Lisa Taxier
@lisataxier.bsky.social
Neuroscience postdoc in the Kash lab at UNC-Chapel Hill. In search of the world's most perfect french fry.
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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No journal will take this commentary I wrote In October so fuck it, here it is on medium.
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The science community is letting Palestine and the wider Arab community down
At a neurodevelopment conference I recently attended, where the focus is child health and development, I was astounded that not one voice…
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January 9, 2026 at 8:31 AM
No journal will take this commentary I wrote In October so fuck it, here it is on medium.
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On delayed application review, the NIH grant terminations lawsuit appears to be headed for a settlement.
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
December 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
On delayed application review, the NIH grant terminations lawsuit appears to be headed for a settlement.
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
Both plaintiffs and defendants have submitted a joint document outlining their agreement. Judge Young must sign off on it before it takes effect.
Here's what it says and what all this means 🧵
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Excited to publish my first alcohol paper and first paper as a post doc in the @superkash.bsky.social Lab, titled Lateral hypothalamus CRFR1 regulation of binge drinking: divergence along anterior-posterior axis. Available here authors.elsevier.com/c/1m84v_GtWa...
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Excited to publish my first alcohol paper and first paper as a post doc in the @superkash.bsky.social Lab, titled Lateral hypothalamus CRFR1 regulation of binge drinking: divergence along anterior-posterior axis. Available here authors.elsevier.com/c/1m84v_GtWa...
Excited to have this preprint out into the world!
2)A dive in to the impact of adolescent alcohol exposure on the
RSC and trace fear extinction led by post-doc Lisa Taxier
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
RSC and trace fear extinction led by post-doc Lisa Taxier
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Adolescent alcohol exposure disrupts extinction learning and retrosplenial cortex physiology in adult males
Adolescent binge drinking can lead to a myriad of issues later in life, including co-occurring diagnoses of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and affective disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (P...
www.biorxiv.org
October 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Excited to have this preprint out into the world!
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Excellent write up of an interview with my mentor, @karynfrick.bsky.social, regarding the killing, resuscitation, and re-killing of a grant aimed at promoting undergraduate research on aging. These decisions will harm the US for decades to come.
www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...
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Wisconsin researchers sound alarm after SCOTUS upholds DEI-related research cuts
A week before students return to campus, a UW-Milwaukee neuroscientist said she has to call the students back “and tell them, ‘Oh, sorry, this is actually now not happening.'”
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August 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Excellent write up of an interview with my mentor, @karynfrick.bsky.social, regarding the killing, resuscitation, and re-killing of a grant aimed at promoting undergraduate research on aging. These decisions will harm the US for decades to come.
www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...
www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...
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How is it possible that my otherwise thoughtful and compassionate colleagues can watch the total destruction of Gaza and the killing of tens of thousands of it inhabitants, war crimes that the US is directly responsible for, and do nothing?
I just don't get it.
I just don't get it.
This is Gaza, now, I just watched an elderly man die, collapse, in a food queue, just as he was about to be served.
People are, literally, dropping dead of starvation. The world must not stand idly by. Gaza has not known what you call “freedom” in, close to 80 years.
The world must act.
People are, literally, dropping dead of starvation. The world must not stand idly by. Gaza has not known what you call “freedom” in, close to 80 years.
The world must act.
July 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
How is it possible that my otherwise thoughtful and compassionate colleagues can watch the total destruction of Gaza and the killing of tens of thousands of it inhabitants, war crimes that the US is directly responsible for, and do nothing?
I just don't get it.
I just don't get it.
Let’s go @jesswoj.bsky.social !!
excited to see current Kash Lab postdoc Jess Wojick's paper out from her PhD in @flybottleescape.bsky.social lab !!! congrats Jess and Greg!!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A nociceptive amygdala-striatal pathway modulating affective-motivational pain
A nociceptive basolateral amygdala–to–nucleus accumbens shell circuit contributes to pain unpleasantness in chronic pain.
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July 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Let’s go @jesswoj.bsky.social !!
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The United States is a threat to global peace and is actively dismantling any semblance of an international rules-based order through its own actions and its continued backing of Israel’s lawlessness.
You can’t shout “peace!” after attacking a sovereign country in violation of international law.
You can’t shout “peace!” after attacking a sovereign country in violation of international law.
June 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The United States is a threat to global peace and is actively dismantling any semblance of an international rules-based order through its own actions and its continued backing of Israel’s lawlessness.
You can’t shout “peace!” after attacking a sovereign country in violation of international law.
You can’t shout “peace!” after attacking a sovereign country in violation of international law.
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Mahmoud Khalil is free. May his release lead to the release of all who are detained and incarcerated from the US to Palestine, in ICE facilities and in prisons. And may his courage inspire us to remain steadfast in fighting for Palestinian liberation.
June 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Mahmoud Khalil is free. May his release lead to the release of all who are detained and incarcerated from the US to Palestine, in ICE facilities and in prisons. And may his courage inspire us to remain steadfast in fighting for Palestinian liberation.
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At some point scientists need to take an interest, collectively, institutionally, in defending democracy and justice for all, and not just their own resource access
May 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
At some point scientists need to take an interest, collectively, institutionally, in defending democracy and justice for all, and not just their own resource access
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In our first “Postdoc perspectives” essay, @fleabrained.bsky.social and @maribel-patino.bsky.social explain how grassroots organizations led by trainees are stepping up to provide career and mentorship guidance for neuroscience students from marginalized backgrounds.
