Eliza Bliss-Moreau
@eblissmoreau.bsky.social
Affective neuroscientist studying how & why we feel from womb-to-tomb.
Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of Psychology @ UC Davis
Core Scientist @ the CNPRC
blissmoreaulab.ucdavis.edu
CNY -> Chestnut Hill -> Yolo
Views my own.
Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of Psychology @ UC Davis
Core Scientist @ the CNPRC
blissmoreaulab.ucdavis.edu
CNY -> Chestnut Hill -> Yolo
Views my own.
LMFAO as I teach a partially async online class...
"As the associate vice provost for the Office of Asynchronous Online Courses for Student-Centered High-Impact Learning, I want to address a growing concern on campus: the rumor that asynchronous online classes are 'basically a scam.'"
The Next Innovation in Higher Education: Vibe-Teaching™
As the associate vice provost for the Office of Asynchronous Online Courses for Student-Centered High-Impact Learning (OAOCSCHIL, an office we crea...
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM
LMFAO as I teach a partially async online class...
I am so thankful that I am teaching an *amazing* grad class this term. I learned from @baleslab.bsky.social that one way to teach a grad seminar was pick a topic and write a publishable paper as a team. It's been a lot of fun and we've all learned a lot. Highly recommend!
February 11, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I am so thankful that I am teaching an *amazing* grad class this term. I learned from @baleslab.bsky.social that one way to teach a grad seminar was pick a topic and write a publishable paper as a team. It's been a lot of fun and we've all learned a lot. Highly recommend!
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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.
Just gonna leave this here so hopefully people can connect the dots from reducing the numbers, type, and quality of nonhuman animals available for ethical biomedical research to what comes next...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-exp...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-exp...
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Just gonna leave this here so hopefully people can connect the dots from reducing the numbers, type, and quality of nonhuman animals available for ethical biomedical research to what comes next...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-exp...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-exp...
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.
It's really a mindf*ck to be a generally "on top of it" person and be so swamped with unpredictable work and work chaos that I am so far behind on everything - including commitments to collaborators - that I am honestly not sure I can dig out and catch up.
February 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
It's really a mindf*ck to be a generally "on top of it" person and be so swamped with unpredictable work and work chaos that I am so far behind on everything - including commitments to collaborators - that I am honestly not sure I can dig out and catch up.
We're about to start a new circuit manip experiment and I'm deep in the chemo/optogenetics lit.
I can't stop thinking about whether money related to child SA and the explotation of women funded the development of that tech.
I can't stop thinking about whether money related to child SA and the explotation of women funded the development of that tech.
Recognizing that there are a lot of ways to be in the Epstein files that are totally benign (e.g., cited in a paper sent to him), there is a lot of evidence in the files that high profile scientists were engaged morally questionable (at best) behavior.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Would love to see MIT take the same sort of action vis a vis high profile players in the Epstein files (beyond the Media Lab situation)
February 7, 2026 at 8:39 PM
We're about to start a new circuit manip experiment and I'm deep in the chemo/optogenetics lit.
I can't stop thinking about whether money related to child SA and the explotation of women funded the development of that tech.
I can't stop thinking about whether money related to child SA and the explotation of women funded the development of that tech.
Recognizing that there are a lot of ways to be in the Epstein files that are totally benign (e.g., cited in a paper sent to him), there is a lot of evidence in the files that high profile scientists were engaged morally questionable (at best) behavior.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Would love to see MIT take the same sort of action vis a vis high profile players in the Epstein files (beyond the Media Lab situation)
February 7, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Recognizing that there are a lot of ways to be in the Epstein files that are totally benign (e.g., cited in a paper sent to him), there is a lot of evidence in the files that high profile scientists were engaged morally questionable (at best) behavior.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Universities really need to take a stand.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, really, I am certain. They do not throw poop."
"No, really, I am certain. They do not throw poop."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Sadly, not aliens."
"Sadly, not aliens."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"It's not designed to work that way"
"It's not designed to work that way"
February 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, really, I am certain. They do not throw poop."
"No, really, I am certain. They do not throw poop."
“Nerd tunnel vision” apparently includes narcissism, misogyny, and a defunct moral compass.
This behavior just scratches the surface of want (most? many?) women in science deal with on a daily basis.
This behavior just scratches the surface of want (most? many?) women in science deal with on a daily basis.
From 2019: Jeffrey Epstein liked to describe himself as a “science philanthropist,” and academics liked to take his money.
As more of Epstein’s enablers are uncovered, it’s worth asking why it was so easy for him to infiltrate science in the first place.
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
As more of Epstein’s enablers are uncovered, it’s worth asking why it was so easy for him to infiltrate science in the first place.
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
Jeffrey Epstein infiltrated science because it was ready to accommodate him
What could “nerd tunnel vision” possibly mean?
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
“Nerd tunnel vision” apparently includes narcissism, misogyny, and a defunct moral compass.
This behavior just scratches the surface of want (most? many?) women in science deal with on a daily basis.
This behavior just scratches the surface of want (most? many?) women in science deal with on a daily basis.
The Venn diagram of “psychologists & neuroscientists that women said were creeps” & “psych and neuro dudes in the Epstein files” isn’t a perfect overlapping circle. The latter is nested within the former. We’ve been screaming this for ages & there more out there.
For the love of god, trust women.
