Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
@icanhasmiranda.bsky.social
Assistant Professor asking how retinal disease impacts visual signaling and circuitry. #NewPI
So happy to have had Katherine Wert visit MCW yesterday! The work coming out of her lab is just incredible and hugely impactful.
Also, incredible science happening at MCW! What a fun day yesterday getting to talk to everyone about their work and share mine 🤓
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
So happy to have had Katherine Wert visit MCW yesterday! The work coming out of her lab is just incredible and hugely impactful.
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
And importantly, while a few years to settle out might seem no biggie, it sure as heck is a big deal to those PIs who have been on the job for just a few years and are looking at the tenure decision looming ahead.
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
And importantly, while a few years to settle out might seem no biggie, it sure as heck is a big deal to those PIs who have been on the job for just a few years and are looking at the tenure decision looming ahead.
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
and there it is. the absolutely massive change in R01s funded multi-year. our perceptions that the new mandate, sorry strong suggestion, has had a dramatic effect on forward funding and therefore success rates is validated.
2025
Here the largest fraction is for R01 awards, followed by RF1s, and R21s.
In most cases, these were R01s that had not particularly reason to be forward funded except that NIH had put itself in a situation when large amounts of funding needed to be committed by the end of the fiscal year
21/25
Here the largest fraction is for R01 awards, followed by RF1s, and R21s.
In most cases, these were R01s that had not particularly reason to be forward funded except that NIH had put itself in a situation when large amounts of funding needed to be committed by the end of the fiscal year
21/25
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
and there it is. the absolutely massive change in R01s funded multi-year. our perceptions that the new mandate, sorry strong suggestion, has had a dramatic effect on forward funding and therefore success rates is validated.
Happy Halloween from MCW Eye Institute’s resident hawk. I did not leave the remains of my snacks around the building, unlike other hawks I know…
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Happy Halloween from MCW Eye Institute’s resident hawk. I did not leave the remains of my snacks around the building, unlike other hawks I know…
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
Someone asked me the other day*:
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Someone asked me the other day*:
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
I’m a current mentee and this program has been phenomenal. Happy to chat with anyone interested.
Early-mid career female @arvoinfo.bsky.social members! Apply for our Women's #LeadershipDevelopment Program to boost your leadership skills, expand your network and seize new opportunities. Deadline is Oct. 31: https://bit.ly/47oYoJC
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’m a current mentee and this program has been phenomenal. Happy to chat with anyone interested.
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
sure, if you enjoy the horrifying limits of human perception
October 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
sure, if you enjoy the horrifying limits of human perception
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
'So keep fighting for freedom & justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Be outrageous... rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
And when you get through celebrating the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was!'
Molly Ivins
And when you get through celebrating the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was!'
Molly Ivins
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
'So keep fighting for freedom & justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Be outrageous... rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
And when you get through celebrating the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was!'
Molly Ivins
And when you get through celebrating the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was!'
Molly Ivins
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
Solidarity!! Last week, Indiana University fired the director of student media & halted print on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. Yesterday, Purdue’s student paper printed the banned edition & drove two hours to deliver it. Incredible www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus
The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.
www.heraldtimesonline.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Solidarity!! Last week, Indiana University fired the director of student media & halted print on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. Yesterday, Purdue’s student paper printed the banned edition & drove two hours to deliver it. Incredible www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
Milwaukee represent.
October 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Milwaukee represent.
Apple picking with the ScaLabRats!
October 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Apple picking with the ScaLabRats!
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
‘These bottlenecks have gotten so bad that some labs have had to ration gloves and paper towels.’
Ian Morgan for TheScientist
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
‘These bottlenecks have gotten so bad that some labs have had to ration gloves and paper towels.’
Ian Morgan for TheScientist
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.
www.the-scientist.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
‘These bottlenecks have gotten so bad that some labs have had to ration gloves and paper towels.’
Ian Morgan for TheScientist
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
‘These bottlenecks have gotten so bad that some labs have had to ration gloves and paper towels.’
Ian Morgan for TheScientist
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
Today is my first external invited seminar where I’m not interviewing for a job! Excited to talk science and present my lab’s work at Marquette.
October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Today is my first external invited seminar where I’m not interviewing for a job! Excited to talk science and present my lab’s work at Marquette.
So happy for Teresa and a well-deserved honor! Geniuses work on retinal circuits :)
Teresa Puthussery, a UC Berkeley vision scientist whose insights into the retina could one day help those with vision loss regain their sight, has been named a 2025 MacArthur “genius” Fellow. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/v...
Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur ‘genius’ award - Berkeley News
Puthussery’s discoveries about the retina are paving the way for new treatments for eye disease and vision loss
news.berkeley.edu
October 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So happy for Teresa and a well-deserved honor! Geniuses work on retinal circuits :)
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
🚨 New preprint out from our lab!
