Elise Demeter
@elisedemeter.bsky.social
Education researcher & cognitive neuroscientist using data for good at UNC Charlotte
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Illustration of the many stars we can't see with the naked eye. 🔭 🧪
Starry view of Vega and the constellation of Lyra. 26 May 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
May 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Illustration of the many stars we can't see with the naked eye. 🔭 🧪
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1/7) Thoughtful article from @neuralreckoning.bsky.social here, very well worth a read!
I am sympathetic to the argument, but not entirely in agreement (no surprise there, I suppose).
Specifically, I take a different lesson from other large-scale science projects' successes and failures.
🧠📈 🧪
I am sympathetic to the argument, but not entirely in agreement (no surprise there, I suppose).
Specifically, I take a different lesson from other large-scale science projects' successes and failures.
🧠📈 🧪
Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration, writes @neuralreckoning.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
Neuroscience needs to empower early-career researchers, not fund moon shots
Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration.
www.thetransmitter.org
May 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
1/7) Thoughtful article from @neuralreckoning.bsky.social here, very well worth a read!
I am sympathetic to the argument, but not entirely in agreement (no surprise there, I suppose).
Specifically, I take a different lesson from other large-scale science projects' successes and failures.
🧠📈 🧪
I am sympathetic to the argument, but not entirely in agreement (no surprise there, I suppose).
Specifically, I take a different lesson from other large-scale science projects' successes and failures.
🧠📈 🧪
Starting the morning strong at #SciTalk25 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I’m also at #SciTalk25 today.
@moefeliu.bsky.social is sharing her incredible work with Aquí Nos Cuidamos - www.aquinoscuidamos.org + Ciencia CoLab - www.cienciacolab.org + her SACNAS film Coming Home -
sciencecommunicationlab.org/science-vide...
She’s changed so many lives (including mine)
@moefeliu.bsky.social is sharing her incredible work with Aquí Nos Cuidamos - www.aquinoscuidamos.org + Ciencia CoLab - www.cienciacolab.org + her SACNAS film Coming Home -
sciencecommunicationlab.org/science-vide...
She’s changed so many lives (including mine)
April 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Starting the morning strong at #SciTalk25 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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March 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Heading back from #FASEBOnTheHill and want to share what I learned and why I think all scientists need to be setting up meetings w their reps to talk about the impacts on science of the current chaos. #AcademicSky #NeuroSky @faseborg.bsky.social @apsphysiology.bsky.social 🧪
a man says call your senators with his hands folded
ALT: a man says call your senators with his hands folded
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March 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Heading back from #FASEBOnTheHill and want to share what I learned and why I think all scientists need to be setting up meetings w their reps to talk about the impacts on science of the current chaos. #AcademicSky #NeuroSky @faseborg.bsky.social @apsphysiology.bsky.social 🧪
I have a book chapter in Meta’s AI model. I didn’t even get a copy of that book as an author 🫠
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I have a book chapter in Meta’s AI model. I didn’t even get a copy of that book as an author 🫠
Good mentoring is critical for early-career researchers. We can improve our mentoring skills through formal training & experience mentoring diverse individuals 🧪 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BKNP4...
Developing faculty research mentors: Influence of experience with diverse mentees, gender, and mentorship training
Effective mentoring is crucial for early-career researchers, and formal mentor training programs have demonstrated benefits for participating faculty. To determine how mentor training generalizes t...
www.tandfonline.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Good mentoring is critical for early-career researchers. We can improve our mentoring skills through formal training & experience mentoring diverse individuals 🧪 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BKNP4...
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🧪🚨 NSF's Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) has halted making nearly all new awards since inauguration day.
Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience
Thread👇🧵
Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience
Thread👇🧵
March 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🧪🚨 NSF's Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) has halted making nearly all new awards since inauguration day.
Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience
Thread👇🧵
Among *many* other things, EDU runs the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
We need to protect the education & training of the next gen of scientists #StandUpForScience
Thread👇🧵
A needed boost for #scicomm
We have some exciting news! We’re partnering with the Reynolds Journalism Institute to build a resource to help journalists integrate more science directly into their daily work. It’s an extension of the ongoing work at TON to support local journalists. 🧪
Every Story Is a Science Story—That's Why We're Building a Resource to Help Journalists Integrate More Science into Their Coverage - The Open Notebook
We’re excited to announce that The Open Notebook is partnering with the Reynolds Journalism Institute to build a resource that will help journalists integrate more science directly into their daily wo...
www.theopennotebook.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A needed boost for #scicomm
A thread worth reading on NSF funding.
🧪 The NSF director is lying to you.
Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵
Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵
March 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A thread worth reading on NSF funding.
This is the narrative 👇. We need to tell the stories again & again of how NIH & NSF funding benefits our neighbors. 🧪 #scicomm
99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Comparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the NIH vs the Pharmaceutical Industry
This cross-sectional study examines National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical industry investments in recent drug approvals.
jamanetwork.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is the narrative 👇. We need to tell the stories again & again of how NIH & NSF funding benefits our neighbors. 🧪 #scicomm
Hit up the thread below folks
🧪 #scicomm
🧪 #scicomm
March 7 @standupforscience.bsky.social happened. I now have a question. Reply to this thread w ur answers!
What do we do with this momentum? Think innovative, creative, mundane, give us all your ideas.
We have ideas, but this is for EVERYONE. I want everyone’s ideas.
What do we do with this momentum? Think innovative, creative, mundane, give us all your ideas.
We have ideas, but this is for EVERYONE. I want everyone’s ideas.
March 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hit up the thread below folks
🧪 #scicomm
🧪 #scicomm
I am from Middletown, OH, (the same hometown as JD Vance) and was especially compelled by the @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social movement. I am happy to have my article out on this #standupforscience2025 day. #sciencenotsilence
www.daytondailynews.com/ideas-voices...
www.daytondailynews.com/ideas-voices...
VOICES: Stand up for science in Ohio
I was born and raised in Middletown, went to public schools, and am a proud graduate of Middletown High School. Thirty years ago, I left Middletown and went north to attend the University of Michigan....
www.daytondailynews.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🧪 #scicomm
BREAKING NEWS from @jonathanwosen.bsky.social Cuts to indirect costs blocked by judge
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments
A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead
www.statnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
🧪 #scicomm
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BREAKING NEWS from @jonathanwosen.bsky.social Cuts to indirect costs blocked by judge
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments
A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead
www.statnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
BREAKING NEWS from @jonathanwosen.bsky.social Cuts to indirect costs blocked by judge
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
🧪 #scicomm
Make facts matter again: Pushing back against misinformation and disinformation healthjournalism.org/event/make-f...
Make facts matter again: Pushing back against misinformation and disinformation
In this webinar, Stephan Lewandowsky will talk about how misinformation spreads, and what he thinks journalists can do about it.
healthjournalism.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🧪 #scicomm
Pup’s first snow ❄️ ❄️
February 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Pup’s first snow ❄️ ❄️
#scicomm resources from @500womensci.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#scicomm resources from @500womensci.bsky.social
Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠
sciencehomecoming.com
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Science Homecoming
sciencehomecoming.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I was happy to speak as a parent at my Town Board meeting today in support of our local children’s science museum. They seek additional space to expand their exhibits & reach a broader age range. 🧪 #scicomm
February 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I was happy to speak as a parent at my Town Board meeting today in support of our local children’s science museum. They seek additional space to expand their exhibits & reach a broader age range. 🧪 #scicomm
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NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
February 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
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I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all.
time.com/7216299/nih-...
time.com/7216299/nih-...
Experts Call NIH Budget Cuts an 'Apocalypse' for Science
The reductions target indirect costs that cover administrative and equipment costs.
time.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all.
time.com/7216299/nih-...
time.com/7216299/nih-...
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Reposted by Elise Demeter
My group would take at least 2 people interested in neurodegeneration as post docs bsky.app/profile/maxi...
We are looking for motivated post docs. Projects on Alzheimer’s and Synucleinopathy. New mouse models, combined lightsheet/15.2T MRI and high throughput cognitive testing using touchscreens. Perfect for a recent graduate in Neurosciences or related field. Come work with us in 🇨🇦 👊😀🧪 please share.
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My group would take at least 2 people interested in neurodegeneration as post docs bsky.app/profile/maxi...