For the love of god, trust women.
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM
The Venn diagram of “psychologists & neuroscientists that women said were creeps” & “psych and neuro dudes in the Epstein files” isn’t a perfect overlapping circle. The latter is nested within the former. We’ve been screaming this for ages & there more out there.
For the love of god, trust women.
For the love of god, trust women.
"Momma, why you so sad? You angry? You frustrated? I give you hug and make you happy?"
Soul crushingly on repeat from my (almost) 3 year old this weekend, blissfully unaware of the world he's growing up in and how his namesake fought in WW2 to ensure this wouldn't be the world order.
Soul crushingly on repeat from my (almost) 3 year old this weekend, blissfully unaware of the world he's growing up in and how his namesake fought in WW2 to ensure this wouldn't be the world order.
January 25, 2026 at 11:16 PM
"Momma, why you so sad? You angry? You frustrated? I give you hug and make you happy?"
Soul crushingly on repeat from my (almost) 3 year old this weekend, blissfully unaware of the world he's growing up in and how his namesake fought in WW2 to ensure this wouldn't be the world order.
Soul crushingly on repeat from my (almost) 3 year old this weekend, blissfully unaware of the world he's growing up in and how his namesake fought in WW2 to ensure this wouldn't be the world order.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Let’s be clear about what the Trump regime is saying to Minnesota: “We will continue murdering your citizens unless you help us rig your election.”
Pam Bondi's conditions for Minnesota: 1) give us all your state data on your food programs, including SNAP 2) repeal all your sanctuary policies in the state (since it has led to "so much crime and violence") and 3) hand over your state voting rolls. Letter here: www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
Minneapolis shooting: AG Pam Bondi gives Gov. Walz conditions for ICE to leave Minnesota
www.fox9.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Let’s be clear about what the Trump regime is saying to Minnesota: “We will continue murdering your citizens unless you help us rig your election.”
Hope. Maybe a tiny bit of hope.
man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
January 25, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Hope. Maybe a tiny bit of hope.
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As ICE terrorizes our communities, farmworkers are still feeding this country — every single day.
#WeFeedYou
#WeFeedYou
January 25, 2026 at 4:46 AM
As ICE terrorizes our communities, farmworkers are still feeding this country — every single day.
#WeFeedYou
#WeFeedYou
Reworking an assignment for my big undergrad class and checking the questions in dif AI monsters and this is new (compared to a year ago)...
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Reworking an assignment for my big undergrad class and checking the questions in dif AI monsters and this is new (compared to a year ago)...
I do love a day on here when it becomes clear that a lot of senior scientists in bio or bio adjacent fields need to read an intro bio textbook.
January 23, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I do love a day on here when it becomes clear that a lot of senior scientists in bio or bio adjacent fields need to read an intro bio textbook.
Protip: If you are requesting rec letters, please follow up and make sure they get submitted.
I just found requests in my Junk mail, some of which are outdated.
Those of us who submit hundreds of letters each year often do not keep track of specific requests. Some may go missed w/o follow up.
I just found requests in my Junk mail, some of which are outdated.
Those of us who submit hundreds of letters each year often do not keep track of specific requests. Some may go missed w/o follow up.
January 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Protip: If you are requesting rec letters, please follow up and make sure they get submitted.
I just found requests in my Junk mail, some of which are outdated.
Those of us who submit hundreds of letters each year often do not keep track of specific requests. Some may go missed w/o follow up.
I just found requests in my Junk mail, some of which are outdated.
Those of us who submit hundreds of letters each year often do not keep track of specific requests. Some may go missed w/o follow up.
This headline is so dystopian.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
This headline is so dystopian.
I am very thankful that my wonderful colleague Karen Bales (baleslab.bsky.social ) has signed on to direct our center moving forward. She's been a breath of fresh air and incredibly effective in the 2 years that she's been the interim in the role.
www.ucdavis.edu/news/karen-b...
www.ucdavis.edu/news/karen-b...
Karen Bales Appointed Director of the California National Primate Research Center
University of California, Davis, Chancellor Gary S. May has named Professor Karen Bales as director of the California National Primate Research Center, or CNPRC, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
www.ucdavis.edu
January 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I am very thankful that my wonderful colleague Karen Bales (baleslab.bsky.social ) has signed on to direct our center moving forward. She's been a breath of fresh air and incredibly effective in the 2 years that she's been the interim in the role.
www.ucdavis.edu/news/karen-b...
www.ucdavis.edu/news/karen-b...
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We should expect more from government than being "not crazy" and not write columns praising them for meeting this pathetically low bar statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/08/t...
January 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
We should expect more from government than being "not crazy" and not write columns praising them for meeting this pathetically low bar statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/08/t...
This.
Same/similar deal at NSF, etc.
Same/similar deal at NSF, etc.
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 3, 2026 at 4:53 AM
This.
Same/similar deal at NSF, etc.
Same/similar deal at NSF, etc.
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When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 3, 2026 at 1:14 AM
When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
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One thing to add here is the immense impact this incredibly tiny fraction of PIs has had on our knowledge of the brain! To quote a great NHP neuroscientist that shall remain anonymous: this is real science!
December 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
One thing to add here is the immense impact this incredibly tiny fraction of PIs has had on our knowledge of the brain! To quote a great NHP neuroscientist that shall remain anonymous: this is real science!