.
Physiology & Behavior | Proceedings of the SSIB 2024 Annual Meeting | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
We are excited to introduce this Special Collection of Physiology and Behavior, featuring outstanding and innovative research showcased at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Inges...
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September 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The 2024 SSIB Special Edition of Physiology and Behavior is now available! Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Over the next few days we will be highlighting articles from this issue. Let us know which one you want to see covered first.
Over the next few days we will be highlighting articles from this issue. Let us know which one you want to see covered first.
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Everybody who fell for the Harper's Letter or all the hand-wringing about "uncivil" students on the left, congratulations. You built this. You own this. And fuck you for being the useful idiots these fascists needed to launder their dismantling of academic freedom.
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Everybody who fell for the Harper's Letter or all the hand-wringing about "uncivil" students on the left, congratulations. You built this. You own this. And fuck you for being the useful idiots these fascists needed to launder their dismantling of academic freedom.
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When Campus Reform and Turning point came after professors and created the professor watchlist, administrators didn't pay attention..Now they are being fired and attacked. Maybe institutions should have done more to protect academic freedom....
September 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
When Campus Reform and Turning point came after professors and created the professor watchlist, administrators didn't pay attention..Now they are being fired and attacked. Maybe institutions should have done more to protect academic freedom....
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This point cannot be over-emphasized enough. When I left the FBI in June, I said that if the destruction stopped that day, it would take a decade to repair. Talking now to friends still there, I think I was being too optimistic. We are witnessing the self-immolation of a great country.
Common theme of people I've interviewed recently. At universities, in research centers, in diplomacy, in the legal system, dealing with refugees or immigrants:
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
September 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This point cannot be over-emphasized enough. When I left the FBI in June, I said that if the destruction stopped that day, it would take a decade to repair. Talking now to friends still there, I think I was being too optimistic. We are witnessing the self-immolation of a great country.
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UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
September 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
One of my favorite things right now is when my 10-yo tells me something he learned at school, I act like I’m not really familiar, and then he teaches it to me. He just gave me a great lesson on prime vs composite numbers. At some point he’s going to wonder how I can possibly be a science professor.
September 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
One of my favorite things right now is when my 10-yo tells me something he learned at school, I act like I’m not really familiar, and then he teaches it to me. He just gave me a great lesson on prime vs composite numbers. At some point he’s going to wonder how I can possibly be a science professor.
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I’ll be blunt: no respectable media outlet should be providing a platform for Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo.
He is nothing but a factory for anti-science propaganda. He has nothing of worth to convey to the public.
He is nothing but a factory for anti-science propaganda. He has nothing of worth to convey to the public.
September 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I’ll be blunt: no respectable media outlet should be providing a platform for Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo.
He is nothing but a factory for anti-science propaganda. He has nothing of worth to convey to the public.
He is nothing but a factory for anti-science propaganda. He has nothing of worth to convey to the public.
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This should be a bigger story. A government official had the YouTube channel of a private citizen shut down bc he didn’t like what that citizen was saying. This administration’s version of free speech is a joke.
"He noted that snippets of Prasad’s comments still appeared on anti-vaccine social media accounts, suggesting Prasad was directing his removal demand only at a critic and not anti-vaccine influencers. In the past, Prasad has complained about censorship by social media companies."
Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized Covid vaccines
Doctor who created now-defunct channel says he wanted to ‘preserve’ what Trump health officials said during Covid
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This should be a bigger story. A government official had the YouTube channel of a private citizen shut down bc he didn’t like what that citizen was saying. This administration’s version of free speech is a joke.
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Felt like a pie chart was in order.
Number of mass shooters since 2018: 4197
% of mass shooters since 2018 that were transgender? 0.095%
% of mass shooters that were cisgender: 99.905%
Number of mass shooters since 2018: 4197
% of mass shooters since 2018 that were transgender? 0.095%
% of mass shooters that were cisgender: 99.905%
August 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Felt like a pie chart was in order.
Number of mass shooters since 2018: 4197
% of mass shooters since 2018 that were transgender? 0.095%
% of mass shooters that were cisgender: 99.905%
Number of mass shooters since 2018: 4197
% of mass shooters since 2018 that were transgender? 0.095%
% of mass shooters that were cisgender: 99.905%
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What if scientists hadn’t waited until this point to speak about politics
Every time I see a headline like this, my brain just shouts
Like what if scientists hadn’t sat around silently watching everyone around them get attacked
Maybe the fight on campus would have gone differently
Every time I see a headline like this, my brain just shouts
Like what if scientists hadn’t sat around silently watching everyone around them get attacked
Maybe the fight on campus would have gone differently
"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.
UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.
www.nbcnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
What if scientists hadn’t waited until this point to speak about politics
Every time I see a headline like this, my brain just shouts
Like what if scientists hadn’t sat around silently watching everyone around them get attacked
Maybe the fight on campus would have gone differently
Every time I see a headline like this, my brain just shouts
Like what if scientists hadn’t sat around silently watching everyone around them get attacked
Maybe the fight on campus would have gone differently
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Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”,
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
August 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”,
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
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We have finally navigated the endless red tape and gotten the donation site to support the US FlyBase groups up and running.
bsky.app/profile/flyb...
bsky.app/profile/flyb...
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki
wiki.flybase.org
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We have finally navigated the endless red tape and gotten the donation site to support the US FlyBase groups up and running.
bsky.app/profile/flyb...
bsky.app/profile/flyb...
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Read this.
In this political climate, it is our duty as scientists to collectively mobilize, reveal the deceit & the malicious misrepresentation of science happening here.
This is why we have op-eds, letters of dissent, petitions & public statements.
#Pinks
🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In this political climate, it is our duty as scientists to collectively mobilize, reveal the deceit & the malicious misrepresentation of science happening here.
This is why we have op-eds, letters of dissent, petitions & public statements.
#Pinks
🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
www.science.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Read this.
In this political climate, it is our duty as scientists to collectively mobilize, reveal the deceit & the malicious misrepresentation of science happening here.
This is why we have op-eds, letters of dissent, petitions & public statements.
#Pinks
🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In this political climate, it is our duty as scientists to collectively mobilize, reveal the deceit & the malicious misrepresentation of science happening here.
This is why we have op-eds, letters of dissent, petitions & public statements.
#Pinks
🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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“This is a bad day for science,” said Scott Hensley, an immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania who has been working to develop an mRNA vaccine against flu…With this move, the department is “undermining our ability to rapidly counter future biological threats,” said Rick Bright, a flu expert”
Trump Administration Live Updates: R.F.K. Jr. Cancels mRNA Vaccine Contracts
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“This is a bad day for science,” said Scott Hensley, an immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania who has been working to develop an mRNA vaccine against flu…With this move, the department is “undermining our ability to rapidly counter future biological threats,” said Rick Bright, a flu expert”
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How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hypothalamic circuit that modulates feeding and parenting behaviours - Nature
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of mouse hypothalamus and behavioural experiments show that specific hypothalamic networks regulate conflicting feeding versus parenting behaviours of female mice.
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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BREAKING: Trump wants to illegally cut off $15 billion in lifesaving NIH research.
Research to cure cancer, Alzheimer's, and so much more is on the line.
These people are LYING about waste, fraud, and abuse at NIH to justify attacking medical research—we all need to say so.
My full statement. ⬇️
Research to cure cancer, Alzheimer's, and so much more is on the line.
These people are LYING about waste, fraud, and abuse at NIH to justify attacking medical research—we all need to say so.
My full statement. ⬇️
Senator Murray Slams Trump Admin for Choking Off Lifesaving NIH Medical Research - Senator Patty Murray
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on reports today that President Trump’s Office of Manageme...
www.murray.senate.gov
July 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
BREAKING: Trump wants to illegally cut off $15 billion in lifesaving NIH research.
Research to cure cancer, Alzheimer's, and so much more is on the line.
These people are LYING about waste, fraud, and abuse at NIH to justify attacking medical research—we all need to say so.
My full statement. ⬇️
Research to cure cancer, Alzheimer's, and so much more is on the line.
These people are LYING about waste, fraud, and abuse at NIH to justify attacking medical research—we all need to say so.
My full statement. ⬇️
College freshman son just played me a death metal song he wrote about gruesome injuries. His inspiration? Lab safety training. ☠️
July 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
College freshman son just played me a death metal song he wrote about gruesome injuries. His inspiration? Lab safety training. ☠️
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NIH staff are literally being asked to screen candidates' social media for negative sentiment aimed at the administration.
This is *not* government efficiency.
This is *not* government efficiency.
Picking new members takes time: NIH staff spend 1-2 years screening candidates, getting approval, doing background/ ethics checks.
Some staff are now screening candidates’ social media to see if they've said anything negative about the Trump administration or have been involved with DEI efforts.
Some staff are now screening candidates’ social media to see if they've said anything negative about the Trump administration or have been involved with DEI efforts.
July 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
NIH staff are literally being asked to screen candidates' social media for negative sentiment aimed at the administration.
This is *not* government efficiency.
This is *not* government efficiency.
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Every single story you are hearing from the Everglades Concentration Camp has been and is already taking place in hundreds of prisons and jails in the U.S. That's what PIC abolitionists have been trying to get the public to understand for decades.
July 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Every single story you are hearing from the Everglades Concentration Camp has been and is already taking place in hundreds of prisons and jails in the U.S. That's what PIC abolitionists have been trying to get the public to understand for decades.
You have about 24 hours to voice your opinion, please do!
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July 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You have about 24 hours to voice your opinion, please do!
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