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes To Surround Responses In OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
Sensory neurons can be influenced by stimuli beyond their receptive field center, yet the mechanisms underlying this surround modulation remain poorly understood. In the retina, many OFF ganglion cell...
www.biorxiv.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🚨 New preprint out from our lab!
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Adventuring in Prague in between RD Meeting! @wertlaboratory.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Adventuring in Prague in between RD Meeting! @wertlaboratory.bsky.social
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
For those interested in open neuroscience learning tools, check out the preprint for “RetINaBox: A hands-on tool for experimental neuroscience" that a couple students in my lab worked on in collaboration with the Trenholm lab:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠📈 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠📈 🧪
RetINaBox: A hands-on learning tool for experimental neuroscience
An exciting aspect of neuroscience research is developing and testing hypotheses via experimentation. However, due to logistical and financial hurdles, this compelling part of neuroscience research is...
www.biorxiv.org
September 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For those interested in open neuroscience learning tools, check out the preprint for “RetINaBox: A hands-on tool for experimental neuroscience" that a couple students in my lab worked on in collaboration with the Trenholm lab:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠📈 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠📈 🧪
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
Save the date! In this @neuronline.sfn.org event, we'll have a social media guru, a university comms officer and yours truly there to speak and answer your Qs about 'why' and 'how' of scicomm, to colleagues and the public. Open to all - just register!
neuronline.sfn.org/professional...
neuronline.sfn.org/professional...
Communication and Recognition: Getting Attention for Your Science
<p>So, your article has been accepted and published in a journal. What’s next? Social media, multimedia, and the press can all be powerful tools to get noticed. How do you promote your paper, an...
neuronline.sfn.org
September 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Save the date! In this @neuronline.sfn.org event, we'll have a social media guru, a university comms officer and yours truly there to speak and answer your Qs about 'why' and 'how' of scicomm, to colleagues and the public. Open to all - just register!
neuronline.sfn.org/professional...
neuronline.sfn.org/professional...
Ron Johnson came to MCW a few months ago and told lie after lie about science/medicine because he thinks he can get away with it. Proud of my community for calling him out; wish more would do the same. He’s dangerous and shameful.
The last few minutes before the break were very hard to sit through.
Numerous false allegations of corruption in science were made by Ron Johnson and enthusiastically agreed with by Kennedy.
I am stating for the record that if this continues, more violence against scientists will occur.
Numerous false allegations of corruption in science were made by Ron Johnson and enthusiastically agreed with by Kennedy.
I am stating for the record that if this continues, more violence against scientists will occur.
September 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ron Johnson came to MCW a few months ago and told lie after lie about science/medicine because he thinks he can get away with it. Proud of my community for calling him out; wish more would do the same. He’s dangerous and shameful.
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
Another way the administration is trying to gift America's scientific leadership to China - 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀.
So of course 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲.
Comments accepted until end Sept.
Cc: @jeremymberg.bsky.social
So of course 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲.
Comments accepted until end Sept.
Cc: @jeremymberg.bsky.social
Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media
Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...
www.federalregister.gov
August 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Another way the administration is trying to gift America's scientific leadership to China - 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀.
So of course 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲.
Comments accepted until end Sept.
Cc: @jeremymberg.bsky.social
So of course 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲.
Comments accepted until end Sept.
Cc: @jeremymberg.bsky.social
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
TOMORROW at 2:00 pm, Zoom (check CVS Slack for link)
Telias Summer Journal Club: Supraja Varadarajan, UT Southwestern Medical Center
The Role of Retinorecipient Neuronal Activity in Promoting Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration
www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index... @flaumeye.bsky.social
Telias Summer Journal Club: Supraja Varadarajan, UT Southwestern Medical Center
The Role of Retinorecipient Neuronal Activity in Promoting Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration
www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index... @flaumeye.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
TOMORROW at 2:00 pm, Zoom (check CVS Slack for link)
Telias Summer Journal Club: Supraja Varadarajan, UT Southwestern Medical Center
The Role of Retinorecipient Neuronal Activity in Promoting Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration
www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index... @flaumeye.bsky.social
Telias Summer Journal Club: Supraja Varadarajan, UT Southwestern Medical Center
The Role of Retinorecipient Neuronal Activity in Promoting Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration
www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index... @flaumeye.bsky.social
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
This Friday we are excited to host Julie Semmelhack on the Sussex Vision talk series! Looking forward to seeing many of you there!
Tune in here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsqh...
Tune in here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsqh...
World Wide Neuro | Sussex Vision Series - 22/08/2025 - Prof. Julie Semmelhack
YouTube video by BadenLab
m.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This Friday we are excited to host Julie Semmelhack on the Sussex Vision talk series! Looking forward to seeing many of you there!
Tune in here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsqh...
Tune in here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsqh...