Kristen Severi
@kristenseveri.bsky.social
Zebrafish fan. Assistant Prof at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Neural circuits and behavior. Mostly science. She/her.
I really enjoyed this book. Hope that putting it on a list of books to remove only encourages curious readers to go and read it ❤️
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I really enjoyed this book. Hope that putting it on a list of books to remove only encourages curious readers to go and read it ❤️
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I'm pleased to report that the board has now heard from NIH that the appointments of these three investigators and similarly situated folks are being extended. Thank you NIH! Delighted that the stellar work there will be continuing!
Compelling pushback from @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social and the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) regarding termination of tenure-track investigators driven by DOGE.
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March 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I'm pleased to report that the board has now heard from NIH that the appointments of these three investigators and similarly situated folks are being extended. Thank you NIH! Delighted that the stellar work there will be continuing!
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Encouraged by so many people that showed up to support science at NYC #sufsnyc .
But it's a marathon, not a sprint. Find links and resources here:
linktr.ee/sufsnyc?utm_...
But it's a marathon, not a sprint. Find links and resources here:
linktr.ee/sufsnyc?utm_...
March 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Encouraged by so many people that showed up to support science at NYC #sufsnyc .
But it's a marathon, not a sprint. Find links and resources here:
linktr.ee/sufsnyc?utm_...
But it's a marathon, not a sprint. Find links and resources here:
linktr.ee/sufsnyc?utm_...
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Was at the NYC @standupforscience.bsky.social in Washington Square Park (here on sabbatical leave) and delighted to see superstar theoretical physicist and Harvard colleague Prof. Lisa Randall address the crowd! (she's in a hat holding a mic, halfway up vertically and in the left 3rd)
March 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Was at the NYC @standupforscience.bsky.social in Washington Square Park (here on sabbatical leave) and delighted to see superstar theoretical physicist and Harvard colleague Prof. Lisa Randall address the crowd! (she's in a hat holding a mic, halfway up vertically and in the left 3rd)
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The Trenton #standupforscience2025 was so much fun- if a bit windy. So nice to see so many scientists a d non-scientists there today @barrlab.bsky.social @rburdine1.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Trenton #standupforscience2025 was so much fun- if a bit windy. So nice to see so many scientists a d non-scientists there today @barrlab.bsky.social @rburdine1.bsky.social
Thank you to all the organizers, amazing speakers, and EVERYONE who turned out to #standupforscience NYC today! @standupforscience.bsky.social (2nd photo not mine but was shared and was a spectacular view!)
March 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Thank you to all the organizers, amazing speakers, and EVERYONE who turned out to #standupforscience NYC today! @standupforscience.bsky.social (2nd photo not mine but was shared and was a spectacular view!)
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SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
I'll be at #StandupforScience #NYC tomorrow March 7th in Washington Square Park from 12-3pm, come join us! Check out the link to find your closest event! standupforscience2025.org
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
standupforscience2025.org
March 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I'll be at #StandupforScience #NYC tomorrow March 7th in Washington Square Park from 12-3pm, come join us! Check out the link to find your closest event! standupforscience2025.org
Congratulations Dr. Elena! It was a pleasure to serve on your jury, well done!! 👏
#PhDone!
Congratulations to our new #Doctor, Elena Collins, from Vision to Action Lab at @champalimaudf.bsky.social.
We wish you all the best for your future, Elena 👏
Congratulations to our new #Doctor, Elena Collins, from Vision to Action Lab at @champalimaudf.bsky.social.
We wish you all the best for your future, Elena 👏
February 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Congratulations Dr. Elena! It was a pleasure to serve on your jury, well done!! 👏
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Scientists in NY, NJ, CT, PA! NJIT Bio dept members put together this easy phone bank info sheet! Let's contact our congresspeople and let them know the potential impact of cutting federal science spending! All the contact info and even a sample script is listed, check it out! tiny.cc/sueb001
February 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Scientists in NY, NJ, CT, PA! NJIT Bio dept members put together this easy phone bank info sheet! Let's contact our congresspeople and let them know the potential impact of cutting federal science spending! All the contact info and even a sample script is listed, check it out! tiny.cc/sueb001
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Big paper from @paigel.bsky.social in our lab:
Sensory feedback is always crucial for proper development, right? Wrong!
Crazier still, the motor system is the slowest part of a developing reflex circuit!
Surprises abound in this bluetorial c’mon along….
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Sensory feedback is always crucial for proper development, right? Wrong!
Crazier still, the motor system is the slowest part of a developing reflex circuit!
Surprises abound in this bluetorial c’mon along….
