Divya Sitaraman
@dsitaraman.bsky.social
Associate Professor. New fly lab PI, circuits and behavior enthusiast, IITB/Delhi Univ/Mizzou/Yale/Janelia.
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@hhmi.org Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - #CechFellows named in honor of Prof Tom Cech
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
www.hhmi.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@hhmi.org Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - #CechFellows named in honor of Prof Tom Cech
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
I will be co-teaching a summer course at Allen Institute on connectomics education please apply. Travel support, new connectomics data sets and learning directly from the scientists who built these datasets. Details here: alleninstitute.org/events/incor...
Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience
Learn to analyze open neuroscience data and introduce dry lab modules into your existing classes at the Incorporating Open Connectomics data into...
alleninstitute.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I will be co-teaching a summer course at Allen Institute on connectomics education please apply. Travel support, new connectomics data sets and learning directly from the scientists who built these datasets. Details here: alleninstitute.org/events/incor...
So excited for the Connections Week @CSU East Bay (Nov 4th-8th). This was so much fun to organize. If you are in the Bay Area and want to attend, please reach out
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
So excited for the Connections Week @CSU East Bay (Nov 4th-8th). This was so much fun to organize. If you are in the Bay Area and want to attend, please reach out
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This ‘fundamental’ study reports anatomical, molecular, and functional mapping of the central complex in #Drosophila.
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May 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This ‘fundamental’ study reports anatomical, molecular, and functional mapping of the central complex in #Drosophila.
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Reposted by Divya Sitaraman
We are also raising money to support undergrads at UCSF this summer!
Help me, @neuronush.bsky.social and @quexarce.bsky.social buy ice cream and pizza for our little community of undergraduate researchers!
20% of sales for the rest of the month will go towards our programs!!!
Help me, @neuronush.bsky.social and @quexarce.bsky.social buy ice cream and pizza for our little community of undergraduate researchers!
20% of sales for the rest of the month will go towards our programs!!!
My friend @christineliu.art and fellow IRACDA scholar (oof rip) designs wonderful wearable messages! The enamel pins especially make nice gifts for recent grads 👀
twophotonart.com
twophotonart.com
Two Photon Art
From fun science enamel pins and patches to colorful zines explaining scientific concepts, we like to explore a multitude of science communication avenues and make them worth coveting!
twophotonart.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
We are also raising money to support undergrads at UCSF this summer!
Help me, @neuronush.bsky.social and @quexarce.bsky.social buy ice cream and pizza for our little community of undergraduate researchers!
20% of sales for the rest of the month will go towards our programs!!!
Help me, @neuronush.bsky.social and @quexarce.bsky.social buy ice cream and pizza for our little community of undergraduate researchers!
20% of sales for the rest of the month will go towards our programs!!!
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“These cuts are the height of self-inflicted harm,”
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“These cuts are the height of self-inflicted harm,”
R16 eligible institutions: less than $6 million/yr (total costs) from NIH in each of the preceding two fiscal years and enroll at least 25% of undergraduate students supported by Pell grants or HBCUs and TCUs. R16s were a lifeline for small univs with no other dedicated research funds.
The NIGMS R16 was also cancelled in these "expiration" moves.
May 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
R16 eligible institutions: less than $6 million/yr (total costs) from NIH in each of the preceding two fiscal years and enroll at least 25% of undergraduate students supported by Pell grants or HBCUs and TCUs. R16s were a lifeline for small univs with no other dedicated research funds.
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Why do some neurons say “sleep” while others shout “stay awake!” — inside the same brain?
In fruit flies, researchers just mapped the molecular chaos behind this nightly tug-of-war. And it’s wilder than we thought.
buff.ly/6oWQjA2
In fruit flies, researchers just mapped the molecular chaos behind this nightly tug-of-war. And it’s wilder than we thought.
buff.ly/6oWQjA2
May 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Why do some neurons say “sleep” while others shout “stay awake!” — inside the same brain?
