Erin Gibson
@erinmgibson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @Stanford interested in how glia modulate neural circuits (with a circadian twist), mom of two amazing girls. Views are my own.
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Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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To be clear, there are no data that provide a link between short-term use of Tylenol during pregnancy and autism. In fact, one of the best prospective studies w/ sibling controls, if anything, pointed to a protective effect for use less than 7 days
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September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
To be clear, there are no data that provide a link between short-term use of Tylenol during pregnancy and autism. In fact, one of the best prospective studies w/ sibling controls, if anything, pointed to a protective effect for use less than 7 days
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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@juliametraux.bsky.social is looking for scientists and medical doctors to discuss how inflammation is being misused under the MAHA umbrella. #academicsky #medsky #sciencesky #immunology #publichealth #hiscisky
I'm starting to look into how inflammation is being misused by MAHA types in a way that very much distracts from chronic illness-inflammation problems people actually have. If you're an academic, doctor, immunologist etc with thoughts on this, please be in touch at jmetraux@motherjones.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
@juliametraux.bsky.social is looking for scientists and medical doctors to discuss how inflammation is being misused under the MAHA umbrella. #academicsky #medsky #sciencesky #immunology #publichealth #hiscisky
Excited to introduce the first ‘Dr.’ from the Gibson Lab! Congrats Dr. Mehl
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August 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Excited to introduce the first ‘Dr.’ from the Gibson Lab! Congrats Dr. Mehl
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Really going all-in for the ‘Worst NIH Director’ Award
A truly disgraceful op-ed in the Washington Post from "NIH Director" Bhattacharya
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Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Really going all-in for the ‘Worst NIH Director’ Award
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I listened to Bhattacharya on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast.
If you want to know how it went, see the following email that I just sent.
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If you want to know how it went, see the following email that I just sent.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I listened to Bhattacharya on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast.
If you want to know how it went, see the following email that I just sent.
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If you want to know how it went, see the following email that I just sent.
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It’s Thursday…these things are supposed to happen on Fridays. Don’t they remember their schedule of screwing over science!
August 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It’s Thursday…these things are supposed to happen on Fridays. Don’t they remember their schedule of screwing over science!
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This NIH grant Multi-Year Funding ploy really makes you wonder what equally obscure and equally harmful stuff Vought is advancing across all the other functions of federal government, doesn’t it?
July 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This NIH grant Multi-Year Funding ploy really makes you wonder what equally obscure and equally harmful stuff Vought is advancing across all the other functions of federal government, doesn’t it?
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Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.
July 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.
It isn’t even Friday….
NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities
The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.
www.nature.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It isn’t even Friday….
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"At FDA we're accelerating drug approvals so that you don't need to use primates or even animal models. You can do the drug approvals very, very quickly with AI."
July 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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RFK Jr. Says AI Will Approve New Drugs at FDA 'Very, Very Quickly'
gizmodo.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
An important reminder as to why basic research is important! We can’t get to clinical breakthrough without it! @marionbuckwalter.bsky.social
How has stroke research evolved, and where is it headed? In today's episode, physician-scientist @marionbuckwalter.bsky.social shares how decades of scientific discovery shaped what we know about stroke and why continued research is key to future progress.
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/how-bas...
neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/how-bas...
July 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
An important reminder as to why basic research is important! We can’t get to clinical breakthrough without it! @marionbuckwalter.bsky.social
Being part of the myelin field has been the most rewarding aspect of my scientific career ❤️
Stanford research by Dr Barres changed our understanding of myelin—once seen as static insulation, now linked to learning & memory. Learn how @michellemonje.bsky.social, @erinmgibson.bsky.social, @bradzuchero.bsky.social & others continue to shape the field: neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/underst...
June 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Being part of the myelin field has been the most rewarding aspect of my scientific career ❤️
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Postdoc positions available in my lab @ki.se Sweden - exciting science, fantastic environment and great quality of life. I take mentoring seriously - 7/7 postdocs that left my lab has faculty positions today. Existing datasets and funds to build new ones available. ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoc in Single Cell Genomics, Jens Hjerling-Leffler group, Karolinska Institutet
Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The position is located within The Division of Molecular Neurobiology in the lab of Professor Jens Hjerling-Leffler at the Department of Medi
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June 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Postdoc positions available in my lab @ki.se Sweden - exciting science, fantastic environment and great quality of life. I take mentoring seriously - 7/7 postdocs that left my lab has faculty positions today. Existing datasets and funds to build new ones available. ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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How bad will it be? Catastrophic.
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
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Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Major strides in pediatric cancer treatments and cures, the results of decades of federal investment in basic biomedical research 💪
85 percent of children diagnosed with cancer are alive at least five years later, according to the National Cancer Institute. Survivors can face lifelong complications from their treatments — something oncologists are working to improve.
More kids are beating cancer. Improving the rest of their lives is next.
“There’s an entire population of kids who didn’t exist before. Now we need to figure out how to best support them,” one expert says.
wapo.st
May 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Major strides in pediatric cancer treatments and cures, the results of decades of federal investment in basic biomedical research 💪