Mark Gergues
@markgergues.bsky.social
Postdoc @ UCSF studying anxiety circuits in the Kheirbeklab.org
DSPAN F99/K00 fellow
DSPAN F99/K00 fellow
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New paper from the lab, from Jeremy Biane and team, out today, characterizing the principles of stimulus feature coding in populations of ventral CA1 neurons.
July 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New paper from the lab, from Jeremy Biane and team, out today, characterizing the principles of stimulus feature coding in populations of ventral CA1 neurons.
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"I've sat on this bench now for 40 years. And I've never seen evidence of racial discrimination like this."
"How can this be? I don't see anyone pushing back against it??"
Calls out doctors and other senior administration officials as named defendants for not standing up to racial discrimination.
"How can this be? I don't see anyone pushing back against it??"
Calls out doctors and other senior administration officials as named defendants for not standing up to racial discrimination.
June 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"I've sat on this bench now for 40 years. And I've never seen evidence of racial discrimination like this."
"How can this be? I don't see anyone pushing back against it??"
Calls out doctors and other senior administration officials as named defendants for not standing up to racial discrimination.
"How can this be? I don't see anyone pushing back against it??"
Calls out doctors and other senior administration officials as named defendants for not standing up to racial discrimination.
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Gonna fact check Jay B on his lies to the Senate in real time. Follow along for what promises to be a deeply annoying time.
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
June 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Gonna fact check Jay B on his lies to the Senate in real time. Follow along for what promises to be a deeply annoying time.
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
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NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
“Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya
Widespread dissatisfaction over the NIH’s “continuous free fall” has people speaking out.
www.importantcontext.news
June 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
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BREAKING: New Jersey mayor Ras Baraka has been arrested at an ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting U.S. attorney says.
New Jersey mayor arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says
A federal prosecutor says the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, has been arrested at a federal immigration detention center where he was protesting its opening.
bit.ly
May 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
BREAKING: New Jersey mayor Ras Baraka has been arrested at an ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting U.S. attorney says.
Why does searching in Outlook have to be so aggravatingly ineffective? 😮💨
May 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Why does searching in Outlook have to be so aggravatingly ineffective? 😮💨
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Exciting news!! I’m joining the tenure-track faculty at University of Colorado Boulder this fall as an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience!
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
April 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Exciting news!! I’m joining the tenure-track faculty at University of Colorado Boulder this fall as an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience!
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
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The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
6/n
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
April 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
6/n
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
6/n
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Hi everyone, we are petitioning them to reconsider, if you are willing to co-sign our rebuttal because you or your trainees are personally interested in attending such a workshop, please add your name and professional affiliation to the end of the following document! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hi everyone, we are petitioning them to reconsider, if you are willing to co-sign our rebuttal because you or your trainees are personally interested in attending such a workshop, please add your name and professional affiliation to the end of the following document! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
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Say it with me: HIGHER ED IS AN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL ENGINE FOR OUR COUNTRY
ESPECIALLY PUBLIC HIGHER ED
ESPECIALLY PUBLIC HIGHER ED
‘“The people who are attacking higher education are talking nonstop,” said Holden Thorp, a chemist and former university administrator who runs the Science family of journals. “And the people leading higher education are not saying very much.”’
Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Say it with me: HIGHER ED IS AN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL ENGINE FOR OUR COUNTRY
ESPECIALLY PUBLIC HIGHER ED
ESPECIALLY PUBLIC HIGHER ED
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👏👏👏 McKnight Foundation statement:
"Despite recent events, actions, and executive orders, we remain steadfast in advancing climate solutions and racial equity across every part of our work, and committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values of our Foundation." 💪💪💪
"Despite recent events, actions, and executive orders, we remain steadfast in advancing climate solutions and racial equity across every part of our work, and committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values of our Foundation." 💪💪💪
February 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
👏👏👏 McKnight Foundation statement:
"Despite recent events, actions, and executive orders, we remain steadfast in advancing climate solutions and racial equity across every part of our work, and committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values of our Foundation." 💪💪💪
"Despite recent events, actions, and executive orders, we remain steadfast in advancing climate solutions and racial equity across every part of our work, and committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values of our Foundation." 💪💪💪
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Compare and contrast the emails from McKnight (left) and Chan-Zuckerberg (right). Proud to be part of the McKnight community.
February 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Compare and contrast the emails from McKnight (left) and Chan-Zuckerberg (right). Proud to be part of the McKnight community.
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Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78)
I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
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I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
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February 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78)
I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
1/n
I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
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Young researchers are essential for us to improve human health and society.
The fear and confusion caused by current administration has real consequences that real people have to face.
Help tell their story and support science across the US.
#research #science #neurosky #neuroskyence #STEAM #STEM
The fear and confusion caused by current administration has real consequences that real people have to face.
Help tell their story and support science across the US.
#research #science #neurosky #neuroskyence #STEAM #STEM
‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux
Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
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Apparently F99/K00 applications have been assigned a new study section after the one meeting a few weeks ago was halted, trying to find out more information
February 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Apparently F99/K00 applications have been assigned a new study section after the one meeting a few weeks ago was halted, trying to find out more information
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ATTENTION
If you are someone who had an F31-Diversity (or similar) application submitted this cycle, please DM me here, contact me on signal (jeremymberg.78), or email me at jeremymberg@gmail.com.