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Sensation is dispensable for the maturation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex
Vertebrates stabilize gaze using a neural circuit that transforms sensed instability into compensatory counterrotation of the eyes. Sensory feedback tunes this vestibulo-ocular reflex throughout life....
www.science.org
January 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Big paper from @paigel.bsky.social in our lab:
Sensory feedback is always crucial for proper development, right? Wrong!
Crazier still, the motor system is the slowest part of a developing reflex circuit!
Surprises abound in this bluetorial c’mon along….
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Sensory feedback is always crucial for proper development, right? Wrong!
Crazier still, the motor system is the slowest part of a developing reflex circuit!
Surprises abound in this bluetorial c’mon along….
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This is a good summary of some of the horrific "staff reductions" that have gone on across CDC and NIH.
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February 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is a good summary of some of the horrific "staff reductions" that have gone on across CDC and NIH.
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🚀 Applications Open! Study neural circuits & behavior using cutting-edge techniques in flies, zebrafish & mice!
📍 Champalimaud, Lisbon
📅 June 8-27, 2025
⏳ Apply by March 7
💡 Stipends available
🔗 Apply now: loom.ly/OMvqMcE
📍 Champalimaud, Lisbon
📅 June 8-27, 2025
⏳ Apply by March 7
💡 Stipends available
🔗 Apply now: loom.ly/OMvqMcE
February 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🚀 Applications Open! Study neural circuits & behavior using cutting-edge techniques in flies, zebrafish & mice!
📍 Champalimaud, Lisbon
📅 June 8-27, 2025
⏳ Apply by March 7
💡 Stipends available
🔗 Apply now: loom.ly/OMvqMcE
📍 Champalimaud, Lisbon
📅 June 8-27, 2025
⏳ Apply by March 7
💡 Stipends available
🔗 Apply now: loom.ly/OMvqMcE
Reposted by Kristen Severi
ZFIN is now on Bluesky!
February 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
ZFIN is now on Bluesky!
Reposted by Kristen Severi
Sabotage. Criminal sabotage.
"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
www.eenews.net
February 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sabotage. Criminal sabotage.
"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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January 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
Very happy to share our latest, a review on #ExpansionMicroscopy across organisms (including zebrafish, mice, Drosophila, and C. elegans) with @galhaspel.bsky.social and more :) #zebrafish #microscopy doi.org/10.1117/1.NP...
Expansion microscopy reveals neural circuit organization in genetic animal models
Expansion microscopy is a super-resolution technique in which physically enlarging the samples in an isotropic manner increases inter-molecular distances such that nano-scale structures can be resolve...
doi.org
December 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Very happy to share our latest, a review on #ExpansionMicroscopy across organisms (including zebrafish, mice, Drosophila, and C. elegans) with @galhaspel.bsky.social and more :) #zebrafish #microscopy doi.org/10.1117/1.NP...
If you're in the #zebrafish community and migrating from Twitter follow this account to get connected!
We've reached 10% 🎉 We now have one-tenth of the total number of #zebrafish tweeps that we had on the other site (~2300 as of November 2024). The shoal is growing! 🧪
November 12, 2024 at 3:37 PM
If you're in the #zebrafish community and migrating from Twitter follow this account to get connected!
I'm new here 👋🐟 reach out if you want to connect! #Zebrafish I work in neural circuits and quantification of locomotion and collective behavior in zebrafish larvae! We are at NJIT just outside NYC, USA. Looking for a space to interact that's like Twitter but not so angry :)
November 12, 2024 at 3:36 PM
I'm new here 👋🐟 reach out if you want to connect! #Zebrafish I work in neural circuits and quantification of locomotion and collective behavior in zebrafish larvae! We are at NJIT just outside NYC, USA. Looking for a space to interact that's like Twitter but not so angry :)
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And here’s the rest! A list of ECRs in the #zebrafish community 😎 Reach out if you think you should be added 🙏 🧪 go.bsky.app/HwxuHey
November 12, 2024 at 7:18 AM
And here’s the rest! A list of ECRs in the #zebrafish community 😎 Reach out if you think you should be added 🙏 🧪 go.bsky.app/HwxuHey
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We joined the trend of Starter Packs! Check out our (non-exhaustive) list of Group Leaders & Senior Scientists that work with our favorite fishes! #zebrafish go.bsky.app/2cHYybY 🧪
November 11, 2024 at 9:45 AM
We joined the trend of Starter Packs! Check out our (non-exhaustive) list of Group Leaders & Senior Scientists that work with our favorite fishes! #zebrafish go.bsky.app/2cHYybY 🧪
Hi, is this thing on?
November 5, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Hi, is this thing on?