#neuroskyence
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#neuroskyence
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As federal funders desert mentorship programs for marginalized students, trainee-led initiatives fill the gap
Grassroots organizations, led by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, are stepping up to provide neuroscience career training and guidance for students from marginalized backgrounds—and…
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April 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In our first “Postdoc perspectives” essay, @fleabrained.bsky.social and @maribel-patino.bsky.social explain how grassroots organizations led by trainees are stepping up to provide career and mentorship guidance for neuroscience students from marginalized backgrounds.
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/4csFx0B
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/4csFx0B
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The Trump regime platforms Christian Nationalists and Nazi sympathizers yet dares to claim that they are fighting antisemitism when they punish students, immigrants, and anyone who speaks out for Palestinian freedom.
This is a lie.
This is a lie.
The DHS has said that it is denying applications of people seeking visas, green cards, or other immigration clearances if they are deemed to have “antisemitic activity” online. Advocates for Palestinian rights noted that the clear goal of the administration is to suppress speech critical of Israel.
DHS Is Searching Social Medias of Visa and Green Card Applicants for “Antisemitism”
“You are not welcome here,” read a chilling statement from a top DHS official.
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April 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Trump regime platforms Christian Nationalists and Nazi sympathizers yet dares to claim that they are fighting antisemitism when they punish students, immigrants, and anyone who speaks out for Palestinian freedom.
This is a lie.
This is a lie.
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Cannot overstate how repulsive it is for this racist, antisemitic, fascist administration to so brazenly hold up Jewish people as shields for its fascism. I hope the shamelessness at least means fewer people fall for it.
April 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Cannot overstate how repulsive it is for this racist, antisemitic, fascist administration to so brazenly hold up Jewish people as shields for its fascism. I hope the shamelessness at least means fewer people fall for it.
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UNC Gillings School of Public Health is eliminating their Health Equity & Social Justice Concentration. This program is home to many of my friends — some of the most thoughtful, caring, and innovative researchers I know.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@sciforgood.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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April 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
UNC Gillings School of Public Health is eliminating their Health Equity & Social Justice Concentration. This program is home to many of my friends — some of the most thoughtful, caring, and innovative researchers I know.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@sciforgood.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@sciforgood.bsky.social
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It’s incredible that Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours. Sadly also incredible he did not say *one word* about *the ultimate* stress test of today: the detention of students speaking out against acts like Israel executing 15 medics in Gaza (also something Booker said nothing about)
April 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It’s incredible that Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours. Sadly also incredible he did not say *one word* about *the ultimate* stress test of today: the detention of students speaking out against acts like Israel executing 15 medics in Gaza (also something Booker said nothing about)
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oh hey, this paper is out now!
Led by JR Haun, former Kash lab postdoc!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40153436/
Led by JR Haun, former Kash lab postdoc!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40153436/
Septo-hypothalamic regulation of binge-like alcohol consumption by the nociceptin system - PubMed
High-intensity alcohol drinking during binge episodes contributes to the socioeconomic burden created by alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and nociceptin receptor (NOP) antagonists have emerged as a promi...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
March 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
oh hey, this paper is out now!
Led by JR Haun, former Kash lab postdoc!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40153436/
Led by JR Haun, former Kash lab postdoc!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40153436/
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The Muslims - "Fuck These Fuckin Fascists"
YouTube video by Epitaph Records
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March 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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"We are Jewish professors, staff, students from universities across the US. We hold various views about Israel, Palestine, student activism . But we are united in denouncing anyone who invokes our name to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our communities” docs.google.com/document/d/1...?
Not In Our Name
Sign the Statement March 11, 2025 Not in our name. We are Jewish professors, staff members, and students from universities across the United States. We hold various views about Israel and Palestine...
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March 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"We are Jewish professors, staff, students from universities across the US. We hold various views about Israel, Palestine, student activism . But we are united in denouncing anyone who invokes our name to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our communities” docs.google.com/document/d/1...?
Weaponizing Jewish identity for fascist ends does not keep us safe! Please consider signing if you are a Jewish academic.
If you identify as a Jewish member of the academic community, and are appalled by the actions being taken in the name of defending our community, please consider signing this letter (which can be done anonymously) and also sharing it with others:
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Open letter in response to federal funding cuts at Columbia
On March 7th, the Trump administration announced the immediate cancellation of approximately $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University. This includes funding from the Departm...
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March 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Weaponizing Jewish identity for fascist ends does not keep us safe! Please consider signing if you are a Jewish academic.
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More from CT as Wesleyan University’s President Michael Roth calls for Mahmoud Khalil’s release: “Just as we should decry antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, we should insist that students and faculty have the right to make their voices heard about the issues of the day.”
Why Isn’t the Entire Country Terrified by the Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil?
Universities are running scared. But this is no time to be timid.
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March 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
More from CT as Wesleyan University’s President Michael Roth calls for Mahmoud Khalil’s release: “Just as we should decry antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, we should insist that students and faculty have the right to make their voices heard about the issues of the day.”
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Listen to every word.
March 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Listen to every word.
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As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.
Nazis shouldn’t be allowed to say Shalom, especially not in this extremely evil context, in my Jewish opinion.
The official White House Instagram account published an outlandish photo of Mahmoud Khalil—the Palestinian student activist and green card holder who was abducted by government agents on Saturday night. Plastered across the image were the words “Shalom Mahmoud”—a bizarre and unsettling message.
March 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Nazis shouldn’t be allowed to say Shalom, especially not in this extremely evil context, in my Jewish opinion.