I will keep all information confidential.
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If you are someone who had an F31-Diversity (or similar) application submitted this cycle, please DM me here, contact me on signal (jeremymberg.78), or email me at jeremymberg@gmail.com.
I will keep all information confidential.
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February 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
ATTENTION
If you are someone who had an F31-Diversity (or similar) application submitted this cycle, please DM me here, contact me on signal (jeremymberg.78), or email me at jeremymberg@gmail.com.
I will keep all information confidential.
2/n
If you are someone who had an F31-Diversity (or similar) application submitted this cycle, please DM me here, contact me on signal (jeremymberg.78), or email me at jeremymberg@gmail.com.
I will keep all information confidential.
2/n
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If you can, I strongly recommend that you consider “holding space” 💖
I held space tonight for the neuro grad students & postdocs. I ordered pizza/soda and we talked.
I didn’t have any answers. They didn’t expect me to. They just wanted to be heard & to feel that they’re not alone in their worries.
I held space tonight for the neuro grad students & postdocs. I ordered pizza/soda and we talked.
I didn’t have any answers. They didn’t expect me to. They just wanted to be heard & to feel that they’re not alone in their worries.
February 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
If you can, I strongly recommend that you consider “holding space” 💖
I held space tonight for the neuro grad students & postdocs. I ordered pizza/soda and we talked.
I didn’t have any answers. They didn’t expect me to. They just wanted to be heard & to feel that they’re not alone in their worries.
I held space tonight for the neuro grad students & postdocs. I ordered pizza/soda and we talked.
I didn’t have any answers. They didn’t expect me to. They just wanted to be heard & to feel that they’re not alone in their worries.
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@neuronline.sfn.org has made it incredibly easy to contact your reps and urge them to protect federal funding for biomedical research! Please sign today, it takes about 10 seconds:
www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...
www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...
Available Actions
www.sfn.org
February 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@neuronline.sfn.org has made it incredibly easy to contact your reps and urge them to protect federal funding for biomedical research! Please sign today, it takes about 10 seconds:
www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...
www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...
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Useful and great guidance and a script on how to contact your congressional representatives to advocate for federal scientific funding. Thank you @ascbiology.bsky.social!
If this is your battle, start here!
If this is your battle, start here!
Your Action Is Needed!
Congress needs to hear from scientists. Call your representatives to oppose funding freezes and restrictions on research. Find contact info at govtrack.us and make your voice heard today! #SciencePolicy
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
Congress needs to hear from scientists. Call your representatives to oppose funding freezes and restrictions on research. Find contact info at govtrack.us and make your voice heard today! #SciencePolicy
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
February 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Useful and great guidance and a script on how to contact your congressional representatives to advocate for federal scientific funding. Thank you @ascbiology.bsky.social!
If this is your battle, start here!
If this is your battle, start here!
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Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin is an @HHMINEWS Freeman Hrabowski Scholar & Assistant Professor at Columbia University 🧠
The Marlin Lab researches transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (how parents' lived experiences change the brains of future offspring) 🧬🐭
#BlackInNeuro @bjmarlin.bsky.social
The Marlin Lab researches transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (how parents' lived experiences change the brains of future offspring) 🧬🐭
#BlackInNeuro @bjmarlin.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin is an @HHMINEWS Freeman Hrabowski Scholar & Assistant Professor at Columbia University 🧠
The Marlin Lab researches transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (how parents' lived experiences change the brains of future offspring) 🧬🐭
#BlackInNeuro @bjmarlin.bsky.social
The Marlin Lab researches transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (how parents' lived experiences change the brains of future offspring) 🧬🐭
#BlackInNeuro @bjmarlin.bsky.social
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“The NIH communications pause feels like a part of a bigger shift and attack on sciences because there is a suspicion about our work or who is selected to do this when it is in fact very competitive and benefits society as a whole.”
www.latimes.com/california/s... “We are all worried about our own funding and stability, but this is very concerning for long-term scientific progress," @christineliu.art
UC, a top recipient of federal research funding, is concerned about Trump pause on grant reviews
The University of California, the nation's top recipient of federal research funding in higher education, is raising questions and concerns about the Trump administration's pause in research grant rev...
www.latimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“The NIH communications pause feels like a part of a bigger shift and attack on sciences because there is a suspicion about our work or who is selected to do this when it is in fact very competitive and benefits society as a whole.”
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Excited to share that our lab website is live! nicholassilvalab.org
Please reach out if you are interested in studying neuroimmune mechanisms using the zebrafish model. 🐟🧠🥼🔬
Please reach out if you are interested in studying neuroimmune mechanisms using the zebrafish model. 🐟🧠🥼🔬
Silva Lab – Neuroimmune mechanisms in health and disease
nicholassilvalab.org
January 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Excited to share that our lab website is live! nicholassilvalab.org
Please reach out if you are interested in studying neuroimmune mechanisms using the zebrafish model. 🐟🧠🥼🔬
Please reach out if you are interested in studying neuroimmune mechanisms using the zebrafish model. 🐟🧠🥼🔬