In fruit flies, researchers just mapped the molecular chaos behind this nightly tug-of-war. And it’s wilder than we thought.
buff.ly/6oWQjA2
In fruit flies, researchers just mapped the molecular chaos behind this nightly tug-of-war. And it’s wilder than we thought.
buff.ly/6oWQjA2
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It is not the job of higher education to pay for national priorities such as biomedical, scientific, and engineering research. That is a goal of the nation as a whole.
If you want a strong nation, you have to pay for a strong nation. It can't be outsourced.
If you want a strong nation, you have to pay for a strong nation. It can't be outsourced.
May 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It is not the job of higher education to pay for national priorities such as biomedical, scientific, and engineering research. That is a goal of the nation as a whole.
If you want a strong nation, you have to pay for a strong nation. It can't be outsourced.
If you want a strong nation, you have to pay for a strong nation. It can't be outsourced.
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Hey science people! These crucial legal actions don't just happen. Consider donating to their organizers, e.g. @democracyforward.org. (see: democracyforward.org/updates/omni...)
Important to note that a judge in San Francisco just ruled that Trump must pause these “reduction in force” letters.
She found they are very likely illegal and will need to be totally rescinded and scheduled a hearing on that for two weeks from now.
She found they are very likely illegal and will need to be totally rescinded and scheduled a hearing on that for two weeks from now.
Over 90% of NIOSH employees have received “reduction-in-force” letters, placing them on administrative leave ahead of permanent layoffs.
May 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Hey science people! These crucial legal actions don't just happen. Consider donating to their organizers, e.g. @democracyforward.org. (see: democracyforward.org/updates/omni...)
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We are very pleased to share that our paper on sexual dimorphism in circadian rhythms has been published in @plosbiology.org. This work was led by the very talented Aishwarya Iyer and includes contributions from three undergraduate co-authors.
You can read the full study here:
You can read the full study here:
Sexual dimorphism in the #Drosophila #circadian pacemaker. @aishwaryaramak6.bsky.social @mariadelapax.bsky.social &co show that female flies are more resilient to disruptions in circadian rhythms caused by changes in the PDF pathway or pacemaker cell clock speed @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4kbWuzg
May 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We are very pleased to share that our paper on sexual dimorphism in circadian rhythms has been published in @plosbiology.org. This work was led by the very talented Aishwarya Iyer and includes contributions from three undergraduate co-authors.
You can read the full study here:
You can read the full study here:
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✨🦟✨HOW DO MOSQUITOES HAVE SEX? ✨🦟✨
Join us for a wild journey into hidden female control, rapidly evolving stimulation devices, fierce species competition, and DEADLY MOSQUITOES!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Join us for a wild journey into hidden female control, rapidly evolving stimulation devices, fierce species competition, and DEADLY MOSQUITOES!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
✨🦟✨HOW DO MOSQUITOES HAVE SEX? ✨🦟✨
Join us for a wild journey into hidden female control, rapidly evolving stimulation devices, fierce species competition, and DEADLY MOSQUITOES!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Join us for a wild journey into hidden female control, rapidly evolving stimulation devices, fierce species competition, and DEADLY MOSQUITOES!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Divya Sitaraman
Reposted by Divya Sitaraman
Why do some neurons say “sleep” while others shout “stay awake!” — inside the same brain?
In fruit flies, researchers just mapped the molecular chaos behind this nightly tug-of-war. And it’s wilder than we thought.
buff.ly/nA9M8EM
In fruit flies, researchers just mapped the molecular chaos behind this nightly tug-of-war. And it’s wilder than we thought.
buff.ly/nA9M8EM
April 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Why do some neurons say “sleep” while others shout “stay awake!” — inside the same brain?
In fruit flies, researchers just mapped the molecular chaos behind this nightly tug-of-war. And it’s wilder than we thought.
buff.ly/nA9M8EM
In fruit flies, researchers just mapped the molecular chaos behind this nightly tug-of-war. And it’s wilder than we thought.
buff.ly/nA9M8EM
Great to see this insight article on CX tools from Rubin lab and our work on understanding sleep regulation using these lines. Thanks to @sdissel.bsky.social and Brandon Holder for writing this feature on our paper.
We wrote an insight on a recently published paper @elife.bsky.social from groups at Janelia and California State University. The paper describes novel cell-specific tools to manipulate central complex neurons in Drosophila.
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Neuronal Signaling: Cell-specific tools for understanding behavior
Novel tools that allow neuron-specific investigations of the structure controlling sleep regulation in fruit flies reveal the extent of neuronal heterogeneity.
elifesciences.org
April 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Great to see this insight article on CX tools from Rubin lab and our work on understanding sleep regulation using these lines. Thanks to @sdissel.bsky.social and Brandon Holder for writing this feature on our paper.
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It's been done for a while, accepted almost a year ago, but I'm happy to share that my first analysis of the MICrONs cubic mm dataset is online! nature.com/articles/s41...
Inhibitory specificity from a connectomic census of mouse visual cortex - Nature
Using volumetric electron microscopy, the authors map and analyze the structure of cortical inhibition with synaptic resolution across a column of visual cortex.
nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It's been done for a while, accepted almost a year ago, but I'm happy to share that my first analysis of the MICrONs cubic mm dataset is online! nature.com/articles/s41...
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“Relevant computations happen in here too”
Maimon on the limitations of pure connectivity data in the fly
Maimon on the limitations of pure connectivity data in the fly
March 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Relevant computations happen in here too”
Maimon on the limitations of pure connectivity data in the fly
Maimon on the limitations of pure connectivity data in the fly
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If you had a U-RISE or MARC grant cancelled this week (I'm hearing the MARC programs, which are similar but at research intensive unis, were also cancelled), please be sure to update the information here: forms.gle/81iLikdBtmCP... 🧪 #AcademicSky
March 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If you had a U-RISE or MARC grant cancelled this week (I'm hearing the MARC programs, which are similar but at research intensive unis, were also cancelled), please be sure to update the information here: forms.gle/81iLikdBtmCP... 🧪 #AcademicSky
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Getting the message out on how science funding benefits our society @abepalmer.bsky.social in the SD Tribune www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/09/g...
Guest Commentary: Medical research saves lives and helps our community. It deserves the funding it gets
Abraham Palmer, a La Jolla resident and psychiatry professor at UC San Diego, objects to cuts in funding for work that fights diseases
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Getting the message out on how science funding benefits our society @abepalmer.bsky.social in the SD Tribune www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/09/g...
@sentimentbot.bsky.social
how am I doing?
how am I doing?
March 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
@sentimentbot.bsky.social
how am I doing?
how am I doing?
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As a recently mid career PI who has had to transition very quickly from early career to maybe end career I agree and will adopt this approach. also, we should put our science out in the most complete way possible and be kind in reviews as supplementary figure 28 might not be all that useful.
me, as a senior PI: US science as we know it may be ending? Review these cool manuscripts? Serve on these grant review panels? Yes! All in! Going down in a blaze of glory!
undergrad PI: i'm always so busy... don't agree to do too many things!
grad PI: i'm always so busy... don't agree to do too many things!
post-doc PI: i'm always so busy... don't agree to do too many things!
me, as a PI: what's this? new things? i'd love to!
grad PI: i'm always so busy... don't agree to do too many things!
post-doc PI: i'm always so busy... don't agree to do too many things!
me, as a PI: what's this? new things? i'd love to!
March 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
As a recently mid career PI who has had to transition very quickly from early career to maybe end career I agree and will adopt this approach. also, we should put our science out in the most complete way possible and be kind in reviews as supplementary figure 28 might not be all that useful.
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Times Union published my article today: "Science on the chopping block"
March 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Times Union published my article today: "Science on the chopping block"
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This cure for sickle cell anemia was made possible by NIH-funded research to turn the gene for fetal hemoglobin back on. It was done predominantly by NIH researchers, including intramural researchers on the NIH campus.
irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/...
irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/...
March 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This cure for sickle cell anemia was made possible by NIH-funded research to turn the gene for fetal hemoglobin back on. It was done predominantly by NIH researchers, including intramural researchers on the NIH campus.
irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/...
irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/...